P: Allow fewer but larger thumbnails in Lightroom import

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May 21, 2025
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I'd like to view the import thumbnails larger, by reducing the number across the screen from the current least(6) down to even 2.

This would allow easy viewing without having to open the image.

I scan a lot of wildlife images and sometimes the animal is very small in the image, making the thumbnails bigger would make it considerably easier to see if I captured the decisive moment.

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

My solution is to not try to cull during import. I import everything, then use the much more advanced options like Compare view to cull. This has an additional advantage as well: I do not have to use a yes/no option. I can reject and delete poor images, but I can also keep some images as 'maybe'. I can mark them as such, but do not have to delete them right away.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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WilkoedAuthor

Participant

That is the method I currently use, but I'd like to scroll through large thumbnails, as it would be considerably quicker.

DreamHatcher Photography

Participant

As a fellow wildlife photographer I’d REALLY like this ability too. Sometimes there are two or three images I want out of thousands of RAWs. Importing 100gb worth of RAWs to keep a handful of them seems like a waste of time as well as unnecessary wear and tear on my drives.

Seems beyond simple to code in and for a program with such advanced features it’s kind of ridiculous we can’t make thumbnails bigger on our screen.

Per Berntsen

Community Expert

As a workaround, you can press E with a thumbnail selected, which displays a larger preview.

You can then use the arrow keys to navigate through all the photos without having to go back to grid view (press G to do that). There is also a checkbox to include in import, as well as a zoom slider.

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