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July 14, 2021
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How to stop loading RAW files in Library view

  • July 14, 2021
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I have a collection of about 500 photos from a trip. All shot and imported in RAW.

I would like to quickly review them, rate 1-5, delete some etc, so I need to edit only the best ones. However in the library Loupe view it takes about 6-10 seconds to switch from one photo to another as it is "loading". After that loading pictures seem to have slightly different color profile. I assume at first the lightroom shows the JPEG that is embeded within the RAW file, and after loading it shows the actual RAW photo (is it?). But I don't need to see the actual RAW to rate the photos, the JPEGs are enough. Is it possible to temporarily disable this loading and speed up scrolling?

Example:

 

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Correct answer JohanElzenga

Your assumption is correct, Lightroom generates previews and that takes time. When you import the photos, select "Embedded & sidecar" as previews. In that case Lightroom will use the camera-generated previews for the time being, just like you asked for.

 

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JohanElzenga
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July 14, 2021

Your assumption is correct, Lightroom generates previews and that takes time. When you import the photos, select "Embedded & sidecar" as previews. In that case Lightroom will use the camera-generated previews for the time being, just like you asked for.

 

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KaRolthasAuthor
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July 14, 2021

Is it possible to apply those changes to already existing collection?

john beardsworth
john beardsworth
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July 16, 2021
@john beardsworth wrote:
quoteI have never tried, but I would think that "Embedded & sidecar" may not work if there are XMP files present.

 

It does work, Johan. In "Embedded & sidecar" the "sidecar" refers to any JPEG from a raw+JPEG pair. Titles, captions and other non-adjustment metadata are read from the XMP file.


That's for non-adjustment metadata, but the OP is talking about 'edits' he wants to keep this way. Wouldn't Lightroom automatically replace the embedded previews when there are Lightroom edits in the XMP file? When you import an image with 'embedded & sidecar' preview settings and then make an edit in Lightroom, that preview gets replaced by a Lightroom generated preview. There is no way to stop that. For that reason I would be surprised (and even call it a bug) if you could have Lightroom edits applied to the image by reading them from an XMP file, but still see the embedded preview.

 


LR always reads the xmp sidecar and updates the catalogue, but previews are controlled by the choice in Import and it uses the embedded or jpeg sidecar if "embedded & sidecar" is selected. So the OP can expect slider values to be preserved in Develop, but the Library preview will be the camera-generated image.

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