Re: How having RAW images on an External Drive can improve LR performance

2017-12-21 Thread Jostein
In that case, you should read up on the real difference between smart previews and full previews, and then read the documentation for Jeffrey Friedls plugin on the page I linked you to. You might also want to refamiliarise yourself with how long Lightroom keeps its 1:1 preview cache. Jostein D

Re: How having RAW images on an External Drive can improve LR performance

2017-12-20 Thread Igor PDML-StR
I might be wrong, but I vaguely remember some program or LR plugin that could save JPEGs from the full-size (or smaller) previews, in case RAW files become lost or damaged. Igor Jostein Wed, 20 Dec 2017 15:05:35 -0800 wrote: Good luck trying to access a full-size preview if the original f

Re: How having RAW images on an External Drive can improve LR performance

2017-12-20 Thread Jostein
Good luck trying to access a full-size preview if the original file isn't present. :-) The smart previews aend the plugin is for when you *don't* have the original file available. Jostein Den 20.12.2017 16:32, skrev Igor PDML-StR: As for exports from smart previews, - I wonder if that plugin u

Re: How having RAW images on an External Drive can improve LR performance

2017-12-20 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Thank you Mattew and Jostein for the useful information. I haven't moved to 6.x to keep the catalogs compatible to my 32-bit-Windows-7 laptop, so, I didn't know about that option in 6.7. It is sad that it took Adobe that long to think about it. As for exports from smart previews, - I wonder i

Re: How having RAW images on an External Drive can improve LR performance

2017-12-20 Thread Jostein
For LR-5 users, Jeffrey Friedl has made a plugin that exports from smart previews. http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/smart-preview-support Jostein Den 19.12.2017 18:55, skrev Matthew Hunt: Igor, Lightroom 6.7 added a preference "Use Smart Previews Instead Of Originals For Image Editing

Re: How having RAW images on an External Drive can improve LR performance

2017-12-19 Thread Matthew Hunt
ue, Dec 19, 2017 at 11:59 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > Short summary: how having RAW images on an External drive can improve LR > performance. > > Frequently, for working with LR, people recommend storing the RAW photos > on the internal drive, which is typically the fastes

How having RAW images on an External Drive can improve LR performance

2017-12-19 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Short summary: how having RAW images on an External drive can improve LR performance. Frequently, for working with LR, people recommend storing the RAW photos on the internal drive, which is typically the fastest, especially if it is an SSD. I've read at least one analysis that has