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Mon, Jun 13, 2016 11:39 AM
Lightroom 2015.6 Extremely Slow
I am not sure if this is the best place to post this but I am extremely frustrated! This version is extremely slower than the previous version, which in turn was slower than the one before it. Moving from one image to the next, takes at least 5seconds and adjusting any slider causes Lightroom to freeze, with the lovely "circle of death" reminding me that it's thinking and I should not perform any actions, for 2 seconds or so. I am a very tolerant person but feel like I've had it now! It feels like I am falling out of love with a craft that I once was excited about because editing, which is a very important part of the process, doesn't work. And instead of improving, Lightroom has quickly gotten worse over time! It has taken me 2 and a half days to edit 450 photos, and there's a few more to do but Lightroom has now CRASHED hence my angst here! I have a couple jobs more to edit and I am in a position where I am not seeking after more work because of a backlog of jobs to edit. This is really costing me and I am very angry because I just want to get on with my work. Yes I have a decent system, yes I have plenty of RAM, yes I have a SSD installed. ADOBE, please please please, I just want to edit and enjoy it.
Jerry Syder, www.jsyder.co.uk - Insta @takenword
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stefan_redel
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5 years ago
Try it.
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chris_pedersen_7501160
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5 years ago
So far, I have never had any problems or issues with LR after an upgrade.
But after the LR 6.6 upgrade, it feels slower (I can't document it), and LR hangs if I start more than one export process at a time. And it is almost every time.
Also the screen turns black for a while when I move to another photo or do other actions. It just giving me a feeling that is not very stable.
My PC is totally up to date, Win 10 (64bit), 16 GB RAM, Nvidia GTX 980 with latest drivers.
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Jerry_Syder
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Jerry Syder, www.jsyder.co.uk - Insta @takenword
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gethin
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5 years ago
Lightroom memory usage crept up whilst using it - 4gb to 12gb. over about 20 mins.
I can also confirm that "turning it off and on again" helps with speed.
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david_efurd
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siddharth_sarkar
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david_efurd
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stefan_redel
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5 years ago
Uninstalled and reinstalled CC 2015.5.1. It is running again as we are used to.
BTW: Exporting in 2015.6 is a bit speedier. Never thought that. But Usability is what counts in this case.
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adam_rubinstein_7611302
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5 years ago
Macbook Pro (10,2)
13" Retina
Intel Core i7 (2 cores)
8GB RAM
1536MB VRAM
512GB SSD
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assaf_frank
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hayley_green_7979766
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5 years ago
Shut down Lightroom
Go to your Library > Preferences
Find the file com.adobe.Lightroom6.plist
Rename that file to com.adobe.Lightroom6.old.plist
Restart Lightroom!
For me it works perfectly and my speed is back up to normal. I am running a Mac OS 10.10.5
Good luck!
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david_efurd
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mike_engles
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5 years ago
Hello
It took me a good three hours to do this cloning on Lightroom 6.6, so from my point of view it is usable. It was slow mainly because of the zooming in and out, but that does not surprise, because the job was somewhat ambitious I have many more complaints about how limited the cloning toolset is. There is also a problem with overlaying clones using a mixture of clone and heal. You get colour fringing at the selection edges
I expect that the system I have is just about OK for what camera and screen I use and as amateur the small amount of work I do, which is about 4000 images a year. Running 4k systems means that file sizes are huge and quite possibly only a render farm type of machine will cope, but I am very aware of how much high powered machines cost and people still finding that they seem inadequate.
Apologies if this irritates some people.
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SimonChen
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5 years ago
Can you confirm this by selecting all the relevant photos, Auto Sync on, and go to the spot removal tool, toggle the Spot Removal panel switch to off. And try again to see if it helps.
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mike_engles
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5 years ago
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I guess that we are getting the idea that quadrupling the files sizes that Lightroom has to deal with almost overnight, is placing a great strain on its architecture. Processing 1:1 previews at standard HD is fine, 4k previews for super HD are bringing very powerful computers to their knees. It has to be worse for laptops as the CPUs shut down as they overheat, or if they are using just battery power. Workstations can turn the fans on and deal with the heat that way, but in the end the CPUs have thermal protection and will in the end shut down. Restarting or resting Lightroom, brings some thermal relief.
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