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Lightroom 6 / CC2015: Very slow UI response with background export(s) running
Lightroom 6 / CC2015s UI reaction is very slow / sluggish when a background export is running. When three exports are running, the development module becomes virtually unusable.
In Lightroom 4 or 5 it was no problem at all to start up to three or four background exports - of course the UI, especially the development module, was considerably slower than normal, but definitely completely usable.
LR Version: CC 2015.0.1 (with 6.0.1 update), on Window 7 64. Processor is an i7-2600, there is 16 GB RAM. RAM does not seem to be exhausted, LR6 uses about 3...4 GB with 3 parallel exports.
Edit: It makes no difference whether GPU usage is turned on or off.
In Lightroom 4 or 5 it was no problem at all to start up to three or four background exports - of course the UI, especially the development module, was considerably slower than normal, but definitely completely usable.
LR Version: CC 2015.0.1 (with 6.0.1 update), on Window 7 64. Processor is an i7-2600, there is 16 GB RAM. RAM does not seem to be exhausted, LR6 uses about 3...4 GB with 3 parallel exports.
Edit: It makes no difference whether GPU usage is turned on or off.
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Victoria_Bampton_Lightroom_Queen
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Victoria Bampton a.k.a. The Lightroom Queen
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Author of Adobe Lightroom Classic - The Missing FAQ and Adobe Lightroom - Edit Like a Pro books.
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*All times in seconds.
**GPU acceleration unchecked in CC.
***Face detection paused in CC.
****Mobile sync paused in both 5.7 and CC.
*****Catalogue already has over 100,000 images.
Launch
5.7: 6.4
CC: 12.02
Importing 5 CR2s from a 5DM2 and convert to DNG
5.7: 14.95
CC: 27.69
Import 5 high quality jpgs
5.7: 3
CC: 4.45
Export 5 full res Jpgs from DNGs
5.7:13.57
CC: 30
Export 5 1200x800, 72 ppi Jpgs from DNGs
5.7: 5.32
CC: 9.57
Export 5 1200x800, 72 ppi Jpgs from full res jpgs (original imports)
5.7: 3
CC: 6.88
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philip_dickson
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I've tried the various parameters - GPU checked, unchecked. Increasing and lowering cache amount. Lowering the preview size to 1024px (I tried Auto too - no good).
I always build standard and 1:1 previews for all my images so I can fly through them on initial selection (rating) stage, and this is taking so much longer it is becoming unusable.
Sending files to export now takes up to 30seconds just to get the task bar up, whereas before it took a couple of seconds.
Moving from folder to folder is sluggish and LR takes ages to rebuild the folder structure with number of photos in each folder, whereas before this was very quick.
My iMac may be 5 or 6 years old, but a LR update shouldn't render it obsolete.
I've still got version 5 on here, but would rather that the new one was fixed - is this going to happen?
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tom_marshall_7224101
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denni_russel
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Philip - I was able to talk to a real person at Adobe yesterday, and they said they're aware of the problem and are working on an update. He suggested sticking with 5.7 until then.
Tom - if you've uninstalled 5.6 you can install 5.7 by choosing Previous Versions in the Find New Apps section. Maybe uninstall CC and go for 5.7?
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philip_dickson
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And how do I justify paying for the latest LR updates via CC, if I cannot use them?
Phil
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denni_russel
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the changes to the photos should still be there. The changes are made to the files...
Do you have automatically write changes to XMP files selected in the Catalog Settings? If not, you can select all the images and press Command or Control S to save the metadata changes. Otherwise, everything from an editing perspective is baked into the files, not the LR catalogue.
The new CC catalogue won't be compatible with any older versions. Do you still have your old catalogues backed up? If so, after you load up your last catalogue, you can synchronize your folders to add any new images - and your edits, including ratings - will be added.
As for forking over all our money to Adobe... you got me there.
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