jthomson said:
RustyTheGeek said:
LR has always done this. It doesn't matter how fast your computer is, the amount of RAM, video card, SSD or if you have a large FLUX CAPACITOR installed, it will still take FOREVER to fully render the image and allow you to determine if it's in focus, etc. (FOREVER = 2 - 4 sec or more per image.)
It's for this reason that I started looking for a better program to do the initial culling and sorting of images. See my other thread I just started to see what I found to greatly speed up this process... (Spoiler: Get FastRawViewer. http://www.fastrawviewer.com/ )
http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=27192.0
This isn't quite correct.
It is dependent on the size of the build preview that you select in the import screen. If you select the minimal setting then you will get what you describe. If you select the standard setting then full screen previews will load almost instantaneously,but there will be a delay when you zoom 1 to 1. There is also a one to one setting which builds large faster loading previews. The disadvantage of the standard and one to one settings are that the create larger previews which consume more storage space. They also increase the time it takes to complete the import of files. Personally I use standard previews which take maybe three times as long to complete the import as the minimal previews, but have no delay when I review the files. While the files are being imported I find something else to do. You do need a 7200 rpm sata 600 hard drive or an SSD, but you don't need a Flux Capacitor.
Well, in my experience, I've always used Standard previews, used an SSD and had 32 GB of RAM or more on an i7 CPU running Win7 x64. Didn't matter, still took about 1.5 - 2.5 sec to load the large previews in LR Library view. On two different high performance PCs. Graphics card or drivers didn't matter either. And I've been a computer nerd ever since the '80's, much longer than I've been a photo nut. It's definitely inside LR. Then I installed Photo Mechanic last fall and WOW! WHAT A DIFFERENCE. Then I recently tried some other apps and hit another home run with FastRawViewer for a fraction of the cost and frankly, more customizable features.
At least that's my personal experience and the delays seem to be what a lot of other folks out there are complaining about as well. (I saw a lot of testimonials on YouTube, etc for Photo Mechanic among others when I was searching for better apps.)
Oh and the Flux Capacitor doesn't actually speed up the previews
per se, but since there is a space/time continuum shift, it
seems like it's going much faster. That was better than nothing until I found a better app that actually worked faster in real time. Once that was fixed, the flux capacitor got cancelled out and I had to remove it. Now I can listen to Pink Floyd again while I work and I don't get as confused.