

There are lots of performance improvements in this release. To see what size previews your camera embeds, load a raw file into Jeffrey Friedl’s Metadata Viewer. To get around this, shoot raw+JPEG, where you choose the Large Fine (full size high quality) in-camera JPEG setting. If it’s over 50%, it will enlarge the embedded preview – which is not a good choice when you’re trying to judge sharpness since enlarging can make a photo soft. If the preview size is less than 50% of the raw file size, Lightroom will go ahead and build and load its own 1:1 preview. This is important if you zoom in on photos as you cull. Some cameras do not embed full-size previews. If you want an appearance closer to the embedded preview, look into using camera profiles. This has always been the case, but now you’re attention is drawn to it.

Note that you’ll most likely see your images change when the embedded preview sare replaced! The ones from your camera use all of your in-camera settings that don’t apply to raw files, such as picture mode, saturation, contrast, sharpening and color space.

If you want Lightroom to automatically replace embedded previews when it’s idle, go into Preferences (Lightroom>Preferences on Mac, Edit>Preferences on PC) and on the General tab check the preference in the Import Options section: If you edit the photo in Quick Develop or the Develop module, Lightroom will automatically build its own previews. Click on either the badge or label to have Lightroom build its own preview. If you are shooting just raw, it will use the preview that you saw on the back of your camera.Īfter import, in Grid view you’ll see double-arrow badges on your photos indicating that you are working with the embedded preview, and in Loupe view you’ll see an “Embedded Preview” label. If you are shooting raw+JPEG Lightroom will use the JPEG. In the Import dialog, choose “Embedded and Sidecar”.
