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1. #ADOBE LIGHTROOM CC 2015 HOW TO CHANGE LANGUAGE FULL SIZE#
2. #ADOBE LIGHTROOM CC 2015 HOW TO CHANGE LANGUAGE SOFTWARE#

SSDs, or solid state drives, can perform computer tasks up to 30 times faster than traditional disc based hard drives. This option is at the top of the import module. I convert all files to DNG when I import to Lightroom. The benefit of DNGs for Lightroom is that they can increase performance for some, since the format was designed by Adobe themselves and made to be easy for editing programs to work with.

#ADOBE LIGHTROOM CC 2015 HOW TO CHANGE LANGUAGE SOFTWARE#

Convert Raw Files to DNGĭNG is the raw file format built by Adobe, meant to be a universal file type for editing software and keep files independent of camera manufacturer changes in the future. DNG stands for "Digital Negative", and just like true film negatives, it's meant to be a long lasting standard that will preserve your files even if a camera maker stopped supporting their old raw files. Be sure to always backup old catalogs just like you would back up your raw files. To start a new catalog, just go to File -> New Catalog. I have an old catalog with close to 50,000 images in it that takes forever to process anything with. I do this every couple of months and I always see a big difference when I start a new one. If your catalog is 20,000 or more images large, you might want to consider starting a new one to give Lightroom a clean slate. This can be one of the number one culprits of why Lightroom might be running poorly for you now when it previously had no issues with speed. If you have an older computer or laptop without a dedicated graphics unit, you may be better off leaving this option disabled (as I have on my Macbook Air).Īs mentioned above, catalogs can get unwieldy and messy after a while. This setting is under Preferences -> Performance. This can make things like the adjustment brush tool much smoother and speed up the develop module in general. If you have a dedicated video card, this setting can offload some of the processing from your CPU to your GPU and let them work together to do everything faster. Modern video cards can handle an amazing amount of processing, especially those with larger amounts of RAM. To do this, go to File -> Optimize Catalog and let it do its thing. Think of it as a defrag for Lightroom, cleaning up the clutter and getting rid of unnecessary mess. This option will go through and clean up your catalog file, which can let Lightroom retrieve and write information much quicker. As you can imagine, things can get messy quick, especially when your catalog grows to the tens of thousands of images size.

Your catalog is basically a long list of every photo and every adjustment you've made, as well as the organization of folders, names, ratings, and every other parameter you can adjust in Lightroom. You can generate smart previews on import just like 1:1 previews, or you can generate them at any time in the Library module.

#ADOBE LIGHTROOM CC 2015 HOW TO CHANGE LANGUAGE FULL SIZE#

I use smart previews on my Macbook Air, which is a few years old at this point and would be sluggish with full size files from the Nikon d750. You can do all of your editing on the smart preview files, then plug the external drive back in and sync everything to the full size files for export. The beauty of smart previews is that they load and process much faster than full size files. They are separate files that let you edit your photos even when the actual raw files are not present, say if you store them on an external drive and it gets disconnected. Smart previews are the opposite of 1:1 previews, in a way.