Why EVERY PHOTOGRAPHER should use Smart Previews!
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Adobe Lightroom Smart Previews allow photographers to edit preview images on-the-go by creating smaller DNG versions of offline photos. Once connected to the original RAW file, the edits made to the preview sync to the photo easily and automatically. Like magic!
While not intended, previews are also a great (smaller) backup and will greatly increase the performance of Lightroom since it has less data to handle and work through when editing Smart Previews.
*Thumbs Up* if you're using Smart Previews!
Thanks a lot Chris. For me very helpful video!
Hey there Chris ! I see you answer comments hehe, you are right ! not many people know about this i cannot wait to apply it to my workflow.
I have a question forgive me if i missed it in the video but, were do you store the lightroom catalog ? on the mac it self or on the external Catalog drive ... i mean what do you recommend ? Thanks !
I keep my catalog on the external SSD
Exactly what I was looking to learn about! I am starting to use RAW consistently and this is great information and now I know how they work! Thank you!
This is great! Exactly the kind of thing I was looking for when editing on my laptop off an external drive. Thanks!
Glad it was useful to you ;-)
This was incredibly helpful, thanks so much for the tips and advice Chris!!!!
Thanks Chris, this helps tremendously!
Thank you so much Chris!
Mind Blown!! Thanks a ton for this video!
Really great help Im a few years out of sync but you are a good teacher thanks mate.
Oh my that changes everything 🙏❤️
thank you this helped a lot!
Man i really appreciate this! Great video. All the best to you.
Awesome !! Thanks for the info!
Very good!! quick and intelligent!
Exactly what I was looking to understand. Thank you
Great! Glad you found it useful :-)
Very helpful. Short and clear! Cheers man!
Glad it helped!
Brilliant video--thank you
Glad you enjoyed it
Ju as you said, I reached a point where I didn't know where to put my data. Editing on an external drive sucks but then again not having your library on you computer sucks even more. Thanks a lot!
I got tired of everything being everywhere. I recently combined all my catalogs into one, and it now lives in my external drive, while all my RAWs live inside a 48TB NAS.
Great video. Thank you so much!!
My absolute pleasure ✌🏼
As someone using a PC and a Laptop for editing this is the best lightroom tip i've heard in a while!
Thank you!
Pleasure ;-)
If i work with the smart preview library only and delete an image/smart preview will it delete the raw as well when they synch. up?
Depends. You can remove a Smart Preview. But if you chose to delete the file (Smart Preview or not) it will synchronise the deletion across all versions of the file.
Thanks for explanation what give me Smart Prew :)
thanks man
Thank you for your Video! :)
Yup! I use smart preview. Makes it faster to edit.
Hi Chris
Awesome video!! I have been using lightroom for the last year, and really like it.. but I dont really have a workflow.. It looks like you have a pretty awesome workflow! I hav no idea how to use catalogs and collections... can you in some way (maybe in a video) show how your worflow is? like how you have a catalog with smart previews on your laptop and then all the raws on a hard drive? maybe by showing what you do eveytime you get home from a shoot?
And yep I have seen the video that is named My complete PHOTOGRAPHY WORKFLOW in 10 Steps but that more says what you do not how...
Thanks again for all your incredible videos here on youtube!
best regards magnus
Thanks Magnus!
There are so many different ways how to use Lightroom... I reckon, if you keep using it you'll eventually get your own workflow. My other video about my workflow pretty much sums up what and how I do it. Not sure if you've checked my blog post with that video, that might give you more insight too.
An extra backup is never too much
Great Video. I think i just start Working with it! :) *Thumbs Up*
I just bought a sony A7r III, so I am completely rethinking my workflow. I am switching to capture one (watching tutorials as we speak), and I am thinking about efficient ways to backup my raw files (in the cheapeast way possible). I discovered your video just in time ! This is possible too in capture one, so it comes in handy.
Need to update my catalogue
Exporting files takes a LOT longer once I have made this change. That may not seem like a big deal, but I shoot events with MANY galleries. Sometimes up to 100 per event. And they need to be exported separately into their own galleries of photos. This slows that process down significantly.
This is absolutely GENIOUS, Chris!!! I've always been struggling with never having the option to go back to some old pictures on the go... Quick question: Are the smartpreviews automatically stored next to the catalogue they were created in or does Lightroom choose any other local space to store it?
They are automatically (and have to be) stored next to the Catalog yes.
Very helpful, thank you so much! Got a question: Do you think there would be any scenarios where not using smart previews would be benefitical? Cheers.
No
Thanks for the vid... What about editing in photoshop from Lightroom (Edit>Edit in Photoshop) when using Smart Previews?
Not too sure actually. I so rarely export to Photoshop.
I’d say stick with the original RAW file to have the maximum resolution in PS to work with.
The PSDs will definitely not synch from Smart Preview to RAW in Lightroom.
Hi Chris! Great video - helped explain a lot! What if you already imported a set of photos - can I then go back and re-import and build a smart preview? Any downside to be aware of?
You can always select older photos and tell Lightroom to generate smart previews for the selected photos.
I don’t know if it’s mentioned here but remember - you still will need your raw files if you’re going to be going into Photoshop to work on the files.
Unless you generate the low-res export and work with that in photoshop ;)
Hi Chris
, thank you for your very helpful videos and blog on workflow
I would like to know if I am correct in thinking that the workflow is to place your culled RAW images into a folder structure, go into Lightroom and create Smart Previews. I have three questions
1. I am assuming that it is possible to move the file structure from 1 Hard Dr to another, but one should not adjust the file structure as the Smart Previews would not be able to find their home files. Alternatively, the Smart Previews are really smart and I need not worry about this.
2. Once I have created the Smart Previews I can use them to edit images in Lightroom and dropping across into Photoshop as necessary when the SSD with the Smart Previews on is next attached to the computer with the RAW images, all the edits will be transferred, as I don’t want to destroy the original raw image does this go back to a copy of the raw image?
3. Additionally, if I am using other programs from within like the Nik Collection 3. These edits also survive and be transferred to the edited full-size image when the Smart Previews SSD docs with the hard drive with the RAW images on?
Please could you clarify these points, many thanks
Hi Richard,
Happy to hear that it was useful to you.
As to your questions:
1. As long as you change, move or copy things INSIDE Lightroom, the Smart Previews will stay connected to the RAW files. No need to re-connect anything.
2. You can't edit Smart Previews in Photoshop, as this is a pixel-based editing process and you're manipulating pixels in Photoshop. So you need the original pixels to work with. The Smart Previews are, essentially, a compressed, smaller (2500px long) DNG version of your original RAW files. When editing RAW files in Photoshop and saving them afterwards, Photoshop creates a PSD file and saves it next to the original RAW file. You shouldn't lose any data this way.
3. Can't say for sure as I don't use these plugins. But it would be an easy test: Import a RAW file into LR, Generate the Smart Preview, disconnect the RAW file (rename it or move it outside of Lightroom), try to edit the same file (now LR is using the Smart Preview as it will tell you this under the Histogram), try to open this file with a third party plugin and edit it, then reconnect the RAW file again so Lightroom detects it and see if the edit is transferred or if Lightroom.
Hope this helped.
Chris
Great vid thanks for sharing! One thing I don't understand, is do smart previews work together with 1:1 previews? If I convert a folder to smart previews, should I then disgaurd the 1:1 previews? Or do you use them together with?
They can be used together.
Chris, what do you thinking of exporting edited files as DNG from LR and leaving the library clean?
I saw Chris Burkard recommends this approach.
Hey Alex,
Yeah, I worked for Chris for a while. I know his system and he’s actually one of the guys who got me into Photo Mechanic.
I don’t mind the DNG system, but I don’t see the advantage. I’d much rather have all the files in one central LT catalog where I can organise, sort and even have virtual copies.
DNGs are basically a RAW file + a low res JPG alongside it packaged into one. But in Lightroom I can see the edit anyway (previews or smart previews represent them) and can browse the files in there. No need to convert or export first.
But both systems work.
Great. Question remains: can we create (creation, concept, design, pictures selection and positioning) a book with the smart previews? And finalisation once the external drive with the pictures (originals) is connected?
Never tried creating a book inside lightroom with smart previews only. You’ll habe to try and let us know.
and you are very charismatic :)
Thanks for the video! So if I only have smart previews (sent to me from a second shooter) and I export them, the quality looks bad. Do I need to get the RAW files from him as well so I can have higher quality jpgs after export?
Smart Previews are pretty decent quality actually.
You can export up to 2500px on the long end, so totally fine for online purposes. For print I'd ALWAYS go with the RAW files of course.
When you reconnect the drive with the raw files (external USB drive in my case) how can you tell if LR is done updating all the original raw files with the changes you made to the Smart Previews?
It’s so fast and instant that you won’t need to be able to tell.
3000+ photos are currently getting built as smart previews. Hope my computer makes it through
So just to make sure i know whats up.
If i remove my external HDD with all my RAW photos folder and edit in smart view the changed made to smart preview will make the changed to the original RAW photos once i connect the HDD?
Correct. It’s so fast and automatic you don’t even notice.
whats that intro music?
When you import from an SD or external do you Copy as DNG, Copy, Move, or Add?
I leave as RAW files and add them to the catalog, since I already used Photo Mechanic to structure, rename and organise the actual original RAW files before stepping to Lightroom.
I’m just starting out in photography, so I should never send av smart preview file to a client? Even if I export as largest dimension and default 80% image quality?
How would I convert back to original to send best images to client after post process? Thank
I only ask because I recently discovered that no matter what platform I use, all my images lose quality, or don’t zoom in as much as my images in Lightroom once delivered.
Side note: I do only shoot jpeg large so far. Do I need to shoot RAW to get the results I need?!
I realize this is old mate, but im low on internal computer space and if I listened and watched correctly you can build smart previews, you said for you it is 73gb of extra space, and then when you disconnect your external drive you can still edit the smart previews but obviously you can export them as full size. Now my question basically is if you plug that external drive back in lightroom it automatically knows that and allows you to edit and export the full size raw photos rather than the smart preview?
Yes. Correct. You can export up to 2500px on the long edge with smart previews. But as soon as you connect the RAW files Lightroom accesses those. You wouldn’t even know it has, except that it’s a bit slower at processing larger RAW files, compared to the light Smart Previews. Below the Histogram you can always see what files are there: Preview, Smart Preview, Original RAW file.
You must be psychic! That was an item in your previous vid where I thought, "I really need to do that!"I have 80,000 raw images so am assuming it would be simple to create SPs considering your 100,000. Interesting you also keep you catalog on your hard drive. Mine (1.9Gb) is currently on OneDrive. I'm guessing moving it to my laptop could speed it up further? Thanks again for the tip.
Hi John! I actually don't keep it on my internal drive. I could, but I don't. I have my catalog (+smart preview) on an external SSD and with of USB C (3.1) I have a very fast connection. The advantage is that I can detach it and plug the SSD into any other computer and access, edit and export my images (up to 2540px).
How do I change the size of my smart previews from the the ealiere made previews?
You can discard smart previews and the re-generate them. But, if I’m not mistaken, smart previews only exist in one size. It’s the regular (non-editable) previews that allow for different resolutions / sizes.
Interesting video. I have a question.
I use HDR merging in Lightroom CC before moving over to Photoshop CC to mask in other layers. Can I still use this functionality if I want to edit on my laptop using smart previews in Adobe CC rather than the full res raw files on my desktop? Or would it be easier to just import and edit the original raw files on to my laptop and then transfer the files and catalog over to my desktop once finished?
I’d stay with the RAW files when editing in PS. You’d want the maximum quality and resolution for merging to achieve the best result and PS is also always better with higher resolution files. Easier to work more precisely.
You can always generate a smart preview off the final file once imported back into Lightroom though.
@@chriseyrewalker Yeah that's what I was thinking. I'll probably end up uploading the raw files to the Adobe Cloud to work remotely on my laptop or just transfer the full catalog between machines. Appreciate the response Chris.
After you export the raw+smart preview files to your HDD do you then go back and delete them off your SSD Catalog?
The RAW files are moved across.
The Smart Preview files always stay with the catalog on the SSD. This is what allows me to disconnect the HDD with the RAW files but still access (a smaller version of) the RAW files in form of a Smart Preview.
As soon as I connect the HDD again all changes to are automatically transferred from Smart Preview to RAW file. You don’t even notice this happening.
Hope that makes it clearer.
really good! Thanks! But one other question: when I edited my smart previews and want then to export in a high res jpg - how can I use the original RAWs again to make the export? Cheers from Munich!
Just connect the drive that has the original RAW files on it. Lightroom will them automatically pick those for exporting and you can go to the full resolution again.
@@chriseyrewalker So just to clarify, once I edit smart previews on my macbook and want to export the RAW edits, I'll have to connect my hardrive, open Lightroom and the edits will automatically be there as the RAWS (because it syncs from my MacBook?) and I export them like that? Sorry if that's confusing.
@@ShayDIY, yep. correct. You won't even notice the 'syncing', it's that fast.
Good video if you keep your LR catalog on your system drive. But it's a whole new ballgame if you have your LR catalog on your external HD with your Photos! Which a lot of people do for ease of backing up. If you do keep your LR catalog on your external HD it gets quite complex and I'd recommend staying away from SP unless you learn the steps it will take to keep everything in sync.
I DO keep the catalog on an external SSD and the RAW files on an external HDD. Synching with Smart Previews isn’t that complex actually.
Well, you well know the pitfalls if you screw things up here. Of course to get your catalog on your laptop you have to make a copy of it and move it to your laptop. You now have TWO COPIES of your catalog. One on the external HD and the other on your laptop. It is a dangerous game to have TWO COPIES of a catalog unless you know exactly what you're doing.
If you don't mind, I'd like to know your workflow since you say it isn't complex. Of course that term is relative... the cockpit of a 747 isn't complex if you know what you're doing! :)
No I only have the one catalog (+ backups of that catalog). But that one main catalog is located on the SSD and never copied across to the laptop or computer I’m using. Since I’m running it on an SSD I have a solid and fast connection.
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OK, I think I understand what your saying. But you do have to "lug" the external SSD drive with you where ever you go. Not any different than carrying your external drives that you keep your photos on really. SSD may be smaller but you still have to have it. Sort of defeats the purpose of Smart Previews and is definitely not what you are demonstrating in your video. Not only that but like I said in my first comment, if they house their LR catalog on their external HD (which a lot of people do) then it does become quite involved... Right?
Chris, great video! Thank you! I just started my first import using smart previews. I see you chose "minimal" for the type of smart preview. I've read that 1:1 previews are best then have them discard after 30 days. I'm a little confused about smart previews vs 1:1 previews... are they the same thing or just a different resolution. Do you indeed choose minimal when making smart previews or the other options...1:1, standard, or embeded/sidecare?
Smart Previews are editable.
‘Normal’ previews are just viewable in the Library view. The larger, the more detailed, the more space they will take on your drive.
If I create smart previews for say a wedding. But I don't detach the external HAD with the original raw files on, will LR work on the smart previews anyway thus speeding up workflow? Great video, just watched a few of yours in a row, to the point simple, keep it up.
Hi Gareth! Yes you can tell Lightroom to use Smart Previews when in develop mode. Just go to the System Preferences (or Catalog Settings, can't remember 100% right now) and select Performance at the top. Then you can check a box so Lightroom uses Smart Previews when editing.
Thanks. One other question. If i create smart previews (for a wedding say), detach my external HD or tell LR to work on the smart previews instead of the RAW files. When I come to export, will LR export from the RAW (assuming the external is attached, applying the develop settings etc?
Yes. If available LR will export from the RAW files (with the applied settings), if not it will export from the Smart Previews (Which is MUCH MUCH faster btw.) So if you don't need the photo to be over 2540px on the long edge I'd recommend leaving the RAW files detached for a super fast export)
Everything aside, how is it possible that there's no single dislike?! 🤔👍
magic!
Hey man, thank you for the help :)
I have one question which is, how do I make sure that when it comes to export it uses the raw files instead of the smart preview files/lower quality version of these files? (even with the HHD plugged in)
If will always use the RAW files when they are available.
Easiest way to see if Lightroom is using them is to check below the Histogram of the image. If it says: ‚Smart Preview‘ or ‚Smart Preview + Original File‘.
If you export full res from Smart Previews it won’t be larger than 2500px on the long end.
SO.... just to be clear... if LR editing is faster with SmartPreviews, then I should disconnect my RAW files drive after import to force the quicker editing on the Smart Previews and then I should re-connect the drive with the RAWs afterwards for hi Rez exporting. Is that right?
Thanks for your Video. Once you made a video about Photomechanics. Does this mean that you don't use Photomechanics any more?
Thanks. Still use Photo Mechanic exactly the same way as I did when I published it.
hi
i send catalog with smart preview to my editor/
when he bring it to me it is without sp why?
He either renamed the catalog or didn’t copy the smart preview file over. It sits next to the catalog file along side the regular previews file.
There is one thing I can't figure out, or find anywhere on the internet. Right now I have all Lightroom files and folders in the "pictures" folder on my MacBook Pro. But I want the original RAW files to be on an external drive in the future. How do I do that? When moving the files (in Finder), there is no way to tell Lightroom were the originals are. Not even an alias folder can help. How is this done, so that I can erase my main files on the MBP?
- Attach an external drive.
- Add one photo to that drive.
- Import that photo (Drag and drop) to Lightroom. Make sure it says: Add in the import dialog.
- Lightroom will now show the new drive in the Library Module.
- inside Lightroom: Drag the folders from your ‘Macintosh HD’ to that external drive.
- files will now be moved from the MacBook to the external drive.
- delete the ‘dummy’ image you imported at first. It was just there for Lightroom to recognise the external drive and add it to the Catalog as a destination.
My Lightroom catalog is stored on my external hd. If I disconnect my external Lightroom closes. Do I need to move my catalog to my laptop?
Quite normal if you disconnect the catalog from your computer that it will shut down.
You’ll need to keep the external drive connected while using Lightroom.
Unless you move the catalog folder to your computer.
Hi Chis! Thanks for the info man! Got a question: I just generated smart previews for all my collections for my raw files (which are on my external drive). Now does LR automatically use those smart previews for editing or do I have to tell LR in some way that I want it to use them instead of the raws to speed up my editing?
Cheers, Sebastian
pleasure!
If your RAW files are attached to your computer then Lightroom will usually work with them and ignore the Smart Previews.
BUT you can tell Lightroom to work with the smart Previews (until you zoom in, then it loads the RAW) in the Catalog Settings (or Preferences... not 100% sure right now). It’s a box you tick.
Chris
Cant seem to find where to tick to use smart previews without de attaching the drive. anyone can lead me here? thanx
Giedre SKY Razmantaite This check box is under Preferences >Performance. It’s “use smart previews instead of originals.....”
You’ll see decreased imagine quality slightly while editing but the end result is full high res size/quality :-)
I am probably late here with this answer. Ha
Do you always create minimal previews or standard?
Sidecar + Smart Previews
Hi Chris great Video.. however I want to understand one thing that if I build smart preview and my original also remains there ..so during export which file will be used..low resolution smart preview or original?
It the RAW file is available it will export from that. If not, it will export from the Smart Preview file (up to 2500px on the long end), even when you tell it export ‘original’ size.
@@chriseyrewalker how to disconnect raw files from smart preview files without disconnecting actual disc?
Giedre SKY Razmantaite the Smart Preview files are with the catalog. The raw files can be on any disk you want them to be. When the disk is connected Lightroom will use the RAW files. When disconnected it will use the Smart Previews. Any changes are updated automatically to the RAW files when reconnecting. You don’t even notice it happening.
If I delete/remove a smart preview will it then delete/remove the Raw image when the drive is re connected?
Yes.
I am going to use them now ^_^
Nice explanation. However I'm still not 100% clear on how Smart Previews would benefit my workflow. I store all of my LR photos and catalogs on external drives. Nothing is stored on my local computer. Would there be any benefit to using Smart Previews in this scenario?
If you keep your catalog on an external drive, then the speed of your Lightroom is most likely bottlenecked by the USB connection. So, by using smart previews, you'll actually have less data flowing between your computer and the catalog. This means Lightroom will perform faster. So, yes, it's probably worth it.
Even better is when you disconnect your original files from the catalog and let Lightroom work with ONLY the smart preview files. Then it won't be trying to juggle both the full RAW files and Smart Previews.
so when I take my smart previews and edit them on a laptop at a cafe on an ssd, when I come home, do I need to copy the smart preview file from the ssd back to my hard drive with all the raws so I can continue working at home?
The smart previews are generated next to the catalog file. So, if your catalog is on the SSD, then all you need to do is plug in that SSD into your computer at home and it will read the smart previews.
@@chriseyrewalker Sweet as thanks mate.
If Im editing an image with smart preview enabled but my raw files are still attached to my computer, will my maximum RAW resolution be visible? Say if I zoom in to check focus on an image. Will it be showing me the smart preview or RAW image size?
If you zoom in it will load the original RAW.
@@chriseyrewalker Thank you. That was my only concern. Using smart previews now!
does smart previews take up additional space than if we don't use it?
Yes it takes up more space. For my 150k photos it takes up around 130GB
I am new to Lightroom, I lost my files and do have my smart previews there still, they are blurry when zoomed in, I can actually retrieve them?!
Unfortunately you can’t recover hires files from low res smart previews.
@@chriseyrewalker aww damn :(
Question: When editing RAW, you can pull out a lot of details in black areas (I use Nikon D800). With Smart Previews, I suppose that won't be possible without the original RAW file?
Should work. I’ve not noticed a large difference between the editablity of RAWs and Smart Previews. Only the resolution changes for the most part.
Best do a test.
so could you test it? did it work?
Well, smart previews are smaller RAW files. So you get less resolution. But still the same amount of shadow and highlight detail.
Hi, how do I import the LR catalog with smart previews (I have both files) when I do not have the original RAW files? Can't find it anywhere :(
The Smart Previews should have the same name and should be in the same folder as the catalog they belong to. Then Lightroom will automatically recognise and load them when you open the catalog.
Bummer about losing your original RAW files... always make backups!
@@chriseyrewalker Thank you so much for your answer. That's why I cannot find anything about it in the web haha. I guess I've found the problem. Thanks! :)
Thanks. I would like to see how someone removes RAW files to an external portable hard drive to free up space and how to re-import them if necessary so they supersede the smart previews when re-imported. Don't really understand it how it works and need to clear up storage on my iMac!
I'll have a complete workflow video coming out soon. I reckon it will answer all of your questions Joe. Stay tuned ;-)
*BUT if my original RAW files are already located on my Laptop [not on an external HDD]- then Smart Previews won't give me any benefit, say, of a faster workflow, right?*
Yes. In the Setting ein Lightroom you can tell LR to use smart previews when editing for better performance.
@@chriseyrewalker i know where the smart preview option is. I am saying that it seems like this option is only good if you are editing from an external Hard Disk. As it creates a local image on you PC.
But, if my images are already on my PC localy - then there's no point to use smart previews as it won't improve performance. Just take extra space
Well, technically it’ll still be faster with the Smart Previews as they are smaller files to process. So it should be faster, but yes, if you have your RAW files locally then it shouldn’t make a big difference as the internal SSD is usually blazing fast enough.
Can you use Smart Previews in Photoshop?
Theoretically I think you can.
Practically I wouldn’t recommend it. Why go edit a low res version of the original in a pixel based program? Lightroom can’t sync the changes you make to Smart Preview in Photoshop to the original RAW file.
This man knows more about lightroom than adobe does 🤣
This has got to be the best comment of the year. Thanks. ✌🏼
Help me with a situation. I do Drone photography when im away from my home i edit on my Macbook then when i get home i will copy that folder into my imac however the macbook will have edited photos. how do i get them onto my imac so i can continue the editing?
Easy: just make sure your Lightroom Catalog is located on that external drive too. So when you switch computers you work on the same Lightroom catalog and all your edits will be there.
I use a Samsung T3 SSD for maximum speed between computer and ‘external’ catalog.
@@chriseyrewalker So you have it on the catalog on the SSD and the main comp?
Catalog with smart previews are on the SSD. Raw files are on external HDDs.
@@chriseyrewalker i have Lightroom catalog Previews (80gb), Lightroom catalog smart previews (43bg) and Lightroom catalog.lrcat (213mb)
Sounds about right. Just move those to an SSD and you’ll be able to open that from any computer it’s connected to and that has Lightroom installed.
Can u delete ur raw files off ur hard drive w use smarpreviews to continue edit
Yes. But why would you do that?
For speed performance ??
You can tell lightroom to use smart previews when editing. Then it ignores the RAW files and you get the performance of using smart previews.
If you delete raw files you can ‘generate’ them from the smart previews…
Tu!!!! Any difference when exporting smartpreviews for printing once I set this up
I’d never export for print from a smart preview. They only have 2500px on the long end. So you’re missing resolution that is needed for a clear print.
ayo is that a mistake or am I trippin? 2:41 a 100k RAWs and only 1200 GB size? 👀
100k Smart Previews that ‘replace’ the RAW files. Indeed, around 100-130GB in size.
@@chriseyrewalker aiight make sense haha thanks!
No idea how I ended up here...I guess I got a crush on this guy.
AB de Villiers
NOPE, I don't have a disaster in my catalogue and my files are not all over the place... hmmm
You’d be surprised how many people out there don’t have their stuff organised...
@@chriseyrewalker :) Yea, I know... it's always a shocker to me. Thanks for the Vid. I think I'll work up those smart previews... even though I don't actually disconnect my drives often. Seems like a prudent thing to do for only 100 gigs of space difference.
Definitely helps. And if you work off the smart previews only you can save your drives from spinning (by disconnecting them) and the performance in lightroom goes up significantly. Because it has much smaller, optimised files to work with.
Yhee briliant! why even go for RAW files, let the camera shoot "smart JPG´s" and then you dont need the extra hard drive! fuck me i hate Adobe!