Is Lightroom acting a bit sluggish? Well, like any other application, Lightroom can benefit from some simple tweaks and changes to the OS, your system, and its settings.
Anita Dennis has posted an excellent article over on the Adobe support site, Optimize Performance | Lightroom. She covers things like:
- Optimizing you hardware and OS
- Making the most of your preview settings
- Catalog settings “best practices”
- Critical maintenance to keep things running at top speed
Even if you are satisfied with how Lightroom is performing it is worth your time to read the article. There may be something there to help speed up your workflow even more! If you are having performance issues with your installation of Lightroom then this article is a must read for you!
About the Author: Gene McCullagh
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Gene is an Adobe Community Professional, an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop Lightroomand an avid Lightroom fan. He has written several feature articles for Photoshop User Magazine and is the author of Explore Lightroom 4: A Roadmap for Photographers.
He belongs to the Professional Photographers of America (PPA) and the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP). Gene is the Co-Founder of the Dallas Fort Worth Adobe User Group (DFWAUG).
