{"id":41949,"date":"2025-11-21T10:52:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/?p=41949"},"modified":"2025-11-21T10:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:53:11","slug":"lightroom-classic-v15-exporting-preview-performance-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/21\/lightroom-classic-v15-exporting-preview-performance-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightroom Classic v15 Exporting &amp; Preview Performance Bug"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-the-issue\">What is the issue?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Lightroom Classic v15 (and 15.0.1), <span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">a significant<\/span> performance bug exists that can cause&nbsp;<strong>exporting photos and generating previews to take up to three times longer<\/strong> than expected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This issue occurs when doing multiple exports or preview generations within a single Lightroom Classic session. For example, if you export multiple 100-photo sets, the first export could take 16 seconds, but the subsequent exports could take 24 seconds &#8211; or 1.5 times longer. This issue occurs regardless of the photos selected and occurs even when exporting multiple sets of images (e.g., exporting photos 1-100, then photos 101-200, and so on).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This affects all AMD-, Intel-, and NVIDIA-based systems we have tested, although the severity changes based on the hardware. While most export formats and preview generation appear to be affected to a small degree, the two we found to be most affected are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Exporting to DNG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Building Smart Previews<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While this has obvious implications for all Lightroom Classic users, it also has a heavy impact on the performance results for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pugetsystems.com\/pugetbench\/creators\/lightroom-classic\/\">PugetBench for Lightroom Classic<\/a> benchmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-performance-examples\">Performance Examples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While the exact performance loss you experience will depend on your system&#8217;s hardware, photos, and workflow, below are examples of performance when exporting to DNG and building Smart Previews. We have included results from tasks performed immediately after launching Lightroom Classic, as well as after completing a previous export action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    jQuery(document).ready(function(){\n        var slid_to = 0;\n        jQuery('#image-gallery-2860').on('slid.bs.carousel', function(e){\n            slid_to = e.to;\n        });\n        jQuery('#image-gallery-2860LargeCarousel').on('slid.bs.carousel', function(e){\n            slid_to = e.to;\n            jQuery('#image-gallery-2860').carousel(slid_to);\n        });\n\n        jQuery('#image-gallery-2860 .carousel-item img').click(function(){\n            jQuery('#image-gallery-2860LargeCarousel').carousel(slid_to);\n        });\n    });\n<\/script>\n\n<div id=\"image-gallery-2860\" class=\"carousel carousel-dark slide gallery\" data-interval=\"false\">\n\t<div class=\"carousel-indicators\">\n\t\t            <div data-target=\"#image-gallery-2860\" data-slide-to=\"0\" class=\"active\">\n   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class=\"sr-only\">Next<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .modal-body -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In the examples above, exporting to DNG (chart #1) can take 1.4-1.5x as long when doing multiple DNG exports, and in the case of the AMD-based system, doing a DNG export after a previous JPEG export can take 3x as long!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Building Smart Previews (chart #2) is similar, where if you build the previews after doing a DNG export, it can take 1.5-1.75x as long compared to building Smart Previews first. Doing so after a JPEG export is similar, but the Intel\/NVIDIA-based system took 2x as long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we mentioned earlier, we have seen this issue to a much lesser degree when exporting to JPEG, TIFF, and building 1:1 previews. Those tend only to have a 5-10% impact on performance; however. So, while not ideal, they likely aren&#8217;t worth taking special measures to try to regain that small amount of lost time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will note that we paid special attention to ensuring that the exported photos were correctly formatted. At first, we thought the issue might be that Lightroom Classic was not following the export specifications (exporting to JPEG when it should have exported to DNG, for example), but that was not the case. The exported files on the first export were an exact match to the exported files that encountered the performance penalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-can-you-fix-the-problem\">How Can You Fix the Problem?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We have informed Adobe about the issue, and anticipate that a fix will be available in the near future. When an update to Lightroom Classic is released that resolves the problem, we will update this post accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, at the moment, the only workaround we are aware of is to <strong>close and reopen Lightroom Classic between exports or preview generations<\/strong>. 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