Lag free photo scrolling *sigh*

[u/Legonerdburger]

Is it just me or it's impossible to achieve with the current LR software?

I purchased a maxed out MBP, built every preview, using off the hard drive etc. and still can't achieve lagless scrolling between photos. Going from one photo to the next sequentially is lag free but if I try to scroll 5+ photos up it takes a second or so to generate the sharp image

Any other tips on how this can be done?

I miss the Canon DPP 3.x days when I could just cull on the computer and not have any lag whatsoever :'(

*UPDATE*:

Sorry, I think I fixed the problem. When building 1:1 previews, it fixes the issue, I can now literally hold down the arrow keys and the photos are instantaneous even when scrolling at that faster than eye speed - the trick was to build 1:1 previews, I was on "standard previews". I will leave this post up if it helps others.

Specs to achieve lagless scrolling:

MBP (maxed)
1:1 previews and smart previews (though not sure if the latter is necessary)
working of hard drive (internal)
20gb cache setting (dunno why I put that but I read it helps online)

[u/Pretty-Substance]

I just couldn’t afford the 100GB+ preview file on my 256GB internal drive 😂

[u/RoseRouge96]

Photo Mechanic is the answer, it saved my LRC workflow. I was going to jump to Capture 1 but PM is a miracle. Plus, you don't bog down your catalog. Check it out, it's gold. Edit: I have a M4 Max MBP. No amount of setting up LRC properly will give you lag-free scrolling, especially when comparing the speed of PM. Also, you can punch in to 100% zoom to check focus so, so fast in PM.

[u/Eastern_Thought_3782 → u/RoseRouge96]

Ahhh the old “i don’t know how to setup LR properly so the only solution is PM” post.

I’ve not used PM for culling etc in years. LRC works perfectly, zero lag, and btw it’s just one catalog going back to 2007 with hundreds of thousands of photos.

[u/alghiorso → u/RoseRouge96]

$15 a month subscription or $400 perpetual seems very steep for an organizational tool

[u/Eastern_Thought_3782 → u/alghiorso]

It costs how much now?!

LOL glad I bought it for a fraction of that years ago then!

[u/RoseRouge96 → u/alghiorso]

Just do a trial. You won't regret it. It saves money in the long run, plus, you will select better photos because how fast you can zoom in and scroll. It's super easy to hand off to LRC. I can't imagine life without it, but I do a lot of shooting with two bodies.

[u/Eastern_Thought_3782 → u/RoseRouge96]

Honestly, just set up LRC correctly mate. I’ve not seen the benefit of using PM for anything in years other than quickly rating images straight off the SD card mid-shoot. 

[u/Exotic-Grape8743]

Smart are never necessary. They are only used when your originals are not available. For example if they are on an external drive.

Also, you shouldn't need 1:1 previews if your standard previews are big enough. This is a setting in catalog settings->previews. It should be set to auto which will create standard previews that are big enough for the main display. For a MBP this is typically 3456 pixels. Most times when scrolling is slow it is because the standard previews are not big enough and it has to re-render them constantly.

[u/LeftyRodriguez]

No lag here on my Mac Studio.

[u/TheStoicNihilist → u/LeftyRodriguez]

But can it run Crysis?

[u/Legonerdburger → u/LeftyRodriguez]

Do you get a lag before images show when you hold down the right scrolling key as you go through images? Maybe I'm expecting too much