Specify Standard-Size previews when importing

As photos are imported, Lightroom can immediately display the photo’s embedded previews or display previews as the program renders them. You can choose the rendered size for previews using the Standard Preview Size menu in File Management preferences. Please keep in mind that embedded previews are created on-the-fly by cameras and are not color managed. So, embedded previews don’t match Lightroom’s interpretation of the camera raw files. On the other hand, previews rendered by Lightroom are color managed.

In the Import Photos dialog box, do one of the following:

To display previews as Lightroom renders them, select Render Standard-Size Previews.
To immediately display images using the previews embedded in the photos, deselect Render Standard-Size Previews. Lightroom renders standard-size previews when needed.

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No screen name said on May 5, 2008 at 1:09 AM :

Trying to figure out the differences between the initial previews settings in the Import Photos dialog box. Any insight would be great!

Anita Dennis said on May 5, 2008 at 9:59 AM :

Mimimal previews use the camera preview and are not color managed. Standard previews are higher quality and use the ProPhoto RGB color space. 1:1 previews are a 100% view of the pixels and take the longest time to build and display.

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Specify Standard-Size previews when importing

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