Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step 11:
Okay, so now that you know where your
files are coming from, and going to, you
can make a few important choices about
what happens along the way in the File
Handling panel (at the top right of the
Import window). You choose, from the
Render Previews pop-up menu, just how
fast larger previews (larger sizes than just
your thumbnails) will appear when you
zoom in on a photo once it's in Lightroom.
There are four choices:
(1) Minimal
Minimal doesn't worry about rendering
previews of your images, it just puts 'em
in Lightroom as quickly as it can, and
if you double-click on a photo to zoom
in to Fit in Window view, it builds the
preview right then, which is why you'll
have to wait just a few moments before
this larger, higher-quality preview appears
onscreen (you'll literally see a message
appear onscreen that says “Loading”). If
you zoom in even closer, to a 100% view
(called a 1:1 view), you'll have to wait a
few moments more (the message will
read “Loading” again). That's because it
doesn't create a higher-quality preview
until you try to zoom in.
(2) Embedded & Sidecar
This method grabs the low-res JPEG thum-
nails that are embedded in the files you're
importing, too (the same ones you see
on the back of your camera on the LCD
screen), and once they load, it starts to
load higher-resolution thumbnails that
look more like what the higher-quality
zoomed-in view will look like (even though
the preview is still small).
