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jerry12953

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Is there any theoretical limit to the number of times you can clone an image without LR giving up the ghost?

The reason I ask is that I am doing a hell of a lot of cloning to one particular image and LR has slowed down to the extent that it's virtually unusable.


Other images seem fine.
 
LR is not really designed for cloning. OK it's got spot removal tools but cloning is really the province of Photoshop.

Probably the reason for slowing down is that LR uses a database for the application of edits, which are applied to the final image, there are possibly a significant number of entries for this one image, which is why it's slow, as it has to access these to apply the edit
 
Hi John - ever reliable source for opinions on Lightroom!

Yes, cloning is perhaps not the right word......but I'm removing a he** of a lot of spots using the clone tool! Still some to go and it is soooooo slow........maybe I should move it over to Photoshop. I have Elements v11.
 
I agree with John, though you could try clearing your History panel and see if that improves things. If you come across photos with plenty of spots that need removing, make this the first job before you do any other edits. It should speed things up.

This page from Adobe has this and other helpful tips.

This page, also has some speed-up tips
 
garryknight said:
I agree with John, though you could try clearing your History panel and see if that improves things. If you come across photos with plenty of spots that need removing, make this the first job before you do any other edits. It should speed things up.

This page from Adobe has this and other helpful tips.

This page, also has some speed-up tips
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Thanks Garry.

This suggestion covers my situation perfectly.


If you have many corrections, check your History panel. The History panel has no limits, and it isn't deleted unless specified. If you've been creating many local or spot corrections, your history could be long, which can slow Lightroom's performance as a whole.

Clear the History panel by clicking the X on the right of the History panel header."

The last thing I want to do is lose the corrections I've already made, as it is the reult of several hour's work! Can I be confident that if I follow the instruction in the final sentence, I won't lose anything|?
 
jerry12953 said:
Can I be confident that if I follow the instruction in the final sentence, I won't lose anything|?
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You could be supremely confident if you tried it with a virtual copy of another photo. I just did that, adding just 10 spot-removal points to save time, cilcked the X at the top-right of the History panel, moved my cursor back over the photo and all 10 spot-removal points were still there. All it means is that you can't undo anything prior to that point, so you're committing to your work up to the present time.
 
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