LR: Embedded & Sidecar or Standard?

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I've read all about Lightroom CC's Build Previews under the File Handling panel.

Of the four options: Minimal, Embedded & Sidecar, Standard, and 1:1

I've decided that both Minimal and 1:1 don't sounds right for me.

That leaves me with the Embedded & Sidecar or the Standard option.

But no matter how much I try to find out in-depth about those two, I can hardly find a big different between the two, they both could have sounded just (nearly) the same as each other.

What should I do? How do I pick between the two? What are your options of those two?
 
Embedded and sidecar will check to see if there is a larger preview attached to the file on import, rather than the tiny JPEG preview that would normally come off the camera (which you would get in the 'minimal' setting).

Standard is set by you in the catalogue settings. You can set it up to 2880px I think, standard standard is 2560px (for me at least, no idea if it's set at that because it knows I have a 2560px display).

Personally I build 1:1 previews on import. If you're going to be processing the images and zooming in on them, you're going to have to wait for LR to render 1:1 anyway. I'd much rather importing took a little longer and got it out the way, rather than wait for each file as I tried to run through editing and processing.
 
Sorry, my fault, I should have pointed out, I do not meant the technical different between those types, more of a workflow different between those.

I know what kind of previews each one of those (Minimal, Embedded & Sidecar, Standard, and 1:1) have, the size of preview, the level of preview, the render timing, and all that.

But I should have explained that, from what I read, I would image it sounds like this...

Minimal sounds to me more suited to a very busy photographer who needs to look at the previews as it imports into LR. He/she wants to check out the previews as soon as they loaded into LR, rather than wait for the rendering.

1:1 sounds to me like it's more suited for someone who's not in a hurry, maybe an amateur photographer, who would not mind start importing, then go and have a cup of tea or get busy in the garden.

I decided Minimal is not for me, I'm not in a hurry to start working on the photos as soon as LR start importing them, and 1:1 is not for me, it's doubtful I would be checking out each photos one-by-one, so I don't need all of them fully rendered.

That leaves me with the option of Embedded & Sidecar or Standard, but what kind of workflow do each of them seems suited to?

It would have made sense if they both were just one choice rather than two choices, so you feel like it is halfway between the Minimal and the 1:1, so you feel like best of both worlds, but trouble is that it's actually spit into two, Embedded or Standard. Bit like instead of getting a Yes - Maybe - No, you kind of end up with Yes - oh maybe - um maybe - No. If you see what I meant?
 
I'm not sure exactly where the sidecar preview would come from, so can't really comment on that.

As mentioned above, I use 1:1 because it's quicker than minimal, not the other way around. Minimal can be useless for checking details and focus even, and you're not going to be working on them.

Start your 1:1 import while you write up your invoice, and recharge batteries, sort gear for the next shoot. Then get editing, much quicker than waiting for LR to render twice.

If you need them quicker, then use PhotoMechanic or something built for speed. :thumbs:
 
But 1:1 means LR render all of the images as it imports, and it sounds more suited to the kind of person who like to view nearly each and every photograph, whereabouts I'm more likely to only open an image here and there. If I have 200 images imported, I may be opening like 20 so why bother using 1:1 which would render all photos? (I meant, what good is having 180 other images rendered using the 1:1 when I don't actually look at them.) Also it takes up more storage space, I'm aware LR have an option where you can discard the 1:1 after 30 days, I'm more likely to cut it down to a couple of days.
 
I meant that when looking at thumbnails, if I spotted an image I need, I would open it in full view, then work on it. Any other images that I do not need to work on now, there is no point for me to look at them in full view, hence I don't need them done in 1:1.
 
In that case I would just have it set to minimal. Why would you render anything other than minimal? The intermediate ones are still taking up a bit of time and temporary space, and you say you're never even going to look at them... When you do open the odd one to work on, the time taken to render one-off previews is minimal. In your case I don't see any benefit to anything other than minimal.
 
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