This saves you a step and just applies the preset you want to your photos when you import them so that if you shoot correctly in camera your photos will be 95% done when you go to edit them. Next drop down menu is "Apply during import" for events like weddings and engagements consistency is key so you will more than likely use the same preset on all of your photos.
So I rename all of my photos "CouplesName Wedding-1.RAW" for better organization. Your camera names your photos something like "Date-00453.RAW" which makes your photos hard to search for a few years from now when you forgot the date of the Smiths wedding. The next drop down menu is File Renaming which is self explanatory. As you can imagine a 2mp photo will load much faster than a 50mp photo would. Before this version of Lightroom I never did this as its original use didn't effect me but now that we enabled "Use Smart Previews instead of Originals for Editing" load time for your photos is much faster which lets you get to editing faster! Lightroom does this because a "Smart Preview" is a smaller 2mp version of your photos that Lightroom creates. Next we want to enable Building Smart Previews. You would think that choosing the "Minimal" option would speed up your editing but there are plenty of articles online that show for some reason 1:1 is faster. Build previews is the quality that Lightroom will show you the photos when you are editing them. File Handling is the first option and wants to know how Lightroom should use the photos. File Handling, File Renaming, Apply During Import, and Destination. On the right you will see the 4 drop down menus we will use to control how your images are imported. Spend the $20 on a fast card reader! I use the THIS ONE) The import dialogue will open within Lightroom and show all of the photos on your memory card. Now that that is done, close the window and plug in your cameras memory card into your computer. On a Mac go to the top left and go to "Lightroom" then click "Preferences" once the window opens up head to the "Performance" tab and make sure both "Use Graphics Processor" and "Use Smart Previews instead of Originals for Editing" is checked. Open up Adobe Lightroom and you need to make sure some settings are checked first.
You just got home from the most perfect engagement session and you cant wait to start editing your photos! Importing your photos is the first step.
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