SPOT REMOVAL PROBLEMS

[PENNSTATEMIKE]

This is not a Lightroom problem per se but an issue I am running into. I scanned a bunch of old photos and they have some defects, mainly areas where the emulsion is missing causing white spots top appear on the scan. When I place my mouse over the photos, it just plain starts acting crazy - slow jumpy movements - and it is taking forever to repair the scans with spot removal. The mouse is OK until it gets onto the photo area. I've cleaned the mouse, replaced batteries, etc all to no avail. Anyone have an idea what might be causing this and offer a solution?

Many thanks

 

[clee01l]

Your profile says that you are running LR6.6. Earlier versions of LR6.x had some pretty nasty bugs, This could be one of them. You should update to LR6.9 to get the best code from Adobe. Then, you need to address the other problem and that is GPU acceleration. Since you are running OS X 10.11.x you might not have the best Video driver to be running LR6.x. Even id LR System info says the the GPU is supported and you have it enabled, I would disable GPU acceleration in Preference /Performance. By disabling GPU acceleration, I think your squirrelly mouse issues will go away. My recommendation would be to update your Mac to MacOS (Sierra 10.12.4) after you have updated to LR6.9. There is no reason to be running obsolete versions of your operating system.

 

[PENNSTATEMIKE]

Thanks for the info. I did the update to 6.9. I was already on Sierra 10.12.4. I'm not sure how to access GPU acceleration. I googled and it appears it is for Illustrator. I have stand alone Lightroom, not CC. Still having the mouse problem but it doesn't happen when I switch to Photoshop Elements 12 to do the editing. Hoping I don't have to reinstall Lightroom for fear of losing everything.

 

[clee01l]

Go to LR preferences. Click on the Performance tab. In the Section labeled "Camera RAW" there is a check box labeled "Use Graphics Processor" I suspect it is checked. Uncheck it. Further to the right is that checkbox ia a button labeled {System Info} Click on that and the copy the contents of the dialog that opens. Paste the contents back into your reply here. With the System Info, I can better analyze your system problem.

 

[PENNSTATEMIKE]

Hi Clee - GP was disabled. Below is the system info. I think I may have found the problem though. It only seems to be happening with the photo I recently scanned. This was scanned at 1200 dpi. I just rescanned at 300 dpi and all seems to be OK. Does that make sense?

Lightroom version: 6.9 [ 1106920 ]
License: Perpetual
Operating system: Mac OS 10
Version: 10.12 [4]
Application architecture: x64
Logical processor count: 4
Processor speed: 2.7 GHz
Built-in memory: 12,288.0 MB
Real memory available to Lightroom: 12,288.0 MB
Real memory used by Lightroom: 1,948.3 MB (15.8%)
Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 2,920.0 MB
Memory cache size: 351.5MB / 2,860.5MB (12.3%)
Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 4
Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2,AVX
Camera Raw virtual memory: 373MB / 6143MB (6%)
Displays: 1) 1920x1080

Graphics Processor Info:
Check OpenGL support: Failed
Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Version: 4.1 ATI-1.50.38
Renderer: AMD Radeon HD 6770M OpenGL Engine
LanguageVersion: 4.10


Application folder: /Applications/Adobe Lightroom
Library Path: /Users/pennstatemike21/Pictures/Lightroom/Lightroom Catalog.lrcat
Settings Folder: /Users/pennstatemike21/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom

Installed Plugins:
1) Aperture/iPhoto Importer Plug-in
2) Canon Tether Plugin
3) Facebook
4) Flickr
5) HDR Efex Pro 2
6) Leica Tether Plugin
7) Nikon Tether Plugin
8) Perfect Effects 9

Config.lua flags: None

AudioDeviceIOBlockSize: 512
AudioDeviceName: Built-in Output
AudioDeviceNumberOfChannels: 2
AudioDeviceSampleRate: 44100
Build: LR5x4
CoreImage: true
GL_ACCUM_ALPHA_BITS: 0
GL_ACCUM_BLUE_BITS: 0
GL_ACCUM_GREEN_BITS: 0
GL_ACCUM_RED_BITS: 0
GL_ALPHA_BITS: 8
GL_BLUE_BITS: 8
GL_DEPTH_BITS: 24
GL_GREEN_BITS: 8
GL_MAX_3D_TEXTURE_SIZE: 16384
GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE: 16384
GL_MAX_TEXTURE_UNITS: 8
GL_MAX_VIEWPORT_DIMS: 16384,16384
GL_RED_BITS: 8
GL_RENDERER: AMD Radeon HD 6770M OpenGL Engine
GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION: 1.20
GL_STENCIL_BITS: 8
GL_VENDOR: ATI Technologies Inc.
GL_VERSION: 2.1 ATI-1.50.38
OGLEnabled: true
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[clee01l]

Everything is all up to date and the GPU disabled. These are the recommendations that I would give to solve the mouse problem. Except that it doesn't solve it. Your rescanned file is 1/16 the size of the one that causes problems. This should not be a problem except for slower processing times. You might have stumbled on the answer. Scan the image again at 600dpi. Let me know if the problem is apparent at 600 dpi. 600 dpi would be a minimum resolution for my preferences. I regularly process RAW images that are 36mp or slightly better than 600 dpi of an 8X10 image.

 

[PENNSTATEMIKE]

Great minds must think alike. That's exactly what I did and it seems to be OK. The actual size of the photo is only 4.8" x 3.5". Its from way back in the '70s. I'm wondering if the high dpi along with that small physical size just makes it tough for Lightroom to process. As soon as the cursor hits the image everything goes haywire. I'm going to experiment with a large photo and see what happens at 1200. I was doing it at high resolution just to make sure I got all the defects on screen. Thanks so much for your help. I didn't realize I was so far behind on LR updates. My Mac software updates automatically.