LR default catalog preview sizes ALWAYS too small!

[christopherm13668766]

Every new catalog I create (monthly) defaults to create 1440px previews- so assuming I forget to switch this stupid setting every time I create a catalog, which is every single time, my computer wastes hours rendering tiny, useless previews and then having to re-render larger previews for my 27" imac when I view them. I don't see any default setting for this besides for each individual catalog, which seems pointless. Why?

[dj_paige · Accepted solution]

Adding this one to my list of 337 (now 338) reasons why one catalog is superior to many catalogs.

But, if you really need multiple catalogs, you could create a "template" catalog with zero photos but all settings the way you want. THen when you want to use the "template" catalog to contain actual photos, you make a copy of the "template" using your operating system, then open the copy.

Much, much easier to use one catalog. And lots of other benefits to using one catalog.