The other thing to be aware of, Stefan, is that PhotoLab is an excellent RAW converter (the best available, IMO), but it’s not great as a general image viewer - That’s because it goes thru the process, for each and every RAW file it encounters, of converting it to a viewable image … it does not use the embedded JPG that’s contained within the RAW file - - and, therefore, it’s not fast when presented with a folder containing 100s (or 1000s !!) of images.
So, I recommend you use a working folder in a workflow something like this;
- Move a small batch of RAW files to the working folder; 20-30 max
- Open that folder and work on the images with PL
- Export the results, and move all components (RAW & JPG/TIFF) to your storage structure
- Repeat these steps as required.
And use a dedicated image viewer to browse/display your results (of which there are plenty of good, free ones available) - - but don’t use PL for that purpose.
John M
PS. More discussion on this topic here.