How do I preview the JPG instead of the RAW file?

[Tacitic]

Hello all, I searched the forum but couldn't find an answer

I am running PM 6.0 build 6784 on Windows 11 x64

The contact sheet is set to display raw+jpg together and the preview window is always showing RAW when I often need to see the JPG

After I batch edit the RAWs in DxO photolab and save the edits as JPGs, I would love to use the preview window to crop the jpg's but I can't see any settings/preferences that allows this. Is there a setting for it and I'm missing something or it's not possible?

[Mick O (Camera Bits)]

You could try viewing Raws and Jpgs separately in the Contact Sheet. Would that help?  On macOS: command-j.   On Windows: ctrl-j  to toggle back and forth

Mick

[Tacitic]

Thanks Mick

Yes that is what I have resorted to and yes it's a helpful workaround. It unfortunately however nullifies PM's otherwise fast workflow

[ahoward]

It seems like you've got "Enable RAW Rendering" checked in your Render Cache preferences. When this setting is enabled, Photo Mechanic will use the preview generated by Adobe DNG Converter in the Preview window. If you have a pair of RAW+JPEGs and you are exporting an edited JPEG, there really isn't much reason to have this setting enabled.

[Tacitic]

It seems like you've got "Enable RAW Rendering" checked in your Render Cache preferences. When this setting is enabled, Photo Mechanic will use the preview generated by Adobe DNG Converter in the Preview window. If you have a pair of RAW+JPEGs and you are exporting an edited JPEG, there really isn't much reason to have this setting enabled.

thank you so much ahoward  problem solved