Allow processing of Virtual Copies at lower resolutions than original RAW

At times an original image is slightly soft, but looks just fine when processed at a lower resolution. In ACR the ability to do the RAW processing itself with a preview of the image rendered at a lower resolution than the original is most helpful in such situations. It would be fabulous if in LR it was possible to create a VC of a file that was set to a lower resolution than the original, e.g. 5Mpx from an 8.2MPx RAW image, with all processing and previews of that Virtual Copy then being displayed with a 100% zoom being the 5MPx image. Currently you have to guess what a downsized export might look like, or take it into Photoshop, for what might be a simple operation.

This seems to be a very frequently requested feature, and fo rus it would certainly be the #1 missing functionality.
We use Lightroom to work on large batches of event/wedding photographs, all taken in RAW format.
1. With current 'absolute' presets, there's no telling what it will do to any given photograph: a "antique photograph" preset will do wildly different thing to a photograph under tungsten, as to a photograph under sunlight or fluorescent or flash.
2. Similarly, our workflow is interrupted: instead of being able to colour/exposure correct all images and then apply a preset to this _fixed_, 'normalized' version, for consistency of look; we have to play with images one by one, or go to workarounds like export/import: all of which defeat the point of Lightroom as a workflow-enhancing app.

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