Lightroom 4.1 Incredibly Slow Spot Removal Tool, Delays in using Sliders and Selecting Tools.

Hi there,
I upgraded to Lightroom 4.1 a few months ago and since then have been battling with incredibly slow spot removal tool, slow changes between tools and modules, and a big time lag in using the slider adjustments. I use Lightroom for Portrait photography work and it is incredibly frustrating. I feel like my workflow is half the speed it used to be because of all the wait time. Once I select an area for the spot removal, for example, I can wait about 2-4 seconds for it to work. I find that this lag is shorted when I first open Lightroom and begin using it, but the lag time quickly increases as the hours literally drag by. Are other people having these issues after upgrading to Lightroom 4? Has anyone found a fix for this? And does anyone know if Adobe is going to get cracking and get this fixed for 4.2? Lightroom is supposed to speed up our workflows not slow it down!!!

kazcoul wrote:
Are other people having these issues after upgrading to Lightroom 4? 
Have you done a forum search for an answer to that question?

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