# Lazy Loading coming to the Gallery in 3.1? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements\ **Created:** [August 5, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/lazy-loading-coming-to-the-gallery-in-3-1/57219 "2026-08-05T17:08:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/lazy-loading-coming-to-the-gallery-in-3-1/57219/1 "2026-08-05T17:08:12Z")
I’ve always wanted to have full resolution large photos of famous trumpet players… I’ve used topaz labs to clean and enhance. 381 photos came out to 1.21gb Used squash to bring it down to 570mb BEFORE I upload this - Claude said - there is no lazy loading option - but it was mentioned as possibly coming in the forum.. @dan coming soon? (I had 280 small small photos at about 22k each) ![Screenshot 2026-08-05 at 11.55.00 AM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/a/8/a824acbacb4d14736c184385f4e79e3919fe4723.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/lazy-loading-coming-to-the-gallery-in-3-1/57219/2 "2026-08-05T19:49:52Z")
Guess this is too much 🙂 lol 😂 Will shrink and reduce quality - shame though.. Might split across 8 pages of 50 photos… ---
**Author:** ![ben](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ben/32/28488_2.png) [@ben](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ben)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/lazy-loading-coming-to-the-gallery-in-3-1/57219/3 "2026-08-05T20:04:48Z")
> [@MichaelDroste](#): > > Used squash to bring it down to 570mb 570mb of anything on one page is a lot 😅 > [@MichaelDroste](#): > > BEFORE I upload this - Claude said - there is no lazy loading option - but it was mentioned as possibly coming in the forum.. Not sure where or when this was mentioned on the forum, however, I have added a ticket to investigate adding lazy loading to the Gallery component. Hopefully we can add that in the near future 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/lazy-loading-coming-to-the-gallery-in-3-1/57219/4 "2026-08-05T22:47:57Z")
Gave up… photos in some cases have blurred faces or double faces Reverted back to 5.1 mb 280 small small small photos… Maybe try another day - too much time on this… ---
**Author:** ![ben](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ben/32/28488_2.png) [@ben](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ben)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/lazy-loading-coming-to-the-gallery-in-3-1/57219/5 "2026-08-06T08:20:04Z")
@MichaelDroste would something like this work for you? 🙂 ![CleanShot 2026-08-06 at 10.19.14@2x](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/4/7/472d598a57c1cec7f9855c2b7d9e50e94ae69d0b.png) ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/lazy-loading-coming-to-the-gallery-in-3-1/57219/6 "2026-08-06T08:31:05Z")
I have just the stock gallery not the pro - your very kind to post… I’ll look at this again when the ticket gets filled… No worries 😉 Thanx again! ---
**Author:** ![ben](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ben/32/28488_2.png) [@ben](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ben)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/lazy-loading-coming-to-the-gallery-in-3-1/57219/7 "2026-08-06T08:55:25Z")
this is in the Gallery component that ships with Elements 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/lazy-loading-coming-to-the-gallery-in-3-1/57219/8 "2026-08-06T16:44:12Z")
Thanx @ben - doesn’t seem to be in the 3.0.7 beta took another pass in the light of day 🙂 made them max 800 width max 800 tall and 90% jpg - came out to 46mb - a little large but I’m ok with it… ![Screenshot 2026-08-06 at 11.39.52 AM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/4/8/482e8c2de9e1fbf3cb3a813961dc5313e2cf32d2.png) ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/lazy-loading-coming-to-the-gallery-in-3-1/57219/9 "2026-08-06T17:38:30Z")
It’s available in Elements 3.0.8 that just shipped 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 9:01pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/lazy-loading-coming-to-the-gallery-in-3-1/57219/10 "2026-08-06T21:01:07Z")
Now @dan that’s service! Hahahahaha 🙂 Ask for lazy loading and two days later it’s there!!! Amazing!