Speeding up performance doesn’t happen just at the processor level. (Want to see the difference yourself? In Lightroom’s preferences, you can turn off the Use Graphics Processor option in the Performance screen, an option no doubt included in case compatibility issues arise with graphics cards.) The former isn’t a race car (it meets the minimum OpenGL 3.3 cutoff for being able to use the GPU), but it’s better than before. Panning within large images was also an improvement.īut I also saw better performance on a 2010 MacBook Pro containing an NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M GPU, as well as on a late–2013 Retina MacBook Pro with an integrated Intel GPU. For example, scrolling through the Grid (the thumbnail view) of a library containing more than 100,000 photos was a marked improvement over Lightroom 5-scrolling was fairly smooth, and there were only occasional empty thumbnails. As you might expect, the difference on the iMac with 5K Display is dramatic. Computers with discrete GPUs see the most improvement, but machines with integrated GPUs (soldered onto the motherboard, such as many Intel processors) also see improvements. Lightroom CC now takes advantage of your computer’s GPU (graphics processing unit) for image-intensive tasks, so the main processor isn’t shouldering as much of the load.
But as libraries have expanded and image sizes ballooned, even Lightroom 5 started to feel pokey in areas. Lightroom was the oddly twee alternative, its curlicue design flourishes distracting from the fact that it was working hard to be a fast and nimble photo organizer and editor. It was that sluggish behavior that pushed me toward Lightroom in the first place: Aperture 3.0 was a dog on my old Mac at the time, but upgrading to a new MacBook Pro didn’t improve the performance much. Our computers will probably never feel as fast as we’d really like, but we sure notice when they start to bog down. But more interesting is performance: Lightroom CC takes advantage of your computer’s graphics hardware to speed up the app in some welcome areas. The new Lightroom CC does add some new features, such as built-in HDR and panorama merge tools, facial recognition, a filter brush, and an improved slideshow builder. For the latest version, it would be easy for Adobe to add a few marketing-friendly features and coast into the future on its growing train of subscription revenue.įortunately for existing and incoming Lightroom customers, that doesn’t seem to be the plan. With Aperture now effectively retired by Apple, and its successor Photos for OS X not up to the task of replacing it, the market for pro and enthusiast photo software is now led by Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
Sometimes winning can be the worst outcome.
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