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signed up to get the 30 day trial before I plunk down some money for the subscription....but so far, so impressed. It seems to run a lot lot smoother on my machine than 5. In 5, my admittedly quite bulky catalog really chugged at times, but in 6 I can zip around with barely any lag.
Happily as well, GPU rendering is fully functional. Not bad for a 5 year old iMac! Was fully expecting that to not work at all.
Happily as well, GPU rendering is fully functional. Not bad for a 5 year old iMac! Was fully expecting that to not work at all.
I've just installed the trial version of CC (I'm a happy Lightroom 5 user). To be honest, I don't see a huge difference on my PC, but does anybody know if there's a way to share the catalogue between the 2 Lightrooms? I'm still undecided whether to upgrade to CC/6 or not, so I'd like to keep the catalogues to be identical. CC has created 'Lightroom Catalog.lrcat' and 5 uses 'Lightroom 5 Catalog.lrcat'.
Vaguely related to this thread, I'm a standalone LR5 user and keep getting told whenever I open it to update it with the various new features (HDR merge etc) but clicking the link just takes me through to the generic LR5 'buy CC' page. Going manually to the downloads page just gives me an update from December to download (which I've done, and it made no difference.)
Is there actually an update for LR5 there or is it just pushy advertising?
Is there actually an update for LR5 there or is it just pushy advertising?
tenohfive said:
Vaguely related to this thread, I'm a standalone LR5 user and keep getting told whenever I open it to update it with the various new features (HDR merge etc) but clicking the link just takes me through to the generic LR5 'buy CC' page. Going manually to the downloads page just gives me an update from December to download (which I've done, and it made no difference.)
Is there actually an update for LR5 there or is it just pushy advertising?
It's the LR 6 standalone version rather than an update for LR5. Adobe have made it difficult to find on their website but it's there.Is there actually an update for LR5 there or is it just pushy advertising?
pidsy said:
new to CC - can anyone recommend the best way to learn it?
the adobe app is a good start but i'm gonna need some hand holding on this as i'm new to mac too.
all very confusing.
If you mean learn Lightroom CC and Photoshop, there are lots of good videos on Youtube for starters, and Adobe also have Adobe TV to help. Then there are books of course, Adobes "Classroom in a book" series is ok for the mechanics and processes involved if not the actual retouching of photos... At the moment I'm following Serge Ramelli who has some ok videos and tutorials free to kick start you off......the adobe app is a good start but i'm gonna need some hand holding on this as i'm new to mac too.
all very confusing.
re the Mac, as a recent convert too (November) i again just went through Youtube and here too.
Works for me....
Depending on your favoured learning methods, something like the book by Scott Kelby might be the way in. His books always have - for me - the right level of detail with a good dose of levity. A bit like a grown-up version of a "... for Dummies" book.
There's always Photoshop TV, but I think you have to be passed the basics to get anything meaningful out of them...
There's always Photoshop TV, but I think you have to be passed the basics to get anything meaningful out of them...
steveatesh said:
pidsy said:
new to CC - can anyone recommend the best way to learn it?
the adobe app is a good start but i'm gonna need some hand holding on this as i'm new to mac too.
all very confusing.
If you mean learn Lightroom CC and Photoshop, there are lots of good videos on Youtube for starters, and Adobe also have Adobe TV to help. Then there are books of course, Adobes "Classroom in a book" series is ok for the mechanics and processes involved if not the actual retouching of photos... At the moment I'm following Serge Ramelli who has some ok videos and tutorials free to kick start you off......the adobe app is a good start but i'm gonna need some hand holding on this as i'm new to mac too.
all very confusing.
re the Mac, as a recent convert too (November) i again just went through Youtube and here too.
Works for me....
a lot of learning to do. the "randon photo's" thread is the main reason ive spent a whole lotta money on all this gear.
I've found that exporting lots of images from LR6 is noticably quicker than it used to be under LR5. Exporting 200 images (from canon CR2 files) out of a library of say 2000 files, resizing them and applying a watermark seemed to take around 5 minutes on my PC. Started up task manager it all CPU cores were being used at near 100%
LR5 used to hit just one CPU core, and to speed things up I used to select half the photos for export, then select and export the other half as a second task.
LR5 used to hit just one CPU core, and to speed things up I used to select half the photos for export, then select and export the other half as a second task.
pidsy said:
new to CC - can anyone recommend the best way to learn it?
the adobe app is a good start but i'm gonna need some hand holding on this as i'm new to mac too.
all very confusing.
Jilieanne Kost is very good for learning the basics. http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/the adobe app is a good start but i'm gonna need some hand holding on this as i'm new to mac too.
all very confusing.
http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/lightroom-training-vi...
Gemm said:
pidsy said:
new to CC - can anyone recommend the best way to learn it?
the adobe app is a good start but i'm gonna need some hand holding on this as i'm new to mac too.
all very confusing.
Jilieanne Kost is very good for learning the basics. http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/the adobe app is a good start but i'm gonna need some hand holding on this as i'm new to mac too.
all very confusing.
http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/lightroom-training-vi...
Well, it seems like the new features are only going to CC subscribers and not those who bought the standalone copy, they only get bug fixes and camera profiles. I hadn't upgraded yet, but it is a pretty clear message from Adobe that they want people on the CC plan. The annoying thing is that the panorama mode means that I'll hardly ever need to go into Photoshop.
jinkster said:
Im thinking of buying the standalone V6. What are the major difference between CC Lightroom and standalone?
Stand alone isnt getting any real updates. it will get updates for raw processing and compatibility with new cameras but not new features like the de-haze, panoramic stitching, mask editing eyc.RobDickinson said:
jinkster said:
Im thinking of buying the standalone V6. What are the major difference between CC Lightroom and standalone?
Stand alone isnt getting any real updates. it will get updates for raw processing and compatibility with new cameras but not new features like the de-haze, panoramic stitching, mask editing eyc.Disappointing as far as I'm concerned, but c'est la vie.
I'll be keeping an eye out for competitors in the future, I wish I'd gone down the Capture One route now back at the beginning of the year.
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