I've been using LR v. 3 for quite some time and I love it. It's fast and responsive.
At my last wedding, I had a second shooter who was using a 5D III and I wasn't able to load her files into LR 3, so I downloaded LR 4 so I could edit the pics. I'm on a mac pro with 16gb of ram so memory should not be an issue, yet LR 4 is moving very clunky. Everything I do seems to hesitate for a fraction of a second before anything happens. It's driving me nuts.
Are there any fixes I can do to make it as fast as v. 3??
Jim, I shoot with a 5D3. I currently convert RAWs to DNGs and then process as usual in LR3. I guess I'll eventually upgrade to LR4, but for now this works great. It's an extra step, but I usually start the conversion before I go to sleep, so it's done during my downtime. Guess this info is a little late though since you already upgraded.
Newer Mac OS's really try to make it difficult to get to the preferences folder. I opened LR, went to preferences and showed the presets folder and then navigated up (ie: backwards) from there in the multi column view, until I got to the USER>LIBRARY>PREFERENCES folder. If you go through the MacHD>Users>your name" way using Finder, it doesn't show the folder on Mountain Lion.
Then read this to identify the fight file to modify.
If your on a pukka Mac Pro then about the only thing you can do is delete the preferences file, increase the cache size and put the cache on an SSD, fix the noise and sharpening sliders at zero until you have finished al other edits.
Ultimately, 'No' is the short answer. On an iMac, an MBP and a 4.5 Ghz O'clocked hackintosh/windows box with 16GB RAM and a 256 MB SATA 6 SSD, Its still gets laggy on the noise sliders. Once the noise sliders are set, everything gets laggy.
However, those steps above should get you closer to 'happy'.
I have nr set to load on default with every image and I have no lag, even with boring hard drives. and it is also fine if I make modifications to the nr.The only slow downs I see are associated with the spoting tool and when changing modules.
I have the recent 4.2 version running pretty fast on PC, after untold tweaks to the OS, video card and LR. It's one of the most poorly written apps I've seen in a long time...
Agree with the comment that everything begins to slow down when using brush or spot tools. I fly through my work until I hit this stage. (one of my last passes)
I'm getting pissed at v. 4. When I use the brush tool to increase exposure on a part of the photo, I'm getting speckled spots. I can't wait to finish this edit and go back to my trusty v. 3.
Jim, it sounds like you have not tried any of the updates or other tricks mentioned in the several threads on LR4. You should take a few minutes to read those. It's worth the time.
amonline wrote:
Jim, it sounds like you have not tried any of the updates or other tricks mentioned in the several threads on LR4. You should take a few minutes to read those. It's worth the time.
I did try to see if I could correct the issues. But I gave up when it looked like it was going to be too much of a hassle. I was half way thru editing this wedding anyway when I made the post. I'm done with the edit now. No more LR 4 for me.
