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Jeff wrote:
Thanks for doing all this, very informative!
I do have one question for you that I have not seen addressed elsewhere. One of the primary and incredibly-annoying slowdowns I contend with daily is waiting for LR to render at 1:1 on a 5k screen (or the attached Thunderbolt Display), especially with large panos (500MP+). Sometimes it will take 20-40 seconds to finally update the display, almost always I get the spinning beachball, etc. Computer in question is a 2020 5k iMac, 3.6 i9, 128GB. Notably, my LR previews file is bloated to 688GB for a 325k image catalog (I have not seen that LR actually ever releases 1:1 previews despite it being 'set' to do so; I've never witnessed the file decrease in size). Anyway, that's another tangent...
Have you noticed any differences with the Studio in regard to 1:1 rendering? It's currently the worst time-suck I get with this computer and LR, but I know my use case is a bit severe (working with many near-gigapixel images). I realize that there are a lot of aspects to this that are likely hard to duplicate for tests (e.g. differences in the LR Previews files), but I'm really curious if the Studio is going to help the issue. I really wish Adobe would figure this out; I really enjoyed Aperture's solution to this, that is, their little magnifying glass that instantly gave you a 1:1 preview of a small area of the image (it worked really well).
Cheers,
Jeff
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jhapeman wrote:
I assume you are asking about real-time 1:1 rendering? If you have somewhere you can upload one of these large panos to I can test it out for you. I do a lot of wildlife photography, so I usually have LR generate 1:1 previews as part of the import so I can rapidly flip through them at 100% to cull out those that aren't razor sharp.
I am, real-time. I also build 1:1s on import for non-time lapse stuff, and obviously the panos are built when bringing the TIF in from PS (assuming, of course, that the dimensions are small enough for LR to not–arbirtrarily–choke on). I say 'arbitrary' because the max pixel-dimension and 512MP limit in LR seems arbitrary, although at least it can now read PSB files.
hcubell wrote:
Check out this review of the Mac Studio Ultra: <video>. It would probably cut the time for the rendering of 1:1 previews by 2/3 for you.
I have seen that, and have ordered a Studio (mid-May delivery). Time to build 1:1 previews is an annoyance I have learned to live with (and could continue to), but the real-time rendering of the display when inspecting a file at 1:1 is what I am curious about. The other variable that few people could probably test right now is the impact on the system from pushing two 5k displays; guess I'll be the guinea pig for that!
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