Richard’s Notes

Speed up Lightroom 2.0 on Intel Macs and other modern computers.
Pretty simple solution. Not sure it’s a solution just yet but it can’t hurt.

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4 Quick Ways to Boost Lightroom 2 Performance
Oh boy, I need this bad. LR 2 is a bit sluggish between modes at the moment.
[via Gary Sharp]

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I’ve got Lightroom 2 downloaded and installed and it’s working quite well. I read that a few found it slower than version 1.4 but I wasn’t sure what type of computers they were using. On my 2.5 Ghz MacBook Pro with 4 gigs of memory it seems plenty fast, much faster, in fact, than 1.4 [...]

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Useful write up by Thomas Hawk: The 10 Best Things About the New Adobe Lightroom 2.0.
I’m planning on waiting a while longer before doing this upgrade but many of the updated features are appealing.

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Lightroom 2 released to suspecting public
I didn’t play with the beta and will no doubt upgrade at some point but I think I’ll wait for 2.1. No rush, the current version works fine for me.

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Lightroom 1.4.1 and Camera Raw 4.4.1
I know I’m late with this, I’ve been flying all day. I’ve not done this update yet, anyone done it? Feedback please.

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Adobe Photoshop Express is a free, flash-based online image editor, picture organizer and gallery. It has a nice feel but feels like version 1/beta software in terms of responsiveness. I can’t tell if the slowness and problems I had with it just now are it being in beta or Safari not working too well with [...]

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Joe Barrett maintains the Image-Space Lightroom Photography Resource which is both a personal site but also a reference site for Lightroom users.
I recommend downloading the free Image-Space Lightroom Tips eBook which includes useful tips for those of us who don’t read manuals cover to cover.

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Aperture 2.0: the Ars Technica review
An excellent and thorough review of the new version of Aperture vs. the earlier version and the various competing products.
As posted earlier, I’m sticking with Lightroom although it too is far from perfect.
[via Edward McKeown]

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Lightroom Wins - Round Two
More on the movement back and forth from Aperture to Lightroom to Aperture 2 to Lightroom.
[via 20SEVEN]

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Aperture World Tour
Beginning in March, Apple takes Aperture 2 on tour around the world. Join us and enjoy a close look at the next generation of Apple’s powerful photo editing and management software.
Even though I’ve effectively moved to Lightroom I think I’ll go. Hey, a free day in New York with a bunch of other [...]

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My friend Greg Newman has written a great post on Aperture 2.0 and Why I Didn’t Switch to Lightroom.
Greg has essentially the same computer as I do: 17” MacBook Pro 2.16 GHz. I have the 15″ model of same.
For me, Aperture 2 definitely cleared up some of the speed issues associated with the earlier [...]

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Apple just released the long overdo Aperture 2.0 and for those of us who have owned Aperture 1 for a while it’s a $99 upgrade. That’s not too bad for a high end pro product like this.
Because I use a 2.16 ghz MacBook Pro with 2 gigs of memory, I had a hard time with [...]

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Get The Dust Off in Seconds
Fantastic tutorial, not only on dust spot removal, but also on making a preset.

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Apple hints at new Aperture
We’re constantly working to make Aperture an even better tool for users, and will soon release an upgrade that includes RAW format support for new cameras and other exciting new features. Please stay tuned.
My word, it’s about time. Of course, they might not release it for another year. Argh.

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This HDR (high dynamic range) image was taken and made by heiwa4126 in Tokyo, Japan.
This is a great example of using the HDR technique to create an image that looks more like a realistic illustration than a photograph and in fact, many traditional photographers would say that this is not a photograph but in fact, [...]

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Photon looks like a great tool for those of us who’s not upgraded to Leopard yet and want a faster way to make a first pass through and cull large batches of RAW images. Preview is quite slow although I’ve heard Leopard’s Finder the cover flow view is a huge improvement over Preview in Tiger. [...]

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Printing on Leopard with Lightroom 1.3.1
Update from Adobe on printing from Lightroom essentially telling everyone to check to see if your printer drivers are Leopard compatible.
For what it’s worth, I found that the current driver for my Canon Pixma Pro 9000 is both Tiger and Leopard compatible and should work fine with Lightroom when I [...]

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Tourist Remover looks like an interesting online service for taking unwanted “tourists” or cars or anything out of a photograph.
Frankly, I just like the name. I’d like to “run it” on this place during leaf season in the fall, get rid of all those drive by “peepers.”
[via Cool Tools]

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32 ways to speed up Aperture
I should try some of these before I dump Aperture over the side for Lightroom. Aperture has many features that I miss but not enough so that I’m tempted to switch back. I think I’m tipped already. Still some of you reading might want to try some of these, they’re [...]

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