Lightroom 1.0 released
So what do you guys think about this little gem ?
On my system it just replaced Aperture. They both have great GUI, different but both great. Lightroom seems to be well coded for multicore/multiprocessors , as everytime i do something CPU intensive i see on my CPU meter that both CPU's are maxed out.
Speed at which Lightroom runs is just insane and huge improvement over Aperture. I complained about Aperture's speed over and over and was told that RAW images are just that complicated but Lightroom just shows that Apertures just isnt very well optimized. Shadows adjustment , Straightening give me pretty much real time results where Aperture would just lag like mad.
Dark gray background Lightroom uses on the palletes is very easy on the eye , just like Shake , After Effect 7.
One thing Aperture has over Lightroom is easy multi-display set up and from what i can tell it's pretty hard to get Lightroom give you FULL screen preview of the image. Even if i toggle off all of the palletes and press F twice for Full screen there's still 1 or 2 cm ( less than an inch ) black border that goes unused.
Overall best 1.0 release.... I didnt try any of the Lightroom's BETAs as i was in love with Aperture , but when retail version came out i just had to give it a try, Very , very glad i did. There goes another $200.
(btw my sys specs G5 2x2.7Ghz,4.5gb ram,6800GT)
On my system it just replaced Aperture. They both have great GUI, different but both great. Lightroom seems to be well coded for multicore/multiprocessors , as everytime i do something CPU intensive i see on my CPU meter that both CPU's are maxed out.
Speed at which Lightroom runs is just insane and huge improvement over Aperture. I complained about Aperture's speed over and over and was told that RAW images are just that complicated but Lightroom just shows that Apertures just isnt very well optimized. Shadows adjustment , Straightening give me pretty much real time results where Aperture would just lag like mad.
Dark gray background Lightroom uses on the palletes is very easy on the eye , just like Shake , After Effect 7.
One thing Aperture has over Lightroom is easy multi-display set up and from what i can tell it's pretty hard to get Lightroom give you FULL screen preview of the image. Even if i toggle off all of the palletes and press F twice for Full screen there's still 1 or 2 cm ( less than an inch ) black border that goes unused.
Overall best 1.0 release.... I didnt try any of the Lightroom's BETAs as i was in love with Aperture , but when retail version came out i just had to give it a try, Very , very glad i did. There goes another $200.
(btw my sys specs G5 2x2.7Ghz,4.5gb ram,6800GT)