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Saving you the time go warrant it?
I feel a bit underwhelmed by all computer upgrades. Obviously I'm doing more intensive things than I used to and it's happening faster but it never feels completely 'live' unless I've got footage playback set to a lower res than native. Which can't help but seem like a shame/an upgrade path.
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presume you meant ‘to warrant it’
yes, because i’m not pausing before a ‘big move’ and having to think if i should save or close other software before doing it, or go make a cup of tea.i have moved between capture1/helicon focus/PS with them all open, something i would not have contemplated before especially with only 16gb ram, i would have liked to have 128 but 64 is a big improvement and makes a huge difference to PS as it will use as much as it can.
i haven’t done any of my time lapse’s yet but the MacBook struggled with saving those and i would have to purge all cache’s and histories before i could do that, it also took nearly an hour to process the sequence tiffs in C1.
but it’s the same with every upgrade, the computer gets better, the files get bigger, the computer slows down, you buy a new faster computer...
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That could also be a software issue and it's not optimized to take advantage of the whole machine. I see that a lot with Adobe software, most of the machine sitting idle with a few blips on the Gpu an 1 core at 100%.
Mr_Smyth
sohi
Mac studio update:
so there is lots of online angst about noise. there is a background fan noise and a very feint power supply whine but only when saving a big file. the computer is about 18in from my head, if it bothered me that much i would move it but compared to iMac’s, MacBooks under load and old G5 towers it’s quiet. very cool to touch and the air out the back is cold, i don’t think i have managed to get the fans up to speed despite processing a lot of files and doing some heavy lifting processor wise.
issues: some filters in photoshop like smart sharpen are not fast, it’s something to do with open CL which is evidently redundant now but still used for a few things. this is not a computer issue but software.
sometimes a brush lag with very long strokes in PS where it has to catch up, not bad enough to annoy as for most of what i do it’s not noticeable but be nice if it was snappy/real time.
there is an issue with using external USB dacs. i have Tidal/audio quest dragonfly red and it has background clicking unless you use one of the thunderbolt ports on the rear (with a USB adapter)
i wonder if this has any impact on music/audio people who use USB interfaces?
no idea if thats hardware or software causing that.
apart from that it’s all good and smart sharpen aside it’s fast, still get a beachball but thats for a second or 2 when doing saves or transforms or zooming in/out on big files (12000x10000 pixels 16bit 5-10GB)