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October 22, 2020

P: Slow UI when using Mac and Custom Display Profile

  • October 22, 2020
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Hello,

 

Since upgrading to Lightroom Classic v10.0, all UI-related functionality is painfully slow. All editing functions are working correctly and quickly but scrolling through the catalogue or even scrolling a side panel is taking many long seconds to refresh. Unreasonably long.

 

Disabling GPU Accellaration has no affect on my Lightroom's performance.

 

macOS Mojave 10.14.6

Mac Pro (Late 2013)

3 GHz 8-Core Intel Xeon E5

32 GB 1866 MHz DDR3

AMD FirePro D700 6 GB

 

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alexskunz
Inspiring
December 3, 2020

@andrew_rodney no software is bug free of course.

With this particular problem, it either means that QA for LrC is not done in a color managed environment, or someone said "this performance (on the Mac) is fine".

To me, that implies a greater problem in the quality of software QA for LrC.

Known Participant
December 3, 2020

The Mac side of the development team is focused on the new Apple hardware and software, we are seeing what we should expect. For the current LRC software on the Mac, they are using 2nd tier developers and contractors who know nothing about Lightroom, they are trainees. 

Official public information?

Known Participant
December 3, 2020

Right on Andrew. Anybody who has worked in an organization with hundreds to thousands of developers understands what is happening.

Adobe is porting its whole software suite to the new Apple hardware and software, they simply don't have the headroom to support old software/hardware that will soon be obsolete. 

Message to the Mac community: suffer for a year or two and then get out your credit cards for new Apple products. 

 

Reality ain't fun but it is real. 

  

TheDigitalDog
Inspiring
December 3, 2020

What I didn't read: what serious software company did you work for?

Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
Inspiring
December 3, 2020

@Alexander Absolutely no one disagrees with you about that Alexander!

Known Participant
December 3, 2020

Be serious 5 seconds, all softwares are bugged, but bugs are not equal.

But maybe you did not read the rest of my post.

Known Participant
December 3, 2020

The Mac side of the development team is focused on the new Apple hardware and software, we are seeing what we should expect. For the current LRC software on the Mac, they are using 2nd tier developers and contractors who know nothing about Lightroom, they are trainees. 

 

Regardless of what we'd like to see, Mac users have a couple choices: 

  1. revert to V9.4 
  2. or switch their monitors to sRGB and use the Apple default monitor profiles

TheDigitalDog
Inspiring
December 3, 2020

What serious software company did  you work for that provides bug free software?

Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
alexskunz
Inspiring
December 3, 2020

@photostudiotnk it is an absolute embarrassment for Adobe.

Known Participant
December 3, 2020

Sorry guys, maybe Adobe is "doing something", but what I can say after being more than 30 years a software developer/architect is that all this is not very serious neither professional.

As in any professional software development, they should know exactly what was modified between V10 and V9, they should be able to reproduce the issue on their own computer.

If the problem comes from very deep modifications:
- their non regression method and their testing is poor either inexistant
- they could downgrade these modifications to make a V10.1 for ALL their CUSTOMERS and take time to make a deep analysis of their previous modifications and consequences.


What it looks like, is a development team leader who is a pure geek and have no idea of what is a PAYING CUSTOMER.

A serious software company should never let a so bugged professionnal software on the market.

Regards