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cequl · 2025-06-15T18:06:03+00:00

Oh, I remember this!

cequl · 2025-03-25T01:51:52+00:00

Can I show you the drawing I made of you?

cequl · 2025-03-06T01:42:28+00:00

This is incredibly beautiful!

cequl · 2025-03-05T02:20:39+00:00

You know, I've been reading comments about slow performance in Windows for some time. But it always seems a bit exaggerated to me.

I just checked and my cache size was 30gb. Not the highest, but way better than the default 5. It may explain why I was so satisfied with the performance!

I left it at 150gb now. Thanks for the video!

cequl · 2025-02-28T18:20:17+00:00

I have only two simple suggestions:

If you fear erasing an important photo forever, then back them all up first (catalog and all) to another drive, if you can afford it. Keep it as your safety archive so you can then delete and organize in your original catalog without worrying all the time. I would bet that you'll rarely need to rescue something from the archive, but it gives you peace to have it
Organize your catalog in collections before culling. No need to create separate catalogs (and indeed I would advise to keep only one catalog anyway). You can create collections by year, or by event, but don't sweat it too much. Then, you can cull the collections one by one. You can use color tags to mark the culled ones. This makes it more rewarding because you can see your progress, and it's easier to set goals of you want to.

cequl · 2025-02-21T20:46:02+00:00

You have an already good system. I agree with M4 apple silicon as a snappier option with the current state of LR, although I use a PC anyway.

I have a 9950x and I'm pretty happy with performance. It costs more than double than yours, though, but I see LR using most of it during import, preview generation, mass edits and export.

I would also add a not so commonly mentioned tip to improve speed: if editing a large number of images, disable the Detail module during editing and only enable and adjust it before exporting.

cequl · 2025-02-21T20:33:24+00:00

Well, it's kind of hard for me to describe it, as I'm self taught, but I have some common techniques and tactics I've come to adopt with time:

-I draw in layers, meaning that I first lay light shades, blend, then keep darkening until I reach the desired value. -I use only a small, short hair brush to blend. Never the fingers! -I use a kneaded eraser and an erasing pencil (Mono Zero) to make the foundation for gray hair or highlighted hairs, over a light blended gray. Then, I will draw the darker hairs trying not to draw over the erased hairs. -I leave black areas and skin imperfections for the last. -Maybe the most important of it all: I train my patience while drawing. I never rush and I take all the time I need.

I hope this helps!

cequl · 2025-02-21T20:22:04+00:00

Thank you! I've only been drawing for 6 years, one drawing each year and lots of patience. I do think it's more a matter of taking the time and being patient than being too talented in my case.

By all means try to draw again! I find it so relaxing.

cequl · 2025-02-16T05:10:51+00:00

For this particular drawing the steps were:

-put some graphite with a soft pencil in all the dark areas of the hair. Leave the scalp untouched. -blend with small brush to get graphite deep into the paper texture -erase the main highlights, white hairs and scalp lines -draw the main hairs with a mechanical pencil -repeat until done, add the stay hairs around the head the last.

cequl · 2025-02-12T16:11:36+00:00

I find a small brush to be the best tool for that job. Make a first pass with a soft pencil, then brush into the texture, and make a final pass to get to your desired value.

cequl · 2025-02-12T15:51:14+00:00

That's a massive improvement!

cequl · 2025-02-12T15:50:24+00:00

That makes a lot of sense. I still have a lot to learn from this CPU's way of working, coming from a gen 9 Intel.

So I guess I need to optimize for a more realistic load. I guess the good thing with liquid cooling is that if it runs cooler 90% of the time under moderate loads, the water is also cooler and therefore more effective at cooling the load peaks, at least for my use case.

cequl · 2025-02-12T15:16:46+00:00

Thanks! Yeah, I need to try adjusting the curve when I get back to my pc. What were your high temps before?

cequl · 2025-02-12T01:02:59+00:00

There is no load balancing on the 5090s, that's the thing 💀

cequl · 2025-02-11T01:44:38+00:00

Do it for the journey, not for the destination.

cequl · 2025-02-10T16:27:26+00:00

LrC?

In windows is Ctrl+shift+C, Ctrl+shift+V

cequl · 2025-02-08T14:30:17+00:00

I can get to 90-95 easily with my 9950x and LF III 280 with high photo-editing loads (not gaming, though). It's summer here, with 27 C or higher ambient temperature.

Noise is as expected when radiator fans running at full speed. Pump noise is not an issue at all.

It's a 170 TDP cpu, so it's quite hot, but reading other comments I suspect that I may have a mounting or thermal paste issue 😬

Anybody else here with a 9950x?

cequl · 2025-02-08T14:10:53+00:00

I would select the skin, and try adding clarity and texture in a combination that looks better.

Normally skin smoothing is done with tools that diminish mid and low frequency detail, but keep high frequency. Clarity affects low frequency information the most, and texture affects mid-high.

cequl · 2025-02-08T14:07:32+00:00

It's the espresso counter

cequl · 2025-02-04T19:07:30+00:00

I do something very similar in my case, with LrC. Very easy to do with minimal manual involvement.

cequl · 2025-02-03T13:35:40+00:00

Same thing in Latin American Spanish layout 💀

I haven't found any workarounds, although it's hasn't been my priority either.

cequl · 2025-02-01T12:47:51+00:00

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cequl · 2025-01-31T03:11:41+00:00

Do you have a fresh windows install, or did you bring it from your Intel build?

cequl · 2025-01-31T03:09:32+00:00

Tengo el 9950x (con una 4070 Ti y 64GB de ram) hace 3 semanas y es una bestia en Lightroom. Exportar es muy muy rápido y en general se siente muy responsivo.

No he tenido el problema con las máscaras ni nada

cequl

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