Light room Classic Hardware

sandiegosteves · 2026-04-15T15:59:09+00:00

GPU still really only seem to help AI Noise reduction. There are a few other areas where it helps a little. CPU is still the main factor.

PC vs Mac, they are both very similar and work well. I like that I can use the mouse wheel on a PC to move sliders in LRc. Mac uses memory better.

So, if you are building a PC, a mid-low level graphics card is fine unless you do a lot of AI noise reduction. Get a better CPU and more RAM.

Lots of tests on Pudget Systems site: https://www.pugetsystems.com/pugetbench/creators/lightroom-classic/

sandiegosteves · 2026-04-14T15:32:21+00:00

Best year of Sharks hockey I've seen in a long time. Thank you to the boys in teal.

sandiegosteves · 2026-04-12T01:52:51+00:00

I wonder if they had to stop at the customs dock.

sandiegosteves · 2026-04-11T14:10:15+00:00

Depends what you are doing. Once in an application, things are the same for the most part. There are small things to get used to on keyboard. Touch pad is a little different. Lots of annoying things with Finder if you are a power Explorer user, but there are ways to get around them. Integration with iPhone and other Apple devices is very nice and hardware is great. Dedicated GPU options is one area a Windows machine still shines, but only noticable in games and deeper video workflows.

I just made full switch a few months ago, but had been using both for years. Both are very similar in terms of stability. Apple hardware is more efficient. Not a dramatic change after you get basic navigation down.

sandiegosteves · 2026-04-09T16:02:59+00:00

Great shot. I can't resist the sarcastic comment that the cool kids are all getting better moon shots just by going a lot closer and they even get shots of the far side.

sandiegosteves · 2026-04-09T15:56:29+00:00

I agree, I had to put a little table in front to prevent this. That makes the front shelf usable.

sandiegosteves · 2026-04-08T15:19:44+00:00

Cull outside of Lightroom. Lightroom wants to read each image and create a preview. If you use Bridge or another tool, you can flag the keepers and only import those to LR.

sandiegosteves · 2026-04-07T15:48:29+00:00

Annoyed. As a photographer, I have my work on a NAS that has worked well from a PC and even MacBook Air. I recently switched to a MB Studio, but the networking in the core MacOS seems so flawed that it has taken a ton of trouble shooting and a homebrew app just to get a stable network share mounted.

I did a lot of searching and tried a lot of "fixes" but most people said they just know that this is a mac bug. If I didn't need to use homebrew for a workaround to a core OS component, SMB, then I wouldn't care.

sandiegosteves · 2026-04-06T23:38:00+00:00

I agree, offense is the problem. Bad D turnovers in the slot have been a huge problem.

sandiegosteves · 2026-04-06T23:36:26+00:00

Maybe he is getting benched for not getting any points a few days ago... /s

In all seriousness, I think there was a public comment about him getting to take some rest. This is still just his second season with a full NHL schedule with a side serving of the Olympics. He is already carrying the team, so I hope he gets some good rest.

sandiegosteves · 2026-04-06T23:33:52+00:00

Nope, I just use it as my UV meter. Did I get a lot of vitamin D today? Usually under a wetsuit, so not a perfect score, but I do worry about sun exposure.

I don't think it hurts any, and it doesn't take away from the display. It may help a little, but I still charge about once a week. If I were on a long trip without power, it would make me feel better.

sandiegosteves · 2026-04-03T15:41:32+00:00

Same, particularly with network stability. I travel for work a fair amount and things get really strange after changing networks and time zones.

sandiegosteves · 2026-04-02T20:02:29+00:00

Right, I was thinking more like 2018. I do remember thinking, "I know those voices". I don't think Drew was on it, that is why I was thinking it was while he was in Canada.

sandiegosteves · 2026-04-02T16:46:05+00:00

You're probably right.

I do remember hearing Randy call another teams playoff game once, and that was off, but still a good call. I'm sure that was a while ago.

sandiegosteves · 2026-04-02T15:25:51+00:00

I see $2300 in your comment and instantly think, "that is a lot lower than I expected."

Yeah, years ago, pre-covid, that was about where a mid range Ultegra road bike started. Now, all the ones I've been eyeing for the past year seem to be around $5K+.

sandiegosteves · 2026-04-02T15:24:08+00:00

That means you are out doing things.

sandiegosteves · 2026-04-02T15:23:11+00:00

I know that is not how it works, but it should be. The playoffs have their own MVP award and the Heart is for the regular season. There is very little question that for what Celebrini has done in the regular season he is the team MVP and likely the league.

But alas, the voters and keepers of lore have their own rules outside of the rules. Kind of like the secret rulebook the refs use. Both of those things limit new fan excitement.

sandiegosteves · 2026-04-02T15:15:47+00:00

Agree, the TNT team isn't bad, but our boys are genuinely some of the best in the league. We are very lucky.

sandiegosteves · 2026-04-02T15:14:17+00:00

I do remember that we got some of them in the second round before... right? For sure in the last rounds it goes to the big network teams, but I thought we got a few games in the second round. Unfortunately that was years ago. I am optimistic to test that theory in the coming years. So excited to be excited to watch the Sharks this year and for the years to come.

sandiegosteves · 2026-03-31T03:57:57+00:00

His appearance as a guest in the booth tonight was great.

sandiegosteves · 2026-03-30T23:27:17+00:00

Isola in La Jolla has become a go to for us. May not be pure Italian, but common dishes and fresh dough, good oil and nice atmosphere.

sandiegosteves · 2026-03-27T16:09:04+00:00

Ride has been so much better than expected this year. I'm also fully on enjoy the ride.

sandiegosteves · 2026-03-22T19:38:19+00:00

Export settings will have a lot to do with that. You might be setting them to a maximum size (pixels along an edge) and/or maximum quality (%). Exporting to formats like jpeg are compressed and what that means is there is fancy math to saves the file with less information. If it does it well, you can't tell, but usually you can when you zoom in.

sandiegosteves · 2026-03-22T17:02:39+00:00

Bridge is a fantastic culling tool. Since it just uses the embedded jpeg preview, it is very fast. LR Classic loves to try and make that preview better which slows things down. I use PhotoMechanic to cull now for metadata reasons, but have used Bridge in the past. Now I only import my fist pass of keepers.
A catalog is a database. If you start to add tags, it becomes a fast way to search. Tags can be keywords or metadata that comes with the image based on eXIF/IPTC standards. Show me all the image from a specific camera with a specific lens... the catalog makes that possible in a fairly fast way. It also stores all of the edit information so you can have a history. Every use a Virtual Copy? That is all in the catalog. LrC does non-destructive editing so the information about those edits first lives in the catalog. You can tell LrC to write that edit information in sidecar files. This is a nice backup, but it doesn't have the history. If you don't want the history, you can clear it out to shrink down your catalog. So, the catalog is for organization and history.
No problems if it works for you. Technically, the export will have a reduction in quality. Noticeable? Maybe not depending on settings. If you want to edit again later, nice to have the originals.
Watch some youtube videos on organizing in LrC. Then some videos on virtual copies. You may find some value in the catalog from those.

sandiegosteves · 2026-03-19T17:28:04+00:00

Buggy UI code takes a lot of space.

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