It was that sluggish behavior that pushed me toward Lightroom in the first place: Aperture 3.0 was a dog on my old Mac at the time, but upgrading to a new MacBook Pro didn’t improve the performance much. Our computers will probably never feel as fast as we’d really like, but we sure notice when they start to bog down. But more interesting is performance: Lightroom CC takes advantage of your computer’s graphics hardware to speed up the app in some welcome areas. The new Lightroom CC does add some new features, such as built-in HDR and panorama merge tools, facial recognition, a filter brush, and an improved slideshow builder. For the latest version, it would be easy for Adobe to add a few marketing-friendly features and coast into the future on its growing train of subscription revenue.įortunately for existing and incoming Lightroom customers, that doesn’t seem to be the plan.
With Aperture now effectively retired by Apple, and its successor Photos for OS X not up to the task of replacing it, the market for pro and enthusiast photo software is now led by Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Sometimes winning can be the worst outcome.
