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I will also admit this is where the test is weakest.

I will do my best to consistent from one app to the next. If there is no delay in the rendering, I will still take time to look at the image just as I would during a real shoot. I will not move through the images so fast that I wouldn’t be able to see what the images are, but I will do it very fast nonetheless. As soon the image renders, I will push the right arrow button.

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So, I will time how long it takes to import and then look at the image in full resolution before moving onto the next image. The idea here is to see which app is best for importing and looking at rendered images the fastest. All the import settings will be as much the same as they can be. The images will be imported off a 32GB SanDisk Extreme Compact Flash card ( 60MB/s) using a Lexar FW800 card reader. I will use the same 27-inch iMac ( 12GB RAM, 2.93 GHz Intel Core i7) for all the work. I will import 500 RAW images from a Canon 1D Mark IV into a new Aperture 3.2 library, a new Aperture 3.3 Library, to a folder using Lightroom 4.1 and to a folder using Photo Mechanic. Are their perceptions correct? I want to know. They perceive it to be faster than Aperture and Lightroom.

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Many pro photographers still swear by Photo Mechanic for their deadline photo browsing and metadata duties. I hear it’s more responsive, and I want to know for sure. It made me wonder is Aperture faster than the other apps pro photographers use to do this? Adobe has recently made made Lightroom 4.1 available.

They have made the speed in which the images draw to screen much faster. Now, the Aperture team has taken Aperture 3.3 to the next level with dramatic improvements to handling the embedded JPEG file. Aperture 3.0 gave us the ability to browse, adjust and export images before they were even all finished copying from the card to the hard drive - this was a massive leap forward in productivity. I’m always wanting it to move faster.Īperture 3.3 has dramatically improved the speed in which we can look at photos not already in the library. I’ll never complain that something is too fast. Sometimes I even show images from a wedding that I’m still shooting. If this is as speedy as I hope this maywell indicate a fundamental change in my workflow as I have always been less than happy with the cataloging ability of both Lightroom and Capture One.-Joseph every assignment I do is deadline driven. This eagerly awaited add-on to the basic Photo Mechanic functions will provide catalog functionality for large numbers of images across multiple locations.

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Photo Mechanic Plus is due for beta release on April 22.

#PHOTO MECHANIC 4.6.8 CODE#

Hot codes – I regularly use code replacements at major sports events to automatically insert the correct players just by inserting their player number – for a full explanation go here.

Better slide shows: Now with multiple transitions including crossfade and add Tag, Color Class or Star Ratings during a Slide Show.

(I never use the crop tool in Photomechanic)

Better cropping – A new grid helps you crop to your best composition, then press ‘p’ to preview a crop quickly.

Fullscreen support on macOS and Windows for both the Contact Sheet and Preview windows (including both at same time on different monitors).

Copy only the images you need from your memory card to your hard drive.

Instantly start working on images even when a large card is still ingesting.

Faster viewing – image caching improvements increases thumbnail / preview generation speed by approximately 2-3x.

64-bit, Photo Mechanic is now a 64-bit application, which allows more and better caching of images to keep you working at your fastest (no more annoying messsage that Photomechanic will no longer be compatible with future versions of Mac OS).

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Get a free 30 day trial of the new version, click here Incidentally all settings from Photo Mechanic 5 will be automatically ported across into the new version. The new version is a big step forward, primarily in speed with a few added functions. As many will know, Photo Mechanic is an essential part of my workflow for all my images, both sport and wildlife and is my program for culling outtakes and captioning every image that I shoot. The long awaited Photo Mechanic 6 has now been released and I have been using it extensively for the past week.

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