With the release of Capture One 12 you can upgrade from any previous version, so you can skip as many as you like.
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What mac hardware do you use for your Photography?
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Really?! SWEEEET! I take it you're a C1P user too? I think that's smart on their part. I didn't expect to upgrade every year, but I've become so entwined with C1P that I really want those new features that they're introducing. My only hesitation to suggest it over Adobe Lightroom was that it's actually more expensive than Lightroom if you upgrade every year.
How does this work?
The IPP an option I would love(keeping my old 'Trashcan') on my desk could be a real victory for 'if it ain't broke don't fix it'.
Affinity Photo seems with 1.7 to have solved my Fuji Raf problem and editing is PDG with it; so no real need to upgrade.
Having tried virtually all the newest and besets software of late I have found little or no reason to change from what I have already paid for ;-)
The smaller IPP would add just that touch of encouragement for my photography in 2019 without a massive outlay and the X-T2; well I am still learning that so no need there!
Basically I would only want to edit on the desktop for printing while posting stuff and funnies can be a joy on the IPP - best of both worlds so long as transferring is not a catch?
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On the flip side, that's precisely my beef with the Adobe subscription. I'm a full stack Web developer. I spend about 5-10% of my time in Adobe products, but I pay more for it than I do for the dev tools I spend 80% of my time in. My commitment to their platform is an inch deep, but a mile wide so it'd be very hard for me to disconnect from them.
Well, as long as Adobe is willing to keep giving me a discounted rate, I'll keep with it. It's the cost of doing business I guess.
Not a regular user but I work at a photographic company so I speak to them from time to time.
Well, I don't *like* paying the subscription. But they do update regularly and give new features, and for the relative long term we know Adobe isn't going anywhere. So many products are subscription based now. It stinks as a hobbyist to have to pay that way, but if I can't afford $10/month as a hobbyist photographer, then I need to find a different hobby. Not wanting to jump into Adobe because of the learning curve I get, but to avoid it solely for the price, when nearly anything comparable is of comparable price.....that I don't get. But anyway, this thread is about hardware, not software, so I'll stop now.
I know what you mean. There are so many people on here whose aversion to the subscription model isn't so much the net cost to them, but just that it's a subscription.
But anyway, this thread is about hardware, not software, so I'll stop now.
Whupps, my bad. I didn't even realize that. Ok, FWIW, I'm running Capture One Pro on a fully loaded 15" 2016 MBP with an LG 5K monitor. It works pretty well either in clamshell mode with the external monitor or on the laptop only, but I can't use my monitor and laptop screens to expand my workspace without some serious stutters.
I picked up the BlackMagic eGPU in hopes that it would give me enough of a boost to edit more quickly and also be able to drive my internal and external screens at the same time, but the eGPU actually SLOWED down my workflow. I got a modest boost in export speed, but that's not a meaningful gain to me so the eGPU was returned.
Browsing is relatively brisk. There is usually a slight stutter if I browse quickly, but nothing I can't handle. The edits happen pretty briskly most of the time as well, but occasionally I get some extended stutters there too.
Before I got my 5K monitor, I was using Capture One Pro 10 on a unibody 2012 MBP (briefly) and then on my 2016 MBP (with a 30" Apple Cinema Display). On a standard resolution monitor, Capture One Pro was very fast even on just my 2012 Unibody MBP. It wasn't until I swapped in the 5K monitor that it started to lag. Initially the lag was so bad I could barely use it, but subsequent versions of Capture One Pro started to work more nicely on 5K monitors.
Hook up your IOS device to your Mac. Start Image Capture on the Mac and show it which folder should be the destination. The tell it to import the image files from the IOS device. If later importing into Lr, C1P or other DAM, you can import to those apps from the initial destination folder. Your DAM will then create new destination folders, do renaming......etc.
Thank you for this info! It never occurred to me to try and set up Capture One Pro as a sort of a replication of my Aperture interface. I just leaped into it "cold," and at the time a bit overwhelmed by a lot of new images to process. I also was especially interested in the DAM aspects of C1 Pro, but never really got into that too much as I was busy trying to figure out how to edit my images.
Actually, I am a (retired) librarian, not a programmer, and yes, materials cataloging and hierarchical structures are something with which I have been long familiar. For the time being I am going to leave C1 Pro11 for Sony in my older MBP and experiment some more with it before deciding whether or not to move on into C1 Pro 12. In the meantime I am curious to see just how well Skylum will do with its new DAM and how effective it will be. I am hoping that it will be something which is user-friendly, efficient and effective and really gets the job done, but I don't anticipate that everything will be ideal and perfect the first time out of the gate. I'm sure that there will be updates frequently after first launch as unanticipated different issues emerge once the program is in many users' hands.
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I'm in a bit of a dilemma because I'm still using LR6 and it doesn't handle most of the new camera model's RAW files so I need to convert them to DNG format.
The trouble started when I upgraded my old 2011 (or was it 2012) 13"MBP to one of the later Mac OS without checking LR6 compatibility so now it won't run unless I reformat my computer to it's original OS that the computer shipped with and go through the different OS updates to the last version that runs LR6.
So I've been using my wife's later 15" MBP to run LR6 instead which works just fine. But the latest version of DNG converter doesn't run on that OS, however if I upgrade OS then LR6 won't run.
So I've been using my 13" MBP running one of the latest OS's to convert my RAWs to DNG, then copying those DNG files to my wife's 15" MBP to edit on LR6. PITA right?
So I can get around this by subscribing to LR CC of course but LR6 works just fine. #firstworldproblems
The trouble started when I upgraded my old 2011 (or was it 2012) 13"MBP to one of the later Mac OS without checking LR6 compatibility so now it won't run unless I reformat my computer to it's original OS that the computer shipped with and go through the different OS updates to the last version that runs LR6.
So I've been using my wife's later 15" MBP to run LR6 instead which works just fine. But the latest version of DNG converter doesn't run on that OS, however if I upgrade OS then LR6 won't run.
So I've been using my 13" MBP running one of the latest OS's to convert my RAWs to DNG, then copying those DNG files to my wife's 15" MBP to edit on LR6. PITA right?
So I can get around this by subscribing to LR CC of course but LR6 works just fine. #firstworldproblems
Well you don't say what OS version you are using, so it's kind of hard to assess. But assuming you are on Mojave, based on your comments, everything I've read said that LR6 is compatible with Mojave.
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4329275
Ahh.. silly me. I meant I'm using LR5.
My 13" MBP is running El Capitan and my wife's 15" MBP is running Yosemite
Well, LR6 throws up a “this program may not work in future versions of MacOS” message, so the end appears to be getting near anyway.
I keep clicking the options on the Apple Store and they keep showing these in stock. So damn tempting just to go that route and avoid the 10 day wait.
That's what really did it for me -- the immediate gratification of being able to pick one up right at the closest Apple store..... This way, too, if there had been any problems, I could've immediately gone to the store and said, "I need some help here...." Thankfully, so far at least, everything is working fine, looking good! It was nice not having to wait for one to be shipped (and I would have had to go over to the store to pick it up anyway, as I prefer that method to having it delivered here at home since I am in a garden-style condo apartment complex, no handy concierge desk or office for deliveries to be made. So, yes, I went somewhat over budget, more than my original plan had been, but in the end it's worth it, especially over the long term.
I am thinking of this also, they seem to be cranking these out more than just a BTO option. So if there are issues it would be easier to get it replaced and not have to wait a month.
That's a good point! I think that for many, this is proving to be a popular configuration and that makes sense that they'd offer it in the stores, which has the result of making it even more popular, which is to everyone's benefit! Yes, if there are issues which crop up somewhere along the line, particularly in the first few days of ownership, it would be much easier to get a replacement.
Actually, I have used the new keyboard very little, since I have the machine on a stand and am using a space grey external keyboard and mouse with it. One of these days now that she's all set up I'll have to take her off the stand and try out the on-board keyboard!
LOL! Oddly enough I don't name my computers but I do seem to refer to each of them as "she," or "her," etc..... !
This one is called 2018 MBP in order to differentiate her from her older sister, the 2015 MBP...... Back when I had a 13" 2015 MBP and a 15" 2015 MBP I also included the size in the name.
Another thing I like to do is to replace the ugly icon of a hard drive with a photo of the machine..... (In .png format to use transparency for any background in the photo). I also like to use photos as my folder icons, too, on the desktop.
Another thing I like to do is to replace the ugly icon of a hard drive with a photo of the machine..... (In .png format to use transparency for any background in the photo). I also like to use photos as my folder icons, too, on the desktop.
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