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11/10/2010 09:34:47 PM · #1 |
I've been going back and forth about whether I should upgrade my LR 2.X to Lr 3. I can do it for $99, but I've heard of some issues and worry since I've got a huge catalog of images in it. Has anyone upgraded and regretted it or had major issues? Is it worth the upgrade? I've heard noise reduction in it is pretty good as well. Any input would be appreciated.
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11/10/2010 09:53:32 PM · #2 |
I regretted it at first but it's been updated and fixed so no more issues from me with the 64bit version. I'm upgrading to 12gb of RAM and I'm hoping that it speeds up a bit when processing batch images. Noise reduction is way better but you need to use it sparingly as overuse is easy to do.
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11/10/2010 10:23:08 PM · #3 |
| I'm using it both under WIn7 64-bit and WinXP 32-bit, and I have no issues, nor have I ever. It is well worth the upgrade, IMO. |
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11/10/2010 10:35:55 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
I'm using it both under WIn7 64-bit and WinXP 32-bit, and I have no issues, nor have I ever. It is well worth the upgrade, IMO. |
That is good to know, I'm using XP pro 32 bit with 4GB of ram. I use LR on every assignment for some minor adjustments and to make first cut on photos to submit, so i use it A LOT! I don't want to screw myself with the upgrade and cause issues.
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11/10/2010 10:40:58 PM · #5 |
I have a reasonably large cat (somewhere 120Gb plus 70Gb of lr cache files)... I also have close to 100 smart collections and some post add in's running. I say all that cause I find people get vastly different perception of lr depending on what is in there.
I found lr3 noticeably slower at first (quad core@2.5ghz with 8Gb memory 64bit Vista)... but the noise reduction is worth the price of admission almost by itself. The vin post crop is far better in v3. The publish folder are working out great and very useful (although an ftp option is glaringly missing for simple web deploy... an addin can do that)... One minor but useful chg is the nagging backup dialogue is on exit not entry (an obvious chg but useful).
The rest... meh... Grain tool is nice if your into that. The web module is still a POS and has not really changed... Print module I don't use that much but appears to be must the same (might be wrong). |
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11/11/2010 12:12:33 AM · #6 |
I won't go into all the reasons I upgraded to LR 3 but there are many. I did get the Luminous Landscape Lightroom 3 Tutorial and it is very informative. When you upgrade you're not moving or altering the images. All you do is copy your catalog from LR 2 to LR 3. You can always go back to LR 2 and the catalog will still be there. According to Jeff Schewe this is how you move the catalog:
Prepare an optimal catalog to upgrade.
In Lightroom 2 go to file - export as catalog to clean any crap out of the old catalog.
In the Export as Catalog dialogue box do not include available previews (uncheck the box). Uncheck the other two boxes also (Export selected photos only and Export negative files). Lightroom 3's previews are better than those in Lightroom 2.
Put into a folder you can easily find like âUpgradeâ
With thousands of images it could take hours or more to generate the export catalog.
Open Lightroom 3
Go to File - Import from catalog.
Find the catalog you exported from Lightroom 2 and choose it
A dialogue box pops up, âCatalog must be upgradedâ. Check âDiscard Upgraded Catalog After Import.â Start background upgrade.
After the catalog is imported another dialogue box pops up. Select from the drop down box âAdd new photos to catalog without movingâ.
Click âImportâ.
After the import you should optimize the catalog and back it up
You could just open Lightroom 3 and import the old Lightroom 2 catalog but the above method makes for a cleaner catalog.
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11/11/2010 06:27:30 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by robs:
I have a reasonably large cat (somewhere 120Gb plus 70Gb of lr cache files)... I also have close to 100 smart collections and some post add in's running. I say all that cause I find people get vastly different perception of lr depending on what is in there.
I found lr3 noticeably slower at first (quad core@2.5ghz with 8Gb memory 64bit Vista)... but the noise reduction is worth the price of admission almost by itself. The vin post crop is far better in v3. The publish folder are working out great and very useful (although an ftp option is glaringly missing for simple web deploy... an addin can do that)... One minor but useful chg is the nagging backup dialogue is on exit not entry (an obvious chg but useful).
The rest... meh... Grain tool is nice if your into that. The web module is still a POS and has not really changed... Print module I don't use that much but appears to be must the same (might be wrong). |
Agreed. |
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