I've just run some P45+ files thru LR 2.0 for the first time - what a disaster. I've always loved the way LR 1.4.1 handled my P45+ files. I liked the results I got, and the application was very fast. But with version 2.0, it's a whole other story. It now takes 15 to 30 seconds to open a file. Under 1.4.1, it took 2 or 3 seconds. Once the file is open, I can no longer click with the cursor to zoom in to 100% - a shortcut I use all the time. Everything happens in slow motion. I get the spinning beach ball (Mac system) roughly 50% of the time. For me, LR 2.0 is totally unusable with my P45+ files. Has anyone else seen a major slowdown using LR 2?
I'm running on a quad core Mac Pro, running at 3 Ghz, with 4 GB of RAM. I'm running OS X 10.4.11. I first noticed an annoying slowdown with my Nikon NEF files, but it was still useable. But with the Phase files, things have gotten pathetic. Adobe, what have you done to my favorite app?
I've asked about the slowdown of LR 2 on other forums, but haven't really gotten a definitive answer. When I saw the slow down with my Nikon files, I started to suspect that LR2 doesn't play well on OS X 10.4. Others who were running it on 10.5 reported that LR2 seemed faster on their machines.
Does anyone have any insight into what's going on? Jeff? Michael? Anybody? I'm not really a fan of Capture One and I don't wan't to abandon LR for my P45+ files, but as things stand now, LR 2 is just totally unusable.
P.S. I've optimized my library. That seemed to help a little bit - at least my zoom cursor is working again. Things are still agonizingly slow, tho slightly better than before (if that makes sense). I checked memory usage. LR 2 is using 801 MB of real memory, and 1282 MB of virtual memory. That seems pretty high, even given it's processing P45+ files. I have my LR 2 cache size to 1.5 GB, and the app is reporting a memory cache size of 455 MB. Previews are NOT being generated at the time I'm seeing this slowdown (when previews are beging generated, I might as well just go make coffee, because the app basically becomes non-responsive).
P.P.S. For anyone who replies, could you indicate whether you see a speedup or slowdown with LR2, which OS you are using, how much RAM you have in your machine, and what you have your LR 2 cache set to (it's under Lightroom -> Preferences -> File Handling .... in the box at the bottom of the dialog).
