![]() And for many photographers, none are more welcome than the SD card reader. The SD Slot is Back, Plus Some Other Ports The new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips will legitimately save you time with these types of workloads. And the task of auto-aligning all these layers took only a couple of minutes, compared to a literal 10-15-minute wait on my iMac. Taking those images and bringing them into a single Photoshop document as layers was also a breeze. Even a Mac mini with M1 feels sluggish executing some of these tasks.įor example, exporting around 50 half-res images from an a7R IV in Capture One took less than a minute. I was more in the mind-blown camp when compared to the 2016 15" MacBook Pro and 2017 iMac I have at home. For this task, photographers should find that the new M1 Pro and M1 Max are superb.ĭepending on the computer you are coming from, the extra power will be either mind blowing or just very good, all winners in our book. If we want to discuss the more important part of a powerful machine, it is what happens when you start loading your images for editing in Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom. If you are working off the internal SSD or from a fast Thunderbolt™ 4 external drive, you should be able to browse your library of images with no delay. Speedy storage and memory also make sure that even the largest images are loaded practically instantly. ![]() The M1 Pro and M1 Max chips are on another level for creative tasks. ![]() And, if you are partial to larger screens, the 16" will be perfect. You likely won’t see much faster performance with more RAM, although if you are trying to load multiple 50+ megapixel images into a focus stack or composite, then maybe you should consider a bump to 32GB. Also, the extra cores of upgraded models do increase power drain, so sticking with the 16-core GPU will offer plenty of power while extending battery life.Īnother note is that the new unified memory architecture and ultra-fast SSDs (of which we recommend getting at least 1TB) work together to give you as much memory as you need at the time. Your everyday photo-editing tasks don’t require the raw continuous graphical power of the top-of-the-line M1 Max (additionally, the extra video encoders aren’t so helpful for stills), so save some cash and still enjoy smooth editing. ![]()
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