Aperture is worrying me part 2 - with numbers
So after my last post I thought I'd get some numbers behind what I was saying to see how bad the situation is (or isn't) Did the same tests on the MacPro and the MacBook Pro with the same files. MBP is running SL 130 5DmkII RAW files
First processing with my default preset: MBP: 4 mins 12 seconds
MP: 6 mins 5 seconds Cropping all photos: MBP: 7 mins 8 seconds
MP: 9 mins 2 seconds What this means in real terms is that If I import 130 RAW files with my standard presets then crop them all its going to take me approximately: import: 1m 28s
presets: 6m 5s
cropping: 5m
to apply crops: 9m 2s TOTAL: 21m+ it would be 4 minutes quicker on my MBP than the MP!! I HOPE this is due to SL and not graphics card. Assuming that that I can match the MBP times by changing the MP to SL it is still taking me a LONG time. I'm going to run the same test on an AP2 library later today to see whether I THINK its taking longer or whether it actually is. A few additional tests showed that to make changes to all 130 files (most adjustments) takes the 9 minutes on the MP so the only other time saving would seem to be to try and get it to apply all the adjustments I need at one time (which in the case of cropping alone is impossible) So my next steps are: 1) Run files through AP2 and test results
2) install SL on MP and re-test on AP3 and AP2
3) Look through steps of workflow to see if improvements can be made. So far though it would seem that these times are not going to change greatly as long as Aperture WAITS to start processing once I have finished working, 14 minutes to crop 130 files IMO is too long! watch this space....
First processing with my default preset: MBP: 4 mins 12 seconds
MP: 6 mins 5 seconds Cropping all photos: MBP: 7 mins 8 seconds
MP: 9 mins 2 seconds What this means in real terms is that If I import 130 RAW files with my standard presets then crop them all its going to take me approximately: import: 1m 28s
presets: 6m 5s
cropping: 5m
to apply crops: 9m 2s TOTAL: 21m+ it would be 4 minutes quicker on my MBP than the MP!! I HOPE this is due to SL and not graphics card. Assuming that that I can match the MBP times by changing the MP to SL it is still taking me a LONG time. I'm going to run the same test on an AP2 library later today to see whether I THINK its taking longer or whether it actually is. A few additional tests showed that to make changes to all 130 files (most adjustments) takes the 9 minutes on the MP so the only other time saving would seem to be to try and get it to apply all the adjustments I need at one time (which in the case of cropping alone is impossible) So my next steps are: 1) Run files through AP2 and test results
2) install SL on MP and re-test on AP3 and AP2
3) Look through steps of workflow to see if improvements can be made. So far though it would seem that these times are not going to change greatly as long as Aperture WAITS to start processing once I have finished working, 14 minutes to crop 130 files IMO is too long! watch this space....
