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Adobe is now rolling out new versions of multiple Creative Cloud apps that run natively on Apple silicon Macs. Lightroom Classic, Illustrator, and InDesign have all been updated for the M1 processor, and Adobe says you can expect an average performance increase of up to 80% across the suite over an Intel-based Mac equivalent.
Adobe released a native M1 version of Photoshop in March, while an update for Lightroom arrived in December. Many photographers (like me) still prefer to use Lightroom Classic, however, which Adobe keeps as a separate app within the Creative Cloud suite, so it’s good to see it gets a performance boost to match the latest version.
Based on the results of a third-party benchmarking report commissioned by the company, Adobe says most operations in Lightroom Classic on a Mac M1, including booting, importing, and exporting, will be about twice as much faster than an equivalent Intel Mac. A new Super Resolution image enhancement feature added in this update is more than three times faster, meanwhile. The benchmarks were run on 13-inch MacBook Pro laptops, one with an M1 processor and the other with an Intel Core i5. Both laptops had 16GB of RAM and were connected to an Apple Pro Display XDR.
Other Lightroom updates include the ability to specify custom aspect ratios when cropping (as opposed to using the freehand tool) and a number of new premium presets created by professional photographers. The collection includes options for styles such as cinematic and futuristic, as well as portrait presets for various skin tones. They will be available in both Lightroom and Lightroom Classic on all platforms.
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