In addition to the optimization for M1 Macs, Adobe is also shipping some new features for the Creative Cloud suite. The only difference, per the research, came down to features that needed GPU acceleration, where an Intel Mac with a discrete GPU “can still outperform the current generation of M1 Macs in some areas.” All these apps no longer run under Apple’s Rosetta 2 emulation, which is designed for apps running on Intel-based Macs. Adobe had claimed that opening and saving files, running filters, and compute-heavy operations in Photoshop could be up to 1.5 times faster on Apple M1 Macs compared to the non-optimized version. As for Lightroom Classic, the tasks included importing RAW images, full-screen image selection, and merging and enhancing images.Īdobe Photoshop was also optimized for M1 silicon in March, after a period of testing. Tasks included dealing with sector-based illustrations and complex artboards on Illustrator and brochures with high-resolution images in InDesign. In the average of all tested benchmarks, Adobe Illustrator saw a 65% performance increase over the Intel Mac, InDesign a 59% increase, and Lightroom Classic a 116% increase. More specifically, Adobe and Pfeiffer Consulting find that with these new native apps, you can see some big gains. I replaced my MacBook with a Quest Pro for a full work week. Got an M1 Mac? Apple will now let you repair it yourself

That said, launching Photoshop and Lightroom this quickly after the M1 Mac lineup’s release is definitely a good sign. It’s unclear when Adobe plans to bring the entire Creative Cloud suite to Apple’s M1 Macs. The company is also currently working on M1 versions of Lightroom Classic, Photoshop and Adobe Camera RAW. “We rebuilt Lightroom to take advantage of the newest performance and power efficiency benefits of the Apple M1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon (for Windows 10) processors,” said Adobe’s principal product manager for photography, Sharad Mangalick, in a recent blog post.Īdobe says that it plans to “continue to optimize” Lightroom for ARM-based processors, but it will also still support Intel machines. This means that instead of running through emulation - in Apple’s case, via its Rosetta 2 software - the photo editing software now natively runs on those computers. Shortly after releasing a beta of Photoshop for Apple’s new M1 Macs, Adobe is now pushing out a version of Lightroom CC designed for the tech giant’s new silicon and ARM-based Windows devices.

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