Were you to look at this screenshot on a regular 24. I have a 2012 macbook pro but its dying and is struggling to run lightroom. Windows 7 with service pack 1 64 bit required for premiere pro, after effects and encore. The surface pro 3, on the other hand, offers your choice of intel core i3, i5, or i7 processors, but theyre all dualcore chips, and none of them have a base clock of over 2ghz. There are core i7, i5 and i3 options, but note with the dualcore core i3.
My main computer is an imac and i dont see that changing any time soon. I have posted the same question on the adobe lightroom community forum. Although there is no dvdrom drive on the surface pro, i did a brief test of many applications on adobes web site and was able to determine that virtually everything can be downloaded and installed. This got me looking at the microsoft surface pro 3, which on the face of it seems like the best of both worlds tablet and laptop. Creative cloud and microsoft surface pro 3 creative.
See the cs6 faq for more information about windows support. The older dell xps 15 was able to render the project out in around 3. I would just do quick edits with exposure and cropping, then email the pics to the ad on site. The latest update includes a handful of new features, and if youre a surface pro 3, youd be glad to know the latest update is optimized for the surface pro 3 meaning that the software will offer a good experience for touch, keyboard and gesture usage on the surface pro 3. One of the big reasons i wanted to move from a macbook pro retina to the microsoft surface pro 3 i7 was to increase my portability but retain my editing capabilities. System requirements adobe creative suite master collection. I quite like the slightly smaller size of the surface 3 vs. Whereas the fan on my 2019 inch macbook pro with two usbc ports is always.
Intel or amd processor with 64bit support windows 10 64bit version 1511 or later 4 gb of ram 8 gb recommended 1 gb of video ram vram. Is a surface pro 3 with i3 core, 4 gb ram and 64 gb enough for. I am a sports photographer, and one of the main usage scenarios for me would be taking the surface onsite, uploading jpegs of the game im shooting, and doing very quick editing of the pics in lightroom 5. I edit on my surface pro 3 occasionally, but i do most of the work on my desktop. Earlier today, adobe revealed a new update for lightroom cc. Now with lightroom im thinking i still might have to export the edited file in order for me to use it in the imovie replacement program. Im a long time mac and ios user and just got a surface pro 4 to import photos into lightroom and be able to go through them, and to do some work in photoshop and illustrator. System requirements for adobe indesign for mac and windows os. With applications like photoshop and lightroom, the text and buttons. The surface laptop 3 certainly has a lot going for it. When the screen is rotated from landscape to portrait or vice versa the display profile is unloaded and has to be reloaded manually. By far the closest device to the surface book is the more affordable surface pro 4 that was announced along with the sb back in october of 2015.
Should photographers and videographers buy the new surface. How microsofts surface pro 3 marketing push backfired zdnet. Thinking of taking the plunge and getting a surface pro 3, the i5128gb model. Operating system, microsoft windows 10 with 64bit support version 1803 or later. Surface pro i5128gb for basic photo editing windows. My surface pro 3 i5 is fine for photoshop or lightroom but has a critical flaw with windows 10.
One day a package arrived at my house, in it was the new surface pro, a blue alcantara keyboard and the new surface pen. So my question is if anyone tried lightroom on their surface 3 i would buy the 4gb ram model and how well it works. Samsung galaxy tab s6 vs surface pro 7 vs ipad pro 11 duration. Now adobe lightroom cc 2015 will only open its catalog i. Remove the keyboard on surface pro 3, and the new touch workspace in lightroom cc comes to life giving you greater power and flexibility to make amazing images any way you like, anywhere you are. I run lightroom on both my surface pro and my desktop machine. The surface pro 3 beats the ipad by a lot for ease of writing. While editing the battery goes pretty fast, but i can still get 2 to 3. Unlike the surface book that is a laptop first and tablet second, the surface pro 4 is a tablet first and foremost with a kickstand on the back. A text from microsoft quickly ensued that said, please enjoy it. Microsoft surface pro 4 for lightroom and photoshop fuji. Meet the new surface pro 7 ultralight and versatile.
Illustrator vector graphics and illustration premiere pro video editing and production xd user experience. However, the surface book 3 has something the new macbook pro doesnt have a graphics card. I really want more portable and versatile machine like surface pro 3 but i still need computing power to gaming and running lightroom. Most of my postprocessing is done at home on a mac pro with lightroom and photoshop. Colors are bright and viewing angles are top notch. Im close to buying a microsoft surface for editing whilst travelling. The macbook pro is a slim and relatively light laptop, at 11.
I keep flipflopping between a surface pro 2017 for everything, or a cheap surface pro maybe 4 for on the road and a more conventional and powerful laptop for ontheroad usage, or a desktop with laptop again. Surface 3 vs i5 surface 3 pro vs i7 surface 3 pro for use. Photoshop, lightroom and illustrator, plus 100gb cloud storage for your projects. But my laptop is now over 3 years old and is dragging when running lr, so im looking for a performance boost. Anecdotally, lr typically uses about 4 gb of ram on my 32gb imac. This spec was pretty top end when i bought it refurbed in 2014 and actually faster than the new 2014 edition which is a whole other story. Is a surface pro 3 with i3 core, 4 gb ram and 64 gb enough. Surface pro 3 surely has enough specs to run photoshop casually or even if you. Windows 7 with service pack 1 required for speedgrade. Even my poor handwriting when i am rushing is recognized with the surface pro 3 while it would have been hard for the ipad to decipher. Even when the device is asleep, a click of the pen wakes it, and immediately opens its screen to a note. My desktop is ryzen 1800x which is a beast with 32 gb of ram and 8 core16 thread 4 ghz performance. Skip the lenovo yoga 3 pro and go for the surface pro 3. At the same time, lightroom cc also makes it easy to find and organize your photos, or share them with friends and family.
That way i can move it from surface pro, to my mac pro with no issues. It was built to edit 4k video and does so very well. The surface pro 3 actually does run a full intel i3, i5, or i7 processor, has larger storage, and costs a bit more. Surface pro 3 supports standard wifi protocols 802. I would be using it for general browsing, but also running ms office and also lightroom for cataloging, rating, adding tags etc. One of the big reasons i wanted to move from a macbook pro retina to the microsoft surface pro 3 i7 was to increase my portability but. Typing on a screen is horrible, using fingers to edit photos is horrible and lightroom photoshop were only available as dumbeddown apps with limited functionality.
Trading in a macbook air for a surface pro 3 windows central. The new touch workspace in the latest release of adobe illustrator cc is the longawaited return of the artists canvas recreated on the microsoft surface pro 3 while microsoft surface pro has had the power to run adobe apps like adobe photoshop cc and illustrator cc, small ui controls which were optimized for desktop use, and a lack of touch support made using the apps a cumbersome. Before we go any further, lets take a look at the rest of the specifications, as all surface pro 3 s also feature. Broadband internet connection and registration are required. I dont do a lot of photo work, but it worked well for sketching, animating, and some light video editing for youtube. New to surface pro for lightroom use questions macrumors. The new adobe lightroom cc, designed for surface pro 3. While i use lightroom on my surface pro machine all the time and find it a fine experience, more ram definitely helps. Is the new microsoft surface pro for photographers. Connect usb accessorieslike a mouse, a printer, a 4g usb dongle, or an ethernet adapter.
Is there an imovie alternative thats great on a surface. Is microsoft surface pro 4 i5 with 8gb ram sufficient for. After windows 10 install, adobe lightroom only opens with. Yes, but only if youre using lightroom and photoshop to do some relatively speaking light, relatively small photo editing. The larger size of the surface pro 3 display makes a lot of difference, as well as the different aspect ratio of the.
Lightroom system requirements for windows and macos. Latest adobe lightroom cc is optimized for the surface pro 3. Use the microsd card slot for extra storage or transferring files. So the test is twofold i am not only testing lightroom performance, but also. The i7 is wicked fast even when working with 36 megapixel raw files in lightroom. Is a surface pro 3 with i3 core, 4 gb ram and 64 gb enough for adobe photoshop cc. At the launch event for the new surface pro 3 last month, microsoft positioned its new device as the tablet that can replace your laptop. Will the surface pro be enough to handle adobe photoshop. Color correcting, some cutting and lassoing, maybe a few layers, removing red eyes, all for making your photo more appr. Storage though for instance is much faster on the macbook with an ssd then the emmc storage the surface 3 uses. Microsoft surface pro as my only computer confessions of a. Apples macbook pro 15inch laptops are better and more powerful than ever.
From a creative professionals standpoint the microsoft surface pro 3 will run all of your photoshop cc desktop applications including photoshop, lightroom, acrobat, premiere pro etc. The surface pro 3 ships with an intel core i3, core i5, or core i7 haswell processor. The yoga 3 pro, on the other hand, has a brand new core m70 broadwell. I shoot raw with aps and occasionally full frame sensors. Because of surface pro 3 s high pixel density 216 ppi, here is how lightroom looks on my tabletlaptop hybrid. It is definitely replacing my laptop for all things. While travelling i have been using a 2009 macbook pro for photo processing, and for work, a samsung windows laptop that is dying. Surface 3 vs i5 surface 3 pro vs i7 surface 3 pro for use with lightroom and photoshop hi, i have a 17 hp laptop with i7 and 16gb of ram as my daytoday machine these days, but ive recently accepted a contract thats going to mean im doing a lot more working in coffee shops, taking notes in a boardroom, and just generally being a lot more mobile. These 2 devices with scaledback processors are compared as apples to apples. So, i am not getting a fullsized ipad but a surface pro 3. The surface pro is a kind of hybrid between a tablet and a laptop. Microsoft surface pro 3 doesnt stand up to macbook air vox. Both the ipad pro and the surfacwhile the surface pro 7 might be a more lowkey. The surface pro 3 was an excellent device but i still hesitated in spending that much money its not a cheap device.
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