Sunday, April 26, 2015

Well, and then there was a crash

Unrelated to LR or Paddy, my development machine crashed. Hard. Also, my BCF 2000 died. I almost cried. That was the machine that got me hooked on MIDI for picture editing in LR 3. So I spent all weekend free time doing Windows stuff and being cranky. And ordering a new hard drive. The BCF replacement....maybe. I have a BCR 2000 that I almost like better now because I have more controllers without switching presets. I miss the "woooosh" of the mechanical sliders, though.

While I couldn't push the issues forward, thanks to online backup, I now have my Paddy development environment set up on my work laptop again. Not as good as three screens, but between airport lounges in London, the U.S. Midwest, and Canada, I might get done something this and next week even on a small laptop screen. Yes, that's where I will be earning the money to pay the bills in the next 14 days.

For those of you who are impatient: I have a really, really (really) well paying day job with lots of travel that is as unrelated to Photography as you can imagine, and then some. I also have three kids, one of which has a general health issue, one has a learning disability, and one has an anxiety issue stemming from the fact that the parents spend probably too much time with the other two. Between photography and them, they come first. Also, other stuff like going out with my wife. Paddy is what I do when I have time and don't  sleep. So, I would guess Paddy CC will be out in 6-8 weeks. But I can promise right here that we will get there. It's just a matter of time. I have the sliders working under certain conditions, but not under others (e.g., grad filter selected with a JPG in 2003 mode......arg!). I just want to change some other things as well while I am at it to make this thing more robust..

Also, I am not impressed with LR CC. The facial recognition is fun, but I don't use mobile (zero need), touch interface. there is no real improvement for what I do other than the brush in the grad filter. that is great, I love it, but.....not a new release to me. More like a small additional feature set. I would have loved content-aware fill......

So, if Paddy is important to your high-throughput workflow, stay with LR 5 until I am done.


12 comments:

  1. Thanks for the news. I don;t think I'll be updating to 6.
    As I'm on 5.7 can you tell me where to download the latest release of Paddy. You haven't given us any news on what work you have done on Paddy to avoid issues, particularly on start up tha I was having.
    Would love to hear from you.

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    1. Learning a lot on 6.0. Most of it can be transferred to 5.7 since LR really hasn't changed that much. It will take me a bit, but this might make 5.7 better if I find the time

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    1. John I've been using Paddy 5.2 Beta2 with no startup issues.

      Dorlf take your time, I don't believe that anyone demands more than what you have to offer in your spare time, at least they shouldn't.

      This is the nature of opensource projects and I hope that everybody respects this and furthermore I would like to thank you for providing and supporting Paddy all these years.

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  3. Thanks for your continued work on this. Paddy is a game-changer for me, and I'm very grateful for what you've created. I understand the need for balance, and I'm glad that you're keeping your priorities straight. All the best to you and your family, and I hope that your travels go well!

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  4. Take your time, mate...I am not upgrading until it is ready. Family always comes first.

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  5. I don't know if my comment went for approval so I'm checking with a repost. Did it disappear?

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    1. That it did. I wanted to thank you for continuing!! I'll stay with 5.7. may I ask what your day job is? can I help? hehe. j/k. Curious what you do though, and is photography a part-time job at all?

      Anyway, I have a white-edition BFC2000 sitting patiently waiting for me on my shelf. I can't wait to hook 'er up!

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    2. I forgot to say, props for sticking with Paddy Dorfl! and good luck with everything, you sound like a busy person!

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    3. Day job has nothing to do with photography and pays way better, which is why I have to prioritize it :-)

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    4. Oh yeah I read it had nothing to do with it. I'm curious what you do! :)

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  6. Thanks for the effort Dorfl. I'm a happy camper with 5.7 and BCF2000. Works flawless 99% of the time. The only 2 things I noticed is that whith 2 screen setup Paddy doesn't want start up correctly the BCF2000 doesn't work. The other thing is that a seldom time (I don't what causes it) Some adjustment aren't mapped correctly anymore. Like sharpening, it states the correct adjustment but it will adjust the luminescence noise. Also HSV colors like red becomes green etc. Basic adj works fine. The only thing that helps is removing the lightroom preferences and reinstall paddy.
    But as said before I'm pretty happy but since I'm on standalone right now and I'm considering moving to CC, I appreciate your LR6/CC effort. But without Paddy I will not make the move.

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