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I'm using it on my maxed out MacBook and it's super smooth. I had been using Aperture, and to my dismay it took 10min to load a few photos, it was pathetically slow. I was thinking - wow, these RAW files must be HUGE.

I had downloaded the beta a while ago and didn't agree with it, but just before it hit 1.0 i gave it another go, and wow it had changed. I find the workflow superb for how i work. One thing that revolutionsed how i used it was finding out the hotkeys.

L - changes how dark the background is
F - changes how much wasted space on screen there is
B - adds to the quick collection
1-5 - rates your photos
tab - side panels hide/disappear
x - reject then..
cmd+backspace - delete all rejected photos
g - grid view in library
d - develop photo
c - compare

My usual workflow is this, import photos deleting all the really ugly ones using the preview when importing, use auto metadata to add copyright etc. Then add basic tags, and batch name files.

Once imported, i work through rating, deleting and tagging. This is in the library with M view, and tabs collapsed. Using L to cycle through now dark background is to allow me to focus only on that one picture.

I then filter so i can only see the ones i rated 4stars and above and then amend so ones i want to develop are rated 5star. Then i pick a photo and press D to develop it. Once finished, just press G to go back to grid library, pick next photo and D again.

It imported all my photos from beta 0.? to 1.0 with ease and the transition was seamless.

for those who use Flickr Uploader, add it as an external editor. Then File->Export and at the bottom select 'open in Flickr Uploader'. Please note tags are still used but you have to re-add the commas between words again.

There is much more to cover, and i will go more into it at another point. I must now dash. I hope this helps some people and anyone who has more questions or whats to know more about a specific bit i haven't covered just ask.

PS. Four developing features i find invaluable.
1 - the sider button next to hue/saturation/lightness allows you to click on a section of the photo and drag up or down the hue/saturation/lightness on the fly without having to figure out what colour it is.
2 - Vignetting - this tool very simply allows you to get rid of vignetting or in my case add it by just sticking the silders to negative values. EASY!
3 - IT HAS CURVES WITH GRAPH. (well, a dumbed down version, but i expect this to be changed)
4 - Simple presets can be accessed on the left sidebar. So if you have a common B&W action - you can now apply it to all your photos in one click.

(also integrates perfectly with Photoshop)

Eric