Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Photoshop tested on the new Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max. Compared to M1 Max and Mac Studio M2 Ultra. Colin Smith from PhotoshopCAFE put the new Apple silicon to the test with Photoshop 2025 and Premiere Pro. Taken to the extreme with huge files in this review. Spoiler, it is unlike anything I've seen before.

00:00 Intro
00:19 Specs of M4 Max, M1 Max, M2 Ultra
00:44 Question to answer
01:13 The Tests
01:38 Opening Large Files
02:03 Speed of complex filter
02:52 Upscaling image to huge size
03:33 Filtering massive images
04:07 Compare Saving large file, write test
04:48 Photoshop speed improvements across the board
05:53 Premiere Pro tests and comparisons from M1 vs M2 vs M4
06:04 Encoding 4k from Premiere Pro
07:02 Rendering 4K in Premiere Pro
07:36 Advice on buying and upgrading
08:16 Mac Studio vs MacBook Pro
09:03 If you are on a tight budget

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