Photoshop :: Today's IdeaL Computer Setup For Photoshop?
Nov 24, 2008
with today's multiple-core processors, and other faster-than-the-speed-of-light hardware available...what would make up the ideal Photoshop computer, right now?
I want to know if the dual core, triple core, quad core cpu's make a difference in Photoshop? What kind of memory is the best for Photoshop? Hard drives? Video cards?
I'm looking to build a new machine, and my requirements are much different than they were 5 years ago when I was shooting landscapes with a 6.3MP Canon Rebel. I am now shooting landscapes with a Mamiya M645 medium format camera and processing the film in a small darkroom in my house. The scanner I use is capable of producing HUGE files...and I need a computer that is up to the task.
I just bought a used Everex Impact GC3500...the price was so good I couldn't pass it up. It sports a 1.5GHz VIA c7D processor, 2 gigs of Kingston DDR2 RAM, a decent WD 160gig 7200rpm SATA HD, a nice video card, and a nice 19" widescreen LCD display.......THIS SYSTEM WON'T EVEN BEGIN TO KEEP UP!! Every "little" adjustment I make (lightness, saturation, levels, curves) takes several minutes to complete. The more demanding filters take FOREVER to process. And if I start using layers.....FORGET it
Would buying the latest multiple-core CPU and more RAM even make much of a difference? Is my little energy efficient VIA processor too slow for my needs? Could I significantly speed up my system by buying another hard drive to run photoshop on by itself? How about two more hard drives? Should I overclock my processor?
I am learning Photoshop on my own. I am using CS4. I need some help in understanding the resolution thing.
If I have a photo taken with a digitala camera at 6 megapixel and I want to load it on Photoshop for a few tweaks and adjustments what resolution should I assign? I usually choose 200 pixels/inch.
Secondly, does it affect the image if the resolution assigned on Photoshop is lesser than the camera resolution?
I do not take prints of my Photoshop works. Just in case I need to print them I need to make sure that the resolution is appropriate.
I have CS5 installed on a desktop computer that crashed and I can't get it working to deactivate CS5. I am going to purchase a new desktop and would like to install CS5 on the new computer, but it was already installed on two computers (desktop and laptop) so no activations are left. I have the Disk and serial number.
In our drawing office we use Inventor in a mining materials handling environment. Our output is mainly structural drawings where we require a bill of materials as part of creating a drawing. Whenever I insert a BOM in the drawing environment I get this table which is labeled in a foreign language (it looks like an Eastern European language) and the format is not as per the standard Autodesk installation setup.
How do I either revert back to the standard setup or do a BOM setup from scratch?
I started a new computer with LR5, and it runs fine. But, when I imported my pics from a previous computer running LR4, all the pics loaded into the new LR without any tags or processing. How can I get that info without having ot reprocess thousands of pictures?
I've downloaded CS4 trial from adobe.com, but when I run setup.exe, nothing happens. Setup.exe is running in task manager, but...nothing. The same installation package works on my friend's PC. I have all required hardware, running XP SP3.
When selecting a brush (for masking etc.) I usually choose any of the round ones ("Basic brushes" group I think), then set the diameter/hardness to my liking before painting with it.
In other words: it seems that I only need one "basic" brush for general use, not 20 or 30.
would it be possible to make my own "group" of brushes where I only have, say 5 or 6 of the brushes I normally use? But at the same time not deleting the other brushes (I just don't want to see a long list of brushes every time).
I have a copy of Photoshop Elements 3.0 which I am trying to load onto my computer. I am having difficulty installing it. It tries to install Adobe Reader, which I already have. It detects that it's already installed, then stops the entire installation process.
I know there are posts about this before, but nothing I can find seems to work. When I launch the Setup.exe, it loads the "Initializing Adobe Photoshop CS3" but when it finishes, Setup doesn't continue. I've tried the cleanup tool, cleaning my registry, rebooting, removing Photoshop from my Add or Remove programs list, removing older versions. Nothing is working.
i open or create a new document the proof setup is set to ''working CMYK'' but i want it to be ''monitor RBG'' by default when i create or open a new document,
Is it possible to set a picture, .JPG or any other type, whether with PS or any other tool, to make the picture unreadable after a certain number of invocations and / or date, w/o the reader having to use any special program? Including resolving the problem of the reader first doing duplicates of the file?
On Color Settings screen I don't know quite what to use.
Top selection was set for "Web Graphics Default" I would use this if I were saving pictures to the Web? But I don't do this very often.
But Most of the time I am getting pictures from digital camera or scanning old pictures to print into a scrap-book, to frame, etc. So what selection would be my best there? Would the "Photoshop 5 Default Spaces" work best there? If not, what would you recommend?
Also, I'm not sure how to set file open commands.
I open a jpg and get a box asking me to these options:
Use embedded profile
Convert document to working space
Discard embedded profile
I've used Photoshop for years and never had to think about this, so am confused. Always use RGB color and save as JPGs. Guess this would have connection to the Color Setting screen?
So i have 2 ssd's in my windows 7 computer, C and D, so obviously I installed the OS on C and have the paging file on D.my question is, which of the following is the best setup to install Lightroom and Photoshop on the box,
1. Install apps on D, cache file on C 1. Install apps on D, cache file on D 2. Install apps on C, cache files on C 2. Install apps on C, cache files on D
Basically I have some business cards Im trying to print on a 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper. There are cutouts in the middle of the page for the cards so im trying to print them exactly inside the cutouts. I measured the sheet myself and I need a 12.70mm offset from the top and bottom of the sheet and a 19.05mm from the 2 sides to get my cards centered in unison with the page cutout. How do you set this up in photoshop? I have CS4 for Mac.
I'm putting together a new system partly to run Photoshop, Bridge, and Camera Raw, and I have a question about the optimal hard drive configuration. Software is CS3 running on Windows XP Pro SP2.
With three physical drives, I would probably do it like this: 1. 10k RPM - OS, programs 2. 10k RPM - ? 3. 7.2k RPM - Assets
Where is the best place for the Windows page file and the Photoshop scratch disk?
Or would I be better off going with four (less expensive) 7.2k RPM drives, in which case the OS/programs, page file, scratch disk, and assets could all have their own drives?
i don't know if this is the right place to post this but im having a problem installing the trial of photoshop cs4 extended. i have vista so when i click setup i right click and chose run as administrator. the window flashes then nothing happens but when i get to task manager it is running as a process.
I use photoshop CS2, I am wanting to put my images onto DVD for my wifes birthday. My question is this - If i want the image to eventually be put onto DVD using PAL 4.3, I choose filter> Video> De Interlace.
At this point which options do I tick as I have four choses? If it helps I am looking for the image not to shake on the TV screen and try and retain good image quality.
using PS 5 But I do a lot of printing onto paper that is not 8 1/2 x 11. So I go into Document Setup/ Print Setup and specify my paper size and all is well. But the next time I want to print the image I have to go in and do it all over again. Isn't there some way of making my print size stick?
have large format printer. I'm trying to set up a configuration for printing on rolls and not on sheets in page set up. But even if i try to make a new one the size doesn't work (61cm - 30,5m).
I am planning to get a new PC to work on large image files (1-3 GB) in PS CS4 (I work with 8x10 inch view camera and then scan the negatives). I was thinking about Core i7 with Quadro PNY FX1800 and 6GB RAM. Is this a good choice or rather overkill ? Off course I was also thinking about a ProMac, but could not find real advantages over a PC.
how to configure more than one monitor on my system for use with photoshop? I am presently working on a laptop and would like to add a large widescreen to view pixel information (keeping palettes on my laptop display).
I've recently downloaded Photoshop CS4 trial. When I try to run the setup file nothing happens - no errors- just nothing. I'm using vista ultimate with 3 gig of ram. I have tried running as administrator and still nothing.
To get my images to display with the correct color I have to set the Proof Setup to Monitor RGB, this works almost perfectly, except it won't save the Proof Colors option. I have to go under the view menu and re-enable Proof Colors again even though it should have already been selected. Should this be considered a bug and/or is there a workaround to always have Proof Colors enabled?
I have pse11 and i've lost the catalog with all my photos. I was in "manage" catalogs and somehow set up a new catalog. It contains no picshow do I restore?
