How many of you edit on a laptop?
Nov 18, 2011 11:41:31 #
Nov 18, 2011 13:04:52 #
There are a couple drawbacks to using a laptop. The biggest is getting viewing angle right especially for adjusting exposure, brightness, contrast etc. I found that very frustrating to say the least.. Also screen size. It is nice to see the image bigger for editing. In new laptops processing power should be plenty good enough (think i5) even Intel's integrated graphics is much better than before. Make sure you get the 300O not the 2000, if the laptop does not come with a dedicated video card.
Nov 18, 2011 13:13:26 #
It can be uncomfortable, to sit for long. Pain killers don't help. A shiatsu machine behind me, & one of those travel pillows on my neck helps a lot. I use one or both, when on the computer, sitting in a chair, or when driving.
Nov 18, 2011 15:46:08 #
I use to use a desktop, built three of them. But several years ago I got a Dell Inspirion 14", next a Dell 17" XPS but I didn't like the weight & heat it gave off. Now I use a Asus 15" gamer and love it. The screen size is fine and it runs nice and cool. Also the batter life is great. I run Lightroom 3 and Photoshop CS5 with no problems. The test was processing ten raw files to make a panorama photo, worked great. The most I could do with the Dell was four raw files for panoramas.
Then I use two TB USB drives for external backups.
Then I use two TB USB drives for external backups.
Nov 18, 2011 17:24:53 #
Nov 18, 2011 19:40:31 #
Can I ask you if you have any trouble editing back and forth between Lightroom 3 and Photoshop CS4 such as smart objects, etc. I have looked in all the Lightroom 3 how to books I can find and can't see reference to the compatabilty if I just upgrade to Lightroom 3 from 2, but keep my Photoshop CS4 extended. Do you have a problem with back and forth editing between the Lightroom upgrade and the old CS4? Thanks for any info on your experience.
Nov 18, 2011 19:45:40 #
I use a 2 year old HP Pavilion Entertainment PC with a 17.3" screen and an i7 (1st gen) processor.
It's down low on the slide out keyboard table of my computer armoire.
If your getting pains in the neck and shoulders, it might be something else...eyeglasses. I wear bifocals (reading Rx on the bottom) When I used the bifocals on my desktop, I had to look up so I could see the monitor in the lower part of the bifocals, and I would get a stiff neck and shoulder pains from lifting my head higher than I should just to see, so I got myself a pair of cheapo glasses with just the reading Rx throughout and I'm fine.
Now I have no-line bifocals and antiglare coating, but I mainly use the laptop which is, as I said, down.
HTH
Indi
It's down low on the slide out keyboard table of my computer armoire.
If your getting pains in the neck and shoulders, it might be something else...eyeglasses. I wear bifocals (reading Rx on the bottom) When I used the bifocals on my desktop, I had to look up so I could see the monitor in the lower part of the bifocals, and I would get a stiff neck and shoulder pains from lifting my head higher than I should just to see, so I got myself a pair of cheapo glasses with just the reading Rx throughout and I'm fine.
Now I have no-line bifocals and antiglare coating, but I mainly use the laptop which is, as I said, down.
HTH
Indi
Nov 19, 2011 01:39:16 #
I've got crappy feet and have to get them up, so I sit in a recliner with my HP Pavilion notebook pc with a long cord to my printer for the prints that I make. I've got one of those laptop holders so that it doesn't get too warm on my legs. Right now I've got Windows XP w/third pk. I use Picasa 3 for almost all of my prints for cropping and color and brightness changing. Once in a while I use Paint.net for animals' eyes from flash. I don't make an awful lot of prints - just for my own enjoyment and an occasional contest!
Nov 19, 2011 02:02:39 #
I have a 17.3 HP laptop and a broken back.I found a Laptop/bed tray at Bed Bath&Beyond that tilts,has a battery operated light,a fan which works off USB plus other USB outlets.Since I do everything from a bed it works well for me and was only 25.00.Good Luck
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ALOHA
Nov 19, 2011 06:36:11 #
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Loc: Elizabethtown, Pa.
That's all I ever use...13 inch MacBook Pro running Aperture 3
Nov 19, 2011 06:37:43 #
I have a (stupid?) question. I also have a laptop, and I have noticed that the color of pictures changes as one adjusts the screen from 90 degrees and greater (tipping screen back). Do all of you keep your screen at a 90 degree angle when you do post-production, or can you keep the screen at any angle and get the same result?
Nov 19, 2011 09:26:33 #
I do all my pp on my 13" macbook air. Take it everywhere in my backpack. plug it into a monitor for all the very final reviews.
Nov 19, 2011 11:56:36 #
Nov 19, 2011 12:19:37 #
nat wrote:
I have a (stupid?) question. I also have a laptop, and I have noticed that the color of pictures changes as one adjusts the screen from 90 degrees and greater (tipping screen back). Do all of you keep your screen at a 90 degree angle when you do post-production, or can you keep the screen at any angle and get the same result?
First - no such thing as a stupid question. Second - etiquite dictates you should start your own new thread with a question and not "highjack" another persons.
Nov 19, 2011 12:21:10 #
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