> > From: David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/06/23 Thu AM 09:18:46 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Enablement One-Scan Dual IV > > On Jun 22, 2005, at 9:32 PM, mike wilson wrote: > > > Thanks for the info. I've got 1Gb already, in a system running > > WinME. Any other tips/foibles? > > If you plan to install Photoshop CS you'll need Windows XP. Or a > certain other platform which I shall not mention ;) I don't really > find processor speed to be a big issue but memory is something you > can never have enough of. Unfortunately 1Gb sticks are expensive.
Don't have that plan so no problem there. > > The memory management of CS is a bit annoying because it never > releases memory. I start running into problems (slowdowns) when it > hits about 1.2Gb. If I'm only doing one scan then I'm generally OK > but with multiple big scans I sometimes need to restart PS. I think > the scanner driver needs a fair bit of memory (I run it from within PS). PS6 does all I need at the moment. I've got copies of the newer stuff but will need some serious reason to upset the system that's working so well at the moment. > > It is well worth attaching a second monitor if you can. PS has a > good "fullscreen" mode. Pop the toolboxes on the second screen and > you're away. You'll wonder how you ever lived without it. That's a plan I will be implementing in the near future. Need a new video card but that should be no problem. > > Dust at 4800ppi is a real problem no matter how clean you think your > slides are. Expect to either wait a few extra minutes for dICE to do > its thing, or a couple of hours retouching. Note that the Healing > Brush tool is very slow on large files for some reason. At these > resolutions I find the trusty old clone stamp better anyway because > the healing brush did weird things with the grain pattern. Having > said that I am keen to see the Spot Healing Brush tool in CS2. > > The new Wacom Intuos3 tablets are really good. Calibrate your > screen. Buy a good printer. Get a second mortgage ;) Getting paid for some of my consultancy work would be a good step in the right direction. It's always the big corporations that are slow. Which is how they get so big. And is why I detest them so much. And overcharge disgracefully 8-))))) ----------------------------------------- Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/
