Lik

I find that nowadays, brand name computers are as good a buy, or are sometimes better buys than white box build-it-yourself machines. During the Dell Deals sale, for example, you can get a very decent system (Core i3, 8GB RAM, Win7 64-bit, 1TB HDD, etc. for $700 with LCD included) for a very attractive price.

A PC like that has more than enough horsepower for your photo-editing needs la.

-Lik

Lik

Athlon64 single core with 1.5GB RAM is super ging old and completely out-dated la.

Also, what program are you using to do your photo editing sin? The more complicated / data or CPU-intensive operations in Photoshop are never going to be lightning fast unless you have a really high end machine. LR, on the other hand, has a much faster workflow. If you are using LR3, it can already do a lot of what only PS was capable a version or two ago.

-Lik

Lik

I don't have LR, is it fast for editing RAW files? I want something to be able to perform the RAW files editing tasks within a second. And that something can be a better software or a custom photo-editing built hardware.
librazhy 發表於 2011-7-4 08:00

What kind of editing are you doing to the RAW files sin?

I am not familiar with LR3 b/c I only have LR2, but even with LR2, it can do 90% of the RAW file editing / adjustments that I do.

IPS LCDs have gotten really cheap as well. I saw an ad for a 23" HD one for just over $200 the other day. Almost made me want to buy it right on the spot.

-Lik

Lik

I often edit RAW files with  調較顏色平均要用約2秒﹐較曝光/對比平均要用4秒﹐最耐是滅噪點﹐平均要成16秒﹐最後CLOSE FILE 前要SAVE RAW﹐ 平均又要10秒。

我想問你用LR2來實行以上的每一項調較工作平均要用多少秒﹐能否每一項都一秒搞掂﹖
librazhy 發表於 2011-7-4 09:40

Others have already told you that your RAW pics are automatically shown by LR as previews (after you imported them into the LR library), so you have instant access to all the features you need. Even on my 4 year old piece of crap machine (dead slow Athlon 64 X2 with 4GB RAM), all the adjustments are instant. I don't recall LR2 having any noise reduction features (or maybe it does, but I've never used it before), but I think LR3 has a pretty good NR function. No idea if it is as good as Noise Ninja though...

Still, even though Lightroom may sound like an answer to your problem, I'd say you might as well just upgrade to a new computer while you're at it la. With desktops, even $400 - $500 can buy you a lot more processing power than your ancient single core computer la.

-Lik

Lik

Philip,

I saw a Dell 23" IPS LCD for just a hair over $200 bucks la. And the thing is HD capable (something x 1080, I think?) as well. Hardware is crazy cheap these days. But a 24" IPS LCD at an even higher resolution was $400+ as you were saying.

IPS LCD isn't just good for its wider viewing angle. The colour gamut of the device is also wider than the TN panels and produces richer and more intense colours. For any type of photography work, they are definitely worth every penny, esp when they are so cheap.

-Lik