23 Jul 08:16
--Yeah I'd imagine having 2 screens is good for your workflow.
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23 Jul 08:12
--But what would you recommend in the way of cheaper monitors for the starving artist who is still learning their craft, Amit?
23 Jul 08:11
--I've been ogling the NEC Multisync monitors, like this one: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/99...gamut.html
23 Jul 08:10
--There are ok cheaper ones too of course that will do for a couple of years until you get pro enough to really need it.
23 Jul 08:09
--Yeah it will become important later. You can get a very good screen for 700US+
23 Jul 08:08
--I'm doing more traditional stuff right now, but I am stuck with an aging Apple Cinema Display. It's going a bit blotchy though.
23 Jul 08:07
--You should try and work on the best screen you can afford. Since my new laptop died catastrophically recently (no luck with these fuckers) I am working on a really shitty Samsung TV!! It is shockingly bad, but I can't afford a good screen
23 Jul 08:06
--No you don't except for the most exacting print work. It is very important to have a calibrated and colour controlled workflow if you are doing print work.
23 Jul 08:02
--I try and work at high res as much as possible now. Can be a bit of a pain to up-res if needed
23 Jul 08:01
--but my final illustration files tend to be 1 or 2 gigs each so it will fill up
23 Jul 08:00
--I hadn't thought of switching to SSDs completely, I was figuring on having a high capacity HD for storage and an SSD system drive, with a scratch disk for painting if I could afford it.
23 Jul 07:57
--Yeah, I don't want to use the cloud exclusively cause it is entirely out of our control.
23 Jul 07:56
--Yeah I don't trust cloud storage enough yet to migrate fully. I doubt I will. That stuff is totally out of your control