thank you for making this so easy and a monitor question
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 8:56 pm
I really appreciate that I can use this forum before purchasing any products or having to register. I am fairly certain I am going to purchase the Focal Blade program. I have been debating between this program, FM Intellegent sharpen, and the photokit program. I have read a few posts on DPR suggesting I can do everything myself on photoshop but a program that speeds up my workflow and is already automated to do what probably would take me a long time to learn is worth fifty bucks. Being able to ask questions from the developers and other users is worth a lot in my opinion as well.
My question is if a larger monitor will really help use the program more effectively or if this is more of a luxery than a neccesity. I really struggle when it comes to applying sharpening and I hope this will be less of a problem the more experience I have with sharpening. I have a Samsung 912N 19" which seems to me not too bad. I have it calibrated. I am debating about purchasing a Samsung 213T, a 21" monitor that is being discontinued at Best Buy, only one left at my local retailer.
I know eventually I will get a larger monitor but there are some other important priority purchases where I could apply the $700 bucks I would be spending on my monitor. If I can do a pretty good job with the Focal Blade program on my 19" then I will sit tight and probably look at getting another monitor sometime this summer. If going from a 19" 1280 resolution monitor to a 21" 1600X1200 resolution monitor will help me get much better results then I may rush down to Best Buy to get the Samsung. So should I buy it or just sit tight and feel confident I can do a nice job with Focal Blade and a 19" monitor?
My question is if a larger monitor will really help use the program more effectively or if this is more of a luxery than a neccesity. I really struggle when it comes to applying sharpening and I hope this will be less of a problem the more experience I have with sharpening. I have a Samsung 912N 19" which seems to me not too bad. I have it calibrated. I am debating about purchasing a Samsung 213T, a 21" monitor that is being discontinued at Best Buy, only one left at my local retailer.
I know eventually I will get a larger monitor but there are some other important priority purchases where I could apply the $700 bucks I would be spending on my monitor. If I can do a pretty good job with the Focal Blade program on my 19" then I will sit tight and probably look at getting another monitor sometime this summer. If going from a 19" 1280 resolution monitor to a 21" 1600X1200 resolution monitor will help me get much better results then I may rush down to Best Buy to get the Samsung. So should I buy it or just sit tight and feel confident I can do a nice job with Focal Blade and a 19" monitor?