computer for new mega-pixel images ?

+ I use a fairly "fast" computer... 1ghz+... not top of the
line, or brand new, but still fast.
The problem Im having is with simple editing of digital
images, and these are from a 2 megapixel camera. It just
seems to take a very long time to open one full resolution
image... 10-20 seconds maybe. Granted, I seldom use
the entire image, but even cropped down, these higher
res images take time... now my question. With the
newer 6 and 8 and higher megapixel cameras, I could
forsee an opening time of a minute or more.
S-oooooo... while this kind of delay is fine for one image,
it would clearly be unacceptable for a production environ;
and, if we're shooting a dozen, or a hundred images in a day,
and trying to process these, downright impossible.
What kind of computer would be better than a home PC
for this ? Does anyone make equipment especially applicable
to large scale processing of megapixel images ?

Other than using lower res images, I cant figure a way
to speed up processing.

"stuseven" wrote in message
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+ I use a fairly "fast" computer... 1ghz+... not top of the
line, or brand new, but still fast.
The problem Im having is with simple editing of digital
images, and these are from a 2 megapixel camera. It just
seems to take a very long time to open one full resolution
image... 10-20 seconds maybe. Granted, I seldom use
the entire image, but even cropped down, these higher
res images take time... now my question. With the
newer 6 and 8 and higher megapixel cameras, I could
forsee an opening time of a minute or more.
S-oooooo... while this kind of delay is fine for one image,
it would clearly be unacceptable for a production environ;
and, if we're shooting a dozen, or a hundred images in a day,
and trying to process these, downright impossible.
What kind of computer would be better than a home PC
for this ? Does anyone make equipment especially applicable
to large scale processing of megapixel images ?

Other than using lower res images, I cant figure a way
to speed up processing.

1GHz is not that slow. Start by loading your current computer to the gills
with memory. Get 2 Gigabytes if your system will take it. A 7200 rpm drive
will also speed things up noticeably, but that's a bit more of a bother to
install. By now, memory prices will be very low for your system. At that
point, you can decide whether you need to upgrade.

Have a vacuum cleaner handy when you open up the case. There are many
reputable places for purchasing memory on the web. www.satech.com is where
I usually get mine - they are fast and friendly and cheap.
--
Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com/forum/

In article .com,
stuseven writes
+ I use a fairly "fast" computer... 1ghz+... not top of the
line, or brand new, but still fast.
The problem Im having is with simple editing of digital
images, and these are from a 2 megapixel camera. It just
seems to take a very long time to open one full resolution
image... 10-20 seconds maybe. Granted, I seldom use
the entire image, but even cropped down, these higher
res images take time... now my question. With the
newer 6 and 8 and higher megapixel cameras, I could
forsee an opening time of a minute or more.
S-oooooo... while this kind of delay is fine for one image,
it would clearly be unacceptable for a production environ;
and, if we're shooting a dozen, or a hundred images in a day,
and trying to process these, downright impossible.
What kind of computer would be better than a home PC
for this ? Does anyone make equipment especially applicable
to large scale processing of megapixel images ?

Other than using lower res images, I cant figure a way
to speed up processing.

A 1GHz 'home' PC should be fine, provided you have enough memory. With
Microsoft Windows XP I found 1GB restrictive, with 2GB my images open
quickly, How much memory do you have, and what operating system?

--
Ian G8ILZ
There are always two people in every pictu the photographer and the viewer.
~Ansel Adams

I presume the computer is one of the new 64bit machines (Core 2 duo?) so I
suspect the problem may be amount of RAM available. 20 seconds for a two mp
file seems very long (2MP jpegs should open almost instantaneously). There
are a number of articles written on optimising photoshop (virtual memory
available to photoshop, etc) and you may be able to find them via google - I
read one to set up my machine in a book on photoshop. I have recently read
that the watermark software is a killer with loading time so disabling it
speeds things up (go to the photoshop program files and rename the watermark
directory so photoshop can't find it I think)..

best of luck
Malcolm

"stuseven" wrote in message
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+ I use a fairly "fast" computer... 1ghz+... not top of the
line, or brand new, but still fast.
The problem Im having is with simple editing of digital
images, and these are from a 2 megapixel camera. It just
seems to take a very long time to open one full resolution
image... 10-20 seconds maybe. Granted, I seldom use
the entire image, but even cropped down, these higher
res images take time... now my question. With the
newer 6 and 8 and higher megapixel cameras, I could
forsee an opening time of a minute or more.
S-oooooo... while this kind of delay is fine for one image,
it would clearly be unacceptable for a production environ;
and, if we're shooting a dozen, or a hundred images in a day,
and trying to process these, downright impossible.
What kind of computer would be better than a home PC
for this ? Does anyone make equipment especially applicable
to large scale processing of megapixel images ?

Other than using lower res images, I cant figure a way
to speed up processing.

Go to Program filesadobecs2plugins and the watermark folder is digimark -
if renaming it doesn't help just change the name back.

Malcolm
"Malcolm Smith" wrote in message
...
I presume the computer is one of the new 64bit machines (Core 2 duo?) so I
suspect the problem may be amount of RAM available. 20 seconds for a two
mp file seems very long (2MP jpegs should open almost instantaneously).
There are a number of articles written on optimising photoshop (virtual
memory available to photoshop, etc) and you may be able to find them via
google - I read one to set up my machine in a book on photoshop. I have
recently read that the watermark software is a killer with loading time so
disabling it speeds things up (go to the photoshop program files and rename
the watermark directory so photoshop can't find it I think)..

best of luck
Malcolm

"stuseven" wrote in message
oups.com...
+ I use a fairly "fast" computer... 1ghz+... not top of the
line, or brand new, but still fast.
The problem Im having is with simple editing of digital
images, and these are from a 2 megapixel camera. It just
seems to take a very long time to open one full resolution
image... 10-20 seconds maybe. Granted, I seldom use
the entire image, but even cropped down, these higher
res images take time... now my question. With the
newer 6 and 8 and higher megapixel cameras, I could
forsee an opening time of a minute or more.
S-oooooo... while this kind of delay is fine for one image,
it would clearly be unacceptable for a production environ;
and, if we're shooting a dozen, or a hundred images in a day,
and trying to process these, downright impossible.
What kind of computer would be better than a home PC
for this ? Does anyone make equipment especially applicable
to large scale processing of megapixel images ?

Other than using lower res images, I cant figure a way
to speed up processing.

In article , Malcolm Smith
writes
"stuseven" wrote in message
roups.com...
+ I use a fairly "fast" computer... 1ghz+... not top of the
line, or brand new, but still fast.

I presume the computer is one of the new 64bit machines (Core 2 duo?) so I
suspect the problem may be amount of RAM available.

?
--
Ian G8ILZ
There are always two people in every pictu the photographer and the viewer.
~Ansel Adams

+ OK - most of these replies are suggesting adding memory...
something I hadnt even considered with the newer unit... sounds
great, and thanks to all for the advice.

On Jan 28, 3:50 pm, "stuseven" wrote:
+ I use a fairly "fast" computer... 1ghz+... not top of the
line, or brand new, but still fast.
The problem Im having is with simple editing of digital
images, and these are from a 2 megapixel camera. It just
seems to take a very long time to open one full resolution
image... 10-20 seconds maybe. Granted, I seldom use
the entire image, but even cropped down, these higher
res images take time... now my question. With the
newer 6 and 8 and higher megapixel cameras, I could
forsee an opening time of a minute or more.
S-oooooo... while this kind of delay is fine for one image,
it would clearly be unacceptable for a production environ;
and, if we're shooting a dozen, or a hundred images in a day,
and trying to process these, downright impossible.
What kind of computer would be better than a home PC
for this ? Does anyone make equipment especially applicable
to large scale processing of megapixel images ?

Other than using lower res images, I cant figure a way
to speed up processing.

In article .com,
stuseven wrote:

Other than using lower res images, I cant figure a way
to speed up processing.

Just a wild thought - you ARE copying the image to the computers hard
drive before trying to open it, aren't you?

What you describe sounds more like an I/O bottleneck than insufficient
processing power.

Or it could be a lousy program, or a poorly configured good one.
Everyone is assuming Photoshop, but you didn't state that...

More RAM is always a good thing (especially for Photoshop).

Scott Schuckert wrote:
In article .com,
stuseven wrote:

Other than using lower res images, I cant figure a way
to speed up processing.

Just a wild thought - you ARE copying the image to the computers hard
drive before trying to open it, aren't you?

What you describe sounds more like an I/O bottleneck than insufficient
processing power.

Or it could be a lousy program, or a poorly configured good one.
Everyone is assuming Photoshop, but you didn't state that...

More RAM is always a good thing (especially for Photoshop).

Hee hee...
I ran into that with someone at work... They were complaining about speed,
and it turned out they were working with an image that was still (and only)
on their CF card!!


--
Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
www.pbase.com/markuson

stuseven wrote:
+ I use a fairly "fast" computer... 1ghz+... not top of the
line, or brand new, but still fast.
The problem Im having is with simple editing of digital
images, and these are from a 2 megapixel camera. It just
seems to take a very long time to open one full resolution
image... 10-20 seconds maybe. Granted, I seldom use
the entire image, but even cropped down, these higher
res images take time... now my question. With the
newer 6 and 8 and higher megapixel cameras, I could
forsee an opening time of a minute or more.
S-oooooo... while this kind of delay is fine for one image,
it would clearly be unacceptable for a production environ;
and, if we're shooting a dozen, or a hundred images in a day,
and trying to process these, downright impossible.
What kind of computer would be better than a home PC
for this ? Does anyone make equipment especially applicable
to large scale processing of megapixel images ?

Other than using lower res images, I cant figure a way
to speed up processing.


While a 1ghz machine is quite slow by today's standards, I suspect it is
rather more likely that you don't have enough ram for what you are
trying to do, rather than the processor speed. You didn't mention the
amount of ram. If you have less than 512meg, then you might consider
increasing it.