Man I want this laptop!

Discussion in 'Off Topic Area' started by AndrewTheAndroid, May 27, 2016.

  1. AndrewTheAndroid

    AndrewTheAndroid A hero for fun.

  2. Mushroom

    Mushroom De-powered to come back better than before.

    I have an HP Envy 360.

    Big screen, touch screen and bends all the way to become a tablet.
    Only just got it, been looking around for video editing or something similar to photoshop.

    I also have a pen shaped mouse.
     
  3. David Harrison

    David Harrison MAPper without portfolio

  4. Mushroom

    Mushroom De-powered to come back better than before.

    Thanks. Will review.

    I would post some pics i done on my Note3 but have had work stolen from me before
     
  5. AndrewTheAndroid

    AndrewTheAndroid A hero for fun.

    What videos have you made?
     
  6. Bozza Bostik

    Bozza Bostik Antichrist on Button Moon

    Kinda off topic.

    I heard you need a pretty powerful computer to edit RAW files. Is that actually true or just what men down pubs say?

    What should you look for when you need a "powerful computer"?
     
  7. AndrewTheAndroid

    AndrewTheAndroid A hero for fun.

    It depends on how much editing you plan on doing. If it's just making a pic blAck and white for example then you won't need anything to powerful. If you are doing a 150 exposures HDR then yeah you are going to need a more powerful computer.

    What I look for in power is a fast cpu, a good graphics card and lots of RAM. In a laptop the first two aren't usually upgradable but RAM usually is so I look at the number of RAM slots to see what I can upgrade to later.
     
  8. CrowZer0

    CrowZer0 Assume formlessness.

    There's another Asus Rog laptop with a desktop 980 and liquid cooling system.
     
  9. David Harrison

    David Harrison MAPper without portfolio

    If you're dealing with stills, then I think the guys down the pub probably heard that 20 years ago and think it's still true.

    http://photographyconcentrate.com/10-reasons-why-you-should-be-shooting-raw/

    One counter-intuitive thing about dealing with files is that, while compressed files are smaller, they actually take up more processing power because they have to be decoded. Uncompressed files are bigger, so will need more RAM, but they do not need as much processing power.

    So, for instance, when scoring to picture, it is best to use a small resolution uncompressed file than it is, say, a small mpeg at the original resolution.
     
  10. Bozza Bostik

    Bozza Bostik Antichrist on Button Moon

    Ok. Thanks guys. As I mentioned in another thread, I'd like to start doing concert photography and maybe start a blog (Pretty much photos and little text).

    I'll need to eventually start shooting in raw (better lens is needed first) and editing the photos I guess. And I've heard that a pretty hardcore pc is needed.
     
  11. David Harrison

    David Harrison MAPper without portfolio

    It depends what you're doing with the files. If you're using dozens of layers and 3D effects, then you will need a reasonably spec'd PC. If you're just adjusting colour balance and maybe using a handful of layers for comping, then you can do it with a fairly modest PC.

    The good news is that the most important factors for working with stills are RAM and storage, which are the cheapest resources you can get for a PC.
     
  12. David Harrison

    David Harrison MAPper without portfolio

    Here's a tip that I gave Bozza in PM, that I thought some people who are tinkering with photography on their computer might appreciate, so I thought I'd share it:

    One thing about using photo editing software is you have to try your best to keep perspective. Things generally look better when they're brighter, more colourful, sharper and with more effects, because you get used to it, and then think it looks better when you add more. I think it's a good idea to keep a little jpeg of the original image open, so you can keep a sense of perspective over what you've done to it. I've often touched-up an image, then when I look at the original the edited one looks garish and artificial by comparison.
     
  13. AndrewTheAndroid

    AndrewTheAndroid A hero for fun.

  14. CrowZer0

    CrowZer0 Assume formlessness.

  15. AndrewTheAndroid

    AndrewTheAndroid A hero for fun.

    I think those are a little out of my price range. Do you know if it is possible upgrade them after the purchase or not?
     
  16. CrowZer0

    CrowZer0 Assume formlessness.

    They're cheaper than any branded laptop for better specs. Depends on the chassis and mobo you pick, most yes.

    http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/octaneII-17-Pro/ They do deliver all over but for North America you'll have some better resellers over there, Xotic is one I think maybe mysn or Aurora? There's a few.
     
  17. David Harrison

    David Harrison MAPper without portfolio

    Just saw this video about RAW vs. JPEG and thought you might find it enlightening :)

    https://www.slrlounge.com/workshop/dynamic-range-and-raw-vs-jpeg/
     
  18. armanox

    armanox Kick this Ginger...

    For the record, I've been quite happy with the Dell Precision line - I personally still use a M4500 (Dual booting Windows 10 Pro and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, 8GB of RAM, dual SSD, first gen i7 (that I constantly debate getting an i7 940m for), nvidia Quadro 880M, plus I added a USB 3.0 PC Card). I had a M4700 at my last job, and currently have a M4800 (Windows 7 Pro, 16GB of RAM (supports 32), FirePro GPU (could have gotten the Quadro K2100M and a 4K display, but I don't need that kind of GPU power to be honest, i7 4810MQ, ) at the current job. Very sturdy design, and does not suffer from a chicklet keyboard. I actually like it a lot better then it's successor, even if the new one can support a Xeon, 64GB ECC RAM, and Thunderbolt.
     

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