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What's most important, GPU or CPU, when it comes to Illustrator?
If you're sticking with Mac, then buying the fastest CPU and GPU that you can afford will get you part / most of the way to the speed that you want, but having lots of RAM will make just as much (if ...
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What's most important, GPU or CPU, when it comes to Illustrator?
Illustrator uses GPU to accelerate most operations.
My experience: a couple of months ago my Illustrator was very slow (at the time I had a GTX650)...for example I was almost unable to vector images ...
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What issues will I face when doing photoshop and design work on a curved monitor?
It makes minimal difference in terms of distortion. Unless you do a lot of perspective correction for architectural shots and the like I wouldn't worry about that at all.
If you work on critical work ...
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Does graphics tablet language matter?
I bought mine from a german retailer, and did not get anything in german at all. Software is in english, even the box was in english. Not sure what they could be referring to.
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What's most important, GPU or CPU, when it comes to Illustrator?
I am going to risk a really usless answer here, because I do not know.
But I just want to bring atention to some points and I am gessing that they are related to a specific hardware. First the ...
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How can I decide between the medium sized intuos tablet or the small one?
Some things to consider:
If you use a laptop and are likely to need to take your Wacom with you, you may find a large isn't practical. A medium Wacom is pretty much the same size as a 15" laptop, ...
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Is buying a tablet worth it if I can't draw?
Before you buy a tablet, try using pen tool and see if you like it. Most logos are made by manipulating shapes so a tablet is not needed in such scenario. If you're planning to draw comics or ...
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Is buying a tablet worth it if I can't draw?
Well. This is opinion based, but here I go.
I have an Intuos 5 Touch. That is my second tablet. Cool talblet. But I almost never use it.
I only use it from time to time for photo retouching, like ...
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What to look for in a Graphics Card for Graphic Design?
This is not a complete answer. But here it goes a generic one.
1) Memory matters. So look for at least 8Gb.
2) Probably the safest bet in brute force processor now is i7. Look for the biggest number ...
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Is iMac Retina 5K suitable for webdesign?
Retina displays are definitely suitable for web design. There are some things you should understand when using them though.
Typically, Apple’s “Retina” branding is applied when a display is 220 ...
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Printing solid black on transparencies for creating plates
Laser is really the only way to do this - you just cant get the density with inkjet.
You will need to persist - maybe contact HP directly for advice.
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Media teacher... but really a student... choosing computers
If you are working in Adobe tools, you might want to use Adobe’s System Requirements for Creative Cloud, at least as a starting point. They have specific requirements for each app.
The easiest thing ...
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Suggestions Needed for a Drawing Tablet
For onscreen drawing, you either drift towards something expensive, or something with low precision. Like a Cintiq, an Android tablet/iPad + a pressure responsive stylus, etc.
There are some nice ...
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What's most important, GPU or CPU, when it comes to Illustrator?
Illustrator can be both GPU and CPU heavy, but as for a graphics program, Illustrator would make a great use of a GPU, much more than a CPU since it is shared with system and all other applications.
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Wacom Cintiq Pro 13 or 24?
Take one big sheet of paper, of the size of each model of monitor you want to try, put some marks on the active area... And imagine they are the actual monitor. Make the kind of drawings you are used ...
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Looking for a printer for thick paper and A3 format size?
Absolutely opposite. Such a small demand of printed sheets means you have no reason to invest in your own equipment. Any digital print shop will be more than happy to have you as a customer. And ...
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Size of the screen for graphic design
I just start pointing this is my opinion and maybe someone can point one
that maybe better fits common sense, but I have a 4k basic 27" IPS monitor, and honestly, 4k, 2k for me are the same while ...
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What software / hardware is necessary to edit SVGs ~40Mb in size with thousands of visual elements?
Building plans are generally produced using CAD software, and the issue you are having might be that the CAD software isn't very good at outputting SVGs efficiently. So I think the issue here has ...
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What to look for in projectors to use in murals
It totally depends upon your demand, what kind of your mural work? what are the conditions of lightning? whether you need the daylight projector or normal HD Projector? what is the distance covered to ...
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What to look for in projectors to use in murals
It depends on the size and lighting, as Tony said. Projectors are compared using four main factors: brightness, resolution, aspect ratio and weight.
Once these factors have been considered, you can ...
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What to look for in projectors to use in murals
I think that depends on the average size of your mural work and lighting conditions.
For larger murals and less than ideal conditions, you will probably need something with a lot of lumens.
I found ...
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Advice on buying a PC to run Adobe software
"Asus N53SN with 16Gb Ram, 512 SSD, and Quad Core processor Intel i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00 GHz, with Intel Graphics and NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 550M CUDA 2GB."
I'd start with your current laptop, it's plenty ...
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Will we ever see a laptop that looks and functions like a tablet?
Check out Lenovo Yoga or Microsoft Surface. These are 2-in-1 devices, that combine the functionality of a laptop and tablet. They run Windows 10 and as far as I know, support graphics software.
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Printing solid black on transparencies for creating plates
Hum. Are you doing silk printing? Why you need to print that small? Can you print a letter sized group of labels?
The quality of that process is very inferior compared to direct to photographic film. ...
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I'm using two monitors and buying my first graphics tablet. Does a two monitor setup affect what I should buy?
Wacon Intuos Pro at least can be configured so that by pressing a button on the tablet you can move between screens. This in many ways better than even having a very wide touch area for the whole two ...
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Graphic designer/illustrator about to buy my first display drawing tablet
There are a lot of things you're asking for and you'll be unable to get all of them. But most are totes possible, if you're willing to sacrifice certain parts of your workflow to using a desktop. I ...
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Are there any serious competitors to the Cintiq Companion 2? (pro mobile tablets)
"Motion computing" tablets. The i3-i7 versions for the new software and 64-bit systems.
They have Wacom tablets, have similar specs, more robust hardware (built for industrial use in hospitals and by ...
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