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What is the best Matrox video card to work with Photoshop? Does
Matrox have a Mac card???

David Glenn Misner wrote:

What is the best Matrox video card to work with Photoshop? Does
Matrox have a Mac card???



Parhelia. No.

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:10:54 GMT, KJ wroth:

David Glenn Misner wrote:

What is the best Matrox video card to work with Photoshop? Does
Matrox have a Mac card???



Parhelia. No.


Why is it the best card for Photoshop???

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:32:11 -0700, David Glenn Misner
wroth:

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:10:54 GMT, KJ wroth:

David Glenn Misner wrote:

What is the best Matrox video card to work with Photoshop? Does
Matrox have a Mac card???



Parhelia. No.


Why is it the best card for Photoshop???


Also is the 256mb worth the extra money???

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:32:11 -0700, David Glenn Misner
wrote:

| On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:10:54 GMT, KJ wroth:
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| David Glenn Misner wrote:
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| What is the best Matrox video card to work with Photoshop? Does
| Matrox have a Mac card???
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| Parhelia. No.
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| Why is it the best card for Photoshop???

I was wondering the same thing. I do quite a lot of work with
Photoshop with a Matrox G450 and find it works very well.

Larc



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I was wondering the same thing. I do quite a lot of work with
Photoshop with a Matrox G450 and find it works very well.


Also what monitors should I get with the Parhelia

David Glenn Misner wrote:
I was wondering the same thing. I do quite a lot of work with
Photoshop with a Matrox G450 and find it works very well.

Also what monitors should I get with the Parhelia

For Photoshop work, don't get flat panel monitors. They are still not up to
the task when it comes to colour range and colour correctness. Especially
the reds will suffer, even on really expensive ones. In addition, most flat
panel monitors use the oddball 1280x1024 format, which crams in extra lines
vertically at the expense of aspect ratio (the correct 4:3 ratio is
1280x960). Draw a circle on a monitor like this, and it ends up an oval
when presented on a different setup. The only thing 1280x1024 is good for
is editing PAL video.
If sharpness is more important than colour correctness, by all means, get a
flat panel monitor, but make sure it's 1600:1200 or other 4:3 aspect ratio,
and also get one with a digital DVI interface.

What monitors to get depends on the price range. The cheapest CRT that can
be auto-calibrated for colour correctness is a NEC/Mitsubishi, although the
best one is probably the 3-4 times as expensive top-of-the-line Sony.
For a CRT, I'd recommend getting ones with a flat tube front, as well as one
with an aperture grille (Trinitron, DiamondTron etc.) instead of a shadow
mask. But that's a personal preference.

Regards,
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*Art

David Glenn Misner wrote:

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:10:54 GMT, KJ wroth:


David Glenn Misner wrote:


What is the best Matrox video card to work with Photoshop? Does
Matrox have a Mac card???




Parhelia. No.



Why is it the best card for Photoshop???



it can do 10-bit color depths. i'm not aware of any other card at that
price point that can. but if you use LCD monitors, you can't tell anyway.

What monitors to get depends on the price range. The cheapest CRT that can
be auto-calibrated for colour correctness is a NEC/Mitsubishi, although the
best one is probably the 3-4 times as expensive top-of-the-line Sony.
For a CRT, I'd recommend getting ones with a flat tube front, as well as one
with an aperture grille (Trinitron, DiamondTron etc.) instead of a shadow
mask. But that's a personal preference.


Are you familiar with the ViewSonic G220fb 21" PerfectFlat CRT
Monitor???

David Glenn Misner wrote:

Are you familiar with the ViewSonic G220fb 21" PerfectFlat CRT
Monitor???

No, I'm not, but it looks like a very good value for the money ($454 at
monitorsdirect.com), if you like shadow mask monitors.

Regards,
--
*Art