Re: how much memory for using Photoshop ?

"tacit" <tacitr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Joel <Joel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> 6000x6000 isn't that big (and doesn't mean much without the PPI).
>
> Sure it does. A 6000x6000 image is 103 MB if it's RGB, and 137 MB if
> it's CMYK. PPI makes no difference.
>
> 2 GB of RAM is OK, if a little tight, for comfortably working on images
> that size. The biggest bottleneck, though, is likely to be hard drive
> speed.
>
> More RAM and a faster hard drive will help.
>
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tacit
did you see the work she does??
would not a vector prog like Illy be a better choice for that type work??