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Last Updated: Jul 2nd, 2008 - 21:15:22 |
(NC)-With the growing popularity of online photo sharing through sites like Flickr, MySpace and Facebook, it's no surprise digital cameras continue to top holiday wish lists of amateur and professional photographers alike.
When purchasing a digital camera the required feature checklist is well known: number of mega pixels, battery life, lens quality and more.
Less considered is the importance of a well performing computer to manage, store and edit your photos.
Edit away
A key benefit to owning a digital camera is the ability to edit photos. Programs like PhotoShop and Paint Shop Pro offer editing tools and easy-to-use tutorials that help photographers unblur, reduce redeye, and crop. However, manipulating images is demanding on your PC resources - especially when there's more than one image open on the desktop.
Consider a PC backed by a dual-core processor - or two brains inside - like Intel's Core 2 Duo processor, which is designed to handle media-rich content including photos as well as resource-heavy editing software. Additionally, you'll want your PC to have at least 1 GB of memory which all applications require to run.
Do more, faster
Whether you're editing photos while surfing your favourite photo sharing site, or creating a slideshow while IM'ing friends, these days it's the norm to run several applications and have multiple windows open on the PC desktop simultaneously. For the multitasker, a PC with a dual-core processor is a must. Each processing core is designed to share the workload allowing users to do more in less time.
Bigger can be better
High resolution and digital zoom make for fantastic pictures, but often translate into large files that require a great deal of storage space on your computer. If you plan to keep your photos on file for any length of time, ensure your PC has at least a 60 gigabyte (GB) hard drive (approximately 300 photos equals one gigabyte when using a 10 megapixel camera) so you don't have to worry about running out of space. It's also a good idea to burn your photos to a DVD as a backup.
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