Does a high resolution monitor make a big difference in editing?

Watching this thread with interest. Mac screen has went dim all on one side (known issue blah blah blah - outrageous) So will be looking to hook up an editing screen at some point in the future.
 
neil_g said:
no they automatically switch seamlessly depending on what the system need GPU wise and to save battery (intel chip for standard desktop, NVidia chip for GPU intensive tasks). both chips will handle the highest res stated in the spec.
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That what I thought but when I had it all hooked up and check out what my system was doing I found this.

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I was unable to get any higher res at that point.
 
Stevie- said:
Watching this thread with interest. Mac screen has went dim all on one side (known issue blah blah blah - outrageous) So will be looking to hook up an editing screen at some point in the future.
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Can you not just get it fixed? My Imac did this, almost 5 years old, never had Apple Care. Called Apple; supposedly it's just a bit of crappy soldering, but they swapped the whole panel out for a new one free of charge. So far so good since.
 
shaylou said:
That what I thought but when I had it all hooked up and check out what my system was doing I found this.

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I was unable to get any higher res at that point.
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It does, that's just the way it is.

The screen is only showing as a "colour LCD" rather than the correct model. Are there any osx profiles available to download for the screen?
 
Nothing to download from asus.. Have you tried the "detect displays" button?

Something is stopping the mac finding what screen it is. It may be that the screen isn't 100% mac friendly? Might be worth asking asus.
 
Jayst84 said:
Can you not just get it fixed? My Imac did this, almost 5 years old, never had Apple Care. Called Apple; supposedly it's just a bit of crappy soldering, but they swapped the whole panel out for a new one free of charge. So far so good since.
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Weren't interested in afraid!
 
I've come to the conclusion Apple are **** at handling 3rd party displays.

Just plugged a U2713H into a brand new MBPr via displayport and the quality was shocking. pixelated text, odd colours etc. Also tried it on a (official Apple) DP to DVI-D adapter and that never even got close to the required resolution.

fix was to download an EDID override to stop the Mac trying to use YCbCr.

well done Apple. well done.

o_O
 
Splurged on a Dell U3014 recently, can't recommend it enough :) I work from my home office now so a triple monitor setup was critical obviously...debated 3x 1920x1200...but really glad I went for the one top quality large screen and couple of 23" 1920x1080 next to it....even though I had to buy a second desk to accommodate them!
 
Then of course, having got the screen you think is the best, you then have to understand the optimum conditions to view it in if you are really nit picking for every ounce of perfection. Best calibration method, best lighting to view it in, best canopy and shading of screen...

Do you have calibrated eyeballs:thinking:

It's a geekmungus subject

I pratted about with all things colour managed and critical for about a year, all to stick product images on a bloody website (d******d).

Would have been well worth it if everyone had the same monitor calibrated as mine is...

Eventually I settled on photographing the three ( different coloured) oxo packs and showing the images on my site. Then asking my punters to hold the same packaging up against their screen to see how the colours matched, just to illustrate the problems of colour over the net. My calibrated and colour managed images translating to their f/pig old pc world crappsters. Then I blew this out as there were copyright issues I could not be arsed with.

I know printing images is different but the interpretation of your images is so random in normal life that I think until technology gives us a real chance for idiots like me being able to produce images and colour to a general acceptable and accurate standard, we are doomed to an opinionated bleating fest.

Hic':)

You know it makes sense.
 
I got the cheapest LG IPS panel I could find on Amazon as a 3rd monitor. It comes calibrated from the factory and is a very very close to the Dell, very impressed for the money.
 
For what it's worth, I think it does make a difference (in answer to OP's original Q). Not because of quality (you can get some pretty crap large monitors) but simply because of the space to edit and have all your tools arranged as you want them. I use a 30" (2560x1600) main screen here with a 20" (1600x1200) screen in portrait mode and having A) such a big main screen and B) a second screen to dump all the tools on, means you can work on a really large, uncluttered space.

Here's my Photoshop workspace in real size...

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Lightroom is just as good with tons of space too.

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