Improve your photo editing workflow by optimizing your computer for image editing – tips to increase efficiency and tools to boost performance.
Many photographers look for tips on how to optimize their hardware for productive image editing. We all want to be able to work as efficiently as possible, using the very best tools at the very lowest cost.
But, alas, our budgets don’t always allow all the best tools, so we have to make trade-offs. Whether you’re buying a new computer, or upgrading a computer you already own, it’s good to know where bottlenecks in image editing workflows exist and what can be done about them.
Use this two-part article to evaluate each area of your workflow, with an eye toward identifying areas that may benefit from improvement.
Part one will look at everything inside of your computer, while part two will be about everything outside of it (things that you plug into your computer).
For those who don’t have an unlimited budget, this article will help you identify where you should spend your money for maximum impact and efficiency.