Message-Id: <199806122302.QAA16950@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 16:10:03 -0700 From: James Otto <mailto:jotto@ROCKY.CLAREMONT.EDU> Subject: Mac vs. Win: The Eternal ? To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Hi ImageLibbers,I've spoken with several imaging professionals who swear by Macs and their capabilities and wouldn't consider anything else. I work, however, within a network that is increasingly Windows NT intensive and my arguing for, say, a Mac G3 to manage our imaging program, would be a pretty hard sell. Are there any NT users out there who are happy with their situations and who would care to share their experiences with me? regarding color sync/calibration? system robustness? data transfer time? In situations where equipment is portable, such as a digital camera or film camera with a digital scanning back, how successfully is calibrating and recalibrating your connection settings done under Windows vs. Mac? (This last point was introduced to me by someone with far more experience in this area than I, so if I've confused the issue and my question as stated is unanswerable, let me know and I'll ask him about it again.)
Also, if there are any users of Mac-based digital imaging systems whose equipment interacts with a larger NT environment, I'd be interested in hearing from you, too, regarding Mac-NT communication and data transfer. The opinions of pure-Mac environments would be appreciated as well. Related to this, I recently heard of a curvature management program named FLO: from what I understand, it can flatten out curvature in an original image or alternately introduce curvature when desired; par for the course, it seems to currently be Mac-only. Is this true? Who makes it? And is there any PC-equivalent by the same or different maker? Finally, has anyone out there used a fractal analyzer to increase an image's resolution? Again, is there a Mac vs. Windows element here?
Sorry about the raft of questions. Any help would be appreciated.
James
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