Netbook/Camera RAW issue

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I've just got an Acer Aspire One (1.6ghz/1Gb RAM/XP) like this one, mainly to amuse myself on airplanes and whilst visiting the in-laws abroad. I did notice that it fits in my camera bag quite nicely too... so I thought I'd try sticking CS3 on it to see how it copes: Very well, considering. Adobe Bridge struggles slightly, but works ok too, despite being quite a bit below the minimum system requirements.

Here's the problem: Camera RAW opens fine, but the window is larger than the screen, meaning that I can't see the clarity/vibrance/saturation sliders or the cancel/open/done buttons at the bottom of the screen. The max screen size I can set is 1024x600, and it's not enough! I can't resize the camera RAW window, and to shut it down I have to Ctrl/alt/del...

Has anybody got any ideas about how to get around this (or suggestions of another program that can deal with it, and then let me continue in CS3), or am I p!ss!ng into the wind?
 
BigDex said:
I've just got an Acer Aspire One (1.6ghz/1Gb RAM/XP) like this one, mainly to amuse myself on airplanes and whilst visiting the in-laws abroad. I did notice that it fits in my camera bag quite nicely too... so I thought I'd try sticking CS3 on it to see how it copes: Very well, considering. Adobe Bridge struggles slightly, but works ok too, despite being quite a bit below the minimum system requirements.

Here's the problem: Camera RAW opens fine, but the window is larger than the screen, meaning that I can't see the clarity/vibrance/saturation sliders or the cancel/open/done buttons at the bottom of the screen. The max screen size I can set is 1024x600, and it's not enough! I can't resize the camera RAW window, and to shut it down I have to Ctrl/alt/del...

Has anybody got any ideas about how to get around this (or suggestions of another program that can deal with it, and then let me continue in CS3), or am I p!ss!ng into the wind?
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Try this:
Right click on the screen to bring up the display properties
Click Settings
Click Advanced
Click Monitor
Un-check the 'hide modes etc' box
Click OK

And hey presto you can change the screen resolution :D
HTH - You will have to scroll around the screen using the touch pad, but you soon get used to it ;)
 
Hey, that works a treat! I now have a PC small enough to fit in with my existing camera bag that runs Photoshop CS3 Extended! All for £260+-.

Cheers Steve (y)
 
BigDex said:
Hey, that works a treat! I now have a PC small enough to fit in with my existing camera bag that runs Photoshop CS3 Extended! All for £260+-.

Cheers Steve (y)
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Always happy to help out :D
 
Jerry.

It's not anywhere near as fast as my desktop, but it can cope. A video will give you a better idea... so I made one. This is my netbook simultaneously running Adobe Bridge (supposedly Pentium 4 or better ony), Camera RAW and Photoshop CS3 Extended.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQAZ8Gf4VmM

Bridge slows it down the most, and it's much faster when running CS3 only. Dunno about lightroom though!

Hope that helps.
 
BigDex said:
Jerry.

It's not anywhere near as fast as my desktop, but it can cope. A video will give you a better idea... so I made one. This is my netbook simultaneously running Adobe Bridge (supposedly Pentium 4 or better ony), Camera RAW and Photoshop CS3 Extended.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQAZ8Gf4VmM

Bridge slows it down the most, and it's much faster when running CS3 only. Dunno about lightroom though!

Hope that helps.
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Thanks VERY much for that. Really more help than I could have asked for.

It looks like it runs OK.

jerry
 
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