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I was working on this one in the RAW class.  I thought it was fine but looks terrible to me while I was editing it.

F2.8, ISO 100, 35mm, 1/500

Thanks, I changed it in ACR.  Not sure if I need to do the same for PS.

Followed the crop directions, hopefully it's right.

Sorry, I'm all over the place today.  I figured I would just go ahead and try to remove the noise using this link http://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/07/raw-noise-removal.html

I didn't even know this was a thing so, thanks!  I'm just not sure when is it pushing it too far?  I feel like it lost some detail?  Does this mean I need to pull one of them back or an I just crazy?

Thanks Brian.  I will get the 8TB version.  How do I reformat to NTFS?

Didn't know what section to add this to.  I have decided to switch over to PC from MAC at this point in my life.  My question now is how do I get all my photos off the MAC and onto the PC?  I'm thinking it may actually just be better to get them onto a external HD.  Is there a specific process that I would need to accomplish this since I'm going across platforms?   

These are the two EHDs I am trying to choose from if that makes any kind of difference. 

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBBGB0080HBK-NESN/dp/B01LQQHKZY/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=western%2Bdigital%2B8tb%2B7200%2Bmy%2Bbook&qid=1561369174&s=gateway&sr=8-2&th=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07NYFZMZL/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

The 25” specs say anti-glare.  I did look up the color gamut and it isn’t 100% rgb, somewhere in the 90’s.  Is that okay? 

I am making the switch over to PC from MAC and am in need of a monitor.

Is this okay? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F6V6QIM/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

Thanks Brian!  The I7 would push my budget since I still need to get a monitor/keyboard/mouse/calibrator/external HD as well.  

I just got a quote back on upgrading the RAM on my iMAC and the cost is pretty high so thinking of just getting a new computer. 

I read through some other threads and found this list of recommendations.  Besides upgrading to the I7 do the specks on this build look okay? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9Fz7mq

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• Intel i7 (or i9 if you can afford it.
• 16GB RAM at a Minimum - 32GB or more preferred, like 64GB
• 1TB Hard Drive for the main drive. I don't care how fast that 128GB / 250GB SSD Drive is, it won't to you a damn bit of good if it's full. Of course the bigger the better when it comes to hard drives. Windows updates can be huge, so I would shoot for a 1TB at a minimum, though a person could get away with a 500GB HD. That said, as I write this, 500GB HD are becoming "Too Small" for today's modern Photoshop and 24MP+ cameras.
• A video card that has separate & dedicated video memory. 2GB - 4GB is fine (like 4GB) and since Adobe's products are using the graphics cards for a performance boost, a video card with 8GB of Video Memory is a good thing. So call it 4GB recommended / 8GB preferred when it comes to Video RAM.

Thanks! I'll get that one, wish I could go bigger than the six but I need to fund a RAM upgrade as well. 

Is there a huge difference getting the thunderbolt 3?  looks to be about an $80 difference in the 6TB version.

so this one then that has the Thunderbolt 3? https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1333861-REG/g_technology_0g05368_professional_hard_drive_6000.html

this is the one I am looking at:  https://www.amazon.com/G-Technology-G-Drive-External-4-Port-Accessories/dp/B01MZCMBKF/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=4t+g+drive&qid=1560432360&s=gateway&sr=8-6

MBP is a 2012, I don't use it because the battery won't hold a charge.  The iMAC 21.5 was purchased January 2018.

For the G drive is 4T enough or should I go higher?

I will caveat that my photo storage is a cluster and I am not super computer savvy.  I tried to read through some threads to figure out what I need but really got lost.  Is there some place that references recommended external hard drives?  I have a iMAC and I would like to get all my current photos off of it and stored externally.  I also have a MacBook pro which I no longer use but there are photos on there that are time machined to a Seagate and I'd like to get everything all in one place.  I am NOT a professional photographer but I shoot with a 5DM4 so my files are pretty large if that makes any difference.  Where do I even begin? 

how is Bridge using 5+GB?

It doesn't look Iike I can upgrade the RAM but I honestly don't know what I'm looking at on the crucial.com scanner.  I never had any issues running lightroom, only since I started with the bridge.  I cleaned off my desktop except the backup drive I have connected to the imac and switched to firefox based on a few other threads I read in here.  Outside if a new computer I don't think there is much else I can do. 

I have a Mac desktop running mojave  and Photoshop cc. It is under 2 years old, and has 8GB of RAM. Its hard drive has 231.4GB free out of 1TB. The last time I shut down was earlier today. I rarely run a cleanup program.