Here's how to pick gear for photo and video creation, whether you've got $500 or $5,000. Luckily, we've already done a good chunk of the homework for you. Whichever app you choose, it's crucial to do some hardware research to ensure that your equipment will work with the app rather than against it. Adobe is planning a full version of Photoshop for the iPad, and it's developing an all-in-one video tool, Project Rush, that will work across platforms.
And you may miss a deadline if your machine can't render the final product quickly enough. Meanwhile, a subpar monitor or laptop display could yield videos that look shockingly different than what you saw during production. A slow or badly equipped PC, laptop or tablet will be a drag on your creative process.
If you do a lot of video or photo editing, the one thing you want to avoid when buying equipment is nasty surprises.
