A Mac window setup for photographers
An editing app that wants the full screen, plus client email, a shot list and a browser. Keeping the photo big and everything else close.
The photo gets the full screen while you edit. Everything else, like client email, the shot list, delivery and invoices, waits beside it, not on top of it.
One screen
- Hide panels you are not using inside the editing app (most use Tab or Shift Tab).
- Keep email and the shot list one step away, not floating over the image.
Two screens
Most editing apps can show a second view on another display: the photo large on one, the library or panels on the other.
On the strip
In ClutterFreeMac, set your editing app to open full width in Settings, Apps. It fills the screen; email and the shot list sit in the next columns, a swipe away. Turn off dimming while you judge colour, so no window is darkened beside the photo.
Questions
How should photographers set up windows on a Mac?
Give the editing app the full screen and keep email, the shot list and other tools beside it rather than on top, or on a second display.
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