Originally the topic was Technology In Action. which seemed a good Idea at the time. However once we got out with our cameras the `in action' part proved more difficult to portray than anticipated. We cut the topic back to just Technology with a restriction being put on computers, since a previous topic had covered our computers. The submissions have proved to be of the usual high standard from our club members.
A challenging topic this months and the pictures submitted have been outstanding. Well done to all our participants
A challenging topic this month either single or composite pictures the team of UF photographers took up their cameras and excelled. Thanks to Davydd, diginferno, hieraco and ideur for their wonderful pictures in a difficult topic.
Alright, so as I said in my test post, it's been awhile (two years I think) mostly cause I do most of my stuff on Deviantart.com now. A few updates:
-My first book is published and I'm working on a collaberative E-Book with soem friends
-Also in progress is the armor I'm making with the help of the guys over at the 405th (www.405th.com)
-And finally, slowly saving up for a LARP outfit... waiting on the first parts to ship.
it's been awhile
We're a little sparse on submissions this month, I guess all of our regulars are on vacation. Hopefuly things will pick up for the August topic.
As always, all photos are the intellectual property of the respective photographers and can not be used without expressed permission ©2009
In the photography world, you sometimes need a lot of equipment to get the perfect photo looking exactly how you want it to.Tiffen's DFX software does away with one of those things forever: Filters. With a few clicks, you can add any filter effect you want to your photo. The trial edition weighs in at 84 MB, and give you 15 days to check out the program. I should warn that it is a fairly memory intensive program. The requirements call for 1 GB, and reccommend 2 GB. With 2 GB of memory, my system ran the program just fine.
Once you load the program, simply open the photo you want to add a filter to, and select one of the filter types from the nine different categories of filters. As you select each filter, it will automatically apply the filter to the preview in the center of the screen. If a filter shows a subtle effect or if you're wondering what difference the filter made to the photo, use either the side-by-side comparison tool, or either of the vertical or horizontal split comparison tools. Using the filter function, I've added a final touch to this picture from my phone:
The whole suite allows you to use hundreds of preset filters, and using the program's custom filters, you can make even more. Some of you may now be saying to yourself "Why do I want this instead of Photoshop/GIMP?" Well, for those that know PS/GIMP well enough, you may not need it. It does include add-on versions for Photoshop, Avid, FinalCutPro and Arperture that integrate directly into those programs. The standalone version is great for people who just want the filtering ability. However, advanced users may want to skip this one in favour of a more robust image manipulation suite.
All in all, it's a great tool for those needing photo filters, and don't want to be left with stacks of them in cases around the house. It is available for download in a free 15 day trial or the full retail version can be downloaded from Tiffen.com for $99.95 US, or boxed versions can be found in some retail outlets at a similar price.
The summer is talking shape with lots of sunshine world wide. Thanks to our veteran photographers, and welcome to the new folks, we have some very impressive pictures this month and I'd like to congratulate the photographers of such fine pictures. Keep up the great work. Simpley click on the picture for a full sized view of each, then use your back button to return to the main post.
Found a new "Toy" ----> IIPImage
This is a program to display high resolution pix on a computer. OK; you also need a webserver ...
(works similar to Gigapan)
Usage:
vips im_vips2tiff infile outfile.tif:deflate,tile:256x256,pyramid
to make it a tiled, pyramid format.
move that new file to the server ...
Remark/Update:
Does not work if the file is over 1 giga pixel in size.
Have to see if a newer version is corrected.
64bit OS?
