Yup... it's time to go outside!:)
I enjoy games as much as the next guy. I steer clear of consoles because the game play is typically not what I want. That said... If MS develop something I don't enjoy, I won't use it./shrug No sweat off my back. It's the ignorance of overreaction that they feed off of. They develop products to make money. It's not a sin, nor is it illegal. It's what people do to make a living. While most everyone seems to be complaining here, I doubt very seriously their actions will stop you from spending your money on their products in the future. They've spent countless man-hours and money to ensure that continues.
It's quite simple... They want the most money for their games and you want the most game for your money. They will continue to push the limits to get you to spend more, as you will continue to demand newer and better games.
It's the very reason that the $500 Radeon 9800 Pro that was remarkably desired just a couple years ago is now "obsolete?"... or how about the 3.4GHz P4? Because it's not Dual-Core it's not good enough any more? Now we'll need Dual-Core cpu's with parallel dual-core gpu's to run high-end uber games! OMG! hmph.. or not.
It's all marketing bs. Heck, the most fun I've had on the 360 is playing the classic games that can be downloaded through xbox live./shrug A 25yo $5 game on a $500 console? That's so ironic, it's nauseating. Not to say I'm above it. I've got my custom home-built $1500+ pc, complete with high-end case and cooling system that has now become obsolete... so that I can pay $40+/mo for internet and a $15/mo subscription to blizzard so that I can a) play WoW and b) get the weather/traffic before I go to work?
I guess what I'm tryin' to say is... Quit crying. If you don't like it, don't use it.
you got it... they put square pegs into square holes.:(
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I know the feeling. I felt the same way when I dew up plans for a rocket launched kite... then found out during my development research that it was done in china hundreds of years ago. (don't remember the actual time frame, this was several years ago)
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But even still.. WIth Adams photos, there are MANY things that could be done differently in a digital world. A perfect example would be the snow often found "blown out" in the landscapes. Even 'white' snow has color... the shadows provide texture. Adams often has solid white patches of snow. A variety of digital techniques could be used to improve many of Adam's shots. Mind you, I'm a fan, but I'm just arguing the benifits of digital imaging can improve even the best photographers work.
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you lost me at "Brightness and Contrast"
The first sign of someone who doesn't know what their doing in the digital photography realm is an adjustment of "brightness and contrast"!
On the note of "Take better photos"... I think you're right, but for the wrong reasons. I have a philosophy on that as well. I can use photoshop to do very minute changes where normaly a reflector can be almost imposible to use. I also use photoshop to clean up unsightly blemishes that a paying client want's nothing to do with. I can save time and money by doing my retouching, but the truth will always remain...
"Crap in = Crap out!" or "you can't make a silk purse out of a sows' ear!" The better the photography, the better the retouching. (not nessisarily less, but more efficient!)
lastly, if you're using iPhoto for your digital editing needs... then you're probably doing something wrong.;)
I use Capture One... It's fine for a single camera/computer relationship, but you'll have nothing but headaches using it on a network./shrug
PhaseOne is just a rest stop on the road of digital photography. It's nice, but I'll be glad to move on. I'm confident newer and MUCH more efficient software will be out soon that will make it (thankfuly) obsolete.
It's people who THINK they know how to use these software's that keep people like ME from getting paid what I deserve. As an expert Photoshop user, I am now competing with every assclown that downloaded the programs and thinks they're cool. Just like most professions of this nature, photography, digital imaging, etc. has been overrun by amateurs who get the job done cheap, however poorly, its just plain cheap. It's ruined the photography industry with stock photo services. It's ruined the design industry by turning artistic design into drag and drop "look what I can do!"'s. It's just shy of destroyed the web. How many wanna-be web designers do you know? How many of you have an Uncle, friend, sibling, or "other" that is a web-designer or can build you a "cheap" computer?
OK, I give up.. I've typed about 3 different rants, but none are polite enough to post.
I'll summarize...
1. Don't think this is easy, thinks are never as easy as a professional makes them seem. We have put our lives into our professions and all we ask is respect for it.
2. Learn what you DON'T KNOW!!! Before you run off to earn a buck with Photoshop, learn what you don't know about the software so that you know what your limitations are! If you don't know colorspace, file formats, levels, curves, pathing, proper masking, how NOT to use filters to compensate for lack of artistic ability... If you have never calibrated your monitor or printers... If you don't understand how inks react to paper or how light is displayed on your monitor... If you don't know how to stop when you don't know something and find the proper way of doing things... then maybe you should sit back and read another book.
3. Don't think this is cheap work. I can promise you I would laugh your ass to the street if you thought I might retouch your images for $5. You can't even get a carwash for that! Hell, that's 2 cups of starbucks coffee! Remember, you get what you pay for. You pay for the $5 quick-wash, they make your car wet!
4. If you really have a love and passion for digital art (productive or creative) then take the time to learn it. Not just Photoshop, but any modern software. Just because you can afford it (or steal it from the internet) doesn't make you good. Take classes, join associations like NAPP (National Assoc. of Photoshop Professionals) and maybe take a class or two or intern for a while. Just please actually know what you're talking about before you claim you do! Please!?!
Lastly, forgive my bluntness, but I am more than fed up with the incompetence of my own industry. almost to the point where I want to start over and go learn another profession.:( sad, but true.
I'm embarrassed to call myself a Photoshop expert... I'm ashamed I have a degree in Web Development... I'm nauseated at the thought of talking one more IDIOT who doesn't know when to say "Hmm, I don't know."
ON TOPIC: This is yet another powerful new tool that will help quite a few prof. photographers./hattip adobe.
heh... you gave me one funny mental image... i'm still laughing...
Imagine if this thing landed in the middle of tha Atlantic or Pacific (as would be likely). Miami or LA could now market with... "Visit Us...We're part of your complete Breakfast!"
I know a lot of people think this is rediculus, but there is indeed a use for the IM notification. As a gamer, several of my games don't allow you to see IMs or Emails when "in-game". This would let us no to alt-tab on over and check it out.
I would like to mention that overkill features to some are actual funtional tools to others. If you like simple and featurless... by all means, get the tools that suit you. I, for one, am excited about this mouse. I'm due to get a new one, and this looks like what I need.
Heck... I thought the EULA was only for people who could afford the software.
/endsarcasm
The EULA is more often than not a "scare tactic" against pirating to those who actualy "play by the rules." IMHO, if you deside to purchase and use the software in a legitimate way, you don't have to realy worry about it. If you pay Macromedia for Flash, and you use it... they won't give a rats' butt if it's on a laptop. They only care when it's a direct exploit to bypass giving them money. (like using one licence on more than one machine)
And even then, unless you have a big buisness, you're not worth their legal fees anyhow./shrug
Acutaly.. unless i'm missreading your post, you're flat out wrong.
People are paying REAL money.. as in the money that I can pull out of an ATM machine to go buy a soda. This money is used to purchase a virtual item within the game... a 'digital product', but "virutual money" as you call it is still real money as an end result. If making a paypal payment isn't sending real money, lemme give you my info so you can send me some.;)
btw.. MMO junk pushes millions of dollars in transactions every year. That's why sony and others are trying to bring it in-house. Because literal or not.. it's real.
As an MMORPG player, I see the variety of folks playing it. The 9yo kids, to the 40+yo parents... even grandparents. You've got college kids, and moms! I am a firm believer that steriotypes exist for a reason, however, the MMO steriotype is a bit off. The folks I play with work for companies such as Dell, Intel, Microsoft, etc. Many, many Military folks with their MMO as a way to spend time with friends and family. Most of the MMO players are no different than anyone else with a hobby.
OK.. all that said.. my points I want to mention are:
1. Most MMORPG players are average people.
2. A few news stories about someone commiting murder or having a heart attack in association to games makes it the games fault?
3. There is a REAL economy that directly impacts the in-game economy. Right now, companies like Sony are coming up with in-game auction systems using REAL money. (they want to bring it in game for 2 main reasons a) they can protect their customers from fraud b)they can charge a service fee to make a little extra $$$) Anything involving REAL money tends to increase the focus that a human being will put into that task.
4. Using online games can actualy be stimulating to the mind. Each game is a new peice of software . Each game provides puzzles and quests that the player must acomplish to succeed. And in the case of MMO's specificaly, it requires a certain amount of social skills to succeed. Unhealthy? only when used in excess, like anything else. (even forum trolling:p ) But mostly, NO.
I could (probably should) write a book devending gamers, but that's a whole different story.
(Oh yea, I also sold an online toon for aprox. $750US:p so while y'all bicker.. i've gotta get back to my game!)
In reading about the rebuild of the Shuttle program... whether it's redone from scratch, or revamped from various eras of space research... I can't help but think to myself a question.
"Is it worth it?"
I'm understanding that there is a lot of research done on these space flights, and in the space station's labs. But for the astronomical costs, what exactly is being acomplished? Are we spending the millions upon millions of dollars to give these astronaunts a nice ride? (no disrespect intended, oversimplifying because of my point.) I just can't help but think that "Zero Gravit y" can't improve the results of most any lab here on Earth.
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Yup... it's time to go outside! :)
I enjoy games as much as the next guy. I steer clear of consoles because the game play is typically not what I want. That said... If MS develop something I don't enjoy, I won't use it. /shrug No sweat off my back. It's the ignorance of overreaction that they feed off of. They develop products to make money. It's not a sin, nor is it illegal. It's what people do to make a living. While most everyone seems to be complaining here, I doubt very seriously their actions will stop you from spending your money on their products in the future. They've spent countless man-hours and money to ensure that continues.
It's quite simple... They want the most money for their games and you want the most game for your money. They will continue to push the limits to get you to spend more, as you will continue to demand newer and better games.
It's the very reason that the $500 Radeon 9800 Pro that was remarkably desired just a couple years ago is now "obsolete?"... or how about the 3.4GHz P4? Because it's not Dual-Core it's not good enough any more? Now we'll need Dual-Core cpu's with parallel dual-core gpu's to run high-end uber games! OMG! hmph.. or not.
It's all marketing bs. Heck, the most fun I've had on the 360 is playing the classic games that can be downloaded through xbox live. /shrug A 25yo $5 game on a $500 console? That's so ironic, it's nauseating. Not to say I'm above it. I've got my custom home-built $1500+ pc, complete with high-end case and cooling system that has now become obsolete... so that I can pay $40+/mo for internet and a $15/mo subscription to blizzard so that I can a) play WoW and b) get the weather/traffic before I go to work?
I guess what I'm tryin' to say is... Quit crying. If you don't like it, don't use it.
you got it... they put square pegs into square holes. :(
I know the feeling. I felt the same way when I dew up plans for a rocket launched kite... then found out during my development research that it was done in china hundreds of years ago. (don't remember the actual time frame, this was several years ago)
But even still.. WIth Adams photos, there are MANY things that could be done differently in a digital world. A perfect example would be the snow often found "blown out" in the landscapes. Even 'white' snow has color... the shadows provide texture. Adams often has solid white patches of snow. A variety of digital techniques could be used to improve many of Adam's shots. Mind you, I'm a fan, but I'm just arguing the benifits of digital imaging can improve even the best photographers work.
you lost me at "Brightness and Contrast"
;)
The first sign of someone who doesn't know what their doing in the digital photography realm is an adjustment of "brightness and contrast"!
On the note of "Take better photos"... I think you're right, but for the wrong reasons. I have a philosophy on that as well. I can use photoshop to do very minute changes where normaly a reflector can be almost imposible to use. I also use photoshop to clean up unsightly blemishes that a paying client want's nothing to do with. I can save time and money by doing my retouching, but the truth will always remain...
"Crap in = Crap out!" or "you can't make a silk purse out of a sows' ear!" The better the photography, the better the retouching. (not nessisarily less, but more efficient!)
lastly, if you're using iPhoto for your digital editing needs... then you're probably doing something wrong.
I use Capture One... It's fine for a single camera/computer relationship, but you'll have nothing but headaches using it on a network. /shrug
PhaseOne is just a rest stop on the road of digital photography. It's nice, but I'll be glad to move on. I'm confident newer and MUCH more efficient software will be out soon that will make it (thankfuly) obsolete.
OK, I give up.. I've typed about 3 different rants, but none are polite enough to post.
:( sad, but true.
I'm embarrassed to call myself a Photoshop expert... I'm ashamed I have a degree in Web Development... I'm nauseated at the thought of talking one more IDIOT who doesn't know when to say "Hmm, I don't know."
/hattip adobe.
I'll summarize...
1. Don't think this is easy, thinks are never as easy as a professional makes them seem. We have put our lives into our professions and all we ask is respect for it.
2. Learn what you DON'T KNOW!!! Before you run off to earn a buck with Photoshop, learn what you don't know about the software so that you know what your limitations are! If you don't know colorspace, file formats, levels, curves, pathing, proper masking, how NOT to use filters to compensate for lack of artistic ability... If you have never calibrated your monitor or printers... If you don't understand how inks react to paper or how light is displayed on your monitor... If you don't know how to stop when you don't know something and find the proper way of doing things... then maybe you should sit back and read another book.
3. Don't think this is cheap work. I can promise you I would laugh your ass to the street if you thought I might retouch your images for $5. You can't even get a carwash for that! Hell, that's 2 cups of starbucks coffee! Remember, you get what you pay for. You pay for the $5 quick-wash, they make your car wet!
4. If you really have a love and passion for digital art (productive or creative) then take the time to learn it. Not just Photoshop, but any modern software. Just because you can afford it (or steal it from the internet) doesn't make you good. Take classes, join associations like NAPP (National Assoc. of Photoshop Professionals) and maybe take a class or two or intern for a while. Just please actually know what you're talking about before you claim you do! Please!?!
Lastly, forgive my bluntness, but I am more than fed up with the incompetence of my own industry. almost to the point where I want to start over and go learn another profession.
ON TOPIC: This is yet another powerful new tool that will help quite a few prof. photographers.
Imagine if this thing landed in the middle of tha Atlantic or Pacific (as would be likely). Miami or LA could now market with... "Visit Us...We're part of your complete Breakfast!"
I would like to mention that overkill features to some are actual funtional tools to others. If you like simple and featurless... by all means, get the tools that suit you. I, for one, am excited about this mouse. I'm due to get a new one, and this looks like what I need.
After the few drinks I've had, I have no need for a story on Fudruckers.. now I gotta drag my butt to Whataburger. mmm... Buuuurrrgggeeerrrsss.
Just wanted to point out.. it's more about $$ than controling ever copy of their software.
Heck... I thought the EULA was only for people who could afford the software.
The EULA is more often than not a "scare tactic" against pirating to those who actualy "play by the rules." IMHO, if you deside to purchase and use the software in a legitimate way, you don't have to realy worry about it. If you pay Macromedia for Flash, and you use it... they won't give a rats' butt if it's on a laptop. They only care when it's a direct exploit to bypass giving them money. (like using one licence on more than one machine)
And even then, unless you have a big buisness, you're not worth their legal fees anyhow. /shrug
Not a good point of refrence when trying to secure a computer/network imho. /shrug
People are paying REAL money.. as in the money that I can pull out of an ATM machine to go buy a soda. This money is used to purchase a virtual item within the game... a 'digital product', but "virutual money" as you call it is still real money as an end result. If making a paypal payment isn't sending real money, lemme give you my info so you can send me some. ;)
btw.. MMO junk pushes millions of dollars in transactions every year. That's why sony and others are trying to bring it in-house. Because literal or not.. it's real.
OK.. all that said.. my points I want to mention are:
1. Most MMORPG players are average people. :p ) But mostly, NO.
2. A few news stories about someone commiting murder or having a heart attack in association to games makes it the games fault?
3. There is a REAL economy that directly impacts the in-game economy. Right now, companies like Sony are coming up with in-game auction systems using REAL money. (they want to bring it in game for 2 main reasons a) they can protect their customers from fraud b)they can charge a service fee to make a little extra $$$) Anything involving REAL money tends to increase the focus that a human being will put into that task.
4. Using online games can actualy be stimulating to the mind. Each game is a new peice of software . Each game provides puzzles and quests that the player must acomplish to succeed. And in the case of MMO's specificaly, it requires a certain amount of social skills to succeed. Unhealthy? only when used in excess, like anything else. (even forum trolling
I could (probably should) write a book devending gamers, but that's a whole different story.
(Oh yea, I also sold an online toon for aprox. $750US :p so while y'all bicker.. i've gotta get back to my game!)
"Is it worth it?"
I'm understanding that there is a lot of research done on these space flights, and in the space station's labs. But for the astronomical costs, what exactly is being acomplished? Are we spending the millions upon millions of dollars to give these astronaunts a nice ride? (no disrespect intended, oversimplifying because of my point.) I just can't help but think that "Zero Gravit y" can't improve the results of most any lab here on Earth.
Could these funds be used better? /shrug I dunno.