Information Contraband » Miscellaneous http://informationcontraband.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:09:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 New Lego Hijinks http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/new-lego-hijinks http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/new-lego-hijinks#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:09:07 +0000 Andrew http://informationcontraband.com/?p=437 Posted another three-shot series over at pahl-webb.com. It’s quite a bit creepier than the first one. Let us know what you think!

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]]> http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/new-lego-hijinks/feed 0 History States are memory gobblers. http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/history-states-are-memory-gobblers http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/history-states-are-memory-gobblers#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:09:45 +0000 Andrew http://informationcontraband.com/?p=433 Photoshop doesn’t save History States parametrically. That is to say each history state is saved in RAM (or cached if RAM gets flooded) as a fully layered composite file. Next time you’re working on a really big file and your machine is starting to bog down, remember that. Then go change your History States prefs to a nice low number, like 5.

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]]> http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/history-states-are-memory-gobblers/feed 0 iPhone Camera Control. Sweet. http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/iphone-camera-control-sweet http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/iphone-camera-control-sweet#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:59:32 +0000 Andrew http://informationcontraband.com/?p=419 Great googley-moogley! This is the niftiest thing I’ve seen all week. Canon-only so far.

From the site:

DSLR Camera Remote is the next-generation cable release for your Canon EOS DSLR camera. Just connect your camera to a WiFi enabled computer and the DSLR Camera Remote software enables you to use your Apple iPhone or iPod touch to wirelessly adjust cameras settings, fire the shutter, review images, even get a live viewfinder preview. DSLR Camera Remote is a must-have for remote shooting applications like high or low angles, self portraits and children. With its advanced timers it makes remote monitoring a snap. No internet connection required!

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]]> http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/iphone-camera-control-sweet/feed 0 Do a loam from childlike stoolie. http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/do-a-loam-from-childlike-stoolie http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/do-a-loam-from-childlike-stoolie#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:32:00 +0000 Andrew http://informationcontraband.com/?p=413 Somebody is using an autotranslater to hilarious effect in this Photoshop resumé (tutorial?).

A few gems:

“… i inject some changes in Hue and Saturation value and sharpness of whimsy to display sediment.”

“Well, here are some instructions on how to grind your whimsy.”

“If you name one’s fiddle with on exaggerated sharpening then diet the impermeability of this layer.”

The whole thing wraps up with this common Photoshop technique:

“To smarmy in default the effect, apart out to Filter – Noise – Median and into a value of 3.”

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]]> http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/do-a-loam-from-childlike-stoolie/feed 0 Got me a photo blog. http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/402 http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/402#comments Sat, 23 May 2009 17:18:53 +0000 Andrew http://informationcontraband.com/?p=402 Started a new photo blog as a place to display things I’ve shot. Let me know what you think of  the design (and the pictures).

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]]> http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/402/feed 0 Grand Theft Lego Evolution Video http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/grand-theft-lego-evolution-video http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/grand-theft-lego-evolution-video#comments Sun, 10 May 2009 06:34:50 +0000 Andrew http://informationcontraband.com/?p=381 Click here. I’ll figure out how to do the direct embed later.

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No Mo: Phillips/stinkdigital

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]]> http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/364/feed 0 Baaa! http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/baaa http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/baaa#comments Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:28:57 +0000 Andrew http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/baaa @pixeljammer. Knock yourself out.

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]]> http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/baaa/feed 0 Grand Theft Lego, Part 1 Behind the Scenes http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/grand-theft-lego-part-1-behind-the-scenes http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/grand-theft-lego-part-1-behind-the-scenes#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:17:55 +0000 Andrew http://informationcontraband.com/?p=310 HDR is all too often over-the-top, sort of illustrated looking. I’ve done it myself—there’s a strange pull to see how Three-Dee you can get those clouds to look. But it can also be more subtle, and that’s what we are shooting for in the Grand Theft Lego series. (Yes, there are more to come)

Partner in crime David Pahl shot twelve exposures of each element, and I merged three to five of each together so that I had complete control over the amount of light falling on every part of the shot.

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A little dodging, a lot of burning, some serious pounding on the color, and we got this:

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(click images for bigger versions)

Thanks to Jay Roth, James Pelz and Tom Pounders for all the help and ideas.

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]]> http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/grand-theft-lego-part-1-behind-the-scenes/feed 3 Blogs are Yucky http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/blogs-are-yucky http://informationcontraband.com/miscellaneous/blogs-are-yucky#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:24:17 +0000 Andrew http://informationcontraband.com/?p=280 “I hate blogs. I even hate the word blog. It’s ugly in print and it’s ugly rolling off the tongue. And, as a class, the content in them is just as bad. Simplistic, repetitive, puerile, self-indulgent twaddle that nine times out of 10 I’m almost embarrassed to look at (and I avoid looking as much as possible). A serious waste of bandwidth and a club with which I do not wish to be associated, thank you very much.”  —Ctein in the comments at theonlinephotographer.com

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