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In lugnet.build.mosaic, Sean Kenney wrote:
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In lugnet.build.mosaic, Jason Spears wrote:
Well, since I have a background as a graphic artist, I actually use Photoshop
to mess with the color balance, brightness, & contrast, as well as to reduce
the color count and fine-tune the diffusion. I then make each color a
Photoshop “layer” that I can toggle on & off independently from the others
(or make semi transparent) as I work.
This works for studs-out mosaics, since a square pixel equates to the square
top of a LEGO 1x1. The newer version of Photoshop (CS) supports “non square
pixels”, which means you could use this same technique for studs-up mosaics.
(I don’t have CS yet, although this one feature would make it worth the
upgrade.) :)
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Interesting. I don’t have that background, but I may have to mess around in PSP
and see what I can accomplish.
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Also can you give some details on your storage system
behind you? Looks
like the individual bins can be moved off the wall to where ever you are
building? That’s pretty cool.
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Yes, that’s exactly right. It’s the
FRAMAT system of bins from IKEA.
The system is designed for over-the-kitchen sink. You mount a 3 or 4 foot
metal rail onto the wall on small blocks (included), which holds the rail
about an inch away from the wall. Then the buckets just hook onto the rails.
Here’s a picture
of the system from someone else’s web site. I bought out the entire Houston
IKEA’s supply of these so I could arrange my wall as a grid of buckets, by
size & by color.
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That’s a neat setup.
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There are two sizes of buckets ... the round ones will hold about 1000 1x1s
(500 1x2s, etc) and are $1 each. The larger ones are rectangular, and hold
about 2 or 2.5 times the volume. They have a mesh bottom (designed for wet
things to drain?) So they’re best for larger bricks. I use them for 1x4s and
2x4s.
The downside of this system is that it takes up a lot of space. Also, the
bins themselves are (relatively) small if you have a lot of parts; I have to
keep “overflow” bins (blue tubs) stacked off in the back of the room.
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Hmm, I typically end up dragging the blue bins off the shelf and setting them
around me at my build table. Space is also at a premium in my current setup, so
I’m still trying to find a better system. Thanks for the background on yours.
Jason Spears | BrickCentral | MichLUG | CLB
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