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I have been listen to several mechers saying that they need to better their digital photography skills. Well, I had some free time today, so I found some good helpul info for them. This site here covers all the photography basics. Be sure to read (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) I was just about to say that. Saying that anything less than a 3MP camera and you won't be happy with the quality is a little absurd. Considering that most people will post at maximum 1Kx7 images which are sub 1MP. However...it's not just the (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Hello Jonathan, I have a Nikon Coolpix 800 (3.3 MP with macro function) and it's outstanding for photographing LEGO® creations. If you return that camera you have, make sure to purchase one with a macro option...and digital zoom isn't even (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Those features sound similar to what I have (a several year old Olympus) and I'm perfectly happy with it. Even 1.3 megapixels (1280x1024) is more than you need for photographing LEGO models. 640x480 is about the right resolution for publishing (...) (23 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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Now, wait a minute. Not everybody can get $400 cameras for Christmas, and not everybody can afford to spend an extra $200 or $300, The camera costs about $100, but the reviews I found are great, they say that it's 'good for it's price.' 1.3 (...) (23 years ago, 26-Dec-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Jonathan: Honestly dude? Return it... trade up to at least a 3.3, otherwise you probably won't be happy with the quality. 3.3's are going for like $299 now and usually come with 2x optical zzom, and at least 6x digital xoom. I have a Sony, but (...) (23 years ago, 25-Dec-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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I just got a new digital camera for XMAS. Its a Concord EYEQ Duo LCD. It says its 1.3 megapixels, 2x digital zoom, 9.9mm f/3.2 It doesnt have an optical zoom on it at all. Has anyone used this camera before, does anyone have any advice on using it (...) (23 years ago, 25-Dec-02, to lugnet.publish.photography)
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| | Re: Photographer etiquette questionnaire/survey
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(...) I thought I might expand on this a little. I used to participate in ancient miniatures tournaments at the local gaming convention. This was long before Games Workshop - which may have funky rules, but have raised the standard of painting (...) (23 years ago, 25-Dec-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Yes. If you aren't you probably shouldn't be displaying your work. If someone wanted to get in tight with a macro lens, it would be nice to ask permission first, however. (...) Yes. No (well, condition noted above, but that's because of close (...) (23 years ago, 25-Dec-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| | Last Call For BricksWest 2003 Presenters/Sessions
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The organizing committee is attempting to finalize the BricksWest schedule by the end of next week. This is the absolute last chance for you to step forward and volunteer to run a session or two in Carlsbad. To date, we are a bit heavy on trains, (...) (23 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.storage, lugnet.publish.photography, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build.mecha) !
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| | Re: Easy starfield, planet and star recipe
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(...) Thanks, Gil! It's my pleasure to share this with everyone and help get the creative juices flowing and gather input to improve my techniques. I'll try to keep the info coming. I know I'd like to go over how to make a canyonesque planet but I (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) One of the controls you can also use is the sphereize filter in the Distort menu. That will allow you to create or drop in a scan of a continent and stuff. From there you define a circular area (Shift circle to get a perfect circle)and then (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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Clouds are tricky. I haven’t figured out the best way to render them yet, but take a look at this pic: (URL) that type of “cracked and craggy” planet is a lesson by itself—I’ll get to that in another post. Anyway, for those clouds, what I did was: (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) etc. In the past, to make those sorts of things, Ive used the 'render clouds', then distorted the image in various ways. Of course that always entails ugly amounts of work since the cloud rendering always has that same sparse fractal dimension (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Actually my "more accurate rendering" was done with pencil and paper. I suppose I could scan it. As for astronomical accuracy, I just thought somewhere in the back of my mind that the lit spot on the planet was somehow different from the way (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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Actually Dan, I've been taking the Jassim Starfield (and Galaxy) tutorial and have been more than pleased with the resulting galactic backdrops. It's saved me scouring the 'Net and stealing other people's images. Thanks kindly, Teach! Cheers, -G (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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(...) Thank you for your suggestions. I was trying to keep this recipe as basic as possible--sort of an intro for those who haven't tried this. Thus, that particular picture was not an exercise in astronomical accuracy but more for simply using the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| | Re: Easy starfield, planet and star recipe
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In lugnet.space, Daniel Jassim writes: ... (...) . . . (...) looks wrong. The lit spot is too small, unless the star is tiny, and practically on top of the planet. Perhaps you need to drag the gradient circle just a bit further if you start at the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| | Easy starfield, planet and star recipe
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Greetings! Here's a simple starfield recipe for Photoshop: - Make a new document, 720 X 480 pixels, 300 dpi, Mode: Grayscale - Go to your Tool Palette and grab your Paint Bucket tool and fill the canvas with black - Go to Filter, then Texture, then (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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