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« Reply #30 on: June 02, 2007, 06:18:39 PM » |
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Sorry Steve...I didn't add the shadow...that was all in-camera.
Wow, the edges of the shadow are really harsh -- that's why I thought it was manipulated. Did you play around with the brightness / contrast prior to / after taking the photo? Is it possible the effect I see is an artifact from compression (creating the 1280px wide .jpg)? I'm just curious  . |
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« Reply #31 on: June 02, 2007, 07:26:19 PM » |
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Call me crazy, but I bet he has a light bulb of some kind off in the upper left direction. It's called "lighting the subject". The shadow is a natural result of the light being in that direction and probably not too far above the TG-16. It looks fairly professional to me, and very nice. I'm sure they were all taken in RAW format, as RAW kicks ass over JPEG.
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« Reply #32 on: June 02, 2007, 09:47:28 PM » |
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Call me crazy, but I bet he has a light bulb of some kind off in the upper left direction. It's called "lighting the subject". The shadow is a natural result of the light being in that direction and probably not too far above the TG-16. It looks fairly professional to me, and very nice. I'm sure they were all taken in RAW format, as RAW kicks ass over JPEG.
Joe, clearly I was talking about artifacts that were produced when he made the jpg's in the image-editing software of his choice (my bet's on PhotoShop), not the original images he took with his camera (which are probably RAW). Second, if you inspected the rectangular area I highlighted, you'd see how pixelated and choppy the shadow edges are. I was just curious . |
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« Reply #33 on: June 02, 2007, 10:49:31 PM » |
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Well remember that digital cameras are still FAR inferior to film cameras. Digital cameras use a CCD that is based on video CCDs and as a result they have shitty dynamic range, which means the blacks can get really grainy.
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« Reply #34 on: June 02, 2007, 11:19:12 PM » |
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Totally agreed! It's funny because as I was reading at this post, I was look at some digital camera pictures I just took and hated how you can't take a nice dark picture with them.
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« Reply #35 on: June 02, 2007, 11:43:26 PM » |
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Well remember that digital cameras are still FAR inferior to film cameras. Digital cameras use a CCD that is based on video CCDs and as a result they have shitty dynamic range, which means the blacks can get really grainy.
Indeed.... but, that said, I have never seen such disparate regions in the same photo. I have seen discrepancies before, but they always were within an "acceptable" range of noise. Plus, the high-contrast SGX image suggests that the camera is capable of doing a better job, as far as dynamic range is concerned, than it did in the TG-16 shot. I am eagerly awaiting your response, Joe . |
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« Reply #36 on: June 03, 2007, 01:18:10 AM » |
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The light might be closer on the SG pic. Also isn't the S00perGrafx-16 a bit brighter than the TurboGrafx anyway?
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« Reply #37 on: June 03, 2007, 01:35:08 AM » |
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« Reply #38 on: June 11, 2007, 05:34:07 PM » |
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One reason that the images might not look "natural" is that in addition to touch-up, I put an extra image layer with a custom blending mode on it, so the wallpapers you see on the site are not straight from the camera.
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« Reply #39 on: June 11, 2007, 05:51:52 PM » |
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More, please. I want some PC-FX wallpaper.
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« Reply #40 on: June 11, 2007, 05:58:43 PM » |
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Yes, more would be good. Please do the Genesis (model 1)... maybe with Sega CD (model 1) attached. Also do the Sega Saturn (US console with oval power/reset buttons, not round). And the Sega Master System as well. Yeah. I know they're all non-NEC systems, but people who have played NEC consoles have also played the ones I listed, so they should count. I expect new wallpapers up by morning!!!
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« Reply #41 on: June 11, 2007, 07:52:45 PM » |
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Pippin Atmark and Vectrex wallpapers please.
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« Reply #42 on: June 11, 2007, 07:57:40 PM » |
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but its the "turbo" memoirs  |
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« Reply #43 on: June 13, 2007, 08:45:55 PM » |
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One reason that the images might not look "natural" is that in addition to touch-up, I put an extra image layer with a custom blending mode on it, so the wallpapers you see on the site are not straight from the camera.
Aha! ---- moving on --------- OK, call me crazy, but I'd love to see pictures of the hardware with some of their accessories. I know this is somewhat corny / uber-dorky, but *nobody* has pictures of say.... tg-16 + turbobooster, or pce+backup booster, or duo+mouse... No, they won't be the sexiest images, but I'd love to have them on my desktop(s). Plus, there is something marvelous about the tg-16+turbobooster (the fact that it resembles a boogie board?) that justifies all the time and energy it would take to make a desktop image of it. |
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« Reply #44 on: June 13, 2007, 09:40:59 PM » |
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I'd love to see the Turbo with the CD and Super System Card inserted. A picture of a TurboPad by itself and whatnot would be awesome, too. My Mac has the ability to cycle through desktop images (dissolve between them at preset intervals) so having lots and lots of dark pics like the TG-16 and SuperGrafx ones would kick so much ass that I wouldn't know what to do with myself. Since you are not currently logged on to the forums as I type this, I can only assume you're taking more pictures right now. Right?
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