Generative AI has been an absolute game changer in my retouching work. Slightly worrying that it’ll put me out of work sometime in the future, but for now it’s saving me loads of time, handling the boring stuff so I can concentrate on the stuff it can’t do.
Last one I ordered was left inside a wheelie bin. Which my neighbour helpfully put out the next morning.
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Once had to explain to an old lady (in full-time employment in a job that requires use of a computer) that the mouse moves around on the desk surface. She was trying to move the cursor by putting the mouse on the screen.
I’ve called for an ambulance twice in the UK and both times they told me I should drive instead.
I think they’re amazing. The chemistry of colored flame has fascinated me since I was young, and there’s nothing quite like being close to explosions. If I had more time and lived in the US I’d be a hobby pyrotechnician.
Volumetric video for sports is interesting because it offers VR users the option to ‘be there’, but the provider can also offer desktop/mobile users the option to control their own virtual camera. I can kinda see it taking off in a few years when more cheaper/lighter headsets with good passthrough arrive.
The main issue was plugins and external programs compatability. There are some really obscure plugins for advanced work in Indesign, like syncing with client spreadsheets for catalogue work, auto generating indexes/references, that kind of thing. Another problem with ID was working on a network with multiple users accessing the same file from different locations. With Photoshop it’s a similar story, we had a lot of actions and custom scripts that would’ve been a massive headache (or impossible) to port over manually. Personally I use a lot of scripts/actions using smart objects, auto selections etc for batch processing and the feature set in Affinity just isn’t (or at least wasn’t) up to it. These days I prefer Capture One over Lightroom for RAW processing but I still need to use LR when processing timelapse because the 3rd party plugins only exist for LR.
Yeah to be fair it’s been a few years since I looked and the list of issues that meant we couldn’t switch wasn’t too massive. Hopefully they get there!
Affinity is the closest but still a ways off being a viable replacement for ID or PS. Source: worked in a design studio, every few years we would try Affinity in an attempt to de-Adobe our workflows but it’s just not comparable.
Sucks when you have kids with them and a shared friendship group.
I’ve been in the facilities where they make these. Had to wash my hands like 5 times at separate stations before being allowed on the floor.
Bangkok, went with low expectations as everyone I’ve spoken to who had been said they didn’t enjoy it. We ended up extending our stay be cause there was so much to see, I could’ve happily spent a week wandering around the markets and exploring China town.
Saw a good few of those before I knew what they were and almost convinced myself it was aliens. Very cool to see.
We talking Indian hot lime pickle? I’m intrigued…
Best crepe I ever had. I like to make them with gouda and hot honey. Goats cheese and normal honey also slaps.
The sky, clouds, atmospheric optics, stars, satellites. People should look up more.
Correct. It’s a deflagrarion reaction. Unless there’s some kind of new extra spicy decoy flare I’m not aware of.
Sounds like the metaverse, neat concept!