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May 10: ever more maya

malkapearl — Sun, 11 May 2008 05:21:08 +0000

Workin workin workin. Here's the photo of the day.
Liking the vignetted look.

Sony BRC-H700 HD 3CCD vs. BRC-Z700 HD/SD 3CMOS Industrial P/T/Z Cameras

aegiselect — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:46:21 +0000

The Sony BRC Series of high performance color Pan/Tilt/Zoom Cameras (PTZ) all have outstanding picture quality, versatile interfaces and precise movements, making all three BRC cameras ideal for remote video shooting applications.

Both the BRC-H700 and BRC-300 have already been highly successful worldwide, satisfying user needs for high-definition (HD) and standard-definition (SD) applications, respectively. However, Sony recently introduced their new HD/SD capable BRC-Z700, which comes equipped with three 1/4-type HD ClearVidTM CMOS Sensors in addition to incorporating a newly designed smooth P/T/Z mechanism for precise camera control.

As already mentioned above, one of the primary differences between the three BRC cameras are;

BRC-300 ~ Standard Definition 3CCD only
BRC-H700 ~ High Definition 3CCD only
BRC-Z700 ~ Both HD and SD capable 3CMOS

Moving past the BRC-300, what is the difference between the BRC-H700 an the BRC-Z700?

All BRC cameras have a very wide pan range of 340 degrees and a tilt range of 120 degrees.
All BRC Series cameras are capable of capturing not only fast-moving objects, but also slow-moving objects without rocking vibration.

BRC-H700 ~ HD Color Camera

1/3" 3CCD
1,120,000 total pixels
16 Presets for predefined P/T/Z positions
HD Component (Y/Pb/Pr), RGB
Pan and tilt speeds are variable within the range of 0.25 to 60 degrees per second
Image Flip Function
Features a 12x optical autofocus zoom lens with an optical image stabilizer, allowing users to clearly capture small or distant objects.
Has the widest viewing angle in the BRC Series, allowing users to capture wide areas of a scene such as audiences at concerts or in auditoriums.
Has high sensitivity, it can be operated in shooting environments without ideal lighting

BRC-Z700 ~ HD/SD Color Camera

1/4" 3CMOS
1,120,000 total pixels
16 Presets for predefined P/T/Z positions
HD Component (Y/Pb/Pr), RGB, Composite, Y/C
Pan and tilt speeds are variable within the range of 0.22 to 60 degrees per second
Image Flip Function
Features a 20x optical autofocus zoom lens with an optical image stabilizer, allowing users to clearly capture small or distant objects.
Dual HD/SD outputs and an enhanced Pan/Tilt mechanism that operates with extremely smooth and precise movements.
Combination of the new DSP and the ClearVid CMOS Sensors allows the camera to achieve both higher resolution and higher sensitivity compared to cameras equipped with conventional CMOS sensors.
Has a "Color masking” function that allows users to adjust specific colors in the image more precisely, while the “color detail” function allows users to smooth over skin tones.

IDEAL BRC CAMERA APPLICATIONS:

Remote Video Shooting Applications including;
- Houses of Worship, Auditoriums, Teaching Hospitals, Boardrooms, Sporting Events, Trade Shows, Concerts, etc.
Broadcasting Applications including;
- Recording of television programs, Weather Camera

BRC CAMERA ACCESSORIES

BRC-H700
- Interface/Video Cards (HFBK-HD1, HFBK-SD1, HFBK-XG1, HFBK-TS1)
- Optical Multiplex Card (BRBK-H700)
- Optical Fiber Cables (CCFC-M100HG)
- Optical Multiplex Unit (BRU-H700)
BRC-Z700
- Interface/Video Cards (HFBK-HD1, HFBK-SD1, HFBK-XG1, HFBK-TS1)
- Optical Multiplex Card (BRBK-MF1)
- Optical Fiber Cables (CCFC-M100HG)
- Optical Multiplex Unit (BRU-H700)
BRC-300
- Interface/Video Cards (BRBK-301, BRBK-302, BRK-304)
- Optical Multiplex Card (BRBK-303)
- Optical Fiber Cable (CCFC-M100)
- Optical Multiplex Unit (BRU-300)




: SONY BRC-H700



: SONY BRC-Z700

Synastry: More Than Meets the Eye

wintersprite1 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:52:05 +0000

They are everywhere!!! Hurry now before supplies run out! Limited time offer! Get your's today! You deserve the best.... a marketer's playground of slippery slogans. The current target ( I am sure amongst others) are the computer generated Astrology compatability charts. Step right up and pay me 19.99, 29.99, 39.99 and I will input your data and hit enter. So many people on the web and in other classifieds are doing just that. I am not saying that the information is bad, most of it really is accurate.... but I worry how much stock someone will put into the reading. And I wonder if they would even pay it if they realized it was from a computer software program.

I guess I have taken issue with this because I have a difficult chart. That is difficult in that I have a Tsquare involving the Luminaries in opposition and the apex landing on Jupiter. That aspect of planets needs to be read as one planet in Synastry in addition to singling out any of them individually. Let me give an example. I have the Sun 07 Capricorn in the 12th and the Moon 06 Cancer in the 6th. Jupiter is 10 Aries in the 2nd house. So when someone has.... let's say Venus Conjunct my Moon... oh happy days and we are sitting lovebirds blah blah blah in the Synastry read outs. Okay, I can agree with that. But that same report will point out that Venus is Opposed the Sun... Oh no, still some compatibility, but less romantic in nature. A little further down Venus Squares Jupiter.... Horrors of an Epic nature (hee... everything involving Jupiter turns epic). And so goes it through the entire computer generated reading. Heaven forbid someone brings a planet in Libra to the table!! Let's put a Libra Mars against my chart in synastry. Now we have 2 squares to the Luminaries...(less experienced Astrologers will scream run away run away that is violence) and an opposition to Jupiter. Well... I get along very well with Libras and those with heavy Libra planets. Why? They balance out that energy I am juggling. With Mars, there would be competitiveness, and action, and possibly direction. So a synastry generated report would have given big Red Flags... but it would actually be very positive (and busy... that Jupiter and Mars would have a lot of action going). So we know that any computer generated synastry would be tainted with my chart. Well you have a chart that is dynamic, another dynamic person is sought out. And as many times as not, I am looking at a synastry between me (The Tsquare) and usually a Grand Cross or another Tsquare Person. Don't think that isn't a fright on paper. Suddenly the looking for Trines is not so important as looking for oppositions. The Chart needs to find balance. And oppositions are a natural state for these kind of configurations of aspects. So all of a sudden the awareness that a square in these cases are really midpoints. Yay! We all love midpoints! So reading the chart changes dynamics again.

In addition, we need to take into account the houses that are in play. If the person with the Grand Cross has the planets in the Angular Axis.... well, I am comfortable with that, as Capricorn, Cancer, and Aries all do understand those houses. I take it you are starting to understand how much more there is then just planet A to Planet B mean..... I am going to add a bit more then.

Sometimes a computer generated Synastry chart will be bland, okay... you don't see anything that would cement a couple together. Look closer. Look for parallel and contra parallels. Those are additional "conjunctions" Look at the Antiscions. These are your mirror points. Antiscions that land on the others planets are stronger than regular conjunctions. Look for the Arabic Parts in a Synastry. Make sure the Nodes are examined. In computer generated reports, usually a hard aspect is bad, but since this is a point with an axis.... think Mid Point instead.... same with the Vertex. And with those more difficult charts, look for balance.

In many of the relationship readings I have done, the story is amazing in the Composite. That is were you see the compatibility when the forces combine. As an example... I have the tsquare chart. My sister has a Grand Cross chart. When the Composite chart is made, we create a perfect kite with only one square that is so out of orb, I wouldn't count it.

So, I think it is time to rethink our Astrology skills if we have been too dependent on a computer. Now, I am not being silly and saying invest the time and dedication to learning how to cast a chart... that is done accurately with a click, click, click, and enter. I am suggesting we go back and learn the basics and then the rules, and then the exceptions.... every person is a beautiful celebration of uniqueness as is every chart cast between them.

Killing Time!

Jonathan Hoover — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:24:13 +0000

Recently i worked on a 24 hour film project with North Point Community Chruch! It was alot of fun. We had the movie Back to the Future and we had to flip it into a crime movie. My part of the group i acted, lit the sets (well as much as possible) and co-edited! Mr. PVP helped when we were both getitng punchy!

Required Elements:

1. We had to use the line "dude where's my ______!"

2. We had to show Marta.

3. Everyone in our group has to have a speaking part.

4. We had to use a bobble head cut out from the series Judgement Call.

5. We had to have one non-group member appear with at least one line.

6. The film had to be completed between 7PM-7PM, the length had to be between 5-7 min long.

Though my group didn't winl, it was awesome. I was able to meet new people on the production team and it was a good example of a living room environment. I was awake 40 hours total by the end of the project. So i apologize for non-acting skills. That i look tired and well it isn't that great.

CHECK out at 3:40 there is a special shot, follow the cup!

Comment and let me know whatcha think!!

This one is the one that won, and it was the best to check out the rest click here!

Abstract Concrete Factory Delirator

pablogger — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:07:17 +0000

morning traffic flow

mockbird — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:42:33 +0000

playing with multiple images and layering ... the typical morning in my home. I have seen several other composites on flickr and thought i would give it a try, what better models than my animals. An exercise in photoshop and patience.

A moda dos famosos

blogy21 — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:38:16 +0000

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Niko Kiirala on Filters: Tutorial Three - Composite

ryanlerch — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:08:07 +0000

Here is the next tutorial in the filters series by Niko Kiirala, This tutorial covers the composite filter.

"Composite is, as the name states, an effect that can composite images together. It uses the Porter-Duff blending modes named after the writers of the paper, where it was published.

The Porter-Duff blending modes are basically logical operations applied to images. For example, you can go and take an exclusive or of two images. In the original paper there was a table showing an example of each mode and some variation of that has been included in most places, where these modes are explained."

Creating HDR Images In Photoshop CS3 Tutorial

Joseph Richardson — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:12:00 +0000

HDR (High Dynamic Range) imaging is an incredible technique that offers a greater tonal range in your images, with more details in your shadows and highlights. Photoshop CS3's Merge To HDR is a vast improvement over CS2's, but still pales in comparison to third-party plugins and applications. There are, however, alternative ways to create HDR images in Photoshop CS3 without the use of third-party software or Merge To HDR.

Below is an advanced technique for creating HDR images in Photoshop CS3 without using Merge To HDR. Why use this technique instead of Merge To HDR? Ghosting can occur when subjects, or any other objects in your photos, move between exposures. Merge To HDR doesn't compensate for this movement; so ghosting will occur. The following advanced Photoshop tutorial by Mark Galer explains how to create an HDR image without ghosting, and with better mid-tone contrast than Merge To HDR.

"Adobe Photoshop CS3 Tutorial - HDR - High Dynamic Range" by Mark Galer

Results:

I chose these two images to compare the Merge To HDR's results with that of Galer's tutorial:

These images were taken on a tripod with remote shutter release to ensure that the camera does not move between exposures. With the long shutter speeds of each image (10s and 30s, respectively) there is some movement in the clouds.

Here is the HDR image created with Photoshop's Merge To HDR:

I also used a curves adjustment layer to improve contrast. You can see some ghosting appears in the sky and reflection. I didn't spend too much time when converting from 32 to 16 bits, so details in both the shadows and highlights could have been better.

Using Galer's tutorial, the HDR composite was vastly improved:

No ghosting appears anywhere in the image, and shadow/highlight detail is much richer with a higher color saturation. Since all the clouds moved between exposures, Galer's method required a lot of detailed cloning and healing work, and took some time to complete.

An alternative to Galer's approach for an image like this could be to:

1. Open and process each of the images in Photoshop's Adobe Camera Raw per Galer's suggestions;

2. Stack the images on two different layers, with the brighter image (with the blown-out sky) on top;

3. Create a layer mask for the top layer and mask out the blown-out sky; and,

4. Lower the opacity of the top layer so that the building, grass and trees don't appear too bright compared to the sky.

High Key Extreme

Dennis — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:51:12 +0000

Did a bit of playing around with a couple of images from Mikal and Amy's session last week. The first one is an extreme high key image and the second is one of our composites with a bit of a twist. Somewhat of a deviation from tradition.

Um pedido de desculpas ao Kde e a novela nvidia

André_23 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:54:17 +0000

Exacto, eu não gosto de novelas. Eu uso uma placa gráfica da nvidia que, apesar de totalmente ultrapassada, corria vários efeitos do compiz sem grande dificuldade. Acontece que, de há uns tempos para cá, não podia activar qualquer tipo de composite, pois o computador começava imediatamente a arrastar-se.
Após ter lido este post no planetkde, decidi voltar a experimentar o driver livre nv. Da última vez que o havia testado, era-me impossível usá-lo, pois perdia bastante performance, deixando o computador extremamente lento.
Porém, desta vez, foi diferente. Para começar, o simples acto de mudar de ambiente de trabalho ou mover os plasmoids tornou-se muito mais rápido.
De seguida, fui testar os efeitos composite do kwin. Como já esperava, não houve efeitos com o backend OpenGL, simplesmente não funcionou. Todavia, com o backend XRender, tudo funciona maravilhosamente bem. É certo que não posso fazer uso dos efeitos mais elaborados, mas com o driver proprietário nem os mais simples eu podia usar. Agora posso, por exemplo, fazer uso de transparências e minimizar janelas com mais divertimento.
Por fim, fui testar o Konqueror. Surpresa: mesmo com o composite activado, ele corre perfeitamente, deixou de se engasgar passado alguns minutos de uso, para além de agora consumir muito menos memória. Por isso, devido a um post que publiquei, onde dizia que o Konqueror simplesmente empancava, deixo aqui um pedido de desculpas à equipa do Kde, que tem feito um grande trabalho. Parabéns Kde.

Mercure dans les plombages dentaires

antoyoussef — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:54:47 +0000

L’amalgame est un alliage utilisé pour obturer les dents cariées depuis très longtemps. On parle surtout de plombages gris lorsqu’on se réfère à ce genre d’obturations, bien que l’amalgame n’ait pas de plomb. Cet alliage contient plutôt de l’argent, du cuivre, de l’étain et du mercure.

C’est la teneur en mercure qui inquiète les gens qui ont des plombages gris dans la bouche. Il y a des dentistes qui déconseillent totalement l’amalgame, et recommandent plutôt des plombages en composite ou des incrustations en porcelaine ou en or.

Est-ce qu’il est absolument nécessaire d’enlever tous ses plombages gris dans la bouche?

Il y a des pays qui ont banni l’amalgame, mais plusieurs associations dentaires professionnelles, dont celle du Canada et des États-Unis, ne déconseillent pas totalement l’amalgame. Alors il n’y a pas besoin de s’alarmer si on a des plombages gris, et on peut les garder dans la bouche jusqu’à temps qu’ils s’usent et doivent être changés. Mais lorsqu’il faut faire de nouveaux plombages, il serait préférable d’opter pour des plombages blancs en composite, qui sont plus esthétiques et ne contiennent pas de mercure.

Article complet : Est-ce que l'amalgame dans les dents (plombages gris) est dangereux pour la santé?
En anglais : Mercury in dental fillings

Mercury in Dental Fillings

cyberanto — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:37:07 +0000

Amalgam is an alloy that has been used to fill decayed teeth for a very long time. People mostly say grey fillings when referring to this kind of filling. This alloy contains silver, copper, tin and mercury.

It’s the mercury that worries people who have grey fillings in their teeth. There are dentists who totally discourage amalgam fillings, and instead recommend composite fillings, or porcelain or gold inlays.

Is it absolutely necessary to remove all your grey fillings if you have some in your mouth?

There are countries that have banned amalgam, but several professional dental associations, including the ones of Canada and the United States, that do not totally discourage amalgam use for fillings. So there is no need to be alarmed if you have grey fillings, and you can keep them in your mouth as long as they are in good shape and do not need to be changed. But when it comes time replace them, it would be preferable to chose another filling material, mainly white composite fillings, which are more aesthetic and do not contain mercury.

Full Article: Is amalgam in teeth (grey fillings) bad for your health?
In French: Mercure dans les plombages dentaires

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Anurag Sharma — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:30:00 +0000

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I desperatly need help with my homework,What is a factor tree

homeworkanytimehelp — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:47:38 +0000

I dont understand factors. I really want to know how to make factors.

How do you make a factor treeFactor numbers using a tree diagram.
A factor tree is basically finding factors of numbers using multiplication tables.
Example:42 = 42 is divisible by 2;

also we can write like 7 * 6

427 * 67 * 2 * 3

7 * 2 * 3 * 1

These are the prime factors of 42, which cannot be broken further.

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Storyboards

courtneytompson — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:16:38 +0000

I'm going to start offering Storyboards in my Pricelist. I think these turn out so cute. You can put up to 5 images, or less if you would like them to be bigger, and you can add a name or go with just the photos. I think they are a great way to have and display all the images you love from a session instead of making you choose just one favorite.

Blender green screening, VSE - and how to make your own greenscreen!

banor — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:37:13 +0000

I am endeavoring to learn some of Blender's (blender.org) VSE (Video Sequence Editor) and node compositing editor.

With the VSE you can arrange video clips and do effects, such as achieving a fade out to black (using three strips - video, gamma cross and color generator.)

Using VSE as a simple video editor may be very useful, and as it develops hopefully it will overrun such commercial monster products as Adobe Premiere Pro. One advantage over Premiere Pro 1.0 that I have found is that Blender's VSE accepts an .avi compression that I use, whereas Premiere Pro 1.0 doesn't. Besides that, Blender is completely free and open source, and is an alternative to Windows Movie Maker. WMM can be very useful for shrinking file sizes and doing some simple editing (and you can do text effects and transitions,) but Blender's VSE seems less dumbing.

And now about the greenscreening:

With the node compositing I am endeavoring to make a successful chroma keying - taking out a certain color, like bluescreening, also known as split screen - but it is proving quite a bit harder than I hoped. It seems (as is perfectly logical) that to have an effective keying I need very clear, pure colors to key out. Otherwise you get grays when it looks blue and your footage becomes very spotty.

Hopefully I will get some good results soon. Here's a screenshot of my first work with chroma keying - overlaying a video on an image - not so great, but I'm learning.

Old machinery (video) on old machinery (image)

Also, doing further testing this evening, this chroma keying business may be much more difficult than I had hoped. Looking online for professional options, I found these two sites: (the first site recommended the second site.)

DIY (Do It Yourself - Bluescreens, Greenscreens, Backdrops and Background stands) Highly recommended to check out - you can find out about how to make your own greenscreen the cheap way. (not fool proof.

EEFX (green/blue screen backgrounds and backdrops(?)) Great for seeing professional quality equipement, seeing the prices, and learning about what makes their cloth special.

Hope you enjoy - looking forward to filming soon! Praise God!

-B

Blender Keyer

tcsavage — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:13:21 +0000

So I decided to make a keyer in the blender compositor. Using my basic knowledge of compositors I finally arrived at an effective keyer. The greenscreen image I used was a sample image from The Pixel Corps and I used one of my own images as the background.

Here is a screenshot of my setup with groups collapsed:

And here is one with all the nodes ungrouped:

I haven't tested it on any other green screen images or movies yet but any adjustments can be made in the channel key node. Another think I have to point out is that the tracking markers have not been keyed out. A separate key or garbage matte could take care of those.

Not posting much - late work night, but...

Lemur King — Wed, 28 May 2008 04:14:52 +0000

manishmah.com gets Kudos for this picture of him/her/it.

I'm going to have nightmares all darned night long.

Which means I shall not be alone, I will SHARE. DPUD is right, all variants are horrifying. You rub your eyes, you scratch them, you grind sand into them, and even bleach doesn't work... the vision is still there... burned

INTO YOUR MIND.

I fear I may have blinded Old Iron, who by his comment below apparently can touch-type. Hope this does not hinder his travel plans in the future.

Sony High Def Industrial Camera (FCB-H10) & HD Interface Board (IFBEX232-HD)

aegiselect — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:08:27 +0000

The Sony FCB-H10 High Definition Block Camera and the IFBEX232-HD High Definition Interface Board are ideal for applications including: Medical Imaging, Conferencing, Cable TV Broadcasting, Sports and POV.

The FCB-H10 is Sony's first high definition block camera. This unique camera allows you to take your first step towards HD migration with the flexibility to capture and output from standard definition (SD) to full high definition (HD).

The IFBEX232-HD is the HD interface for the FCB-H10. This board allows for easy interface with the camera with outputs in Standard High Definition, Y/C and Composite. The IFBEX232-HD is the answer for many customers wanting to incorporate the new High Definition cameras into there applications, but were limited due to lack of interface capabilities.

FCB-H10 Industrial Camera Features

SUPERB PICTURE QUALITY 2 MEGAPIXEL HD CMOS SENSOR: The FCB-H10 camera incorporates a 1/3 type HD CMOS sensor (a total of two million effective pixels) providing outstanding picture quality and high resolution images.

40x ZOOM RATIO (10x OPTICAL + 4x DIGITAL): The fast and stable auto-focus zoom camera has an impressive 40x zoom ratio.

MULTI-FORMAT VIDEO OUTPUTS FROM NTSC/PAL TO FULL HD: The FCBH10 allows for SD to HD migration. It enables end-users to capture images in either 720p or full high definition 1080i video format and output in one of 6 formats.

16 x 9 ASPECT RATIO: The FCB-H10 camera is equipped with 16 x 9 aspect ratio, making this camera ideal for use with wide screen displays.

SMALL AND LIGHTWEIGHT SIZE: The ultra-compact FCB-H10 camera measures only 47.2 x 43.1 x 72.2 mm and weighs only 120g. The FCB-H10 is ideal for space-restricted applications similar to Sony's FCB-IX11A cameras.

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Ride the TSX wave

thenakedoption — Wed, 21 May 2008 09:47:38 +0000

Name: iShares CDN Composite Index Fund ETF
Symbol: TSE:XIC

The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed above 15,000 today, fueled (no pun intended) mainly by soaring crude oil prices.

The S&P/TSX Composite Index measures the value of the largest stocks on the Toronto Stock Exchange based on market capitalization. This index acts as a benchmark, meaning that you can compare the return on your portfolio to how the market did overall. For example, if the equity portion of your portfolio increased by 11% last year, and the TSX increased only 9%, then you outperformed the market. However, if your portfolio increased less than the market, then you would have been better off buying a mutual fund that simply matched the performance of the TSX. Now, I’m not a huge fan of mutual funds so I’m going to recommend an ETF that will do the job just as well if not better.

Barclays’ iShares CDN Composite Index Fund ETF (XIC) invests in shares of companies that make up the S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index. As with all ETFs, they can be traded on a stock exchange just like any other stock. The minor difference in ‘performance’ between the actual index and the ETF is mainly due to transaction costs and management fees – which are only 0.25%.

Buying an index fund ETF is a passive style of investing that is easy and cost-effective. I bought some shares of XIC at the beginning of May (less than 3 weeks ago) to, ironically, add some stability to my portfolio, and since then it’s soared 6%. Now before you accuse me of pumping a stock, keep in mind that the Index is heavily weighted towards energy and financials. Even though oil prices are breaking new records every day, they are still very volatile. If oil takes a nosedive next week, the Index with certainly follow. I’m also not convinced the banks are finished dealing with the U.S. sub-prime mortgage meltdown, not to mention the pending recession that will undoubtedly affect us here in Canada. I expect the Index to generate positive returns over the course of a year, but it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

By definition, it is impossible to outperform the market with an index fund, but if you want to ensure that a portion of your portfolio performs just as well as the market, then XIC is definitely worth looking into.

XIC performance over the last year