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Res-ing down in one dimension

May 31, 2012 JimK 1 Comment

I posted earlier about my need to res down 60000 x 6000 images to 6000 x 6000. I was thinking about using Pixel Bender, but I came up with a workaround that does most of what I’d do in Pixel Bender, needs no programming, and works in all versions of Photoshop. They key idea is… [Read More]

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Structure and creativity, revisited

May 27, 2012 JimK 2 Comments

Five years ago today, I posted some thoughts on creativity and constraints. You can read them here. Huntington Witherill wrote an eloquent dissent. It’s in a comment to the post. Ten days ago, Brooks Jensen posted a podcast, the teaser for which was: If creativity is a free-flowing, spontaneous activity, won’t a structure constrict the creative process?… [Read More]

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Adobe Pixel Bender

May 27, 2012 JimK 1 Comment

When I’m editing the slit scan pictures, I often res down a 60,000 x 6000 pixel image to a 6000 x 6000 one, compressing the time axis. I’ve not found an appropriate resolution changing tool, nor have I found a good Photoshop filter to do the averaging of 10 or so pixels in only one… [Read More]

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ETTR in perspective

May 24, 2012 JimK 4 Comments

As we’ve seen in the previous posts and in one comment thread, the main reason – some say the only reason – to use the expose-to-the-right method is to achieve minimum noise. If you’re using an iPhone, that’s important all the time. With a point and shoot camera, it’s important most of the time. With… [Read More]

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Histogram depopulation in image editing, part 6

May 22, 2012 JimK Leave a Comment

Back in post 1 of this histogram depopulation screed, I promised you a look at why Photoshop sometimes makes it look like there’s histogram depopulation even when there’s not. The Adobe folks want to make Photoshop perform snappily. Therefore, they take some shortcuts with some calculations, thinking that you’ll probably prefer a quick look at… [Read More]

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    • Examples
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      • Excellent 180-400 zoom
      • Fair 14-30mm zoom
      • Good 100-200 mm MF zoom
      • Good 100-400 zoom
      • Good 100mm lens on P1 P45+
      • Good 120mm MF lens
      • Good 18mm FF lens
      • Good 24-105 mm FF lens
      • Good 24-70 FF zoom
      • Good 35 mm FF lens
      • Good 35-70 MF lens
      • Good 60 mm lens on IQ3-100
      • Good 63 mm MF lens
      • Good 65 mm FF lens
      • Good 85 mm FF lens
      • Good and bad 25mm FF lenses
      • Good zoom at 24 mm
      • Marginal 18mm lens
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      • Mildly problematic 55 mm FF lens
      • OK 16-35mm zoom
      • OK 60mm lens on P1 P45+
      • OK Sony 600mm f/4
      • Pretty good 16-35 FF zoom
      • Pretty good 90mm FF lens
      • Problematic 400 mm FF lens
      • Tilted 20 mm f/1.8 FF lens
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      • Two 15mm FF lenses
    • Found a problem – now what?
    • Goals for this test
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    • Theory of the test
    • What’s wrong with conventional lens screening?
  • Previsualization heresy
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    • Acknowledgments
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    • Image processing for in-camera histograms
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    • Shortcuts to UniWB
    • Preparing for monitor-based UniWB
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    • Iteration using Newton’s Method

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