Wallpapers And Other Graphics Wanted!

[zhasha]

Script if you ever find the need to mass-resize images again:

#!/bin/sh
extension=png
for file in `find . -name "*.$extension"`
do
    convert $file -adaptive-resize 800x480 ${file%.$extension}.resized.$extension
done

This will take all images in a directory and sub-directories and resize them to 800x480. Exchange "png" for "jpg" or whatever if you have other image types.

Oh, and you need the package "imagemagick" (called something different in every distro)

that will fuck up photos??? if a photo is for example 1000*1000 and you make it 800*480 its gonna be all stretched out.
I cutted off a piece with good old paint.

Once again proving that when you don't bother to look at the man page or even the post to which you're replying, you will sound like a complete idiot.

-adaptive-resize geometry
adaptively resize image with data dependent triangulation

 

[nikkopt]

EDIT: no one interested really?

They are actually quite nice, the issue is really the image quality.

 

[zhasha]

EDIT: no one interested really?

They are actually quite nice, the issue is really the image quality.

Time to bust out the CSI Image Enhancer Software. You know, the one that can turn 4x4 pixels into a detailed image of a robbery taking place.

 

[Jourdy288]

EDIT: no one interested really?

They are actually quite nice, the issue is really the image quality.

1125, 0943, 1229, 1223, 2029, 2112, and 2115 are my favorites.
The trouble is the quality, but nice work.

 

[nikkopt]

EDIT: no one interested really?

They are actually quite nice, the issue is really the image quality.

Time to bust out the CSI Image Enhancer Software. You know, the one that can turn 4x4 pixels into a detailed image of a robbery taking place.

Lol, i always loved that software

 

[zhasha]

I FOUND THE FILTER! IT'S AWESOME. I MADE THIS TUTORIAL!

 

[Jourdy288]

I FOUND THE FILTER! IT'S AWESOME. I MADE THIS TUTORIAL!

Sigged.

 

[Monk]

a couple of possible photos? Obviously, all photos that I have taken, myself.

I appreciate that the image could probably have more "zing", and that my tastes may not be appreciated by everybody - but these are pretty much true to life examples with the minimum of camera shake I've been able to manage.

I wish to retain my "copyrights" on any and all images offered until/unless they are accepted - these are being offered for the Pandora project, specifically.

 

[Tensuke]

I'm no photo-editing guru but I edited a few of borgqueenx's pics to make them look a bit better:
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/441/1111xjw.jpg
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/5319/1125t.jpg
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3783/1229ln.jpg
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5856/2115i.jpg

 

[danielliu88888]

the photos are beautiful.

 

[Trevsweb]

this is going to be my wallpaper. my cat greggy

very nice photos. photos are always good for operating systems. just look at ubuntus/windows 7 great photo wallpapers
but you also need the abstract stuff too.

 

[nikkopt]

I'm no photo-editing guru but I edited a few of borgqueenx's pics to make them look a bit better:
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/441/1111xjw.jpg
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/5319/1125t.jpg
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3783/1229ln.jpg
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5856/2115i.jpg

Yep, way better.. Still, too much chromatic aberration and noise (lots of noise)

 

[borgqueenx]

I'm no photo-editing guru but I edited a few of borgqueenx's pics to make them look a bit better:
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/441/1111xjw.jpg
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/5319/1125t.jpg
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3783/1229ln.jpg
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5856/2115i.jpg

Yep, way better.. Still, too much chromatic aberration and noise (lots of noise)

thanks Tensuke i saw the first image getting better alot

Am i a good photographer and just need a better camera? or should i just quit?

 

[Jourdy288]

This one really pops.
@Borgqueenx
Keep at it, you should try to improve your equipment, you're an excellent photographer.

 

[Trip]

Am i a good photographer and just need a better camera? or should i just quit?

If you enjoy it, keep doing it

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Smart_Sharpening/ might come in useful. I use a Gimp plugin to automate this and it seems to take away a lot of the blurring that you get from digital cameras. Makes them look twice as good in some cases.

 

[borgqueenx]

This one really pops.
@borgqueenx
Keep at it, you should try to improve your equipment, you're an excellent photographer.

i"m glad you like it thanks.

 

[Trip]

Difference when using Smart Sharpening on the default settings


Original:

Edited:

 

[Jourdy288]

Rotoscoping rocks.

 

[foxblock]

thanks Tensuke i saw the first image getting better alot

Am i a good photographer and just need a better camera? or should i just quit?

As I said before, you should definitely go on, but it really might be a good idea to get a camera, must not be a uber-expensive one, but still a camera instead of a camera-in-a-phone.

Difference when using Smart Sharpening on the default settings

Original:
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Edited:
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Meh, imo that's just too much editing applied, you know the editing has to be mostly subtle (I am aware of the fact that the "original" image was not really the original one, but already edited).
The original image was indeed to blurry and grey-ish, but these have a too high contrast value and the colours also look unnatural (and imo the sharpener only makes it worse, the image actually looked better before).
Well, I might be a bit biased here as I tend to edit my own images as less as possible as I try to mostly get them right when taking the picture, in the end it's called photography and not snap-and-edit.

But I don't want to turn this thread into a photo themed flamewar, so I will have my own attempt at this image and then shut up

foxblock out

 

[borgqueenx]

well if you all donate me a camera i'l go make some pandora wallpapers

naa i dont like making photos that much il buy a camera for it. but if a next gen iphone got 5MP, its always a bit better.
or a usb camera i can use with pandora would also be something i wanna buy.