Currently evaluating ACDSee for editing and managing photos. It’s not bad, but it feels almost like it’s “too much”, if you catch my drift?
(more detailed notes are available in the Workflow MOC)
My biggest challenge is color grading. Here’s a sample:
I can barely tell the difference, tbh. I think the one on the right is the one that I ‘enhanced’, but if you mix them all up, I’m really not sure.
This is going to be trickier than I thought…
Watching the NFL playoff games during Wild Card weekend taking place during a polar vortex that has covered most of the North American continent has reminded me of two of the coldest football games I’ve ever seen live. Both were -20 or lower at kickoff, and got cooler from there, and both took place during November in Canada (not January, like right now)
The first was a game for the CFL Western Semi-Final at McMahon stadium in Calgary in 2012. -24 Celsius at Kickoff. Brrr. We had season tickets, and dressed warm, and cheered our hardest, but the home team still lost.
The second was at the same stadium, for the local University team, a few years later. This was a much smaller crowd, with only about 1000 people in attendance. (The university games usually got 2-3000 during warmer days).
And I think this was the end of my cold-weather sports watching. It can be a lot of fun, but it takes me a long time to thaw out after.
Brrrr!
Much prefer to watch at home with a warm beverage and some nachos where the cheese isn’t frozen. My cheers are just as loud too.
With CES wrapping up in Las Vegas this weekend, I’ve been seeing lots of reports of the new technologies that have been on display. I’ve never been, but I think it might be something to take in one of these years.
I want to find a decent article, and cover my commentary of it, but I haven’t quite seen one I want to use yet.
The Verge has some decent coverage here:
https://www.theverge.com/24026787/ces-best-of-samsung-ballie-lg-tv
Which talks about the new Transparent TV from LG:
and I think that may be remarkable enough to talk about on it’s own.
But it’s been a long cold day, with the outside temp staying below -30 C for most of the day, and I’ve just been trying to keep warm. I’ll follow-up with a full write-up (and perhaps an episode if I’m inspired), and we’ll see what comes of it.
…Videography, photo editing, video editing, graphic design, layout, audio recording, mixing, music production, composition, voice acting, research, data science, editing, writing, social media management, IT… something or other, promotion?
It feels like there is more.
These are all things I’ve started learning, in some way or fashion, in the last few years. (Well, the research, writing, and editing I mostly had down.)
There’s a lot that goes into the production of even a little website and/or blog and/or YouTube channel like this one. And I like it, don’t get me wrong; I’m learning new things daily, and trying on making everything a little bit better than the last time.
Case in point: today’s project was developing a logo for the Appendix W episodes of the Podcast, or for using if we separate that from the main channel.
Not bad, doesn’t use any copyrighted material. Just enough to look like something at a distance, if you see it on the phone.
Now I need to do that for the other episode series, with a reasonably consistent trade dress. I kinda like that purple bar at the top. It matches with the old machine generate swatch I use for the podcast.
Next up is a landing page for the site based on some photographs taken last year.
(Hence the title for this post.)
I’m just barely getting started with digital photography, and editing, and all that goes with it, but I want this page to be more visually appealing. Perhaps something like this to arrive to:
Welcome to the Implausi.blog! Thanks for visiting.
In the midst of a bitter cold snap, with temperatures down to -30, dropping below -40 with the wind chill. Limiting travel to only the most essential, and staying warm as much as possible.
Still working on the website behind the scenes, and I’m starting to get the framework together, in addition to the material. Not sure we’ll do a full “launch”, but it’s definitely getting close.
The big sticking point is the artwork; a colleague mentioned a couple examples to mirror off of, so I may see what I can do with my (admittedly limited) image editing skills on Canva. Barring that, I may need to reach out to a professional and see what can be done.
But today was also a day to listen to some music:
This isn’t the most well known single by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, but this is one I grew up with.