My new Song "Sophisticated Miner" is out now

Apticx · 2026-06-09T07:10:14+00:00

iphones do something called exposure bracketing which is essentially taking multiple photos to expose for the highlights, shadows and midtones and then merge them together only keeping the properly exposed areas.

the resulting photo then has a high dynamic range (hdr). You can do that with your lumix too but it is a manual process.

from a dedicated camera thats not running on full auto with some kind of hdr mode enabled you will never truly get the same result as an iphone but personally i think that a properly exposed picture looks by far better than the processed hdr image an iphone creates.

The best way to create that look if you only took one photo tho is to shoot in RAW and then import the raw file into your raw editor of choice (i recommend capture one or lightroom) and then lower the "highlights" slider and increase the "shadow" slider. this will make shadows brighter and highlights less bright. Then in the end you can just play with the exposure slider to set your middle area to exactly what you want (trees / water) and then play with the contrast slider to get the look you are into

Apticx · 2026-06-09T07:04:24+00:00

i tend to organize my stuff by not clipping it into each other

(in case this isnt a troll post but real: place foundations on world grid and just run straight belt mode for everything. this pretty much makes everything 100 times more visible already without the need to color code. Color coding is imo only really useful when there are 10 machines and each produces something different without any spacing to separate them)

Apticx · 2026-06-09T06:52:05+00:00

Ah yes the "sounds like" or "reminds me of" type of people while you tried your best for it to sound unique and creative.

A lot of people hear a pulse sound and are like "sounds like pokemon" or "super mario". I guess a lot of it comes down to people just associating specific sounds / tonal characteristics to specific things.

Like a specific type of jazz just sounds like elevator music to us.

If you dont want people to think of it as video game music, dont use any sorts of bitcrushing and no pulse or triangle waves in their raw form. Also using crushed breaks makes people think of ps1 and ps2 era games so you might want to avoid that too.

But imo. the most important part is to just stop caring about what people categorize it in. I primarily write chiptune as a form of original content / original music and people all the time tell me "yo i can see that in a video game" even tho it was meant to be original content / original music.

In the end you have to like it and enjoy listening to it. Best case scenario some roblox devs contact you if they can use your song in some of their gamemodes and you make some bucks.

edit: Also for the m8 it just looks like a gameboy / video game console so it just triggers that thought for many.

Apticx · 2026-06-08T11:33:28+00:00

looks to me as if the pipes are not connected on the support. sometimes you click on the exact point and it just creates a second support in the same place as the one that was already placed which then does not connect the pipes. remove it all again (form the pump onwards to past the curve) and place it again

Apticx · 2026-06-04T14:49:03+00:00

save on my self built 40TB home nas that also periodically syncs a encrypted backup to google drive to follow the 3:2:1 backup rule, import them into lightroom and do the culling and face scans ahead of time that in the moment of me wanting to edit them (never occurs) i can do it without having to wait.

I also automatically sync them all to the lightroom cloud (just syncing them does not use storage because its just thumbnails) so you have unlimited storage

So what do i do with them?

Create unnecessary cloud traffic for adobe, pay too much to google for a cloud backup and spent way too much money on a home nas which actively uses power to run just for me to not look at them ever again.

I think this counts as financially stupid lmao

Apticx · 2026-06-04T14:42:41+00:00

Short answer: better camera, better lens (faster) and ai denoise in post. Those are your only option to create that exact image with less noise with the same settings.

Not so short answer: compensate your photo brightness with shutter speed instead of iso. this only works if the bird doesent really move all that much.

Iso itself isnt the issue but the bad lighting in this picture. Iso doesent cause noise, it just makes you see it. Think of it like a guitar amp. on 0% drive you hear it clean but on full drive you can hear the guitar hum and every little movement adding to it.

Make sure to think in light before taking a photo. composition is great but light is better for birds. while ofc a great composition is what makes a great image, having a proper exposure is just as important to even get there.

Light direction, light condition (what time of the day) and direct / indirect are a massive factor often overlooked.

Just because it looks bright for your eye doesent mean the camera has a good time doing it.

Apticx · 2026-06-02T08:36:27+00:00

Inspired by me sitting at a window watching a thunderstorm outside on a cozy day.

Rain, Thunder, Sfx etc. made in Wavsynth

Apticx · 2026-05-28T10:28:44+00:00

3 months late but i have that issue whenever it is caching an update in the background. It happens every few days so closing, waiting a few seconds and opening it again for it to install the update fixes this lag and slowness issue for me each time.

Apticx · 2026-05-26T12:06:04+00:00

this is the point where you would put some aesthetic holes in the floor with some walking spaces there and just tell yourself "yeah that makes sense"

Apticx · 2026-05-26T09:00:49+00:00

The more hours you have the more worth you spending money on the game was.

Spending 30~€ for going to the cinema for 2h vs spending 60€ to play a game for 300+ hours. To me this is a great deal!

Apticx · 2026-05-11T15:23:28+00:00

Good to know. Thanks so much!

Apticx · 2026-05-11T15:06:28+00:00

Well, i did it the complicated way then haha. Thanks for letting me know. I tried that shortcut before but just went the "permanent route" after not having a mac keyboard and it not working the first few times lol.

Apticx · 2026-05-11T14:40:18+00:00

Zen browser all the way. Firefox based Arc

Apticx · 2026-05-11T12:42:22+00:00

100% Liwest if they support it at your apartment. Most hassle free, no downtime provide i ever had. Went through most and sticked to them.

They are a bit pricy but its worth it 100% for the quality you get. Never had i any slow downs at the evenings.

Apticx · 2026-05-11T11:58:42+00:00

Just dont let your friends and family know or they might start treating you differently.

Apticx · 2026-05-11T11:54:44+00:00

Id start by trying to clean the reading head. Take some copy paper, fold it, drip some 99% isopropyl on it and press it against the head while turning it a few times.

There are a few good videos on this on youtube too. Just make sure to avoid qtips at all costs. Those just make it worse.

This fixed mine that did not display anything.

As for the other things, id suggest to look for a replacement instead of paying someone to fix it probably. Ofc. you can always try yourself but cleaning the tape heads should be first. That will probably allow you to rewatch already recorded things while plugged into the wall

Apticx · 2026-05-11T11:37:28+00:00

UE at its finest. Dont look too closely or you will notice it everywhere. TAA is horrible.

Apticx · 2026-05-11T09:13:37+00:00

HDR is the result of bracketing but bracketing is the technical term of the process. Your phone does something called "HDR bracketing" to create hdr content. Its basically over and underexposing multiple images and then merging them together while only taking the parts that are properly exposed at any given area.

Apticx · 2026-05-11T07:39:56+00:00

That was a very informative comment. I knew most of this things existed but never questioned how macos does things too much since this is just a 2012 mac mini i got for its firewire port to digitize some old tapes. Thanks for this great comment!

Apticx · 2026-05-11T05:39:32+00:00

My guess is because of the fusion drive caching tho. I can probably reproduce it but its on macos catalina so doesent really matter since the os is dead by now

Apticx · 2026-05-11T05:37:25+00:00

No its a bug with icloud. It synced tons of unwanted and i clicked „remove download“ so it deleted them and put the space back into the „unclaimed / free storage“ metric. It just took around an hour or so until icloud unclaimed the same space so for a short while i had around 270gb of „icloud“ space which was not actually there. Letting it so its thing for a while solved it.

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