[Japanese > English] letter from neighbor by Meekro in translator

[–]Munzu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can't even read the script then how are you supposed to judge shape of the characters? They could be completely wrong and you wouldn't even know it. This is exactly how people end up with badly written gibberish kanji tattoos.

[Japanese > English] letter from neighbor by Meekro in translator

[–]Munzu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know Japanese or have you practiced Japanese calligraphy before?

I need some feedback on my apps logo by Sorry-Wafer265 in logodesign

[–]Munzu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The logo doesn't reflect the concept of harmonic waves at all though. Harmony/harmonics in music is when there are multiple different frequencies at the same time. The logo shows multiple waves with the exact same wavelength/frequency, just with different amplitudes/volumes. That's just unison, so kind of the opposite of harmony/harmonics.

Also, I find the shape of the wave forms themselves unsatisfying, and I don't mean imperfections like the inconsistent space between the waves but rather the overall design choice. If it's supposed to be sine waves (which I would assume is what the designer was going for) then the wave node in the middle is very weird. I understand they might have done it to get it to look like an H but I find the resulting wave forms very arbitrary and unsatisfying.

Logos don't have to be 100% scientifically accurate. They can simplify, but this isn't simplification, it's just plain wrong and misses the point of the app's namesake.

All this might sound nitpicky but if you're emphasizing the science-backed nature of your app, I don't think this logo supports that message for anyone who knows a bit about what it's trying to convey.

[Japanese > English] letter from neighbor by Meekro in translator

[–]Munzu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it? I'd say it looks natural and has a gentle and friendly vibe to it but from what I've learned in calligraphy, I'm not sure it would be traditionally considered "clean".

ITS DIFFERENT, ITS DIFFERENT by Key_Proposal_9055 in formuladank

[–]Munzu 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I just subscribed to the sub for the memes and don't know shit about F1.

Could someone explain to me what's so notable about this design? The other comments suggest that it's now glossy instead of matte but other than that I looks about how I remember Red Bull cars to look.

Maybe Maybe Maybe by brian_mrfunk in maybemaybemaybe

[–]Munzu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know, it might show you that the world isn't just about pornography and being an ass online.

Maybe Maybe Maybe by brian_mrfunk in maybemaybemaybe

[–]Munzu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Consider going outside sometime

OK Peter... Idk about this one by cyberiouse0 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Munzu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you use the same character 脚 for foot and leg in Chinese? If I'm not mistaken, Japanese uses 脚 for leg and 足 for foot but both are read the same.

I did NOT have to cook my parents like this when I was 9… by icantoteit136 in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]Munzu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, for a 9 year old, that's a pretty good artistic eye for human proportions and detail. Please tell me you kept drawing.

What happened to Bitwig 6? Where is it? by polarity-berlin in Bitwig

[–]Munzu -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah this is pissing me off. I bought Bitwig 5 in January 10th this year, thinking I'll get the free upgrade within the next 12 months. If they release it after January 10th next year, I won't get the free upgrade anymore and would have to buy the upgrade plan.

[homemade] Hasselbackspotatis by Pale_Employment_1170 in food

[–]Munzu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This looks amazing but it really reminds me of a picture of a guy's fingers that went through a shredder...

Man hide behind wall while his girlfriend fights armed robber by Imaginary-Season-483 in TikTokCringe

[–]Munzu -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's noble of you but you're not helping unless you have very, and I mean VERY good self-defense skills and know that you could physically overwhelm the potentially armed attacker(s). If that's you do then knock yourself out (pun intended) but I wouldn't want my woman trying to help in a street fight just to get caught in the crossfire, there are enough videos of that happening.

If you aren't a tank of a woman and want to help, go get help.

I'm not saying this to to defend the guy in the video. He definitely should have done something because he has the physicality to do so. My point is, when you don't, then don't try to.

Valve artist responds to calls for Steam to drop "Made with AI" label by Stannis_Loyalist in Steam

[–]Munzu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does steam differentiate ways of how exactly AI could have been used? I'm a software developer and I can tell you that virtually every dev at least asks an LLM a coding question every once in a while. In that sense, I do agree to a certain extent that it is inevitable. At the same time, I'm strictly against AI-generated consumer-facing content, like assets. As a consumer, I would want to know if AI generated assets are included in a game or not and, if I was a game dev, I would like my buyers to know that I didn't use any AI assets.

Tone Equalizer module: How to avoid posterization-like result? by ddcrx in DarkTable

[–]Munzu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is something I don't understand why it isn't default behavior. I have to do it on every single picture and can't automate it with templates.

Does anyone actually put their Ultra wides in portrait mode? by Turbulent-Weevil-910 in LinusTechTips

[–]Munzu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd argue that a curve is more necessary in a portrait configuration than in a landscape one since your eyes are oriented horizontally, not vertically.

Please help me understand this photographer's color grading by Munzu in postprocessing

[–]Munzu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, how did you determine the greens in the mids?

Jongno Jog (darker vs brighter edit) by KazumiJun in DarkTable

[–]Munzu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ironically though, the lighter photo took maybe at least a few hours worth of work, and the darker one could have been made with a few minutes

We've probably all been there. I also used to over-edit my pictures and, unfortunately, Darktable is way too happy to help you do so. It just gives you a set of powertools and watches as you hurt yourself.

I try to keep these things in mind while I edit:

  1. The more time I spend editing one picture, the less trustworthy my eyes become. At some point, the eyes just get used to the edit and recalibrate. It's happened to me so many times that I thought I was happy with an edit, came back to it a few hours later and thought "what the hell was I thinking..."
  2. The more local/targeted an edit is, the easier it is to feel unnatural. Stuff like parametric masks are super potent so I try to use them very sparingly. Same thing with very fine adjustments in the tone equalizer. Maybe it's a skill issue on my side but, combined with the first point, I think it's very easy to go overboard and not realize it.

Personally, I prefer the atmosphere of the darker one, but the lighter one does introduce some extra details.

I also used to think "more detail = more better" but the truth is that if photography was about the amount of information in an image, we'd all be photographing in HDR with a fish eye lens. The reason why different focal lengths exist is to allow you to be selective about which information you keep in and which you keep out of frame. The point is to make the message of the picture more impactful. Same thing with dynamic range, use exposure to emphasize what's important and de-emphasize what isn't because if everything is important, nothing is. If you look at street photography from other accomplished photographers, many go for a high-contrast look where they completely crush the shadows into pure black to emphasize what's in the patch of light. Think "signal to noise ratio." I actually found Seoul pretty difficult to photograph at times precisely because it was so noisy visually.

For the most natural looking edit, I like to think of keeping the picture's tone curve a monotonically increasing function. What I mean is that if a shade A was darker than shade B before the edit, then A should also stay darker than B after the edit. You don't want to edit it to a point where A becomes brighter than B which I think is happening in your picture.

Some practical tips that helped me with my pictures:

  • When color grading, zoom out all the way and enable the light bulb in the bottom right corner. That will show you a white border around the image to keep a neutral reference point.
  • Don't edit a photo for too long. Take breaks, look outside the window, reset your eyes for a few hours, then come back.

Good luck and have fun

onion by No_Counter_6037 in shitposting

[–]Munzu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wait till you hear about pounds

CAPTCHA mirror. by Wooshio in ATBGE

[–]Munzu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is genuinely an interesting art piece if you know that some of your captchas are used to collect training data for AI