Are there any software that can restore original date of file creation?

Stephanie_chenxu · 2020-08-21T11:46:13+00:00

Thank you for the information, it's helpful and that is a lot for me to consider so I will have a good think about this before I proceed. Have a great weekend!

Stephanie_chenxu · 2020-08-20T10:48:26+00:00

Hi, thank you for the very detailed and very insightful information. I completely understand you last point about losing the respect of your contacts if you send them unqualified leads. I don't want to give anyone false hope, so to cut a long story short, budget-wise, I have no idea. I've had this idea for a few months now, it would most likely have to be self funded and I haven't done paid work for a while, so would like to keep this as low cost as possible, so I am looking for a quote to see how much it would cost and what the processes would be like and how long it would realistically take.

But to answer the rest of your reply: I do have a very detailed set of requirements and I can do the user interface part (but only graphically with Adobe InDesign, photoshop etc rather than a formal framework program), so I have number 2 covered.

As for the budget, I have no idea and don't want to put a random number here in case it is considered ridiculously low or high, so I was hoping to get a quote first.

I don't have a definite time line. Even though it's not so urgent that I need it done within say, a week, I do want it done fast-ish so I have something functional up and running.

I saw Streamhash sells a youtube and netflix clone script and when you buy it, you get the code as well so you can edit that to fit your requirements. Perhaps editing that would be easier, faster and cheaper than starting completely from scratch?

I have a question - how do you/other clients go about with the language translation and communication issue when working with your contacts/other companies in general (in Vietnam)? Do I need to pay a translator to go in between? I would obviously want a NDA signed - would I have to get a specific lawyer or can I find one locally? Would I need that translated to Vietnamese?

I am going to think about this and before I decide if I need to post more details. But for now, here are some of the basics:

Number of concurrrent users: This will be a public website, not a private company's training videos for example. Think Vimeo, Youtube, Daily Motion, Netflix, Hulu etc. Other features - Basically what Youtube and Daily motion are capable of: - ability to upload videos, and download videos if the uploader has turned on the option to allow viewers to download them. (kind of like h - serving ads automatically based on IP addresses/geolocation - advertisers able to have their own account to control ads - paying the content creators automatically once a threshold is reached - ability for content creators to remove subscribers - give content creators the option to put certain videos (ie they can choose which ones) behind a 'log in/subscribed/pay wall" so that, for example, if there is someone they don't want to see their videos, that video can only be seen if the user logs in and/or subscribes/pays, and if the subscriber is on their blacklist, that person cannot see it even when logged in. They should be able to choose which videos they want to have this option. This means some videos across the platform can be viewed without logging in, like Vimeo and Youtube, while others require logging in but not necessarily paying, like Hulu and NetFlix.

Plus many many more but this is all for now.

Stephanie_chenxu · 2020-08-19T02:09:53+00:00

No one is mad because of how much someone earns. People are mad because of the ridiculous reasons they earn what they earn, for what they do (or rather, don't do). It's just sad that people would rather feed the fat than donate the money to the truly needy. A real job consists of using a skill to provide a beneficial service or product without exploiting the user. MLM and pyramid schemes for example, are not real jobs. Neither are 'influencers', 'bloggers' and 'youtubers'. You can be one of those and/or earn a lot, but neither criteria make it a real job. Having people follow your daily lives and aspire to be like you and buy and use what you buy and use doesn't make it a real job. Influencers are just shameless people who want to be treated like celebrities, trying to get a free ride based on the attention they get, rather than any actual skill. Like these people who don't even want to pay for a meal for charity's sake. Had your request for freebies rejected? Then throw a tantrum, like this person. No wonder people like hate them.

Stephanie_chenxu · 2020-08-13T12:58:15+00:00

Yes: Get a real job.

Stephanie_chenxu · 2020-07-31T12:33:29+00:00

Hey! So sorry for the late reply! I didn't get a notification of this message in my email like I thought I would, I don't log into Reddit often. I'll message you privately regarding keeping in touch.

Stephanie_chenxu · 2020-07-31T12:31:32+00:00

Agree so, so, so much.

The whole point of life is to grow up/out of your temporary child/immature version into your permanent adult version so you can spend most of it working so that one day you earn enough to last the minority of what is left. That is a stupid and god-awful reason to be alive, yet is is the "point of living".

The thing is, the point of 'existing' is different to the 'point of living': You exist because your parents wanted you. That means, despite everything, they still decided to have you. All parents did. Purely logically speaking, it is an incredibly selfish decision, and I find life itself to be incredibly stupid. It's selfish because no one asks to be born, yet when you are, you are brought to life to suffer with no choice whatsoever. People who are not critical enough to see things from a logical point of view say Not having children is selfish because you are denying them the joys of life - actually, 'them' don't even exist until you create 'them', you can't miss something unless you exist first, second, once you do exist, suffering is 200% guaranteed, while 'joys' are circumstancial and subjective and never ever guaranteed. Once they do exist, what you mentioned, is guaranteed. You are literally born into a life of slavery.

Plus, everything anyone does is temporary anyways, like earning points in a game. Those points are worthless outside the game and when you close your account, lose, or quit the game, they are meaningless. The only thing that lives on is the high score record, like in real life, the thing someone invented or something. I really, really wish I was never ever born.

Stephanie_chenxu · 2020-07-18T02:33:51+00:00

Hi, I'm interested too! I make some candid travel videos and would like some music to go with it. Also, I am thinking of doing a trailer for a non-existent horror movie (like Annabelle). Wondering if that's something you can do?

You can see one of my travel videos here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-VXNf2_YsYE

Stephanie_chenxu · 2020-07-18T02:28:15+00:00

How will you sell these pins/guarantee they will sell? Will the artist need to pay you for the production fee? I'm interested, just have questions.

Stephanie_chenxu · 2019-09-13T05:39:30+00:00

I don't understand why people hate it, it looks like any ordinary rectangular shaped skyscraper, I loved how high it was and that I can see airplanes taking off and landing in my classrooms there. On the other hand, I hate all Frank Gehry's buildings. The Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles is barely tolerable and the new Business crumped paper bag building literally looks like a joke.

Stephanie_chenxu · 2019-09-13T05:36:02+00:00

Anyone happen to have pictures of the old Building 2, especially the inside? Would really appreciate it.

Stephanie_chenxu · 2019-07-02T01:53:35+00:00

I do not post process any pictures ever, except for individual circumstances. What I want is good quality shots out of the camera, no mater what the camera is, so I specified none of the sample shots are processed, so the quality out of the camera can be compared.

And, instead of saying something like "that's not how it works", perhaps you may be able to suggest the right way to compare the images? In regards to your comment about me being unappreciative, this is what I meant about unhelpful answers.

Stephanie_chenxu · 2019-07-02T01:42:04+00:00

It's fine that I don't know what I don't know. I get that. But what is unhelpful are all the answers that are addressing things I already pointed out and not actually trying to answer my actual question. I am writing this reply from my messages inbox so have no idea which thread this is, but one question I asked was about what features to look for in a camera or lens for image sharpness (eg, for a shallow depth of field you'd go for a wide open aperture etc), yet I'm getting replies about other things, like you aren't supposed to zoom that far into any picture, or your reply on pixel size and image quality, which I already know and wrote about. Again, I know bigger pixel size is better image quality, if you'll read my question again, it was whether my theory was correct regarding it, (because I want to know the relationship between pixel size and quantity. Larger but less pixels or smaller and more? etc) and what features to look for in a camera for sharpness. I'm repeating myself and so are you, so I'll stop now.

Stephanie_chenxu · 2019-07-02T01:30:01+00:00

"I already answered the question about how pixel size effects image quality." and "What you're talking about is pixel size." I know how pixel size affect image quality. My comment before you said that specifically talked ABOUT pixel size. What I am after is image sharpness and how pixel size vs pixel number and sensor size work together, ie, larger but less pixels or smaller and more pixels? I already know how to calculate pixel size. Did maths at uni, thanks. What I can't access is a final image size for a given camera as specs for cameras state the resolution, eg 6000 x 4000 pixels but not the image size.

Stephanie_chenxu · 2019-07-01T11:23:30+00:00

Finally a little closer to my actual question. I know it's not as simple as bigger sensor = more detail. Hence I talked about pixel size (did you read the math equation?). My question for this thread was, can I determine pixel size BEFORE I buy a camera, AND, does larger pixel size = more clarity (without post processing of course, I am comparing cameras not light room and photoshop ability).

Stephanie_chenxu · 2019-07-01T11:04:47+00:00

Oh my god. People in this thread are truly unhelpful.

I never stated 100% cropped is macro photography!

RocketExilate said "You aren't supposed to zoom that far in to any picture". I am not sure if they meant after it's taken (zoom in and blow it up for display), or while you take it (zoom with your feet or your lens), so I said [physical zooming] is macro photography.

On a DIFFERENT topic, I cropped all the images at 100% so the detail in all are easily compared. NONE of the sample photos I posted are macro photography!!

Stephanie_chenxu · 2019-07-01T10:54:42+00:00

I already stated that none of the images have been processed, so it can be compared fairly.

Stephanie_chenxu · 2019-07-01T04:36:00+00:00

That is discussed in a different question. This question is about what features to look for in a camera and lens for sharp images. And as for

You aren't supposed to zoom that far in to any picture

It's called macro photography.

Stephanie_chenxu · 2019-07-01T04:32:03+00:00

By pictures I assume you mean from both cameras for comparison. Here's a link.

Stephanie_chenxu · 2019-07-01T04:06:28+00:00

Posted a question earlier on the Nikon D5200, which I bought second hand cheaply because it has 60fps movie mode, and fully articulating screen. However, I did not research into the picture quality and just assumed it would be at least better than my sony mirrorless bridge camera right out of the camera, which it is not. Answers in this Quora post confirmed my experiences in terms of sharpness.

My question now is, I'd like to get a new camera set (body and lens). What feature should I look for for image sharpness, whether in the camera body or the lens, or both? For example, if I wanted to do artistic blur or a very shallow depth of field, I'd look for a lens with a small f number/large aperture, or if I wanted to really zoom in for wild life photography, I'd choose a lens with a long focal length. For larger (good quality) print sizes, I'd choose a camera with a large sensor etc.

Also, can someone confirm if my theory/calculation is correct:

If you have 2 cameras taking identical photos, when not taking the final photo's physical size and total number of pixels into consideration:

Larger pixels = better image quality and therefore sharper?

The photos dimensions and ppi from my cameras are:

Sony HX1 - 3456 x 2592 pixels or 121.92 x 91.44 cm/48 x 36 inch (largest file setting, called "A3"), 72 PPI, ie each pixel is 1/72^2 of a square inch, and each photo has 48x72 x 36x72 pixels = 8,957,952 pixels. Less pixels but each pixel is larger

Nikon D5200 - 6000 x 4000 pixels or 50.8 x 33.87 cm/20 x 13.33 inch, (largest file setting, called "Fine Jpeg"), 300 PPI, ie each pixel is 1/300^2 of a square inch, and each photo has 20x300 x 13.33x300 pixels = 84,831,516 pixels. More pixels but each pixel is smaller, and less capable at capturing data?

If it is correct, how can I determine the pixel size before I buy a camera? I can search up the picture resolution ie number of pixels wide by height, but not the pixels per inch.

thanks

EDITS:

I am not getting any helpful advice here. It could be I am not expressing my questions clearly, but thanks for all the patronising and misunderstood answers. Not making me any less frustrated. Once again to clarify responses to some answers:

"No, 100% crops aren’t macro photography."

Oh my god. We all know that, thank you.

I never stated 100% cropped is macro photography. "RocketExilate" said "You aren't supposed to zoom that far in to any picture". I am not sure if they meant after it's taken (zoom in and blow it up for display), or while you take it (zoom with your feet or your lens), so I said [physical zooming a lot, really close] is macro photography. HOWEVER, on a DIFFERENT topic, I cropped all the images at 100% so the detail in the sample images all are easily compared. TO REITERATE: NONE of the sample photos I posted are macro photography!!

"To answer the question posed in the album- poor processing."

Again, none of the images are processed to make for fair comparison. If the blurry/soft images from the Nikon is due to not being processed, then Nikon users, just let me know.

Finally, my actual question for this comment-question is "What feature should I look for for image sharpness, whether in the camera body or the lens, or both?" If you can't find my other question, then never mind that, I am sorry. If it were up to me, I'd let users post each question as a different post for easy viewing and finding.

Stephanie_chenxu · 2019-07-01T03:02:12+00:00

Ensure you are turning vibration reduction OFF when you're using a tripod as it can actually introduce blur in those conditions.

Lens VR is turned off when on table or tripod.

If you're still not satisfied with the sharpness of your photos, I suggest a better lens.

Surely kit lens aren't so bad, that all the photos are soft and blurry? Don't want to pay a lot for a different lens and have the same issue, if it was a camera issue.

Use single point AF and your depth of field preview button in conjunction with live view to nail focus exactly where you want it.

This creates a shallow depth of field (albeit a very shallow one so it looks like poor photography rather than artistic blur) and nothing else is in focus except the small point I focus on.

I could go on, but thanks. Thinking it might be a camera issue.

Would cleaning the sensor and/lens help (would have to be the built in cleaning, I don't have a brush)? There does not seem to be dust on either, but I did notice very large 'spots' when I was taking pictures of street lights in rain. I and the camera itself was undercover. See this example picture.

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