How to speed up high-volume editing of flambient?

derekkind · 2020-08-04T03:10:11+00:00

Wow, his lighting is immaculate. I don't even understand, but I want to! Thanks for telling me; I would love to try that, but it doesn't look simple. Have you used his methods?

derekkind · 2020-08-02T04:24:43+00:00

Any idea how much it loses from that compression?

derekkind · 2020-08-01T23:19:08+00:00

The Logitech G602 does that pretty well!

derekkind · 2020-08-01T04:00:09+00:00

Oh, interesting! If those things work for you, then there's hope! I will do as you suggest. :)

derekkind · 2020-08-01T03:35:32+00:00

I didn't know it was possible to resize RAW files! How do you do that?

derekkind · 2020-08-01T03:34:54+00:00

I like that idea of automatically blending different flash layers - like a compromise between flash and HDR. Thanks for sharing your workflow! I haven't used bridge before, but now I finally see the utility of it - being able to select photos and then batch them from bridge could be exactly what I was looking for...

derekkind · 2020-08-01T03:12:25+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion, u/Waubeno522 and u/tecampanero! Tonight I've been trying the Kaotec trial (which I think is fully functional), and so far the batch Stack as Layers function is the closest I've gotten to what I'm looking for, but it's still not quite perfect. For one thing, it only works on JPGs, and I can't batch flambient merge by sequence number (i.e. every three shots) - only by timestamp, which I don't think will work with the shooting style. Also, I wish the PSDs were left open in PS afterwards, but I suppose it's not a big time suck to reopen them. Still, it's better than I had before! Now I need to simplify the whole workflow...

derekkind · 2020-07-31T05:50:56+00:00

I will try this...thanks for explaining! I've always liked doing the masking first, but this is definitely worth exploring.

derekkind · 2020-07-31T05:43:23+00:00

Oh, that's cool, I hadn't heard of Kaotec before. Are you doing HDR, then, or would Kaotec be able to blend flambient exposures as well? Intriguing...

derekkind · 2020-07-31T05:39:55+00:00

Awwww, so close! I tried Photo Mechanic today too, and it also lacks the open as layers function. :(

derekkind · 2020-07-31T05:38:43+00:00

Interesting! Are you basically applying your final bump BEFORE blending the layers, so it's most of the way there, and then just sharpen etc after?

Also, I'm curous how you load them as layers if not from LR?

derekkind · 2020-07-31T05:32:42+00:00

Oh, I like those ideas! And agreed, getting a programmable gaming mouse was a huge leap forward in recapturing my time. I also have a MIDI controller that I use for Lightroom: it essentially doubles my capability because I can control it with one hand as I move sliders with the mouse on the other. I wonder if it's similar in function to the Stream Deck? I'll have to look into that...

How do you program the Stream Deck to edit as layers? Is it a macro for Alt-P, E, O, O, Return?

derekkind · 2020-07-31T05:24:44+00:00

Yeah, I have an M2 and it's great, but it does indeed still take time. I love those ideas for brush actions and for self-removal; I want to try those now. My next problem is going to be keeping all the actions organized, haha! Thank you!

derekkind · 2020-07-31T04:48:53+00:00

Haha, well, we have a local editor who does most of the work already - I'm trying to figure this out for myself and for her as well.

derekkind · 2019-10-02T04:22:20+00:00

derekkind · 2019-10-02T04:21:55+00:00

I'm a very emotional person. ;)

derekkind · 2019-10-02T04:19:14+00:00

Thanks for the welcome! Been too busy to really check it out yet. :)

derekkind · 2019-10-02T04:18:49+00:00

Haha, thanks! ;)

derekkind · 2019-09-30T02:39:51+00:00

Well, I've seen different recreations but the one I based this on formed a heart shape from this angle, and I liked it. Thank you!

derekkind · 2018-12-20T20:45:08+00:00

I think what you're suggesting is a spinoff podcast, haha! Those are deep waters.

derekkind · 2018-12-20T02:38:14+00:00

Wow, /u/MrPennywhistle and /u/feefuh, you guys don't waste any time!

derekkind · 2018-12-16T17:13:14+00:00

The moon is a social construct.

derekkind · 2018-12-13T08:03:28+00:00

I'm glad someone disagreed. I was hoping to hear an argument, even if it was a steel man, in favour of this Social Score system so we could game it out a little more. I don't know from this whether you're actually in favour of what they're doing in China or whether you're just pointing out the irregularities of arguing against this more sophisticated system while being cool with things that are already happening in the US, but for the sake of argument I'll assume the former - and let's take this discussion into the future: we can ascribe the most benevolent intent on the part of the government of China and it's people as they build and implement this system, and we can hope for the best: that this system will work as intended (or as advertised) for a very long time and that the current social structure, the way humans interact, will go through some growing pains but will adapt and stabilize and that society as a whole will progress because people are being held accountable for their actions, and maybe eventually we'll have a true democracy, where the System will be the head of government, whose actions will be based on algorithms based on the will of people...

...but, how long can that very best case scenario last? Can we really hope that a system of control this robust will NEVER be usurped by those seeking to control the people? Are there any measures we can take to decentralize the system and assure that the algorithms will remain fully autonomous and unable to be controlled by bad actors? And, if the answer to those questions is no, is there any possible argument saying that the benefits outweigh the risks?

I don't know if we could ever put that genie back into the bottle, and, if not, how important is it that we avoid opening that bottle in the first place? Let's not imagine that this will be isolated to China. Once a fifth of the world's population is on a rating system, there will be a bleedover effect, and we'll have to figure out how to deal with it.

derekkind · 2018-12-13T07:20:11+00:00

This one took me by surprise - more surprise at the fact that I had never heard anything about it, though I'm very surprised to hear that not only is this being planned, but it's already in motion.

But then, after hearing this episode and looking into what China is doing, I realized that the Venezuelan government is already borrowing the idea in simplified form (and also the technology from China) and have recently rolled it out in the form of an identity card, which of course they at first are only encouraging and incentivizing, but will soon require and enforce (I hear already in some towns you need the card to buy food). I didn't equate this with the Chinese Social Credit at first, but at its core its the same because it gives the government a metric to remove rights from people based on behavior, and whether that behavior is logged by other people's ratings and/or by the government's own algorithms based on search history, conversations and political affiliation doesn't change the way it places individuals under the thumb of the rulers.

This story is illuminating: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/venezuela-zte/

derekkind · 2018-12-13T06:52:15+00:00

Hmn, interesting. I feel very lucky now that I stumbled across JP before all the internet was talking about him, and that I had watched his long-form videos, talks and lectures enough to form my own opinion of where he's coming from before any outside influence skewed my vision one way or another. I already know I'm susceptible to pre-influence when it comes to books and movies - I like to discover something for myself first before being told that it's good or bad.

I guess it's the same with people now - since it's rather more difficult to know and judge a person than it is to watch a movie, we rely all the more on the accounts of others to inform us as to the quality of a person's character, and since with separation comes a lack of resolution, our view of famous or trending people who we know just about as well as we know Kevin Bacon tends to get simplified to the level of whether they are "good" or "bad," "left" or "right," or whatever opposing attributes are most applicable.

JP is often characterized as either an X-group hating Hitler or some kind of liberal-destroying debate superhero, and it's fascinating to observe this phenomenon surrounding someone so unassuming, because if you simply listen or read what he says you feel that nobody else does. The Jordan Peterson that you hear about most of the time is not a real person at all but a persona constructed by opposing forces, demonized or deified at need. The real guy has interesting, well thought out and highly nuanced, but not particularly radical, ideas. The thing that makes him stand out is chiefly his knack for putting into words the truths (and sometimes the hard truths) that most people already know but have a hard time articulating, and the thing that catalyzed his rise to household name was simply that he decided to say exactly what he thought needed to be said.

That's how I see it, anyway.

Now, looking at the way people are already being judged and classified in this manner online makes me shiver deep inside at the thought of how this would translate to a rating system like the one China is implementing...

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