Reason number 20 I can't use PSCS4 and why it's a total piece of shit.

SportsShooter.com - PS CS4 - image opens on wrong monitor

I heard from an Adobe developer today that the image always opening on the "main" monitor is an official "bug". No word on when it will be fixed.

I have 3 monitors here and I can't have the images constantly open up behind my pallets. It's very annoying. PS10 can do it fine. PSCS4 Fails. And it crashes on every other image. PSCS3 runs fine.

Buggy product released too early. Not fit for use professionally in any way.

Yes, I am being harsh. My clients demand the best work, my tools have to perform to meet their needs. The tools don't work, I won't use them. Photoshop CS4 is a unusable piece of shit. No other way to state it. I now use The Gimp more so then I use PSCS4.

So I am sticking with PSCS3 until it gets fixed. And I am not happy about spending all the money on a unused upgrade.

This just sounds awesome. Put this to music.

Nanoparticle-assisted high photoconductive gain in composites of polymer and fullerene : Abstract : Nature Nanotechnology

Polymer–inorganic nanocrystal composites1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 offer an attractive means to combine the merits of organic and inorganic materials into novel electronic and photonic systems. However, many applications of these composites are limited by the solubility11 and distribution of the nanocrystals in the polymer matrices. Here we show that blending CdTe nanoparticles into a polymer–fullerene matrix followed by solvent annealing12 can achieve high photoconductive gain under low applied voltages. The surface capping ligand renders the nanoparticles highly soluble in the polymer blend, thereby enabling high CdTe loadings. An external quantum efficiency as high as approx8,000% at 350 nm was achieved at -4.5 V. Hole-dominant devices coupled with atomic force microscopy images show a higher concentration of nanoparticles near the cathode–polymer interface. The nanoparticles and trapped electrons assist hole injection into the polymer under reverse bias, contributing to efficiency values in excess of 100%.

Let me translate though. Your very expensive digital camera you own today will be a Model T in about two years. Actually, more of a horse and buggy.

I am not a fan of buying a camera every year.

Gallery: Happy Accident Opens Door to Cheaper, Higher-Resolution Cameras

"The original purpose [was] to make a solar cell more efficient," says Chen. "However, during the research we found the solar cell phenomenon [had] disappeared." Instead, the test material showed high gain photoconductivity, indicating potential use as a photo sensor.

Thanks to this lucky mistake, a new breed of camera sensors that are cheaper, higher-resolution and have lower distortion could be on the horizon. Click through the gallery to learn how this new breakthrough works and tour the labs where the magic happens.

Hmmm... interesting...

Interactive Video Object Manipulation on Vimeo

This demo illustrates our research to bring interactivity to video editing: Our system analyzes videos using computer vision techniques, enabling interactive annotation, browsing, and even drag-and-drop composition of new still images using video footage.

I honestly can't say what that I am buying this whole convergence of video and stills... Perhaps I am getting old, but a still image has a different thought process then a video. Maybe you will see wholly commercial applications, like bundling still and videos for weddings. But I see both mediums suffering for the other if you straight up combine them into one shoot. I dunno.... I spend a lot of time thinking about this right now.

Post photography post in the universe

STREET BONERS and TV CARNAGE » PHOTOGRAPHY IS FOR JERKOFFS

“…shot by Terry Richardson.”

Ohhhh, these four little words just get my clit into a kykewrench.

I’ve never been able to tolerate this sentiment - it’s like a pretension and shit sandwich on a chalkboard: The idea that it matters one iota who TAKES a photograph of a supermodel’s tits (as long as they meet a certain standard of technical competence that is roughly equivalent to what it takes to operate a gmail account) is just beyond offensive. This abortion of artistic justice cannot stand- it is therefore my duty to explain why… PHOTOGRAPHY IS FOR JERKOFFS.

Now: The modern practice of Photography belongs to a genre of psuedo-art that I refer to as “Auto-Pilot Jizzcock.”

Hands down, best post about photography on all the internet.

Best directions for a composite shot ever

The Photographic world of Drew Gardner: The anatomy of a location composite shoot

5 GOLDEN RULES FOR MAKING A COMPOSITE SHOT WORK

1. Plan, plan and plan again!

Great composites happen BEFORE the shoot, not after.

If you apply just a little thought beforehand and come up with a basic plan of how you want the final image to look all of a sudden it is not so difficult to place the models with great precision.

Seriously, read this, bookmark it and follow it like it is word from god. Or buy me a new car with the cost of your retouching bill... hold up here....DELETE THIS POST!

I found myself with a does of insomnia last night and for whatever reason I was thinking about winding film onto reels for developing. Something that I think I have not done since 96?

Just remembering the whole process of laying out the film canister, the reels, the tank, lid and trusty bottle opener. Laying them all out and taking one last look at them before turning out the lights and having to work in total darkness. Standing there and memorizing where everything is with your hands one last time before popping open the film canister with opener.

Sometimes it would take forever to get the film canister open as well. The sharp end of it just itching to scratch your film. Then once freed how when you peeled the tape from the plastic spool you would get a ever so slight blue static spark from the adhesive giving away. Standing there in the dark with about 5 feet of film in one hand and trying to find the reel with the other.

The tank was like a fat can of soup and the reels were two stainless steel spirals with a clip on the center. What you would have to do is clip the film into the center clip (or hook one of the film sprockets to the last loop of steel if your clips have long since fell off) and then holding the edges of the film to avoid fingerprints, start to roll the reel counter clockwise to roll the film onto it with about a cm separating the film from itself on this reel. That allowed enough chemicals to slosh between the film so it would get developed properly.

If you were to rush it and pull to tightly the film may skip it's track and wind directly onto itself, which caused any areas of film that touched to be ruined because it would not get the proper does of chemicals. Sometimes it would get none at all and you would have these non developed grey blobs. No way to check your work till you were finished with the whole developing process. There was kinda of a knack to it.

So in a way it was a zen exercise in complete darkness. Which probably came up cause I was staring up at total darkness and unable to sleep last night.

Vanishing Point error [Archive] - Planet Photoshop Community

I get an error message when I try to select the vanishing point filter that the operation could not be completed. I tried the vanishing point filter on two different PSD files and both times I got the same message so the error is not specific to any one file.

I believe the vanishing point filter somehow remembers an error in afile once you do something in it that the vanishing point filter doesn't like. (I had already run the filter on the two effected files several times before.) Using the save as command and changing the names of the files didn't correct the problem. It was only when I copied and pasted the layers of the files to new files that the problem was fixed. I think i this is is another CS3 photoshop bug. I found on the Adobe Labs forum that other users were having the same issue.

daniel barron

kinda a strange organic photoshop fest meets geiger. but more realistic. interesting any way you look at it.

Rare Interview With Gary Winogrand - O'Reilly Digital Media Blog

“You don’t learn anything from repeating what you know, in affect, so I keep trying to make (the process) uncertain. The nature of the photographic process - it is about failure. Most everything I do doesn’t quite make it. The failures can be intelligent; nothing ventured nothing gained. Hopefully you’re risking failing every time you make a frame.”

Amen to that.

Jupiterimages to be sold to Getty Images for $96 million

Jupiterimages to be sold to Getty Images for $96 million

The failure of Jupiter to succeed in this industry is another example of how inadequate the corporate world is when dealing with the ever changing world. Getty’s domination of the commercial stock business is also, indeed, scary and troublesome, but yet, not guaranteed.

Well there you have it. Fire sale prices and who is left? I think the era of stock photography is at a end. Getty only wants wholly owned shot by staffers and does everything possible to discourage people shooting content for them.

For the times they are a changin...

Thank fucking god

Article ID 2217 Summary Canon tethered to Capture One 3.7.8 on Mac OS 10.5.2 or later the software says "connecting to camera". Problem This issue is a result of the 10.5.2 Apple Updating including an application that controls tethered connections, Type8, for the Aperture Program.

Below are steps to follow to remove the application and allow Capture One 3.7.8 to tether to Canon cameras on Mac OS 10.5.2