Comments on: Photojourney with N900 http://www.tigert.com/2009/10/18/photojourney-with-n900/ um, what do I write here? Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:17:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Luke http://www.tigert.com/2009/10/18/photojourney-with-n900/comment-page-1/#comment-140215 Luke Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:59:59 +0000 http://www.tigert.com/?p=211#comment-140215 Wow this shows how good the camera is in the hand of someone who knows how to use it. Wow this shows how good the camera is in the hand of someone who knows how to use it.

]]> By: Tuomas Kuosmanen http://www.tigert.com/2009/10/18/photojourney-with-n900/comment-page-1/#comment-140165 Tuomas Kuosmanen Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:46:00 +0000 http://www.tigert.com/?p=211#comment-140165 The GIMP functionality would be more than sufficient. However, direct pixel manipulation is very hard, as one pixel is about one tenth of a millimeter, pixels are fricken small. Large soft brush retouching might be doable though, like dodge/burn and selective hilight / shadow retouching etc.. Plugins with slider adjustment would of course work too. Maybe a specific photo-retouch UI of the Gimp might be fun. Something like Adobe Lightroom, where you have just sliders and some selected retouch brush tools. The GIMP functionality would be more than sufficient. However, direct pixel manipulation is very hard, as one pixel is about one tenth of a millimeter, pixels are fricken small. Large soft brush retouching might be doable though, like dodge/burn and selective hilight / shadow retouching etc.. Plugins with slider adjustment would of course work too.

Maybe a specific photo-retouch UI of the Gimp might be fun. Something like Adobe Lightroom, where you have just sliders and some selected retouch brush tools.

]]> By: speednut http://www.tigert.com/2009/10/18/photojourney-with-n900/comment-page-1/#comment-140108 speednut Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:38:28 +0000 http://www.tigert.com/?p=211#comment-140108 Actually if you use a curves adjustment layer correctly, you get a nice saturation adjustment without looking overcooked. A contrast mask can take it even further. I'm probably one of the weird ones who is _glad_ the N900 has a stylus and a resistive screen as I really do like the way it works on my N810. I'd never consider running The GIMP with a finger interface, but wondering if it would work with the stylus. When you're used to PS/GIMP, the one size fits most python magick scripts leave me unimpressed. Also, no need for the multitude of image manipulation apps like the iPhooey has since The GIMP can do it all and more. (climbing down off my soap box and getting back to my Python studying. :) ) Actually if you use a curves adjustment layer correctly, you get a nice saturation adjustment without looking overcooked. A contrast mask can take it even further.

I’m probably one of the weird ones who is _glad_ the N900 has a stylus and a resistive screen as I really do like the way it works on my N810.

I’d never consider running The GIMP with a finger interface, but wondering if it would work with the stylus. When you’re used to PS/GIMP, the one size fits most python magick scripts leave me unimpressed. Also, no need for the multitude of image manipulation apps like the iPhooey has since The GIMP can do it all and more.

(climbing down off my soap box and getting back to my Python studying. :) )

]]> By: illusionado http://www.tigert.com/2009/10/18/photojourney-with-n900/comment-page-1/#comment-140032 illusionado Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:55:23 +0000 http://www.tigert.com/?p=211#comment-140032 WAt DA!!!???? im amazed dude s this a 5mp camera?????? if someone would disagree and make downs of n900 imaging skill then u should talk to apple about the iPhone problems. WAt DA!!!???? im amazed dude

s this a 5mp camera??????

if someone would disagree and make downs of n900 imaging skill then u should talk to apple about the iPhone problems.

]]> By: Tuomas Kuosmanen http://www.tigert.com/2009/10/18/photojourney-with-n900/comment-page-1/#comment-139946 Tuomas Kuosmanen Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:05:08 +0000 http://www.tigert.com/?p=211#comment-139946 Oh yes, saturation definitely. There apparently are dozens of photo editing apps for iphone that do small tricks - make photos look like polaroids, tweak them to "lomo"-like lo-fi snapshots, convert to black and white artsy look etc... All these would be pretty easy to do with imagemagick, a friend even has shellscripts for this, so if there are any python hackers who feel interested, I'd love to do the UI graphics and sketching if someone would be willing to hack the python magick part... :-) I think a predefined "effect" library would make more sense than a generic image editing tool, as at least I would use that to spice up photos for blogging etc - and making a predefined "style" for that would keep things consistent, while still enabling others to create those styles. Maybe have some simple way of adding new styles (example PNG icon + text file for commands?) would work? ... if I only knew python... :P Oh yes, saturation definitely.

There apparently are dozens of photo editing apps for iphone that do small tricks – make photos look like polaroids, tweak them to “lomo”-like lo-fi snapshots, convert to black and white artsy look etc…

All these would be pretty easy to do with imagemagick, a friend even has shellscripts for this, so if there are any python hackers who feel interested, I’d love to do the UI graphics and sketching if someone would be willing to hack the python magick part… :-)

I think a predefined “effect” library would make more sense than a generic image editing tool, as at least I would use that to spice up photos for blogging etc – and making a predefined “style” for that would keep things consistent, while still enabling others to create those styles. Maybe have some simple way of adding new styles (example PNG icon + text file for commands?) would work?

… if I only knew python… :P

]]> By: Tim Smoff http://www.tigert.com/2009/10/18/photojourney-with-n900/comment-page-1/#comment-139937 Tim Smoff Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:57:04 +0000 http://www.tigert.com/?p=211#comment-139937 > Levels and Curves And Saturation. > Levels and Curves

And Saturation.

]]> By: Petee http://www.tigert.com/2009/10/18/photojourney-with-n900/comment-page-1/#comment-139900 Petee Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:52:43 +0000 http://www.tigert.com/?p=211#comment-139900 Guys, when will N900 be released in UK? Guys, when will N900 be released in UK?

]]> By: Tuomas Kuosmanen http://www.tigert.com/2009/10/18/photojourney-with-n900/comment-page-1/#comment-139880 Tuomas Kuosmanen Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:09:27 +0000 http://www.tigert.com/?p=211#comment-139880 Gimp wouldnt make sense really because the user interface doesnt really work for touchscreen.. but the built-in image editor does crop and contrast/brightness tweaking, so it's pretty good already. Levels and Curves would be nice, but instead of Gimp, maybe something like ImageMagick would be easily portable (perhaps just a recompile?) - or maybe one could use PythonMagick bindings to write a small user interface for a bunch of quick filters? Gimp wouldnt make sense really because the user interface doesnt really work for touchscreen.. but the built-in image editor does crop and contrast/brightness tweaking, so it’s pretty good already. Levels and Curves would be nice, but instead of Gimp, maybe something like ImageMagick would be easily portable (perhaps just a recompile?) – or maybe one could use PythonMagick bindings to write a small user interface for a bunch of quick filters?

]]> By: Speednut http://www.tigert.com/2009/10/18/photojourney-with-n900/comment-page-1/#comment-139878 Speednut Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:25:25 +0000 http://www.tigert.com/?p=211#comment-139878 Thanks for the Flickr stream adjustments; original size is indeed viewable and reveals all the detail. :-) Any chance you've gotten The GIMP running on your N900? I would like to perform minor tweaks (levels, curves, & crops) before posting images online and it would be nice to do it all in the N900. Anxiously awaiting my N900... Thanks for the Flickr stream adjustments; original size is indeed viewable and reveals all the detail. :-) Any chance you’ve gotten The GIMP running on your N900? I would like to perform minor tweaks (levels, curves, & crops) before posting images online and it would be nice to do it all in the N900.

Anxiously awaiting my N900…

]]> By: Tuomas Kuosmanen http://www.tigert.com/2009/10/18/photojourney-with-n900/comment-page-1/#comment-139854 Tuomas Kuosmanen Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:29:25 +0000 http://www.tigert.com/?p=211#comment-139854 Yer wishes have been heard. My flickr stream restricts downloads to small size only, but by making them creative commons licensed, you can now see the larger versions too. @George: Even the small size shows a lot about the quality of the camera. Looking at the 1:1 pixel size shows some technical characteristics that can be compared for sure. But what matters most in my opinion is the overall quality - color representation, dynamic range and other things that can be pretty well seen from the small versions even. But yeah, now they can be used as wallpapers, for example in the N900 :-) Yer wishes have been heard. My flickr stream restricts downloads to small size only, but by making them creative commons licensed, you can now see the larger versions too.

@George: Even the small size shows a lot about the quality of the camera. Looking at the 1:1 pixel size shows some technical characteristics that can be compared for sure. But what matters most in my opinion is the overall quality – color representation, dynamic range and other things that can be pretty well seen from the small versions even.

But yeah, now they can be used as wallpapers, for example in the N900 :-)

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