HDR practice 2

October 05, 2008 @ 04:00 PM | posted by carmelyne

(last updated: 10.05.08)

Magnificent Tiger walking about in his lair.

Just mouseover image to see the original

Credits: Flickr image (I took this picture)

I'm still loving HDR and have been practicing it with every free time I get.

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Sample data via Factory_girl

September 26, 2008 @ 06:39 PM | posted by carmelyne

(last updated: 10.01.08)

Cause we like 'em sample data

Maybe trivial to some but the scripts below have been my fallback for populating screens with sample data using Factory Girl via the script console.

1234	script/consolerequire 'spec/factories'u = User.firstFactory(:pitch, :user => u)

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Retweeted but...

September 21, 2008 @ 02:58 AM | posted by carmelyne

(last updated: 09.21.08)

Retweeted but out of context?

I do apologize if I was retweeted and it was taken the wrong way? This is why I refrain from political comments. I would never ever cite political stuff but I was glad to be a part of 35,000 people in JAX supporting what is needed. Change!

Go kick ass and please win Senator Obama. I see the hope, change and CARE you bring into this world!

Yes we can change this world for the better!

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Trying HDR

September 08, 2008 @ 09:55 AM | posted by carmelyne

(last updated: 09.09.08)

HDR Practice........

I've been meaning to try out HDR. I love vivid colorful dreamstate like images. Not sure exactly where I'm heading with it but I'd love to be able to do some real nice HDRs and the only way to do that of course is to practice. One of my flickr/devchix friends posted an image that captured my attention. Grabbed the original image and ran a Photoshop Curves trick to produce 3 images ( +2ev, 0ev, & -2ev) that will be used in the HDR process.

Original Image [View final HDR]
Photo Credit: http://flickr.com/photos/ooochie/2812514788/

HDR Processed (Using Photoshop, 1 image source only)

HDR Processed (Using Photomatix, 1 image source only)

HDR Processed (Using Photomatix, 1 image source only + Photoshop)

I don't get Photomatix yet. The problem is that I know I've only used one source image to process the HDR. It's time to buy a tripod!

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FINAL OUTCOME

Then I decided to combine the final HDR via Photoshop and the final HDR via Photomatix: HDR Processed (combined) (PSD file)

The combined one is the best one by far.

Hopefully, I'll figure HDR more soon enough. More practice to come.

Links:
http://denmuel.blogspot.com/2007/08/photoshop-hdr-effect.html

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Snippets of 06/24/07

Rails 'A'..'Z' Paginate

# Starts with 'A'..'Z' Paginate / model
def self.sort(sort)
  if sort
    find(:all, :conditions => ['name LIKE ?', "#{sort}%"])
  else
    find(:all, :order => 'name')
  end  
end

# index action / controller
@models = Model.sort(params[:sort])