Hot Tub Forum
General => General info Somewhat hot tub related => Topic started by: wmccall on September 09, 2006, 11:26:56 pm
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I couldn't title this REVENGE IS SWEET, as the next Heisman Trophy winner said, "This wasn't about revenge."
Lori, we were the better team this time.
Don't mess with Texas? ;D :P
Now, its hot tub time!
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I agree, you were the better team this time!!! :'(
And, unfortunately, we can't win them all!!! At least it wasn't a total blow out!!
Yes, the tub is a great way to drown sorrows, without the hangover the next morning!!!!!
Congratulations to the OSU Buckeyes!!!! It was a good game!!!!
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2-0 in night games in High Def. They look good on any screen!
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Hubby ordered a new Hi-Def TV (don't ask me about particulars, because when he starts talking about LCD, DLP, etc., I just let him keep talking & I think about other things)!!!! ;-) Too bad it won't be here in time for the his team to lose this weekend!!!!
Hook 'em, Horns!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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3-0 in High def!
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Talking about high def, I just bought a new Fuji S3 pro digital SLR yesterday. Phenomenal images (12 megapixels) and the most advanced sensor design out there. I also bought this little screen colour calibrator made by Pantone and it suction cups to the screen and performs an auto calibration. Holy sh**. I have spent countless hours trying to calibrate my monitors and this is it. A hundred bucks of the best oney that I have ever spent.
Go Tigers
Steve
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How do you calibrate the other devices to get exactly what you want? I always get off colors from my pictures whether scanned of digital, maybe it is a monitor thing.
I recently broke out my old Nikon SLR since I bought my wife a 4 megapixel point and shoot, she complains it don't get close enough ... I broke out a 205 mm zoom lens to get in closer, not close enough ... added a matched multiplier (was popular in the 80's) and got 410 mm. I'll see how it goes now.
I would love to buy a high megapixel digital SLR but I usually don't take photos anymore except of family get togethers.
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Hey Steve, I know you love photography; what photo software do you use? My son just bought himself a digital camera, took a pretty cool picture and won a first prize at our community fair...Which I thought was super since he only had the camera for 2 days!
I need ONE good program that can organize and burn my pictures cause I am sure I will soon be going into photo overload.....Any suggestions?
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Talking about high def, I just bought a new Fuji S3 pro digital SLR yesterday. Phenomenal images (12 megapixels) and the most advanced sensor design out there.
I read a review of your Fuji and it indeed seems to be a nice camera. I'd be interested to hear how the "simulated film" modes work.
Fuji has always been known for great white balance in their DLSRs and I assume this body is no exception.
I was a little supprised to read it has a 1.5 crop factor. I would have expected their camera with that advanced sensor to be full frame!
Any way, I'd really like to hear how you like the fim modes. Better yet, post some shots!
Cheers
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Hey Steve, I know you love photography; what photo software do you use? My son just bought himself a digital camera, took a pretty cool picture and won a first prize at our community fair...Which I thought was super since he only had the camera for 2 days!
I need ONE good program that can organize and burn my pictures cause I am sure I will soon be going into photo overload.....Any suggestions?
Although I don't spend a lot of time editing digital photos I have used a few photo suites over the years. One I'm using right now is called Serif Photoplus 6. It's free (google serif) and it has some of the normal features. I also have used HP software and like the panoramic feature of it.
I have used MGI photosuite and had a program called Powergoo. Even tried those $10 discs from Staples. I have to say although I'm not a fan of Microsoft products I would like to try their photo editing software.
I think it depends on what you're looking to do. Years ago someone gave me the Adobe photo software and I didn't like it. My suggestion would be start off with a freebie (or cheapie) and look in the paper for Compusa or simular adds. Over the years I have been able to get free software with rebates.
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Vinny, I actually downloaded the free Adobe product and it is OK, but it doesn't let you directly burn the pictures. somehow it fixed itself as my default for uploading pics from my cameras...I didn't like that at all. I just want to download and burn so that I can clear the camera right away and do any editing later. I have tons of pictures from this weekend and I can't store all of them on my hard drive...I think the free Adobe messed everything up >:(
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Boni,
Uninstall the adobe and there is a Windows (on XP home at least) utility program called scanner and camera wizard. This might be what you're looking for.
It reads that there is a camera and then will download the picts. I believe like all Windows things you can pick where you want them saved. If you have a RW CD or DVD (even better - more space) then any manipulations that are done can be saved back onto the disk.
Sorry, I'm a little thick headed and you did say you wanted something to download the picts ...
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HI Vinny, Yeah, that is what I had been using, but that darn Adobe fixed itself over my windows camera wizard. I was having trouble with the camera wizard recognizing my Fugi camera so I would have to go into "my computer" and right click on auto load when I plugged the camera in...Adobe screwed it all up and as soon as I hook up the camera, it automatically uploads the pictures and I believe stores them on line...because they aren't stored as files on my computer. I think I just have too much loaded on this computer and things are all over the place...when Adobe loads it goes immediately on line >:( >:( I like some things about Adobe, but I don't like it taking over my computer, if it had the option to burn, it would be OK:o You're right, It's gotta go...
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HI Vinny, Yeah, that is what I had been using, but that darn Adobe fixed itself over my windows camera wizard. I was having trouble with the camera wizard recognizing my Fugi camera so I would have to go into "my computer" and right click on auto load when I plugged the camera in...Adobe screwed it all up and as soon as I hook up the camera, it automatically uploads the pictures and I believe stores them on line...because they aren't stored as files on my computer. I think I just have too much loaded on this computer and things are all over the place...when Adobe loads it goes immediately on line >:( >:( I like some things about Adobe, but I don't like it taking over my computer, if it had the option to burn, it would be OK:o You're right, It's gotta go...
Kodak's "Easy Share" software is a pain. It's always trying to go online and bogs the system down. Overall the system is great, but the software is a bit intrusive.
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Just bought a Canon rebel xti. Happy with the results so far. Bought the body only, and an additional 50mm lens for portraits.
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Hey Steve, I know you love photography; what photo software do you use? My son just bought himself a digital camera, took a pretty cool picture and won a first prize at our community fair...Which I thought was super since he only had the camera for 2 days!
I need ONE good program that can organize and burn my pictures cause I am sure I will soon be going into photo overload.....Any suggestions?
Adobe Photoshop has always been number one in the business world, but very expensive. Adobe has a smaller version of Photoshop for home use called Photoshop Elements and it is great, I use it at work and you can do almost anything with it. Buy it at Costco or Sams Club and save a bundle. It retails for about $129 but at Costco it is around $79.
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HI Vinny, Yeah, that is what I had been using, but that darn Adobe fixed itself over my windows camera wizard. I was having trouble with the camera wizard recognizing my Fugi camera so I would have to go into "my computer" and right click on auto load when I plugged the camera in...Adobe screwed it all up and as soon as I hook up the camera, it automatically uploads the pictures and I believe stores them on line...because they aren't stored as files on my computer. I think I just have too much loaded on this computer and things are all over the place...when Adobe loads it goes immediately on line >:( >:( I like some things about Adobe, but I don't like it taking over my computer, if it had the option to burn, it would be OK:o You're right, It's gotta go...
The Adobe photo album program is not Adobe Photoshop. I don't like that program. It does however put the pictures on your hard drive, they are just in a folder inside the adobe photo album program.
If you want something free get "Google Picasa" it is a photo organizing and editing program that is a free download from Google, it does some editing and it will find all the photos on your hard drive and organize them for you automatically without moving them. You can edit the photos inside Picasa and it leaves your original as is. Go to Google.com and click on "more..." it is a great program. Here is a link.
http://picasa.google.com/
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Thanks Gturn, I am going to delete this trial thing and hopefully my old wizard will return to it's rightful place in the downloading of my pictures! I am going to look at the photoshop though because I have coupons on line since I tried the free download. ;) I appreciate the help!
Boni
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Sorry gang I'm turning this one back to football ;)
Bill,
I saw the BCS rankings today, the Michigan/Ohio State game is turning out to be HUGE, may well be a national title on the line 8-)
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boni,
Photoshop Elements is excellent if you are willing to learn a bit more complex package. I have the full Photoshop Creative Suite that I don't use because Photoshop Elements has all of the key features for a fraction of the cost. Also includes the photo album that is handy for organizing your photos.
To each his (or her) own though, some folks find even Elements a bit overwhelming, but if you want most of the powerful features (like support for layers and camera raw files) of a pro package like Photoshop, then Elements is tough to beat.
If you just want basic photo organization and editing than there are many packages that can fit the bill. Like Picasa, MS Digital Image, etc..
Steve
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Thanks Steve, I am in the process of hooking up my new computer that will be exclusively multimedia..photos, video and TV, and it sounds like Elements could be the ONE program that would work for me. Like I said, I must have 10 different photo editing programs and each one is either missing something that another has, or I get confused because I can't figure out where all my different pictures are...I just want one program to do it all.
I appreciate your help, Boni
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Sorry gang I'm turning this one back to football ;)
Bill,
I saw the BCS rankings today, the Michigan/Ohio State game is turning out to be HUGE, may well be a national title on the line 8-)
Yea, enough of this photoshop pc geek stuff! Hopefully neither team stumbles and then the winner will play USC. Isn't the championship game in Tempe again? You know, Ohio State West ;)
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Its only half time, but I'm going to say 4-0 in High Def!
I'm sure glad we didn't play Ball St today! ;D
Looking back, OSU has won AT LEAST 7 games in a row when the game has been broadcast in Hi-def. There last lost, to Texas, was not broadcast in Hi-del, so I'm not sure how far the streak goes.
Had a great soak last night at 18degrees F . The tub was 104 of course. There will be a repeat tonight.
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Hmm, Illionois' defense has woken up. I hope I didn't jix things.
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Bill
Illinois and Ball State both look like they put up a good fight but the BIG game is still on
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Bill
Fun thought!
If Rutgers beats Louisville and I assume Rutgers still wouldn't get any top 5 votes. Then Michigan beats Ohio State ( sorry but it could happen ) by 1 point. Now heres the fun! Would there be a rematch for the national title?
HMMMMMMM
It would drive the BCS computer into a meltdown and have all the sports radio guys nickers in a real twist ;D
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Just checked the final score :o Rutgers won :o
Now the fun begins ;)
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5-0 in High Def. Bring on the Black and Blue.