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Author Topic: Wallpaper and personality John Schulien Expert Film Handler Posts: 206 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 07-05-2003 11:52 PM                     A while back I purchased an antique Keystone 35mm toy projector. It came with a few short 100' or so reels of nitrate film, one of which turned out to be a minute or so from the beginning of Robin Hood (1922). The film is extremely worn, with a rain of lines running through both sides of the film. To capture this image, I selected my favorite frame -- two rather dopey looking Norman guards outside the castle with great looks on their faces -- and cleaned both sides of the frame with Filmguard. I wiped both sides to wet them, waited a minute or so, then wiped off the dirt-saturated filmguard, wiped on a fresh coat, and scanned the image on a Primefilm 1800 scanner. All the scratches disappeared, except for two thin emulsion lines, which I easily cleaned up in Photoshop. I photoshopped in a vignette to create a black area around the edges for my icons, and removed a few dust specks. Here's a closeup of the center, at full screen resolution: Ah, the amazing powers of Filmguard.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 07-06-2003 05:33 AM                        Ummm... Fruityloops? Run!  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 07-06-2003 05:43 AM                  "Fruityloops" ....Is that the GSPA? The gay stunt-pilot association? >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged John Schulien Expert Film Handler Posts: 206 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 07-06-2003 09:47 AM                     Heh ... it's a synthesizer program for generating electronic drum loops.  |  IP: Logged Jean-Michel Grin Expert Film Handler Posts: 222 From: Geneva & Lausanne, Switzerland Registered: Jul 2002 posted 07-06-2003 11:55 AM                        I'ts only a shoot that what I see when I look by the window of my room ! I hope one day runnin on Mac Jaguar OS, But is verry expensive for me....  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 07-06-2003 01:35 PM                     Fruity Loops rules! Joe ... what the heck are you talking about? No one mentioned Fruity Loops!  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 07-06-2003 01:55 PM                     Phil, I agree it is a terrible shame Pat Nagel died at such a young age. He was only 38 when he died of a heart attack. Several friends of mine have copies of my digitized Pat Nagel "Rio" desktop. If anyone is interested in it, I can e-mail over a copy. Just let me know what desktop resolution you need (1600 X 1200, 1280 X 1024, etc.). I used the GIF format for the desktop file since it more efficient at compressing solid areas of color while maintaining sharpness of detail (JPEG really sucks at that). Windows users must have active desktop enabled to use the GIF as wallpaper. I'm not sure what MacOS X demands to use a GIF as a wallpaper image. If you really have to have another file format, I can send a BMP file, but it will be quite a bit larger in file size. Too bad you can post SWF Flash based images into these forums. Since the native "Rio" digitization is in vector form, Flash is really where it will look the best.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 07-06-2003 06:29 PM                        Mac OS X can use anything for wallpaper I believe. It really likes PICT though (without compression). Adam, Fruityloops does not rule, unless all you want to do are trance mixes. John has Fruityloops on his desktop.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 07-06-2003 06:30 PM                        What is Jaguar OS?  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 07-06-2003 06:32 PM                        "Jaguar" is what Apple calls one of it's Mac OS X's. They have a whole bunch of cat names for all the different Mac OS X's and it gets confusing and is rather stupid. "Jaguar" is also a horrible horrible videogame system from Atari that failed miserably, hence why Apple wants to name an OS after it. Trust me, you are better off with OS 9 than with OS X!  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 07-06-2003 06:35 PM                        What is the difference between the different cat versions of the same OS? Is it like Windows XP Home and Pro?  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 07-06-2003 08:42 PM                     The differences in OS X 10.1.5 and 10.2 "Jaguar" are like the difference between the various service packs we saw for Windows NT 4.0. Certain kinds of software will work in various stages of the OS while others demand "Jaguar." They're probably unfortunate yet necessary growing pains for this new OS. It is inconvenient, but it is better for Apple to fix various kinks rather than pull a "Macromedia" and just let the bugs sit there until the next full version release (I really hate Freehand for that). To give one example of what this does, there are three different Quicktime installers on Apple's website for Quicktime 6. The Classic OS 9.x has to use the 6.03 installer. OS 10.1.5 has to use the 6.1 installer and 6.3 will run on OS 10.2 and "later". I only found this out from filling out the licensing paperwork to include Quicktime installers on a promotional CD our sign company is putting together. I think it is kind of funny how only one installer is required for Windows (good for Win98 to XP Pro).  |  IP: Logged Gerard S. Cohen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 975 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 07-08-2003 08:42 PM                     This is my office desktop.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 07-08-2003 09:23 PM                        Gerard: Isn't your wallpaper one of the very earliest color photos of the Monastery of Saint Nilova in Russia? I recall that photo dates back to the tzars?  |  IP: Logged Gerard S. Cohen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 975 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 07-08-2003 09:41 PM                     Yes, Czar Nicholas II commissioned a photographer to inventory the architecture, lanscapes and varied peoples of his empire. A good portion of the collection is preserved on a Library of Congress website, from which I downloaded this one. Many of the restored plates are quite extraordinary. I especially like those of ethnic groups and people at work. I don't remember the color process used, but I think the chemistry was developed by the photographer, and reminds me of the Lumiere process. Long before Kodachrome! Gerard  |  IP: Logged

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