Recent content by Stardog2

I'm late to the party, again! I don't think it matters all that much, though I have been an "Oly guy" for a very long time. The "5" series, both the three and OM versions, are weather sealed, useful for wet, windy, and adventure stuff. The EM-10 series is great for general purpose travel...

Let's revive this dead horse! BitWarden - Password manager. All My Notes - Note taking organizer Scapple - simple mind mapping. SnagIt - screen capture for both stills and video with editor ExifTool Gui - Metadata editor for photos. Yubico 2FA authenticator (both Hardware & Software) Brave -...

I just bought a refurbished Go device (first generation). And I'm trying to decide what photo management software to load on it. I don't intend to do any editing with it, (maybe minor touch-up for Granny and Uncle Joe) I want it primarily for photo management and upload to OneDrive when I...

I would add two others: Gear doesn't matter Gear absolutely matters Sometimes gear matters . . . sometimes it doesn't. Individual talent is a separate issue altogether.

Yeah, if you've got a lot of resources tied up in MS Access, switching to a different database is really difficult. And frankly, the OpenOffice/LibreOffice database is. . . . OK, but in my opinion is nowhere as intuitive and easy to use as Access (I;m a retired DBA, I don't mind difficult...

I'm relatively new here and they don't seem . . . open to those not already acquitnted to them. I'm having trouble seeing a pattern to them. Yet I see photos that aren't too different from mine. Explaining things like, how to know what the challenger is looking for, what is expected of...

Welcome! When my daughter and son-in-law lived in Pflugerville I grew to love the restaurants in the Austin area, It's a true foodie town. I miss Hopdoddies! I also miss Hamilton pool, did I read that the dome collapsed?

I've been using the ACDSee/Topaz Photo AI combo for about 3 weeks now. And I have some observations. Photo AI is very slow in batch mode with my mid-tier 6-7 year old PC. It's slow enough that I think I will use just ACDSee tools in batch mode. ACDSee's ClearIQZ is still a pretty good...

I'm not entirely certain WHY I called it "Fortress America". To me, the Texas fog, the lower visibility, the Hammock, and the fence seemed a jumble of threat and an effort at carving out some sort of safety and comfort.

Attached is a photo of a photo that I processed both in On1 Photo Raw and in ACDSee with sharpening and Denoise handled by Topaz Photo AI. I tried to duplicate the same overall luminance and color in both, and "sorta" tried to duplicate the cropping level. Shot with an Olympus EM10 and a kit...

Personally, I love these colors!

Useful at times for everyone, I suspect! This technique should be usable for non ACDSee users whose editors come equipped with a similar set of tools.

Thanks for the "follow"!