![]() All the shots are so noisy and just plain mushy. I was shooting at 6400 iso mostly just to keep 1500 ss. I am very displeased with about all my shots.I may even just throw out the whole batch. It was cloudy and overcast the whole time so light levels were not high. I just returned from a trip to Iowa shooting eagles. Jpeg SOOC > ISO12800 w/no post (save crop/watermark) Thought this capture worthy of a thread revival. Anyone here that makes the trip to Iowa can give me a shout and I'll try and put you on some good areas. ![]() You should easily get to 6400 with proper exposure and a little post magic. The examples you posted in my mind look mushy because focus is off as others have said. In winter we rarely have much sunlight That being said I get many good shots at high iso and I always shoot at negative EC to preserve the white heads. Living here in Iowa and having tons of eagles to shoot on any given day is a great thing, with one problem. Too, bird photos require cropping (usually) while a photo of a (example) band playing music can be exposed fuller frame for slight cropping. JPG will allow higher ISO, but I can't get the hang of editing jpg's so I'll live with the 3200 cap on my D500. I assume most of the photos were exposed in RAW files. In other words don't shoot at f/8 when f/4 will work in a given situation. Good idea to maximize the aperture setting to both reduce DOF and provide a less distracting background and to allow for a lower ISO boost at a given shutter speed. I find it quite easy to compare noise reduction and how well the tonal fidelity is preserved along with detail in the image. Periodically I will download 3 or 4 NR applications (trial version which is free) and use them on the same section of an image an make a composite with the four images at 4x4 inches that I produced for a 8x10 image. Now with current cameras my top is ISO 6400 and that is with the D7200, D750, D500, and D850 cameras that I have shot with extensively. In 2004 I switched from Nikon to Canon as the Nikon cameras were terrible at ISO settings above 640. I differentiate between no visible noise, visible noise that can be removed with an Auto NR application, noise that requires manually doing noise reduction, and noise that cannot be fixed.
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Once Oscar sets eyes on the beauteous and dissolute Lord Alfred Douglas, the infamous "Bosie" (Law, so petulant a prat you despair immediately for our gentle hero), he never seems to do any work as his beloved introduces him to the Victorian equivalent of kerb-crawling, male brothels and an endless round of soirees at which effete nude youths pose and pout. Wilde first attempted to quash the rumors about her. Together they swish around in artistic wardrobes, produce an heir and a spare, and sparkle among the glitterati.Įre long, though, the emphasis switches to Wilde's homosexuality. As does the movie, and everyone who worked so hard on it.' Olivia Wilde has dismissed reported 'Don't Worry Darling' tension with Florence Pugh. Oscar is ready to oblige in the first department by wedding the admiring and comforting Constance (Ehle), a sympathetic audience for his unconventional ideas. Don’t Worry Darling, the latest film from actor/director Olivia Wilde has been receiving a lot of attention as of late but mostly due to a few controversies involving its cast. Still, his mother (Vanessa Redgrave in hideous red wig) has a future mapped out for him that includes marriage and a career in parliament. Oscar is shown as an outsider in London society from the start. His later films were of varying quality, and he ended his career in near-cameos in minor adventure films. However, whole chunks of Gilbert's handsome, painfully tasteful erotic biopic are the one thing Oscar wasn't - boring. He is impressive and moving in this account of Wilde's rise and ruin. As one wit playing another, Stephen Fry comes across surprisingly right, cutting a flamboyant but stressed figure as the great Oscar Wilde. With everything under one roof, XLOC keeps localization organised and easily accessible. Storing all assets-art, scripts, audio and beyond-in one centralised repository has made the production infinitely more efficient on Dauntless, even with developers working from home. “It’s a lot easier for daily operations and daily communication with all the stakeholders involved,” he explains. Bohin summed up the benefits of a central repository. Having a central repository for all languages helps efficiently coordinate daily operations. Maintaining a central repository of assetsįor accurate localization of a multi-market game like Dauntless, translation teams will also require clear knowledge of the type of source files and what information is contained in these files. Whether you choose to create a proprietary technology, or use third-party software like XLOC, an all-in-one communication tool can eliminate some of the most prominent pain points of game localization.Įspecially in a time of working from home, having a single source of information for all stakeholders saves time and helps create a consistent tone across all Dauntless assets. ![]() Discussions need to be happening constantly, and with as many visual aids as possible, across multiple time zones. Think about it: Development is not static and sequential.Īnyone who works in a development studio will understand that the creative process is fluid and ever-changing, with many tweaks applied to strings before they are considered final. For example, how do you translate the word ‘weapons’, and convey its use across all languages? And persuade a player to try it?Īll of these situations necessitate continuous discussion. While most strings take only a matter of days to create, certain vocabulary can be much tougher. With a game like Dauntless, which allows players to customize every aspect of their appearance and make changes wherever they want, it’s integral to ensure that the audio experience is specific to any given player’s language and culture. Localization has therefore become a vital part of the ever-growing global games market as, during the course of the pandemic, video games have been one of the most popular ways of connecting people locally and internationally. It covers both linguistic and cultural adaptation. While translation simply converts text, localization transforms the entire product from one language to another. ![]() An almighty task – especially during a global pandemic.ĭespite lockdown turning the rest of the world upside down, Bohin stresses that having one central studio and one dedicated CMS has allowed them to deliver Dauntless content on schedule, even as the game evolves with regular updates.īeing in permanent communication on the project -with translators, developers, publishers, vendor companies and LQA - has enabled Phoenix Labs to smooth out queries in real time, ensuring that the sentiment and colloquialisms of the games are localised and culturalised rather than simply translated for each language. Rather than simply translating packaging, in-game text or dubbing, XLOC helped facilitate the effective deployment of a full localization process that considers cultural, political, religious and historical differences between languages, countries and regions. “It makes life a lot easier to have all content, iterations and discussions in the same place for all languages – whether that’s in-game content or marketing assets, talking with the translator or talking with the project manager.” Senior Producer on Dauntless, Mickaël Bohin, explains that over the past year they have moved from crowdsourcing translation to working with Keywords Studio’s XLOC – a content management system (CMS) for streamlining game localization workflow and managing the asset pipeline. It begs the question: how can developers best ensure a seamless, top-tier experience for players across the globe?Ĭreating consistent levels of localization qualityįor developers at Phoenix Labs, the goal was to achieve total parity across localised languages, to the point that each player feels as though the game has been made in their language natively. That’s why it was essential for us to launch Dauntless on all platforms with multiple supported languages – global parity is sacred to us.” Īccording to the Co-Founder and CEO of Phoenix Labs, Jesse Houston: “We established Phoenix Labs to bring players together worldwide, regardless of device, location, or language. ![]() Yet, in every market-stretching across France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Russia and more- reception to Dauntless has been hugely positive, in part because the game undergoes a vigorous localization process. 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And the more cryptos are used, the more AMP's value increases.ĪMP was created to function on the Flexa network. This can work with most coins, in theory. You instead pay instantly with AMP collateral while you await the BTC blockchain confirmation. Rather, it is a "digital asset token." It collateralizes payments so that you don't have to pay BTC or ETH directly to the cashier - which could take a few minutes. Dogecoin (DOGE) has been used for online tipping, since it's one of the more liquid tokens.ĪMP is not like these. Bitcoin can be used as a medium of exchange and store of value. What Is Amp Crypto?ĭifferent cryptocurrencies have different use cases. It's not unrealistic when you really consider what Amp actually does. But the token's growth will depend on similar partnerships developing in the future. 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If you’re that resourceful developer, remember I had the idea first and, as such, you should send me a copy… -) Perhaps it may be up to a resourceful developer to come up with this. With Notification Center having much the same functionality/purpose, it’d be nice to have something to enable a seamless transition from Growl. However, here’s a list of things I’d love to see.Ī Growl-to-Notification Center Compatibility Utility – A lot of the apps I use are Growl-enabled, meaning they can use Growl to notify me of changes. More info should come out as we get closer to release. Of course, this is just the first round of announcements. I suppose I can check the Messages Public Beta, and if not, there’s always Adium, which I’ll probably continue to use. It seems that AIM will still be supported, but what about support for Jabber (which we use extensively here at the office) or Bonjour messaging (which is a nice, easy way to communicate without going through other servers)? I’m sure somebody’s out there wondering about Yahoo! Messenger and Google Talk, too. I’m marginally concerned with Messages replacing iChat, not because of the additional features it has, all of which seem to be pretty neat, but more for what it may lose in the process. However, I can see how people would make use of that, so I’m not going to knock it. Same can pretty much go for Game Center and AirPlay mirroring. I’m less interested in things like Twitter integration, Chinese compatibility features and iCloud mainly because I don’t Twitter, live in China or have a constant broadband connection. It’s a lot easier to try and sync things like that when you have a one-to-one analog. The addition of iOS’s “organizational” apps (like Reminders and Notes) is nice to see, too – especially once I get around to getting an iPhone. Now, something extremely similar will be built-in with a handy list along the side so they don’t clutter my screen like they used to. For years, I’ve used Growl for my system-wide notifications. Personally, I’m most excited about the addition of Notification Center. However, while Lion’s iOS-inpired additions went from the sublime (Lion’s Mail app and full-screen apps – provided you only have one screen) to the ridiculous (does anybody actually use Launchpad to open apps?) and everywhere in between (Mission Control replacing Spaces, “natural” scrolling and gestures”) these additions seem to be focused on the “app” side of things. In all, though, it continues the trend for blurring the lines between the mobile and the desktop environments. Rather than re-hash them all here, you can see them for yourself at Apple’s Web site. It was real tempting to slip a “cougar” joke in here somewhere (they’re the same animal), but in the interest of giving a more serious look at the OS, it’s probably best if we forego it.Īs it’s still early in the process (at least from the end-user side of things) the only things really talked about are new features, most ported over from iOS. Or do a quick search for something specific.Yesterday, Apple released a preview of the upcoming iteration of OS X, code-named Mountain Lion. You can browse Mac apps by category, such as games, productivity, music and more. The Mac App Store makes it easy to find and download Mac apps as well as widgets and extensions - like editing extensions for the new Photos app. ![]() It new improved features allow even greater synchronization between iPhones and Macs when using the. Apple, in its line of amazing Mac OX titles, launched the Mac OS Yosemite 10.10 which took the world by storm. Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10 is another product in Apple’s line of Mac OS X. ![]() So, if Messenger stopped working, you might try using another service like iChat or Adium, both support Messenger login credentials. There is no current release date for a new version that will work with Yosemite. Yahoo Messenger for Mac has not been updated in 5+ years. Unsubscribe from WOW? Mac OS X Yosemite Txt Messages Not Working Fix - Duration: 2:58. How to install Yahoo Messenger into MAC OS X 10.9 NOT work on Yosemite WOW. If all the participants are there just to watch, you can use the streaming feature that supports live streaming your meeting to up to 100,000 participants. If you need more than 250 participants on a single call, you need to think, are you leading an effective meeting? Google meet allows up to 250 users in a single meeting with video conferencing. Below are some of the highlighting features at a glance with a crisp comparison to help you decide better. The choice would greatly depend on your current organization, meeting style, and the features you require. Google Hangouts Interface Google Meet vs. After the user has accepted the invitation, you can begin messaging or voice & video conferencing. Starting a meeting is pretty simple: you need to enter the user's email address. If you have a Gmail account, simply visit or open your Gmail account and look at the left sidebar for hangouts. Google hangout provides up to 150 users to join but limits video participants to 10, which means the rest of the people will be on voice. Users can access and arrange meetings with other hangout users with no paid subscription required. Google Hangouts is an instant messaging, voice call and video conferencing software provided by Google to all of its users. Google Meet Interface ( Source) What is Google Hangouts? The best part is with each meeting, you have a choice to join the meeting via a web interface, or if you are away, you can dial the number provided in the meeting invitation, enter the code, and join the meeting without the internet. Meetings can be created only by the GSuite users but can be attended by any other user by entering the meeting code or following the invitation. You can join any meeting with a meeting code. Meetings can be done over a voice call or HD Video Call with up to 250 participants. If you are a GSuite user, simply visit to join or start a meeting. It’s a paid online meeting software provided as part of G Suite. Google Meet is Google’s enterprise solution for GSuite users for Web Video Conferencing. Earlier it was only available to enterprise users. Google Meet vs Google Hangout ( Source)Īs of right now, at the moment of writing this article, Google has announced to make all the advanced features of Google Meet free for all the members of G Suite and G Suite for Education customers globally till September 30, 2020. ![]() Google meet is more advanced with more features that you will understand as you read through the rest of the article. The features are more customized towards which customers they are built for. Google meet is provided to the users under GSuite, whereas Hangouts is available to anyone having an email account on Gmail. Google Meet and Hangouts both fall into the category of Web & Video Conferencing tools and are one of the most valuable products by Google.īut the question arises - if both perform the same work, then what is the difference between Google meet and Hangouts? They belong to Google's suite of tools that have gained a heavy user base recently. 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![]() īy late October 2009, numerous new useful features were incorporated into the emulator such as automatic frame-skipping, which increased the performance of the emulator as well as increased stability of the emulator overall. Improvements to the emulator had allowed users to play select games at full speed for the first time, audio had dramatically improved, and the graphics capabilities were fairly consistent except for a few minor problems. There is, however, no full support for Wii channels, which have to be launched through the main Dolphin interface.īy April 2009, most commercial games, GameCube and Wii alike, could be fully played albeit with a few minor problems and errors, with a large number of games running with virtually no defect. Shortly after, all versions of the Wii OS became bootable. ĭolphin's Wii emulation reached a milestone in February 2009 when it made a breakthrough, managing to successfully boot and run the official Wii System Menu v1.0. As with previous builds, differences between consecutive builds are typically minor. These preview builds and unofficial SVN builds were released with their revision number (e.g., RXXXX) rather than version numbers (e.g., 1.03). ![]() Upon its open sourcing, various developers were attracted, and development on the emulator has been continuous since, with regular releases of SVN builds. At this point, the emulator even had basic Wii emulation implemented. Open source and Wii emulation (2008–present)ĭolphin became an open-source project on Jwhen the developers released the source code publicly on a SVN repository on Google Code under the GPLv2. However, the developers decided to revive the project in 2005 and then in 2007 version 1.03 was released with minor improvements and a little sound support. Many games crashed on start up or barely ran at all average speed was from 2 to 20 FPS.ĭolphin was officially discontinued in 2004, with the developers releasing version 1.01 as the final version of the emulator. However, the audio was not yet emulated, and it had performance issues. 1.2 Open source and Wii emulation (2008–present)ĭolphin was first released in 2003 as an experimental Nintendo GameCube emulator that could boot up and run commercial games. ![]() Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World #12. ![]()
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