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Raw – Black and White Conversion Process

Adam Patterson — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:45:55 +0000

Not to long ago i made a tutorial on how to Creating Black and White Images in Photoshop CS3. This tutorial though centered around JPG was will an nondestructive method and has worked well for me in the past. But there are many methods in creating black and white images. Some involve a bit more understanding of colour and manipulating the colour channels in Photoshop. The method i have been using lately is done with RAW photos in Adobe Camera Raw 4.4.1.

Download the Source RAW file here.

Step 1:

First thing is first, we will…

New Panoramas

Adam Patterson — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:06:30 +0000

I recently created two new Panorama images, one is a old building in Edmonton that i’m told my great grandfather used to own. the other is a sun rise from the school field in front of my place.

Check them out here.

Panoramas

Adam Patterson — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:46:38 +0000

I recently found the pleasures of the automated Panorama stitcher in Adobe CS3 , works wonders. Have a look in the gallery under Pano’s. There are a few sunsets, a huge building (turns out you can take images 2 wide 6 down and it will stitch them together as well), and my favorite. I had the chance to get on the roof the the old Alberta Federal Building so i was able to make a Pano that not many or maybe even no one has ever made.

I’m going back there some time next week and will try…

Ultimate Tag Warrior

Adam Patterson — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:23:48 +0000

Ultimate Tag Warrior seams to break WordPress 2.3 so the tagcloud is more of a drizzle until its updated.

I am using the new internal WordPress Cloud at the moment and it lacks the auto generation that i like, but it seams to be doing the job.

Canon EOS 40D

Adam Patterson — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:03:44 +0000

This has been the apple of my eye sorta speak when it comes to Digital SLRs, and i have dreamed about having this camera since the days of the 10D. As the years go by the camera seams to mature, gaining little tidbits from its more professionals models down the line.

This new Canon 40D will have 10.1 MP, DIGIC III image processor, Better auto focus, More sensitive Metering range, Better white balance, Better auto ISO, Focusing screens, Larger LCD monitor, LCD Live View, Tilt correction, 6.5 fps Up to 75 JPEG Large/Fine images, Wireless…

Address Book 2.5

Adam Patterson — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:22:23 +0000

I have updated the Address Book script it has a new header, better Google Maps API integration, e-mail support for single and group contacts. there has also been a number of bug fixes and links updated, i also trimmed the code a bit, i made some improvements as well as added more comments to the code so people can make changes a bit easier. Have a look at the changes made or the installation instructions. This scrip has and continues to undergo changes based on the input from its users, so please keep giving me feed back…

Microsoft ‘Milan’ Surface Computer

Adam Patterson — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:31:35 +0000

Microsoft has come put with a Surface computer that has a table top interface allowing users to control objects on the screen with there hands. its a lot like the Minority Report and defiantly looks very futuristic. In the room there are infrared cameras that will recognize objects on the screen, so something like a glass will tell the computer first were it is, and maybe play an animation around it. so imagine being at the bar and you put your pint glass down and seeing advertisements floating around your drink.

The same goes with wireless devises. put a…

Safari Beta Public 3

Adam Patterson — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:26:16 +0000

Well about 2 hours ago Apple released the Public Beta of Safari Apples Browser. There are a number of cool features added, one worth noting is that it will now run on a PC

There benchmarks show it beating out IE7 Opera and Firefox in everything from Java, HTML, and Application Launch. Faster is always better.

Key Features:

1. Blazing Performance
2. Elegant User Interface
3. Easy Bookmarks
4. Pop-up Blocking
5. Inline Find
6. Tabbed Browsing
7. SnapBack
8. Forms AutoFill
9. Built-in RSS

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Addressbook v2

Adam Patterson — Wed, 30 May 2007 18:09:11 +0000

This version of Address book has been completely redesigned and has had many functional improvements made, including better security, and installation. You can now view your contacts in Google Maps. Contacts can also be sorted in groups to make it easier to manage lots of contacts.

Previous version

Features:

Free
Dynamic Content
GD2 Thumbnails
Google Maps API
Email Single or Group contacts
Printer friendly
User Login with MD2 encryption
Change Password and User name
XHTML and CSS2 Standards
Search Database
Sort by Groups
CSV Backup
V-Card Export
Dashboard

Screen Shots:

Php Installer Script

Adam Patterson — Mon, 07 May 2007 22:06:49 +0000

I made this script for people that are working on there own scripts. When i created Spoke Calculator Pro and Addressbook i soon thought it would be a good idea to include a way for the user to simply install the scripts with little know how of any sort of MySQL knowledge. I gathered the basic principle from the Word Press instillation, although they are different in coding and function.

Features:

Automatically Create a congig.php file.
Test to see if config.php exists
Insert MySQL automatically

Instalation:
In order to create a config.php file…

Spoke Calculator Pro

Adam Patterson — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 07:22:46 +0000

PHP spoke calculator is a free program for shop or personal use. I have included many features that i have not scene in any other widely available spoke calculator. It is good to note that the more accurate your measurements are the more accurate the final spoke length will be.

The Pro Version includes support to add, edit, and delete from a Data Base making calculations simple and fast.

Pro Features:

Setup Script
Dynamic Calculations
Store Data In a DB
Choose a hub and rim from the DB to do fast spoke

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Plugins on my site

Adam Patterson — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:11:02 +0000

WordPress out of the box is a great tool but thanks to these plugins and the people that made them it can be just a little bit better! it took a lot of searching and countless tries of other versions of most of these plugins but i pretty much have them nailed down now. so i feel it is my responsibility to share my findings with the public.

anything else you notice that seams different on my site may be a modification and if i can help you out jsut leave a comment and ill see what i can…