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To my American Friends

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 3:29 pm
by CDN_Merlin
This is the symbol on the front gates to the US Embassy here in Ottawa Canada. I walk by it daily.


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Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 6:31 pm
by Red_5
Very cool. Thanks a ton.

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 6:44 pm
by Dakatsu
Holy Huckabee! They used \"E Pluribus Unum!\"

:P

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 7:00 pm
by Kiran
You Rock, Merl. Thanks for bringing that to us! :D

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 7:01 pm
by Duper
Huh? of course. It's our national seal.

Any idea what that metal is Merlin? Almost looks like bronze.
great pic btw.

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 7:22 pm
by Testiculese
Perty slick

(We have an embassy in Canada? Why?! A can+string would suffice, really...)

Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 3:51 am
by CDN_Merlin
Duper, no idea what metal it is.

Testi, yes you do have one. In case Americans come to visit and they need help.

We have about 4-5 Embassies in the US ourselves.

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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 12:38 pm
by Dakatsu
CDN_Merlin wrote:Duper, no idea what metal it is.

Testi, yes you do have one. In case Americans come to visit and they need help.

We have about 4-5 Embassies in the US ourselves.
I knew it, Canadian World Domination; first they put four-five embassies, next tanks are rolling through North Dakota!

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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 1:07 pm
by CDN_Merlin
Dakatsu wrote:
CDN_Merlin wrote:Duper, no idea what metal it is.

Testi, yes you do have one. In case Americans come to visit and they need help.

We have about 4-5 Embassies in the US ourselves.
I knew it, Canadian World Domination; first they put four-five embassies, next tanks are rolling through North Dakota!

Tanks? What tanks? You mean our army mounted on horses? Or the RCMP with thier canoes? Or our paper airplanes? :-)

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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 1:33 pm
by Dakatsu
CDN_Merlin wrote:
Dakatsu wrote:
CDN_Merlin wrote:Duper, no idea what metal it is.

Testi, yes you do have one. In case Americans come to visit and they need help.

We have about 4-5 Embassies in the US ourselves.
I knew it, Canadian World Domination; first they put four-five embassies, next tanks are rolling through North Dakota!

Tanks? What tanks? You mean our army mounted on horses? Or the RCMP with thier canoes? Or our paper airplanes? :-)
The one in the South Park movie, with the big ass missiles on the back!

EDIT: 6:35

Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 7:05 pm
by Testiculese
Hey Merl, how do I process RAW files? I found a hacked firmware for my Canon, and now I can take RAW pics (extension is CRW?). They're 10mb!

Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 8:27 pm
by Sergeant Thorne
You should be able to deal with them in any good graphical editing application, Testi (I use Paint Shot Pro). Generally you have to know the resolution (and the palette/color scheme?) I think. Could you send that hack my way? I've got a Canon and I'd love to try some uncompressed shooting.

Neat pic, Merlin. Thanks!

Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:16 pm
by Testiculese
I changed the extension to .raw, Photoshop 7 asks for the width (3264) the height (1832) the channels (?) Depth (?) and Header (? bytes). Leaving the Channels at 1, Depth at 8 bits, and 0 header, it says it's too small, and the image is garbage. Changing depth to 16 says the image is to large for the file.



Here's the article with all the relevant links.

What's nice is that it is not destructive. You don't modify your camera in any way, you just drop some files on it and access a new menu with the settings.

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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:25 pm
by Grendel
Testiculese wrote:Hey Merl, how do I process RAW files? I found a hacked firmware for my Canon, and now I can take RAW pics (extension is CRW?). They're 10mb!
You should be able to use the software that came w/ the camera (EOS DIGITAL Solution Disk Vers. 1-15.x or DIGITAL CAMERA Solution Disk Vers. 2.) Check the Canon website for software updates. I use DPP for my raw images, works fine.

Edit: slick hack!

Edit2: Here's the answer to your question :)

Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:42 pm
by Testiculese
There'sn't software for my camera. I saw DPP for some of the SLR's, but mine's an A630.

Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 3:59 am
by CDN_Merlin
I use Adobe Light Room.

I find shooting RAW files better since you can actually edit them afterwards (to some degree). You can change the settings like ISO, Flash, White Balance etc like if you had chosen those settings on the camera before taking the pic.