Why is there always food shots at 2am?

Harm wrote in post #11912083
I just do the real simple stuff on gimp. Other than that, I haven't got a clue how to do things on it, or on PS.

99% of my stuff is done in LR anyhow, so I don't really use Gimp unless I am adding in some fake T/S effects or anything.

currently... about 60-70% of what I do in CS5 is cloning... then the rest is sharpening... unless I am processing some crappy IR shots

but only about 10% of my photos ever reach CS5 as well.... the rest just stays in LR

So early steven? Its only 12:44am for you. Another hour and you can post a 2am food shot

monk3y wrote in post #11912092
currently... about 60-70% of what I do in CS5 is cloning... then the rest is sharpening... unless I am processing some crappy IR shots

but only about 10% of my photos ever reach CS5 as well.... the rest just stays in LR

All my noise reduction and sharpening goes through CS4. I can control it much better than in LR. Everything else i do in LR: WB corrections, Color Corrections, distortion correction etc etc.

monk3y wrote in post #11911986
damn!!! so how much does your rig costs?

Well, its not a cheap rig. I spent about $2600.00 (CAN) on everything and then built it myself. The main parts of my system consist of the following:

-Coolermaster HAF 932 full tower case
-Gigabyte 890FXA-UD5 mother board with USB3, SATA3
-AMD Phenom II 1090T x6 3.2GHz
-8GB dual channel DDR3 RAM (upgradeable to 16)
-Gigabyte HD 5830 videocard with 1GB GDDR5 RAM (room for a second card)
-Coolermaster SilentProGold 1000W power supply
-Coolermaster C300 128GB SATA3 SSD drive for programs
-Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA3 HDD for storage
-Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
-ASUS 25.5" widescreen monitor (1920x1200 native resolution)
-other goodies like blue-ray drive, and other tid bits

yeah, i am crap at cloning too!! but yes, I could do that in gimp..

I'm tempted to spend the $13.00 and get the full version of GeekBench just to see what I would get on the 64bit test.

Geoff_Shawcross wrote in post #11912104
Well, its not a cheap rig. I spent about $2600.00 (CAN) on everything and then built it myself. The main parts of my system consist of the following:

-Coolermaster HAF 932 full tower case
-Gigabyte 890FXA-UD5 mother board with USB3, SATA3
-AMD Phenom II 1090T x6 3.2GHz
-8GB dual channel DDR3 RAM (upgradeable to 16)
-Gigabyte HD 5830 videocard with 1GB GDDR5 RAM (room for a second card)
-Coolermaster SilentProGold 1000W power supply
-Coolermaster C300 128GB SATA3 SSD drive for programs
-Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA3 HDD for storage
-Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
-ASUS 25.5" widescreen monitor (1920x1200 native resolution)
-other goodies like blue-ray drive, and other tid bits

Geoff_Shawcross wrote in post #11912117
I'm tempted to spend the $13.00 and get the full version of GeekBench just to see what I would get on the 64bit test.

Geoff thats KILLER!!! How hasn't the desk which holds this machine not caught on fire

vipergts831 wrote in post #11912093
So early steven? Its only 12:44am for you. Another hour and you can post a 2am food shot

vipergts831 wrote in post #11912101
All my noise reduction and sharpening goes through CS4. I can control it much better than in LR. Everything else i do in LR: WB corrections, Color Corrections, distortion correction etc etc.

eh? why? LR3 has very very very good noise reduction, I don't even know how to do noise reduction in CS hahaha

OMAR... 2am should be in Martin;s time you know

Geoff_Shawcross wrote in post #11912104
Well, its not a cheap rig. I spent about $2600.00 (CAN) on everything and then built it myself. The main parts of my system consist of the following:

-Coolermaster HAF 932 full tower case
-Gigabyte 890FXA-UD5 mother board with USB3, SATA3
-AMD Phenom II 1090T x6 3.2GHz
-8GB dual channel DDR3 RAM (upgradeable to 16)
-Gigabyte HD 5830 videocard with 1GB GDDR5 RAM (room for a second card)
-Coolermaster SilentProGold 1000W power supply
-Coolermaster C300 128GB SATA3 SSD drive for programs
-Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA3 HDD for storage
-Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
-ASUS 25.5" widescreen monitor (1920x1200 native resolution)
-other goodies like blue-ray drive, and other tid bits

gotta love your set up Geoff... wish I could build one myself

how ironic though, that Omar's new MBP which costs about $2,000 scored almost 10,000 points'...

to be honest, I think the new MBP's are not overpriced at all since they are quad cores... similar spec'd laptops should be in the same price range as well I think...

vipergts831 wrote in post #11912123
Geoff thats KILLER!!! How hasn't the desk which holds this machine not caught on fire

LOL.....All thanks to the awsome case. Oh ya, I forgot to mention that I'm using a Noctua NH-C12P SE14 140mm SSO CPU cooler....Its a beast. All in all, my sytem only makes around 20db of sound or so, plus temperature wise, I have yet to see it go over 22C! If you check out the case and to CPU heatsink and fan you'll know why for the most part.

Geoff_Shawcross wrote in post #11912117
I'm tempted to spend the $13.00 and get the full version of GeekBench just to see what I would get on the 64bit test.

ohhh its too expensive Geoff.. don't

monk3y wrote in post #11912153
gotta love your set up Geoff... wish I could build one myself

how ironic though, that Omar's new MBP which costs about $2,000 scored almost 10,000 points'...

to be honest, I think the new MBP's are not overpriced at all since they are quad cores... similar spec'd laptops should be in the same price range as well I think...

I thought new 17" started at $2500

Geoff_Shawcross wrote in post #11912156
LOL.....All thanks to the awsome case. Oh ya, I forgot to mention that I'm using a Noctua NH-C12P SE14 140mm SSO CPU cooler....Its a beast. All in all, my sytem only makes around 20db of sound or so, plus temperature wise, I have yet to see it go over 22C! If you check out the case and to CPU heatsink and fan you'll know why for the most part.

what the... what? my laptop is over 40c

Harm wrote in post #11912162
I thought new 17" started at $2500

he got the 15" i7 2.2ghz quad core which is roughly $2,199

monk3y wrote in post #11912142
eh? why? LR3 has very very very good noise reduction, I don't even know how to do noise reduction in CS hahaha

OMAR... 2am should be in Martin;s time you know

i heard that Steven