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- yuekit-4
Europe is Fucked
In Europe RN, walking down the street and saw this...how mad does this make you guys on scale of 1 to 10?
- 0? Looks like the McDowells of wherever that is and they managed to ai logo ripoff both kfc and Burger King, bravo!_niko
- Maybe he's referring to the "Halal"NBQ00
- But they’re shooting themselves in the foot and catering to a specific demographic further isolating and not assimilating and not welcoming_niko
- Yes I was referring to the Halal aspect, not the McDowells rip off.yuekit
- whofuckingcares.gifhans_glib
- I know it's about halal, These are all over Toronto too, nobody cares, I tend to avoid them for the same reason I avoid Chick-Fil -a or any kosher places_niko
- ultimately it just means that they take care in their food prep not to cross-contaminate anything and is probably a healthier way to go_niko
- Why would it make us mad? Is it not the same as establishments that advertise Kosher food?Morning_star
- IDK, I thought some people in this thread very concerned about Islamic immigration!yuekit
- I suspect successful chicken shops wouldn't be the focus of their venom.
I hope you're enjoying Europe.Morning_star - If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
J. R. R. Tolkienneverscared - In Europe right now and all I see here is a purple box & Content not viewable in your region.webazoot
- Couldn't care less.Continuity
- @webazoot. There are browser plug-ins that allow you to see imgur images in Europe. Search 'imgur unblocker'.Morning_star
- Is halal low in saturated and trans fats?Nairn
- Wait - is there a Dutch company called 'Rochdale'?
https://rochdale.nl/…Nairn - halli galli chicken is would submit tooneverscared
- Could you do the opposite in a muslim country, I doubt it?ApeRobot
- At least it's clearly labelled.zardoz
- @m_s - as i understand it, strictly kosher food, especially beef, is waaay worse than halal - no stunning allowed. Most halal is pre-stunned before slaughter.Nairn
- I learnt that a couple of years back, after checking, and then said as much to a friend outside a new local burger joint, completely forgetting she's vegan, lolNairn
- Sorry - a new local *halal* burger joint.
Sadly, their burgers were shite, halal, kosher, horse meat or otherwise.Nairn - If it's not Israeli I'm down.GuyFawkes
- I wouldn't think twice walking by this besides the $5 branding and curb appeal would make me think the kitchen is dirty.canoe
- i buy halal meat at grocery store. cuz some how it's cheaper. otherwise there's no difference to me.pango
- Is the patio dog friendly?FawnDog
- whatthefunk4
- LOL 100%. I've seen some people creating AI flyers for their own small businesses, and for bar-based music "festivals" and they are total trash.mg33
- Has it been any better when people got Comic Sans and ClipartNBQ00
- The big problem is it's across borders, there are now design niches, everything looks the same no matter where you go or where you're from.robthelad
- *NO NICHES. NONE.robthelad
- It's because generative AI inevitably converges towards common styles and motifs, just like with writing.yuekit
- But, weirdly, the AI aesthetic that this sort of stuff is, is definitely its own. It's actually not regurgitative, strictly. It's novel shite.Nairn
- helvetica?neverscared
- Gabriel9
- My morning read has now shifted to old dusty books. This thread is a "signs you're getting old" Trojan Horse.garbage
- There was a piece he did that had a bridge in it, I can never find that one. I can find the planes, the subways, the escalators, but I never can find the bridgecanoe
- Nike Enjoy the Weather, my fav websiteprophetone
- I downloaded it lolprophetone
- getting old for sure → https://www.youtube.…Gabriel
- 2 hours and 20 minutes. Wow.CyBrainX
- I loved - and still love - this stylestoplying
- Gardener2
- I would still pork her_niko
- You did this, Gardy?NBQ00
- I wouldn't, I'm marriedGardener
- i dont know why i suddenly camoron comes to mind...neverscared
- pigs in zencanoe
- "I'm not fucking a pig. Page one, that's not happening."mort_
- These Hooves Are Made for Walkin'...And that's just what they'll do...One of these days these hooves are gonna walk all over you...utopian
- The one thing smoking does cure.Fax_Benson
- Smoked Pork is delicious!fooler
- https://i.haasie.com…Akagiyama
- Sidney Swiney_niko
- He's not going to pork her Rusty!sab
- TOP OF THE POPSkingsteven
- The live action muppets movie looks shit.
Still wood_niko
- mg333
Artificial Intelligence
Don't overlook the power of using ChatGPT or Claude to write scripts to use in Photoshop that go 1,000,000 beyond what an PS Action could do.
I picked up the Rizzcraft PS bushes from True Grit Texture Supply last week for my son's iPad, and got to exploring them in PS on desktop a few days ago. The brushes emulate Risograph printing and have weights of 10% to 100%. Also comes with a 79 color swatch library.
I manually created some sample color fills, 10"x10" at 300 dpi to use in my code-based art application I built over the past couple of years. Realized it would be great to have individual sets of all 79 colors at all weights.
Yeah, that would take forever manually, whether I reapplied the brush each time, or did a color replace.
Brainstormed with ChatGPT and it wrote a script that I can run in PS that takes the PSD I have open with the brush used to fill a transparent layer, gives me a dialog box to specify the weight to be used in a custom file name - Rizzo_[weight]_COLOR NAME.png - imports the swatches from an .aco file, and lets me choose the output folder.
It cycles through a color replace for all 79 colors, saves as transparent PNG files, and completely bypasses any manual save interactions in PS.
Took two minutes to do that to 79 colors. All I have to do is clear the layer, apply the next weight brush, and run the script again. Ultimately I end up with 790 individual PNGs comprised of each of the weights offered in the brushes. Won't take me more than 30 minutes I'd estimate. Doing it manually would take me more than a day of time I absolutely don't have.
THIS is how you use AI to speed things up and reduce the tedious time it takes to do so many things. It just take a little imagination and ability to explain what you want to do.
- Here's the RizzCraft brushes and colors:
https://www.truegrit…mg33 - Here's a quick example from a couple nights ago where I used these instead of solid fill layers and paper textures. https://www.instagra…mg33
- Thats awesomeinstrmntl
- https://vk.ru/wall-1…robthelad
- What about having AI add support for .aco files to your art app? Then you don’t need the intermediate png files.pusherbot
- Also, Graintouch has some nice ideas for Riso emulation. https://iorama.subst…pusherbot
- pusherbot - Interesting idea. My app uses hex colors grouped as palettes, all stored in a DB. They render as solid color fills. This approach is a bit differentmg33
- To get the color interaction through different weights of the brushes, I kind of need those colors as images.mg33
- But... if it were possible to save a 10x10 svg of the applied brush - 1 image per all 10 weights - I can apply hex colors to that svg and not need the 790 imgs.mg33
- The only catch is... images get inserted into shapes, and I've got a full library of svgs, squares, triangle, etc. etc. I'd need to think through a major updatemg33
- that would let me choose svg patterns to fill shapes with, and apply the color from a palette. Will have to put some thought into this. Thx for the idea!mg33
- Here's the RizzCraft brushes and colors:
- jagara3
Europe is Fucked
I'm in Budapest. It's 40 C. But its dry heat, so it doesn't bother me. I'm fine. It's fine. We're all going to... be fine.
- *sips lemon-pear radler*jagara
- finestneverscared
- Say "sup" to goat boy for us.GuyFawkes
- Ah fuck wrong country NVMGuyFawkes
- Plenty of goats in Budapestutopian
- every city will be cooper pedyneverscared
- utopian5
- lolKrassy
- Aww, I want to see what Capn Assless was drawing his widdle sketchbook. Also he brought a Dremel tool to the beach?garbage
- can't wait for the sequelAQUTE
- white house 250years vibesneverscared
- ufc all over americaneverscared
- I guess anyone can be a congressional "candidate"fooler
- "I'm a child?!! I'm 40 yrs old!!" ... his three braincells couldn't compute that it was statement about his actions and not wrong facts pffftprophetone
- As he sports flipped down Underoos™ on a busy public beach threatening every person in sight for no apparent reason... bravo!prophetone
- https://www.instagra…prophetone
- Amazinggarbage
- Ooooff
https://www.instagra…prophetone - His Instagram channel comments are merciless lolprophetone
- His outfit disturbs me more than anything else.skinny_puppy
- Nairn14
Signs your getting old?
You increasingly use your phone's camera, sometimes macro mode, to read small text.
- It comes in handy for reading serial numbers on devices with tiny text in very inconvenient places.CyBrainX
- every time I buy a DJI productGuyFawkes
- ...in a dimly lit restaurant...canoe
- yes and usually with medication bottle dosage at 3am for some reason, damn eyeswhatthefunk
- Yep! so many products now have their ingredient list in the tiniest font. I need to know if this product has dairy in it! :(Akagiyama
- Yes. Fuck you tiny cooking instructions.mort_
- ^Continuity
- Ha! The silent revenge of the nearsightedOBBTKN
- and make the logo biggerneverscared
- or smaller and the small text largerneverscared
- took a photo of centrum multivitamins bottle to read the micro list of what vitamins and amounts were in a pill, pinch zoomed like old bag of dustprophetone
- Sometimes I go through my photos just to delete all the photos of close ups I can’t readdmay
- i was nearsighted but getting old actually corrected that... lolpango
- 100%_niko
- lol@nevercanoe
- Every time I rebuild a carburettor now, I use my phone to read the jet and valve sizes. So annoying. Might buy one of those magnifying lamps and admit defeat.slappy
- this should be inthe useful threadArchitectofFate
- Good tip and feel you on this one. Over the last 6 months my eyes have literally given up focusing on anything. And Mort, Aldi cooking instructions are STUPIDIanbolton
- You know there are drops that can temporarily fix blurry vision due to age?lemmy_k
- iPhone has a native magnifier app - works way better than just zooming in with the cameraGnash
- Do we have to enable "ur a bag of sad dusty sand" accessibility features to use itprophetone
- mort_6
- https://www.instagra…garbage
- I think the IG is a better examplecanoe
- mar-a-lago?neverscared
- neverscared1
- https://www.theguard…neverscared
- It's been raining here all night, temperatures have dropped, but I'm worried about my neighbors further north... Stay calm!OBBTKN
- a night of rain seem like a memory from a former life here...neverscared
- I blame all the muslims. First they bring their rapey ways and now they bring their dessert heat, next their camels will be in every piazza and square in Europe_niko
- -NBQ00 probably_niko
- * desert heat although, I’m sure they’re bringing their spicy baklava too!_niko
- Spicy baklava? Tell me more!Continuity
- Meanwhile someone in America is saying, it's a hoax!canoe
- no shit... every rightwinger here says its just summer.... flipping wankers.. if it would have 40° everyday from april to october they would still deny climateneverscared
- crisisneverscared
- come to sweden we got warm sandy beaches :DArchitectofFate
- Just like every summer down under! I feel ya pain as that’s too hot for Europe.sab
- where_am_i8
Show some recent work
Hey wasnt sure whether to put here or the useful thread, couldnt find the After Effects script.
Anyway made a cool little free script for AE. Generates thumbnail comps/contact sheets from your videos. Lots of control with comp size/intervals etc. And its FREE. DL link in description. Hope someone finds it useful/fun
- Nice thanks!GuyFawkes
- cool!Gabriel
- couldnt find the After Effects *threadwhere_am_i
- Pleasure, hope its useful!where_am_i
- anyone try it?where_am_i
- monNom7
- OH THANK THE LORD! THE WAIT IS OVERrobthelad
- “Blue welvet”thumb_screws
- i_monk7
The Guitar Thread
My dad's finally selling his original 1954 Martin D-28.
He developed crippling arthritis in the 90s, had multiple surgeries to keep basic functionality but hasn't played since. He had a band in the 70s, and played with Chubby Checker when he was on tour once.
- The Explorer on the left is purdysausages
- That looks like it has some quality miles on itstoplying
- That’s a beauty. I have a guitar there now for repairsGnash
- Why wouldn't he give it to youcanoe
- jesus canoe, its worth $20k+. its unreasonable for anyone (other than a collector) to own such a guitar unless they bought it back in the day.kingsteven
- You don't have to be a collector to own a guitar dude, man should give his son a bit of history.robthelad
- Beautiful guitar!futurefood
- well apart from it being completely parasocial to enquire or assume inheritance. i_monks dad sounds like he has plenty of history to pass downkingsteven
- “Parasocial” doesn’t mean “having an opinion about a stranger’s family situation.” Presumptuous or intrusive would be closer.canoe
- That said, fair enough. we’re now all confidently debating what a man none of us knows should do with a guitar none of us owns. QBN successfully achieved.canoe
- Tomorrow is truly better.canoe
- parasocial to go there! was giving you the benifit of the doubt you may not know the value, rob not so much lol.kingsteven
- Lol canoe. :)mort_
- lol
It would be wasted on me; I have zero musical aptitude. My sister and I will split the money though.i_monk - lol @stevenrobthelad
- mort_10
- right in the nutsneverscared
- Honest to Zeus, may he strike me dead if I'm ly..._niko
- I should have bought that surge protector!fooler
- IN THE FAAAAACEprophetone
- My neighbor in unit 2106 is having a bad day.utopian
- oooo free electricity!Nutter
- lol Nutter!mort_
- NBQ000
Artificial Intelligence
Higgsfield is doing a Film Festival competition with 1st prize winner getting $500K
Pixar founder Ed Catmull is in the jury.
https://higgsfield.ai/contests/h…
I was thinking of participating but the requirement of it having to be at least 3 minutes long (preferably 5min) is too much considering how costly generations can become.
- Higgsfield is a scam.utopian
- If it was I wouldn't be using it. And I use it for many commercial productions.NBQ00
- Also if it was scam I doubt the co-founder of Pixar would want to get involved with it.NBQ00
- rich people no doubt about their integritiy, poor people looking for a better life in europe = criminials... its called sucking up to the ruling class.neverscared
- Been using Higgs for a year, it's great. Gonna submit to the AI lords!robthelad
- Higgsfield has good prices for Kling vs other platforms but they have an added layer of censorship that I can't fucking standGuyFawkes
- and jesus H Christ they spam the fuck out of you with their scam promos. before anyone signs up they should run their T&C through an LLM for red flags, cuz...GuyFawkes
- there's A LOTGuyFawkes
- The promos aren't scam but they're just aggressive with the offers. That said their recent "unlimited" Seedance 2.0 4K is amazing. Been generating videos...NBQ00
- ...in the past days in 4K non stop at 0 cost. Just the subscription but still haven't used any credits at all.NBQ00
- @Guy: The censorship is not them but the llm's/ image-video models they host.NBQ00
- the promos and it's a horrible website to navigate through to find the tools you actually need. But it's good :Probthelad
- mort_11
- You’re hanging around the wrong vans_niko
- And that quicksand was going to be a near daily problem.Akagiyama
- I have never once, Stop Dropped and Rolled!fooler
- As a child I had the impression I would be offered to see more puppies or sweeties from a nice man in a car that the 0 times it happenedIanbolton
- My daughter was playing out and came in with two large white plushes that some lady gave to her. New neighbour, I think. No idea who they are.Nairn
- Apparently everything we've ever said to her about strangers went out the window when she saw how cute the things on offer were, the simple idiot.Nairn
- haha. Awwwwwww!! Do you wanna come and sit on my knee?Ianbolton
