Post your deskthority header images here

mr_a500

08 Nov 2015, 17:32

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Last edited by mr_a500 on 08 Nov 2015, 22:57, edited 3 times in total.

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seebart
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08 Nov 2015, 17:34

Hmm not so bad actually. I like that color tone.

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Stabilized

08 Nov 2015, 18:09

seebart wrote: Work in progress Mu, don't use any of this!

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Wow seebart, I love this first one! It so perfectly fits the header, with the 'thority' part of the logo resting beautifully above the blue keys.

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Muirium
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08 Nov 2015, 18:24

That's more like it! I'm considering using both the images here.

Seebart: care to finalise your other designs? I like the geometric ones.

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seebart
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08 Nov 2015, 19:35

My last five can stay that way I guess. Use them if you like, I do have a request, please retire two of my headers. The blue Key Tronic and the orange red white Micro Switch sphericals. Both are out of focus and it bothers me. I can try to reshoot them if you like. Glad you like it Stabilized. ;)

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Halvar

12 Nov 2015, 12:35

Testing
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Muirium
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12 Nov 2015, 12:42

Not bad actually. I can't really judge from my phone though. Feel free to edit all you like.

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snuci
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12 Nov 2015, 12:43

Halvar wrote: Testing
Cray Ampex keyboard Header 1.jpg
Hehehe. Let me take a better pic. Those purple springs are so "cray" as the youngster say these days ;)

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Halvar

12 Nov 2015, 12:48

If you can please do! One wouldn't believe they used these springs back then.

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snuci
Vintage computer guy

12 Nov 2015, 12:54

Halvar wrote: If you can please do! One wouldn't believe they used these springs back then.
No problem but I must admit, you captured a fine header just as it is.

mr_a500

12 Nov 2015, 23:26

mr_a500 wrote:
Muirium wrote: I like having a large number of pictures on rotation so they don't get as repetitive. Could drop a few though, the trouble is choosing them. I already culled the weak.
Why did you get rid of this one? It was one of my favourites. Return it now. NOW!

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I love that header. I'm glad I forced you to bring it back. :evilgeek:

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Muirium
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12 Nov 2015, 23:30

Compliments eh? You must be up to something. General quarters!

mr_a500

12 Nov 2015, 23:32

No, I know you just got lucky. I always try to avoid complimenting a Scot. (damn Scots!)

I only mentioned it because the header just came up now.

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Muirium
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13 Nov 2015, 00:34

Testing some compression:
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Hint: headers are loaded very frequently indeed. The quarter megabyte originals (Seebart!) are much too big. And should be visually indistinguishable anyway.

The PCB one is a nice composition but too fuzzy for my liking. I think I'll upload the other 3.

mr_a500

13 Nov 2015, 00:59

Did you really need that 4.4 kb savings on mine? ;)

I used to try for small photo sizes, but recently I've been just going for image quality instead. (...what with all our modern technology, and such...)

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Muirium
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13 Nov 2015, 01:08

Bandwidth is a game two people play.

I needed to cut the bloat from Seebart's. I just dropped yours on ImageOptim at the same time, so I'd gather them together and make my uploading easier.

Actually, like all the submissions I see over 100k in filesize, Seebart's needed saved with lower jpeg quality first (something I have to do manually in Acorn or Preview) as ImageOptim is lossless and leaves fat files like that largely untouched. Groan. Just you try to spot the visual differences.

mr_a500

13 Nov 2015, 01:22

I thought I could see more noise in the converted one, but I checked again magnified and I don't see any difference.

I downloaded ImageOptim and it looks pretty good, but I wonder why it tried to access the internet. Possibly it was just an update check.

Edit: Oh crap! It autosaves! Fuck, I hate autosave. It should at least have a "convert" button so that you can be sure you dragged the right files or selected the right folder. Good thing I didn't try it on something important.

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7bit

16 Nov 2015, 22:14

Autosaving is good if your edits are saved to a temporary file and not the original.
;-)

BTW, the secretary looks great, but you should move her more to the left, so I can see her at reasonable browser window sizes.
:roll:
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G80-2100 viewed from inside.

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klikkyklik

16 Nov 2015, 22:25

That is cool!

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Halvar

16 Nov 2015, 22:29

Christmassy!

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klikkyklik

17 Nov 2015, 00:06

My first thought was that it reminded me of the gold leaf on the thermal blanket of the lunar lander.
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Muirium
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17 Nov 2015, 13:15

I see candy.

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It's nice and shiny, but not at all obviously keyboardy…

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Muirium
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17 Nov 2015, 13:17

7bit wrote: BTW, the secretary looks great, but you should move her more to the left
No.
7bit wrote: so I can see her at reasonable browser window sizes.
:roll:
Are you on 640x480 or something, you poor bastard? I'd really like these images bigger. I browse Deskthority at 4K and they'd be much nicer in higher resolution. Everyone will be seeing the blur on them someday.

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7bit

17 Nov 2015, 13:50

Sorry, but this has nothing to do with screen-resolution!
:mad:

Also:
My G80-2100 shot contains a red switch and you can see at least one Cherry MX black from below!
:roll:

If you and the duck would ever bring out a newspaper, it would have text from one end to the other and no columns.
:o

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Muirium
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17 Nov 2015, 13:55

No columns? The whole thing would be one big self entitled Op Ed section!

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ramnes
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28 Nov 2015, 17:06

seebart wrote: Image
Is that one active? I want it!

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seebart
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28 Nov 2015, 17:56

I think I got this one right now.
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Muirium
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28 Nov 2015, 18:04

Yeah, I like it. Consider it added to the next batch.

As for the one Ramnes quoted above, the lighting looks a bit crappy to me. The board does deserve a spot, but with a better picture, preferably. Add it to your list, Seebart!

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seebart
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28 Nov 2015, 18:07

Let me work on the top one, the bottom one is much better than it's predecessor in rotation now. It only takes me about a month to get it right. ;)

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Muirium
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28 Nov 2015, 18:10

Ah yeah, always mention when a submission is intended to *replace* something already in rotation. All too easy for me to mix them up when I'm not warned!

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