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Anti · 03-20-2008, 05:01 AM

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1070/picture1li3.jpg

I got another one I make lots of use of, I'll post in a sec.

Here: http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9427/picture1rs3.png

Guess I should say this...in the first one, take note of the dock.

johngpt · 03-20-2008, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Anti


	http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1070/picture1li3.jpg I got another one I make lots of use of, I'll post in a sec. Here: http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9427/picture1rs3.png Guess I should say this...in the first one, take note of the dock.

Outstanding picture, but what about the dock should I have noticed?

I did notice the iPod named Azrael. From the comic book character, or the Biblical?

Khaiyrah · 03-20-2008, 08:11 AM

Nice and Simple :P

johngpt · 03-20-2008, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Khaiyrah


	Nice and Simple :P

Beautiful photo. From where?

Anti · 03-21-2008, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by johngpt


	Outstanding picture, but what about the dock should I have noticed? I did notice the iPod named Azrael. From the comic book character, or the Biblical?

Okay, I'll explain some things.

Azrael was the name of my iTouch when I had it, so I renamed my 5G to Azrael. This is named after one of the mixes of "Darkangel" by VNV Nation.

WhiteLightGenerator is named after the song performed by Ladytron on the album Witching Hour.

My computer is named Velocifero, after Ladytron's upcoming album.

And the dock: I swapped out the hazy glass one for a black glass dock. It's not very noticeable, but I like it compared to the bright dock that is the default.

Anti · 03-21-2008, 04:08 AM

Three-fer!

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/9424/picture1hj8.png (Was used on my MBP back in the day...)

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/7195/picture2an2.png (Was also used on my MBP at some point)

And lastly http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9656/picture3wu7.png

johngpt · 03-21-2008, 08:34 AM

Azrael, the name and what it infers, crosses many generations and cultures. I see that I'm again, behind the times. Things evolve.

I see now what you mean about the dock. Not yet having upgraded to Leopard, I didn't notice right off. I was reading in Macworld, that v 10.5.2 gives much more optionality to the dock, for example, going back to hierarchical list view rather than stacks.

Your choices of desktop background are very energetic. Given what I've read from your posts, that's very apt.

Anti · 03-21-2008, 04:19 PM

10.5.2 gives you the option to turn off those annoying stacks that shows the enclosed icons, yes. That's insanely useful. It also gives you the ability to turn off menubar transparency, which I did try for a bit, but I didn't care for the way it looked. (I liked the glossy menu bar of Tiger, though)

And about Azrael, I can see where you come from, as VNV isn't really well known. I would have been extremely surprised if someone had guessed that's where it's from. So you aren't behind the times.

I'm never satisfied as far as backgrounds are concerned, I switch often. ^_^

Also, I just noticed my dock's getting a bit out of control. I should prune it.

johngpt · 03-21-2008, 09:04 PM

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	Also, I just noticed my dock's getting a bit out of control. I should prune it.

LOL.

(message too short, had to add icons!)

johngpt · 04-30-2008, 01:23 AM

This was shot tonight from our roof.

Trying it out as the desktop.

roncross@cox.net · 04-30-2008, 09:30 PM

looks like an cool autumn night. I guess all the color goes away when the sun goes down.

johngpt · 04-30-2008, 10:05 PM

I had been waiting for more color, but dust on the horizon here in the southwest acted as a filter. This is the true color, contrast enhanced with a Curves adjustment layer set to Luminosity mode, rather than Normal mode, so that the hues wouldn't change.

Unsharp mask layer's mode set at Darken rather than Normal, again to avoid changing the hues.

Quite nice evening, probably in the high 50s F/mid 14s C.

My rods and cones don't pick up much after the sun goes down.

Sparky9292 · 05-21-2008, 03:23 AM

Ha ha ha. Love the Reason 4 torrent. I'm sure you are just downloading $400 Reason 4 for backup purposes in case you lose your actual CD

I dedicate this video to you:

Bittorrent Theme Song

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Originally Posted by phreakye

Anti · 06-21-2008, 04:41 AM

Mainly have this one out to show off my modded dock.

EDIT: One with the desktop in the background.
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/9445/picture1at5.png

johngpt · 06-21-2008, 11:48 AM

Phew! Anti, that desktop background will certainly wake a person up in the morning!

idsamdg · 06-21-2008, 12:09 PM

So I am totally new to Mac but my wife and I decided to make the switch. We gave away our PCs/Laptops and got an imac, macbookpro, macbook and a mac air (along with 2 iphones). We are now a mac household!

Here is the desktop of the imac which I am using now.....

Hi by the way!

http://gallery.mac.com/bryanwa#100112

johngpt · 06-21-2008, 01:04 PM

idsamdg, you're fulla beans!

Nice photo. There are some great images in your gallery. I especially liked the Gortin Lake photos. Photography a hobby of yours I'm guessing?

And, is the bean photo one you'd snapped?

idsamdg · 06-21-2008, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by johngpt


	idsamdg, you're fulla beans! Nice photo. There are some great images in your gallery. I especially liked the Gortin Lake photos. Photography a hobby of yours I'm guessing? And, is the bean photo one you'd snapped?

Aww thanks man! I forgot people could look at the rest of the pictures! The coffee beans is not mine. The Gortin lakes are just behind my parents house. Photography wasn't a hobby of mine until a few weeks ago when I bought a proper camera and decided to start taking lots more pics - all the photos on my gallery were taken before that - so hopefully I get better.

Thanks for your post!

johngpt · 06-21-2008, 01:21 PM

Always happy to see someone catch the photography bug.

Here are two links, one for The Photography Forum:
http://thephotoforum.com/forum/index.php

And one for the online site for two UK sister magazines, Digital Photo and Practical Photography. I like these two magazines quite a bit.

http://www.photoanswers.co.uk/

dianeross · 06-22-2008, 05:09 PM

I have two monitors. One is set to picts of the Oregon Coast. You can view them on About This Particular Mac Desktop Pictures. See the set Oregon Coast January 2004

On the second monitor I use the National Geographic Photo of the Day. I found an Automator action that downloads the picture and places it in my desktop photos folder. I documented it here with the workflow to download and edit for your setup.

03-20-2008, 05:01 AM	#121
Anti MVP Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Concord, CA Posts: 1,530	http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1070/picture1li3.jpg I got another one I make lots of use of, I'll post in a sec. Here: http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9427/picture1rs3.png Guess I should say this...in the first one, take note of the dock. __________________ Xodium Dot Net. Last edited by Anti; 03-20-2008 at 05:33 AM.

03-21-2008, 04:08 AM	#126
Anti MVP Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Concord, CA Posts: 1,530	Three-fer! http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/9424/picture1hj8.png (Was used on my MBP back in the day...) http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/7195/picture2an2.png (Was also used on my MBP at some point) And lastly http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9656/picture3wu7.png __________________ Xodium Dot Net.

03-21-2008, 08:34 AM	#127
johngpt MVP Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 1,093	Azrael, the name and what it infers, crosses many generations and cultures. I see that I'm again, behind the times. Things evolve. I see now what you mean about the dock. Not yet having upgraded to Leopard, I didn't notice right off. I was reading in Macworld, that v 10.5.2 gives much more optionality to the dock, for example, going back to hierarchical list view rather than stacks. Your choices of desktop background are very energetic. Given what I've read from your posts, that's very apt. __________________ John My Flickr

03-21-2008, 04:19 PM	#128
Anti MVP Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Concord, CA Posts: 1,530	10.5.2 gives you the option to turn off those annoying stacks that shows the enclosed icons, yes. That's insanely useful. It also gives you the ability to turn off menubar transparency, which I did try for a bit, but I didn't care for the way it looked. (I liked the glossy menu bar of Tiger, though) And about Azrael, I can see where you come from, as VNV isn't really well known. I would have been extremely surprised if someone had guessed that's where it's from. So you aren't behind the times. I'm never satisfied as far as backgrounds are concerned, I switch often. ^_^ Also, I just noticed my dock's getting a bit out of control. I should prune it. __________________ Xodium Dot Net.

04-30-2008, 01:23 AM	#130
johngpt MVP Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 1,093	This was shot tonight from our roof. Trying it out as the desktop. __________________ John My Flickr

03-20-2008, 08:11 AM	#123
Khaiyrah Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: England UK, Nr Liverpool Posts: 1	Nice and Simple :P

04-30-2008, 09:30 PM	#131
roncross@cox.net MVP Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,764	looks like an cool autumn night. I guess all the color goes away when the sun goes down. __________________ with warm regards Ronald Cross

04-30-2008, 10:05 PM	#132
johngpt MVP Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 1,093	I had been waiting for more color, but dust on the horizon here in the southwest acted as a filter. This is the true color, contrast enhanced with a Curves adjustment layer set to Luminosity mode, rather than Normal mode, so that the hues wouldn't change. Unsharp mask layer's mode set at Darken rather than Normal, again to avoid changing the hues. Quite nice evening, probably in the high 50s F/mid 14s C. My rods and cones don't pick up much after the sun goes down. __________________ John My Flickr

06-21-2008, 04:41 AM	#134
Anti MVP Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Concord, CA Posts: 1,530	Mainly have this one out to show off my modded dock. EDIT: One with the desktop in the background. http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/9445/picture1at5.png __________________ Xodium Dot Net. Last edited by Anti; 06-21-2008 at 04:43 AM.

06-21-2008, 11:48 AM	#135
johngpt MVP Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 1,093	Phew! Anti, that desktop background will certainly wake a person up in the morning! __________________ John My Flickr

06-21-2008, 12:09 PM	#136
idsamdg Prospect Join Date: May 2008 Location: Leeds, UK Posts: 35	My Desktop So I am totally new to Mac but my wife and I decided to make the switch. We gave away our PCs/Laptops and got an imac, macbookpro, macbook and a mac air (along with 2 iphones). We are now a mac household! Here is the desktop of the imac which I am using now..... Hi by the way! http://gallery.mac.com/bryanwa#100112 __________________ "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty."

06-21-2008, 01:04 PM	#137
johngpt MVP Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 1,093	idsamdg, you're fulla beans! Nice photo. There are some great images in your gallery. I especially liked the Gortin Lake photos. Photography a hobby of yours I'm guessing? And, is the bean photo one you'd snapped? __________________ John My Flickr

06-21-2008, 01:21 PM	#139
johngpt MVP Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 1,093	Always happy to see someone catch the photography bug. Here are two links, one for The Photography Forum: http://thephotoforum.com/forum/index.php And one for the online site for two UK sister magazines, Digital Photo and Practical Photography. I like these two magazines quite a bit. http://www.photoanswers.co.uk/ __________________ John My Flickr

06-22-2008, 05:09 PM	#140
dianeross All Star Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Oregon Posts: 618	I have two monitors. One is set to picts of the Oregon Coast. You can view them on About This Particular Mac Desktop Pictures. See the set Oregon Coast January 2004 On the second monitor I use the National Geographic Photo of the Day. I found an Automator action that downloads the picture and places it in my desktop photos folder. I documented it here with the workflow to download and edit for your setup. __________________ -- Diane Ross, Office Mac Help OfficeforMacHelp Need Help for Mac