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Bugatti Collection [1/2]

suiying878 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:31:03 -0800

2009 Bugatti 16 C Galibier Concept
Revealed at a private event to customers and what Bugatti refers to as "opinion-makers" this past weekend at the firm's home in Molsheim, the 16 C Galibier is a conceptual proposal for a four-door, four seat sedan that could very well go into production in the next couple of years. According to Bugatti's current president, Dr. Ing. Franz-Josef Paefgen, the Galibier is one of several concept studies with which the company is considering for the future of the marque. Power comes from the works 8-litre 16-cylinder motor with two-stage supercharging. It can churn out between 588kW (800hp) and 735kW (1,000hp), all of which is channeled to all four wheels using the AWD system. Standard fuel is petrol but ethanol can be used as an alternative. To stop it running away from the driver is a set of powerful carbon ceramic brakes.

Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport enters production
Few cars carry as much prominence as the Bugatti Veyron, famous for its ultra-high price tag, striking looks and other-worldly speeds, but there will always be demanding customers wanting more. For them, Bugatti is offering an even more exclusive ‘roofless’ version labeled the Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport and it has just entered production at the company’s high-tech assembly facility in Molsheim, France. To mark the production start of the new model, which will be limited to 150 units, Bugatti has hosted a special day for enlisted buyers to test drive some pre-production versions at Cannes, in northern France. We’ve already known about the car for some time now as it first appeared on the auto scene last August at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

2010 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport In Rome
We have shown you the high-res galleries of the 2010 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport in Cannes, 2010 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport in Sardinia and 2010 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport in Napa Valley. Check out the new high-res gallery of the 2010 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport in Rome after the jump.

Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Production Start
The response to the public debut of the new Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport at last year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’ Elegance in California was extremely positive and now production of this world's faster and most exciting roadster – limited to 150 units – is to begin at Molsheim.

2010 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport in Sardinia
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport confronted the marque renowned for impeccable automotive solutions, details and exotic car pictures and wallpapers

Bugatti Veyron Bleu Centenaire
Bugatti unveiled yet another special edition of their legendary Veyron supercar ahead of its official debut at the Geneva Motor Show. The new version is called the Bugatti Veyron Bleu Centenaire and it celebrates the brand's 100th anniversary. (Bleu Centenaire translates into "Blue Centennial") The power of the most expensive car will continue to be provided by the standard car’s 16 cylinder quad turbocharged 8.0-liter engine which produces 1001 hp and 1250 Nm of torque. The car is painted in “sprintblue matte” and “sprintblue gloss” to create a unique visual effect. The roof-trim-stripes and the exterior rearview mirrors are of polished, anodized aluminum. A special wheel design is standard, enhanced by bright red brake calipers.

Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron Sang Noir
The Veyron created for the owner who appreciates the synergy between past and present with a "raptorlike DNA," the Sang Noir boasts an all-black exterior and black-tinted carbon fiber monocoque, complemented by a tangerine cockpit and a piano-black-lacquered center console.

Bugatti Veyron Centenaire Editions
At the 2009 Geneva Motor Show, Bugatti celebrated the company’s 100th anniversary with the Bugatti Veyron Bleu Centenaire. Continuing its centennial celebrations, Bugatti presented four special-edition Veyrons at the Villa d’Este Concorso d’Eleganza this past weekend. Each one-off Veyron pays homage to Bugatti’s motor-racing history “which played a central role in popularising and ultimately establishing the myth which the brand continues to enjoy to this day.”

Bugatti EB 16.4. Veyron Pur Sang
The EB 16.4. Veyron "Pur Sang" (Pure Blood), is a stripped back version of the Veyron which leaves on show the car's body materials: carbon and aluminium.

How to make a Christmas 3D flash photo gallery

albana — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:43:55 -0800

It's the perfect day for a Christmas parade, and our area community just held one parade "Candy Canes and Christmas Carols" this past weekend. Thousands attended this annual Christmas parade and we have got lots of excellent photos. One of the best way to share the joy with others is to make a photo gallery to show these Christmas photos.

After spending couples of hours researching the photo gallery software, I finally picked up an 3D flash gallery software which displays digital photos in an interactive and elegant 3D flash. I'll show you how to make your own one step-by-step. It's really easy. You may see Christmas Parade Photo Gallery that I made with Aneesoft 3D Flash Gallery.

What you'll need:
1. Digital photos and background music
2. Aneesoft 3D Flash Gallery

Step 1: Download & install Aneesoft 3D Flash Gallery
We'll be using a very nice flash gallery software 'Aneesoft 3D Flash Gallery' to making your first Christmas 3D flash photo galleries, head over here and download the free trial version. Next step is to install the program.

Step 2: Import photos, add captions, edit photos
You can add up to 500 photos that you want to use, type in caption and arrange the photos here. 3D Flash Gallery supports a wide range of file formats for images.

Step 3: Choose from a variety of flash gallery templates
3D Flash Gallery offer you an easy way to make the Christmas 3D photo gallery by choosing from variety of flash gallery templates. A flash gallery template automatically put preset decoration to your gallery. When you select a preset template, you're able to enhance it by customizing some additional settings, such as background, thumbnail effects and scrolling actions. You can also add Christmas songs to play along with the 3D photo gallery.

Step 4: Preview and publish Christmas 3D flash gallery
It is advisable that you preview at least once, before your publish the 3D gallery. Click and drag mouse for scrolling and tilting the 3D gallery. Click on the thumbnail to zoom in and out the photos. You have several options to share and publish your 3D photo gallery. It depends on your needs.

We're done! Get Aneesoft 3D Flash Gallery and start making your own Christmas 3D flash galleries. You can learn how to use it while doing, guided by the program itself. Make one now!

Which movie you have seen last..?

jamesmartyn — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:41:22 -0800

Hi there,

It is simple just write the movie you saw recently..

here is mine

Name : The taking of pelham 123

Actor: John Trvolta ,Denzel Washington

Fine Art Printing Imaionge locat

greyscale — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:09:18 -0800

I hope I am posting this in the correct place. I have both copies of Fine Art Printing for Photographers, and am trying to locate the B/W images referanced in the book. The links in the book dont seem to be working. Is there someplace else I can find them?
Thank You for the great books. I have learned much and now that I have a 3880 printer, I know I need to learn much more.

greyscale

Sorry, thread header should read" Fine Art Printing Image location.
need more coffee.

10 Beautiful Xmas Wallpapers

suiying878 — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:46:15 -0800

Xmas Fall Tree Wallpaper

Funny Christmas Scarecrow Wallpaper

Christmas login Wallpaper

Christmas at Polar Wallpaper

Christmas Tree Wallpaper

Merry Christmas sexy Wallpaper Wallpaper

Merry Christmas drawing Wallpaper Wallpaper

Merry Xmas Wallpaper Wallpaper

Happy Snowman Wallpaper Wallpaper

Magic Christmas Wallpaper Wallpaper

Printing problem

mdijb@cox.net — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:46:35 -0800

I am Using OSX10.6, CS4, and printing on a epson 7600. I downloaded and installed the driver for Snow leopard. I made a new profile on Innova Fibaprint ultrasmooth matte paper. I read the post elsewhere about printing out the targets with snow leopard and the targets look Ok. I printed out one image with the new profile and the results were good and i was able to make some tweaks and print other versions. THen something happened. I printed out a new image on the same paper ant the result was ugly. The test prints were very dark and excessively contrasty. Viewing image on the monitor using the correct profile to soft proof, the image looked good but the output bears no relationship to what is on the the screen--not even close. This is unusual behavior. Do I have a color management problems?

I tried printing out an image with my usual paper and profile with the same ugly result.
Help!

MDIJB

Pixma 9500 randlos A3+ drucken

seestern — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:10:37 -0800

Hallo,

ich möchte mit meinem Canon Pixma 9500 S/W Drucke anfertigen. Ich arbeite auf einem Imac und mit Photoshop CS2. Canon hat eine Software als Photoshop Plugin mitgeliefert: Easy Photo Print Pro. Ich möchte aber mit Photoshop/Drucken mit Vorschau drucken, da die Software von Canon bei Hahnemühle Fine Art Photo Rag Papier keinen randlosen Druck anbietet. Ausgabegröße ist A3+.

Ich habe dazu nun folgende Fragen:
Verwende ich am besten Photoshop bestimmt Farben oder Drucker bestimmt Farben? Im Buch Fine Art Printing für Fotografen steht folgendes: "Bei Schwarzweißdrucken machen wir eine Ausnahme, wenn der Druckertreiber dafür einen eigenen Modus bietet. Dann überlassen wir dem Druckertreiber das Farbmanagement und deaktivieren das Farbmanagement in Photoshop."

Hat der Druckertreiber einen eigenen Modus???

Welche Einstellungen sind im Druckdialog empfehlenswert und auf was muss ich zusätzlich achten?

Gibt es auch eine RIP-Software für diesen Drucker speziell für SW-Drucke?

LG
maria

Looking for the best online photographer portfolio

princess_2009 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:41:30 -0800

Hi Everybody,

I am looking to compile a list of the best online photographer's
portfolio. Something very much on the line of :

http://www.arcurs.com/what-is-a-blog-rss-and-blogging

I would love to hear from everyone here regarding who they consider as
having one of the best portfolio's and why. Please leave a link to the
portfolio's.

Thanks,

Aditi

Color

JeremyLangford — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:39:22 -0800

I'm trying to get a better understanding of color in general so I can better understand color management before I buy a new external monitor. Does this sound right?

The sun sends us white light which is a mixture of all the monochromatic colors that our eyes are sensitive to and when we mix both sides of the monochromatic spectrum, we get the extra spectral purples. We can then mix all of the monochromatic colors/extra spectral purples with with white to create less saturated colors. And Black is simply what we see when there is no light present at all. Does this explain how every single color is made? What about mixing the monochromatic colors/extra spectral purples with different grays or even black?

Lamborghini Collection [2/3]

suiying878 — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:02:39 -0800

2010 Lamborghini Murcielago LP650 4 Roadster
Lamborghini adds to the special edition of supercars with the official unveiling of the Murcielago LP650-4 variant, a beefier, brawnier - and yes, even more aggressive - version of the standard Murci. The car gets a 650hp (485kW) 6.5L V12 mill like that found in the Reventon. That amount of Raging Bull will get the AWD supercar to 62mph (100km/h) in just 3.4 seconds and a top speed of 205mph (330km/h). This upgraded power bump will be unique to the LP650-4 Roadster, according to Lamborghini.

Lamborghini in latest batman movie - The Dark Night
Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Coupe makes an iconic appearance in the latest Batman movie "The Dark Night". The featured Murcielago LP640 Coupe is powered by a 640 HP 12 Cylinder engine and has a top speed of more than 211 mph. Lamborghini's marketing firm had brokered the deal in 2005 to feature Lamborghini's in the Batman movies. As a result, in the previous movie, "Batman Begins", the Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster made its debut on-screen and now we are seeing the Murcielago LP640 Coupe in "The Dark Knight".

Lamborbhini Ad Personam Personalization program
Lamborghini will present two exclusive, highly individualized super sports cars at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. With a unique, matt-luster paint finish in matt blue and all available special equipment options, this Murcielago LP 640 and Gallardo LP 560-4 demonstrate the virtually limitless possibilities and expert craftsmanship presented through the Ad Personam individualization program by the specialists in Sant’Agata Bolognese. Ad Personam offers every Lamborghini customer the opportunity to acquire a completely exclusive vehicle from a unique brand – one that is perfectly in tune with their own lifestyle.

Lamborghini LP560 4 Super Trofeo
The Super Trofeo is the only one-make series in the motorsport world to feature cars with all-wheel drive. And it is Lamborghini’s clear objective to ensure that it will be the fastest single-brand series in the world – partly due to the technical superiority of the all-wheel drive principle. From May the Super Trofeo will make guest appearances at six race events – at Silverstone (UK), on the Adria Raceway (Italy), on the Norisring (Germany), in Spa (Belgium), in Barcelona (Spain) and in Monza (Italy).

Lamborghini Concept S

Lamborghini Miura Concept

Lamborghini Diablo

Lamborghini Murcielago

Out of Gamut preview behavior change?

mdijb@cox.net — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:39:25 -0800

I updated to CS4 on a new macPro. I am using the same paper profiles as previously used to look for OOG colors in preparation for printing. When toggling on the warning nothing appears but I am suspicious based on experience that OOG colors are not being indicated. Even when I make huge adjustments in saturation or brightness using curves, hardly any OOg colors appear, This is very different behavior than I have on CS3.

ANy suggestions as to what I am seeing and why??

MDIJB

how good are GIMP drivers?

artHarris — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:48:10 -0800

Apple has just announced the release of updated printer drivers for a range of printers, but on examination, they are all GIMP drivers. How good are these?
I want to upgrade to Snow Leopard, but an hesitant until Epson release new drivers, having previously had problems at the upgrade to Leopard, and in addition I am now Intel based.
I always create new printer profiles when things change (with Spyderprint) so would a gimp-based profile be as good as an Epson one? I am a serious colour photographer, valuing good colour prints.

image library

cibafan — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:36:14 -0800

I would appreciate it if anyone would reccommend a non editing, photoshop compatible image library software. I just want a program that can work across multiple drives and keeps track of my images in either JPG,PSD, or NEF formats.

HDR merge not working.

mdijb@cox.net — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:41:57 -0800

The problem I am having is the after a clean install of CS#3 on my new macPro using OSX10.6, the HDR function stopped working. Every time it stops at the "aligning layer based on image content" stage and PS freezes and I have to use force quit.

ANyone have any suggestions?

MDIJB

Shame on Adobe and Apple

mdijb@cox.net — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:38:34 -0800

Tuesday—opened and set up new MacPro.. Migrated everything from Old to New computer.

Tuesday—Apple does not support migration from OSX 10.4.11 to 10.6.

Had to move stuff manually to new Machine—Done on Wednesday— after one hour on phone with Adobe tech support Did clean install of Photoshop CS3 and Lightroom 2.0 per Adobe. This meant having to install all plugging individually.

Wednesday
Lightroom did not see the catalogue on my external hard drive, and HDR merge in Photoshop do not work. After 45 Minutes of waiting for Adobe to answer and listening to music—no one answered

Thursday—after 60 Minutes of waiting and listening to music from ADOBE, no one answered. I even tried to reach Customer support instead of Tech support with no success. Searched adobe website for help without success.

Friday. After 30 minutes of waiting, no contact with tech support was achieved. I then tried Customer support and reached a Human, who transferred me to tech support. I first talked to an agent whom I could not understand, and he then transferred me to another agent, higher-level agent. I spent about one hour with this person and one of my main problems was solved, I think.

When the second problem was investigated, After about 20 Minutes, I was told there was a solution, but I would have to establish and one time contract for $39 to fix my problem because CS3 was no longer supported. No guarantee was offered, although asked for. He was not able to process my card because of an internal problem with Adobe. He transferred me to Customer service and after 15 minute, I paid via credit card the $40 and given a new contract number.

Customer Service then transferred me back to Tech support. After 15 minutes I was told there was and internal communication problem and the people who solve my issue were not reachable. He took my home number they would call me back within One hour.

As of this writing one hour later, I have not been called.

After several hours of my time over the last three days, my problem remains. At every step of this ordeal I let them know how long I had been on the phone and although sympathy was expressed, the problem remains. Every time I was transferred to another Human, I was asked for my personal Info, the Adobe ID #, etc.etc. At no time was this passed along to the next agent. Every time I was treated as a new person—Prior to then I was non-existent.

Is this the penalty of not upgrading from CS3 to CS4, even though my version is only one behind the current version? Is this poor performance reflective of a company TOO callous, profitable, and arrogant, and ungrateful to its loyal users like me

Shame on Adobe and on Apple for making this upgrade to their products so painful. I do Understand the need to Upgrade software, but do not understand the practice of making us pay such a heavy price in terms hours of wasted time, because we did not upgrade each and every time, if it did not offer enough reason to do so. Are these companies interested in maintaining a loyal user base, allowing us to use an earlier version of their product if updating did not offer a significant advantage, forcing to take the path of least resistance and upgrading each and every time they think necessary.

In this day and age, these upgrades should be “seamless” and Painless—NOT a punishment for not paying them for upgrades at their whim.

out of gamut in print

teafree — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:32:01 -0800

I am printing from a Mac to an Epson 4000 using Imageprint 7 .There is a very deep blue in the image which is printing gray to magenta in the print. Is there any way to get it to hold a blue?

Looking at the color space in Uwe and Juergen's book on page 59 I am probably out of gamut with the paper (Epson Smooth Fine Art).

Would it make a difference if the color space is ProPhoto or Adobe?

Thank you so much,

Mit QuadToneRip randlos drucken???

BlindFly — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:19:33 -0800

Hi Leute,

ich versuche grade QTR dazu zu bringen, auf meinem Epson 3800 randlos zu drucken. Aber näher als 3,2mm geht der nicht an die Ränder ran... Ich habe schon versucht ein selbsterstelltes Custom-Papierformat zu benutzen, das um den Betrag größer ist, aber das klappt auch nicht.

Kennt Ihr da nen Trick?

Gruß
Sascha

New era in Digital Printing

Adam Raj — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:38:07 -0700

May I know here?

How can we add new stuffs in printing services the answer is digital printing services . We can find better picture, colors, sizes; screen display in Digital framework printing, another hand the simple printing cannot give the right way.

My question is for all using ordinary printing till now that what things they want to add in new business style by using digital printing for finding banners,posters,signs for their new business ads.

Hope for better reply to this post and would like to give answer your query as well an expert in digital printing business since a long time.

thanks

Adam

Photo/Video Gear (stativs)

joseluissc — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:42:05 -0700

About video and tripods, as well as heads, there's one thing I do not understand well. Is the fact that you never mentioned any kind of monopod.
As we know there are models that are capable of rotation on the foot, including the possibility of it being stuck with one of our feet for better stability.
I think this could be a good combination for the actual video pan, as well a good combination with one arm like Camhandle or bigger / longer

archivfestes Rahmen von Fineartprints

BlindFly — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:46:30 -0700

Hallo allerseits,

früher war es ja so einfach... Generationen von Fotografen hatten schon längst herausgefunden, wie man Fotografien so herstellt, daß Sie möglichst lange intakt blieben. Auch wußten die "Alten" recht bald wie die weitere Verarbeitung beim Aufziehen, Passpartieren und Rahmen aussehen mußte, damit auch hier ein Optimum an Haltbarkeit gewährleistet war.

Und wie sieht das jetzt bei den Fineartprints heutiger Tage aus?

Ich liebe es beispielsweise, meine Bilder auf einen festen relativ dicken Karton aufzuziehen. Vor 10 Jahren als ich noch tief in der Dunkelkammer versunken war nahmen wir da entweder Museumskarton oder besser noch den speziellen Karton der zwar holz und säurefrei war einen ph-Wert um die 7 hatte aber keine Pufferung aus Kalziumcarbonat hatte, da man festgestellt hatte, daß diese Pufferung mitunter schädlich sein konnte.

Nimmt man heute gepufferten Museumskarton oder muß man auch hier aufpassen, daß man ungepufferte Materialien benutzt?

Wer hat da ne Ahnung?

Grüße
Sascha