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Andy44
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I recently got a new smartphone.
The one I replaced was my first smartphone, prior to that my phones were mainly just "phones" and as long as I saved the contact list I didn't care about much else.
This time it was different. Once you are on the smartphone bandwagon, it becomes a major part of your life. Navigation, camera, web access with bookmarks, and lots of other things you grow dependent on. Replacing one of these things is as big a deal as getting a new computer.
The one I replaced was my first smartphone, prior to that my phones were mainly just "phones" and as long as I saved the contact list I didn't care about much else.
This time it was different. Once you are on the smartphone bandwagon, it becomes a major part of your life. Navigation, camera, web access with bookmarks, and lots of other things you grow dependent on. Replacing one of these things is as big a deal as getting a new computer.
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Testing some effects in GIMP.
Any suggestions or ideas?
http://www.mediafire.com/view/shrs7ritysjjqql/Olympus-flight.png
Any suggestions or ideas?
http://www.mediafire.com/view/shrs7ritysjjqql/Olympus-flight.png
Andy44
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Testing some effects in GIMP.
Any suggestions or ideas?
http://www.mediafire.com/view/shrs7ritysjjqql/Olympus-flight.png
Well, it looks like the Earth is about to get clobbered...
MaverickSawyer
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You're funny. It's more a case of "Make sure you HAVE a brain before handling fireworks" these days.
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???
Do not worry, the Olympus is not a warship. In the picture the ship was about to stop (I am not responsible for the effects of inertia):lol:.
The "warp" lines of the stars are actually a kind of energy flow like Back to the Future car, the flow is seen from near the ship.
Something like a scene from rapid braking is the scene of the meeting of the USS Enterprise and the USS Vengeance in the latest Star Trek movie.
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Just passed a huge fire in South Central LA. This is why un-licensed fireworks are illegal here!
Andy44
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Doesn't matter what it is. A large object striking the Earth at relativistic speeds would be catastrophic. I recommend coming out of hyperspace in a safer direction...
Star Trek is guilty of dangerous practices all the time, so don't worry about it.
The fact that Starfleet thinks it's safe to park starships with antimatter bottles in low Earth orbit and operate antimatter-powered devices in the vicinity of habitable planets, for example. If just one of those bottles' containment field fails, BOOM! Everybody dies.
"I know this machine as well as I do my 3 fingers"
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Linguofreak
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Your smartphone is roughly equal in performance to, if not a better than, the computer you had a decade or so ago. The only reason you can't dock it to a keyboard, mouse, and monitor and use it as a lightweight desktop out of the box is lack of vision, and possibly ulterior motives, on the part of the industry. Don't think of it as a smart phone, think of it as a pocket computer.
RisingFury
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I think of phones and tablet computers as "information stations", not computers. If you think about it, they don't really do anything else, other than transfer of information between people. Taking and viewing pictures, sending emails and texts, watching videos, listening to podcasts... Stuff like that is what the PC does while in sleep mode
Quick_Nick
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Huh? You've been able to do that on Android for some time. HDMI out (or WiFi screen casting) and USB in (and/or out). There is stock support for mouse and keyboard.
Quick_Nick
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Unfortunately, I've never seen native support though. For anything I've used, the buttons get treated as a keyboard. So I never had a truly analog joystick, though I believe there was special software to make that work.
It has been years though, I would hope there are some universal solutions out there now.
jedidia
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Your phone has USB in?
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It's not possible...yet:
EDIT: forgot that on Android with HDMI out it's been possible for some time.
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Quick_Nick
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The port can connect to an OTG adapter for USB host, or MHL adapter for HDMI out. Probably not both simultaneously on my phone.
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True, even the Federation is dangerous at any time drops a gigantic spaceship and destroy half city of San Francisco. At least MS ships not strike Earth (except their aircraft):rofl:.
But back to the original topic, do you have any suggestions for improving the visual effects, or any effect that could improve the image? It looks good?
I am learning to use Inkscape and GIMP.
