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Lance

@analogfusion.bsky.social

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He / Him. Husband, lover of nature, and disillusioned techie. New Englander in Tennessee. I make acceptable photographs and craft mediocre prose. All opinions belong to your mom. Zero tolerance for Gen AI. #Fujifilm #BelieveInFilm #DiagnosedAutistic

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Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 4h

I miss out on some things by not being on any of the Meta socials anymore. It's a small price to pay for the peace of mind that comes from being out of the machine.

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 8h

We're in the process of being assimilated. So at least for now, we're stuck on multiple, redundant systems.

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 10h

It's a concentration nightmare. I work onsite at least 2 days each week, plus I also create the majority of new user accounts. So I'm already immersed in tasks that keep my eyes off the queue.

My ability to switch between tasks is already limited, and now I have another place to miss things.

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 11h

Our new parent company uses Slack for in-house communication. Wonderful. So now we have to continuously monitor all of the following:

Teams
Slack
ServiceNow
Email
Texts / Calls

This autistic nightmare is deepening by the day. 😵#ActuallyAutistic

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 1d

When I worked as a photographer for the DOE, whn handling photos with a classified status, we renamed them all (RAW and JPG exports) to a job number. The RAWs went into the archives for chain of custody purposes.

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 1d

By renaming on import (or at least before I begin editing), that eliminates any mismatches between sidecar files and the images.

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 1d

I appreciate the suggestion. For now, I'll likely stick with using Bulk Rename Utility. It's free, and performs the one function I need it for. :)

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 1d

Reflected color. #Brook #NewHampshire

Colorful foliage is reflected in a brook. Some trees have fallen into the water in the foreground.

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 1d

One feature I liked in Exposure was an adjustable vignette tool that let you "organically" randomize the placement of the vignette. It added character, and made the effect less obvious.

I'm only getting my feet wet with DXO Photolab, so maybe there's something similar I haven't yet discovered.

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not sure how renaming creates "bloat," since you're not increasing the number of files stored. But everyone has their own workflow that makes sense to them; I doubt anyone else on the planet uses the exact directory structure and naming system that I've developed over the years.

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 1d

It's encouraging to see push-back from news media, including one outlet known for its far right slant. This is what it means not to obey in advance. #FreedomOfThePress apnews.com/article/pent...

New York Times, AP, Newsmax among news outlets who say they won't sign new Pentagon rules

The New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative television network Newsmax are among five outlets on Monday who say they won't sign a new Defense Department document about its new press ...

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 2d

After renaming my photos, I played around in DXO Photo Lab tonight. I think I can work with this software, but I have a lot to learn.

It has design elements similar to both Lightroom and darktable. The standard image setting produces photos are a bit punchy for my tastes, but that's easy to fix.

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 2d

Anger can be a highly destructive force.

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 2d

If it can't rename your files, I don't think anything can. 😆

But I'll be the first to say the interface can be a little overwhelming. Thankfully, it shows you the effects of your selections in real time, and lets you run a preview to be extra sure the results are what you want.

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 2d

I don't understand why DXO Photo Lab proudly has no image import function. That seems like a basic operation in any photo management tool. I have a specific naming convention I always use for photos.

The free Bulk Rename Utility does the job, albeit clunkily. #DXOPhotoLab

A screen shot of the Bulk Renamer Utility, showing the default file names of images as named by the camera in the left column, and the results of my selections on the right.

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 2d

Their "idea" is to let the poor suffer. Why should oligarchs concern themselves with the needs of us peasants?

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 2d

It feels even more bloated than it used to be. My PC exceeds the recommended system requirements, too. I'm happy to have it gone again!

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 2d

To their credit, Adobe has already issued a refund to my PayPal account – even as the original payment from last night still registers "pending" in my bank account. Hopefully that'll sort itself out overnight.

Tonight I turn my attention to DXO Photo Lab. 😀

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 2d

LR gives a bird's eye view of your photos, which can be opened and edited non-destructively. And other stuff I don't care about.

Exposure X7 performed all the same tasks without needing a subscription or using a huge catalog - when it was still working, that is. It's now abandonware. #RIPExposure

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 2d

I've played with both darktable and Rawtherapee. Both unquestionably powerful but not super intuitive.

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 2d

Many of us are wondering the same. I tried to download the installer for the current version of AP this morning, as insurance, and couldn't find it. They did let me download the latest updates for Publisher and Designer as I was missing those.

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 2d

Ahh, OK. I just saw FoxNews and assumed he was one of their commentators. It's even worse than I had assumed.

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 2d

Well, you are sort of famous. 😀

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 2d

He speaks as though the "No Kings" protests are prompted by the government shutdown rather than ongoing concerns about this authoritarian regime that long predate it.

Either this pundit is grossly uninformed, or he's gaslighting viewers.

Lance @analogfusion.bsky.social · 2d

I don't doubt they do. AI is a hungry plagiarism machine.

It looks like the sync process had just started when I caught it this morning, thankfully. I logged into their dashboard, and it's not showing any files as of a few minutes ago.

Once I get my refund, I'm deleting the entire account.