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RobA — Tue, 30 May 2006 19:39:30 GMT

Nice vid, but I noted thsat a fair amount of time was spent looking down at the laptop whilst taking the mark-one eyeball off the moving targets in the airspace

Being a pilot myself and having flown several types, spam cans (Cessna's) weight shifts and the like. I know, that when I was sitting in with so called skilled pilots (including trainers) they had a bad habit of missing what was happening out of the cockpit, to the point where we had an air-prox with a nothe

Tablet PC as a pilot tool

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Re: Re: Re: Has anyone been watching the weeklys?

Erik — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:48:27 GMT

I don't remember for sure, but I thought there were some lines being messed up in one of the Week 6 or Week 5 videos.

As for snorting, I haven't seen any yet, but if we do, you know it's going in there. ;)

Re: Re: Re: Has anyone been watching the weeklys?

Bootstrap — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:51:05 GMT

Pretty cool! But don't you have any bloopers that are more embarrasing? Doesn't anyone ever mess up their lines? Doesn't anyone snort when they laugh?

Re: Re: Re: It's a minimap!

ChrisAllen — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:19:16 GMT

I wish I had a tablet PC and a in car navigation system - a guy can dream I guess! Maybe one day, it is only money after all. The idea of an on-windshield display with realtime data does sound very cool and I am sure it will happen eventually - that is the beauty of technology!

Re: Re: Re: It all looks so complicated...

ChrisAllen — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:13:30 GMT

Excellent work for sure! And truly amazing detail in your design Max...

Technology...

Clintus — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 06:23:58 GMT

It's everywhere.

Re: It all looks so complicated...

Duncan — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 06:14:50 GMT

Amazing picture! And, no worries, I don't mind at all, I think you did everyone a favour and cropped my 'exposed' area a bit higher than it was on camera.

All this conversation that I missed! Laura and I were out of town for a couple of days (well, I only had to go for one day, she was gone for two)... check out http://blogs.duncanmackenzie.net/duncanma/archive/2006/04/24/4509.aspx for an idea of what we were doing.

Re: Re: Re: Has anyone been watching the weeklys?

Erik — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 06:03:28 GMT

Actually, Adam got it up...

http://on10.net/TheShow/2554/

Flight Tech

Captain Smee — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:59:06 GMT

So with this kind of technology we shouldn't have to worry about any Emelia Earhart incidents ever again right? Hope not, anyway Laura you've been really into the flight technology stuff lately. Any interests in becoming a pilot yourself? Well as long as you don't fly it like you did at the end of the segment, little harsh on the wheel there. You do that in the air, you're gonna have a bad time.

Re: Re: It all looks so complicated...

maxwell — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:06:17 GMT

Thanx V360.

I grab a ss from the video and then work on it in Photoshop.

During the week/s I select and grab the ss´s and start ilustrating them. Each ss can take up to a couple of hrs, depending on it´s quality and how quickly I find what I´m looking for. During the weekend I put the whole thing together. It takes time, but it´s fun. :)

Re: Re: It all looks so complicated...

V360 — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:52:08 GMT

Edit: How long does it take to finish one ss?

Re: It all looks so complicated...

V360 — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:51:00 GMT

Wow, that is some great stuff, Maxwell.

So, you draw the ss and then you paint them in some kind of software program?

What program(s) do you use?

How many hours did you put into this? How does it take to finish one ss?

Re: Re: Re: It all looks so complicated...

Arztek — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:47:27 GMT

Scaled properly, that will make for an excellent shirt. Tina looks good in sleeveless shirts. :)

Re: Re: Re: Has anyone been watching the weeklys?

Erik — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:44:53 GMT

Will do! Adam's working on the week 6 video right now...

Good Show.

Angela — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:09:53 GMT

Good Show. I Enjoyed It.

David Hale wears J.J. the Jet Plane Underroos...

GeeQnastie — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:03:00 GMT

Gah...I miss seattle..., anyway, does that Voyare tablet program download all planes in the sky too? and if so, have they caught anything in the sky that... shouldn't have been there? actually, would they even be allowed to tell us?

Re: Re: Has anyone been watching the weeklys?

Bootstrap — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:53:32 GMT

Heehee. Awesome. A fanboy loves nothing more than a good blooper reel. Keep 'em coming. :)

Re: Re: Re: It all looks so complicated...

scott — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:26:14 GMT

Duncan, are you kidding!?! He's already having T-shirts made up. The sleeveless kind at that. Tina digs them.

Re: Has anyone been watching the weeklys?

Erik — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:13:49 GMT

You can watch week 5's video. There are bloopers in between the videos (and at the end). Week 6's video will have them too.

Re: Good old MS Flight Sim, my first PC game

Chris — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:32:40 GMT

Flight Sim is a milestone marker for the advancement of windows technology.

I am horrible at the game but i will always love it.

Re: Flight of the "Thug"

Erik — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:32:35 GMT

Yes, the weather has been rocking lately. It's gorgeous today! :)

Re: Re: It all looks so complicated...

maxwell — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:30:51 GMT

Thanks Chris & Scott!

I guess digital painting would be the best description. As you say, I illustrate the screenshots, which is fun, but depending on the quality of the given ss it can be quite difficult. A higher res video would help. Yours was a an example of that. On some I have to use different parts to get the composition I need. Add a few touches here and there and voila! Glad you like them.

I hope Duncan doesn´t mind me having used that shot. :D

Re: Re: It all looks so complicated...

Chris — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:30:05 GMT

Last wallpaper Maxwell said it was a combination of the tablet and original pictures. The thing is i just want to know how also. Do you just directly paint over the images? Either way no matter what you do its cool.

Re: It all looks so complicated...

scott — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:14:43 GMT

Simply awesome Max! Can you let us know how you made these? Are you digitally painting screen caps or are you baking thee from scratch. This is the enthusiast’s network and I enthused to know more! :)

Good thing Duncan shaved his chest a few days before the shoot or the raw testosterone would have blown the monitor. Happens all the time over him.