Maxwell's House 61

Maxwell's House Episode 61

"Ray's Ramblings"Hosts: Leo Laporte and Ray Maxwell Recorded: February 25, 2010 Published: February 26, 2010 Duration: 56:39 Transcript Previous episode – Next episode

Contents 1 Guests 2 Topics 3 Websites 4 Notable Comments 5 Sponsors 5.1 Audible 5.1.1 Picks 6 Production Information

Guests

Topics

1. Toyota…be careful…mass panic.

2. Shooting in Colorado…Bolt action rifle…not a semi-automatic or fully automatic assault rifle.

3. iPhone vs Nexus One OLED.

1. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/02/22/scientific_analysis_finds_iphone_lcd_trumps_nexus_one_oled.html
2. Correct color?...Smooth color?

4. Digital World is a virtual world?...Is what we sense around us real? This is one of the reasons we need science to know what is real.

1. A lever is an extension of our hands and arms. It is a tool.
2. The computer and Internet are extensions of our mind, eyes, and ears.
3. All things in moderation…

5. Digital Nation on Frontline, PBS…by Douglas Ruskoff and Rachel Dretzin…Director and producer.

1. Multi-tasking…They did tests and found that students multi-task while in class and are not as good at focusing.
2. There are tasks that require multi-tasking…flying
   1. You must be able to prioritize each task and give it the correct amount of your attention.
      1. Aviate, Navigate, Communicate.
3. There are tasks that require your full attention.
   1. Writing software…

6. Adobe Photoshop…20 years

1. http://tv.adobe.com/go/photoshop-20th-anniversary
2. What did we do before Photoshop…Scitex…$50,000
3. Letraset program vs. Photoshop.

7. Color followup…

1. Selecting Monitor profiles
2. Gamma LUT for each color…Printers and editing profiles don’t have these. Don’t select Adobe 98 as a monitor profile.
3. What is an editing profile?
4. CMYK profiles…
   1. There is no unique combination of CMYK that makes a certain color. In RGB there is only one combination that defines a color.
   2. Use SWOP coated for publishing to magazines
   3. Use Sheetfed coated for commercial printing.
   4. For very high quality coffee table books find a color separator.
5. Rendering intent
   1. Absolute Colormetric…for proofing
   2. Relative Colormetric…for most inkjet printing
      1. Blackpoint compensation.
   3. Saturation…for graphs and charts…not for photography.
   4. Perceptual…Maps the color proportionally from one color space to the other.
      1. Is proprietary and varies from vendor to vendor.

Websites

Notable Comments

Sponsors

Audible

• AudiblePodcast.com/house
• ad times: 00:00:38-00:00:49 and 00:24:42-00:29:36

Picks

Crazy for God - Part One by Frank Schaeffer (UNABRIDGED) Narrated by Frank Schaeffer

Production Information

• Edited by: Erik
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