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Originally Posted by mechgamer123 

If you find it awkward, then just say kawaii!

Kawaii!!

..Nope, still awkward.

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Originally Posted by MrViolin 

You know... I want to just wipe the floor with you :)

Gee thanks?

Kimikiss is sooo nice. Might I say...kawaii?

...still awkward.

^Imagine what it's like trying to talk to my friend in AP gov when all he watches are moe fests... How does he describe it? Cute of course. He realized he says it too much too, lol

Saying kawaii helps a bit, but there's a moe character in the class that speaks Japanese...

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Originally Posted by TwinQY 

Kawaii!!

 

..Nope, still awkward.

Gee thanks?

 

Kimikiss is sooo nice. Might I say...kawaii?

 

...still awkward.

Man, those pictures...

Yeah, it is :)

Not really lol

@mechy... something about AP gov, friend, japanese, character :p

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Originally Posted by kalbee 

@Boris: Was there any results to your gradient test? I don't remember seeing it, only the line test.

For engraving, that is.

No I never did it, but I did some images.

gradient does not work.

Oyasumi minna~

looks like I'll be getting a jacket instead of phones the way things are now lol

HS tomorrow. Watch meh.

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Originally Posted by MrViolin 

HS tomorrow. Watch meh.

Lol, don't make it a competition...

Edit: Listed my O2 for sale on the FS forums. Linky in my siggy if anyone's interested and not getting P-H slot...

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Originally Posted by mechgamer123 

Meh, the hair wouldn't turn out too well.
Last night, borisu told me it needs to be either 0 or 255, else the laser engraver will make it look like Schiit.

That seems easy enough to solve, if that's the only limitation?

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Originally Posted by mechgamer123 
Edit: Listed my O2 for sale on the FS forums. Linky in my siggy if anyone's interested and not getting P-H slot...

Can't see the link....:(

Whoops, nvm

Using a black and white only output device to output a grayscale image, you need a halftoning algorithm.  There's one built into most laser printers but it is overly conservative and makes huge dots of your gray patches.  If you control the twotone conversion yourself you can cudgel a laser printer to produce halfway artistic grayscale output.

What you want to do is convert a 0-255 gradient to black and white using the diffusion dithering and print the output to see how closely the result matches your input.  Then adjust the dithering process by applying a correction curve to the grayscale image before applying the twotone dithering and adjusting the correction curve until you get the right grayscale output levels.

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Originally Posted by Joe Bloggs 

 

That seems easy enough to solve, if that's the only limitation?

Meh, I probably won't be using that image... Saya looks to young in that pic IMO. Looks more lie an 8 year old than her supposed 18 years of age...

And it's grainy.

I'm almost done working on mine.

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Originally Posted by TwinQY 

Can't see the link....:(

Whoops, nvm

Lol

Do you think the price is fair?

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Originally Posted by Joe Bloggs 

Using a black and white only output device to output a grayscale image, you need a halftoning algorithm.  There's one built into most laser printers but it is overly conservative and makes huge dots of your gray patches.  If you control the twotone conversion yourself you can cudgel a laser printer to produce halfway artistic grayscale output.

 

What you want to do is convert a 0-255 gradient to black and white using the diffusion dithering and print the output to see how closely the result matches your input.  Then adjust the dithering process by applying a correction curve to the grayscale image before applying the twotone dithering and adjusting the correction curve until you get the right grayscale output levels.

Yeah, that's the problem with the laser engraver too.

My engraving render is almost done:

Just need to add a split in Saya's hair in order to avoid one of the screw holes...

God it's pretty...

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Originally Posted by mechgamer123 

Lol

Do you think the price is fair?

Pricing on their main site is ~139, not sure if that one includes the adapter like yours, but does include batteries. But yours is a older (dare I say "vintage"?) model, and the wood faceplate is just plain cool. I dunno, if you're selling it at a significant loss from the original price, but otherwise maybe bump it down a bit?

 

On a side note the Mayflower "ODA" (yeah it uses the ODAC, so Sabre not the CS4398) price just makes the P-H seem like a steal.

 

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Originally Posted by mechgamer123 

My engraving render is almost done:

Just need to add a split in Saya's hair in order to avoid one of the screw holes...

God it's pretty...

Purdy...seems you put a lot of work into it, good on ya!

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Originally Posted by TwinQY 

Purdy...seems you put a lot of work into it, good on ya!

$139 is their price, plus shipping. I lowered it to $130 though.

My final render:

And I'm off to bed... Oyasumi Miina!

Oyasumi!

One more thing before I head off for more Kimikiss - someone brought up the Pure ~ Aquaplus CDs in the Asian music thread. Arrangements are sparse and a bit muzak-y at times, but the recording quality, even listening from the streaming previews, are JAW-DROPPING good. Also a 2nd, jazz version, which I ordered on an impulse. 

Plenty of classic OST renditions on Platina Jazz: Anime Standard volumes as well (Kenshin, SEED, etc). I grabbed all three volumes off a bookstore shelf for dirt-cheap prices.

Well, that's it for me. Off to Kimikiss!