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first light
a first picture from our trip, while i start to work up the others:
they are general klytus and general kala from the 1980 flash gordon. my default icon is hans zarkhov from the same movie.
there were relatively few people cosplaying at worldcon; costuming has moved on to other venues these days.
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i shot a lot of bursts of photographs this trip. typically, i just choose the best shot from a burst by looking at the thumbnails. distinguishing one burst from another, even when they're sequential, usually isn't a problem. but this time, i have so many bursts, and they're so similar, that i want a tool to put each on in its own directory. that way, i have few photos to stare at at any one time.
problem: my backup camera is a sony. sony is infamous for using non-standard, proprietary stuff. so, rather than putting each burst in a HEIC file, which is meant for that sort of thing, and would compress the burst nicely using motion deltas, sony uses some weird flat-file database to say what's what.
the database is four files. one is empty (4 meg of zeros). two hold lists of files along with other information. the last file is a duplicate (backup copy?) of one of the lists. despite some effort, i can't figure out how the two lists keep track of bursts of photos.
so, i'm gonna have to write a little script that looks at when the photos were taken, makes groups out of photos shot within a second or two, and then stuffs them into new directories. not hard, but more work than i should have to do.
that may take a few days, since i'm likely to do a little toolsmithing on the script, 'cause i'm gonna need it again.
they are general klytus and general kala from the 1980 flash gordon. my default icon is hans zarkhov from the same movie.
there were relatively few people cosplaying at worldcon; costuming has moved on to other venues these days.
--
i shot a lot of bursts of photographs this trip. typically, i just choose the best shot from a burst by looking at the thumbnails. distinguishing one burst from another, even when they're sequential, usually isn't a problem. but this time, i have so many bursts, and they're so similar, that i want a tool to put each on in its own directory. that way, i have few photos to stare at at any one time.
problem: my backup camera is a sony. sony is infamous for using non-standard, proprietary stuff. so, rather than putting each burst in a HEIC file, which is meant for that sort of thing, and would compress the burst nicely using motion deltas, sony uses some weird flat-file database to say what's what.
the database is four files. one is empty (4 meg of zeros). two hold lists of files along with other information. the last file is a duplicate (backup copy?) of one of the lists. despite some effort, i can't figure out how the two lists keep track of bursts of photos.
so, i'm gonna have to write a little script that looks at when the photos were taken, makes groups out of photos shot within a second or two, and then stuffs them into new directories. not hard, but more work than i should have to do.
that may take a few days, since i'm likely to do a little toolsmithing on the script, 'cause i'm gonna need it again.