dustydingo Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 What's a sinbin (sic) calculator? dd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 The sinbin- where you go after QC failure. Calculator- the algorithm which determines whether or not you stay in for a month based on your QC pass rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustydingo Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 "after a QC failure"? . . . never had one, but I have it on good authority that you can start uploading immediately after you've been informed of a QC failure. And a "calculator" . . . sounds a tad fanciful to me to go to all the trouble of having an algorithm just to determine such a simple yes / no question. Back to panoramas: find you simply can't beat a stitched pano using Kolor's AutoPanoGiga . . . I think they still do a free trial copy, for anyone interested in breathtakingly accurate, as huge as you like panos, give it a burl. EDIT: well, breathtakingly accurate as long as your technique is good :-) dd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 You misunderstand. You can upload as soon as you are notified of a failure,yes, but whether you get that notification in a day or a month depends on your pass average. If you run into a rough patch as some of us have and as you have been fortunate enough not to, you have to re-earn your spurs. I assure you there IS a formula. For years I had the odd fail and still got notice in a day or two. Once the failures got to a certain percentage the wait went to a month and it's still there. Hence small subs to push the red off the page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustydingo Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Okay, so the "normal" concept of a sin-bin, where you are removed from the game and can take no further part in said game until you are out of the sin-bin is not a particularly accurate or useful analogy for just waiting for QC to let you know you've had a fail, given that you can still "play" the game (submitting, key-wording already submitted, etc) while waiting. No wonder many newbies (and some not so new) sometimes incorrectly think you are actually prevented / banned from uploading if you think you're "in" this mythical "sin-bin". And fortunate I may be, but I can assure you I work long and bloody hard for that which you may think of as simply good "fortune". dd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 The sinbin- where you go after QC failure. Calculator- the algorithm which determines whether or not you stay in for a month based on your QC pass rate. Still being paranoid but heading towards a green subs page again I may have another look at some of my old ones. They just look so titchy as a thumbnail, but I suppose a buyer could zoom one up with a browser add0on as I do. I'm still amazed that they turn out with no joins, though. (hint: if the sinbin calculator goes by number of submissions, you're better off making small, even tiny subs.) Yes, that seems to be the way it works -- making frequent small subs is the road to QC redemption. I seldom upload more than a couple of dozen images at a time anyway, due partly to my not-so-speedy Internet connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDM Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 "after a QC failure"? . . . never had one, but I have it on good authority that you can start uploading immediately after you've been informed of a QC failure. And a "calculator" . . . sounds a tad fanciful to me to go to all the trouble of having an algorithm just to determine such a simple yes / no question. Back to panoramas: find you simply can't beat a stitched pano using Kolor's AutoPanoGiga . . . I think they still do a free trial copy, for anyone interested in breathtakingly accurate, as huge as you like panos, give it a burl. EDIT: well, breathtakingly accurate as long as your technique is good :-) dd Have you tried Lightroom 6 panoramas? I don't know about geometric accuracy in comparison to AutoPanoGiga but it produces very good panos as raw files which is just amazing. Proper wall-filling panos. And it runs in LR in the background. That alone has been worth the upgrade for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Okay, so the "normal" concept of a sin-bin, where you are removed from the game and can take no further part in said game until you are out of the sin-bin is not a particularly accurate or useful analogy for just waiting for QC to let you know you've had a fail, given that you can still "play" the game (submitting, key-wording already submitted, etc) while waiting. No wonder many newbies (and some not so new) sometimes incorrectly think you are actually prevented / banned from uploading if you think you're "in" this mythical "sin-bin". dd It's no myth. Sure you can upload while waiting but have you not read the rules about that- all those subs will be failed as well. Some of us have been using the term humorously for a while. Humorous, as in not serious.. I work long and hard too without swearing about it but sometimes apparently not hard enough to avoid failing and I envy you your perfection. Why quibble? It obviously doesn't affect you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustydingo Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 "after a QC failure"? . . . never had one, but I have it on good authority that you can start uploading immediately after you've been informed of a QC failure. And a "calculator" . . . sounds a tad fanciful to me to go to all the trouble of having an algorithm just to determine such a simple yes / no question. Back to panoramas: find you simply can't beat a stitched pano using Kolor's AutoPanoGiga . . . I think they still do a free trial copy, for anyone interested in breathtakingly accurate, as huge as you like panos, give it a burl. EDIT: well, breathtakingly accurate as long as your technique is good :-) dd Have you tried Lightroom 6 panoramas? I don't know about geometric accuracy in comparison to AutoPanoGiga but it produces very good panos as raw files which is just amazing. Proper wall-filling panos. And it runs in LR in the background. That alone has been worth the upgrade for me. Michael, I haven't tried LR6 panos but shall do sometime soon, if for no reason other than keeping up to date (i love LR's integration with another program for time-lapse so I have absolutely no doubt it is a program worthy of closer inspection ). AutoPano allows incredibly sublime adjustments in the whole process, especially simple-to-use minute adjustment of layers to avoid the moving-people-cut-in-half or bits-of-the-same-moving-person phenomena. It also allows a great range of different projections, including "true" little planet. Worth a look for anyone even half-serious about producing quality panos. dd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Crean Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Have you tried Lightroom 6 panoramas? I don't know about geometric accuracy in comparison to AutoPanoGiga but it produces very good panos as raw files which is just amazing. Proper wall-filling panos. And it runs in LR in the background. That alone has been worth the upgrade for me. Back to panoramas: find you simply can't beat a stitched pano using Kolor's AutoPanoGiga . . . I think they still do a free trial copy, for anyone interested in breathtakingly accurate, as huge as you like panos, give it a burl. EDIT: well, breathtakingly accurate as long as your technique is good :-) Here's one done from just 2 images only, but the effort is minimal and then to end up with a RAW file to work with is a real bonus... Also I'm sure some of the overlapping cows moved between shots but I cannot find any ghosting Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDM Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 AutoPano allows incredibly sublime adjustments in the whole process, especially simple-to-use minute adjustment of layers to avoid the moving-people-cut-in-half or bits-of-the-same-moving-person phenomena. It also allows a great range of different projections, including "true" little planet. Worth a look for anyone even half-serious about producing quality panos. dd I'll put it on the todo list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDM Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Here's one done from just 2 images only, but the effort is minimal and then to end up with a RAW file to work with is a real bonus... Si señor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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