Korky

9 hours ago, Ryewolf said:

Unless you're a serious Gamer you're unlikely to have a 3GB+ graphics card in your machine.

4Gb Radeon Pro graphics in my MacBook - I wonder if the settings in PS are causing a problem.

Thanks, Rye, off now to check settings etc.

Korky

Edit ----- Rye, you're a soddin' genius. I went into the Mac preferences and changed the settings so that the 4Gb graphics card is used all the time. TS2 now whizzes along like an Aston Martin rather than a Morris Minor van. Thanks!

Edit 2 ----- It's taken less than ten minutes for me to fall in love with TS2 - I can see a purchase on the horizon. Some of the people who post on YouTube offer a coupon code for Topaz - one is Jim Nix and if you enter the code JIMNIX at checkout, it'll give you an extra 15% off. It takes the price down to $67.99.

I was quite chuffed when I saw Topaz Studio 2 was available - I downloaded and installed the trial version in quick styx, but I'm not really impressed.

On my MacBook (a 2.9 GHz Intel i7) it seems to spend a lot of time spinning its little wheel when moving between presets, and after a while it's started to twist my melon. I love the way it looks and the filters are excellent, but that spinning thingy is a soddin' nuisance. 

The original Studio runs so much smoother and I can't understand why a better version isn't better at all. I'll be giving it another wazz, but I don't think I'll be offering up the plastic for this one.

Korky

Excellent! Well done, Craig.

Korky

Hello, John, welcome back to the fold - it'd be good to see you posting again. We've had a few changes as you'll discover if you have a nosey around

Lots of birds and bugs being posted currently, should be right up your street.

Korky

I'll post on Monday - I'll call it The Weekly Caption - and then we'll take it from there.

I'd tend to go for a new thread every week, but I'm happy to accept whatever is decided.

Steve

Put me down for number three as well - very nice indeed.

I love how you've kept this thread going for so long - it's great to browse through from the beginning and take in your talents.

Korky

Does this need to be run as a competition? - it just seems OTT to have it running over two weeks. Why not a new pic every Monday and then let folk add captions as they get the notion?

I think it'd be more fun that way - ya remember fun don't ya? Like back in the day when all we had to amuse us was a yellow yo-yo and summat that came free in a box of Shreddies. And we all thought it was a hoot to see dad's underpants flappin' on the washing line. 

Just sayin'.

Korky

Well done, Simon - Nice work!

Korky

10 hours ago, Clicker said:

Ah but this was the best game I have EVER seen of cricket .. A tie after 7 weeks and a tie after a Super Over  so it went back on the number of boundaries .. INCREDIBLE !

Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't cricket be played by gentlemen in white flannels? With cries of "howzat" and "well played sir" and a break for tea and scones at 4.00pm.

Well, that's how the game was played at Greyfriars anyway. Sadly, Bunter never got called to the team, but he was always keen to help out with the cakes and lashings of lemomade.

Korkers

A real belter! Well done, Denis.

Korky

Welcome back, Bo - good to have you posting again.

Korky

I'm clocking 70 too and I often think just how lucky my generation has been - especially when I consider how my parents suffered many years of 'doing without' during and after WW2.

Well done, Denis, you should be justifiably proud.

Korky

Y'know, I am a soddin' martyr to this forum I am. Y'know why? Eh? Do ya? Well I'll tell ya.......... Kylie is in the middle of her set at Glasto and I'm choosing to miss her fifth outfit change in order to do POTW. Like I said, a soddin' martyr. Cos we have a proper big telly and it's just like being there.

Well, as always, we've had some real belters this week....... Rye's train photographs were well up to standard (good to see 'em in colour), Hatter's Cornwall images were right up my street with the Topaz twiddles he so expertly gave them and PanasonicMike's insect pics really were top notch.

But there's only one POTW and when Roger posted his image of Barney it absolutely blew my socks off. Metaphorically speaking of course as with this hot weather I've been wafting around the grounds of the manor in nowt but the skimpy shorts and sweaty vest that Matron likes to see me wearing.

Ladies and gentlemen of TIPF............. I give you Barney the Barn Owl. Take a bow, Roger, it's a truly superb image.

Now, back to the serious stuff......... I should be so lucky - Lucky, lucky, lucky - I should be so lucky in love..............

Korky

To  see the original post, click on the link below :-

http://www.tipf.co.uk/forums/topic/27671-barney-the-barn-owl/?tab=comments#comment-183247

Good to see you're keeping busy, Denis - we don't want you lozzing around and eating ice cream and sipping G&T. Us retired types will take car of all that stuff!

Much looking forward to seeing your memorial photographs.

Korky

Scruffy Bear: Tell ya what, Doll, I'm gerrin' very brassed off wi posh nuts up there havin' the best seat in front o' the telly.

Doll: Stop flamin' whingin', Scruffs, you've got me to snuggle up to innit?

Scruffy Bear: Yeah, there is that.........er.......... I don't suppose there's any chance of a......

Doll: No, there bloody well isn't!

Tough to decide this week, some first class entries!

Korky

1 hour ago, sjr said:

I had 2 thoughts quite quickly...

Careful with that - I did it once and then had to take 3 ibuprofen and have a lie down.

Well done with the compo BTW!

Korky

9 hours ago, Clicker said:

She was  a lovely looking lass Korks ... Must be where you  got your good looks from eh .....

I get my rugged appearance from Walter Dugdale, a Co-Op milkman who suddenly stopped his deliveries after being found round the back of the milk depot suffering from two black eyes a broken jaw, severe lacerations and four cracked ribs. Dad had to go away for a while soon afterwards, Mum said he was working on a trawler, but I found out differently when she sent me to post a letter addressed to HMP Strangeways.

Thanks again you two - brilliant efforts!

Korky