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August 06 2008
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dekePod Episode 010: The Instant Liquid Diet
By Deke McClelland
Ah, the holiday season, a time of expansion. Great physical expansion. Fatty, high-calories food is everywhere you turn. And so we grow. But not this year. In some distant future, when you review Thanksgiving 2008 in your photo album, you’ll look back on it as the first of many years that you actually lost weight. "Thank you dekePod," you'll say. Because in this episode, Deke teaches you how to transform fat into fit using the Liquify command—and with smooth, stretch mark-free results.- More Features...
Color models like RGB and CMYK are frightening enough on their own. But the fact that there's one called CIEL*a*b* D50 (or just Lab), and Photoshop actually encourages you to use it, is terrifying. But Deke says not to worry. RGB and CMYK are for machines. The Lab mode is for you.
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Well, it was a conscious decision
2008-08-06 20:24:34 Deke McClelland [Reply | View]
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Well, it was a conscious decision
2008-08-07 18:35:06 Murray D [Reply | View]
Yeah, but I just spent 6 months training myself to think L A B and not say lab whenever I see those letters in the context of color correction. Now you're telling me that nearly everyone says lab.
OK, how about this... El ab... I bet that would turn a few heads the next time you're speaking in public!
What the heck, you can say it however you like. For me it's back to the Lab... oops I mean lab... oops I mean CIEL*a*b*D50.
Murray
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Just one thing...
2008-08-06 19:57:24 Murray D [Reply | View]
Hi Deke,
Love your vids. I just have one little problem...
LAB is not a word. Just like RGB and CMYK aren't words. A lab is a place you create Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Hyde chemicals and dissect monkey brains.
I know, it's quicker to say lab then it is to say L...A...B... and time is money. But it's wrong, wrong, wrong!!!
Hey, maybe I should create my own Rant video.
Murray
My core argument, "Lab" is how just about everyone says it, may not sound particularly convincing. But consider, CIE designated Photoshop's variety of Lab as CIEL*a*b* D50, which is not how we write or say it, so whatever choice we make is an innovation. Words evolve, and I regard the one-word variety of Lab as a positive evolution.