I hope you weren't confused by the cover image. The prize in this post is not a camera or laptop, but a free animated footer, it’s also written in the title.
There are two things I want to buy for myself, but I'm having a hard time deciding which one to purchase.
The choices I'm considering are a digital camera or a new laptop. I don't have the money to buy them yet, hahaha! I'm just thinking about which one would be more useful to me.
I'm not buying these things just because I want to; of course, I have a specific use in mind for them.
Digital Camera
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Besides wanting to take beautiful pictures, I also want to sell high-resolution images. There are sites where you can sell high-quality images, and my smartphone's camera isn't good enough to take quality images that would be approved for sale.
Additionally, I want to take high-quality pictures during occasions. I've noticed that there's a large community of photographers on Hive. I've wanted a good camera for a long time, but since I'm not wealthy, this is the last thing I consider buying after the necessities for my family.
I only thought of buying this because it can be a source of income. The problem is, I don't know much about cameras, and I also think it's not a one-time expense because there are different lenses used, and I'm not sure if the default lens will suffice.
Laptop
Currently, I have a laptop, but the C: drive is almost full. I don't know if there's a way to increase the size of the C: drive, and I don't want to experiment because I might damage the Windows system and cause myself more trouble.
I'm a graphic artist, and I need my laptop for my daily work because I work from home, and I use my personal laptop for work.
Lately, I've been studying new tools because I want to broaden my graphic design skills. I want to install DaVinci for video editing, Toonz for cartoon drawing, and Blender for creating 3D models. However, these programs require a lot of space, so I want to have a separate laptop for work and a separate one for personal use.
Right now, my computer often gives me "out of memory" or "disk-space" messages when running such programs.
I don't yet know the right specs for the camera and laptop I need to buy. I just want a basic digital camera that can produce quality images. For the laptop, I just need one that can run the programs I mentioned. I have an idea about the laptop's price, but I'm still researching cameras.
What do you think is the better thing to save up for and buy?
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So what's the prize? None other than your own personalized footer. I'll put your name on one of the templates below, and you can use it in your posts.
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I would prefer the laptop. Why? I have both, a pro camera (Nikon D 750) and a laptop. And I see smartphone pictures... Why I would choose so? Because every modern smartphone can do more stunning photos with AI improvement and so on. Upscaling needed? Ask AI... Yes, My D750 does great pictures - sure better pictures in the right hand. Of course it is the better choice in some situations. But for many cases I have more work with tuning the NEF files within Lightzone (The software I use for editing) to look awesome. With a smartphone it's just a click...
Okay, you want to sell the images. Yes, a pro camera for sure would be the better choice. But is the market evolving that that we could assume that this is a profitable business in the long-term? AI is developing soooo fast. Who will need stock images in a year? Yes, a wedding photograph will still be needed or for a pro foto-shooting. But stock images? And there are maaaaany pro-photograph out there. Not easy to compete - unless you have your unique motives. Do you? And these motives can't be generated by AI? I think that the ROI of a pro camera will need a long time under these conditions.
And once again to the smartphone pictures... camera handling you have to learn and it can have a lot of following costs... depending on which direction you like to go. And you have to learn a lot. With a smartphone... damn, my dad pulls out his phone presses click with a shaky hand in the middle of the night and has a stunning image without any artifacts. Yes... my D750 can do this, too. And many situations where my Pa can't compete (now! Wait for smartphones in one year...). I? I have to try around with differnet combination of settings, do shots to try and set up everything, edit all in Lightzone and so on... Yes, may be a thing of experience which helps to speed up things... But at the end he has the beer in his hand once again when I still wobble around with my kilos of camera/lens/tripod and so on...
A laptop is a more versatile tool. I would buy me a new camera only under the sign of "Okay, I let it be my hobby and maybe I can earn money with it." And yes, I was engaged in learning all the stuff, too. And I did. But it is not a short path to make & edit really pro looking stuff. You have a design eye. I too. But unrelated to that it is still a long way of learning stuff/settings and a lot of money to spend. And when you invested all the time and gained the skills, you still need somebody who pays for your work. And I heard stock libraries are going down... And I would think so, too. I mean look at the AI photo tech on the newer smartphones... Yes, this is not replacing a pro cam, but... where is the market & need for a expensive photographer? Maybe you have this market in front of you... can be...
My two cents.
I don't want one of these banners... I am just here for social interaction. But your work looks awesome! I would love to have this kind of banners for @CryptoCompany... Maybe we can talk about one day... If you like, hit me up on Discord. I am @powerpaul there, too.
Have a great day!
EDIT/ADDITION: your skills in the digital space looks so good, that I would build up this, instead of opening a new area. Your work looks talented/great!
Wow! I was really pleased with your wonderful explanation. I truly appreciated the way you explained it. The reason I thought of getting a digital camera is that sometimes there are things my smartphone can't capture well, or maybe it's because my phone's camera is of low quality. It might be better to just upgrade to a phone with a better camera, which would have more purposes than just a camera that only takes pictures.
I see the banners that @cryptocompany uses when it posts, and I really like the style and layout.
Sometimes I want to animate them just for fun, but I don't want to come off as showing off by suddenly commenting and saying, 'Hey @cryptocompany! Look what I did to your banner, I animated it. Hahaha!
Thanks!
If you think there's anything I can help you with, I'm just hanging out on the CCCEO Discord under the name Lolo Dens.
I agree with you - there are situations where a real cam is king. Without a doubt. I mean you could stream with this cam, too - I use it for streaming, too. But this really rocks my cam down. i already have white pixels in it - and the people in the internet say it's because of using the cam 8 hours as a video source... Hmmm. I think this is different with cams without a mirror, but however... A pro or semi-pro cam is a nice thing, but in terms of a good investment has to be thought very well. If you take it as a hobby, than...
Thank you for the compliment about the banners! I created myself a JavaScript tool to generate these banners. So I have several canvas and my image or text element which I can tweak and lastly combine it all to one canvas which I can download. Because it's web technology there would be plenty ways of animation, but to be honest: I don't know how I could transform my canvas image into a animated image. This is clearly a step I could include. maybe "should" to be outstanding. I received the feedback very often that this banners set me apart from other content. And when I see how I could attract people to CCCEO... Yes, it is about nice artwork and demonstrating that I (at least) try to make it nice, think about, I think it's like the shining-effect: "when the ad is shiny, the product is too, right?" I think this brought me a lot of attention.
Thank you very much for your offer! Very nice! For sure there would be several ways how to engage this... On the one side I could focus on tweaking the canvases - or I wait with this and we/you could focus on single banners first...
Bro, let me think about, do some research, too. And yes, for sure I will come back to this topic!
P.S.: Are you firm with web programming? HTML, CSS, JavaScript? Maybe we could do an exchange like "I have the framework of the banner generator and would share it with you and you put animation to these elements..." So we both would participate from the work of the other person. The banner generator is not as powerful as Photoshop, but I did my banners with Blender & graphic tools too, in the past. And to have this banner generator is a huuuuge saving of time... I already thought about to tweak it, make a public version and share it. As a tool for Hivians with CCCEO or general content or lastly as an internet tool beside of Hive... We could look how we call our names under it and for sure there is potential to lift us/pir names up. Are you in web programming?
Sure, lets talk via PM if you like! Lets get in touch as soon as we like! I will do so at latest as I have a little air to breath. Today I am very packed and my to-do list is very long, but let's check how we could build something up, if you like! I am on!
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I e edit ko yung footer mo, gagawin kong dual para ma promote din website mo.
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I'd get a laptop. As you wrote, "...I need my laptop for my daily work because I work from home..." I think this means selling quality photos would be just your side hustle.
With the new laptop during your free time you can make quality 3D models to sell.
https://blog.sellfy.com/sell-3d-models-tips/
If you sell enough 3D models you'll have the money for the camera. Even if you can't sell enough models those quality 3D models will be in your portfolio to show you do quality work.
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As of now, I'm still not good with 3D models, which is why I also want a new laptop so I can run the program Blender faster and train more.
@holovision I know you never asked for a footer but I still want to make one for you. Can you send me an image of your profile photo? Thanks!
Sure. Here it is. Thanks.
thanks! :)
@holovision , here is your animated Footer, hope you like it
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It's excellent! Thank you!
Footer #3.. 😄
pa reply naman ako ng picture ng profile mo na gusto mong gamitn :)
@fixyetbroken here is your animated footer, hope you like it
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Hmm, good question, I would choose both but I don't want to add to your confusion... 😅 so, I will choose the laptop. I think I can do a lot more stuff with it compared to a digital camera. Plus, smartphones can already good photos to share online. Hope it helps... and I think my footer is outdated so I would appreciate to receive a new one created by your awesome skills. 🙏🏻
@curamax
Here is your footer, I hope you like it
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So coooool 😎 I like it, thanks a lot man!
Sometimes I feel like the photos taken with my smartphone aren't that good, so I think I need to save up for a higher quality smartphone. At least it will have many purposes.
Hahaha! 🤣
Sure! I can help you with your footer. Do you have a logo that you want to use in your footer?
So coooool! Can I use my profile pic?
I joined Feb 2020
Thanks man 🙏
Would you like me to insert this logo (the space ape) as well and use the tagline 'Buzzing about Crypto Life and Food'?
Sounds good 👌 My tagline will be:
“Buzzing about crypto, life, & art.”
Thanks so much
Laptop for me is better , since we already have our phones that act as a digital camera . Just my opinion.
@suteru Since you won a personal footer last time, I still made you a footer that you can use for your community, Lifescape Tribe.
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A nice laptop can enhance phone pictures I think.
Footer 2 please.
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@middle-earthling , here is your Animated Footer, Hope you like it. :)
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Can you reply with an image of a profile picture that you want for your footer? :)
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Thank you to everyone who commented. I've decided that everyone who commented before this comment of mine will receive a footer. Just reply to my replies with the image you want to use for your footer. For those who don't want a footer, I will still give you a footer and come up with a nice one for you.