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It's arrived today, a very nice melocactus on the cover.
A very interesting article Ralph , (tu) :grin:
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There should be at least a month's post-release silence for each issue! I'm phoning my post office first thing tomorrow!
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Looks like there is an article on digital art by our own @el48tel.
I recognise his avatar in one of the images.

Well done!
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habanerocat wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:08 am Looks like there is an article on digital art by our own @el48tel.
I recognise his avatar in one of the images.

Well done!
Thank you.
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Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs.
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MatDz wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 11:39 pm There should be at least a month's post-release silence for each issue! I'm phoning my post office first thing tomorrow!
It did work! :mrgreen:
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Thanks Teg!

Interesting article Terry. Some of my colleagues in my research group Cardiff University worked on nonphotorealistic rendering - computer algorithms that take in a photo, and automatically re-render it in an "artistic" style.

Below are one or two results from one of my photos; if anyone else wants to try, you can upload your own photos at
https://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/npr/
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Thanks Ralph
I'll try those out and forward the link to my Art colleagues

BTW .... how did you know my old "handle"?
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This is really interesting Ralph, thank you for sharing! I didn't read the details, but it feels very similar to the style transfer in deep learning area: https://www.tensorflow.org/tutorials/ge ... e_transfer

Edit: Results from an app called "Deep Art Effects" (Deep Art is the term worth a look!):

Original photograph of my Fenestraria in flower (absolutely not the quality you're used to on this forum!):

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And the "Deep Art" collage based on it:

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Edit: I just reached Terry's article in CW - it's absolutely a coincidence I posted the collage above, it does indeed seem to be the best form to show this art technique! How they say - great minds think alike!
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The photo on the front cover had me stumped - all I could come up with was a hybrid Copiapoa Krainziana / Cinerea but the background coast didn't fit in. I didn't even consider Melocactus. For an amateur society, we're producing a very professional magazine.

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