Monday, July 9, 2012

Let me tell you why I take so long to add new art to my websites!  I have a tendency to not scan my pictures into my computer for ages, so that I have a backlog of art I have not shared.  It is because I hate setting up my scanner.  First, I have to clear off my desk, which is basically where I leave every single object that I own, so it takes a long time to make enough space for my 13-in laptop to rest flat.   Then I have to untangle all the cords so that I can plug the scanner in to both the laptop and the wall outlet.  This is all the easy part.  Then I spend the next 30 minutes trying to get my computer to actually communicate with the scanner.  It knows the device is there, but because HP is a BRILLIANT company there are about 5,000,000 different applications and pathways that open the scanner and ONLY ONE ACTUALLY WORKS.
Finally, I perform the correct incantations and ritualistic dance choreography and the scanner warms up.  Then I spend another hour scanning in my pictures, because each one inevitably gets jostled, bent, or coated in dust and has to be re-scanned three times.  The final step is to load everything in Photoshop C2, which Adobe created for the sole purpose of overclocking computers and which I cannot afford to upgrade because I am out of school and don't get the student discount.  I clean more dust spots off and make sure everything is web sized.  Some pictures are combined.  I have to take lots of breaks because it hurts my eyes so bad, you guys, because I have a nystagmus.  Look it up.
All of this before I can upload the pictures on to my website, or blog, or deviantart gallery.
Now do you understand?

And don't recommend me other scanner brands.  I've used everything.  My EPSON failed in a most epic fashion.  They all suck and I just don't care.  I doooooon't caaaaare.

1 comment:

  1. Yikes! @.@ That's a lot worse than I thought!
    I also forgot you have nystagmus. ^^; Been so long.

    But really, you should take your time with uploading stuff since it's a darn hassle each time. @.@ I have a Lexmark and I swear it's still plotting my demise after all these years. X___X

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