Back In Black!

Obsidian · Post by **Obsidian** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 7:47 pm

Just letting everyone know, do to the work of a Mister Buck Satan, my old handle of Obsidian has been restored, no more of this ObsidianReturns stuff. That alias is dead.

So those of you from the older days, I'm back, and those from the newer days, it's still me.

And if anyone's got a good picture of obsidian (the rock) I'd be appreciative of the link.

Happy new year.

fable · Post by **fable** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 7:53 pm

Congrats, Obsidian. It just wasn't the same without your black, glassy stare. Welcome, er, back.

werebeargoddess · Post by **werebeargoddess** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 7:58 pm

I've got some obsidian, but I haven't taken a picture of it yet. I could try and take a picture of it and post it when I have the chance.

Jean_sans_terre · Post by **Jean_sans_terre** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 8:13 pm

Uhm ... hi there.

http://images.google.com/images?q=obsid ... gle+Search

fable · Post by **fable** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 8:28 pm

Jean, why don't you start up a new thread, and introduce yourself? I'm sure that would earth you.

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 8:33 pm

Welcome back, COMMrade!

Nice to see the original dark dude back in action!

@fable: It's interesting to note though that Jean here is not a newbie. He is even "older" than me!

Magrus · Post by **Magrus** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 8:33 pm

Horrible, I thought this was going to be a thread about an AC/DC tune..., nice choice on the name though. I've always liked obsidian best out of any other rock/mineral out there.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 8:35 pm

Congrats on getting back the old name

If you like polished obsidian spheres this might work:
http://www.bovagems.com/eclectic/HTML/1 ... D9901.html

werebeargoddess · Post by **werebeargoddess** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 8:50 pm

[QUOTE=Magrus]Horrible, I thought this was going to be a thread about an AC/DC tune..., nice choice on the name though. I've always liked obsidian best out of any other rock/mineral out there.[/QUOTE]

yeah, it's my favorite also. I've got a piece of obsidian that's shaped as an arrowhead. If I get the chance, I might be able to post a picture of it.

Obsidian · Post by **Obsidian** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 9:08 pm

heh, I'm glad to see such a out pouring of support at my return to my old name.

ObsidianReturns was cool, but seriously, I had dibs on Obsidian.

Thanks for the great shots, anyone know how to size them down into a GB acceptable form?

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 9:12 pm

Frankly speaking...

...the word "Returns" gives me the creeps...

...and no, it's not about you, COMMrade.

As for sizing, try some resizing using programs like ACDsee(?).

Actually I forgot the name of the program I used before.

I just clicked on the pic file and edited from there.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 9:39 pm

I used to be able to resize images just using Paint, but I can't recall now how it is done

I know you begin by rightclicking on an image and hitting "edit," which should automatically bring up Paint. From there, just play around with it, the help menu is fairly useful too.

Magrus · Post by **Magrus** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 10:20 pm

Try this site, http://www.irfanview.com/ ; Irfanview is what someone recommended for me and I quite like it.

Obsidian · Post by **Obsidian** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 1:33 pm

Thanks all for the tremendous out pouring of support,
especially the "I did it once, now I forget how" kind

@Magrus, D/lding now

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 2:59 pm

Hmmm. I wish I had a picture of a lovely snowflake obsidian dart point that was found on one of my digs in Utah - truely amazing. I suppose I could always direct you to a published article I wrote on some XRF sourcing of a prehistoric obsidian raw materials source I once found.... Nah. No pretty pictures!

giles337 · Post by **giles337** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:18 pm

As for sizing, try some resizing using programs like ACDsee(?).

Is it only me who sees the irony of this? Or is it just some subtle joke that i completely fail to get?

I used to be able to resize images just using Paint, but I can't recall now how it is done

Are you thinking of pasting the image into paint then Image > Sketch/Skew ???(Shortcut Ctrl+W)

Magrus · Post by **Magrus** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 4:03 pm

No, I saw it too, just not sure whether to be amused or scream of heresy.

Ideal Maxima · Post by **Ideal Maxima** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 5:32 pm

Hello there fellow COMMunicator, i'm one of the newer members of COMM, but i'm not too new with Game Banshee

anyway nice meeting you

P.S. you should visit my avatar palace i could've made the avatar for you

well, the least i can do for a COMMrade is resize his image for him (see attachment) pick whichever you like best. Or if you don't like any of them, just give me the image you want resized and i'll resize that one for you

Ekental · Post by **Ekental** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 5:42 pm

[QUOTE=Obsidian]Thanks all for the tremendous out pouring of support,
especially the "I did it once, now I forget how" kind

@Magrus, D/lding now[/QUOTE]

If you still havent figured out paint...

Edit with paint
Choose the "Scale" option
Use a calculator to calculate % that you need to scale down to appropriate size
Scale it down.

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 11:10 pm

[QUOTE=Magrus]No, I saw it too, just not sure whether to be amused or scream of heresy.[/QUOTE]

Scream then.

Yeah, paint, got it.

COMMrade Maxi: Nice one.