Author Topic: Yuri retouching 2000+ images in 24 hours? (Read 21052 times)

Mantis · « **Reply #25 on:** June 22, 2012, 21:10 »

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on June 22, 2012, 21:06

I'm glad to oblige.

And since you know who I am and that I shoot food and travel not Yuri's stuff, why do you imagine that I am consumed with jealousy rather than simply making straighforward observations on reality?

Honestly I don't know what you shoot. That's the truth. I don't have time to scrub people's ports and I also don't feel it is appropriate for me to make ANY comment based on that port. I am merely speaking about the video and your comments, nothing else. Yet you TRY to make it a port argument. Not true. Relax.

BaldricksTrousers · « **Reply #26 on:** June 22, 2012, 21:24 »

Quote from: Mantis on June 22, 2012, 21:10

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on June 22, 2012, 21:06
I'm glad to oblige.

And since you know who I am and that I shoot food and travel not Yuri's stuff, why do you imagine that I am consumed with jealousy rather than simply making straighforward observations on reality?

Honestly I don't know what you shoot. That's the truth. I don't have time to scrub people's ports and I also don't feel it is appropriate for me to make ANY comment based on that port. I am merely speaking about the video and your comments, nothing else. Yet you TRY to make it a port argument. Not true. Relax.

I sent you a PM that may explain why I am less than impressed with the guru. It's not appropriate to put it here

Mantis · « **Reply #27 on:** June 22, 2012, 21:29 »

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on June 22, 2012, 21:24

Quote from: Mantis on June 22, 2012, 21:10
Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on June 22, 2012, 21:06
I'm glad to oblige.

And since you know who I am and that I shoot food and travel not Yuri's stuff, why do you imagine that I am consumed with jealousy rather than simply making straighforward observations on reality?

Honestly I don't know what you shoot. That's the truth. I don't have time to scrub people's ports and I also don't feel it is appropriate for me to make ANY comment based on that port. I am merely speaking about the video and your comments, nothing else. Yet you TRY to make it a port argument. Not true. Relax.

I sent you a PM that may explain why I am less than impressed with the guru. It's not appropriate to put it here

No prob.

Yuri_Arcurs · « **Reply #28 on:** June 23, 2012, 03:05 »

Guys. You are so angry! Relax! It's only a forum post.

sharpshot · « **Reply #29 on:** June 23, 2012, 05:07 »

If I had retouch photos for 24 hours, I'd end up like Jack Nicholson in The Shining. Is the quality of work as good towards the end of that time? I would of temporarily adjusted the images counter and hoped nobody noticed. I've never done a work related all-nighter, not my idea of a fun time. My former boss tried it once but he used alcohol to keep us going instead of coffee and it was a disaster.

leaf · « **Reply #30 on:** June 23, 2012, 05:18 »

Quote from: Yuri_Arcurs on June 23, 2012, 03:05

Guys. You are so angry! Relax! It's only a forum post.

quite agreed.

Wim · « **Reply #31 on:** June 23, 2012, 05:25 »

Quote from: sharpshot on June 23, 2012, 05:07

If I had retouch photos for 24 hours, I'd end up like Jack Nicholson in The Shining. Is the quality of work as good towards the end of that time? I would of temporarily adjusted the images counter and hoped nobody noticed. I've never done a work related all-nighter, not my idea of a fun time. My former boss tried it once but he used alcohol to keep us going instead of coffee and it was a disaster.

lol!

I do a fair bit of retouching every day myself but a 24h marathon, ouch!
Yuri probably kept them alert by playing some CS in between sessions.

a1bercik · « **Reply #32 on:** June 23, 2012, 05:36 »

Yep. CS. CS5 - to be honest ;-)

luissantos84 · « **Reply #33 on:** June 23, 2012, 06:04 »

Quote from: Yuri_Arcurs on June 23, 2012, 03:05

Guys. You are so angry! Relax! It's only a forum post.

I feel so much better now LOL

noodle · « **Reply #34 on:** June 23, 2012, 07:26 »

I would have done a batch process for the whole thing and taken a nap...

Wim · « **Reply #35 on:** June 23, 2012, 08:32 »

Mantis · « **Reply #36 on:** June 23, 2012, 17:50 »

Quote from: Yuri_Arcurs on June 23, 2012, 03:05

Guys. You are so angry! Relax! It's only a forum post.

I am not angry at all. I was just posting my opinion. So Baldricktrousers and I disagree...what's the big deal? That's what makes the forums interesting, informative, and fun.

Randy McKown · « **Reply #37 on:** June 23, 2012, 23:04 »

Everybody is freaking out over this. Seriously??? The top retouchers only edited 250 images in an ENTIRE 24 hr day. LMAO !!!! That's like 3 hours worth of work. I sure hope they weren't compensated much .. I'd be like you're fired ... you're fired .. hey you hiding behind the water cooler .. ummm yeah you're fired too.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #38 on:** June 24, 2012, 16:40 »

pure marketing no doubt about that

Mantis · « **Reply #39 on:** June 24, 2012, 16:49 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on June 24, 2012, 16:40

pure marketing no doubt about that

Totally agree.

grafix04 · « **Reply #40 on:** June 25, 2012, 08:17 »

Yuri threads are always entertaining to read

Did 'the entire world' care that he was short 2000 images? Doubtful. Would it have made a difference if he had retouched the 2000 images over the next two weeks rather than over 24 hours? Doubtful. Was it a good marketing stunt to spotlight his site's retouching services? Bingo.

He's the man, he knows what he's doing

Poncke · « **Reply #41 on:** June 25, 2012, 08:43 »

Hahaha, love this one in the comments:

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MrL
June 23, 2012 at 3:57 pm
You don’t have any “street smart” in your team? The obvious short term solution would be to modify the “68325″ number from the message; I bet it would not take too many lines of code to add a constant (2000) to the real number returned by the query. No one will start counting your images and you could add those images in a couple of days anyway!

What is the plan – how much time will it take to break even? So many people on your payroll must seriously dent your finances!

And whatever happened to get it right in camera !! LOLOL

ProImage · « **Reply #42 on:** June 29, 2012, 05:01 »

Agreed, he knows the paths he could have taken.

Great marketing

ShadySue · « **Reply #43 on:** June 29, 2012, 10:40 »

Quote from: ProImage on June 29, 2012, 05:01

Agreed, he knows the paths he could have taken.

Great marketing

Hmmm. "I made a mistake so I made my minions work overnight".
Some buyers won't like that.

leaf · « **Reply #44 on:** June 29, 2012, 11:21 »

Quote from: ShadySue on June 29, 2012, 10:40

Quote from: ProImage on June 29, 2012, 05:01
Agreed, he knows the paths he could have taken.

Great marketing

Hmmm. "I made a mistake so I made my minions work overnight".
Some buyers won't like that.

I'm pretty sure it was optional and it looks like it was a 'good time'

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I am still amazed by the fact that 24 retouchers took up the challenge and worked for 24h+ to help make the promise come true, and I am grateful to each and every one of them. It is amazing working with people who take so much pride in their job and who are willing to go that extra mile it sometimes takes to get to the finish line.

http://arcurs.com/2012/06/retouching-more-than-2000-files-in-24-hours/

fotoVoyager · « **Reply #45 on:** June 30, 2012, 07:35 »

Quote from: leaf on June 29, 2012, 11:21

Quote from: ShadySue on June 29, 2012, 10:40
Quote from: ProImage on June 29, 2012, 05:01
Agreed, he knows the paths he could have taken.

Great marketing

Hmmm. "I made a mistake so I made my minions work overnight".
Some buyers won't like that.

I'm pretty sure it was optional and it looks like it was a 'good time'
Quote
I am still amazed by the fact that 24 retouchers took up the challenge and worked for 24h+ to help make the promise come true, and I am grateful to each and every one of them. It is amazing working with people who take so much pride in their job and who are willing to go that extra mile it sometimes takes to get to the finish line.

http://arcurs.com/2012/06/retouching-more-than-2000-files-in-24-hours/

Staring at Photoshop for 24 hours is never going to be a 'good time' and 'asking' employees to work for that length of time is why most civilised countries have labour laws.

This is digital sweatshopping for the 21st century.

We complain all the time about how badly corporations treat us, but seem to offer a free pass when one of our own starts to act in a similar way. Not good.

ShadySue · « **Reply #46 on:** June 30, 2012, 15:31 »

Quote from: fotoVoyager on June 30, 2012, 07:35

Staring at Photoshop for 24 hours is never going to be a 'good time' and 'asking' employees to work for that length of time is why most civilised countries have labour laws.
This is digital sweatshopping for the 21st century.
We complain all the time about how badly corporations treat us, but seem to offer a free pass when one of our own starts to act in a similar way. Not good.

I'm pretty sure this is why he chose to set up operations in RSA.
I've sometimes been pretty h*cked off with the petty sniping against Yuri in this forum, but this has lowered him greatly in my eyes. Not that he will lose a wink of sleep over what I might think.

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #47 on:** June 30, 2012, 18:32 »

Wasn't it worth it to keep the entire planet from being disappointed?

qwerty · « **Reply #48 on:** June 30, 2012, 20:16 »

Quote from: ShadySue on June 29, 2012, 10:40

Quote from: ProImage on June 29, 2012, 05:01
Agreed, he knows the paths he could have taken.

Great marketing

Hmmm. "I made a mistake so I made my minions work overnight".
Some buyers won't like that.

I wish I had some minions. The lawn needs to be mown. That's right I am the minion

Mantis · « **Reply #49 on:** June 30, 2012, 20:38 »

Quote from: sjlocke on June 30, 2012, 18:32

Wasn't it worth it to keep the entire planet from being disappointed?

He is competing with Obamacare, Sean.

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Author Topic: Yuri retouching 2000+ images in 24 hours? (Read 21052 times)

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sharpshot

leaf

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Wim

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Randy McKown

luissantos84

Mantis

grafix04

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leaf

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ShadySue

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