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Windows 10 wallpaper was physically built and photographed (2015)

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Re: Windows 10 wallpaper was physically built and photographed (2015)

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sschueller wrote: post #59

Very cool but I would prefer spending all that time and money on building a better product and what they delivered. This is like a startup spending hours upon hours on logo and name instead of actually building something.

This is such an ignorant take. The default wallpaper is seen by millions if not billions of people. Many never change it. It's an important part of the branding. The total cost of the shoot, including equipment, salaries, the studio, etc. is NOTHING to Microsoft and its marketing budget. It's not like they had to prioritize this over anything else, they are printing money left and right, they are a trillion dollar company and the default wallpaper is a key aspect of how people see their core product, Windows. It would be disastrous of them to ship with a sub-par wallpaper and in what world would the money "saved" would make a difference to "build a better product"?

Re: Windows 10 wallpaper was physically built and photographed (2015)

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Post by esjeon »

I've been spending a lot of time on photography (though mostly w/ film cameras) during recent years, and only recently realized this is actually photographed. (It took long because I'm a long-time Linux user, so I barely seen the image.)

Many people say this would've been easier with VFX, but I disagree. The image has highly convincing details that would take a long time even for highly talented VFX artists to nail. Instead, with a camera, you can let the world do the work for you. The studio setup is also very simple (cardboard + acrylic panel + projector + fog) and easy to experiment with. I'm pretty sure photography was the right tool for the project.

Re: Windows 10 wallpaper was physically built and photographed (2015)

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Post by TeMPOraL »

msoad wrote: post #16

I don’t want to be a fanboy but the wallpaper is so soulless and industrial. I like how Apple always tries to bring nature to computing with wallpapers and screensavers. For example https://iso.500px.com/iphone-6-milky-way-wallpaper-interview... Also the Ariel videos of nature and cities for Apple TV and Mac is another example. Windows feels so corporate and boring tbh

> I don’t want to be a fanboy but the wallpaper is so soulless and industrial. I like how Apple always tries to bring nature to computing with wallpapers and screensavers.

To each their own. I personally have more than enough nature around me; I prefer it to not also invade my computer.

Re: Windows 10 wallpaper was physically built and photographed (2015)

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Post by npteljes »

gizajob wrote: post #38
msoad wrote: post #16

I don’t want to be a fanboy but the wallpaper is so soulless and industrial. I like how Apple always tries to bring nature to computing with wallpapers and screensavers. For example https://iso.500px.com/iphone-6-milky-way-wallpaper-interview... Also the Ariel videos of nature and cities for Apple TV and Mac is another example. Windows feels so corporate and boring tbh

Yeah I do kind of love the current dynamic "different every time" Mac OS wallpaper / splash screen. It's corporate Apple but still great, and infinitely better than MS's Borg-like contentless flatness.

Windows can have Bing Wallpaper, which changes the wallpaper every day. It's not installed by default, but it's a fun offering from Microsoft.

Re: Windows 10 wallpaper was physically built and photographed (2015)

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Post by actionfromafar »

esjeon wrote: post #82

I've been spending a lot of time on photography (though mostly w/ film cameras) during recent years, and only recently realized this is actually photographed. (It took long because I'm a long-time Linux user, so I barely seen the image.) Many people say this would've been easier with VFX, but I disagree. The image has highly convincing details that would take a long time even for highly talented VFX artists to nail.…

Also pretty sure it was the fun tool for the project.

Re: Windows 10 wallpaper was physically built and photographed (2015)

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Post by ghusbands »

disillusioned wrote: post #7

Despite having seen this image thousands of times, I never considered it might have originated from practical effects, even if it was composited. Very cool. The composite sounds like no picnic, either: >With over 3,000 photos captured from the shoot, the initial stage of the composite was an exercise in patience as Munko diligently went through all of the assets and picked the best ones suited for the final image. He…

This comment is just a copy/paste of a quarter of the article.

Re: Windows 10 wallpaper was physically built and photographed (2015)

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Post by scotty79 »

qiqitori wrote: post #25
thefz wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really? W10 is the best just after W7.

Yes, especially if you like ads in your start menu.

Start menu in W10 is terrible. Especially since they had wonderful menu in developer builds which I was using as my daily driver. But in the end they replaced it with this monstrosity.
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