Grant Friedman

@BaronDestructo Just now seeing this. I'm so excited! Also, congratulations on the new gig!

STARGATE RETURNS! Yes, it’s true.  14 years after the franchise aired its last episode (SGU’s “Gauntlet”), a new Stargate series has been greenlit by Amazon.  And it’s not a reboot or a wholesale reimagining that will wipe the slate clean on 17 seasons and some 350 hours of Stargate history.  It’s a new series that will be the perfect jumping-on point for first-time viewers while, at the same time, honoring the existing past.  And the reason for that is because this new series was created by longtime franchise veteran Martin Gero who worked on SG-1, Atlantis and Universe, writing such notable fan favorites as The Storm, The Eye, Duet, First Strike, Be All My Sins Remember’d and many more. Joining the production of the new series is Brad Wright, co-creator and co-showrunner of all that came before – Stargate SG-1, Atlantis, and Universe.  Martin has kindly offered yours truly a role on the project as well and I have happily accepted. Martin has been developing this show for a while now.  A little over a year ago, he reached out and asked “Want to read something cool?”.  That something, it turned out, was his pilot script for the new Stargate series.  Now I obviously can’t say too much about the content at this point – but I can assure you that it embraces everything that made the original Stargates so great: heart, humor, rich mythology, exploration, action, adventure, compelling/endearing characters, and that overall sense of optimism and fun that made you fall in love with Stargate. You are all in for a treat. Eventually. Now putting this production together is going to take some time even though Martin has already done a lot of the preliminary heavy lifting, writing the pilot script and series overview that details the show, its world and characters, as well as his plans for the first season and beyond.  Between now and the series premiere somewhere down the line, the writers room must be assembled, stories need to be spun, scripts written, prep started, crew hired, actors cast and, eventually, a new Stargate series produced. It will take a while but Martin shares my philosophy when it comes to dialing in the fandom, so expect to receive updates throughout the prep, production, and post process.  Concept art, behind-the-scenes photos, videos and insights, breaking news and much much more! Get ready.  We’re heading through the gate one more time. Chevron Eight is locked!

@BaronDestructo Without a doubt Pegasus.

What was the best episode of Battlestar Galactica (2004)?

This week I used @lightroom to create AI masks on over 17,000 photos. Took me 4 days but it worked nearly flawlessly.

@BaronDestructo Trek. Still love the 90s but the new ones are truly unwatchable.

What's a show you used to love that you now hate? Why?

@BaronDestructo McKay refusing to go fishing with Beckett.

What was the worst decision ever made by a Stargate character?

@BaronDestructo Atlantis teleportation closets were a bit odd but didn’t rise to a level of hate.

Which Stargate technology did you most hate?

@BaronDestructo Teal’c. This guy risked everything to help a group of strangers. He threw away a privileged life. His family put in danger. All for the dream of freedom. Not many people would do what he did. You might even say it was reckless. But he earned freedom for his people in the end.

Who is the greatest leader in Stargate history?

@BaronDestructo Just realized I was paraphrasing Woolsey here. 😂

@BaronDestructo I’d could argue that keeping the gate secret was fairly morally gray. Tax payers paying billions for a project that they got little in return. And god only knows what the government was doing to people off camera to keep that secret.

What was the most "morally grey" decision in Stargate history (e.g., O'Neill shutting down the gate on Alar in "The Other Side, the Hoffan drug, experimenting on Michael, body-swapping via the stones), and would you have made the same call?

@BaronDestructo Always loved the scene where Sheppard and McKay were drinking a beer on the pier and McKay calls Sheppard Arthur. You’re about to cry and then you can’t stop laughing. Not a quotable line but a memorable one.

What's your favorite line of dialogue from Stargate: Atlantis?

@Pinsky Does this work in Photoshop? This is cool. But it would also be cool if it worked the other way. A “what color is this button.” I know this sounds crazy but there are people out there that struggle to see all the colors.

Wait, you can type in color names in Illustrator?! 🤯

@BaronDestructo I think people would be very upset by the deception.

Tell me what happens after the Stargate program goes public. How will people react? What would be the future of gate travel? Do you believe it will fracture or unite humanity?

@Pinsky I might also add Liquify to the list. They were on the right track when they added Face Aware to the plugin but then they stopped and never continued with other body parts.

What's one feature in Photoshop you would love to see modernized? And don't say 'the whole app' 😂

@Pinsky I might have seen them mention it, but there has never really been anything that great for use within Photoshop. Something that realistically reproduces flares would be helpful to save those flat backlit shots.

@grantfriedman You're the second person in the last week that's said this. Maybe it's time!

@Pinsky Clone stamp

Let's have some fun. You gotta remove one. Which one and why? 😈

@saradietschy I was never a fan. Always a pain to get lower angle or higher angle. Easyrig was my go to.

Dude I haven’t used a mono pod in like a decade However when I was doing wedding and event videography that was the only thing I’d ever use How are mono pods these days 🤣

@BaronDestructo Hear me out.

Assemble your Stargate dream team from four different non-Stargate sci-fi shows!

@Davistaylorbro @Pinsky @Photoshop This happens when you have a triangle of sky between someone’s arm/head for instance. If you need to remove large section to remove hair for instance, the results aren’t often what you would expect.

@grantfriedman @Pinsky @Photoshop Something we’ve talked a lot about adding. Control over how smooth or fine the edge is. Either as a slider or toggle. Thanks for sharing this example!

@Pinsky I'd love to see a freeze feature in GenFill in @photoshop. Similar to in Liquify. When you're trying to remove something along a fine edge, GenFill can struggle. Sometimes I want it to just leave the edge alone and not build around it.

@Davistaylorbro @Pinsky @Photoshop Or or it would be nice to be able to tell GenFill where to sample from in the same way that Content Aware Fill worked within the dialog. I could tell it to sample the sky on another part of my image instead of it creating a new sky that might not match.

In this photo, I just want ro remove the hair, but I don't want to touch the edge of the outfit. Photoshop will often add things to the outside of the selection messing up the curves or lines. A freeze function would be helpful here.