Yashica F521 Photoshop Actions

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Hello everyone! This week I spent the

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entire time making some really cool

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photoshop actions based on my favorite

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camera.

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This here, is the Yashica EZ

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521- it's cheap plasticky and

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only 5 megapixels but the photos that

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come with this are really nice

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unlike most digital American cameras

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which are really just cheap cameras

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rebranded as something stylish and metro,

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Yashica has a nice color characteristic

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that's similar to film, I like it so much

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that I wanted to buy a second one as a

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backup but

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it's no longer being produced and I

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can't find anyone selling it for a

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reasonable price.

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So, as a personal project, I created a set

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of photoshop actions to emulate everything

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from this camera; from the film-like

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color characteristics, to all of the

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in-camera effects. And even the sharpness

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and noise pattern, I spent so much time

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making these photoshop actions to get

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them to look as authentic as possible

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and I wasn't sure if this was something

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that people wanted but I figured that I

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might as well make it into a proper

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product that other people can use. And if

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people like it, they like it, if not at

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least it's something that I can still

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use, right? Anyways, if you're interested

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in these photoshop actions, you can find

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the download link in the video

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description. After downloading you can

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store them by double-clicking on ATM

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file, once you have the ATM file loaded,

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you can find the actions in the "Actions

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Panel", if you don't see this panel, you

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can open it by going to "Window" -> "Actions"

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select the play all effects action, hit the

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play button on the bottom of the panel

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it'll automatically render all of the effects so that

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you don't need to play the actions one

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by one.

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Once the action is done playing, you can

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click continue to open the "History Panel"

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and now you can pick any effect you like.

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By the way, in the free version you only

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get access to a couple of these effects,

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if you want all of them you can upgrade

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to a pro version.

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For the entire setup, you'll find it very

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clean and simple.

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It's made with the two-layer technique

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which is the most simple and efficient

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way to color gradient photoshop. If you

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want to learn more about that, you can

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find a link to a tutorial in the video

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description. If you purchase the pro

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version and thank you so much for your

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support by the way. You'll get two ATN

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files, if you're using Photoshop CC, make

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sure you use the photoshop CC edition

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which can automatically detect and fix

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common document issues such as, if your

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images in the wrong colormode, the pro version

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also comes with a lot more features, in

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addition to getting all of the cameras

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filters,

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you'll also get an action that will let

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you emulate the image quality. It will resize

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your image, it will match the softness of

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the sensor and lens - it will have the

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same sharpening effect and it will even

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emulate the same noise pattern. The end

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result is something that's incredibly

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close to what the camera produces. Now, if

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you want to go back to your original

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document, it's all been preserved in this

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layer here. Simply double click on it and

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it'll open your original document with all

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of your layers. You can make any changes

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you like and when you're done, simply

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save and close the document. In the image

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quality layer group, you'll find two

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layers. You can change the opacity to

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adjust the strength of the layers, the

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image quality layer here, basically emulates

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the softness of the camera.

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There's also an "Unsharp Mask Smart

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Filter" which you can turn on or off and

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it emulates the sharpening effect that the

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camera does. The noise pattern layer is

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self-explanatory but you're probably

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wondering what these mosaic filters are

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here for, basically they pixelate the noise in

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that specific way to match the noise

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pattern that's generated from the camera.

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Getting the right noise pattern just

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makes the emulation look way more

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authentic and I personally think it plays

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a significant role in the overall look.

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The final and best feature of the pro

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version is that you get a color lookup

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files, with these files you can apply the

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same color grading effect in other

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software such as Adobe Premiere and

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mediate quarter.

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It's also better to use these in

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Photoshop because they have much more

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accurate colors. To describe it quickly,

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the color lookup file will adjust the

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colors based on a tonal range,

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unlike the Photoshop actions, the colors

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will shift depending if it's in the

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shadows, mid-tones, and highlights. To use

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them in photoshop, simply add a color

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lookup adjustment layer or play the

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loaded lookup file action. Give your

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layer a name, then click OK. In the 3d

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LUT file drop down, click on "Load 3d

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LUT".

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Browse for the file then click OK, at

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first glance it looks the same as the

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photoshop actions, but if you compare the

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photos side by side, you'll notice quite

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a significant difference especially with

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high contrast and colorful photos. So that's

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how to photoshop actions work, if you

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need any help just open the instructions

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HTML file and you'll find more details

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in there. To end this video, here are some

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before-and-after examples and made with

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these photoshop actions.

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Thanks for watching this video, if you

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liked it please hit the like button. So, I

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got asked this question a couple of

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times, and it is how do you emulate effects

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in photoshop? For example, if you shoot

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with film, how do you take a film that

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you like and use the tones and colors of

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this film in your digital camera photos?

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There's a way to do it, I haven't told

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you guys yet not because I'm trying to

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keep it a secret from you but because,

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number one it's convoluted and not

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straightforward at all,

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number two it's expensive and what I mean

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by that is you need one of these color

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calibration charts. This thing here is a

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hundred forty US dollars so it's not

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cheap.

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It was very hard for me to justify

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buying it and i can imagine how hard it

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is for other people, but this is what it

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looks like and this is the same chart that I used

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to create the Yashica photoshop

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actions; which is this camera over here.

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Basically, what you do is you take a

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picture with your film or under whatever

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camera you want and one was your digital

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camera. Then you try to get the two

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images to match,

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I already told you guys how to match the

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tones in Photoshop and that is my tonal

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matching tutorial.

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The next step is to match the colors

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which is a lot harder and what I mean by

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that is, you can get easily get the red

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green and blue to match, but once you get

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these colors to match the other colors

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will shift. So you make an adjustment to

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fix those colors but that adjustment

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well it'll ruin your red, greens and blues

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again. So, you keep going back and forth

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with these adjustments and it's

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never-ending.

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There's a way to make kits that are all of

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the colors will match, but I'm working on

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a new technique for it.

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I wanted it to be sort of like my tone

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chart technique where you're taking for

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something very complicated and you're

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simplifying it down such an average

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person will be able to understand and do.

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I just need to refine it a bit and make

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sure it works in different scenarios, so

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give me a bit of time and once I find

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out I would definitely make a tutorial

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for you.

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Anyways, thanks for watching guys and for

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those of you who purchased my photoshop

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actions,

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thank you so much for your support! I

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really appreciate it, let me know what

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you think in the comments and if you

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have any questions, feel free to send

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your message.