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CMX Masterpiece Photo Collection 14: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Close-up photography is one of my favorite types of shooting. The camera lens can zoom in and focus on details that the human eye is not equipped to see. Plus, a simple image that fills the entire frame can be quite dramatic. Often, I will go out on a shoot with macro/close-up photography as my project of the day and come home with some incredible surprises. This collection contains ten high resolution images that you can use in your web or print work. Approximate download size: 54MB...
Introducing CMX Masterpiece Photo Collection 14: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
We are excited to introduce the CMX Masterpiece Photo Collection 14: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, based on the book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930). Everyone knows that back in the good old days a detective carried a magnifying glass. A good photographer carries lenses to capture stunning close-up shots - as though through a magnifying glass....
Thunderbird Beta 'Lanikai' Released
Mozilla made public the first beta of Thunderbird 3. Code-named Lanikai and available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, the milestone makes few noticeable changes to the open-source and free desktop e-mail client. This is not surprising, though, as Mozilla Messaging announced that the goal of this release was to fix problems created by upgrading the Gecko engine that powers the program.
CSS3 Colors - Part 2: HSL & HSLA
In CSS2 we were limited to RGB, Hexidecimal and named colors. With greater CSS3 support in modern browsers, we have new value types, and new values, including native support for alpha transparency. This article provides a brief overview of all the color choices. and goes in depth into HSL - hue, saturation and lightness: the new CSS3 color system. The CSS3 Colors Series: CSS3 Colors - Part 1 CSS3 Colors - Part 2: HSL & HSLA...
How to screw up the higher education system in Ontario
The Ontario Premier made his speech the other day that gave a big nod to the need for a stronger education system (no mention of the money to do it btw) but along with nod came some silly goals that demonstrate a clear misunderstanding with the state of higher education in Ontario. The globecampus.ca blog outlines some issues but I think it misses the point, we need revolution in education not just more bums in seats.Here's my view of the world (simplified/generalize for effect):Universities are tooled to create more academics, other outcomes besides professional accreditation are unintentional.The government has given
8 Link building ideas for corporate websites
If you need to promote your corporate website, you will find out that this is not an easy job. Self-promotion via forums or blog comments is often eliminated as SPAM and many website owners doesn't like to link to your site because you offer a product or service. We all know that inbound links are [...]
Age Finder
Not only will this script tell you how many days, hours, minutes, and seconds old you are, it tells you how long until your next birthday!
Uploading an Image and Validating the Upload form
With this movie we will show you how to upload an image using Pure ASP Upload 3 and how to validate the Upload form with Universal Form Validator ASP
New Validation Rules for Universal Form Validator
With this movie we will show you some of the validation rules we've recently added to Universal Form Validator PHP/ASP.
Creating a Flexible and Robust Event Management System with JavaScript
With the power of modern JavaScript libraries like jQuery and the YUI, handling events on the client-side has become a trivial matter that we mostly don’t need to concern ourselves with anymore. However, there may be times when we can’t use a framework to handle things for us. Additionally, for a better understanding of how JavaScript libraries work, it's useful to understand the principles of the underlying raw JavaScript. In this tutorial we’ll look at how we can create cross-browser solution that will easily let us manage all of our event-handling needs using standard JavaScript; we'll look at how we
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Powerbuilt Digital Torque Adaptor – My Favorite Tools – March 2010
When I'm changing my breaks I just tighten to what I think is "tight enough" - not always a good thing. All automotive bolts and parts have a recommended torque amount that should be followed. Sure, you can get yourself an analog torque wrench, but why would you when you can get the Powerbuilt Digital Torque Adaptor that turns any 1/2″ rachet into a digital one? This little gadget not only can be used to calibrate analog torque wrenches (which you'd pay about the same as the adapter if taken to someone to calibrate) but you can use it in
Adobe Photoshop CS5 – “White Rabbit”
At Adobe Photoshops 20th Anniversary event in San Francisco Kevin Connor, Senior Director of Product Management for Adobe conducted alive demonstration of “Content Aware Fill” ( PatchMatch) functionality in the Adobe Photoshop CS5 code name “White Rabbit”. This functionality was demonstrated in removing a person who was standing against a wall. Rather than the background [...]
How to install a Mac theme for Windows
I was just delivered a new laptop from my company. It is a smoking smoking Dell E6500 duo core processor with a sweet solid stated drive and.... Windows XP (booo!).While it is a very stable system, I can't help but have flashbacks to the early 2000's when I look at the XP windows manager. It just looks so dated by today's standards. After about 20 minutes I just couldn't take it any more and had to modify the look. I came across a great looking Mac theme for XP and I have to say that overall I am pretty pleased
WordPress Shortcodes in CFML
If you've used WordPress, you may have run across shortcodes. They're little directives you type into the editor box which then evaluate dynamically when the content is rendered on the outside of you site. Plugins can register new shortcode handlers, which are implemented as a simple function callback. It's a really simple way to expose [...]
Database Backups in 10 Minutes (Video)
A good overview of the most common types of database backups and how they compare to each other. Related articles:Oracle Database Architecture in Less than 10 Minutes (Video) Rewriting SQL Queries for Performance in 9 Minutes (Video) Oracle Performance Monitoring in Less than 12 Minutes (Video)
CFinNC is Dead. Long Live NCDevCon!
In October of last year I had the honour of speaking at CFinNC, a ColdFusion / Flex / AIR conference organized by the Triangle Area ColdFusion User's Group. It was an outstanding conference; well run, with informative sessions on timely topics, which is pretty amazing considering that it was absolutely free. The mad geniuses behind CFinNC are throwing another conference this year, and this time it's called NCDevCon. It will be held May 22-23, 2010 on the Centennial Campus of NC State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. This year's conference is planning on covering a wide variety of web development
Smooth Transitions Between Colors with AS3 Flash Color Class
It is as easy as typing Color.interpolateColor(color1,color2,progress). The Color class does all the work of linearly interpolating between the red, green and blue components for any two colors. The effect is a smooth, gradual transition.
Believe in yourself.
Below are some of the messages I got by reading the interview of David Horvath. Hope that ignite the person inside you and helps in moving in the direction you always thought you would be. The complete article is here. Lesser paying jobs,be it retail stores or coffee houses, are great because you get so pissed [...]
Kero Mobile platform reaches 3 Millions mobile ads impressions
Kero Mobile platform reaches 3 Million mobile ads impressions. Kero Mobile AppStore now has more then 300 apps accessible from 193 countries and it supports 71 Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson mobile phones. Kero Mobile application is available worldwide for free download from www.biskero.mobi. Biskero Share:
IDE Interface, Improved
From Andrew Bragdon, et al. of Brown University comes Code Bubbles, an attempt to redefine the IDE interface. Interesting re-think: …a novel user interface metaphor for code understanding and maintanence based on collections of lightweight, editable fragments called bubbles, which form concurrently visible working sets. Without the file-based aspect of traditional IDEs, Code Bubbles functions by [...]
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Photoshop Madness... political jokes, CS4, vids and more...
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Adobe Photoshop CS4: How much will it cost?
How much will it cost to upgrade to Adobe CS4? Complicated rates structure ...
Digital Cameras: Good, Bad, Ugly
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How to create hand-drawn frames
* How to create hand-drawn frames * This Photoshop911.com inquiry referenced photos from the Starbucks site, which change with pages...
Mobile marketing gets 'global code of conduct'
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), which represents 650 member companies worldwide, has released its Global Code of Conduct, designed to provide guidelines that all Mobile Marketers should consider and build their mobile marketing initiatives around.
Review: Got kids? Get Doozla
Review: Got kids? Get Doozla a unique drawing program for kids
Field Trip: HUGO AWARDS
See some spectacular graphics and art at the HUGOs. The aim of the challenge is to give designers, illustrators and photographers the chance to show the world their abilities by the creation of a stunning tribute
Morphing Images
Morphing is one of the cooler manipulations you can do with images
Color Schemes with Accents
Industrial Design professor Christiane English uses GenoPal, demonstrating methodology for picking a neutral light color, creating close variations, adding accent, then adding shadow colors to your palette -- all in harmony --
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New Animation Showcase Submission: Kelly Anne Tearney's "Peace"
 Well, this is certainly one of the more interesting animations I've seen. Nice original score, and an example of what you can do with simple GIF animations. It's like a time machine back to 1965. From the animator: "I'm committed to speaking out for peace. My art is my voice. I'm self-taught. If a picture says 1,000 words, I can think of nothing more important for those words to convey than World Peace." Think you can do better? Submit your work to the Animation Showcase. New Animation Showcase Submission: Kelly Anne Tearney's "Peace" originally appeared on About.com Animation on Sunday, March 7th, 2010 at 05:10:59. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Flash Tip: Changing the Flash Toolbar's Column Layout
 It's taken a while, but I've gotten used to the toolbar layout for Flash CS3 and CS4 - but for when I'm getting nostalgic, it's not too difficult to switch the toolbar layout between single-column and dual-column. Or, you know, switch it back if you change your mind. It's up to you.Flash Tip: Changing the Flash Toolbar's Column Layout originally appeared on About.com Animation on Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 05:22:06. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Flash Tip: Collapsing and Expanding Panels to the Dock
 Maybe I'm fussy and old-fashioned, but the amount of clutter in Flash drives me nuts. I love the program, I love the number of tools, I hate that there's nowhere to put all those tools without working on two monitors. But it's possible to tuck them away to where they're easily accessible by expanding and collapsing them to the dock, so they aren't quite such space hogs.Flash Tip: Collapsing and Expanding Panels to the Dock originally appeared on About.com Animation on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 05:30:28. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Flash Troubleshooting Tip: Animated GIFs Exporting as Static
 Recently a reader sent me a Flash file and begged me to help her troubleshoot it, because for some reason her animated GIFs were all coming out static. She tried a dozen things, but she didn't try the most simple thing: fixing the publishing settings. Don't laugh, because you know you've done it too. It's usually the simple things that elude us the most.Flash Troubleshooting Tip: Animated GIFs Exporting as Static originally appeared on About.com Animation on Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 06:19:54. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Reader Question: Why Don't My Movie Clips Publish in Flash-Rendered GIFS?
Patrick says:
I made an animated LJ icon but I wanted to use a movie clip to make a picture in picture kind of frame effect. But the movie clip doesn't play when I make it a GIF for LJ format. It's just the first frame. The big picture moves, but the little inside frame doesn't play. I think it's something with the movie clip. Why doesn't it play? It plays when I publish an SWF.
Why doesn't it play? Because animated GIFs and animated movie clips don't really get along in Flash.
Reader Question: Why Don't My Movie Clips Publish in Flash-Rendered GIFS? originally appeared on About.com Animation on Friday, February 26th, 2010 at 06:12:54. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Chicken or the Egg, Keyframes or In-Betweens?
Novice animators generally don't understand one basic fact on the outset: animations aren't drawn in perfectly ordered sequence. It's hard to really preserve motion and consistency that way. It doesn't take long to catch on to the process of keyframing and inbetweening, though - as well as why it's so important, and which one comes first.Chicken or the Egg, Keyframes or In-Betweens? originally appeared on About.com Animation on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 06:32:41. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Ready to Rumble--over Anime Studio?
 There seems to be a bit of a kerfluffle brewing over last year's post rating and reviewing Anime Studio 6. We've had everything from people claiming it sucks because the sample animations don't look like real anime, to people saying it's the best 2D/2.5D animation program out there - to everything in between. Want to defend Anime Studio, or trash it? Join in with your experience. You can also leave your own starred user review on the review itself, not just in the blog post.
Ready to Rumble--over Anime Studio? originally appeared on About.com Animation on Sunday, February 21st, 2010 at 17:33:36. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Flash Tip: Using the Info Tab to Scale and Move Objects
 Need that circle to have a perfect 125.64 pixel diameter? Does that symbol need to be centered at exactly 221 pixels from the left and 13 pixels from the top? It's a lot easier to do that using the Info Tab / Panel in Flash rather than trying to drag it around with your mouse and the Arrow Tool or Free Transform Tool.Flash Tip: Using the Info Tab to Scale and Move Objects originally appeared on About.com Animation on Friday, February 19th, 2010 at 19:16:06. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Scripted Animation
 I've never understood the phrase "There's more than one way to skin a cat," just because as a cat lover, the idea of skinning my feline friends horrifies me. Now if the saying was "there's more than one way to animate a symbol," I'd totally be able to get behind that - because there's quite a few ways, and I'm not just talking about the difference between shape tweens, motion tweens, and frame-by-frame drawn animation. You can also animate using ActionScripting, and various mathematical functions.
Scripted Animation originally appeared on About.com Animation on Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 at 17:34:29. Permalink | Comment | Email this
Review: Reallusion's WidgetCast 2.0
 The newest version of WidgetCast comes with some great new bells and whistles, including additional software and services that could make the point-and-click web application creation program a major competitor in the world of social media, widgets, and Web 2.0 content distribution. The only thing standing in its way? Its own price tag.Review: Reallusion's WidgetCast 2.0 originally appeared on About.com Animation on Sunday, February 14th, 2010 at 01:19:12. Permalink | Comment | Email this
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