Simplist/best way to replace a color with another color?
I have a series of footage taken at a photography studio where we used purple coloured gels behind 1k fresnels to create spots of purple on the floor and to light the subjects. Floor and background are black.
There are a few clips where I want to change the purple to another colour (in this case blue), what is the best way to do this? Basically I want to change anything purple to blue, but the purple does have somewhat of a gradient, basically the more purple saturated colours need to become blue.
What's the best way to go about doing this?
Take it to Color and use a secondary to make a color selection. You might be able in secondaries to use a hue range selection and change that. Without seeing the images it's difficult to tell. It depends specifically on the colors of the subjects. The problem in your case you're not actually changing a color in the image, but objects that are reflecting the color from gelled lights, and they might not all reflect it in the same way and produce the same colors.
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[8i] Best way to replace "similar" values with one value...?
Below is some sample data:
Sorry for the large set / complex set of sample data, but there should be no need to go through it in detail =).
2 things to keep in mind:
1) This is an 8i db
2) I cannot create any new tables within this db, though I can create views
CREATE TABLE ord_master
( part_nbr CHAR(25)
, ord_nbr CHAR(10)
, sub_ord_nbr CHAR(3)
, ord_type CHAR(2)
, ord_stat CHAR(2)
, date_closed DATE
-- please note, though none of the columns in ord_master are explicitly defined as NOT NULL,
-- none of them are NULL in the db, and given how things are input into the table, I don't
-- even think it's possible
-- a unique order is described by ord_nbr, sub_ord_nbr. there should only be one record in
-- this table for a given unique combination of those columns, though they are not the p.k.
-- NOTE: dates default to 12/31/1900, so in the table above, if an order is still open (thus,
-- not closed), it's date_closed will be 12/31/1900. It will only change once the order closes.
INSERT INTO ord_master
VALUES ('ABC-123','1','1','AA','CL',TO_DATE('05/01/2009','mm/dd/yyyy'));
INSERT INTO ord_master
VALUES ('ABC-123','1','2','AA','CL',TO_DATE('9/14/2009','mm/dd/yyyy'));
INSERT INTO ord_master
VALUES ('ABC-123','2','1','AA','CL',TO_DATE('12/03/2009','mm/dd/yyyy'));
INSERT INTO ord_master
VALUES ('ABC-123','3','1','AA','OP',TO_DATE('12/31/1900','mm/dd/yyyy'));
INSERT INTO ord_master
VALUES ('ABC-123','4','1','AA','CL',TO_DATE('03/12/2004','mm/dd/yyyy'));
INSERT INTO ord_master
VALUES ('XYZ-123','5','1','AA','CL',TO_DATE('03/12/2004','mm/dd/yyyy'));
CREATE TABLE op_detail
( ord_nbr CHAR(10)
, sub_ord_nbr CHAR(3)
, major_seq_nbr CHAR(4)
, wctr_id CHAR(5)
, oper_stat CHAR(2)
, plan_su_rsrc NUMBER(5,2)
, plan_run_rsrc NUMBER(11,8)
, plan_subc_amt NUMBER(15,5)
, act_su_rsrc NUMBER(5,2)
, act_run_rsrc NUMBER(7,2)
, act_subc_amt NUMBER(15,2)
, act_start_dt DATE
, dt_completed DATE
, qty_planned NUMBER(13,4)
, qty_recvd NUMBER(13,4)
, qty_complete NUMBER(13,4)
, qty_scrap NUMBER(13,4)
, qty_on_hold NUMBER(13,4)
-- similar to ord_master, thought none of the columns are explicitly defined as NOT NULL,
-- none of the records have NULL values for any of these columns, and I don't think it's
-- really possible with the way the system is
INSERT INTO op_detail
VALUES ('1', '1', '0081', 'X516 ', 'CP', 0, 0, 0, 0, .2, 0, TO_DATE('02/03/2010', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), TO_DATE('02/03/2010', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), 3, 3, 3, 0, 0);
INSERT INTO op_detail
VALUES ('1', '1', '0324', 'Y000 ', 'CP', .1, .2, 0, 0, .87, 0, TO_DATE('04/06/2010', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), TO_DATE('04/06/2010', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), 3, 3, 3, 0, 0);
INSERT INTO op_detail
VALUES ('1', '1', '0170', 'X928 ', 'CP', 0, 0, 9.6, 0, 0, 159, TO_DATE('03/05/2010', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), TO_DATE('03/05/2010', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), 3, 3, 3, 0, 0);
INSERT INTO op_detail
VALUES ('1', '1', '0130', 'H211 ', 'CP', .5, .1, 0, .08, .63, 0, TO_DATE('02/10/2010', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), TO_DATE('02/10/2010', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), 3, 3, 3, 0, 0);
INSERT INTO op_detail
VALUES ('1', '2', '0120', 'H214 ', 'CP', .3, .05, 0, 0, .68, 0, TO_DATE('05/22/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), TO_DATE('05/22/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), 3, 3, 3, 0, 0);
INSERT INTO op_detail
VALUES ('1', '2', '0122', 'T203 ', 'CP', 2.5, 1, 0, .67, .3, 0, TO_DATE('05/28/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), TO_DATE('05/28/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), 3, 3, 3, 0, 0);
INSERT INTO op_detail
VALUES ('1', '2', '0130', 'H211 ', 'CL', .5, .1, 0, .67, .3, 0, TO_DATE('05/28/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), TO_DATE('05/28/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), 3, 3, 3, 0, 0);
INSERT INTO op_detail
VALUES ('1', '2', '0170', 'X928 ', 'CP', 0, 0, 9.6, 0, 0, 153.12, TO_DATE('06/10/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), TO_DATE('06/10/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), 3, 3, 3, 0, 0);
INSERT INTO op_detail
VALUES ('1', '2', '0324', 'Y000 ', 'CP', .1, .2, 0, 0, .08, 0, TO_DATE('06/17/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), TO_DATE('06/17/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), 3, 3, 3, 0, 0);
INSERT INTO op_detail
VALUES ('2', '1', '0081', 'X516 ', 'CL', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, TO_DATE('07/20/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), TO_DATE('07/20/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), 4, 4, 4, 0, 0);
INSERT INTO op_detail
VALUES ('2', '1', '0324', 'Y000 ', 'CL', .1, .2, 0, 0, 3.03, 0, TO_DATE('09/11/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), TO_DATE('09/11/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), 4, 4, 4, 0, 0);
INSERT INTO op_detail
VALUES ('2', '1', '0170', 'X928 ', 'CP', 0, 0, 9.6, 0, 0, 204.16, TO_DATE('08/11/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), TO_DATE('08/11/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), 4, 4, 4, 0, 0);
INSERT INTO op_detail
VALUES ('2', '1', '0130', 'H211 ','CP', .5, .1, 0, 1.97, 2.67, 0, TO_DATE('07/28/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), TO_DATE('07/29/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), 4, 4, 4, 0, 0);
INSERT INTO op_detail
VALUES ('3', '1', '0170', 'X928 ', 'CP', 0, 0, 9.6, 0, 0, 255.2, TO_DATE('11/06/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), TO_DATE('11/06/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), 5, 5, 5, 0, 0);
INSERT INTO op_detail
VALUES ('3', '1', '0130', 'H212 ', 'CP', .5, .1, 0, .6, .03, 0, TO_DATE('10/21/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), TO_DATE('10/21/2009', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), 5, 5, 5, 0, 0);
INSERT INTO op_detail
VALUES ('3', '1', '0550', 'R501 ', 'WK', 1, 16, 0, 2.2, 12.4, 0, TO_DATE('05/19/2010', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), TO_DATE('12/31/1900', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), 5, 5, 5, 0, 0);
INSERT INTO op_detail
VALUES ('3', '1', '0324', 'Y000 ', 'CL', .1, .2, 0, 0, .07, 0, TO_DATE('02/04/2010', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), TO_DATE('02/04/2010', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), 5, 5, 5, 0, 0);
INSERT INTO op_detail
VALUES ('4', '1', '0324', 'Y000 ', 'CP', .1, .2, 0, 0, .59, 0, TO_DATE('02/06/2004', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), TO_DATE('02/06/2004', 'mm/dd/yyyy'), 4, 4, 4, 0, 0);This is the query I'm working with right now:
SELECT o.part_nbr
, s.major_seq_nbr AS op_nbr
, CASE -- CASE statement to replace similar-to wctr_id's with a single new wctr_id, so we can treat them as the same
WHEN s.wctr_id IN ('H211','H212')
THEN 'Z211'
ELSE s.wctr_id
END AS wctr
, MIN(s.plan_su_rsrc) AS min_plan_setup
, AVG(s.plan_su_rsrc) AS avg_plan_setup
, MAX(s.plan_su_rsrc) AS max_plan_setup
, STDDEV(s.plan_su_rsrc) AS sdev_plan_setup
, MIN(s.plan_run_rsrc) AS min_plan_run
, AVG(s.plan_run_rsrc) AS avg_plan_run
, MAX(s.plan_run_rsrc) AS max_plan_run
, STDDEV(s.plan_run_rsrc) AS sdev_plan_run
, MIN(s.plan_subc_amt) AS min_plan_subc
, AVG(s.plan_subc_amt) AS avg_plan_subc
, MAX(s.plan_subc_amt) AS max_plan_subc
, STDDEV(s.plan_subc_amt) AS sdev_plan_subc
, MIN(s.act_su_rsrc) AS min_act_setup
, AVG(s.act_su_rsrc) AS avg_act_setup
, MAX(s.act_su_rsrc) AS max_act_setup
, STDDEV(s.act_su_rsrc) AS sdev_act_setup
, MIN(s.act_run_rsrc) AS min_act_run
, AVG(s.act_run_rsrc) AS avg_act_run
, MAX(s.act_run_rsrc) AS max_act_run
, STDDEV(s.act_run_rsrc) AS sdev_act_run
, MIN(s.act_subc_amt) AS min_act_subc
, AVG(s.act_subc_amt) AS avg_act_subc
, MAX(s.act_subc_amt) AS max_act_subc
, STDDEV(s.act_subc_amt) AS sdev_act_subc
, MIN(s.act_start_dt) AS min_start
, MAX(s.act_start_dt) AS max_start
, MIN(s.dt_completed) AS min_comp
, MAX(s.dt_completed) AS max_comp
, MIN(s.qty_planned) AS min_qty_plan
, AVG(s.qty_planned) AS avg_qty_plan
, MAX(s.qty_planned) AS max_qty_plan
, STDDEV(s.qty_planned) AS sdev_qty_plan
, MIN(s.qty_recvd) AS min_qty_recvd
, AVG(s.qty_recvd) AS avg_qty_recvd
, MAX(s.qty_recvd) AS max_qty_recvd
, STDDEV(s.qty_recvd) AS sdev_qty_recvd
, MIN(s.qty_complete) AS min_qty_comp
, AVG(s.qty_complete) AS avg_qty_comp
, MAX(s.qty_complete) AS max_qty_comp
, STDDEV(s.qty_complete) AS sdev_qty_comp
, MIN(s.qty_scrap) AS min_qty_scrap
, AVG(s.qty_scrap) AS avg_qty_scrap
, MAX(s.qty_scrap) AS max_qty_scrap
, STDDEV(s.qty_scrap) AS sdev_qty_scrap
, MIN(s.qty_on_hold) AS min_qty_hold
, AVG(s.qty_on_hold) AS avg_qty_hold
, MAX(s.qty_on_hold) AS max_qty_hold
, STDDEV(s.qty_on_hold) AS sdev_qty_hold
, COUNT(*) AS rec_cnt
, CASE
WHEN a.ord_min_start > ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-12)
THEN '12 mos. back'
WHEN a.ord_min_start > ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-24)
THEN '24 mos. back'
WHEN a.ord_min_start > ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-36)
THEN '36 mos. back'
ELSE '37 mos. back +'
END AS time_period
FROM ord_master o
, op_detail s
, ( -- begin in-line view a, to get the min act_start_dt for each order
SELECT s1.ord_nbr
, s1.sub_ord_nbr
, MIN (
CASE
WHEN s1.act_start_dt > TO_DATE('01/01/2000','mm/dd/yyyy')
THEN s1.act_start_dt
END
) AS ord_min_start
FROM op_detail s1
GROUP BY s1.ord_nbr
, s1.sub_ord_nbr
) a -- end in-line view a
WHERE o.ord_nbr = s.ord_nbr
AND o.sub_ord_nbr = s.sub_ord_nbr
AND o.ord_nbr = a.ord_nbr
AND o.sub_ord_nbr = a.sub_ord_nbr
AND o.ord_type = 'AA'
AND o.ord_stat IN ('CL','OP')
AND s.oper_stat IN ('CL','CP')
GROUP BY o.part_nbr
, s.major_seq_nbr
, CASE -- CASE statement to replace similar-to wctr_id's with a single new wctr_id, so we can treat them as the same
WHEN s.wctr_id IN ('H211','H212')
THEN 'Z211'
ELSE s.wctr_id
END
, CASE
WHEN a.ord_min_start > ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-12)
THEN '12 mos. back'
WHEN a.ord_min_start > ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-24)
THEN '24 mos. back'
WHEN a.ord_min_start > ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-36)
THEN '36 mos. back'
ELSE '37 mos. back +'
END
ORDER BY o.part_nbr
, CASE
WHEN a.ord_min_start > ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-12)
THEN '12 mos. back'
WHEN a.ord_min_start > ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-24)
THEN '24 mos. back'
WHEN a.ord_min_start > ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-36)
THEN '36 mos. back'
ELSE '37 mos. back +'
END
, s.major_seq_nbrThis gives me a bunch of descriptive statistics on some data stored in the database, broken into groups by the time period.
I have 7 sets of possible values for the column wctr_id that are groups of similar/same work centers, and should be treated as the same, assuming the ord_nbr, sub_ord_nbr, and major_seq_nbr are the same. In my example case statement above, anytime I find 'H211' or 'H212', I am replacing it with 'Z211', which is my new, unique identifier for any wctr in the group ('H211', 'H212'). I have 7 of these sorts of groups that need to be replaced by a new, unique identifier. Is my CASE statement (noted above) the best way to do this, or is there a better way? These groups of similar-to wctr_id's are not listed in a table anywhere.Hi,
As always, thanks for posting the CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements; that's very helpful, and leads to faster, better solutions.
Another thing that is helpful, and promotes faster, better solutions, is to simplify your problem.
For example, you have to compute a lot of aggregates, but it looks like you already know how to do that. This problem only involves the CASE expressions, and how they interact with the GROUP BY clause. So just cut out most of the aggregate functions.
Also, it looks like the intricacies of in-line view a have nothing to do with your current problem. For purposes of posting this problem, pretend that a is a regular view, so it doesn't clutter up the main query.
I think your problem could be restated like this:
You already have a query like this:
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW a
AS
SELECT s1.ord_nbr
, s1.sub_ord_nbr
, MIN (
CASE
WHEN s1.act_start_dt > TO_DATE('01/01/2000','mm/dd/yyyy')
THEN s1.act_start_dt
END
) AS ord_min_start
FROM op_detail s1
GROUP BY s1.ord_nbr
, s1.sub_ord_nbr
SELECT o.part_nbr
, s.major_seq_nbr AS op_nbr
, CASE -- CASE statement to replace similar-to wctr_id's with a single new wctr_id, so we can treat them as the same
WHEN s.wctr_id IN ('H211','H212')
THEN 'Z211'
ELSE s.wctr_id
END AS wctr
, MIN(s.plan_su_rsrc) AS min_plan_setup
-- lots of other agtgregates go here in real query
, CASE
WHEN a.ord_min_start > ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-12)
THEN '12 mos. back'
WHEN a.ord_min_start > ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-24)
THEN '24 mos. back'
WHEN a.ord_min_start > ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-36)
THEN '36 mos. back'
ELSE '37 mos. back +'
END AS time_period
FROM ord_master o
, op_detail s
, a -- in real query, a is an in-line view
WHERE o.ord_nbr = s.ord_nbr
AND o.sub_ord_nbr = s.sub_ord_nbr
AND o.ord_nbr = a.ord_nbr
AND o.sub_ord_nbr = a.sub_ord_nbr
AND o.ord_type = 'AA'
AND o.ord_stat IN ('CL','OP')
AND s.oper_stat IN ('CL','CP')
GROUP BY o.part_nbr
, s.major_seq_nbr
, CASE -- CASE statement to replace similar-to wctr_id's with a single new wctr_id, so we can treat them as the same
WHEN s.wctr_id IN ('H211','H212')
THEN 'Z211'
ELSE s.wctr_id
END
, CASE
WHEN a.ord_min_start > ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-12)
THEN '12 mos. back'
WHEN a.ord_min_start > ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-24)
THEN '24 mos. back'
WHEN a.ord_min_start > ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-36)
THEN '36 mos. back'
ELSE '37 mos. back +'
END
ORDER BY o.part_nbr
, CASE
WHEN a.ord_min_start > ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-12)
THEN '12 mos. back'
WHEN a.ord_min_start > ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-24)
THEN '24 mos. back'
WHEN a.ord_min_start > ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-36)
THEN '36 mos. back'
ELSE '37 mos. back +'
END
, s.major_seq_nbr
;that produces this output:
` MIN_
PLAN_
PART_NBR OP_N WCTR SETUP TIME_PERIOD
ABC-123 0081 X516 .0 12 mos. back
ABC-123 0130 Z211 .5 12 mos. back
ABC-123 0170 X928 .0 12 mos. back
ABC-123 0324 Y000 .1 12 mos. back
ABC-123 0120 H214 .3 24 mos. back
ABC-123 0122 T203 2.5 24 mos. back
ABC-123 0130 Z211 .5 24 mos. back
ABC-123 0170 X928 .0 24 mos. back
ABC-123 0324 Y000 .1 24 mos. back
ABC-123 0324 Y000 .1 37 mos. back +The output is correct; the problem is, can we get the same results without 2 copies of the wctr CASE expression, and 3 copies of the time_period CASE expression?
Is that a fair description of the problem?
For starters, you can use column aliases in the ORDER BY clause. Unfortunately, that's the only place where you can use column aliases in the same query where they are defined . You can compute them in a sib-query, and then use them in super-queries.
In other words, wouldn't it be nice if we had a table just like op_detail, but with an additional column called wctr? Make a view: either a regular view (especially if wctr, computed the same way, will be used in several different queries) or an in-line view, as shown below.
Wouldn't it be great if there was a table that was just like a, except that it had time_period alreay computed? Make a view: either a regular view or an in-line view, as shown below.
SELECT o.part_nbr
, s.major_seq_nbr AS op_nbr
, s.wctr
, MIN(s.plan_su_rsrc) AS min_plan_setup
-- lots of other agtgregates go here in real query
, a2.time_period
FROM ord_master o
, ( -- Begin in-line view s, with data from op_detail
SELECT op_detail.* -- or list all columns needed in main query
, CASE -- replace similar-to wctr_id's with a single new wctr_id, so we can treat them as the same
WHEN wctr_id IN ('H211','H212')
THEN 'Z211'
ELSE wctr_id
END AS wctr
FROM op_detail
) s -- End in-line view s, with data from op_detail
, ( -- Begin in-line view a2, to compute time_period
SELECT a.*
, CASE
WHEN ord_min_start > ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-12)
THEN '12 mos. back'
WHEN ord_min_start > ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-24)
THEN '24 mos. back'
WHEN ord_min_start > ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-36)
THEN '36 mos. back'
ELSE '37 mos. back +'
END AS time_period
FROM a -- in real query, a is an in-line view
) a2 -- End in-line view a2, to compute time_period
WHERE o.ord_nbr = s.ord_nbr
AND o.sub_ord_nbr = s.sub_ord_nbr
AND o.ord_nbr = a2.ord_nbr
AND o.sub_ord_nbr = a2.sub_ord_nbr
AND o.ord_type = 'AA'
AND o.ord_stat IN ('CL','OP')
AND s.oper_stat IN ('CL','CP')
GROUP BY o.part_nbr
, s.major_seq_nbr
, s.wctr
, a2.time_period
ORDER BY o.part_nbr
, a2.time_period
, s.major_seq_nbr
;In your example, wctr is the same as wctr_id except for two values. If it was more complicated (e.g., if there were not just 2 values that need to be mapped to 'Z211', but also 3 values to were equivalent to 'Z987', and 1 that was to be treated like 'A012', and 5 that should appear as 'A666', and ...), then you could code all that in a humongeous CASE expression (a nested CASE expression, if it involves more that 128 branches), but it really belongs in a table, where you have the raw wctr_id (like 'H211') in one column, and its corresponding equivalent (such as 'Z211') in another. I know you said you can't create new tables; I'm just pointing this out so you can tell the people who won't let you create new tables that it's a bad idea, likely to cause errors and certain to waste time in the future. -
Illustrator CS2 - How do I replace a color with another color?
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Hi all,
I have a bunch of Queries which I'm planning to phase out, and I have replacement Queries for them. The Queries to be phased out are used in Workbooks. Is there an automated way to replace these obsolete Queries with new Queries in these workbooks? Maybe a BAPI, function module, VB Macro, Tcode (so that a BDC program can be written) or some other way?
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Batch replace color with another color
Hi,
I would desperately need some assistance in trying to accomplish batch editing of ai-files via JavaScript.
What I would need to do, is go through a number (many!) of files, find items with certain swatch color (referenced by its name), and replace the item-fill with another swatch-color (also referenced by its name). Then save the document with another name.
Other parts I have managed to do, except find/compare/modify the fill color of an item.
I have gone through these forums and tried a number of things to a point where I am currently very confused and frustrated
Some details (if it helps any), I'm using Illustrator CS3 and JavaScript.
Here's the closest where I got with trying to find a certain color and eventually changing it:
#target illustrator
var sourceFile, findColor, replaceColor;
sourceFile = new File().openDlg('Please select your Illustrator file…');
open(sourceFile);
var docRef = app.activeDocument;
findColor = docRef.swatches.getByName("vih");
// replaceColor not yet used anywhere
replaceColor = docRef.swatches.getByName("sin");
for(var obj = docRef.pageItems.length - 1; obj >= 0; obj--) {
if(docRef.pageItems[obj].fillColor == findColor) {
alert("Match found"); //It never seems to get here, so my comparison clearly is not working?
else {
alert ("No specified color found!");
docRef.close();
(and yes, I'm completely new with java-scripting, so even this is constructed from bits of sample-scripts and other scripts found from these forums)
Please, I would really appreciate any help, this can't really be such a difficult task to do... can it?
BR,
JohannaI only tried a very basic test in my case ALL path items were filled with various CMYK swatches and the swap did take place so the comparison did work. I would suspect that you have a path item that contains NO fill so any of its properties would be undefined. You can also include this in your code too. This should work for both filled and stroked path items in CMYK art.
#target illustrator
var docRef = app.activeDocument;
with (docRef) {
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Hello, I searched dozens of threads before posting but I didn't find my specific topic.
I have a G5 (single CPU) with two internal hard drives plus one external drive. The original hard drive is only 80gb and it has been quite full for several years now. I purchased a second internal drive (150gb) about 3 or 4 years ago and have been storing all my files video and data files on the second drive. This created some additional space on the primary drive, but not much. I started off with OX 10.1 back in 2003 and have purchased the upgrades all the way to OX 10.5.4. I also have about 14000 photos in iPhoto that are stored on the primary drive because I can't figure out how to move my library to the second drive (where there is more space).
About a year ago, I purchased an iomega 500gb external drive (USB 2.0) that runs Time Machine.
I have not had any issues with any of the drives except for running out of space on the main drive. I accidentally deleted some of my wife's files once and used Time Machine as advertised.
My main drive has 4.7gb free
My second drive has 87gb free
My Time Machine drive has 205gb free.
I purchased a new 500gb internal drive.
I think my G5 will only take 2 internal drives total, so the original 80gb drive needs to go. How do I accomplish this? Should I make my 150gb the main drive, since it will be the smallest and therefore maybe the fastest for running the OS? If size of the drive doesn't matter, then should I just remove the 80gb drive, install the new 500gb in it's place and then boot using the OS X10.5 disk?
I suppose I could just let Time Machine restore the system, but do I really want OS X10.1 with a bunch of upgrades? It looks like my OS X 10.5 disk is a full version (it doesn't say 'upgrade only') on the box... Wouldn't my computer run better with a fresh OS X install and if so, is there a way to let Time Machine re-install my apps and user settings? I think I am running iLife 06 (which ever one has iMovieHD...) I also have Final Cut Express HD, CorelDraw suite and NeoOffice. Everything else is how the computer came back in 2003. I've never had any issues, so I am more than a little concerned that I am going to mess something up. You know that saying...."If it ain't broke....'
Any advice?
RegardsYou do indeed have only two internal drive slots in your G5. To avoid having to try restoring everything from your TM backup what you could do is to be sure you force a final TM backup of the 80 GB drive before removing it. Install the new drive. Prepare the new drive - I suggest the following:
Extended Hard Drive Preparation
1. Boot from your Leopard Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the number of partitions from the dropdown menu (use 1 partition unless you wish to make more.) Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID (only required for Intel Macs) then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the volume(s) mount on the Desktop.
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I have an iDVD project started and realized I wanted to change a couple details in the iMovie I imported to the project. I can go back and correct the iMovie, but what's the best way to replace the current movie in the iDVD project with the revised iMovie? I'd rather not have to start a new iDVD project and add the pictures to the drop zones etc. Thank you, Rick H.I forgot that if I hit 'return' the forum cuts what I write. Once I've got a movie in an iDVD project, what's the best way to replace that movie with a revised version (if I realize I need to make a couple changes in iMovie? Do you just go to the map and manually delete everything except the main title? Thanks, Rick.
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What is the best way to replace an old Time capsule with a new Time Capsule in an existing wireless network?
IMHO..
Start over..
Put the new TC in place and configure .. completely differently to the old one. That means you have to go around and reset everything to connect if you use wireless.. and you should forget all the old configuration beforehand.
You can of course try and slip it in using identical names and identical settings.. but the computers are not fooled.. the BSSID is different. And other issues tend to arise.
Use naming that is short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric.
See Pondini post C9 here.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
It may take more time to start with.. depending on how many devices you have.. but in the end, you can get much less problems out the other side.. which are extraordinarily hard to diagnose and fix..
But that is IMHO.. others are welcome to dispute that and may find a full swap using old settings copied to a file and copied back to the new TC work fine.
There are any number of posts around about doing just that.
I will post one if I see it..
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I am using Oracle 9i ,
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Please suggest.
RajWITH plus /*+ MATERIALIZE */ hint can do good to you.
see below the test case.
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2 /
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2 /
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Execution Plan
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1 0 TEMP TABLE TRANSFORMATION
2 1 LOAD AS SELECT
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4 3 INDEX (RANGE SCAN) OF 'HX_MY_TBL_IDX' (INDEX) (Cost=1 Card=2)
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6 5 VIEW (Cost=2 Card=2 Bytes=46)
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8 5 VIEW (Cost=2 Card=2 Bytes=46)
9 8 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'SYS_TEMP_0FD9D6967_3C610F9' (TABLE (TEMP)) (Cost=2 Card=2 Bytes=24)
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What would be the best way to replace an internal hard drive and have everything moved including the Operating Systems (OSX Lion and Windows7)?
Can someone be so kind and tell me the procedure I should follow to accomplish this task? I’m not expecting a step by step tutorial but if you could list the tools needed and a brief procedure it would be greatly appreciated.
Oh, I’m using Boot Camp for the Windows 7 installation.
Thanks a lot.For a hard drive try Newegg.com http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=380&name=Laptop-Hard-Dr ives&Order=PRICE
Or OWC http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/
Here's instructions on replacingthe hard drive http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=45088
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Here's a cheap SATA external hard drive case on eBay http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-2-5-SATA-HDD-HARD-DRIVE-EXTERNAL-ENCLOSURE-CASE-BOX-/120 636286623?pt=PCC_Drives_Storage_Internal&hash=item1c167ba69f
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I started building it by building the first page and then saving a new page with new data and so on.
There must be a way to pull from the Excel doc without copying and pasting each page of data, and there must be a way to build this site smaller and easier to make changes when needed.
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