A few questions on my "new" PowerBook G4 12" 1.5GHz

Bought a very nice PowerBook G4 on eBay last week and want to update it a bit. The seller only used it about 2.75 years. It came with all of the books (including Apple decals!), install disc and two different display adapters for $130! The seller didn't pack the PB with enough packing and the power adapter hit the side and bent the medal above the optical drive slot a bit. I certainly was not a happy camper when I saw that! She refunded me $15 on the dent. Thank goodness the PB works! Played a DVD and it works. The hard drive doesn't make any noise, thank goodness! From what I've seen on eBay, it looks like these aluminum PowerBooks can get bent or dented if one isn't very careful.
It's got a Toshiba MK8026GAX 80GB HD and CD/DVD burner (SuperDrive?). The model is PowerBook6, 8. It's got Tiger on it and I want to upgrade to Leopard (just got a retail full install of Leopard on eBay recently for it).
Have seen old posts on here about different brands of RAM to upgrade the 512MB to 1.25GB. What brand is still recommended for this PowerBook in 2013? Crucial or OWC or?? Crucial wants about $65 for 1GB and OWC wants about $32. I'd like to use OWC since it's cheaper if it would be ok.
The PB came with a 45W power adapter without the AC cord. Found an Apple KB HT1565 (dated 8/30/2012) that says my PB should have a 65W adapter. Found a brand new in the box 65W on eBay today for $18!
Would like to have wireless Internet to use the PB in the basement. Currently I have wired Internet for my Mac Mini and Internet TV box. Was thinking about getting an Airport Extreme base station to plug in one of the Ethernet cables and then hopefully could get Internet in the basement. My house is 83 years old, so don't know if that would cause any problems. The Airport Extreme Firmware version is 402.6 (3.90.34.0p13). Which generation of Airport Extreme base station can I use? All of this wireless stuff is confusing to me. I wouldn't be creating a network or anything fancy.
What brand of wireless mouse would you recommend? Don't care for the trackpad and am currently using a Dell wired mouse I have, but it doesn't want to scroll.
Thanks very much for your time.
silverado93

My old PowerBook G4 was very happy on Leopard.
I nearly always order RAM from OWC for my family and friends, but because OWC is not always the least expensive, I also trust Crucial and Transintl.com which I have ordered from in the past.
silverado93 wrote:
Would like to have wireless Internet to use the PB in the basement. Currently I have wired Internet for my Mac Mini and Internet TV box. Was thinking about getting an Airport Extreme base station to plug in one of the Ethernet cables and then hopefully could get Internet in the basement. My house is 83 years old, so don't know if that would cause any problems. The Airport Extreme Firmware version is 402.6 (3.90.34.0p13). Which generation of Airport Extreme base station can I use?
Probably any. I think your PowerBook supports 802.11b/g. While the wireless world is moving on to 802.11n, 802.11g is widely available and any wireless router that supports that or 802.11b will work with your PowerBook. If you had a very recent Airport base station, it will have an option to be set for 802.11n only or 802.11n, b, and g so you would only have to make sure you set it to the latter for backwards compatibility.
The very first AirPort base station supported 802.11b, so your PowerBook would even work with that, but that's going back so far you don't want one that old.
silverado93 wrote:
What brand of wireless mouse would you recommend? Don't care for the trackpad and am currently using a Dell wired mouse I have, but it doesn't want to scroll.
I use a Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000 and I love it. Not sure if the driver supports Leopard on a G4, but you can use the mouse well enough without the driver. It can be found much cheaper than the Microsoft link I posted there.

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You have jumped into the deep end with both feet.
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I know nothing about Flickr but assume you will have to choose your own images. I doubt a Smart Album can select exactly what you need.
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Enjoy your new hobby.
AW
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Okay, let me give this a try:
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There you go Bitch!Message Edited by cameron on 08-02-2005 07:35 AM

Few questions from a new user

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joshdsalley wrote:
Hi Guys
Next question is mainly about accessories. I would like a good case that is minimal, but still providing protection from scratches. Are there any good recommendations or is it just kinda personal preference. Also, has anyone tried some of the screen protectors on the market? Can you tell that they are there, or do they give you any problems with the "touch" and "feel" of the screen?
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I don't use a protective case on my iPhone has I think it spoils the look of it. Instead I have a leather case that provides protection from the screen getting scratched and can be easily taken out when I need to use the iPhone.
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A few questions regarding my new iPhone

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This is normal - in my experience anyway but not with all websites. It doesn't do the same when I have one page open on these discussions, navigate to another page and then back, the discussions page I had opened is not refreshed.
2. Is there any way to save images from a site or from an email to my phone? I know I can't receive MMS so I thought I'd email me a picture to add it to my contacts and couldn't find a way. I also browsed online for an image and couldn't save it nor add it to a contact either. Any way to do this? I had to wait to get home and sync the images to my phone.
Not supported from a website or from a received messages. You must do as provided with your last sentence - at the present time anyway.
3. I noticed that the iPhone's connector is the same as my iPod's connector, but if I plug it into my iPod's dock, a warning comes up that warns me it's not designed for the iPhone. Will I harm my iPhone if I plug it into my car charger, wall charger, dock that's AVed into my TV? I'm just really worried that it'll screw my phone up.
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Few questions about my new laptop

I just bought a powerbook g4 12" 1.5ghz with an 80g hd.
i just found out that i cannot upgrade to snow leopard due to the intel processor. am i really missing out? and how can i get leopard?
also, i need to upgrade my ram. where can i get a trusted upgrade? i am looking at things online, but i am scared of getting scammed. but i have ugraded my other pc's ram and the card i bought cheaply online worked fine. any tips for this would be great!
thanks guys

Welcome to the Apple discussions.
You may still be able to get Leopard from Apple by calling 800-MY-APPLE, which is the Apple online ordering store. You can't buy it locally anymore. If they are out, then you'd need to look online, with one source being hardcoremac.com or ebay. If you go ebay, ensure you're getting black-faced retail disks and not gray-faced disks, which are locked to the system types they originally shipped with.
On ram, our Powerbooks are sensitive to the ram used, due to the memory bus architecture. If you stick with Crucial, Kingston (not their value-ram line though), or Samsung, you'll be OK.

A few questions from a new tech...

It is based on the conversion process of a Cisco 6500 Series switch (WS-Sup720-3B release) w/MSFC3 from a hybrid mode (CatOS/IOS) over to a native mode. I've found a few conversion processes online however, I do not know which process is the best to use (as some of them seem outdated) and detailed enough:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/switches/catalyst-6500-series-switches/12031-catos-ios-conversion-6500k.html
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/switches/catalyst-6500-series-switches/70273-70273.html
http://www.ciscopress.com/articles/article.asp?p=102093&seqNum=5
Also, another question that I have is about the correct, most up-to-date software. Whenever I use the Cisco software download navigator to search for an applicable image, I see different images based on various network requirements. Are these images applicable to this process?
https://software.cisco.com/download/release.html?mdfid=280829702&flowid=20135&softwareid=280805680&release=15.1.2-SY4a&relind=AVAILABLE&rellifecycle=ED&reltype=latest
Any help would be very much appreciated.

It depends on how complicated your configuration is.
When I did this a long time ago I just did it by hand ie. I didn't use a conversion tool I just created a new configuration in a text editor and then copied in the new configuration.
A lot of the commands in a configuration are defaults and you don't necessarily need to replicate them because you will get a new set of defaults when you convert.
If you have a lot of extra configuration eg. QOS then it may be worth using one. It really depends on how well you know what your switch is currently doing.
In terms of IOS image key things are -
1) feature set ie. you need a feature set that supports all the things you are currently doing
2) memory on your supervisor and whether you have enough
3) module support ie. you need to check the release notes for each release because they may not support all your existing modules
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Few questions about my new Lumia 920

Hi.
First of I'm loving the new phone. I bought it outright and I'm currently using my rolling contact in it. I'm on EE in the UK.
I too have had a few hard restarts but I find it's when I'm installing an app. Fingers crossed a software update will sort out this problem.
Anyway a couple of quick questions. Is there a way I can turn of the Facebook pictures appearing in my photo's ? Also is there a way of turning of the notification bar at the top of the phone when a text message comes in ?
Many thanks in advance,
Mythril.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Facebook albums can only be removed from the gallery if you remove the facebook account from the phone. You can use the facebook app instead but facebook will no longer be linked to your contacts in the people hub.
There is no way to stop the message pop up yet, Microsoft has yet to add an option to stop it.

A few questions for a new setup

Hi All,
I've been wanting to set up Main Stage to replace a hardware synth of mine (Korg Micro X) as I am limited by the 25 note key range. I've set up the whole gig (concert) with split patches etc and it sounds great. I'm using my NORD Electro 2 as a MIDI keyboard. The thing is, that I want to use some of the sounds from the NORD as they sound much better than the software synth versions. I think I have figured out a way around this by having a concert level audio channel which my NORD goes into and out to the main output. I've also mapped a foot controller to solo this channel (as sometimes I want to hear just the NORD and not the software synths which are mapped over the same keys). I've similarly mapped a button on the NORD to mute the NORD channel so that I only hear the software synth.... (phew)
Now, the problem is that if I have the mute switch ON, and then I solo the NORD track, it works fine. Once I release the solo pedal (I have to hold it down while I play), the NORD channel doesn't fully mute again. It attenuates but not fully mutes. To fully mute I have to un-mute the channel and re-mute. Is there any way around this???
Another question, is there any way that you can turn OFF some midi signals?? Or put another way, tell Main Stage to ignore certain MIDI signals? Some of the NORD buttons are transmitting information to Main Stage by default. I.e. when I select a preset patch on the NORD, it jumps to a certain patch in Main Stage and I don't want it to do this.
I know it's a lot of information but I would appreciate any information.
Cheers,
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P.S. I'm running Main Stage 1.0.2

I haven't tried this, but one way around this might be to teach MainStage about the offending button.
Set up a new button in MS Layout & 'Learn' your patch change to it.
Having done that, disable the new button in Edit.
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A few Questions For A New User

Hi, I did a quick search, but did not get direct answers, so I am posting this thread as a group of new user questions (to save forum space). Sorry that they might cover more than one "Forum Category", but they are at least all iPhone 4 questions. Its also pretty sad that none of this is in a manual. As a matter of fact, there is no users manual !, what ever happen to the days where you got a correctly explained Users Manual with a $600 product that is 5" tall ? lol
Ok, yesterday I just bought a iPhone 4. I am running iOS 4.2.1 (the currently latest iOS as I type this).
Questions:
1- Exactly who can communicate with me on "FaceTime" ? Only other iPhone users with it ? Or is it part of iChat ? AOL ? What ?
2- On the opening/home page of the iPhone where you have all them little boxes of app's or stuff (Phone, Contacts, Mail, Safari, Settings, YouTube, iPod, etc..) how can I move them in the order I want them ? And also delete ones I do not want or will never need ? (like YouTube, Stocks, and Game Center)
3- On my older phone (and all older phones I've had including FREE Metro phones) I am able to bluetooth the phone to my laptop (or vice versa) to quickly transfer/send/receive files and stuff back and forth (photos, my voice notes, contact card files, etc..) via Bluetooth - Well I am trying it now with my iPhone, and my laptop sees the iPhone as a device, and even gets as far as a passkey thing, etc.. but the iPhone just sits there spinning its "connection wheel". Triple checked settings on both ends and connection, triple tested, etc.. and as my older phones do it no prob, under same settings, iPhone doesn't seem to bluetooth to my laptop for file sharing. NEITHER will it bluetooth to my other phones that all work elsewhere bluetoothing. Whats the deal ? Is this a known issue ?
4- I am absolutely astonished at the small amount of horribly lame ringtones/text tones, etc.. there is as choices on this iPhone. Is there anyway to get/buy/free download more of them and use them for various ring/tone and alert sources in the iPhone ? If so, where please ?
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6- Is there a "Extended Battery" available to buy for the iPhone 4 ? If so, whats the best one and where do I get it ?
7- Also, looking for the absolute BEST Bluetooth headset. Money of no concern, but quality of voice and hearing is. Along with intuitive features, etc.. Any suggestions ?
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Roulette Records wrote:
Hi, I did a quick search, but did not get direct answers, so I am posting this thread as a group of new user questions (to save forum space). Sorry that they might cover more than one "Forum Category", but they are at least all iPhone 4 questions. Its also pretty sad that none of this is in a manual. As a matter of fact, there is no users manual !, what ever happen to the days where you got a correctly explained Users Manual with a $600 product that is 5" tall ? lol
Ok, yesterday I just bought a iPhone 4. I am running iOS 4.2.1 (the currently latest iOS as I type this).
Questions:
1- Exactly who can communicate with me on "FaceTime" ? Only other iPhone users with it ? Or is it part of iChat ? AOL ? What ?
2- On the opening/home page of the iPhone where you have all them little boxes of app's or stuff (Phone, Contacts, Mail, Safari, Settings, YouTube, iPod, etc..) how can I move them in the order I want them ? And also delete ones I do not want or will never need ? (like YouTube, Stocks, and Game Center)
3- On my older phone (and all older phones I've had including FREE Metro phones) I am able to bluetooth the phone to my laptop (or vice versa) to quickly transfer/send/receive files and stuff back and forth (photos, my voice notes, contact card files, etc..) via Bluetooth - Well I am trying it now with my iPhone, and my laptop sees the iPhone as a device, and even gets as far as a passkey thing, etc.. but the iPhone just sits there spinning its "connection wheel". Triple checked settings on both ends and connection, triple tested, etc.. and as my older phones do it no prob, under same settings, iPhone doesn't seem to bluetooth to my laptop for file sharing. NEITHER will it bluetooth to my other phones that all work elsewhere bluetoothing. Whats the deal ? Is this a known issue ?
4- I am absolutely astonished at the small amount of horribly lame ringtones/text tones, etc.. there is as choices on this iPhone. Is there anyway to get/buy/free download more of them and use them for various ring/tone and alert sources in the iPhone ? If so, where please ?
5- Where is the best place to get 100% supported apps for the iPhone ? Ones that are guaranteed to not cause system conflicts in the iPhone. Also, free ones ? And exactly how do you do it ?
6- Is there a "Extended Battery" available to buy for the iPhone 4 ? If so, whats the best one and where do I get it ?
7- Also, looking for the absolute BEST Bluetooth headset. Money of no concern, but quality of voice and hearing is. Along with intuitive features, etc.. Any suggestions ?
Thanks !
Hello there
1. For Facetime you can communicate with other iPhone 4 users, iPod Touch 4th generation users & Macs running 10.6.4 or later with the Facetime app.
2. To move apps into any order you want, tap and hold on an app until it starts to jiggle then just move them in any order you want. To create a folder drag one app on top of another. Default apps cannot be deleted however it can be moved.
3. Bluetooh file transfer does not exist on the iPhone possibly due to copyright laws.
4. For ringtones you can use your own. For text tones you can't unfortunately.
5. The only place to get Offical iPhone apps is the app store. All apps there are 100% safe and sandboxed.
6. Yes there is extended battery available, check the apple online store.
7. Don't have a suggestion. Sorry
Hopes this help ,
Regards
Andy

A few questions from a new iMac user!

So far I am loving this computer! However there are a few things that I can not figure out how to do and really dont have time to go to the store for a class at the moment. So hopefully you will be able to help me out.
1. We have iWorks installed and I am trying to make a simple calendar to hand out to my students with information about due dates and such. Previously I was able to do this on Word but I can not figure out how to do this here!
2. How do I copy and paste?
3. With this new mouse how do I get it so that there is a right click?
Thank you all so much and I am sure you will see me on here plenty!

1. We have iWorks installed and I am trying to make a simple calendar to hand out to my students with information about due dates and such. Previously I was able to do this on Word but I can not figure out how to do this here!
Pages, presuming you're referring to Apple's iWork suite, doesn't have a template for a calendar included. There are some suggestions in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6949516
You might also consider using iCal. You could set up a calendar just for student dates and then print that calendar only.
3. With this new mouse how do I get it so that there is a right click?
You'll need to go into the Mouse system preferences and define the right-click action. The default is for the "left-click" and "right-click" both to be a standard click.
Hope this helps.

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Just got my MA, and love it so far but a few things have me a bit lost. Firstly, I was trying to install Google Chrome but it won't install, it just appears as a disk on my desktop when I download it. I can run it, but I would rather not have a bunch of icons for programs sitting on my desktop.
Also, moving from a MB Pro to this has been a change. On my MB I could see my HD right on the desktop, but with my MA I can't. Is there a way to put that onto my desktop?

Double click the disk icon. Then press Command + N to open a new Finder window. Select the Applications folder from the sidebar. Then drag Chrome's icon from within the disk image to the Applications folder. You can then eject the disk by dragging its desktop icon to the trash (it will turn into an eject symbol), and Chrome will remain in your Applications folder.
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#1. Im new to mac so i dont know a whole lot about them but today while browsing the web i got a window that opened that said "browse your mac with Mackeeper to clean it and make sure its safe and to optimize your performance" I didnt click on anything but it wouldnt let me exit out i had to force quit my Safari to get it to go away. What is this?
#2. What do i need to do to keep my mac from getting slow and getting viruses? the most i really do on it is typing work, checking email, watching you tube, social networking on facebook, and browsing forums (forums like this where i can ask questions or share my experiences on certain things) if im not doing any of that im on websites like bestbuy or Cabelas or Bass pro shops doing online shopping. Every so often i have to do online research but not often. do i have much to worry about?
#3. Im on my computer everyday what is better for it? Leaving it turned on 24/7 since i mainly use it at home plugged into the wall turning it on in the morning or whenever i get on and shutting it down before bed? or turning it on and off throughout the day as i get on and off?
#4. When the computer is plugged in the battery says it only has a 96% charge.. its brandnew shouldnt it be at 100%? even though so far i havent really used the battery?

1. The popup you received should be ignored, you were wise to ignore it. It is well publicized in other forums. I'd recommend looking over:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3029144?tstart=0 for a more thorough explanation.
2. There are zero, none, nada, zip Virus's for Macs so the best thing you can do is simply enjoy it. There is no maintenance that is necessary either, everything you were used to doing with a PC is now in your past! OS X is designed to do daily, weekly and monthly maintenance on it's own in the background usually in the middle of the night. Nothing other than that needs to be done. You can download and install Maintidget at:
http://www.giantmike.com/widgets/Maintidget.html this will show you when these scripts were last run.
3. As for what is best for your computer I'd recommend reading the owners manual that came with it. Because you have a portable it has a battery that needs to be maintained. Please read the following articles on the care of your battery, it needs to be exercised. Leaving it plugged in 24/7 shortens it's life so please read the articles especially the article on calibration.
Batteries , Battery Calibration , Battery Maintenance and Troubleshooting.
4. Also because you are new to Mac's I'd recommend bookmarking and reading the following sites, they're specifically for folks like yourself that are considering or have changed from MS Windows.
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Roger

A few questions about my new A720

Hi everyone,
I just got myself an IdeaCentre A720 (VDT8UGE) because I love the idea of a touchscreen combined with a 27" screen and the special hinge.
For the most part it works fine and it simplified my home setup a lot (much less cables now). However it also introduces some new problems. I was wondering if anyone here has some suggestions to any of the following issues:
- The screen coloring is very yellow-greenish and there is no way of adjusting it from the screen itself. I used the nVidia control panel to correct this and it looks OK now but the coloring on the HDMI output is a bit off due to this.
- The HDMI IN is a great idea in my opinion. I plugged in my old machine (a pure gaming machine with a GTX) and it works fine. But is there a way to listen to the audio from HDMI IN? I set the source PC's audio to HDMI Out but it didn't help. Windows doesn't show me any audio source either. For now, I have connected a 3.5mm audio cable but I'm sure there's a more elegant solution to this.
- The system sometimes boots but the screen doesn't turn on. I haven't found any way to reproduce this, it just happens randomly. I suspected it might have something to do with HDMI Out (because I have it connected at all times) but I was unable to find any setting regarding this. I also tried to boot into UEFI to look for such a setting but I couldn't figure out how to do that.
- There's some weird noise coming from the built in Bluray drive when I insert a CD and it also makes some noise whenever I switch the system on. It almost sounds as if there's a disc in there but it isn't. Is this normal behavior? I'm asking because this is the first time that I have a PC with this kind of trayless optical drive.
- According to the spec sheet the camera can shoot at 720p. Is this some sort of joke? I don't want to flame here, but the camera quality is ludicrously bad. Seriously, it's not even 240p. Am I doing something wrong here? Is it just some bug in the Windows 8 camera app?
I hope someone can help on at least any one of these things.

Seems like nobody else has any of these issues but nonetheless, I'd like to keep this thread up to date if you don't mind. Hopefully this will be useful to someone in the future.
Camera
So today I called Lenovo Support (really friendly and helpful by the way!) and as for the camera, I was asked to try some other software like Skype instead of Windows 8's Camera App.
So I used VLC to show me the camera video. And guess what - it's 720p! Quality still isn't great but it's MILES ahead from what I've seen in the aforementioned Camera app. So that's one problem "found" at least. I still need to verify if Skype is affected. Perhaps this problem only affects Modern UI apps and not desktop apps.
Blank screen
The second thing I asked about was the blank screen. Unfortunately this is apparently not any known issue so the support couldn't help much but only suggest to try a factory reset. I'll hold off on that though because I spent the last three days to set everything up. I'll try to remember to remove the HDMI cable prior to switching the device on from now on and see if that helps (yes, I changed my mind - I think it's HDMI related again).
Coloring
The third and last thing I asked was about the display coloring. There's no way of "saving" the coloring mode but they are aware of this and there MIGHT someday be a patch. I wouldn't count on it though and I think there's a higher chance of my eyes simply adopting to the weird coloring at some point.
While it's surely unfortunate that some of these problems seem unsolvable, I'm still glad that there's only minor issues left now. Also the phone support was quite good and I feel confident that they'll help me if I ever have some other problem in the future.
I'd be glad if Lenovo takes all these things to heart and improves them on the next model. In my humble opinion, this is pretty much the best touchscreen AIO on the market. Oh and while you're at it, please put a USB 3.0 port to the left hand side of the display for the next model, the one on the base is barely usable if HDMI cables are plugged in.

A few questions from a new user.

Good afternoon,
While I have been doing graphic art as a hobby for an extreemly long time, i am very much a student per say when it comes to photoshop having just got it recently. So please exuse me if my questions have simple answers i just simply have yet to find.
I am currently using gimp and photoshop CS5, i use them both since soome things i simply do not know how to do in photoshop.
1) Sometimes I will use gimp to set the transparency color on an entire image to try to capture certain aspects of an image like highlights or shadows to place into another image.
an example would be like, say i have a flame in the darkness and you can make out some Silhouettes in the background. I want to eliminate all the black to capture the flame and the greys/highlights. How would i set the transparency layer to remove all or part of the black in the image.
2) How do i scale a layer and keep it center of the image?
3) How do i make a custom pathing image and have the brush follow it?
4 when i have a brush following a path is it possable to have it auutomaticly turn as the path turns?
I answered two of my own questions while writing them so i guess for now i only have the two questions. I am sure i will have more as time ticks on. Thanks for reading.

OK, I am sorry I don't think i am making my self clear enough what i am trying to do.
here is a more complex example:
In this image I am making the windows transparent so they can be seen through while keeping the walls solid. to do this i take a section off the windows and set a color transparent, In this case i set light blue (94d3fb) as tranparent but only with in the window portion cause i do not want to see through my walls.
Now with the windows transparent i can use them to look out of and see the things on the other side.
In gimp i just make the color transparent,
would I use a mask and perhaps set the mask to mask a praticular color?
Again i apologise, i am simply trying to learn how to do what i know how to do in gimp.

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