Advice on making a cloud graphic

I'm trying to make a cloud to be used for a cloud computing graphic. I used the elipse shape tool to draw a shape and then I just copied it three times, and used the Shape Builder tool to combine the separate shapes into a single one. Can anyone give me any suggestions to make this look more like a cloud?
Thanks.

There are various online tutorial for creating cloud from Illustrator.
Based on the intent, you need for a cartoon or need more realistic approach the steps and efforts may vary.
What you have designed with the ellipse tool I guess is nice for a cartoon illustration but for having a real cloud like look
I personally like :- http://www.gtpdesigns.com/design-blog/view/tutorial-create-realistic-clouds-in-adobe-illus trator/
making the variation based on my requirement.

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Anyways, I was wondering what the current opinions on graphical options are? Right now, I'm just playing around with g.drawRect() & g.drawArc(), but I'd like to eventually have it look very nice. I'd also like to have great AI. I've heard of java2d, java3d, jmonkey, jogl..
I'm just looking for some opinions on these graphics ("API"s?) options, or any hints you can give.

user5830515 wrote:
Any suggestions for AI?That is a subject that fills entire books, articles and many a thesis. Its a tough subject for which I have one recommendation in your novice state; program it like you would anything else. Think about what the AI needs to do, then figure out how to do it using what you already know. Don't even think about going any deeper than that until you've done about a month's worth of reading into the subject material. Seriously, it is a broad subject.
Just to illustrate an example, I tend to create 'behaviors'; a class structure that define how enemies and/or NPCs act. A behavior could be brave, aggressive, easily scared, terminator, wandering, etc. Enemies can have a certain behavior assigned to them and might switch behavior depending on events. Each enemy will have a think() method that allows them to update their own state based on the world around them and what the behavior is telling them to do.

Photoshop Cloud Graphics Mafia

Adobe doesnt listen to there clients. This is not a "Cloud" its subscription based model and if you dont pay you cant edit your old files.
Please sir I cant pay this month but if you would give me access to edit my files I can pay you next month. Nope you have to pay every month.
Just knee cap me.
Its the Graphics Mafia.

While I consider the creative cloud a regrettable developement you are still free to purchase a perpetual license for Photoshop CS6.
Adobe doesnt listen to there clients.
Well, I guess the Adobe employees who actually take an interest in these Fora probably have taken notice and may even understand the irritation – but the decision to switch to the regrettable cloud model has probably been taken at different levels where direct contact with consumers may be considered less desirable …
Its the Graphics Mafia.
I still have not tried it, but depending on your kind of work a free (edited) image editor like Gimp may be an option.

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I need some advice on how to make our Service more reliable against crashes.
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Do we need a second license if we want to have another AMS Server which is idle until it really is needed? I mean it would then only be in use if the main server crashes.
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Als we consider making it more scalable so as to user more than one machine or a scalable virtual machine.
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Hi Busta999,
not sure if you are still monitoring this, but wanted to thank you for the really excellent posts ! Actually, these are the most helpful (and encouraging!) posts I could find on this.
I have similar issues re unreliability / instability of AirPlay. It seems like you may have cracked it and I have a couple of follow-up questions if I may.
First, my gear:
In study: Netgear router linked via ethernet to Apple TimeMachine (current model) which provides Wi-Fi to back half of apt, extended...
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My issue is that I cannot get the AirPlay options to show up reliably as they should and/or randomly disappear (Apple TVs are generally pretty good although AirPlay speakers still very hit and miss). One issue may be caused by one of the speakers which keeps reverting to Wi-Fi rather than powerline (and is perhaps therefore unreliable?) but I hope to resolve this soon. Generally quite frustrating.
I have at least followed your advice with use of powerline. Has made music via AirPlay on ATVs much more reliable.
But you mentioned linking IPs to MAC addresses for all devices. Could you expand on this? What does this do and where would it be implemented? I am not a network guy but willing to try anaything if it helps!
Any other thoughts also appreciated!

Lost contacts in some apple devices after making i cloud copy

How is it possible that my contact are lost on I phone and I Mac after making copy in I cloud.
It happened after installing our 2nd i pad

You need to discuss this in the developer's forum. IOS 7 has not been released yet so we cannot discuss it in this forum.

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I need an advice about how to make an application log over every task succsessfully done to a target with an unique ID.
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A

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Need advice on making a simple Flash video file. Trying to accomplish two things.

I have some video files (.avi) that I am trying to convert to a Flash video format. I am trying to export it to a Flash player to go into a Powerpoint file. With this, I am trying to accomplish two goals:
1. To have the short clip (15sec, 30fps) endlessly loop, like an animated .gif.
2. To allow the user to click on the video player and drag left/right to ff/rew.
The video itself is a turntable animation. One of our products is making a complete 360degree turn. By allowing the user to grab and drag, it will simulate them rotating the model.
So far, I have already accomplished Goal 1. I made a new Actionscript 3 file, imported video (embed flv in swf and play in timeline), and then made the video loop on the timeline. This seems to export properly, and the video loops as needed. The only thing I can't figure out is how to make the video "interactive" and let the user drag left/right.
For context, I have never used Flash before. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

This will come down to essentially moving the playhead of Flash based on the movement of the mouse. It's certainly not going to be smooth however, you'd need a timer to be responsible for moving your playhead and reversing spatial compression is very CPU intensive (moving backwards on the timeline). I'd recommend having a forward and backward version of the video so you could flip between them but if you're new to flash you're already in way above your head.
Add a new layer and try adding this example script (or Download Source example here, saved to CS5):
import flash.utils.Timer;
import flash.events.TimerEvent;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
// make sure we don't trip this frame twice
if (!stage.hasEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN))
          // stop playhead
          stop();
          // set state (forwards? backwards?)
          var movingForward:Boolean = true;
          var curFrame:int = 1;
          var mouseStartX:int; // used later to determine drag
          // detect mouse click and drag left or right
          stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onMouseF);
          stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onMouseF);
          // create new timer to control playhead, start it
          var phTimer:Timer = new Timer(33,0);
          phTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, movePlayheadF);
          phTimer.start();
          // function to control playhead
          function movePlayheadF(e:TimerEvent):void
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                    if (curFrame > this.totalFrames) curFrame = 2;
                    else if (curFrame < 1) curFrame = this.totalFrames;
                    // goto the next frame
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          function onMouseF(e:MouseEvent):void
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                              if (stage.mouseX > mouseStartX)
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                                        trace('Moving forward now');
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                                        movingForward = false;
                                        trace('Moving backwards now');
This is pretty simple. In the example source link above an object on the timeline (nice ugly red circle) moves right over 60 frames and then left over 60 frames (120 total). Consider that your movie.
A timer ticks at a speed of 33ms (30fps). This is where it isn't necessarily going to be too smooth with video. If you increase it to 60FPS then decrease the timer by half (16.5ms), season to taste. Each time the timer goes off the playhead is moved, either forwards or backwards.
To know if it should go forward or backwards a simple variable (movingForward) keeps track of the last 'swipe'. The swipe is simply captured when a user touches the screen (mouse/finger), moves in a direction and then lets up. If they moved to the left the direction will be reverse. If they moved to the right it will move forward. This doesn't take into consideration any more than that logic, but illustrates how you can watch the mouse for movement and "do something" based on it.
A very simple validatior in the timer event function checks to see if the next frame (in either direction) is valid and if it's not, it corrects it so it stays within your videos timeline length.
Note there is a MOUSE_MOVE event you can try to hook to which can be used to literally let the user drag the video forwards and backwards the amount they drag their finger/cursor. Also if this is some kind of circular surface like a record spinning, the direction the user moves the mouse based on where they touch the record would change which direction they expect it to move. Etc etc..
That should get your feet wet in how much you need to consider for your project.

Need your advice on making family videos without losing quality

I need your advice. I don't know where to put my question because I don't know which piece of software I need (so I am posting this in a few places on the forum: sorry). That is exactly the question, I guess.
I have a couple of digital cameras that I use to make family videos. They both produce .avi files. Sometimes I use an iPhone that produces .mov files. So after my children and grandchildren visit, I end up with a bunch of these little videos. I want to combine them into longer videos that I can watch more conveniently on my Apple TV 2 or put on a DVD to send my kids or to my elderly mother-in-law to watch. I know how to combine them using iMovie HD, but that process seems to radically degrade the resolution and/or image quality. The original .avi files are 1024x768 and are very clear and sharp. I can't watch these .avi files on my ATV2 so I've been using Quicktime Player 10.0 to open them and then save them as .mov files. Once I import these files into iTunes, I can watch them on my ATV2 and they too look great on my tv (since they have the same resolution as the original .avi files): sharp and clear. But after I use iMovie HD to combine them (the .avi files) into an .m4v file, they're down to 640x480, and don't look near as good. And the DVD made from this file using iDVD looks equally bad and blocky.
I think what I want to know is, can I change some parameters on iMovie HD to produce files that are as high quality as the original .avi and .mov files? Or if not, what software do I need to accomplish this? I'm not interested in "fancy" movies. These are just home movies, but they are important to us. Should I upgrade my iMovie to do this? Or get Quicktime Pro? Or what? I'd appreciate your advice. I'd like to keep the process as simple as possible.

This is my workflow. I'm sure you will get a variety of opinions, but all I can say for my AVI clips, I've had excellent results for viewing on AppleTV.
I use iMovie HD 6 for organizing the clips into short movies, 15 minutes +/-. Clips are imported into iMovie as DV files. Once the movies are completed, I Export from iMovie as Full Quality, which results in a my-movie.dv file.
I then open the dv file in MPEG Streamclip. There I use the MP4 and iTunes settings for screen ratio and bit rate. 4:3 for Standard Def and 16:9 for High Def. Sounds complicated, but once you open MPEG Streamclip, the settings are simple to figure out.
The main thing to remember about quality is not to upscale your video. If the resolution is 640x480 SD, do not export higher than 640x480.
Here are a couple of screenshots using MPEG Streamclips "Export to MP4" setting:

Need advice for making a board layout in Ultiboard easy to assemble/troubleshoot

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It would be really convenient to be able to automatically make each leg identical for troubleshooting and assembly. I know that I could slowly work it out myself with a schematic and the ratsnest, but I was hoping for a quicker way, and I see a whole lot of functionality in Ultiboard that I don't know how to use yet.
The method I've been using so far has been pretty rough. With nearly 250 components, I've been saving the schematics multiple times with each subsequent leg added, and exporting the netlist to Ultiboard one at a time with previous components locked into place. It's a painful process, but it works.
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You can use the group replica place and the copy route options to do exactly what your asking. Since it seems your new to this package, it will most likely take the same time to get to the finish line if you do it manually or the method I mentioned.
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Need advice on making a JButton

hey guys, ive created a couple of gui's before using JButtons and using actionlistener to see which button was pressed based on the name of the button. this time im making buttons using a image and the button contains properties were as my previous buttons were just to sort, very easy compared to this time. basically my JButton is going to have 2 or more properties such as name, location etc.. . so if the user picked image 1, i can call getName or get Location based on the button they pressed and print it out on my text area. from what i was told i can make a class to extend JButton and have my Place object in that class. is this the easiest way to have 5 or more JButtons each with the same properties but different info, or is there an easier way?
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You need to think a little bit different.
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Advice on making a standalone JAXB installation

Sorry for the probably trivial question, but I am new to JAXB... I am developping a scientific application which uses XML style for in and out files. I used to create XML files with crude println's and read XML files with the DocumentBuilder tools. The application is not Web oriented.
My 2 small questions are (I am not expecting more than "yes" or "no" answers):
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-Would my colleagues willing to use my application have to get their hands "dirty" by incorporating all the jar files required (e.g. JAXB/lib, JAXP/lib, jwsdp-1.6-share/lib, j2sdk1.5/jre/lib/endorsed) in their java space?
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Hello all,
I am still curious about this. I haven't had much time of late to work on it though, so I don't really have any update news.
I am planning to go ahead and rip all the DV tapes that I have (about 30 of them) to the computer any day now.
Using Kino I do want to capture to rawDV and not .avi, to get the best quality, and to cut down on the amount of times the video gets converted correct?
What reasons would there be for capturing to .avi instead? Lack of space? Just to keep the files on the computer as .avi's?
Also what interlacing option would you recommend?
Thanks for any advice.
*** I think I am gonna go ahead and go with rawDV for the captures. Also I just noticed something. I don't think the interlacing option in Kino is relevant to how it is captured, simply how the preview is played while it's happening. Is this correct? In which case all I have to worry about the interlacing on is the final version that I export to DVD from Cinelerra?
Last edited by The Avatar of Time (2008-08-18 22:41:18)

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media kat wrote:
… I'm trying to create an exaggerated zombie style look.
Hehe… that looks like a kid stuck a chocolate candy wrapper on the amused guy's forehead.
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Advice for Making Screen Recorded Videos for FCP

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I need help from all you Java gurus and 3l33t h4x0rs.
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You need to take advantage of all the things that each and every supermarket can provide. Think of this as a learning opportunity and be positive. When I was younger (before venturing out to the supermarket on my own) I didn't see the sense of loss leaders or expensive display areas, but now I understand them to be an integral part of the whole ambiance of the user interface and intrinsic logistics.
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Advice on making a bulleted list

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