Help with Understanding Workspaces in OWB 11G

Hi
We are planning to upgrade a 10.1.0.3 repository to 10.1.0.4 via the upgrade scripts and then migrate the entire environment to a new server with an 11g database. Also we need to migrate a separate 10gr2 repository and target schemas to the same 11g database.
I have been reading the documentation and can see that the repository (OWBSYS) can be split into separate workspace owners that you can assign users to.
I have looked at the Oracle tutorial for OWB 11g and can see it asks for a Workspace Owner User Name and also a Workspace Name. What is the difference between these? If you have multiple Workspaces do these appear as separate schemas on the database and, if so, do these have the Workspace Owner User Name or the Workspace Name?
In our 10.1.0.3 database we have a design repository A, and a separate runtime repository with a runtime owner and runtime user schema.
In the 10GR2 database we have a design repository B (containing design and runtime metadata).
I am thinking of creating one 11G Workspace for the 10.1.0.3 repository data and another workspace for the 10GR2 data. However, would the workspace owner user names need to be the same i.e.'A' and 'B'?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
GB

This is what I've learned so far:
You're repository will always be on the OWBSYS schema. So if you have 2 repositories and plan do put them both on the same database then you'll end up with 1 repository with 2 workspaces.
All the metadata is stored on the OWBSYS schema.
The workspace owner will be the user with most privileges on that workspace and can have a different name of the workspace.
You can add more users (besides the workspace owner) to any of the workspaces.
hope it helps... and please someone correct me if I'm wrong.

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You really aren't working efficiently. First of all, do your editing on a full sized version of the photo, since you have more data for PSE to work on and will get better results. Use save for web to make your web/email copy when you are totally done. You can resize it down on the right side of the save for web window.
Duplicating a regular layer makes an opaque layer that obscures the layers below it. It's best to start off by not working on your original image, so that you don't have to worry if you mess up. If you're working on a copy, you can work right on the background layer, or only duplicate the layer once and apply your changes to that. So you'd apply both shadows/highlights and sharpening to the same layer.
Finally, you should use an adjustment layer for levels. Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Levels. This will put levels on a transparent layer above your image, but you will need to click the layer below it to get back to a pixel layer to apply other changes (you can't sharpen an adjustment layer, for example).

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Just picked up a new HD video camera and it seems technology has played a trick on me.
my Sony HD camcorder imorts the file as a .m2ts file
When imported in Adobe Orgnizer Elements - preview looks skinny and "squished"
It seems like the camcorder has a preference to video a whole bunch of stuff and then burn it to DVD in high def or normal resoluition - whereas I like to record by clips, organize them, and then add into Ppremier Elements as needed. So I really don't understand what to do or how to do it, to get the results i need?
Do i need to manually convert each .m2ts file into an .avi?
When I open a HD clip inpremier, the size is right, but preview is all blurry and jumpy?
What is the best way for me to take one of my clips and have it ready to insert in a movie?
Thanks - any help would be appreciated.

This is aimed at Premiere Pro, but may help
A link with many ideas about computer setup http://forums.adobe.com/thread/436215?tstart=0
Work through all of the steps (ideas) listed at http://ppro.wikia.com/wiki/Troubleshooting
If your problem isn't fixed after you follow all of the steps, report back with the DETAILS asked for in the FINALLY section, the questions at the end of the troubleshooting link... most especially the codec used... see Question 1

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would some help me with this, I am trying to understand what part of AS3 script says loop through(create a continues 360 loop of objects) the images from an XML file, does this make any sense.
in my script I have this
for(var i:int = 0; i < images.length(); i++)
is this the part that says loop the images/objects
this is a little more to the script including the above to maybe understand better?
private function onXMLComplete(event:Event):void
// Create an XML Object from loaded data
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var imageName:String = images[i].@name;
var imagePath:String = images[i].@path;
var titles:String = images[i].@title;
var texts:String = images[i].@text;
any help would be great

hi rob
ok I found this menu which rotates item around on a 360 wheel trying to see if I can use the same script on my menu,
link to example: http://art.clubworldgroup.com/menu/R...g_menu_AS3.zip
I have highlighted in blue what creates the loop of items
in my menu I do ot have anything like
var angleDifference:Number = Math.PI * (360 / NUMBER_OF_ITEMS) / 180;
which sest up the 360 circle of the item
//Save the center coordinates of the stage
var centerX:Number=stage.stageWidth/2;
var centerY:Number=stage.stageHeight/2;
//The number of items we will have (feel free to change!)
var NUMBER_OF_ITEMS:uint=15;
//Radius of the menu circle (horizontal and vertical)
var radiusX:Number=200;
var radiusY:Number=200;
//Angle difference between the items (in radians)
var angleDifference:Number = Math.PI * (360 / NUMBER_OF_ITEMS) / 180;
//How fast a single circle moves (we calculate the speed
//according to the mouse position later on...)
var angleSpeed:Number=0;
//Scaling speed of a single circle
var scaleSpeed:Number=0.0002;
//This vector holds all the items
//(this could also be an array...)
var itemVector:Vector.<Item>=new Vector.<Item>;
//This loop creates the items and positions them
//on the stage
for (var i:uint = 0; i < NUMBER_OF_ITEMS; i++) {
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    var item:Item = new Item();
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    item.y=centerY+radiusY*Math.sin(startingAngle);
    //Save the starting angle of the item.
    //(We have declared the Item class to be dymamic. Therefore,
    //we can create new properties dynamically.)
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Hi, As a Sound Forge user I'm trying out Audition CS6 as it has such excellent preview notices. Can somebody please help me to customize the workspace please - specifically is it possible to have the items in my "Favourites" as a Toolbar so I can get at them quicker? Also is it possible to have "Insert Silence" out in the open rather than by 3 clicks - Edit/Insert/Silence.
Thank you for your help. John.

Hi,
Thanks for checking out Audition! Let us know how you like it.
If you click Window > Favorites you will expose a floating panel that lists all of the Favorites available under the menu. You can "dock" this panel anywhere you like by grabbing the Favorites tab at the top and dragging it over different regions of the main interface. It may take a few attempts to understand the Adobe UI system, but as you hover over regions in the application, you'll see drop-zones appear. Some of these will align the Favorites panel alongside or above another panel, other regions will place the panel in a tabbed group where only one panel in the group is exposed at a time.
You can configure a keyboard shortcut to open the Insert Silence command by selecting Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts. Click the Edit group and find Insert Silence (or just type Insert Silence in the search box at the top.) Select the command and click the Add button to create your own custom keyboard shortcut. You may also record an Insert Silence operation as a custom favorite, available from the Favorites panel.

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I went to update my QuickTime and in doing so was told to update my OS which included QT updates. Now I'm getting all kinds of messages about partitions, firmware etc. do not understand at all what's going on.

THIS IS MY STEP BY STEP situation with my updates:
I go to the Apple Icon and selected Software Update and it reads I have 2 items:
MacBook EFI Firmware Update 1.2
MacBook SMC Firmware Update 1.4
I select Install and then it state Installs completed successfully.
BUT THEN I recieve and new icon and this message below:
To update the SMC firmware on your MacBook:
Your computer's power cord must be connected and plugged into a working power source, or your battery must be at least 25% charged.
For more information see 'http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3499'.
1. Quit all other open applications.
2. Click Restart in the MacBook SMC Firmware Update window and wait for your computer to restart.
The SMC firmware update starts automatically. A status bar indicates the progress of the update. During the update your computer fans will run at full speed, but will return to normal once the update completes.
Important: Do not interrupt the update.
Your computer restarts automatically when the update is completed and opens the MacBook SMC Firmware Update.
3. Click OK. The SMC firmware is now up-to-date.
If these instructions appear on your screen again, the SMC firmware update was not successful. Repeat steps 2 and 3.
I follow the instructions and then I get this: (could get my image to attach but here's what it said)
the first error message heading of:
MacBook SMC Firmware Update 1.4
Your firmware could not be updated, the hard drive partition scheme may not be supported. You must be booted from a GUID partition or RAID scheme.
see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2434 for more information (internal error 28:3)
THEN ANOTHER ONE POPS UP saying:
Your Hard Drive partition scheme is not supported, you must be booted from a GUID partition scheme.
see http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html? artnum=303609 for more information
I went to those URL and tried to understand what it was telling me but I did not understand. I can't figure, by reading thru forums, etc, if I need to do this or not and what exactly it is.
So back to just pushing a simplet update has thrown all this unknown info. my way and I have no clue what to do.
Thank you. Hope this is more clear.

Help with understanding JNLPException

Hi experts,
I get a Java Web Start Error as below and following that is the contents of the Details Exception tab. I've re-certified my JAR files twice before without problems. What is the JNLPException trying to tell me.
I have deleted the old keystore and generated a new one and created a self-signed test certificate, and signed all the JAR files (they all start out unsigned). The last time I had to do all this was probably with update 01.
Thank you for any helpful comments you might be able to share.
Warm regards,
Hope
Java Web Start 1.6.0_03
Using JRE version 1.6.0_03 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
User home directory = C:\Documents and Settings\Hope
#### Java Web Start Error:
#### JAR resources in JNLP file are not signed by same certificate
JNLPException[category: Launch File Error : Exception: null : LaunchDesc:
<jnlp spec="1.0+" codebase="http://rfg.optical-online.com/ooweb/" href="http://rfg.optical-online.com/ooweb/oo.jnlp">
<information>
    <title>OpticalOnline 2.0</title>
    <vendor>CC Systems, Inc.</vendor>
    <homepage href="http://rfg.optical-online.com/index.shtml"/>
    <description>OpticalOnline</description>
    <description kind="one-line">OpticalOnline with Java WebStart capability</description>
    <icon href="http://rfg.optical-online.com/ooweb/ccs.jpg" kind="default"/>
    <icon href="http://rfg.optical-online.com/ooweb/ccs_splash.jpg" kind="splash"/>
    <shortcut online="true">
      <desktop/>
      <menu submenu="OpticalOnline 2.0"/>
    </shortcut>
</information>
<security>
    <all-permissions/>
</security>
<update check="background" policy="always"/>
<resources>
    <java version="1.6+"/>
    <jar href="http://rfg.optical-online.com/ooweb/OpticalOnline.jar" download="eager" main="false"/>
    <jar href="http://rfg.optical-online.com/ooweb/Languages.jar" download="eager" main="false"/>
    <jar href="http://rfg.optical-online.com/ooweb/JasperScriptlets.jar" download="eager" main="false"/>
    <jar href="http://rfg.optical-online.com/ooweb/jasperreports-1.2.1.jar" download="eager" main="false"/>
    <jar href="http://rfg.optical-online.com/ooweb/commons-logging-1.0.2.jar" download="eager" main="false"/>
    <jar href="http://rfg.optical-online.com/ooweb/commons-collections-2.1.jar" download="eager" main="false"/>
    <jar href="http://rfg.optical-online.com/ooweb/iReport.jar" download="lazy" main="false"/>
    <jar href="http://rfg.optical-online.com/ooweb/RxReports.jar" download="lazy" main="false"/>
    <jar href="http://rfg.optical-online.com/ooweb/mail.jar" download="lazy" main="false"/>
    <jar href="http://rfg.optical-online.com/ooweb/jnlp.jar" download="eager" main="false"/>
    <jar href="http://rfg.optical-online.com/ooweb/jakarta-oro-2.0.8.jar" download="eager" main="false"/>
</resources>
<application-desc>
    <argument>-w</argument>
</application-desc>
</jnlp> ]
     at com.sun.javaws.LaunchDownload.checkSignedResourcesHelper(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.LaunchDownload.checkSignedResources(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareLaunchFile(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.launch(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Main.launchApp(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Main.continueInSecureThread(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Main$1.run(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

The JNLP posted validates, but is still incorrect (I wish I could figure how to refine my XSD to pick up errors like this). The (OK one) problem with the JNLP is that there is no 'main' identified.
I had a quick look into the first Jar and noted it had a Manifest that specifies main, so I am guessing that is the one.
Here is the altered JNLP, as well as both changes I made to it.
- Removed codebase from all relative URLs - an optimization, rather than a correction.
- Changed main="false" to main='true' for main jar
Later edits
- Removed all default 'download="eager"/main="false"'
- Queried inclusion of 'jnlp.jar'
- inverted use of quote delimiters ' & " ..purely to highlight main() ;-)
<jnlp spec='1.0+' codebase='http://rfg.optical-online.com/ooweb/' href='oo.jnlp'>
<information>
<title>OpticalOnline 2.0</title>
<vendor>CC Systems, Inc.</vendor>
<homepage href='http://rfg.optical-online.com/index.shtml'/>
<description>OpticalOnline</description>
<description kind='one-line'>OpticalOnline with Java WebStart capability</description>
<icon href='ccs.jpg' kind='default'/>
<icon href='ccs_splash.jpg' kind='splash'/>
<shortcut online='true'>
<desktop/>
<menu submenu='OpticalOnline 2.0'/>
</shortcut>
</information>
<security>
<all-permissions/>
</security>
<update check='background' policy='always'/>
<resources>
<java version='1.6+'/>
<jar href='OpticalOnline.jar' main="true"/>
<jar href='Languages.jar'/>
<jar href='JasperScriptlets.jar'/>
<jar href='jasperreports-1.2.1.jar'/>
<jar href='commons-logging-1.0.2.jar'/>
<jar href='commons-collections-2.1.jar'/>
<jar href='iReport.jar' download='lazy'/>
<jar href='RxReports.jar' download='lazy'/>
<jar href='mail.jar' download='lazy'/>

<jar href='jnlp.jar'/>
<jar href='jakarta-oro-2.0.8.jar'/>
</resources>
<application-desc>
<argument>-w</argument>
</application-desc>
</jnlp>Edited by: AndrewThompson64 on Dec 5, 2007 7:44 AM

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