I'm a total newbie. Help!!

Hi. I have an imac, purchased last year, and an older canon zr800 video camera. The manual says I need a "DV cable". I guess those are becoming rarer? Can someone please tell me what I need to hook the camera up to the computer so I can transfer the videos?
Any and all help would be much appreciated. Thanks!!

A DV cable is the same thing as a Firewire cable. Firewire is also known as IEEE-1394 and iLink.
-DH

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Total Newbie Help Illustrator CC

Well I will first off admit two important things:
1. I just now joined the forum while in my 3rd day of trying to get over my first major issue: therefore I have not searched this forum at all for my answer and out of pure frustration I am posting this before bed in hopes having some friendly advice in the morning and no suggestions to search the forum, except of course helpful or suggested links.
2. I have only been using Illustrator for 3 days. No prior knowledge and several of these hours have been watching youtube videos and taking notes as if in college.
So there you have it. ihave spent the last 3 days trying to get over something surely pretty simple. I have learned many other helpful things in my youtube ventures as well as reading the manual and some helpful articles. I have been drawing for most of my life and I want to learn illustrator to have control of digitizing my own art while editing and perfecting it along the way with the vision I have for it. I cant expect anyone else to have the same vision as me so I want to be the one who translates it to the next level whether it be for a T-shirt or a sticker. I am getting started by digitizing a logo of mine. I figured I would do something pretty simple. I have a vision for it and I figure I can easily acheive it as a beginner project. It is basically some linework and I am going to add some scrollwork at the bottom and some simple lettering. I started with the outline of the logo itself and have already run into a major problem in which i foresee myself encountering for almost every project, thats why I assume there mjust be a simple solution. The logo is similar to a transformers logo as far as the outside with three arrows that make 3 letters inside each other that share lines so to say.
Regardless lest just say i am making a fat box letter style v with an arrowhead on one end at the top left. I can draw this either with the pen tool or the line segment tool. I use shift to keep the lines 90 deg. and I connect the lines to each other at the end. Andthats where my problem arises. When I zoom in to the image the lines touch in the middle but they do not form sharp corners. There must be some way to snap these outside corners together instead of looking like there is a square chunk missing from the outer corners. If I change the stroke to have the anchors iside the extended end then the lines extend to overlap each other but still not long enogh for the sharp point of the corner. The desired effect I have is a sharp corner that fits together as simply as the corners look when choosing the rounded ends. I hope this makes sense enough for yall to understand
Thanks in advance for any and all advice,
Dylan Kail

Dylan,
In addition to what tman said, what you need is to have a closed path, using the right Stroke palette options for Cap (Butt or Projecting) and Join (Miter, with a sufficient Miter Limit to get a pointy end at the angles in question).
and I connect the lines to each other at the end.
You should create one closed path by joining the relevant (end) Anchor Points.
In CC you can do that by just selecting the paths to be joined and clicking Ctrl/Cmd+J.
But the relevant points have to be end Anchor Points, which means that the paths to be joined have to be open. You may cut paths by:
A) Clicking a path segment with the Direct Selection Tool and press delete; this will delete the segment and make the agjacent Anchor Points into end Anchor Points;
Or:
B) Clicking each Anchor Point to become an end Anchor Point with the Scissors Tool, then deleting the segment(s) in between.
As it appears, it makes little difference whether you use the Pen Tool or the Line Segment Tool before joining (it would in (some) earlier versions).

Total newbie, help me out please!

So i've bought a new mac mini, fully upgraded via apple,
With pre installed FCE,
(enough for my needs)
I want to buy an external hard drive,
Do i buy a "g technology g drive"
Or a "g technology g raid"
help, i'm going to buy one of them really soon!
Both the same price, both 2 tb, it seems the raid is made for final cut production, but if i'm just using a mac mini will it matter?
Using a mac mini for FCE is already a limiting factor for FCE, so will it matter if my hd is a g tech raid drive, or not?
Thanks
Sincerely,
Newbie

I have used mirrored raids for 20 years. I have found that if you are trying to protect from a simple data error its ok. If however there is a system glitch that scatters bad data - it will most likely scatter bad data on the mirror too- a bad fact of life. For my part I prefer 2 separate spindles with a regular backup from my working spindle to my hot spare. Usually separated by 24 hours with a data verification step in the middle. I also run a third spindle on hot projects where the backup is "like" a mirror but is instead a synch to the third spindle. Not for everyone but i have been burnt too many times " 10 minutes" before i have to deliver, And, Now that I am horsing around with FCE the need to save my time is even more critical.

Total newbie help plz!!

I am trying to permenately install the javac exe file path. However I am failing miserably. The file is located in my computer at C:\j2sdk1.4.1_02\bin
could someone please tell me the entry I need to make in my sysedit for it to work?

click start
click run
type c:\windows\command
press enter
type notepad autoexec.bat
press enter
press ctrl-end (hold ctrl, press end and release both)
press enter
type set path=C:\j2sdk1.4.1_02\bin
press enter
press alt-F4 (hold alt, press F4 and release both)
press enter
reboot
click start
click run
type c:\windows\command
press enter
type javac
be impressed
Kind regards,
Levi

Total newbie for jsp..plz help

frendz...me a total newbie to jsp.havin some problem in it.i have already installed jdk,jwsdp2.0 wif its tomcat container.Already set the path for both ..such as JAVA_HOME=E:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_06
TOMCAT_HOME=E:\tomcat50-jwsdp
and could execute the sample jsp's perfectly.But having problem wif my jsp tutorials. such as when i wrote this counter codes in notepad..
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<head>
<tittle>Jsp Declaration</tittle>
</head>
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<%! int j=0;%>
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and i paste it in webapps in tomcat folder.
What should i do to view the jsp file?isaved as counter.jsp.if i right click and view it in IE/firefox it only shows the source code.is there any mistake in the codes?or i did i do anything wrong?how shall i compile these files?help me aout wif my basics please.thanks bro's..

"I pasted it in webapps in tomcat folder".
Webapplications need to go in their own subdirectory inside the webapps directory. Say you want a webapp 'test', then you would store your JSP as
TOMCAT_DIR\webapps\test\counter.jsp
Now you can open this JSP in your browser. Assuming Tomcat is running on the localhost and the default port 8080, the url would be:
http://localhost:8080/test/counter.jsp
If that doesn't work something is horribly misconfigured.

Total newb

Hello :) ,
so Im a total newb :(
I am trying to make this code into a function....
<code>
jd_label.setIcon(new javax.swing.JLabel(){
public javax.swing.Icon getIcon(){
try {
return new javax.swing.ImageIcon(
new java.net.URL("http://ns2.taproot.bz/java/prima_interface/thumbs/02.jpg")
catch (java.net.MalformedURLException e){
return null;
}.getIcon());
</code>
problem is, Im such a new i dont know how to use a var on this line...
jd_label.setIcon(new javax.swing.JLabel(){
I would like jd_label to be a $var but java just wants to update
a label named "var".... i.e.
JLabel jd = new Jlabel();
string fred = jd
fred.setIcon()
but this freaks out... in PERL it seems the vars are a little more
reconazable...
$fred.setIcon();
Could some one please help me :)
Thanks in advance,
jd

You need to study up on what Java is, how it works, syntax, etc. It seems you don't have the first clue how to write a valid Java class. This is fine, and of course that's where you have to start, but I think your time will be better spent reading the tutorials (links to which can be found on your left) than getting piecemeal help here on the forums. When you've gotten a handle on what classes, objects, variables, and methods are, and gotten some idea about syntax, come back with more specific problems and people will be more than willing to help you. Also, post to the New to Java Technology forum rather than this one.

Total newb var question

Hello :) ,
so Im a total newb :(
I am trying to make this code into a function....
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catch (java.net.MalformedURLException e){
return null;
}.getIcon());
</code>
problem is, Im such a new i dont know how to use a var on this line...
jd_label.setIcon(new javax.swing.JLabel(){
I would like jd_label to be a $var but java just wants to update
a label named "var".... i.e.
JLabel jd = new Jlabel();
string fred = jd
fred.setIcon()
but this freaks out... in PERL it seems the vars are a little more
reconazable...
$fred.setIcon();
Could some one please help me :)
Thanks in advance,
jd

Thank you :)
Im still confused...but that will pass in time
As for the code in the first post... that was from a scrip i wrote
but the section i posted NetBeans wrote. here is the whole scrip...
All i really want to do is put pictures on labels...and i thought, why write
the same code for every button, ill just make a function out of the whole setIcon bit and call it for each label that needs a picture, passing the url of the picture off to the function... Below gets me one pic on one label, so
how can i reproduce this efffect on other lables using the same code over and over?
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import java.awt.*;
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I am using elements 10 and only getting audio not video. Can anyone please explain why? I am a total newbie to video.

I am using elements 10 and only getting audio not video. Can anyone please explain why? I am a total newbie to video.

greenfrogstone
Just saw your thread, and it looked like a candidate for the Premiere Elements 10 NVIDIA GeForce Roll Back the Driver issue. If your computer uses a NVIDIA GeForce video card/graphics card, then the following applies to you. You do not want to update the driver. Rather you want to roll back the driver version, probably to about May 2013. For your convenience I have done a copy/paste of the forum announcement which gives all the details and fix of the matter.
Premiere Elements 10 NVIDIA Video Card Driver Roll Back
If you are a Premiere Elements 10 user whose Windows computer uses a NVIDIA GeForce video card and you are experiencing Premiere Elements 10 display and/or unexplained program behavior, then your first line of troubleshooting needs to be rolling back the video card driver version instead of assuring that it is up to date.
Since October 2013 to the present, there have been a growing number of reports about display and unexplained workflow glitches specific to the Premiere Elements 10 user whose Windows computer has a NVIDIA GeForce video card. If this applies to you, then the “user to user” remedy is to roll back the NVIDIA GeForce video card driver as far as is necessary to get rid of the problems. The typical driver roll back has gone back as far as March – July 2013 in order to get a working Premiere Elements 10. Neither NVIDIA nor Adobe has taken any corrective action in this regard to date, and none is expected moving forward.
Since October 2013, the following thread has tried to keep up with the Premiere Elements 10 NVIDIA reports
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1317675
Older NVIDIA GeForce drivers can be found
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us
A February 2014 overview of the situation as well as how to use the older NVIDIA GeForce drivers for the driver roll back can be found
http://atr935.blogspot.com/2014/02/pe10-nvidia-video-card-roll-back.html
This matter has been very specific to the Premiere Elements 10 NVIDIA GeForce card user. So, if your computer is using other than a NVIDIA GeForce card, it is likely that the message does not apply to you, and we can then explore other troubleshooting possibities.
Looking forward to your follow up. Do not hesitate to ask for clarification on anything written here.
Thanks.
ATR

Login/password to SQL plus - 100% Totally newbie!

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I'm a 100% Totally newbie - please bear over with me and forgive that I couldn't find the answer to my question in the arhive although I'm sure somebody else has asked exactly this question. And please don't say RTFM etc, because there are a huge amount of manuals etc for oracle and I'm 100% newbie and never worked with Oracle SQL before.
Introduction: I've installed Oracle 11.2 Enterprise Edition and want to go through some step-by-step tutorials - e.g. this tutorial: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a90842/ch1.htm#1005898
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THROUGHPUT --- Newbie help

Hello all,
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I just found, after visiting my site. the image does actually load up. But it take 5 ******* minutes.
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Help! Total newbie question...

I want to make a flash form where the viewer/user can watch a video clip of their choice (from a drop-down control or something else if there's a better way).
I've found myself totally unable to find our how to do this. I mean, frankly, I don't even know what kind of file to start from the "New..." form at the beginning of Flash (CS 3.0, btw)!
I know how to create a Flash Player and link it to a single video. What I envision is that after the page comes up, with a single player component (initially empty), the user chooses a video from the drop-down list and that video starts playing in the player.
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Total Newb Deep in the Water.. please help ah friend Out!!

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Total newbie needs help installing and setting up Solaris 10 as a server

i'm attempting to set up one computer to act as a file and print server on my home network, so that i can store all of my music and video files on it instead and print to my parallel-only laser printer. 80% of the time i'm using my laptop, so i need the mass storage and printer to be handled by another device - the server!
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i'm really hoping to use Solaris due to the promising ZFS scheme. my only exposure so far to unix / linux has been with ubuntu, which i usually like but sometimes loathe (primarily file permissions and network manager).

Let's try step by step rather than asking for setting up a server as a while and I'll try to help you as much as I can.
For setting up a printer, it's not that easy or quick setting up a printer on Solaris, I mean it's not like plug-n-play. Tell us about your printer and how it's connected to your system (usb, ethernet, parallel, serial).
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Help for a total newb with e65

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Please help, I got the E65 and good posts about getting the wlan working.
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Can I use this analogy, if you buy a TomTom car navigation unit the package includes the hardware (processor + GPS receiver) and navigation software for a fixed but known cost (there is no charge for receiving data from GPS satellite system owned by the US Government)
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Total newbie question... Just need some help.

I am wondering how to change a header and have all my sheets (yes, using a template) reflect that change. Also, I made a team roster and I am wondering how to have all my sheets (stats for players) reflect the roster I created. Simple name stuff.
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[email protected]

Coll,
To both of your questions I would say: Have one master sheet and on your other sheets, reference the information on your master sheet. To mirror the contents of a cell in another Table or Sheet, type = and then click on the cell you want to reference.
Hope this gets you started.
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