I need help with rectangle tool size/align

Hey there !
i've some trouble with a specific document. I could not align any rectangle or define a specific size. For exemple, i choose 600px x600 px in the top "menu" bar, illustrator change the values by 599,641 px
It's the same in inch, mm..ect
The second thing it's if i choose a specific coordonate to place the rectangle , it's change by illustrator.
Any ideas ?
I have not the problem on other document.
It's a 21 cm 21cm @ 300 dpi, proprotions 1
No grid activited or anything else to force the magnetism

It was, but it doesn't change :/
I've tried to created a new document, but with pixel dimension. then i change it in cm, and it's work..
but if my document is created in mm or cm, it's just not work
So i could not have a cm or mm document and precise rectangle size.. i have to create a whole number pixel document

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especially if you use thumbnails of a different size than our thumbnails.
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The position of 'board' that will be defined later. 'board' is the main
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var thumbsArray:Array=[];
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var picsArray:Array=[];
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var holdersArray:Array=[];
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y-axis), theta is the horizontal angle measured from the
horizontal axis pointing away from the screen; that is,
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distances between thumbnails on each circle. Except
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The functions that are executed in response to events to which we listen.
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function holderClicked(e:MouseEvent):void {
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all holders, holderArray[i][j]. We need those names now to know
which thumbnail was clicked and which image to load.
function picClicked(e:MouseEvent):void {
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Note the organization of thumbnails by circles on which they reside:
thumbsArray[0] - the north pole, thumbsArray[1] thumbnails of the first circle
down from the north pole, etc. 'picsArray' is organized similarly.
You can, of course, subsitute your own images, use thumbnails of
dimensions different from ours. Changing the number of thumbnails and their organization
would, however, require rewritting the script a bit.
function setUpPics():void {
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    picsArray[0]=["pic1.jpg"];
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    thumbsArray[2]=[new Bitmap(new Small8(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small9(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small10(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small11(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small12(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small13(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small14(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small15(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small16(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small17(70,53))];
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    thumbsArray[4]=[new Bitmap(new Small30(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small31(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small32(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small33(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small34(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small35(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small36(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small37(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small38(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small39(70,53))];
    picsArray[4]=["pic30.jpg","pic31.jpg","pic32.jpg","pic33.jpg","pic34.jpg","pic35.jpg","pi c36.jpg","pic37.jpg","pic38.jpg","pic39.jpg"];
    thumbsArray[5]=[new Bitmap(new Small40(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small41(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small42(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small43(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small44(70,53)),new Bitmap(new Small45(70,53))];
    picsArray[5]=["pic40.jpg","pic41.jpg","pic42.jpg","pic43.jpg","pic44.jpg","pic45.jpg"];
    thumbsArray[6]=[new Bitmap(new Small46(70,53))];
    picsArray[6]=["pic46.jpg"];
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them in 3D within spSphere. Note the center of the sphere is at (0,0,0) of
spSphere. It might be worth recalling that with our interpretation of
phi and theta each point P=(x,y,z) on the sphere corresponding to given values
of phi and theta is given by:
x = rad * sin(phi) * sin(theta),
y = -rad * cos(phi),
z = -rad * sin(phi) * cos(theta).
Within the function, we populate 'holdersArray' and 'midsArray'. We assign thumbnails
to holdersArray elements, position holdersArray elements, tilt them, give them names.
We literally build our sphere.
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    var i:int;
    var j:int;
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the sphere. It sorts thumbnails by removing them (or more precisely
their holders, holdersArray[i][j], as children of spSphere and then reassigning
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function zSortPics():void {
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    var dist:Number;
    var i:int;
    var j:int;
    var k:int;
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            for(j=0;j<jLen[i];j++){
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"End" key moves cursor to the end of the line it's in.
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(I use Photoshop CS6 on Windows 7 from Creative Cloud without a tablet.)

Hi,
Have you installed the latest updates for photoshop cs6 by going to Help>Updates from within photoshop cs6?
Resetting the photoshop preferences might possibly help as well:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776?tstart=0
If you use the method that you mention where you do it from the paths panel (right click on the path thumbnail in the paths panel) and then click on the Simulate Pressure, you also have to have
one of the pressure options enabled in the the Brush panel (Window>Brush) such as under Shape Dynamics>Size Jitter and then set the drop-down to Pen Pressure before using Stroke Path.

I need help with Pro Tools

Hello I have Pro Tools m powered 8. I need an apple to do what i need to do.Just a Couple of tracks nothing real heavy. I dont have much money so Im considering a G5 cause I cant really afford a new mac. If I get a g5 which one is the best? I cant get quad..people want as much as a new mac. will a 1.6ghz with some up grades make do for now??? thank you.

Hey Ted,
I love my G5 as much as the next guy, but why not simply get a mini? They are great computers, cheap, and would keep you modern in terms of cpu power & efficiency. But I guess that assumes you have no external gear that requires a PCI slot. PCI needed?

Need help with changing text size

Hi everyone,
I would like to allow users to easily change the text size of
a website I am designing.
To see an examplme, go to the Dell website (www.dell.com), on
the bottom left there is a link to enlarge the text (or bring it
back to normal size).
Is this something that I can do through dreamweaver, or maybe
CSS?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Jose

This article may be of some use:
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/alternate/
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> I would like to allow users to easily change the text
size of a website I
> am
> designing.
>
> To see an examplme, go to the Dell website
(www.dell.com), on the bottom
> left
> there is a link to enlarge the text (or bring it back to
normal size).
>
> Is this something that I can do through dreamweaver, or
maybe CSS?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Jose
>

Need Help with Reducing PDF Size

Hey I'm having trouble reducing my PDF file sizes.
First off, they were school projects created in Adobe Illustrator that I save to PDF form.
I'm trying to email several of them to potential employers (through Gmail) but the file size limit is 25MB, and some of my files exceed that limit.
For example I have one PDF file that is 72MB.
I've compressed the file by right-clicking on the icon --- I've also reduced the file in Acrobat and that doesn't do anything.
Now I try to reduce the files and Acrobat tells me:
"The PDF document contained image masks that were not downloaded."
So can anyone help me? I would greatly appreciate this from everyone who has time to comment and give me suggestions/help.
Thanks.

If you can find when a pictures is loaded (not when it is getting loaded, but after it has just finished being loaded), that is when you can check the size using the Loader (loader.width and loader.height).

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Hello :)
I'm having a problem with a union-by-size method.
It was originally intended for a university assignment, but as I'm getting random errors by using it, I've changed to using union-by-heigth instead (which works flawlessly :-).
But I'm still very much interested in finding out what I did wrong with the union-by-size implementation (as I belive it'd be the better method since I use path compression and a lot of find(x)).
So if anyone can tell me what I'm doing wrong with the following code, I'd really appreciate it. As it is it is I'm getting ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException with a positive much higher number than the array contains (ie. 1606 with a 900 long array)...
(I've also gotten a few stackoverflows in main, but I guess that is more with too much printouts... )
int[] union-by-size-array = new int[n*n] //implemented in other part of the code
private void union (int root1, int root2){
        int temporaryInteger;
        if(union-by-size-array[root2] < union-by-size-array[root1]){
            temporaryInteger = union-by-size-array[root2];
            union-by-size-array[root1] = root2;
            union-by-size-array[navn2] += temporaryInteger;
        }else {
            temporaryInteger = union-by-size-array[root1];
            union-by-size-array[root2] = root1;
            union-by-size-array[root1] += temporaryInteger;
    }

Ok, I'll supplement.
n is given by the user as an argument.
int nrOfDisJointSets = 1;
int[][] board = new int[n][n];
int[] ] union-by-size-array = new int[n+1];
    private void createNewNodeBoard(){
        for(int i = 0; i < n; i++){
            for(int j = 0; j <n; j++){
                board[i][j] = createNode();
    private Node createNode(){
        Node newNode = new Node(nrOfDisJointSetst);
        union-by-size-array[nrOfDisJointSets] = -1;
        nrOfDisJointSets++;
        return newNode;
    }the union method is called by the following line
union(find(x), find(y));navn2 is supposed to be root2 btw..

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Go to File>new>blank file. Duplicate the background layer, and apply the gradient.
Open the car picture file, select the car using one of the selection tools, go to Edit>copy to place it on the clipboard
Go back to the gradient file, go to Edit>paste. The car will be on its own layer
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http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1vXIkFj9U83m8CZCQC3PBLACgkKIKB0
This screen shot shows 2 boats on a complex background - see red arrow pointing to the photo bin.
These were selected and placed via the recipe above. The layers are included for your reference.
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how do you keep these the same size and style on all pages?
example font and size will be the same but style wont. when i try
set the same style the size changes, and if you set size the style
changes.

font-style:normal;
It's not necessary to restate defaults.
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> Hi Joseph,
> The best way to keep the same font size and style would
be in a css file.
>
> Example:
> body { font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:10px;
> font-style:normal; }
>
> This will then be applied to all pages.
>
>

Need Help with the Clone Tool

I need help with the clone tool, in that when I clone (let's say grass as example), the new cloned area does NOT come out as sharp as the area selected. It comes out much softer and somewhat blurred. I have the opacity and flow both set at 100%. This is very frustrating since I can not get a true clone.

what "tip" do you have selected? where are you sampling from ( found in top option bar) ALSO make sure MODE is normal
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/retouching-repairing-images.html
-janelle

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Hi,
I need help with log4j logging tool (org.apache.log4j.*) to log into database using JDBCAppender. Have look at my logger code and corresponding log4j.properties file stated below. I'm running this program using Eclipse IDE and it's giving me the following error (highlighted in red) at the end:
log4j: Parsing for [root] with value=[debug, stdout, Roll, CRSDBAPPENDER].
log4j: Level token is [debug].
log4j: Category root set to DEBUG
log4j: Parsing appender named "stdout".
log4j: Parsing layout options for "stdout".
log4j: Setting property [conversionPattern] to [%x %d{HH:mm:ss,SSS} %5p [%t] (%c:%-4L %M) - %m%n].
log4j: End of parsing for "stdout".
log4j: Parsed "stdout" options.
log4j: Parsing appender named "Roll".
log4j: Parsing layout options for "Roll".
log4j: Setting property [conversionPattern] to [%x %d{yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %5p [%t] (%c:%-4L %M) - %m%n].
log4j: End of parsing for "Roll".
log4j: Setting property [file] to [HelloWorld.log].
log4j: Setting property [maxBackupIndex] to [10].
log4j: Setting property [maxFileSize] to [20KB].
log4j: setFile called: HelloWorld.log, true
log4j: setFile ended
log4j: Parsed "Roll" options.
log4j: Parsing appender named "CRSDBAPPENDER".
{color:#ff0000}
Can't find class HelloWorld{color}
import org.apache.log4j.*;
public class HelloWorld {
static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(HelloWorld.class.getName());
public static void main(String[] args) {
try{
// Now, try a few logging methods
MDC.put("myComputerName", "Ravinder");
MDC.put("crsServerName", "ARNDEV01");
log.debug("Start of main()");
log.info("Just testing a log message with priority set to INFO");
log.warn("Just testing a log message with priority set to WARN");
log.error("Just testing a log message with priority set to ERROR");
log.fatal("Just testing a log message with priority set to FATAL");
catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
------------------------- log4j.properties file ------------------------------
#### Use three appenders - log to console, file and database
log4j.rootCategory=debug, stdout, Roll, CRSDBAPPENDER
log4j.debug=true
# Print only messages of priority WARN or higher for your category
# log4j.category.your.category.name=WARN
# Specifically inherit the priority level
# log4j.category.your.category.name=INHERITED
#### stdout - First appender writes to console
log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%x %d{HH:mm:ss,SSS} %5p [%t] (%c:%-4L %M) - %m%n
#### Roll - Second appender writes to a file
log4j.appender.Roll=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
##log4j.appender.Roll.File=${InstanceName}.log
log4j.appender.Roll.File=HelloWorld.log
log4j.appender.Roll.MaxFileSize=20KB
log4j.appender.Roll.MaxBackupIndex=10
log4j.appender.Roll.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.Roll.layout.ConversionPattern=%x %d{yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %5p [%t] (%c:%-4L %M) - %m%n
#### CRSDBAPPENDER - third appender writes to the database
log4j.appender.CRSDBAPPENDER=org.apache.log4j.jdbc.JDBCAppender
log4j.appender.CRSDBAPPENDER.Driver=net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver
log4j.appender.CRSDBAPPENDER.URL=jdbc:jtds:sqlserver:/arncorp15:1433;DatabaseName=LOG
log4j.appender.CRSDBAPPENDER.USER=sa
log4j.appender.CRSDBAPPENDER.PASSWORD=p8ss3doff
log4j.appender.CRSDBAPPENDER.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.CRSDBAPPENDER.sql=INSERT INTO LOG (computername, crsservername, logtime, loglevel, threadname, filename, linenumber, logtext) VALUES ('%X{myComputerName}', '%X{crsServerName}', '%d{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss,SSS}', '%p', '%t', '%F', '%L', '%m')
#log4j.appender.CRSDBAPPENDER.sql=INSERT INTO LOG(COMPUTERNAME,CRSSERVERNAME,LOGTIME,LOGLEVEL,THREADNAME,FILENAME,LINENUMBER,LOGTEXT) select host_name(),'${CRSServerName}${InstanceName}','%d','%5p','%t','%F','%L','%m%n'
#log4j.appender.CRSDBAPPENDER.sql=INSERT INTO LOG (computername, crsservername, logtime, loglevel, threadname, filename, linenumber, logtext) VALUES ("%X{myComputerName}", "%X{crsServerName}", "%d{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss,SSS}", "%p", "%t", "%F", "%L", "%m")
------------------------------- end of log4j.properties file ------------------------------
Here is the directory structure of my program. My log4j.properties file and HelloWorld.class file are residing in folder HelloWorld\bin.
HelloWorld\bin
HelloWorld\lib
HelloWorld\src
Please note - The same program works fine for console and file appender when I comment the database appender part in my properties file.
Thanks
Ravinder

try this :
log4j.appender.PROJECT.Append=false

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