Making the Move

Hi am a pc user and i am consedering of making the big move to apple and i am just doing all the research as you guess and i am putting out a call to all the mac users out there i have one question WHY SHOULD I GET A MAC AND NOT A PC ???

How about people who use them know not to post the same thing twice with two different titles, so it will make you more educated.

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    I am making the move to VISTA on my primary development machine.  I develope in LV 7.1 8.0 and 8.21 concurently.  Is there any issues to be aware of?  Many clients will still run the software on XP and a few on 2000.  Will daqMX and Labview compiled programs work seamlessly.  I would like to hear about similar experiences so I can mentally prepare for the troubles ahead, or not if we are all lucky.  I gave it 6 months.  I have not found any issues yet but have not distribudet my code to cilents either.  Have I made a mistake?
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    Paul Falkenstein
    Coleman Technologies Inc.
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    On three machines it worked one client it did not. I will try setting the compatability, do I do this with the vista machine and send it with the mode already set.  There is no daq and the 8.21 runtime is on the machine.  I dont know what could be different on the client machine.  the code which froze was purly user event, no daq, no tool kits, no communications, no analysis in this part of the code.  Are there some visual effects or something else which could have been set by my vista PC that some XP boxes cant handle.  The code does load and begins to execute but hangs on this popup vi.  Very weird.
    Paul
    Paul Falkenstein
    Coleman Technologies Inc.
    CLA, CPI, AIA-Vision
    Labview 4.0- 2013, RT, Vision, FPGA

  • Making the move to 16:9, but totally confused about what settings to use!

    Hi, It seems to me that since all new TV's being sold are wide-screen, it is time for me to stop making videos in 4:3. But I am completely stumped by the procedure to work in 16:9. I have shot my footage in standard definition, 16:9. The final product will be a DVD created in DVD Studio Pro. I would like the picture to fill a widescreen TV, and.... when played on a 4:3 screen, I would like it to fill the width of the screen and be letterboxed on top and bottom.
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    When I say it's distorted, that means anamorphic is recorded to tape squished (much like how it imports into DVDSP for you) and that the format demands being unsqueezed during playback. Sorry, if I scared you.
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    Also - and this is the single most important element of this workflow - in addition to setting the default Display Mode to 16:9 Letterbox, be sure to confirm that this is not overridden (for whatever reason) after you've placed your clips onto a track. So check the Inspector and make sure Display mode is correct. (It's been known to happen once in a blue moon and, if not readjusted, will mean that your DVD will not display correctly on any proper setup)

  • Making the move from pc to Mac

    Greetings! I have been using itunes on a windows-based computer for the past several years, and have amassed a huge library. A few days ago I purchased a MacBook Pro, which will, obviously, become my primary computer. I need advice on how to transfer my library from the old computer to the Mac. I have a large list of items I have purchased from the itunes store that I would also like to transfer to the Mac. I would like to keep itunes on the old computer for occassional use. I also am concerned about syncing my iphone to the Mac for the first time. How can I be sure that all the information on my iphone is preserved and backed up when I sync it to the Mac for the first time? Is there any way to transfer the back-up file for my iphone from the old computer to the Mac? Thank you for your time and any information you can offer.

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    Thank you for the response. Unfortunately, I do not live in a location that has an Apple Store within several hours, so visiting in person is unlikely. But, am I to understand you correctly? I can simply call Apple Support and they will walk me through the process, simply because I bought their product?

  • I started making a movie and all was well. I added a few more pictures and some sound and played it back. It plays so far and then the pictures break up into colors and then the screen turns green.  The sound continues.

    I am making a movie from still pictures. I used no theme and then started adding pictues. When I played it back, all was well. Then I added a few more pictures and some sound. When I play iot back it plays just so far and then the sound continues, but the screen turns green or the pictures break up into colors.

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  • I was making a movie on iMovie, and was trying to use the green screen to make a split screen. I pressed on the green screen button, but the second clip didn't play next to the first, and only the audio played.

    I was making a movie on iMovie, and was trying to use the green screen to make a split screen. I pressed on the green screen button, but the second clip didn't play next to the first, and only the audio played. I tried again with some different clips and some worked and some didn't. This hasn't happened before. What should I do? (I am using iMovie '09)

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  • I was making a movie on iMovie, and the green screen wasn't working.

    I was making a movie on iMovie, and was trying to use the green screen to make a split screen. I pressed on the green screen button, but the second clip didn't play next to the first, and only the audio played.  I tried agian with some different clips, and only some of them worked. This hasn't happened before! I was just wondering why this would be happening and what I should do? (I am using iMovie '09)

    Hi
    YOU need to - in iMovie - Turn on Advanced Tools !
    top row menu - with an Apple top left ---> iMovie ---> down to preferences ---> Here select to turn on Advanced tools .
    Now it will work when You drop a clip onto another IN a MOVIE PROJECT ! (can not be done in Event's)
    Next problem I had - was to get right clip onto the other - what was the Background and What was the Green screen - BUT just test - You only got two ways to try out.
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  • After making a movie and wanting to burn a DVD, I go for iDVD in the 'DEEL'  menu. Then I get the question ' where is iDVD? What is the problem?

    After making a movie and wanting to burn a DVD, I go for iDVD in the 'DEEL'  menu. After couple of seconds I get the question ' where is iDVD?
    What is the problem? I cannot find iDVD in the programs map.
    regards Tonl

    The current Apple thinking is that the entire world has access to fast broadband and wants to distribute home movies to friends and relatives via download (iCloud) rather than mailing them a DVD. The fact that nothing could be further from the truth has so far had no effect on this policy. If you scream and shout loudly enough down the phone Apple may send you a free copy of iDVD. That worked for some, but is now said to have been withdrawn by Apple. Also, you can complain bitterly here, perhaps suggesting that Apple could have provided a choice between using iCloud and burning DVDs:
    http://www.apple.com/feedback/
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  • I made a video in imovie and saved it, now i want to carry on making it from where i left but every time i try to add an image onto the end it just goes tot he wrong part of the movie, how do i just add it onto the end?

    I made a video in imovie and saved it, now i want to carry on making it from where i left but every time i try to add an image onto the end it just goes tot he wrong part of the movie, how do i just add it onto the end?

    Have you seen my User Tipp here
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    When you 'prep' your stills in any 'picture app', you can do a lot of marvel by simply applying dissolves.
    In your case, I would create a white document (in Pixelmator, Keynote, Photshop, online at pixlr.com, whatever ...) and another with your logo (and further more ones with additional logos). Drag the jpgs into your iMovie Project and apply dissolves  - tadahh! - logos appear on white.

  • Hi, dragging jpeg files into i-movie - the selection of jpegs is repeating certain photos and not featuring others, making the entire sequence impossible to view. PLEASE HELP!

    Hi, I have been dragging jpeg files into i-movie all week without issue. Now all of a sudden, the selection of jpegs I'm dragging is repeating certain photos and not featuring others, making the entire sequence impossible to view.
    Please help, this is urgent for a funeral tomorrow! It didnt happen with any of the other family tributes, they all worked fine.
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    Ultimately, it turned out there were 45,910 jpgs created. No wonder it took so many hours to render/display them all. It ended up being about 10 hours before it seemed they were all rendered but the process between them displaying and being able to start really deleting them took a few hours because partly I was asleep and also partly it took forever to do anything. Any action as simple as selecting and right-clicking to Get Info, or emptying the trash, would take 20-30 minutes, a couple times longer. The clock stopped many times for 20-30 minutes at a time, a few times over 30 minutes, before catching back up. My cursor never froze which is what really kept me going, although it was a spinning beach ball for most of the time. I was never so relieved to see my regular cursor as opposed to seeing a spinning beach ball as I was early this morning after about 10 hours!
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  • When making an iMovie, do I need to export the movie first?

    I have done all the edits and such to the video that we want to make into a DVD. When I click on iDVD, it won't work. It starts to and says there is an error. Do I ned to export the movie first?

    NO, the update is applied to the existing app. No need to delete the old one.

  • How do you make all  your pictures the same size when making a movie?

    I am putting together a presentation with jpeg images and .mov files and when they play together in the movie, the .mov do not fill the screen like the jpeg images (which were put together in a movie) - any ideas?

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    When adding images to QuickTime files it's best to add them "scaled" to the audio track portion of the file. Since you also want to add existing "movies" I'm guessing you already have an audio track to use as a background track.
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  • Making eyes like in the movie Cars

    I am attempting to make eyes on cars like in the movie Cars. Which will also be lyp sync to have them talk as well. I thought AE would be the place do it all. However, It may not.
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  • Adobe Photoshop CS4/5 Crashes when using the Move Tool

    Hello. I'm here because I'm having an issue with Photoshop.
    I was trying out CS5 when it started to crash every time I tried to use the Move Tool. It was the generic error message: "Adobe Photoshop CS4 has stopped working.
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    Faulting application name: Photoshop.exe, version: 11.0.2.0, time stamp: 0x4bf2d4f6
    Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
    Exception code: 0xc0000005
    Fault offset: 0x65637275
    Faulting process id: 0xe28
    Faulting application start time: 0x01cb2bb3471d87bf
    Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\Photoshop.exe
    Faulting module path: unknown
    Report Id: b412e368-97ab-11df-8f49-001d60b646ef
    Details:
    System
    Provider
    [  Name]
    Application  Error
    EventID
    1000
    [  Qualifiers]
    0
    Level
    2
    Task
    100
    Keywords
    0x80000000000000
    TimeCreated
    [  SystemTime]
    2010-07-25T05:15:57.000000000Z
    EventRecordID
    78845
    Channel
    Application
    Computer
    Gatherum
    Security
    EventData
    Photoshop.exe
    11.0.2.0
    4bf2d4f6
    unknown
    0.0.0.0
    00000000
    c0000005
    65637275
    e28
    01cb2bb3471d87bf
    C:\Program  Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\Photoshop.exe
    unknown
    b412e368-97ab-11df-8f49-001d60b646ef
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    - <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
    - <System>
    <Provider Name="Application Error" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>100</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-07-25T05:15:57.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>78845</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>Gatherum</Computer>
    <Security />
    </System>
    - <EventData>
    <Data>Photoshop.exe</Data>
    <Data>11.0.2.0</Data>
    <Data>4bf2d4f6</Data>
    <Data>unknown</Data>
    <Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
    <Data>00000000</Data>
    <Data>c0000005</Data>
    <Data>65637275</Data>
    <Data>e28</Data>
    <Data>01cb2bb3471d87bf</Data>
    <Data>C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\Photoshop.exe</Data>
    <Data>unknown</Data>
    <Data>b412e368-97ab-11df-8f49-001d60b646ef</Data>
    </EventData>
    </Event>
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    Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600)
    System Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
    System Model: GN697AA-ABA a6214x
    Processor: Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2160 @ 1.80 GHz (2 CPUs)
    Memory: 2048MB RAM
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11
    Display Device:
    Name: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
    Manufacturer: NVIDIA
    DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
    Approx. Total Memory: 1010 MB
    Current Display Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60 Hz)
    Photoshop Version: CS4 Extended 11.0.2

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  • I have rented a movie in ITunes, however it does not show up in the movies on my ATV, but purchased movies do. What's up?

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