Newbie - effect help

I want to add an effect to a short section of the drum tracks, which include 4 tracks. How can I add the effect to all 4 tracks for the timeframe?
Greatly appreciate the help.
j.

No probs...
To do that, you've got to get into Automation. Quite a big topic for a forum reply. Basically, it's the ability to change values over time. You can change pretty much everything: volume, panning, send amount, effect values, etc.
Best to have a look at the manual to try it out or, if you have a few bucks lying around, check out the MacProVideo site for really good tutorials:
http://www.macprovideo.com/browse/logic
You don't need to get them all right now (some are Logic Pro in any case) - Logic 101 is massive and will give you a real head start.
Pete

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After effects help & adobe air

i'm in the after effects cs5 application (creative suite production premium) on a power mac 10.5.8 and when i go to the help pull down and click on after effects help, i get the following error message:
don't even know what abobe air is. i'm assuming the after effects help has to run through this app. is this something i need to install and what does it do? i hate hate running unnecessary programs. thanks.

You can use After Effects Help without using the AIR application. You can either use the HTML version of After Effects Help on the Web or the PDF version of After Effects Help.
For information on how to fix this problem with the AIR application, see the Community Help Client forum.

Please rate the After Effects Help pages you find useful

You may have noticed that Adobe employees and Community Experts hanging in this forum keep pointing users to the relevant sections in After Effects Help on the Web. The reason for this is, of course, that the quality of explanations, visual examples, video tutorials and other materials in those pages is much higher than what anyone could quickly type in a forum reply. Personally, I think AE help has experienced a drastic overhaul in the last few years, to become a great, community-driven, user-focused resource.
if you find these pages helpful, you can in return help the documentation team by stating which pages you find useful by using the buttons at the bottom of each page.

You should also leave comments to tell us what other information you'd like to see... or to leave a tip, link, or technique of your own.
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MacBook - Newbie: Need help on printing wirelessly to XP shared printer

MacBook - Newbie: Need help on printing to XP shared printer
Bear with me please. I read tons of articles on this but somehow as a newbie to MAC (girlfriends sick daughter), I am missing something. 10.5.2
Currently, she can print directly if we plug in the HP Deskjet printer directly via USB to the MACBook. No problem.
When we first got the MACBOOK I tried setting up the MACBOOK wirelessly to recognize the workgroup where the printer was attached via USB to the Windows XP PC. However it printed out garbage since I did not know there was a difference between XP printing and MAC (Gutenberg/gimp printing/drivers).
Now I know there is a difference.
But in reading various instructions, I no longer can find how to connect the MAC to the Windows workgroup. Note we do have a printer set up currently as USB-HP Deskjet on the Macbook (not sure I need to delete it yet).
I went to System Preferences on MACBOOK and clicked on printers, more printers. In the drop down box was CANON, APPLETALK, IP HP printing and Firewire. There was no WINDOWS selection as I saw in other online web instructions.
So not sure how to proceed to find a way to:
1. Connect to Windows workgroup (click on what exactly), step by step please!!
2. Add correct HP Deskjet 5490 printer (perhaps there is one with Gutenberg or perhaps I need Gutenprint-really not sure what I am talking about)
Thanks so much in advance. Fiancé's kid has had her cancer recur in a different place and someone was nice enough to buy her a MACBOOK as a gift.
Sincerely
Peter

ccarbery wrote:
OK...I figured it out...no need to reply. I noticed that there was another Protocol to use to set up the printer on the Mac, I was using LPD, so I switched it to HP Jet Direct-socket, and it prints fine...thanks. I am curious as to why LPD wouldn't work; if anyone has that answer I would like to know...thanks
Any chance of posting the Protocol you used to connect to your printer with your laptop? I'm have the exact same problem printing from my MB. Same error message "..is busy".

Updated After Effects Help, and an update on my role

I just updated After Effects Help, and now I'm in Technical Support:
http://bit.ly/cpX44H
In my new role, my job is to provide "online, one-to-many" technical support for Adobe's professional video products. In other words, I'm supposed to spend even more time helping out on forums like this one.
So, howdy.

Szalam wrote:
Hooray: more forum time with Todd.
Booooo: worse AE documentation in the future, for nobody can match his placement of the T in RTFM.
"Read Todd's Freakin' Manual" ?
I like that.
Todd, I hope this is a good move for you and not an analog for Siberia.
bogiesan

Newbie needs help to create a desired Effect

Hi All,
I am a newbie to After Effects. I have managed to get to grips with the the functions of the software and now comfortable with the layout and application but now diving into the world of how to create the Effects I want.
I have the following logo and what I would like to is have have some footage I have recorded to play within the logo itself only. I have spent hours on google searching for tutorials and tips however I am unure of the relevant terminology so failing misrably locating some help.
If any one can give me any hints on how to achieve this or simply the correct terminology which would help with some advance searching I would be eternly greatful
Thanks in advance
N

A big thank you to you both
I will get stuck into this as soon as I have finished the list of doemstic jobs the other half has left today lol!
Thank you again, hugely appreciatted
The scattered approach to searching is certainly frustrating although I must admit I have come across some random stuff which was interesting so was not all in vein. However I am starting a course next month in AE so all is good

AE "newbie" needs help with effect - (please!)

Hi all:
I'm working on a highlight video of my daughter - she's the goalie for her H.S. Lacrosse team. I recently bought the Creative Cloud subscription. I'm editing the video in Premiere Pro CC on an iMac - OSX 10.7.5.
I'm putting together a short intro/open, and trying to add some effect to my daughter in the clip shown below. She is running/jumping - I want to be able to isolate just her and add some sort of color effect, a glow (or even just make everything else b&w). Obviously, my problem is with masking or roto brushing. I've spent many hours (probably too many!) watching tutorials and reading the help articles -- and I just can't seem to get it right. I saw a video talking about the much anticipated October update - and wondering if the new Mask Tracker will do what I need/want?
Here is the clip - (my daughter is #11 - the only one wearing a helmet)
Thanks in advance for any guidance/help/suggestions you can provide,
Kim

Thanks again for pointing me in the direction of the Motion Tracking and Rotoscoping tutorial.
I successfully (in my opinion, anyway!) was able to apply an effect to the moving object (my daughter ). There are a few places that I could tighten up the mask, but it's not too bad - and I just realized I forgot to feather the mask - so that will help as well.
I tried a bunch of different effects -- but really wasn't happy with any of them. I went ahead and just made her B&W just for illustrative purposes.
What I'd really like to do is make the background B&W and keep her in color.
I tried applying the B&W effect onto the footage layer -- but it seemed to make everything b&w - including my masked/rotoscoped object. I am sure that it is very simple to do -- but haven't been able to find the right instructions.
(I looped the clip a few times - since it is only about 1.5 seconds long)..
So - again - thanks in advance for helping me figure out how to apply the B&W to just the background!
Kim

Simple button rollover effect help needed - please help!

Hi everyone,
I was hoping someone could tell me how was this rollover
effect done - can be seen on the small map on the right:
http://www.refinery29.com/
What I want to do is to be able to have the same effect on
rollover and rollout just reversed (fade in - fade out).
Please help!!
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quote:
Originally posted by:
NedWebs
That naming at both ends is something I consider a fluke in
Flash's design, but only because I don't know why it won't work the
way you probably had it.
There's probably some logical explanation, but I haven't
found it, just the solution for when it happens
It's such a minor little detail. I suspected it would be
something this small, as that's usually the case, but I just
couldn't put my finger on it. Not one of the places I researched
made any reference to that when they said to name the instance of
the button. How stupid.
Anyway, thank you again. I can finally move forward. This was
driving me mad.

Newbie needing help with code numbers and if-else

I'm 100% new to any kind of programming and in my 4th week of an Intro to Java class. It's also an on-line class so my helpful resources are quite limited. I have spent close to 10 hours on my class project working out P-code and the java code itself, but I'm having some difficulty because the project seems to be much more advanced that the examples in the book that appear to only be partly directly related to this assignment. I have finally come to a point where I am unable to fix the mistakes that still show up. I'm not trying to get anyone to do my assignment for me, I'm only trying to get some help on what I'm missing. I want to learn, not cheat.
Okay, I have an assignment that, in a nutshell, is a cash register. JOptionPane prompts the user to enter a product code that represents a product with a specific price. Another box asks for the quanity then displays the cost, tax and then the total amount plus tax, formatted in dollars and cents. It then repeats until a sentinel of "999" is entered, and then another box displays the total items sold for the day, amount of merchandise sold, tax charged, and the total amount acquired for the day. If a non-valid code is entered, I should prompt the user to try again.
I have this down to 6 errors, with one of the errors being the same error 5 times. Here are the errors:
C:\PROGRA~1\XINOXS~1\JCREAT~1\MyProjects\Sales.java:50: 'else' without 'if'
else //if invalid code entered, output message
^
C:\PROGRA~1\XINOXS~1\JCREAT~1\MyProjects\Sales.java:39: unexpected type
required: variable
found : value
100 = 2.98;
^
C:\PROGRA~1\XINOXS~1\JCREAT~1\MyProjects\Sales.java:41: unexpected type
required: variable
found : value
200 = 4.50;
^
C:\PROGRA~1\XINOXS~1\JCREAT~1\MyProjects\Sales.java:43: unexpected type
required: variable
found : value
300 = 6.79;
^
C:\PROGRA~1\XINOXS~1\JCREAT~1\MyProjects\Sales.java:45: unexpected type
required: variable
found : value
400 = 5.29;
^
C:\PROGRA~1\XINOXS~1\JCREAT~1\MyProjects\Sales.java:47: unexpected type
required: variable
found : value
500 = 7.20;
^
And finally, here is my code. Please be gentle with the criticism. I've really put a lot into it and would appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.
import java.text.NumberFormat; // class for numeric formating from page 178
import javax.swing.JOptionPane; // class for JOptionOPane
public class Sales {
//main method begins execution ofJava Application
public static void main( String args[] )
double quantity; // total of items purchased
double tax; // total of tax
double value; // total cost of all items before tax
double total; // total of items including tax
double totValue; // daily value counter
double totTax; // daily tax counter
double totTotal; // daily total amount collected (+tax) counter
double item; //
String input; // user-entered value
String output; // output string
String itemString; // item code entered by user
String quantityString; // quantity entered by user
// initialization phase
quantity = 0; // initialize counter for items purchased
// get first code from user
itemString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
"Enter item code:" );
// convert itemString to double
item = Double.parseDouble ( itemString );
// loop until sentinel value read from user
while ( item != 999 ) {
// converting code to amount using if statements
if ( item == 100 )
100 = 2.98;
if ( item == 200 )
200 = 4.50;
if ( item == 300 )
300 = 6.79;
if ( item == 400 )
400 = 5.29;
if ( item == 500 )
500 = 7.20;
else //if invalid code entered, output message
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null, "Invalid code entered, please try again!",
"Item Code", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE );
} // end if
} // end while
// get quantity of item user
itemString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
"Enter quantity:" );
// convert quantityString to int
quantity = Double.parseDouble ( quantityString );
// add quantity to quantity
quantity = quantity + quantity;
// calculation time! value
value = quantity * item;
// calc tax
tax = value * .07;
// calc total
total = tax + value;
//add totals to counter
totValue = totValue + value;
totTax = totTax + tax;
totTotal = totTotal + total;
// display the results of purchase
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null, "Amount: " + value +
"\nTax: " + tax + "\nTotal: " + total, "Sale", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE );
// get next code from user
itemString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(
"Enter item code:" );
// If sentinel value reached
if ( item == 999 ) {
// display the daily totals
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null, "Total amount of items sold today: " + quantity +
"\nValue of ites sold today: " + totValue + "\nTotal tax collected today: " + totTax +
"\nTotal Amount collected today: " + totTotal, "Totals", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE );
System.exit( 0 ); // terminate application
} // end sentinel
} // end message
} // end class Sales

Here you go. I haven't tested this but it does compile. I've put in a 'few helpful hints'.
import java.text.NumberFormat; // class for numeric formating from page 178
import javax.swing.JOptionPane; // class for JOptionOPane
public class TestTextFind {
//main method begins execution ofJava Application
public static void main( String args[] )
     double quantity; // total of items purchased
     double tax; // total of tax
     double value; // total cost of all items before tax
     double total; // total of items including tax
//     double totValue; // daily value counter
//     double totTax; // daily tax counter
//     double totTotal; // daily total amount collected (+tax) counter
// Always initialise your numbers unless you have a good reason not too
     double totValue = 0; // daily value counter
     double totTax = 0; // daily tax counter
     double totTotal = 0; // daily total amount collected (+tax) counter
     double itemCode;
     double item = 0;
     String itemCodeString; // item code entered by user
     String quantityString; // quantity entered by user
     // initialization phase
     quantity = 0; // initialize counter for items purchased
     // get first code from user
     itemCodeString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter item code:" );
     // convert itemString to double
     itemCode = Double.parseDouble ( itemCodeString );
     // loop until sentinel value read from user
     while ( itemCode != 999 ) {
* 1. variable item mightnot have been initialised
* You had item and itemCode the wrong way round.
* You are supposed to be checking itemCode but setting the value
* for item
          // converting code to amount using if statements
          if ( item == 100 )
          {itemCode = 2.98;}
          else if ( item == 200 )
          {itemCode = 4.50;}
          else if ( item == 300 )
          {itemCode = 6.79;}
          else if ( item == 400 )
          {itemCode = 5.29;}
          else if ( item == 500 )
          {itemCode = 7.20;}
          else {//if invalid code entered, output message
               JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null, "Invalid code entered, please try again!",
               "Item Code", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE );
          } // end if
     } // end while
     // get quantity of item user
     itemCodeString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter quantity:" );
* 2.
* You have declared quantityString here but you never give it a value.
* I think this should be itemCodeString shouldnt it???
* Or should you change itemCodeString above to quantityString?
     // convert quantityString to int
//     quantity = Double.parseDouble ( quantityString ); // old code
     quantity = Double.parseDouble ( itemCodeString );
     // add quantity to quantity
     quantity = quantity + quantity;
     // calculation time! value
     value = quantity * itemCode;
     // calc tax
     tax = value * .07;
     // calc total
     total = tax + value;
     //add totals to counter
* 3. 4. and 5.
* With the following you have not assigned the 'total' variables a value
* so in effect you are saying eg. "total = null + 10". Thats why an error is
* raised. If you look at your declaration i have assigned them an initial
* value of 0.
     totValue = totValue + value;
     totTax = totTax + tax;
     totTotal = totTotal + total;
     // display the results of purchase
     JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null, "Amount: " + value +
     "\nTax: " + tax + "\nTotal: " + total, "Sale", JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE );
     // get next code from user
     itemCodeString = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter item code:" );
     // If sentinel value reached
     if ( itemCode == 999 ) {
          // display the daily totals
          JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null, "Total amount of items sold today: " + quantity +
          "\nValue of ites sold today: " + totValue + "\nTotal tax collected today: " + totTax +
          "\nTotal Amount collected today: " + totTotal, "Totals",           JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE );
          System.exit( 0 ); // terminate application
     } // end sentinel
} // end message
} // end class SalesRob.

My Mac keeps crashing--a newbie needs help

Lately, my Mac keeps crashing. It's an iMac, with the most recent updates of Yosemite.
I'll be working, I might have several things open, and then suddenly the screen will go black and I'll have the notification that it shut down and push to restart.
It has happened more than several times now, and I can't remember if it started doing it before Yosemite or not.
Not sure how to search out the problems, it's my first Mac. Are to many things open? There's no crash report when I restart.
thanks!

Mac users often ask whether they should install "anti-virus" software. The answer usually given on ASC is "no." The answer is right, but it may give the wrong impression that there is no threat from what are loosely called "viruses." There is a threat, and you need to educate yourself about it.
1. This is a comment on what you should—and should not—do to protect yourself from malicious software ("malware") that circulates on the Internet and gets onto a computer as an unintended consequence of the user's actions. It does not apply to software, such as keystroke loggers, that may be installed deliberately by an intruder who has hands-on access to the computer, or who has been able to take control of it remotely. That threat is in a different category, and there's no easy way to defend against it.
The comment is long because the issue is complex. The key points are in sections 5, 6, and 10.
OS X now implements three layers of built-in protection specifically against malware, not counting runtime protections such as execute disable, sandboxing, system library randomization, and address space layout randomization that may also guard against other kinds of exploits.
2. All versions of OS X since 10.6.7 have been able to detect known Mac malware in downloaded files, and to block insecure web plugins. This feature is transparent to the user. Internally Apple calls it "XProtect."
The malware recognition database used by XProtect is automatically updated; however, you shouldn't rely on it, because the attackers are always at least a day ahead of the defenders.
The following caveats apply to XProtect:
☞ It can be bypassed by some third-party networking software, such as BitTorrent clients and Java applets.
☞ It only applies to software downloaded from the network. Software installed from a CD or other media is not checked.
As new versions of OS X are released, it's not clear whether Apple will indefinitely continue to maintain the XProtect database of older versions such as 10.6. The security of obsolete system versions may eventually be degraded. Security updates to the code of obsolete systems will stop being released at some point, and that may leave them open to other kinds of attack besides malware.
3. Starting with OS X 10.7.5, there has been a second layer of built-in malware protection, designated "Gatekeeper" by Apple. By default, applications and Installer packages downloaded from the network will only run if they're digitally signed by a developer with a certificate issued by Apple. Software certified in this way hasn't necessarily been tested by Apple, but you can be reasonably sure that it hasn't been modified by anyone other than the developer. His identity is known to Apple, so he could be held legally responsible if he distributed malware. That may not mean much if the developer lives in a country with a weak legal system (see below.)
Gatekeeper doesn't depend on a database of known malware. It has, however, the same limitations as XProtect, and in addition the following:
☞ It can easily be disabled or overridden by the user.
☞ A malware attacker could get control of a code-signing certificate under false pretenses, or could simply ignore the consequences of distributing codesigned malware.
☞ An App Store developer could find a way to bypass Apple's oversight, or the oversight could fail due to human error.
Apple has so far failed to revoke the codesigning certificates of some known abusers, thereby diluting the value of Gatekeeper and the Developer ID program. These failures don't involve App Store products, however.
For the reasons given, App Store products, and—to a lesser extent—other applications recognized by Gatekeeper as signed, are safer than others, but they can't be considered absolutely safe. "Sandboxed" applications may prompt for access to private data, such as your contacts, or for access to the network. Think before granting that access. Sandbox security is based on user input. Never click through any request for authorization without thinking.
4. Starting with OS X 10.8.3, a third layer of protection has been added: a "Malware Removal Tool" (MRT). MRT runs automatically in the background when you update the OS. It checks for, and removes, malware that may have evaded the other protections via a Java exploit (see below.) MRT also runs when you install or update the Apple-supplied Java runtime (but not the Oracle runtime.) Like XProtect, MRT is effective against known threats, but not against unknown ones. It notifies you if it finds malware, but otherwise there's no user interface to MRT.
5. The built-in security features of OS X reduce the risk of malware attack, but they are not, and never will be, complete protection. Malware is a problem of human behavior, not machine behavior, and no technological fix alone is going to solve it. Trusting software to protect you will only make you more vulnerable.
The best defense is always going to be your own intelligence. With the possible exception of Java exploits, all known malware circulating on the Internet that affects a fully-updated installation of OS X 10.6 or later takes the form of so-called "Trojan horses," which can only have an effect if the victim is duped into running them. The threat therefore amounts to a battle of wits between you and Internet criminals. If you're better informed than they think you are, you'll win. That means, in practice, that you always stay within a safe harbor of computing practices. How do you know when you're leaving the safe harbor? Below are some warning signs of danger.
Software from an untrustworthy source
☞ Software with a corporate brand, such as Adobe Flash Player, doesn't come directly from the developer’s website. Do not trust an alert from any website to update Flash, or your browser, or any other software. A genuine alert that Flash is outdated and blocked is shown on this support page. Follow the instructions on the support page in that case. Otherwise, assume that the alert is fake and someone is trying to scam you into installing malware. If you see such alerts on more than one website, ask for instructions.
☞ Software of any kind is distributed via BitTorrent, or Usenet, or on a website that also distributes pirated music or movies.
☞ Rogue websites such as Softonic, Soft32, and CNET Download distribute free applications that have been packaged in a superfluous "installer."
☞ The software is advertised by means of spam or intrusive web ads. Any ad, on any site, that includes a direct link to a download should be ignored.
Software that is plainly illegal or does something illegal
☞ High-priced commercial software such as Photoshop is "cracked" or "free."
☞ An application helps you to infringe copyright, for instance by circumventing the copy protection on commercial software, or saving streamed media for reuse without permission. All "YouTube downloaders" are in this category, though not all are necessarily malicious.
Conditional or unsolicited offers from strangers
☞ A telephone caller or a web page tells you that you have a “virus” and offers to help you remove it. (Some reputable websites did legitimately warn visitors who were infected with the "DNSChanger" malware. That exception to this rule no longer applies.)
☞ A web site offers free content such as video or music, but to use it you must install a “codec,” “plug-in,” "player," "downloader," "extractor," or “certificate” that comes from that same site, or an unknown one.
☞ You win a prize in a contest you never entered.
☞ Someone on a message board such as this one is eager to help you, but only if you download an application of his choosing.
☞ A "FREE WI-FI !!!" network advertises itself in a public place such as an airport, but is not provided by the management.
☞ Anything online that you would expect to pay for is "free."
Unexpected events
☞ A file is downloaded automatically when you visit a web page, with no other action on your part. Delete any such file without opening it.
☞ You open what you think is a document and get an alert that it's "an application downloaded from the Internet." Click Cancel and delete the file. Even if you don't get the alert, you should still delete any file that isn't what you expected it to be.
☞ An application does something you don't expect, such as asking for permission to access your contacts, your location, or the Internet for no obvious reason.
☞ Software is attached to email that you didn't request, even if it comes (or seems to come) from someone you trust.
I don't say that leaving the safe harbor just once will necessarily result in disaster, but making a habit of it will weaken your defenses against malware attack. Any of the above scenarios should, at the very least, make you uncomfortable.
6. Java on the Web (not to be confused with JavaScript, to which it's not related, despite the similarity of the names) is a weak point in the security of any system. Java is, among other things, a platform for running complex applications in a web page, on the client. That was always a bad idea, and Java's developers have proven themselves incapable of implementing it without also creating a portal for malware to enter. Past Java exploits are the closest thing there has ever been to a Windows-style virus affecting OS X. Merely loading a page with malicious Java content could be harmful.
Fortunately, client-side Java on the Web is obsolete and mostly extinct. Only a few outmoded sites still use it. Try to hasten the process of extinction by avoiding those sites, if you have a choice. Forget about playing games or other non-essential uses of Java.
Java is not included in OS X 10.7 and later. Discrete Java installers are distributed by Apple and by Oracle (the developer of Java.) Don't use either one unless you need it. Most people don't. If Java is installed, disable it—not JavaScript—in your browsers.
Regardless of version, experience has shown that Java on the Web can't be trusted. If you must use a Java applet for a task on a specific site, enable Java only for that site in Safari. Never enable Java for a public website that carries third-party advertising. Use it only on well-known, login-protected, secure websites without ads. In Safari 6 or later, you'll see a padlock icon in the address bar when visiting a secure site.
Stay within the safe harbor, and you’ll be as safe from malware as you can practically be. The rest of this comment concerns what you should not do to protect yourself.
7. Never install any commercial "anti-virus" (AV) or "Internet security" products for the Mac, as they are all worse than useless. If you need to be able to detect Windows malware in your files, use one of the free security apps in the Mac App Store—nothing else.
Why shouldn't you use commercial AV products?
☞ To recognize malware, the software depends on a database of known threats, which is always at least a day out of date. This technique is a proven failure, as a major AV software vendor has admitted. Most attacks are "zero-day"—that is, previously unknown. Recognition-based AV does not defend against such attacks, and the enterprise IT industry is coming to the realization that traditional AV software is worthless.
☞ Its design is predicated on the nonexistent threat that malware may be injected at any time, anywhere in the file system. Malware is downloaded from the network; it doesn't materialize from nowhere. In order to meet that nonexistent threat, commercial AV software modifies or duplicates low-level functions of the operating system, which is a waste of resources and a common cause of instability, bugs, and poor performance.
☞ By modifying the operating system, the software may also create weaknesses that could be exploited by malware attackers.
☞ Most importantly, a false sense of security is dangerous.
8. An AV product from the App Store, such as "ClamXav," has the same drawback as the commercial suites of being always out of date, but it does not inject low-level code into the operating system. That doesn't mean it's entirely harmless. It may report email messages that have "phishing" links in the body, or Windows malware in attachments, as infected files, and offer to delete or move them. Doing so will corrupt the Mail database. The messages should be deleted from within the Mail application.
An AV app is not needed, and cannot be relied upon, for protection against OS X malware. It's useful, if at all, only for detecting Windows malware, and even for that use it's not really effective, because new Windows malware is emerging much faster than OS X malware.
Windows malware can't harm you directly (unless, of course, you use Windows.) Just don't pass it on to anyone else. A malicious attachment in email is usually easy to recognize by the name alone. An actual example:
London Terror Moovie.avi [124 spaces] Checked By Norton Antivirus.exe
You don't need software to tell you that's a Windows trojan. Software may be able to tell you which trojan it is, but who cares? In practice, there's no reason to use recognition software unless an organizational policy requires it. Windows malware is so widespread that you should assume it's in every email attachment until proven otherwise. Nevertheless, ClamXav or a similar product from the App Store may serve a purpose if it satisfies an ill-informed network administrator who says you must run some kind of AV application. It's free and it won't handicap the system.
The ClamXav developer won't try to "upsell" you to a paid version of the product. Other developers may do that. Don't be upsold. For one thing, you should not pay to protect Windows users from the consequences of their choice of computing platform. For another, a paid upgrade from a free app will probably have all the disadvantages mentioned in section 7.
9. It seems to be a common belief that the built-in Application Firewall acts as a barrier to infection, or prevents malware from functioning. It does neither. It blocks inbound connections to certain network services you're running, such as file sharing. It's disabled by default and you should leave it that way if you're behind a router on a private home or office network. Activate it only when you're on an untrusted network, for instance a public Wi-Fi hotspot, where you don't want to provide services. Disable any services you don't use in the Sharing preference pane. All are disabled by default.
10. As a Mac user, you don't have to live in fear that your computer may be infected every time you install software, read email, or visit a web page. But neither can you assume that you will always be safe from exploitation, no matter what you do. Navigating the Internet is like walking the streets of a big city. It can be as safe or as dangerous as you choose to make it. The greatest harm done by security software is precisely its selling point: it makes people feel safe. They may then feel safe enough to take risks from which the software doesn't protect them. Nothing can lessen the need for safe computing practices.

Newbie Layout Help Needed

I am normally an After Effects and Premiere Pro user but have been forced to volunteer for help on a Dreamweaver project.
The site is built on the template: HTML, 1 column fixed, centered, header and footer. I want to be able to insert a photo the width of the main column, 960 px I think. Then, under that photo, I want to insert 4 photos with different widths, between 150 and 200 pixels wide. I will need to update this from time to time and the quantity and sizes of the photos will be different each time. If "Draw AP Div" worked like I expected it to, it would be simple: draw boxes and insert images. However, as you know, it's not going to be that easy. I have read the formatting101 page and searched the forum but I guess I don't know enough to know what to search for.
Is there a way to place images in the way I want to? Do I need a plug-in? I need to where to start.

You don't need APDivs for this. If you want the secondary images to be evenly spaced on the page, use CSS floats & margins.
http://alt-web.com/DEMOS/3-CSS-boxes.shtml
If you don't need them evenly spaced, simply insert optimized images into your layout. Be sure to resize images beforehand in your graphics editor so that their combined widths will fit inside the layout.
<p style="text-align"center">
<img src="top-image.jpg" width="xx" height="xx" alt="description">
</p>
<p style="text-align:center">
<img src="image1.jpg" width="xx" height="xx" alt="description">
<img src="image2.jpg" width="xx" height="xx" alt="description">
<img src="image3.jpg" width="xx" height="xx" alt="description">
<img src="image4.jpg" width="xx" height="xx" alt="description">
</p>
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists
http://alt-web.com/

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Blend Effects HELP !!!

hey is there someone who know how to view already applied blend effects the bad news is that I have the portable version and there is no other file except the .png file what I create with saving the layer ??? please help [removed private info]

portable version of what? Photoshop? there's no such thing (pirated copies don't count). And in case that you're talking about the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) file format, Photoshop flattens the image when saving to it so there's no way to recover the applied Layer Styles

Flash CS5 Newbie - Need help adding URL link to animated banner

I apologize if this is a very basic question, but I am a newbie at designing in Flash. I have created a basic animation in Flash CS5 and I need to add a clickable URL link to it. I've tried a few tutorials that looked promising, but none of them solved my problem. I've tried a number of things including converting parts or all of the images to simple buttons or movies and linking them that way as well as typing in code for ActionScript 2 and 3, none of which were successful. The animation plays correctly when viewed in my browser, but when I click on it, the link does not work. I would prefer that the entire banner be clickable to take viewers to the linked website rather than using hyperlinked text. Also, when I open the Code Snippets window, it is empty, no matter what image or frame I've selected. Do I need to import code snippets from somewhere or am I simply going about things the wrong way? Any help is greatly appreciated!

It all depends whether you're decisively using AS2.0 or AS3.0 .
In the latter, you would need to use a URLRequest() method in conjunction with a navigateToUrl() call (not sure the exact syntax for navigate to Url, it might be a capitalized "URL" in the method but the request takes a String argument such as http://www.adobe.com)

Flash newbie needs help

i'm quite a newbie when it comes to flash and need some help
http://www.sas.se/sv/?vst=true
you look to the right you'll see an airplane and i'll say "Billiga avgångar" next too it
under the text you can see text in yellow being scrambled then reappear
i was wondering how you make the text scramble then display the messeage like that?

this is a better way to do it in one textfield. it's easily amended to display one letter per textfield and add textfields as needed.
(to speed up the display shorten charS even down to a one character string.)
var charS:String = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 01232456789,./<>?;':\"[]{}\|!@#$%^&*()-_=+";
var charA:Array = charS.split("");
var displayTO:Number
// user defined params:
// character change in ms
var speed:Number = 1;
encodeF(yourstring,yourtextfield);
function encodeF(s:String,tf:TextField){
    tf.text = charA[0];
    displayTO = setTimeout(displayF,speed,s,tf,0,0);
function displayF(s:String,tf:TextField,charNum:Number,index:Number){
    tf.text = tf.text.substr(0,-1)+charA[index];
    if(s.charAt(charNum)==charA[index]){
        tf.text += charA[index];
        charNum++;
        index=0;
        if(charNum<s.length){
            displayTO = setTimeout(displayF,speed,s,tf,charNum,index);
        } else {
            tf.text = tf.text.substr(0,-1);
    } else {
        index++;
        if(index<charA.length){
            displayTO = setTimeout(displayF,speed,s,tf,charNum,index);
        } else {
            charA.push(s.charAt(charNum));
            displayTO = setTimeout(displayF,speed,s,tf,charNum,index);

Any Updates Made to the T540 ready to ship? Newbie Needs Help.

Total newbie with Lenovo. Lenovo is offering the T540p ready to ship for about $650. Is this the same track pad that got all the negative reviews or have any improvements been made? I'm new to the forum and not a power user. I maintain a website for a herding dog rescue and edit and move pictures and or video around a couple times a week. If I use a mouse will this computer work for this?

Hi Venkat,
I suggest to remove Gantt Chart view and Entry table from Eglobal. These are default views from client and it is highly recommended to not use them in Enterprise Global.
Whatever a user ist doing on a view or table which is included in Enterprise Global will be reset on next open - therefore you receive this message.
If you need some server wide defined views and tables, create them. But remove Gantt Chart and Entry.
Does that help?
Regards
Barbara
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