Noob Question 2: Creating a Pin-hole/Swiss Cheese effect?

Is there a built-in effect in InDesign which will create 'pin-holes' in an ellipse or rectangle? If not, can you recommend how to do this, perhaps in conjunction with PS? (A tool I am also a noob at.)
TIA,
---JC

This is better done in Illustrator with its Eraser tool which gives you the advantage of giving it a random quality to it and you can give it a dimension as well if you need to but if you don't you can still do so if you need a more controlled look that can be done in either application using the path finder.
What you get using the transform to move and duplicate the circles and the pathfinder to minus front in either program. In Illustrator you ca givve it a 3D effect.
this takes a few seconds.

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Ultra-noob question about creating clips

Sorry if this is answered elsewhere - I don't even know where to look.
I'm working on a simple editing project. I've sucked in (I forget the proper term) an entire DV tape of material into one big file. Now I'm trying to pick out the good shots and save them as separate clips - about 50 of them. These clips will then be converted to a different format and reassembled using some special software outside of FCE to create an interactive web video.
There seem to be about a gajillion ways of doing this. Master clips, independent clips, sub-clips. Right now I'm having a problem with clip names because of the master/associate business. I want to organize individual clips into folders (Folder A -> Clips A1, A2, A3, etc). But when I try to name a clip, ALL the names change. And no amount of setting the clip as Independent seems to affect it. Not only that, but I'm so green I still can't figure out what to highlight - the clip in the timeline or the clip in the folder or both.
Can someone point me in the right direction? I don't even know what to ask.

G'Day ap0110,
Welcome aboard the FCE forum.
Here is another method:
Double click the long clip in the Browser and it opens in the Viewer.
Mark an In and Out point in the Viewer. You will have two black triangles facing one-another in the Viewer scrubber bar when completed. Notice the bit in between the triangles is lighter in color than the rest. This bit can be made into a re-namable Sub-Clip.
Go to Modify> Make Subclip. Command-U (keyboard shortcut).
The modified clip now appears in the Browser ready to be re-named. Enter new name.
Do this as many times as required.
Right click in the Browser and a pop up appears with an option to create a _New Bin_.
Drag the newly named Sub Clips into a Bin of your choice.
Al

Question about creating child domains "before" parent

Ok, this is most probably a noob question.
My company (A.com), has a DNS zone in a linux server with records pointing to different web pages, example: radio.a.com, www.a.com, webmail.a.com, etc..
For a specific service, I need an Active directory domain called: daas.A.com
Thing is, I don't have an AD domain A.com in place. So my question is:
Do I need to create an AD domain for A.com before creating the one that I need?
If I don't, and I just create the daas.A.com as a new forest, will I be able to add an A.com domain in the future as parent?
As per DNS records in the linux box, I guess I would only need a NS pointing to the DNS of the new domain, and an A record resolving that to an IP. or Something like that..
Thanks!

Yes, even if initially it is an empty root, otherwise the child domain will become the forest root.
So the A.com domain will need to duplicate those records that Linux currently hosts otherwise AD clients will start having name resolution issues. If you just need to stand up AD for one application then I would go ahead and standup the empty root, add the
child domain, install the service that needs AD and go from there. That is if you think at some point you will use the a.com domain.
Active Directory will actually create 2 zones (A.com and _msdcs.A.com)
Daas.A.com will have 1 dns zone daas.a.com and will also utilize the _msdcs.a.com
So I have been in environments which have had both a windows dns server and a Linux dns server, eventually after enough duplication of records in both areas and the pain points that caused, we have retired the Linux dns servers and just used the AD DNS servers
(with the exception of DNS servers that were internet facing which we kept on Linux) Primarily the ease of administration and the fact that AD and DNS are tightly coupled.
Brad Held http://windorks.wordpress.com

Noob questions...windows emulation on mac OS 10.4

getting my ibook later this week and was wondering about windows emulation. i don't have an intel processor in my ibook (obviously), so what's your recommendation for a product that runs windows on a mac? and, total noob question, do i have to buy a copy of windows? i already have windows on my dell laptop.
thanks in advance for your help.

Hello,
so, do the new macbooks have some kind of software
pre-installed that runs windows? my friends who just
got a macbook tells me he can run windows programs if
he needs to.
The MacBooks have Intel processors in them. So, no emulation is necessary. They can directly install and run Windows if they want.
The reason you need a program like Virtual PC on an iBook is because it uses a PowerPC processor which Windows cannot communicate with. And, the PowerPC Mac's architecture is completely different.
So, that means you need a program like Virtual PC to completely emulate an entire PC computer. Basically, it is a program that simulates a real computer and then translates those Intel instructions into PowerPC instructions that your iBook can understand.
There is a severe performance penalty for all this translation. The iBook G4 will not perform like a regular Windows PC. It will be much slower, and you will need to be more patient. With a G4 iBook, you could reasonably expect your performance to be comparable to a 300 MHz PC running Windows XP.
With a 1.8 GHz iMac G5 and 2 GB of RAM, I was experiencing performance comparable to a 1.3 GHz Intel Celeron system with 256 MB of RAM (which I happened to have around for comparison).
But, for more intensive tasks, the performance was more comparable to a 500 MHz system.
Anyway, back to the Intel Macs. Those machine's only need a free Apple Utility "Boot Camp" to provide the drivers and create a Windows compatible boot partition:
http://www.apple.com/bootcamp/
And, then they need Windows XP Home or Pro. That's it.
With programs like Parallels, they can run Windows inside the Mac OS (or along side it) much like you would with Virtual PC:
http://www.parallels.com/en/products/workstation/mac/
i am trying to figure out where this might be useful
in the first place.
It is useful if you need to be able to run Windows software, but don't want to buy a PC. It's more convenient to have one machine that can do everything than it is to have a Mac and a separate PC.
Feel free to ask additional questions if you have them. Or, if you like, hit solved on the post if you feel everything is answered.
But, do let me know if I can answer any additional questions or need to re-state something clearer.

Noob Question Re: Encoding to DVD

This is my first post in the adobe forums , so hello all!
I've been trolling this, and numerous other sites, hoping to understand the basic process of editing -> CD creation.
So here it begins...I am working on "work-out" video tape. The footage was shot using a Canon H10 to removable memory card. All files are .MTS, which don't pose too many challenges for my computer (i7 processor w/ 6MB memory) after the most recent PP update. Editing, adding AE, titles, graphics, or using Sound Booth is relatively painless. I have a total of (4) timelines that comprise the total video (Trailer, Intro, Instructions, and Workout). As I edited the video I'd often render what I had testing formats such as avi, MPEG2, FLV/4, Blu-Ray H.264, etc. I was amazed with the clarity and sharpness as I stayed with in the confines of 1980x1020. So I have no problems there. Once the editing, I first created a blank timeline and pulled into it the other timelines to make on timeline called "Video Complete". I dynamic linked that timeline to Encore and found out that amount of data, in that format, created a very unstable Encore - it screamed and hollered about running out of memory, etc. I watched several tutorials and found that dynamic linking the indvidual timelines gave me a much more stable Encore.
So I had the untranscoded .MTS files in Encore. I created my menu, linking the timelines, etc and built my project using the standard 720x480 (I believe) format. To say the least, I wasn't at all happy with the final product when watched on the television. Very pixalated/jagged around letters, etc.
I don't mind shopping around for the correct answer or putting my time in on research, I'd just like to know if I am on the right playing field and/or headed in the right direction.
So basically my questions are:
1) Is dynamic linking .MTS files to Encore the correct approach as opposed to rendering the .MTS files in PPro to avi or MPEG2 before bringing them into the Encore project? (Based on wanting the best DVD quality possible)
2) Transcoding settings for individual timelines should remain on automatic or should I adjust them and transcode before clicking on build project?
3) Since I was able to see MPGE2 renderings (from PPro) on my computer screen as sharp and clear, should I expect the same quality from a DVD product?
Any information would be helpful - thanks so much.
Joe

Re: Noob Question Re: Encoding to DVD
Hi, great questions:
I think this is a sound approach. MTS is short for MPEG-2 Transport Stream, so it's already MPEG-2 but will of course have to be re-transcoded for DVD to standard definition. If you want to experiment with high definition, you could try stripping the streams out of the MTS using a third party tool such as what you might find at videohelp.com - or not. Less transcoding is always better, but may not be practical. There's probably little advantage to doing this on the DVD side, but it might be worthwhile for Blu-ray? Or not.
First, try using Interpret Footage on the asset (the MTS file itself) - set it to SD Widescreen. You may need to Revert to Original if it's already transcoded. Try building another DVD and check the footage.
For the most part, yes. Of course, they will be standard definition on DVD.
Message was edited by: jbowden
Jbowden,
Thanks for the response. I will check out "Interpret Footage" on the asset of the MTS file and toggle to SD Widescreen. Will do that tonight so I can compare the two for quality.
Joe

Noob Question - PreComp Layers and Effects

I have precomposed a layer and am wondering why when I apply an effect inside the precomposed layer, it cannot be seen in the main timeline... for instance, I've created a logo on a billboard and precomposed the layer. I added it to the timeline and all is fine. Now, I tried to apply a 'vector paint' effect to a layer inside the precomp. It looks fine in the precomp, but it disappears in the main timeline. Also, I added trapcode particles inside the precomp. They do not show up in the main timeline either. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks to all.

I see them in the precomp but not in the main time.
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:11:50 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Noob Question - PreComp Layers and Effects
Do you see them when you clic on the "continuosly rasterize" button of your precom. it's the little "*" icon of your precomposition.
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NOOB Question: Insert a line break ( br or p )

Hi,
I try my first steps with webdynpro and find it a bit crazy.
I now have created my first webapp and it rules but I have 2 questions:
1. I have 10 elements, which are displayed all abreast, but I want at some elements a line break (<br> or <p>, I only have the solution with FormattedTextView where I can insert html)
2. How I can add JavaScript-Functions and otherwise <html>-code? CSS-Tags and so on... Have I actually influence of the generated HTML?
sorry for this noob-questions.
Christian

Hi
In Web Dynpro You can not write HTML , Java Script or insert any CSS code.
It is not possible.
If you want a line break between UI elements, you should follow Layouts
you have different types of Layouts
1. Matrix Layout
2. Grid Layout
3. Row Layout
4. Flow Layout
You can control your layout only using the above options.
Abhi

Z68A-GD80-G3 - installing radeon 6990 graphics card - noob question

all, apologies for the noob question, but: how exactly do i install a radeon 6990 graphics card?
i have a Enermax ERV1250EGT power supply. the card is in the top blue pcie slot. i have connected the PCI-E 2.0 6+2 (8)Pin connectors (see http://www.enermax.co.uk/revolution85 - connectors tab, sorry no direct link but they are the red ones to be seen in the the bottom left corner of the picture: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviewimages/enermax_revolution_1250w/thumbs/10.jpg, i.e. 6 pin + 2 pin = 8 pin).
the card will just not start, i.e. when i boot the pc nothing happens. it works fine without and works fine with my old graphics card (gtx 260).
pics of the asus radeon 6990 here:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/Radeon_HD_6990/images/power.jpg
any ideas? is there anything different to this card than with other cards? have installed systems over the past 10 years and never had an issue until now.

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Syncing & Streaming from the same Library? - Noob question

Good Evening - I have a silly noob question that I can't believe I can't find the answer to on my own: I have been trying to determine if it is possible to sync and stream from the same library simultaneously.
I purchased the 40GB aTV and it has been syncing just fine with my Windows iTunes. I told it not to sync a few albums I never listen to so I wouldn't have issues with other songs or movies. I am upgrading to a new iMac and I am am going to re-rip many of my existing CD's to get them into a consistent audio quality of 192 AAC or above. This is going to push my library size to well over the 40GB limit in just music, not including any movies or TV shows I choose to pull in.
The manual does not make it obvious (or I am not reading clearly) what happens to items that don't sync over - I assume they are still playable but will have to stream. Is there anyway to mark "preferred" albums or artists that should get synced and not streamed in case the iTunes library is unavailable for whatever reason?
Also, when I change libraries is the aTV going to completely re-sync even though the music is must going to be migrated?
Thanks for taking the time to answer these silly questions.

That's not quite what I was looking for.
My question remains, what happens to the items that can't be synced from my main library to my aTV? My library is just a smidge bigger than the available space on the aTV and not everything syncs over. Does that mean I won't be able to play those items not synced from my main library...
As my library grows I don't want to have to choose what does and doesn't get synced from my library by mood. For example, every year my wife buys new christmas music - right now I could exclude it and everything else gets copied over, but come thanksgiving that stuff better be there for her and I don't want to choose other music or movies to remove.
I guess I will just have to play to try it out.

A question about creating packages as local objects in ABAP

Hi,
I have a question about creating packages with SE80. Whenever I create a new package it is assigned a new transport request. After that, I can create new programs inside this package, and each time I can choose whether to assign the new program to a transport request or just save it as a local object (I often do this for test programs that I don't transport and I remove them once my tests have been done).
What I would like to ask is that, is it possible to create a package (and not just programs inside a given package) as a local object? so that every new object created in this package will be considered as a local object?
Thanks in advane,
Kind Regards,
Dariyoosh

Thomas Zloch wrote:
Please also check the F1 help for the package field e.g. in SE80, SAP standard is in range A-S and U-X, namespaces start with "/", so you should be save. I am using the T namespace for temporary stuff since a long time and did not have a problem so far.
> Thomas
>
> P.S. this applies to the package name only, of course
Thank you very much for this remark, I checked F1 help for the package field and in fact as you mentioned these ranges are for local objects.
Once again, thank you very much for your help.
Kind Regards,
Dariyoosh

Another Noobie question - readLine()

Hi all
This is another one of the extreme noob questions. I wrote a small program to read form a text file
    String NetworkLine = new String();
    try{
        FileReader inputFile = new FileReader("Test.txt"); //
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(inputFile);
       try{
           while (in.readLine() != null){
            NetworkLine = in.readLine();
            System.out.println(NetworkLine);
       }catch (IOException e){
            System.err.println("Error in reading the file");
    }catch (FileNotFoundException e){
        e.printStackTrace();
    }My Test.txt is
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
without the *
The output I get is
Two
Four
Six
I cannot figure out why only even no. lines are being read. I inserted a breakpoint at the line
          System.out.println(NetworkLine);This shows me that only even no. lines are being read by readLine(). Any help will be appreaciated.
Thanks
Ayesha

    String NetworkLine = new String();
    try{
        FileReader inputFile = new FileReader("Test.txt"); //
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(inputFile);
       try{
           while (in.readLine() != null){ // <-- This reads a line, checks it for null ,and drops it
            NetworkLine = in.readLine(); // <-- this reads the next line
            System.out.println(NetworkLine);
       }catch (IOException e){
            System.err.println("Error in reading the file");
    }catch (FileNotFoundException e){
        e.printStackTrace();
    }So the upshot is that you print every other line.
Corrected:
    String networkLine = new String();
    try{
        FileReader inputFile = new FileReader("Test.txt"); //
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(inputFile);
       try{
           while ((networkLine = in.readLine()) != null){
            System.out.println(networkLine);
       }catch (IOException e){
            System.err.println("Error in reading the file");
    }catch (FileNotFoundException e){
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Openbox noob question on menus.

I really do apologize about this insanely noob question but this is driving me up a wall.
I've read several several different resources on openbox (particularly trying to find information on the root menu)
i'm either looking in the wrong place - or I totally saw it and didn't put 2 and 2 together. *shrugs*
so, here is the dealio -
I'm trying to edit the root menu (or as I like to call it right clicky drop down thingy)
I'm running LXDE and from everything I've gathered over the last couple of days trying to tackle this
with lxde you edit the lxde-rc.xml instead of the menu or rc.xml
although after reading through it a plethora of times I noticed that it pulls off of the menu.xml as well...
*basically*
Which file do I actually edit to add stuff to the root menu?
and i've seen dozens of actual templates for editing the menu.xml and lxde-rc.xml but whenever *I* try to follow that I get a syntax error on openbox --reconfigure
and insight or even a swift kick in the ass that will land me on a site that has info that actually works would be ever so appreciated (even if its a search term - I think my problem now is that i've spent so much time looking for this one thing that I might actually be insanely over complicating this and not picking out the right information )

stlarch wrote:An easy way is to install obmenu
I can agree with that even though I'm not sure how to use that program very well. I'd rather learn how to manually edit the stuff, and not have to rely on another program
the main reason I got away from ubuntu was to be semi/forced to learn everything.
JackH79 wrote:Have you read this here as well?
I did glance at that but didn't think that was referring to the root menus...I can decifer through the xml those menu files to some extent...the stuff on freedesktop is straight crypic to me atm...but at least now I know I need to take a much closer look hehe.

Noob question use dng converter or let LR convert to dng

Sorry for the noob question but I'm transitioning over to LR from aperture and I believe DNG is a good move for me. Now then, is there any advantage to using the converter over letting LR do it?

It really is the same integrated tool, yes. All the same preferences are there.
The only thing I am not aware if Lightroom can do is Extract Embedded Originals. But that's not something I'd ever do to my own RAW files.
Cheers

Noob Question: Flowing Input Dataset Row/Record IDs Through to the Score Model Output

I've got a noob question that I'm having difficulty finding the answer to: if my input dataset contains row/record IDs and I want to flow these through to the Score Model module output but *don't* want to include this column in model training (because
it's just an arbitrary row tag), how do I go about accomplishing this?
I am able to Project Columns and eliminate the IDs entirely early in the process but then can't really determine which input row a prediction is associated with because I've lost the IDs. I'm not quite sure how to accomplish what I'm trying to do via
the Metadata Editor, either.
Surely somebody else has dealt with this same question. If the solution is implemented somewhere in a Gallery experiment that you'd like to point me at, too, that would also be just as good as a written explanation.
Thanks in advance,
Kevin

Hey Kevin!
Sorry for making this process unclear :( Azure ML has a notion of Feature Columns
(by default everything is a Feature), that is columns/variables that are intended to be treated as part of the observation vector. You can use the Metadata Editor
and (after selecting the column(s) you want), mark the column as
Fields -> Clear Feature. This will have the semantics you desire - data attached to the input data while not being used for training.
Regards,
AK

I have done everything to eject a disc from my MAC. No pin hole. Help

I have done everything to try and eject a disc from my IMac. NO pin hole.

see
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and
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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4278382

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