--- "Professionals" couldn't help me. Maybe you can.

I have an image (both photo and video) in my timeline. I need to have a circle or arrow in those images drawing attention to certain things on the screen. I use the regular shapes generator from FCPX, do my tweaks and place the circles/arrows in the appropriate spots. All good.
Now - I would like to be able to transition them into the photo or video, so they don't just cut and pop on the screen. There are lots of tansitions I can choose from, but which ever one I pick, the transition effect affects the whole entire image.
I.E. - Let's say I would like to add flash/bloom (apply some kind of light transition) to my arrow or shape and have it appear that way on the screen. When I add it as a transition, the effect flashes/blooms the whole screen - not just the shape.
In FCP 6/7, the transition only affected the clip it was applied to.
Any thoughts?
Thank you.

I'm not saying I wasn't wrong... initially. I misread "transition into" as a fade/dissolve. I have since reread the post more carefully.
Of course you're right, as far as this: you can add a compound or secondary storyline and that will create the effect from the transition the OP has asked about (as will applying any of the Stencil/Silhouette blend modes for masking techniques, which will cut through everything underneath the "layer" with the compositing blend setting.) Grouping (aka, compound clip) will stop those related actions, isolating them to the contents of the group.
The necessity of grouping is due to the fact that Transitions and Titles copy the storyline (or what's "visible" below their level) into the template (within the scope of the group they exist in... i.e., storyline, compound clip, secondary storyline -- there's actually a placeholder provided in Motion -- these allow for direct interactions with created material and the original media within the template). This type of thing would be better created as an Effect (which uses only the clip's source media [another placeholder.]) And so, I did (see below.)
However, working the (default) Flash transition this way (compounding) does not eliminate the whole screen blanking to white for that frame or three since the effect is affected by a solid white canvas covering rectangle regardless of source (which is very likely the effect most people want most of the time, but not the OP, in this case.)
I was killing time (watching "The Horror of Dracula") when I put this together -- everyone is welcome to give it a try:
http://sight-creations.com/fxexchange/Fade-Flash-Fade.zip (not a brilliant name -- and -- it doesn't do a bloom -- but -- it's free). This needs to be installed as a Motion Templates Effect. Parameters include length of fade (0 to about 70 frames even though the "scale" is 0 - 100) and the amount of blur for the "flash in/flash out" effect (a gaussian blur from about 64 min to 600 max; even though the scale is 10-100). "Everything" is relative to the length of fade setting. This effect only whites out and blurs whatever the source of the clip is and doesn't attempt to flash the whole screen (initial luma values have an impact on full screen media). I recommend shorter fade times with shorter clips (designed for 150 frames with max length fades of 70 frames either side of the 10 frame "neutral zone" (which is the segment that will get time stretched when length is changed). It's effective with Titles and Generators as well and best used on connected clips, not the main storyline (try it with connected clip Placeholder generator -- "kinda" beam-me-down-scotty going in and nuclear annihilation on the way out... LOL ).
If you would be interested in altering the default Flash transition template in this fashion, in Motion, delete the group containing the rectangles and to the group containing the Transition A and B sources, add a Hue Saturation filter and keyframe the Value parameter to it's maximum value at the edge of the source changes and back to default at the end and Save (it will automatically be created as "Flash copy" -- you cannot accidentally overwrite the default templates).

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My HTC Droid Eris rant, maybe you can help, maybe someone with some power will read

Alright I've got a new HTC Droid on the way, for the next 2 days I have a phone I can use the internet and check my email on, but the most basic cell phone functions I can no longer use, send/receive both calls and messages.
I'll get into the problems that lead me to do a hard reset on my phone today later, we'll start there.
So I've read about doing a hard reset and how it fixes a lot of problems. So I prepared today not knowing what would happen really. Backed up my photos and contacts and had at it. Turns out I didn't need to back those up.
So everything goes alright, it calls Verizon to activate my phone, says everything went fine. No calls or text messaging. But I've got internet and gmail. I get an error message when trying to send texts, and I get a verizon recording saying "We can't authenticate your phone."
Take it in to the Verizon store, they can't figure it out either, so they order me a new phone.
The greeter gal was the most helpful really, she asked me if I did a *228, I didn't know what it was cause the phone called to activate by itself. So later I tried that wondering if it was something different. I tried the second option activating roaming. Didn't work.
So right now as I'm typing this I got the battery out, we'll see if that works.
Alright here's my laundry list of complaints:
It's slow, even for the most basic things like making a call or text messaging. I understand it's not a very fast processor compared to other phones but for basic things it shouldn't struggle. Hell even the calculator lags.
The messaging program sucks. Well since the update I see they finally made it so it can play animated gifs. But where to begin with this, well first you can't delete messages. It locks up. Second if you don't want to delete a whole thread, you can't go through and select all the ones you want to delete, and mass delete, no you have to hold down everyone you want to delete, till the screen pops up, click delete, wait, and go to the next one.
If that wasn't time consuming enough, wait till you get a picture message with multiple attachments. No it can't play it like regular phones, this is a droid dammit! We have to be innovative and make it so you click on the attachments button, and it brings up a screen that lists all the attachments! Then when you find the one you want, you can't simply just click it to view it, no we give you another pop up that gives you options, to view, or save the attachment! I mean regular phones you could save the attachments while you're viewing them, but droid gives you options before hand, then after all the lag to load and exit the attachment, you get to start all over to look at the next one! (Handcent fixed a lot of the problems I had with the messaging but it loses multiple attachments so I end up going back to regular messaging to look at them)
Gmail on your phone! Only thing that sucks about this is google saves every person you have correspondence with through gmail as a friggin contact. At least I can delete them off my phone, time consuming and annoying, I still haven't figured out how to delete them off actual gmail.
Facebook! Hey if google contacts wasn't bad enough, in this connected day and age, when you type in a name to call or send a text message to, it searches facebook friends too! And its really fun when your friends have old numbers listed on their facebook account and you call it and it's some 80 year old guy named herbert who says he'll dress in pig tails and be Jessica if I want.
I use Gmail, I use Facebook, but I do not need these to be a part of my contacts for my calling and texting in any way!
The silent phone issues. Mine has gotten worse lately.
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Firstly, your device authentication issue has absolutely nothing to do with your device. Even a Knack can get that error. In a nutshell, your device authenitication needs to be updated and a quick call to tech support can fix that. It takes 35 seconds to resolve that issue once you get through.
Second, need some tissues? The Eris is an entry level phone. Don't like the included messaging app? Download Handcent. Or Chomp. You are really being overly whiney and will probably not be happy with another Droid device either. All devices need some set up, optimization, and guess what, basic user knowledge. Sounds like you never even bothered to crack the manual or seek out help.
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Please help if you can. 15 hours into troubleshooting this and I am desperate!!!
I just purchased a new 5th-gen, 60GB ipod. I already have a 1st gen, 10GB iPod. My old iPod is presently working great with no problems.
The new iPod, however, is not being recognized by my computer or by iTunes. And when I try to plug it in, iTunes freaks. It will stop playing music and freeze on me.
Here is what happened:
1. I knew I had the latest iTunes & iPod software on my computer, so rather than running the CD that came with the iPod, I just plugged in the iPod.
2. When I did so, the computer recognized it as a new device and attempted to (I assume - not sure) install a driver for a while. This went on for about an hour, something seemed wrong, so I disconnected the iPod.
3. At this point, connecting it always has the same behavior. It flashes "don't disconnect". ITunes freezes. Windows Explorer does not recognize or acknowledge its existence.
Here is what I have tried to do:
1. I first tried installing from the CD. This installed an older version of iTunes on my computer. This did not help matters and stopped my current iPod from working.
2. I troubleshooted this and managed to fix my old iPod by uninstalled all iTunes and iPod versions from my computer and reinstalling all of the latest bits.
3. I have doublechecked my USB ports to ensure they are USB 2.0.
4. I have tried restarting my iPod in file mode to see if the computer will recognize it then. No dice.
5. I have tried an iPod reboot, obviously.
6. I have restarted my computer innumerable times.
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Hey, I've got a few questions for you. 1. What kind of computer are you using? (ie: laptop, desktop, whatever else there is..) 2. Have you ever had the 5th Gen. working on you're computer? 3. Have you tried you're 5th Gen. on another computer which, in the past, has detected an iPod?
Done with questions for now I believe. Here's my story. My girlfriend got her iPod (5th Gen.) in April and right when she got it, she hurried over to my house because she's "technologically incompetant". Booted up my Alienware (now an artifact after being purchased new around 1998-2000) and installed all the gadgets just like the instructions said. After finishing all that, I slapped the iPod into a USB2.0 port and WindowsXP detected, found, and installed the driver for the iPod. I used iTunes to put about 500MB's of songs on there then sent her off with her new WORKING (at the moment) iPod. A few weeks later, I guess when she killed the battery, she tells me that her iPod isnt working.
Long story short...
She's using a brand new Dell Inspiron [some number and letters here] laptop computer with WindowsXP.
I did everything exactly as you had described in your first post. Few things are different, her computer has never detected the iPod, WindowsXP never found or installed a driver. When her iPod is plugged into her computer, the iPod either brings up a little battry with a lightening bolt (like it's charging) or brings up the "Do Not Disconnect" screen. After a few hours of leaving it like that and I unplug the iPod, it hastn't gained any charge. I checked to make sure everything, ie: plug and play, were all working correctly and all that good stuff; however, one thing phases me. I took her iPod back to my house and tried it on the computer that had the player working before. After a minute of plugging it in, it was detected and I could add or remove songs using iTunes, in other words: IT WAS WORKING.
I would like to see some kind of solution to our problem (which I believe to be the same) so that I don't have to drive an hour away to the only iPod (Mac) store around to replace it (luckily it is still on the warranty).
If you make any progress, please let me know.
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I have the code down there, here is a brife description what each class mainly does.
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Third class is named Receiver, it is for receiving the massage from any one of the clients, then stores the message to a static field variable in Fourth class, fourth class is named Saying.
Fifth class of Server is named Sender, it is for sending the massage to the client, that message is the one that stored in Saying.
The First class of client is named Client, it prints any message that the server send to it.
The Second class of client is named SendFromClient, it wait for user to type something, and then send the message to the server, so server's Receiver class hopefully will get it and store it to the field variable in the Saying class.
Here is all the codes:
Server Class:
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class Server
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               System.out.println("System exception");
}People Class:
import java.util.*;
public class People
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     public void storing(String IP)
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}Receiver Class:
import java.util.*;
public class Receiver implements Runnable
     final private Scanner in;
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          in = abc;
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}Saying Class:
public class Saying
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     public void resetSaying()
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import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
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import java.util.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
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import java.util.*;
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Edited by: stdioJ on Oct 31, 2007 3:58 PM

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Reset the device. (Same article as above.)
Restore from backup. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766 (If you don't have a backup, make one now, then skip to the next step.)
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Details:
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Here is an example of a valid set of numbers: 5, 41, 3, 9, 22, 30
Here is an example of an invalid set of numbers: 15, 8, 19, 33, 8, 21
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am I on the right track totally wrong or???? Please help me and god bless

Tinkerbell... wrote:
Navy_Coder wrote:
Tinkerbell... wrote:
Navy_Coder wrote:
Yeahhhhh, don't do that...Why not?because you butchered an otherwise simple process by the whole generic list with 50 numbers and sorting mess.
java.util.Random. <-- learn how to use it.Well, please explain how you would better do it using java.util.Random then?
Random r = new Random();
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Hello cheebdragon86,
It sounds like you are having trouble with the optical drive on your MacBook Pro. I found an article with steps you can take to troubleshoot various issues that may come up. I recommend reviewing this article:
Apple Computers: Troubleshooting the slot-loading SuperDrive
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2801
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

I can't email apple on this, but maybe you can help, compressor wont start

This is a long letter I composed to send to apple about my compressor problems. I am having issues here in this paper, file:///Users/nelsonmay/Desktop/Compressor:%20Troubleshooting%20basics.webarchiv e but I have files missing even after 3 installs. Compressor works fine under another user name and I was told to migrate everything over to that new account, but the tech on apple phone support didnt' want to tell me how. I still have about 40 days of phone support on this software FCP6, but didn't get much on the phone. If you have the time to read though this and can help me with either getting compressor to install on my current user account or help me migrate over to my new one, I can go on and start working with this G5 again. If anyone can forward this onto apple, I would appreciate it.
Here is my initial problem and why I called tech support.
compressor would start, and I had the toolbar, but I couldn’t start a batch or open a file. When I tried to close compressor it said files were in the queue.
I am writing with a real problem with my compressor software. I called tech support 4/7/09 and didn’t get a lot of help. I was essentially told to create another account on my mac to see if compressor was on the other account. I was also told to migrate over to that other account. I tried to ask for more support, but the tech just kept saying I need this paper to follow. file:///Users/nelsonmay/Desktop/Compressor:%20Troubleshooting%20basics.webarchiv e
He also said that I could just reinstall compressor and everything would be OK. I logged to the new account I created on while on the phone and got compressor to start. I thought I was good, and since I didn’t feel I was getting support ( I asked to be walked through the process) I hope compressor would run. Later I tried to run a file on compressor – the new account I created, and go an error. I thought the next step was to go though the paper and reinstall compressor.
First I made sure the permissions were correct. Then I removed the user preferences, but I did not find this file com.apple.compressor.Compressor.plist. I decided to proceed thinking I may be able to get a clean install. The following files were missing and still are.
these files are missing
/Library/Application Support/Apple Qmaster (the folder)
/Library/Frameworks/AECore.framework - I have the frameworks folder but it is empty
/Library/Frameworks/Compressor.framework - I have the frameworks folder but it is empty
/Library/Frameworks/MediaServerAPI.framework - I have the frameworks folder but it is empty
/Library/Frameworks/Qmaster.framework- I have the frameworks folder but it is empty
I have the frameworks folder but it is empty
/Library/Logs/Qmaster (the folder) – no qmaster
/Library/PreferencePanes/Apple Qmaster.prefPane I apple q master
/Library/Receipts/Compressor.pkg – no receipts folder
/Library/Receipts/ProMediaIO.pkg – no receipts folder
/Library/Receipts/Qmaster.pkg – no receipts folder
/Library/Receipts/Qmaster_Frameworks.pkg – no receipts folder
Again I went on with the remove and also removed motion like the paper said. When I tried to reinstall compressor from the FCP disc, it wanted the soundtrack discs and the live type discs. I though this was a bit much for having to install just compressor and motion.
OK, so after an hour of installing all the required discs, I did the software update and compressor would start, and I had the toolbar, but I couldn’t start a batch or open a file. When I tried to close compressor it said files were in the queue. Now when I logged out and logged on to the new account the tech had me create, compressor worked fine this time…under a different user account.
So this is what I need from you guys. I have been scouring the apple help and support pages asking for someone to help me migrate all my data and preferences from my user account to the one the tech had me create. I can’t find a thing on it and no one is answering my questions. I feel that isn’t possible.
Now I can go on, but this isn’t a very good option. I can save files from Motion, FCP etc, log out and log onto my new user account to use compressor. I would rather not do that. I like to export to compressor and make multiple files for different .
OK,
1. I need to fix compressor under my user account that I have had for 4 years on this G5
2. I need to be able to migrate to the new account I created and be able to have all my permissions as well as access to all data and other computers on my network. I also need to be able to log into this account on start up.

Usually they are good about support when you are under warranty. I have some time left on this software. I was just really surprised to get pushed to a white paper so fast and told, "to fix it myself". I have to give the guy credit, he did help me make another user account, but he just told me to migrate my data, and didn't tell me how when I said that I wasnt' sure how to do it.
FCP, is the problem on my system, not OSX. OSX didn't cause the issues in the first place. I also tried the compressor repair on numerous occasions and it didn't work. i am missing files on the install.....after three installs, I would think they would be there. That machine runs fine. Runs AE CS3, DVD Studio and HD on FCP without a hitch. Compressor is messing things up!

Maybe you can help me

OK heres the deal. I have never used Java before, however I am experienced in a number of other programming languages such as Actionscript and PHP. I need to create a Java app that will open up an Oracle database and check its consistency with a Sequel Server database. If they are not consistent it needs to send an email to a specified address. Is thispossible and where should I start?

Its possible.
What do you mean by consistency? The data/tables in the two? Maybe theres a better way than Java - an existing tool, sql scripts etc.
If you do do it in java, I'd have objects for reading in the oracle, objects for the sql server, and then a controller object to compare the data. Then, yet another object for email, which the controller object can call if it needs to.
I'd certainly do each bit as a separate object, and test each bit separately e.g. write something to read the data from oracle and as a test print it to a file, write another object for sending emails etc, and when they work put them together.

Not able to open file...maybe you can help.

Last Saturday I was recording direct to hard drive using Adobe Premiere Elements 9 and my computer shut down. I have a 41GB file saved with a .avi extension but it is not able to be opened in any program yet. From what I understand, in Adobe, once the file is saved to the timeline (which is how I had it set up) it then goes through the process of adding the appropriate data and processing the file. Since the computer shut down, that didn’t happen. When I right click on the "avi" file in Windows and select Properties>Details the only information showing is the File information. None of the other information that is normally there in video section for a video file in Window 7 is there.
I opened the video in "GSpot" (the free app recommended by some in this forum) and clicked on the button at the bottom for “Proposed Codec Solutions and Tests.” I’ve included a couple of screen shots of what appeared in GSpot:
A screen shot showing the results of file that I cannot open
A screen shot for a similar file: the video production that we did after I restarted the computer. I include this for comparison, since this file works fine.
I don’t know enough about video to know what to look for or how it might be possible to correct the first file, but I thought having this information you might be able to point me in a direction or tell me definitively that it’s hopeless and we should move on to re-recording the session.
Thank you in advance for any assistance you may be able to provide.

Thanks for responding.
The shutdown is not the problem. As you'll see from my repsonse to Bill, I went on battery to reduce the noise I was getting in the audio and was expecting to get an alert but I never saw it before the computer went into Hibernate. That is an issue, but if I choose to do that again, i can correct for that by closely monitoring the battery. I'd like to find a way to get rid of the audio noise (crackling sound and low buzz) without unplugging, but my more immediate concern is recovering the 3.5 hour video that is part of a training class that we are offering online.
Any ideas you have about that besides what Bill suggested would be great.
Thanks!

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