Tips on making environment layers for use in AE?
I've watched a few tutorials on this, but still don't know e.g. what size still image is best for an HD project (I imagine much larger than 1920 x 1080?)
I'm fairly clear on vanishing point in PS to use a single still image, but does anyone know a good tutorial on stitching together several images in PS or whatever?
Depends on what kind of environment... Reflection maps can be fairly low res since usually one would want some blur in them anyway to avoid small details popping out too much or causing aliasing... Backgrounds for matte paintings might be different, but dollying into a landscape would still require only relatively small layers whereas panning around will require more room to work with....
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Environment variables for use with EEM routing trigger?
I've only recently started looking into EEM, and was hoping a guru here could clear something up for me:
The docs do not show there to be any environment variables that can be used with EEM's "routing" trigger, to determine which route was added, changed, or modified.
It seems odd that the trigger would allow you to fire specifically on adds or removes, but then give you no indication of the specific route that was added or removed. Is this info in some non-obvious generic variable?
Or, is the only available approach to cache the route table, and then parse the whole table when the event fires? I haven't seen any examples that use this trigger; maybe because of this lack of any documented routing-specific variables?
Thanks in advance!Every event detector has its own set of internal variables. These are different than environment variables. Environment variables are those you can modify in the config with "event manager environment". If you have a device which supports the routing event detector, you can run the command, "show event manager detector routing detailed" and that will show you all of the available internal variables.
I actually did a programmatic applet example using the oruting ED for my Networkers session this past year. This example doesn't use any of the internal variables, but it will give you an idea of how this ED works:
event manager applet route-watch
event routing network 10.1.1.0/24 type add protocol ospf
action 001 cli command "enable"
action 002 set done 0
action 003 while $done eq 0
action 004 wait 5
action 005 cli command "ping ip 10.1.1.1"
action 005 regexp "!!!!!" "$_cli_result"
action 006 if $_regexp_result eq 1
action 007 cli command "config t"
action 008 cli command "int Tunnel0"
action 009 cli command "shut"
action 010 cli command "end"
action 011 set done 1
action 012 end
action 013 end
This applet will be triggered when the route 10.1.1.0/24 is learned via OSPF. The applet will then try and ping 10.1.1.1, and when it is 100% successful, it will take down the backup tunnel interface. Because it may take a little while before the ping is 100% successful, the applet will loop until it gets a 100% success (or until the 20 second maxrun timer expires). -
iPhone Local Storage "My iPhone" - How do you create this folder for use by the Notes app on a iPhone or iPad? If I want to keep some notes only on my device and not in a cloud environment associated with an e-mail account. I've seen reference to the "My iPhone" local storage put no mention on how you create this folder or access this folder within the Notes app. I realize storing information in a local storage like this provides no syncing between other iDevices but that is exactly what I'm looking for. I'm running iOS7.0.4 on a iPhone 5S, and a iPad Air. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
If you go to Settings > Notes > Default Account you will see "On My iPhone" as the default account and the only choice if you have not enabled syncing Notes in Settings >iCloud or Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars. If you have enabled syncing you can still select "On My iPhone" as the default account. When you are in the Notes app you won't see any accounts listed if you have not enabled syncing because they are all in the On My iPhone account and that is the only place possible. It is not a folder that you create.
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I used to use the free version of Adobe Reader to convert my publisher files to pdf files. When I was making a booklet for our hockey team, it said I had to buy it. Now I bought it and it won't convert the files. I am ready to throw this computer out the window!! Can you tell me what is the problem? No it does not exceed 100 M. either.
Adobe Reader never converted Publisher files to PDF, for free, never. I suspect you use to have the (paid for) Adobe Acrobat. Sometimes people have Acrobat (more than $300 worth) and install Adobe Reader over the top, losing that valuable software.
That said, if you subscribed to PDF Pack it should do this conversion. What exactly happens now. -
Need a good charting library (for use in a servlet/jsp environment)
Anyone know of a good charting library for use in a servlet/jsp environment.
Use JFreechart combined with cewolf.
www.object-refinery.com/jfreechart/
To use charts in a jsp page you can use cewolf ( a taglib) based on jfreechart.
http://cewolf.sourceforge.net/
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What dpi should I use when making a file for a HD (1920x1080px) in Photoshop??
I am making a graphic for an HD (1920x1080px) in Photoshop and I wanted to know which dpi Should I use? 72dpi?100dpi?300dpi?
I dont want this to bee seen bad in a big screen...=S
Thanks in Advance,
Orangejuice.-PPI only applies to print. Don't set it to anything.
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I have several layers for my image: Background, Moon, Tree, Grass and Clouds. When I try to use the Move tool to move the Moon, the tool jumps to the Tree layer. The same thing happens with the other layers as well (except the background layer). How can I keep the move tool from jumpimg to the Tree layer?
1. Pre-select (highlight) the layer to move in the Layers panel. or-
2. [ALT+Right mouse click] to select the wanted layer in the image window.
and maybe
3. Set the PS option to "Auto-select" a layer with cursor hover. (can be very confusing!) -
Tips for using Galil Tools with Labview
This post is not a question, but below is a link to Galil's site that provides various methods and tips for using Galil's software for communicating with their controllers using LabVIEW. Hopefully it will assist others in the future.
http://www.galilmc.com/techtalk/software/using-labview-with-the-galiltools-communication-library/
Enjoy!
-AK2DM
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"It’s the questions that drive us.”
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Hello i have a problem that i was making update IOS7 for my i phone 5 it's taking a lot of time about 4 hours till now, i can't use my phone know, it's appere logo i tunes only, can't do eny thing else like shutdown
Hey Andrew keriakous,
Thanks for the question. It sounds like your iPhone may be in recovery-mode. To resolve this issue, see the following:
If you can't update or restore your iOS device
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
Thanks,
Matt M. -
Making star fields: Transparent layers for stars made with noise?
I'm trying to do what David Bogie described here:
David Bogie, "How can you create a flying through space effect?" #4, 16 Jul 2008 7:28 am. But I'm a real newbie in AE (I have 6.0 and have owned it for years but only used it about twice or so - I do everything else in PPro), so I'm getting stumped on basics. What kind of layer should I do this with? The choices in 6.0 are Text, Solid, Light, Camera, Null Object, and Adjustment Layer. I tried a solid black layer, but it is indeed very solid - when I make a second one, the first is never seen again. Null Object and Adjustment layers don't seem to respond when I put the noise and threshold effect pair on them, so they are apparently the wrong type for this. There seems to be no such thing as a Transparent layer type, or is there?
A secondary question (sorry to put two questions in one post, but it's probably simple) is about the threshold effect. It seems that the result is either pure white or pure black - I started with noise of varying lightnesses and even color, but when I use threshold to thin it out (to make it more like stars), the result is only bright white dots and nothing else, no matter what threshold level I choose. Am I missing something simple?Sorry, Thomas, I thought you were the one who was frustrated - it sounded like you felt I needed to either upgrade or study the basics on my own before attempting something like this. And I wasn't belittling older versions; I thought you were. Don't ya just hate that lack of voice inflection and facial expressions that you get in online communication...! Okay, onward.
I read about the Pan Behind Tool before (if you start searching for "anchor point" and "position" it comes right up), but then, as now, I don't understand how it works with layers that have already been moved out of whack. And since my last post I have done way more to my comp: To try to reduce the afore-mentioned problem while still getting a variety of star patterns in my layers, I made all the positions 360x240 (which is the same as what I left the anchor points at) and introduced rotation instead - that didn't solve it, but it looked a little better. Then I decided that the time before the earth appeared was kinda boring, so I learned about parenting, made two of the star layers children of the third one, and bezier'ed some position and rotation action to the parent, so that it will look like the viewer's ship is changing direction as it's flying, and then when it steadies its heading, earth begins to appear. It's not bad - the flying motion takes your attention off the layer discrepancy. But when I showed it to my husband, who had conceived the original idea of this sort of video for the song intro, he instantly noticed the relative motion without me mentioning it - he didn't know what to call it, but commented that my stars seemed to be moving around. Yup! I am now convinced that it's not just anchor points, but the fact that the scale is different on the three layers. I even tried adjusting the rates of change of the scale to be the same on all layers (2X over the course of a period of time - one is 100->200, another is 60->120, and the third is 50->100), but they still move funny. Oh, well. So I finally just rid of the keyframes on the two child tracks altogether and let the parent do all the enlarging. I don't know how that differs from having each layer enlarge the same ratio over the same course of time, but somehow it is - the funny movement is gone. Unfortunately that eliminated the final thing that made the layers different - the current result could have been achieved simply with three layers in Photoshop. I would have liked to have "closer" layers enlarging faster than "farther" ones (that's the reason for multiple layers in the first place), but if they won't do so from the center point, it's just too weird. I have spent a whole day working on 18 seconds of video - I need to move on to the rest of my project.
Okay, now to address Andrew's post, which came in when this post was almost ready to send (I learned my lesson and checked before actually sending!). That's my kind of tutorial! In one sitting he teaches several techniques, effects, tools, unnumerable keyboard shortcuts, etc. Often when I watch a tutorial video, I learn just one thing in ten minutes, but this guy packs in the information. I will have to be careful to sort out what I can do and what I can't - I have 6.0 Standard, and he has Pro of some newer version (I don't know how new, but he was able to make great-looking stars in seconds using fractal noise, an effect I don't seem to have). As for using his idea directly, it had occurred to me that zooming in closer than I am would be cool, but I don't have any images for that. Do you know where one would get satellite images like that? Google Earth is copyrighted material, even though I assume the images it uses are not.
Wow, I learned a lot today - thanks to both of you for pointing me in good directions. AE is not as intimidating as it was yesterday! :-) -
I'm making a DVD for our class reunion. A fellow classmate has some video on a mini cassette that he said he could put on a dvd. Will I be able to import from that dvd to imovie to use in my dvd? Or does it have to be in another format, maybe flash drive?
Ask your friend to supply you the DVD as a data DVD using either DV or AIC as the video format, burning the DVD as a DVD for a DVD player will degrade the video quality.
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In my app - on Android (Java) and iPhone (Objective-C) - I have an OpenGL Graphics context where I'd like to display any web page on a 'sign' or 'virtual screen'.
Are there libraries which I could plug in to to render pages as a texture for use with OpenGL 'objects'?
Many ThanksWebGL should meet your needs https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/WebGL
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Best practice for using remote control under limited rights?
Hi. We are getting ready to take admin rights away from our users and make them standard users. We plan to utilize Zen for most of our in-scope applications so that we can allow users to install supported software. There is usually no problem in that case because Zen can elevate to System access during the install. However, we know that there are applications out there that a user may want to install that is not packaged in Zen. Also, in the event that a system setting needs to be changed, we will have to have a method for supporting this. In either case, the user will call our help desk. Unfortunately, the user will not have enough rights to do the install or system change even if the help desk associate remote control's the PC. What is the best practice to handle this situation in a Netware/Zenworks environment where users only have limited access?
I was thinking of three possibilities:
1.) The obivous one is to send a technician over to log in using local admin credentials to install the software or perform the change. (Drawback - not very efficient because a desktop tech would have to get over to the user's PC to perform the work)
2.) Have the help desk engineer log out of the machine through remote control, log back in as local admin to install the software or perform the change. (Drawback - not very convienant and time consuming.)
3.) Have the help desk engineer use the "run as" command or even create a Zen application object that could be executed to provide temporary rights for installing software or making system changes. Aaron Margosis of Microsoft writes about this quite a bit in his blog Aaron Margosis' "Non-Admin" WebLog : Table of Contents (Aaron Margosis' Non-Admin WebLog) (Drawback - some software or settings will not work properly using this technique)
The last one that I didn't list was creating a new application object. I did not factor this one in because this isn't always applicable to system changes and we really don't want to be making app objects for every out of scope app that exists in the user community. We typically only make them for widely used and supported apps.
Your feedback is appreciated.
ThanksOriginally Posted by spond
Joshbilsky,
how about
4) use the remote execute option to remotely launch an app as admin?
Shaun Pond
That's probably an option that we will make available. I wasn't sure how some things will work under the SYSTEM context vs local admin. -
Putting fileinfo data on bottom of image for use in building a photobook for printing/binding
I wonder if someone on here could help me with a problem I have? I am not a script expert by any means. The term "amateur" is probably pretty accurate!
I have a few hundred pictures I want to include into a (to be printed) photobook. I want to put some key EXIF/Fileinfo data on the images so that they remind me of what file, when it was taken, with what and with what settings. I found an excellent script (by JJmack?) which does what i want with one exception. The script (below) puts the info on the image starting on the top left (0,0) and I really want it to start on the bottom left (so that it looks like a caption). I have tweaked the original 5 lines of data down to one line, and have reduced the font size but I simply do not have the skills to amend it to add the selected text to the bottom left.
I was hoping that someone on this forum might be kind enough to help - not least because I am sure there are others who would want to the same thing? Or am I being a complete idiot and there is a simpler way to achieve what I am trying to do?
Grateful for any help
Michael.
Apologies - can't find way to insert file so had to copy and paste:
// This script was hacked from one I downloaded from the web JJMack 2008
/* Script to stamp copyright and camera data of shot */
// This script is supplied as is. It is provided as freeware.
// The author accepts no liability for any problems arising from its use.
<javascriptresource>
<about>$$$/JavaScripts/StampExif/About=JJMack's Stamp Exif.^r^rCopyright 2009 Mouseprints.^r^rScript utility for action.^rNOTE:Add Text Layer with Fomatted EXIF Data!</about>
<category>JJMack's Action Utility</category>
</javascriptresource>
// enable double-clicking from Mac Finder or Windows Explorer
#target photoshop // this command only works in Photoshop CS2 and higher
// bring application forward for double-click events
app.bringToFront();
// ensure at least one document open
if (!documents.length) {
alert('There are no documents open.', 'No Document');
// if at least one document exists, then proceed
else {
main();
// main - main function
function main() {
/* Null business owner */
var Biz = "";
var Owner = "";
/* Variables You can hard code your business owner here */
// var Biz = "Mouseprints";
// var Owner = "John J McAssey";
/* sizeFactor influences text size 1 will use largest font 2 will half that font size */
var sizeFactor = 1.5;
/* textX and TextY positions text placement 0 and 0 Top Left corner of image in pixels */
var textX = 0;
var textY = 0;
/* Internal Photoshop Text name */
var fontName = "ArialMT";
var fontName = "TimesNewRomanPSMT";
var fontName = "Tahoma";
/* Text Color */
textColor = new SolidColor;
textColor.rgb.red = 255;
textColor.rgb.green = 255;
textColor.rgb.blue = 255;
/* END Variables You can hard code your business owner here */
// remember users Ruler avd Type Units and set ours
var strtRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
var strtTypeUnits = app.preferences.typeUnits;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
app.preferences.typeUnits = TypeUnits.PIXELS;
/* Trying to figure out font size for the number of lines to cover the document height */
/* and getting setting text area to cover the document was a trip. Adobe Postscript trip */
/* I believe that 72 or 72.27 Point/Pica Size Photoshop Preference maybe I should see if */
/* I could retrieve it. Anyway mine is set to 72 Setting the document resolution taking */
/* the document width and dividing by 72 would probably yield number of characters that */
/* would fit in the document width. Setting the documents resolution comes into play */
/* with Photoshop text support. Using the documents height and dividing the by the number */
/* of lines of text I needed I hoped would yield the font size I needed. However that */
/* did not work the text area was correct the number of text lines did not fit. I needed */
/* to use a smaller font. When the document resolution is set to 72 DPI and I set a text */
/* layer font size to 72 and the text area the number of pixels I want and observing */
/* Photoshop's text options bar there I see a one 1 to one relationship. 72 px = 72 px. */
/* If I set the documents resolution lower and set a Photoshop text layer font size to */
/* 72 px I see Photoshop scale the number to a lower number of pixels in the option bar. */
/* Just what I needed. Setting the Documents resolution to 60 DPI let the number of line */
/* I needed fit on the document. However Photoshop also scaled the text area I set down */
/* in size and that number of lines did not fit within that area. I needed to scale the */
/* text area up. Scaling the Text area up using 72/resolution did the trick... */
var testres = 60;
res = app.activeDocument.resolution;
if(res!=testres){ app.activeDocument.resizeImage(app.activeDocument.width.value,app.activeDocument.height.v alue,testres); }
/* Define var to be used to avoid undefined */
var expTime = "";
var expPgm = "";
var expCmp = "";
var mtrMode = "";
var ev = "";
var flshCode = "";
var flshMode = "";
var focLength = "";
var Fstop = "";
var ISO = "";
var Model = "";
var CameraModel = "";
var Artist = "";
var maxF = "";
var wbMode = "";
var phoTime = "";
var picYr = "";
var lens = "";
var cpyrt = "";
var remShutter = "";
var remAperture = "";
var remISO = "";
var lat = "";
var latRef = "";
var lon = "";
var lonRef = "";
var docName = app.activeDocument.name;
/* END var to be used to avoid undefined */
try { // get active document
var doc = app.activeDocument;
catch (e){
alert("No Document Open..." );
var exifInfo = "";
try {
// alert( "doc.info.exif=" + doc.info.exif );
var numExifItems = doc.info.exif.length;
// alert( "numExifItems=" + numExifItems );
for (var i = 0; i < doc.info.exif.length; i++){
exifInfo = exifInfo + doc.info.exif[i][0] + " = " + doc.info.exif[i][1] + "\r";
/* ---------------------------------- Extracting Data I want to Stamp formated ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
checkThisItem(doc.info.exif[i][0], doc.info.exif[i][1])
key=doc.info.exif[i][0];
keyData=doc.info.exif[i][1];
if (key == "Artist") {
// alert ("Key=" + key + " Data=" + keyData );
Artist =("By " + keyData + " ");
if (key == "Date Time Original") {
// alert ("Key=" + key + " Data=" + keyData );
var phoTime = keyData;
var dateArray1 = phoTime.split(" ", 2);
phoTime = dateArray1[0];
phoHour = dateArray1[1];
var dateArray2 = phoTime.split(":");
var monthsArray = ["January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October", "November","December"];
phoTime = monthsArray[dateArray2[1]-1]+" " + dateArray2[2]+ ", " + dateArray2[0] +" @ " + phoHour;
var picYr = dateArray2[0];
if (key == "Model") {
// alert ("Key=" + key + " Data=" + keyData );
Model = (keyData + " ");
if (key == "Max Aperture Value") {
// alert ("Key=" + key + " Data=" + keyData );
maxF = ("maxF " + keyData + " ");
maxF = ( keyData + " ");
if (key == "Focal Length") {
// alert ("Key=" + key + " Data=" + keyData );
focLength = ("@ " +keyData + " ");
if (key == "Exposure Program") {
// alert ("Key=" + key + " Data=" + keyData );
expPgm = (keyData + " ");
if (expPgm == "Not defined") { expPgm = "Exposure Program Not Recorded "; }
if (key == "Exposure Bias Value") {
// alert ("Key=" + key + " Data=" + keyData );
expCmp = ("Bias " + keyData + " ");
if (key == "Metering Mode") {
//alert ("Key=" + key + " Data=" + keyData );
mtrMode = (keyData + " Metering ");
if (key == "White Balance") {
// alert ("Key=" + key + " Data=" + keyData );
wbMode = ("White Balance " + keyData + " ");
if (key == "ISO Speed Ratings") {
// alert ("Key=" + key + " Data=" + keyData );
ISO = ("ISO " + keyData + " ");
remISO = keyData;
if (key == "Exposure Time") {
// alert ("Key=" + key + " Data=" + keyData );
expTime = (" " + keyData + " ");
remShutter = keyData;
if (key == "F-Stop") {
//alert ("Key=" + key + " Data=" + keyData );
Fstop = (" " + keyData + " ");
remAperture = keyData;
if (key == "Flash") {
// alert ("Key=" + key + " Data=" + keyData );
var flshCode = keyData;
var flshMode = "Flash Code=" + flshCode + " ";
if(flshCode==1){var flshMode = "Firing Flash ";}
if(flshCode==9){var flshMode = "Firing Flash ";}
if(flshCode==13){var flshMode = "Firing Flash ";}
if(flshCode==15){var flshMode = "Firing Flash ";}
if(flshCode==25){var flshMode = "Firing Flash ";}
if(flshCode==29){var flshMode = "Firing Flash ";}
if(flshCode==31){var flshMode = "Firing Flash ";}
if(flshCode==65){var flshMode = "Firing Flash ";}
if(flshCode==69){var flshMode = "Firing Flash ";}
if(flshCode==71){var flshMode = "Firing Flash ";}
if(flshCode==73){var flshMode = "Firing Flash ";}
if(flshCode==77){var flshMode = "Firing Flash ";}
if(flshCode==79){var flshMode = "Firing Flash ";}
if(flshCode==89){var flshMode = "Firing Flash ";}
if(flshCode==93){var flshMode = "Firing Flash ";}
if(flshCode==95){var flshMode = "Firing Flash ";}
if(flshCode==0){var flshMode = "without Flash ";}
if(flshCode==16){var flshMode = "without Flash ";}
if(flshCode==24){var flshMode = "without Flash ";}
if(flshCode==88){var flshMode = "without Flash ";}
if(flshCode==32){var flshMode = "No Flash ";}
if (key == "GPS Latitude") {
//alert ("Key=" + key + " Data=" + keyData );
lat= ("Lat: " + keyData.replace(/\.00/g,'') + " ");
if (key == "GPS Latitude Ref") {
//alert ("Key=" + key + " Data=" + keyData );
latRef= (keyData + " ");
if (key == "GPS Longitude") {
//alert ("Key=" + key + " Data=" + keyData );
lon= ("Lon: " + keyData.replace(/\.00/g,'') + " ");
if (key == "GPS Longitude Ref") {
//alert ("Key=" + key + " Data=" + keyData );
lonRef= (lon + keyData + " ");
/* Copyright Year(s) */
var thisYr, toDay
var toDay = new Date();
var thisYr = toDay.getYear() + 1900;
if(picYr!="" && thisYr!=""){ var cpyrt = picYr + "-" + thisYr + " ";}
if(picYr=="" && thisYr!=""){ var cpyrt = thisYr + " ";}
if(picYr==thisYr){ var cpyrt = thisYr + " ";}
/* For cameras that don't set Artist or set unknown in the Exif substitute Owner if set */
if(Artist=="" && Owner!=""){var Artist = "By " + Owner + " ";}
if(Artist=="By unknown " && Owner!=""){var Artist = "By " + Owner + " ";}
/* Lens info */
xml = app.activeDocument.xmpMetadata.rawData;
lensOffset = xml.indexOf("<aux:Lens>") + "<aux:Lens>".length;
if(lensOffset > 0) {
lens = xml.substr(lensOffset, xml.length - lensOffset);
lens = lens.substr(0,lens.indexOf("</aux:Lens>"));
/* Hack for my cameras with fixed lens */
if(lens=="" && Model=="E990 "){var lens = "9-28mm";}
if(lens=="" && Model=="E-20,E-20N,E-20P "){var lens = "9-36mm";}
if(lens=="" && Model=="E-10 "){var lens = "9-36mm";}
if(lens=="" && Model=="E-10 "){
var Model = "E-10 ";
var lens = "9-36mm";
if(lens=="" && Model=="Canon PowerShot SD700 IS "){var lens = "5.8-23.2mm";}
if(lens!=""){var lens = lens + " ";}
else {var lens = "Unknown Lens ";}
/* Hack for my ultra compact cameras program mode not recorded */
if(Model=="Canon PowerShot SD700 IS "){var expPgm = "Ultra Compact Camera ";}
//alert (remShutter + " " + remAperture + " " + remISO);
ev = calcEV(remShutter, remAperture, remISO);
/* ---------------------------------- END Extracting Data I want to Stamp formated -------------------------------------------------- */
catch (e){
alert("No EXIF data exists..." );
if ( exifInfo == "" ) {
alert( "No EXIF data exists..." );
else {
// alert( "exifInfo=" + exifInfo );
text_layer = doc.artLayers.add(); // Add a Layer
text_layer.name = "EXIF Stamp"; // Name Layer
text_layer.kind = LayerKind.TEXT; // Make Layer a Text Layer
text_layer.textItem.color = textColor; // set text layer color
/* Do not set TextType to Pargarph Text for StampEXIF so action can position text layer
text_layer.textItem.kind = TextType.PARAGRAPHTEXT; // Set text layers text type
text_layer.textItem.font = fontName; // set text font
text_layer.blendMode = BlendMode.NORMAL // blend mode
text_layer.textItem.fauxBold = false; // Bold
text_layer.textItem.fauxItalic = false; // Italic
text_layer.textItem.underline = UnderlineType.UNDERLINEOFF; // Underlibn
text_layer.textItem.capitalization = TextCase.NORMAL; // Case
text_layer.textItem.antiAliasMethod = AntiAlias.SHARP; // antiAlias
// var fontSize = Math.round((doc.height- textY) / ((numExifItems +1) * sizeFactor)); // Calulate font size to use Item nomber + last \r
/* Calulate font size to use for StampExit keep size same for landscape and portrait base on document size */
if (doc.width >= doc.height) {var fontSize = Math.round(doc.height / (30 * sizeFactor));}
else {var fontSize = Math.round(doc.width / (30 * sizeFactor));}
if (fontSize<10){fontSize=10}; // don't use Font size smaller then 10
text_layer.textItem.size = fontSize; // set text font Size
// text_layer.textItem.position = Array(textX, textY ); // set text layers position in and down
text_layer.textItem.position = Array(textX, (textY + fontSize )); // set text layers position in and down for Stamp add in fontsize
textWidth = ((doc.width - textX) * 72/testres ); // Text width document width - offset
textHeight = ((doc.height - textY) * 72/testres ); // Text height document height - offset
/* Do not set Text Area for StampEXIF so action can position text layer
text_layer.textItem.width = textWidth; // set text area width
text_layer.textItem.height = textHeight; // set text area height
alert(
"res=" + res + " sizeFactor=" + sizeFactor + " numExifItems=" + numExifItems
+ "\r" + "fontsize=" + fontSize + " font=" +fontName
+ "\r" + "Image area width=" + doc.width + " height=" + doc.height
+ "\r" + "text area width=" + textWidth + " height=" + textHeight
+ "\r" + "Text Position top left=" + textX + "," + textY
+ " bottom right=" + (textX + textWidth )+ "," + (textY + textHeight )
try{
text_layer.textItem.contents = exifInfo;
catch (er) {
alert("Error Setting Contents...");
/* ----------------------------------------- Data Stamp format ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
if (!app.activeDocument.info.copyrightNotice=="") {var Notice = app.activeDocument.info.copyrightNotice; }
else { var Notice = "Copyright \u00A9 " + Biz + " " + cpyrt; }
if (lat!="" && lon!="") { gps = "\r" + lat +latRef + lon + lonRef;}
else {gps = ""; }
text_layer.textItem.contents = docName + " " + Model + lens + ISO + expTime + Fstop;
if (app.activeDocument.info.instructions == "" ) {
app.activeDocument.info.instructions = docName + " " + Model + lens + ISO + expTime + Fstop;
if(res != testres){ app.activeDocument.resizeImage(app.activeDocument.width.value,app.activeDocument.height.v alue,res); }
app.preferences.rulerUnits = strtRulerUnits;
app.preferences.typeUnits = strtTypeUnits;
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// calcEV()
function calcEV(shutter, aperture, iso) {
evString = new String("");
isoValue = new Number(0);
shutterValue = new Number(0);
apertureValue = new Number(0);
evValue = new Number(0);
apertureValue = aperture;
apertureValue = apertureValue.substr(2,apertureValue.length -2); // Strip off "f/"
shutterValue = shutter;
shutterValue = shutterValue.substr(0,shutterValue.indexOf(" ")); // Strip off ending " sec"
if ( shutterValue.indexOf("/") != -1) {
topShutter = shutterValue.substr(0,shutterValue.indexOf("/"));
bottomShutter = shutterValue.substr(shutterValue.indexOf("/") + 1,shutterValue.length -(shutterValue.indexOf("/") + 1));
shutterValue = topShutter / bottomShutter;
isoValue = iso;
//alert ("apertureValue = " + apertureValue + " shutterValue = " + shutterValue + " isoValue = " + isoValue );
if (isoValue>0 && shutterValue>0 && apertureValue>0) {
evValue = Math.LOG2E * Math.log(Math.pow(apertureValue, 2) * (1 / shutterValue) * (100 / isoValue));
evValue = Math.round(evValue * 10) / 10;
evString = "EV " + evValue;
return evString;;
function checkThisItem(key, keyData) {
// alert("Key=" + key + " Data=" + keyData );I wrote that script to be used within an Action. The Action uses the script to add the text layer. The text layer becomes the current active layer. The action can then position the layer anywhere over the document by aligning the layer to a selection. Also add a layer style like set fill to 0 and adding a drop shadow and emboss. That is the un-expanded step below the set current layer is setting a style and is lengthy.
Crafting Actions Package UPDATED Aug 10, 2014 Added Conditional Action steps to Action Palette Tips.
Contains
Action Actions Palette Tips.txt
Action Creation Guidelines.txt
Action Dealing with Image Size.txt
Action Enhanced via Scripted Photoshop Functions.txt
CraftedActions.atn Sample Action set includes an example Watermarking action
Sample Actions.txt Photoshop CraftedActions set saved as a text file.
More then a dozen Scripts for use in actions
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What is the best malwear detection and protection for use on a Mac?
What is the best malwear detection and protection for use on a Mac?
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 log in to 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 foremost a problem of human 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 of any kind is distributed via BitTorrent, or Usenet, or on a website that also distributes pirated music or movies.
☞ 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.
☞ 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 lock icon in the left side of 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's 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.
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