What programs do you recommend for email marketing?

We use Act for our databases and Outlook but have heard that Outlook creates problems with HTML distortion. We're wondering, before we start a project, if we should use Dreamweaver for HTML, or copy and paste from InDesign or Illustrator to Outlook? Or should we try a program other than Outlook? We have CS5.5 but would be willing to upgrade if that would eliminate potential problems. We need some expert advice!
Please help!
Ann0899

Dreamweaver will work, those other programs should never be used to create html emails or html in general, ever.
HTML email isn't the same as creating a website, there are a ton of oddities to working with html email. Here's a good article on the subject from one of the contributors here (Nancy O) that sums up most of what you need to do...
http://alt-web.com/Articles/HTML-Emails.shtml
Sending really should be handled by a service like mailchimp.com, icontact.com or constantcontact.com (or similar) to avoid potential problems with getting your email address blacklisted.

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Hello friends, what printer do you recommend for the iMac OS X Mt Lion?

Hello friends, what printer would you recommend for the iMac OS X Mt Lion?

There are hundreds that will work, you need to determine what your needs are and then go shopping. For a list of compatible printers and all-in-one's please look over Apple's advice letter:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669

What program do you recommend to download movies onto my macbook pro

what program do you recommend to download movies onto my macbook pro

iTunes.
Not sure what you're asking. You don't require any software other than what your MacBook Pro already has. If you ever encounter a popup window indicating you need something else, it's a scam and you should ignore it.

What computer do you recommend for music production, photo and video editing?

I'm looking to buy a computer mainly for music production with native instruments and photo and video editing with adobe elements. I'd like a crisp image, good sound and also runs as smooth as possible. I am planning on using external hard drives for most of my storage so space isn't an issue for me. I don't mind buying a refurbished computer. I am looking to spend around $3000 to $3500 on the computer itself. What computer do you recommend?

Please do not double post; it gets too confusing for us - the volunteers - if there is more than one.
the new iMac - just introduced - sounds like it'd be the right thing; I'd upgrade to an SSD and the fastest processor offered. You can also add RAM, but I'd do that later as it'll be less expensive and it's very easy to do yourself.
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What database would you recommend for a beginner?

I'm learning to use Java by developing a database application and am considering design choices.
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But can you recommend the database to go for? The considerations are:
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2) The end users will probably access the database locally, rather than as client-server.
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Mike.
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My advise (and it's not a troll) is to use MySQL , which is a quite light Database and well embeded using java programming.
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JDBC 1.2 and 2.0 and ODBC are available for free too.
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What book would you recommend for learning Logic EXPRESS 9?

Hello.
I'm going to be getting Logic Express 9 in the next few days. I was wondering if any of you can recommend a good, up-to-date, book for learning the ins and outs of Logic Express 9? I've seen a few on Amazon.com that are for Logic PRO and Express. My concern is that they'll spend a lot of time on talking about Pro functionality and I may be left up in the air with wanting to know what I need to know about Express.
Please let me know why you like the book(s) that you're recommending, too.
Thanks very much.
p.s. I used Opcode's "Vision" about 20 years ago. I'm hoping that I'll be able to pick-up Logic Express 9 fairly quickly.

Hi
You should not be concerned about 'Pro vs Express'.: they are essentially the same program, with the same functionality. The primary differences are listed here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4229
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What system would you recommend for CS5 Master Collection?

Hi All,
Hoping to get input on a recommended system configuration for having a computer that has enough under the hood to handle CS 5 in full.
I have been searching around and it seems like Adobe has links to three different suppliers:
Dell
HP
Lenovo
However nowhere in any of those links are recommended system configs for CS 5 with prices.
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Beast of a Nvidia Graphics Card (only 5 models supported as of yet)
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Checking HP and a couple configurations with the HP Z800 shows a system that ranges $13k - $16K. Ouch ouch ouch. I haven't bought an HP in almost ten years because I always found they were overpriced with proprietary parts that made easy swap out of parts impossible. Don't know if that is still the case.
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Regards,
TCF

I say build your own. Get a semi good i7, stock up on several minimum gpus if you want multiple monitors, I'd say probably 12 gig of low range ddr3. Not hard to set up raid array. All for around 1800.

What software would you recommend for an HP Z230 Workstation?

I just purchased a new Hewlett Packard Z230 Workstation with the intent to catch up on a big backlog (hundreds of hours) of family videos I want to clean up and edit. This computer is configured as follows:
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That said, I'm now looking for alternate software. I've used Pinnacle a lot in the past, but it has changed so much from the version I used, I'm not wed to any brand at this point. In addition to usual editing capability, I want to verify that the software I buy has some specific capabilities I need:
-- Ability to crop video clips and expand the remaining cropped scene back to 16:9 (because I have some incroachment in some video clips from the lens hood of a camera).
-- Ability to normalize audio levels for different clips (some too loud or too quiet) before producing the video.
-- Desired, not required: Ability to burn BluRay or DVD on a separate computer than the one where I am editing.
Most, if not all, editing software has these abilities now (PowerDirector and Pinnacle do), so this shouldn't be a problem, but I just want to check.
Any help or guidance would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Terry Quinn

Jim,
Thanks for the recommendations.
You'll get a kick out of this. I started with a Betamovie in 1984, switched to Hi8 in 1993, and D8 in 2005. My initial editing was from one beta VCR to another one. Then I bought a good Sony TR101 Hi8 camcorder, and soon bought a $1,300 EV-S3000 Sony Hi8 VCR that connected to the TR101 by wire, which gave some syncronization of the linear edits (about plus or minus 3 frames when it was happy). In 2004 I bought a powerful (for then) computer and Pinacle Studio 9, which with some upgrades is still what I've edited with until now. Some of all three formats of video have been digitized (or downloaded from the D8) as .avi using various hardware. I expect to complete all of that as .avi.
I've just bought a new Panasonic HC-X920 camcorder (very nice) that produces files in .m2ts, which I think is AVCHD. As you can probably tell from my history, that may prove to be my last camcorder purchase and format change. I have no plans now to shoot 4k.
I checked, and I've overstated the number of hours of video I have left to do. I recorded just under 200 hours total in all three formats. 45 hours of that (the Beta) are fully edited, and about 22 hours of the Hi8 are finished. So I'm looking at about 130 hours of video I still need to edit, plus whatever I shoot in HD going forward.
I appreciate what you say about stability. I fought that with Pinacle 9, and frankly didn't change from that because I finally got it to run stably doing what I did for years. (However recently it has started behaving badly again, which is another reason I'm upgrading).
The Quardro came with the HP computer. The Quadro and GeForce both are spec'd on nVidia's website, and I assumed that since its specs were higher than the GeForce and "matched" Cyberlink's specs for OpenCL, I would be better with the Quadro than the GeForce. From what I'm hearing here and your recomendation, it sounds like I should sell the Quadro on Ebay and buy a GeForce. In case I still might end up with Cyberlink, I'll run the card model you suggested by them and see if they "bless" it.
I know the HP computer supports RAID, because I've seen that come up during boot-up. I always thought RAID was only about reliable backup. Are you suggesting that if I put a second 3 TB hard drive in my computer, and somehow tie it into RAID, that will improve performance, too?
Terry

What system do you recommend for FCP work?

Modern iMacs are pretty powerfull now, and the price jump to the pro's is high.
What limitations would there be in using a 27" iMac with the new i5 CPU and say 8GB $200 upgrade instead of a Mac Pro?

Not sure why, but I feel the need to chime in here -- this is a very interesting topic. Of course as others have said, it depends on the work you will be doing more than anything else, but I'll tell you what I have, and what I do, and how the system performs.
- MacBook Pro, 15", 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo, 8GB RAM, 500GB 7200 RPM internal HD, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT (performance mode), Apple Cinema Display at 1920x1200, SD slot, 8x internal DVD-R/W
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- Sennheiser Shotgun Mic
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The whole rig, top to bottom, was around $15k.
I'm a one-man shop for a good size health systems research company in Washington, DC. I produce videos for presentation on the web and sometimes DVD. This doesn't come close to comparing with broadcast or film work, but I would still call it "professional," if not "high-end." I do work for many well-known federal government agencies, and the demand for quality is surprisingly high.
I'm portable (out of necessity), and I can do some good work quick with just my MB Pro, a few of the lights in a soft bag, and the A1. I can sling that whole rig over (both) my shoulders and get into a cab or on a plane and shoot anywhere they need me to.
I usually shoot in HDV, 30F (Canon), and I output 800k H.264 files for the web and government intranets. They look great. As we know, it's all about the lighting and knowing how to use your camera. I also do a lot of animations in Motion, and I "round trip" the audio to STP, even with all its minor quirks.
The system works flawlessly. Perfect. I edit from the internal drive(!), and I capture to the internal drive from either camera, connected through the external drive with a 9-pin to 6-pin cable. When I can, I shoot straight to the MB Pro and run a tape as a backup. Capture works perfectly too - never had a problem with either camera. Common FCP filters run in real-time in Safe RT, very little timeline rendering, and Compressor runs in the background quite often along with FCP, Motion, STP, Firefox, and Mail all open at once.
This is definitely not a high end system -- I understand that -- but it works great. I don't have a single complaint. And unless I'm mistaken, the iMac you're thinking about getting is faster than my MB Pro, and with comparable ports and I/O. And I would not hesitate for a second to shoot and produce something for commercial DVD delivery.
Would I like to have a Mac Pro? Of course, and I might order one later this year. But I love the portability of my system, and it gets the job done very nicely. On several occasions I have edited and posted videos, making last minute changes, from hotel rooms while on location around the country, and I can easily take my work home with me. Love it. And BTW, the Cinema Display is absolutely beautiful.
Personally, I think it's too easy for us sometimes to bash Apple and their odd decisions with their hardware as it pertains to video production (one FW bus, SD slot, etc.), but really, this system is great. I enjoy sitting down at it every day because I know my machine will do everything I ask it to, and it will not crash. Never has.
Compressor renders could be faster, but we can all probably say that.
On a side note - I have a modern, very fast ThinkPad that my company insisted on getting me. I never use it except for capturing into Vegas while I'm editing on the Mac. And I can tell you this: I am SO glad that all I have to use the PC for is capture! I'm thankful for my little Mac system. If I had to edit video on a PC I would find another career.
Good luck with your decision, but you're already heading down the right path with Mac and FCS. You'll be happy.
Okay, back to work...

Which CC program do you recommend for viewing & organizing videos?

Quick Background: I have over a TB of family video clips. Some are my own, some are old transferred family films from as early as the 60's, and others are video clips taken at reunions and weddings by family members who have chosen me to make something of them. I've done photography for years and use Lightroom & Photoshop. Now with my CC account I've been teaching myself how to use Premiere Pro so I can begin working on this family project.
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Michele

The issue of changing native folder hierarchy and/or naming conventions has little to do with solid state media and everything to do with the container and header data that links the audio/video streams with the metadata and thus allows the content or "media essence" to be properly decoded and played. This is the very reason to use a tool like Prelude or Premiere's Media Browser or even Bridge or Lightroom or a third party logging tool like metafuze or shotputpro, or dedicated camera format software such as sony xdcam clipbrowser or panasonic p2 browser, redcine x, ect, as these tools all are designed to parse the captured A/V data and make properly syntaxed edits to the metadata either embedded directly into the media container or in Prelude and Premiere's case can also be written back to a sidecar or associated XMP file, which is a flavor of XML that contains all the original captured metadata plus any changes and/or additions made via these tools.
The dangers come into play when changes to the native file naming convention or folder hierarchy are done directly to the media content via finder on mac or explorer on windows, as changing at that level can break the relationship between the metadata stream and the media essence since the changes are not being written to the metadata or content headers or being handled in a manner referred to as transmuxing..
Prelude & Premiere's Media Browser both allow for looking into the native files non-destructively and safely modifying either the metadata linked to the native media or also allows for a transcode to be done which will then copy or recreate a new media file in whatever format selected along with a new metadata stream.
Prelude is a nice utility and Premiere's Media Browser an amazing tool for organizing, modifying and selectively ingesting media and or making quick selects and assemblies.

Does the video recorder on ipad 4 have a zoom button? If not, what app do you recommend for zooming in video?

Do I need an app to zoom with the video recorder?

Fraser41,
school work, watching YouTube videos, and listening to music can be done on any MacBook Pro, new or used. Photo editing is the most demanding task on your list (unless you take up video editing, in which case it would be the most demanding); you can edit photos (and even videos) on MacBook Pros without discrete GPUs, but many operations will be done more quickly on MacBook Pros with a discrete GPU than on those with only an integrated GPU. If photography is your main interest, that could point to a Retina screen as a feature which might be high on your list of preferences; but since all Retina models have soldered-in RAM, however much RAM is present a Retina model is the amount which you’ll need to live with for as long as you own it. The Late 2013 models also have SSDs for which no third-party alternative is available, so at the moment their SSDs can be considered non-upgradeable also. Whether the cheaper MacBook Pro will cope with your needs could depend upon how much screen resolution you’d be satisfied with, and where you find yourself on the GPU time-saved vs. money-spent continuum.
Note that the last 17-inch models made were Late 2011 models; if you’re not interested in used MacBook Pros, then their heaviness would be a moot point.

What RAM would you recommend for K8N Neo2 nForce3 ultra platinum?

Topic says it all.
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myggahn,
Since you did not give me any info, I am going to answer this as if you live in the U.S. (For all I know, you probably live in Sweden):
mushkin High-Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Heat Spreader color may vary Jet Black 6 Layer PCB System Memory $287.00
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Photoshop Elements 9: The Missing Manual
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my mac is infected with viruses, Safari can not normally search for constantly appear commercials and some unknown site. What to do? antivirus free program that you recommend?

You may have installed the "VSearch" trojan, perhaps under a different name. Remove it as follows.
Malware is constantly changing to get around the defenses against it. The instructions in this comment are valid as of now, as far as I know. They won't necessarily be valid in the future. Anyone finding this comment a few days or more after it was posted should look for more recent discussions or start a new one.
Back up all data before proceeding.
Step 1
From the Safari menu bar, select
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Uninstall any extensions you don't know you need, including any that have the word "Spigot," "Trovi," or "Conduit" in the description. If in doubt, uninstall all extensions. Do the equivalent for the Firefox and Chrome browsers, if you use either of those.
Reset the home page and default search engine in all the browsers, if it was changed.
Step 2
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.vsearch.agent.plist
Right-click or control-click the line and select
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from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item named "com.vsearch.agent.plist" selected. Drag the selected item to the Trash. You may be prompted for your administrator login password.
Repeat with each of these lines:
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vsearch.daemon.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.vsearch.helper.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/Jack.plist
Restart the computer and empty the Trash. Then delete the following items in the same way:
/Library/Application Support/VSearch
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/Jack
/System/Library/Frameworks/VSearch.framework
~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ConduitNPAPIPlugin.plugin
Some of these items may be absent, in which case you'll get a message that the file can't be found. Skip that item and go on to the next one.
This trojan is distributed on illegal websites that traffic in pirated content. If you, or anyone else who uses the computer, visit such sites and follow prompts to install software, you can expect much worse to happen in the future.
You may be wondering why you didn't get a warning from Gatekeeper about installing software from an unknown developer, as you should have. The reason is that this Internet criminal has a codesigning certificate issued by Apple, which causes Gatekeeper to give the installer a pass. Apple could revoke the certificate, but as of this writing, has not done so, even though it's aware of the problem. This failure of oversight has compromised both Gatekeeper and the Developer ID program. You can't rely on Gatekeeper alone to protect you from harmful software.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select
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from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.

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