What the path tutorials don't tell you

Well I just learned about the multicolor paths. Not in any tutorial I've read yet.
And now Path times 2..
What I'm trying to do is learn the cintiq, and the ins & outs of the different PS functions. I'm currently hitting walls using PATH's to draw a simple lamp.. Base path 1, and shade - path 2.
Ok made the base, saved that path..This part's pretty much done. But I make many different layers, and want to draw a lot of those layers with the pen tool as paths.
Started a shade path [work path], went to stroke it, and the stroke, fill, new path, etc.. icons were all dead. Couldn't stroke it, fill it, or make new path. Actually I think the make new path button did work [once]. Still can't stroke the shade.
So, back to needing help that isn't that easy to find in the PS help.

Lots of free tutorials here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=ps+cs4+path+tutorials&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

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What the audio experts won't tell you.

Don't go out investing in an audio studio until you read this:
Recently we decided to record voices for music in our own production studio. I had never looked into professional audio so I went to ask advice and read all I could on the internet. Everytime I asked audio people about getting quality audio they would just give vague answers about "warm sound" and "quality pre amp" and about how only professionals could provide professional sound. Needless to say I believed all this nonesense. Even the sales people got in on the game. What they told me is basically this: to get good audio you need to spend at least one thousand Euros on a top level pre-amp etc... Only top of the line stuff would do. So what did I do? I went in and purchased top of the line stuff. To top it all off, I purchased an Mbox so I could use ProTools. Finally when I tested all this stuff I got AWFUL SOUND. It sounded just flat and ten times worse than what I got earlier by just plugging a dynamic microphone into my creative sound blaster card and listening on my Logitech speakers.
It all went back to the store, especially the Mbox which is just an awful piece of equipment. It has a bad pre amp and will interefere with any other pre amp you plug into it. As a rule of thumb I avoid any USB type solutions. They are just gimmicks.
I went back to the drawing board and wound up spending: 50 euros for Magix Studio, 120 Euros for a pre-amp, and 120 euros for better speakers which I plugged into my 100 euro professional creative sound blaster card. Total bill: 380 Euros. The audio I get is crystal clear and professional.
Everything they told me was ****. If I had gone their way I would have spent 2000 Euros on an Avalon Pre amp, 1200 Euros on Genelec monitoring Speakers, probably 1000 euros on a high end Pro Tools solution and then some on compression modules, mixers, etc.... not to mention the Neuman 87 microphone at 2500 Euros and change. I could have spent close to ten thousand euros. The joke is that the sound would have been no better to a normal ear.
Perhaps what is wrong with me is that I don't smoke enough joints to appreciate the difference but I tell you one thing... there's a lot of B.S out there when it comes to audio. Word to the mother.

Dan, the MBOX is a piece of s... for the following reasons:
(1) It is USB based, and we all know how "professionally" stable USB is... ha ha ha.
(2) It's built in Pre-Amp is a disaster... probably because of the USB configuration. The least one could expect from a pre amp is to get its power from a real plug in the wall.
(3) The MBOX will only work with Pro Tools! This means you can't use it with anything else. Imagine how stupid it looks when the top of the line speakers you purchase for your MBox become totally useless for anything not Pro Tools related.
(4) I tried pro Tools. It is anything but user friendly. You can figure out Cubase and Magix Studio in minutes. I spent half an afternoon trying to record something in Pro Tools. Without instructions you'll never get it. Add to that the fact the interface looks cheap compared to others and you'll put Pro Tools right back in the box where it belongs.
(5) If you finally decide to bypass the cheap Mbox pre amp with a better pre amp (ANY other pre amp) you'll still have to go through the cheap Mbox pre amp which adds noise and possibly level saturation.
When I returned the Mbox to the store I saw a horrified look on the face of the salespeople. They tried every excuse in the book to not have to take it back. Fortunately I kept all the plastic bags.
In conclusion: Digidesign went for a cheap solution and that's what they got: A cheap solution!! I used to think of Pro Tools as the Rolls Royce of audio editing. After the Mbox experience I think of it as the garage sale of editing.

HT5312 What the ****? I don't remember my **** security answers and I just put $35 on my iTunes account and I am not able to buy anything! I'm so mad. I answered those questions stupidly and I did not pay attention. And that extra email? I don't have a cl

What the ****? I don't remember my **** security answers and I just put $35 on my iTunes account and I am not able to buy anything! I'm so mad! I anwered those questions stupidly and I did not pay attention. And that extra email? I don't have a clue. I am seething and desperate. & I refuse to create a new account with all that mula on the line.

If you don't have a rescue email address, or you don't know what it is (you won't be able to add/view it until you can answer 2 of your questions) then you will need to contact iTunes Support / Apple to get the questions reset.
Contacting Apple about account security : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5699
When they've been reset you can then use the steps half-way down the HT5312 page that you posted from to add a rescue email address for potential future use

What the **** has Apple done now? iPhone 4 no longer syncs correctly

After all the B/S of trying to sync a SonyEriccson P1i the iPhone 4 was a beath of fresh air. So typically 'Apple' with its simplicity and efficiency.
Yet suddenly it will not sync correctly. Is it iTunes 10.1.2 or iOS 4.2.1 to blame? I have no idea.
Only some of the new contacts entered into the phone transfer to the Address Book. Those that do not will not transfer in ANY direction ie. neither from MBP to iPhone or vice-versa. Enter in a nonsense address and it will sync. Modify it to one of the 'troublesome' addresses in the Adrees Book and it will not update on the iPhone.
What the **** has Apple done now? Is this another crappy untested update somewhere?

Right then, for those who want to know the most likely suspect for all this sync'ing grief is the Sony Ericsson P1i.
Having finally got the iPhone talking to iTunes normally with latest contacts, calendar, Mail accounts etc AND syncing new contacts in BOTH directions (MBP to iP4 and iP4 to MBP) I then synced the SE P1i with the latest definitive up-to-date Address Book using Device Reset in order to wipe the phone first.
Everything suddenly stopped working again with the iPhone/iTunes syncing.
Getting it working again involved importing an old Address Book backup and doing a manual iPhone sync. Then restart everything, throw away the iPhone backup within iTunes, open up Mail and just click on stuff before closing it (because the Mail Accounts had also disappeared from the iPhone again), doing a manual 'One-Time' sync of Contacts forcing the computer info onto the iPhone, re-importing the latest Address Book backup on the MBP, doing one more manual sync, restart everything, throw away the iphone backup and then an auto sync.
Finally, everything gets loaded back onto the iPhone and the ability to add or delete contacts on both iPhone and MBP is reinstated with sync in both directions.
Moral of the story? Crush your Sony Ericsson. The P900 series used to sync cleanly and easily via Bluetooth (both Contacts AND Calendars), but the P1i is and always has been troublesome and difficult and has a VERY unstable Bluetooth connection. I went through months of misery with the third-party app Missing Sync and suffered corrupted computer Address Books all the time. A real piece of SH1T.
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WHATS THE FLOW OF MATERIAL MANAGMENT IF YOU MAKE A PURACHASE ORDER ?

WHATS THE FLOW OF MATERIAL MANAGMENT IF YOU MAKE A PURACHASE ORDER ? PLEASE EXPLAIN IN DETAIL.
BEST REGARDS,
RYAN

Hi Ryan,
The t procurement cycle for a material consists of the following stages:
1. Determination of Requirements
Materials requirements are identified either in the user departments or via materials planning and control.
(This can cover both MRP proper and the demand-based approach to inventory control. The regular checking of stock levels of materials defined by master records,
use of the order-point method, and forecasting on the basis of past usage are important aspects of the latter.)
You can enter purchase requisitions yourself, or they can be generated automatically by the materials planning and control system.
2. Source Determination
The Purchasing component helps you identify potential sources of supply based on past orders and existing longer-term purchase agreements.
This speeds the process of creating requests for quotation (RFQs), which can be sent to vendors electronically via SAP EDI, if desired.
3. Vendor Selection and Comparison of Quotations
The system is capable of simulating pricing scenarios, allowing you to compare a number of different quotations. Rejection letters can be sent automatically.
4. Purchase Order Processing
The Purchasing system adopts information from the requisition and the quotation to help you create a purchase order. As with purchase requisitions,
you can generate Pos yourself or have the system generate them automatically. Vendor scheduling agreements and contracts
(in the SAP System, types of longer-term purchase agreement) are also supported.
5. Purchase Order Follow-Up
The system checks the reminder periods you have specified and - if necessary - automatically prints reminders or expediters at the predefined intervals.
It also provides you with an up-to-date status of all purchase requisitions, quotations, and purchase orders.
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HT201412 Hi, when I try to download any APP I receive Error Code: 1009 I try it with itunes Does anybody know, what the code 1009 means? Thank you fro helping

Hi,
when I try to download any APP I receive Error Code: 1009
I try it with itunes
Does anybody know, what the code 1009 means?
Thank you for helping

What country are you from?
1009 usually means your IP address originates in a country that does not have access to an App store.

Why is it that when I text pictures, the recipient does not receive them. I've noticed that I have a camera roll which is where I choose pics from, but nothing in Photo Stream. Can someone please let me know what the issue might be? Thank you!

Why is it that when I text pictures, the recipient does not receive them. I've noticed that I have a camera roll which is where I choose pics from, but nothing in Photo Stream. Can someone please let me know what the issue might be? Thank you!

Some phones can only send and recieve SMS messages. If the recipients phone doesn't support MMS they won't be able to recieve a text with a photo.
To get your photos in Photo Stream, you'll need to setup iCloud. Check out this Apple article for more info -> iCloud: Photo Stream FAQ

This morning the computer completely froze. In the previous weeks the mouse had been not working strongly. I followed advice seen in this community and pressed Command Tab together. It worked. Does anyone know what the actual problem was? Thank you.

Complete freezing of computer and solution IMAC 21 5/3 500 GB 9400 N

Hi, John. Welcome to the Discussions.
1. You wrote: "I get the same pinwheel/apple screen that is "loading" (according to the pinwheel) forever"The "pinwheel" is known as a "spinning gear progress indicator."
This, combined with the other issues you've reported, sounds like problems with the hard drive. I suggest you begin troubleshooting using the Procedure specified in my "Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption" FAQ. Perform the steps therein in the order specified.
2. You wrote: "...the shortcut bar (the tray at the bottom for programs, i don't know what mac users call it)"It's called the Dock. See "Mac OS X: About the Dock."
3. You wrote: "...this is my first mac..."My "Learning About Mac OS X" FAQ has a number of resources that you will find helpful including books, online training, and more.
4. You wrote: "...Macs: rarely break, when they do, support needed, but support from apple expires 12 days ago, not easily fixed..."You should have bought the AppleCare Protection Plan (ACPP) before your warranty expired. The ACPP provides a two-year extension on the warranty and three years of telephone support.
PS: Word to the Wise: watch the language. I appreciate your frustration, but don't let it into your posts. These forums are "family friendly" and a good way to get banned from them is to rant, use profanity (including profane abbreviations), etc. What passes for "acceptable behavior" on most PC/Windows forums is not tolerated here.
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1 website, 2 authors, how not to undo what the other has done

Hi,
I have begun working on a large (many pages) club website with another person. She is using DW CS4 (I beleive on a Mac), I am using DW CS5. However for some reason I don't believe she uses DW to put the pages up to the website, don't know why, but I intend to talk to her about it. I want to tread softly as to not offend her or sound like I am complaining about how she does things. She is very artistic (which I am not) and I am much more technical, so together we could make an outstanding team, once we work with each other for a while.
I just edited a page to correct a misspelled link, upon putting the file DW warned me the page was changed on the server. I hit overwrite by force of habit just to realize she also made a change to that page so I overwrote her change. Fortunately I new what she changed so I could redo her work.
This long preface is just to ask, how do others handle this situation (two people working on the same website)?
Thanks for any suggestions
Dennis

This long preface is just to ask, how do others handle this situation (two people working on the same website)?
Thanks for any suggestions
Dennis
Check in/out in Dreamweaver and use the sync function. Look up the terms in the DW manual. It doesn't make a difference if you use DW to PUT the files. There's nothing wrong with using an FTP application other than DW to upload the files to the server so don't harp girl about that. It would be an unnecessary complaint of how she does things. Just talk to her about syncing files and checking files in/out while working on them. I use FTP other than DW to put files for various reasons, mainly so I can continue to work in DW while my FTP application is putting files. If I were working on a stie with 2+ people I'd perform a sync before opening a file and working on it and use check in/out to assure that two people aren't working on the same file at the same time.

The keyboard in my MBA is not responding. The power button works fine and backlight is operating, but nothing else. I have tried SMC and Terminal but nothing helped. Would anyone have any idea what the problem might be? Thank you for your time.

MBA keyboard not responding. SMC didn't work.

If the USB keyboard still works after you log in, then the machine needs to be repaired.
Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider.
Back up all data on the internal drive(s) before you hand over your computer to anyone. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional—ask if you need guidance.
If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to an empty drive from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.
Keeping your confidential data secure during hardware repair
Apple also recommends that you deauthorize a device in the iTunes Store before having it serviced.
*An SSD doesn't need to be zeroed.

My phone just just filmed me and sent the video without my knowledge and the video doenst show up in the convo or in my camera roll. What the **** is going on and are you guys big brothering me?

***

ashfromtoronto, is this issue solved now or was that an accident?
Sending video messages is built in to this application. Did you look at the link I posted? See if this standard feature behaves the same as when you think the 'hacking' happened.
Also send another video as a test to see if appears in the history on the Macbook and in the messages history on the iPhone. There may just be bugs that cause odd behaviour, but there are built in features that do what you describe - it is possible to trigger them accidentally & assume that it was part of a 'hack'.
If the device was hacked I doubt you would get any indications if someone was spying in this way - what kind of hacker can get this level of access to iOS but reveals themselves in the user interface or messages history?
You may have been hacked, but at least try to rule out the reasonable explanations first.

HT201342 They don't tell you how to set up Outlook 2011

The new iCloud instruction page only tells you how to set up Outlook 2007 and 2010---but not 2011.
I tried doing it myself under the "Accounts" tab where all of my other email addresses are located. I set it up as an IMAP account with the following info:
Incoming server: imap.mail.icloud.com
SMTP server: (it is greyed out so I can't type in it, but the following is pre-filled in) smtp.mail.me.com
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You can contact iTunes support via email via this page : http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/ - click on Contact iTunes Store Support on the right-hand side of the page, then Purchases, Billing & Redemption

Terrible sales protocol on Apple TV - they don't tell you what you really need

When I bought my AppleTV I was NOT told:
- that I needed 2011 or later manufactured Mac laptop, to be able to stream from internet. My 2010 machine can't do it.
- that I needed a micro USB cable, unless I wanted to find myself with a "dead" device on a Saturday night, after a failed update.
- that I would never be able to read the serial #, printed in miniscule black type, on black background on the device. What happened to the famous Apple design brilliance, with this device?
Very unhappy about this product, will not recommend it to others. Are there better places to spread the word to others, or provide actioned feedback to Apple?

JanineGl wrote:
When I bought my AppleTV I was NOT told:
- that I needed 2011 or later manufactured Mac laptop, to be able to stream from internet. My 2010 machine can't do it.
The AppleTV does not require any computer to stream from the Internet. I suspect what you really mean is that your old MAC is not support for AirPlay Mirroring.
JanineGl wrote:
- that I needed a micro USB cable, unless I wanted to find myself with a "dead" device on a Saturday night, after a failed update.
Most people already have a microUSB cable, especially if they have other small portable electronic devices.

Backed up my ipod touch with itunes now all my audio books are in itunes but i cant put them back on my ipod. i have never used such a pathetic system as this. whats the point of buying books if you cant put them back on the ipod to listen to. help please

please help i have an ipod touch downloaded several audio books for it. backed up ipod and synced with itunes now the ipod has no audio books on it and they are in itunes but i can not get them back on to the ipod. apples systems are incredibly awkward. any other system allows for mp3's etc to be drag and drop not this long winded and what appears to be a complete waste of time. you buy things and once synced you loose it and cant put it back

Are audiobooks still configured to sync to your iPod Touch via the iPod's Books configuration tab in iTunes? To check, plug your iPod in and select it from under the Devices section in the left hand pane of iTunes. This will bring you to the Summary tab. Locate the Books tap along the top and select it. Here you can configure how and what audiobooks sync to your device.
Or if you want to manually drag and drop audiobooks onto your iPod, you'll have to enable the device for manual management. See here for more details.
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HT1711 one of my downloaded songs finishes about 20 seconds too soon ,what the action to take? thank you

one of my songs downloaded cuts off with about 20 seconds to go ,what action is best?

Depending upon what country that you are in (music can't be re-downloaded in all countries) then try deleting the incomplete track from your iTunes library and redownload it via the Purchased link under Quick Links on the right-hand side of the iTunes store home page on your computer's iTunes : re-downloading.
If you aren't in a country where you can re-download music or if it re-downloads in the same state then try the 'report a problem' link from your purchase history : log into your account on your computer's iTunes via Store > View My Account and you should then see a Purchase History section with a 'see all' link to the right of it ; click on that and you should see a list of your purchases ; find that song and use the 'Report a Problem' link.
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