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Image Color Tinting using Actionscript - SWF Spot - Flash and Actionscript > Tutorials > Flash 8. Flash 8 makes tinting an image a piece of cake with the ColorTransform and Transform classes. The above demo uses a few lines of code on a movie clip to create a color shifting effect. Begin by importing an image to the stage using File->Import To Stage. Convert it to a movie clip by right clicking the image and clicking Convert to Symbol.

Set the type to Movie Clip. Select the movie clip by single clicking it and insert the following code into the actions tab: redOffset, greenOffset, and blueOffset control how much of each color to apply to the image. The range is from -255 to 255. alphaOffset controls the opacity of the image. The source file is available below for download: Download Source FileDownload Demo SWF. The ultimate makeover: New York cheesecake recipe. 10 Latin Abbreviations You Might Be Using Incorrectly. By Mark Nichol Abbreviations deriving from Latin terms and phrases can be troublesome for us non-Latin speakers. Here’s the long and short of the most common short forms adopted into English from the classical language: 1. e.g. This abbreviation of exempli gratia (“for example”) is not only often left bereft of its periods (or styled eg.), it’s also frequently confused for a similar abbreviation you’ll find below.

Use e.g. (followed by a comma) to signal sample examples. 2. etc. This sloppily formed abbreviation of et cetera (“and so forth”) is often misspelled ect., perhaps because we’re accustomed to words in which c precedes t, but not vice versa. Refrain from using etc. in an e.g. list; the abbreviations are essentially redundant, and note that etc. is also redundant in a phrase that includes including. 3. et al. Also, unlike as in the case of etc., refrain from preceding it with a comma, presumably because only one name precedes it. 4. i.e. 5. fl. 7. per cent. 8. re 9. viz. 10. vs. The Official Windows 7 Repository. UEFI Bootable USB Flash Drive - Create in Windows. How to Create a Bootable UEFI USB Flash Drive for Installing Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1 Information This tutorial will show you how to create a Windows 7 or Windows 8 or 8.1 installation bootable USB flash drive for UEFI from either a Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1 installation ISO or DVD.

Note Requirements:At least a 4GB USB flash drive64-bit Windows 7 ISO or DVD (If you want to install Windows 7)64-bit Windows 8 ISO or DVD (If you want to install Windows 8)64-bit Windows 8.1 ISO or DVD (If you want to install Windows 8.1)32-bit is not supported.Set the boot mode to use UEFI and not CSM (Compatibility Support Module) in your UEFI firmware settings.Temporarily disable Secure Boot in your UEFI firmware settings. Some motherboards will not boot from a USB unless you do this first. EXAMPLE: UEFI Bootable USB Flash DriveNOTE: This is it listed in the motherboard's boot menu. To Create a Bootable UEFI USB Flash Drive using Free Program "Rufus" 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. Diskpartlist disk 4. 5.

How To Export HD Video in Premiere Pro for YouTube and Vimeo | Who Is Matt? Matt Johnson Productions. I often receive questions about filming and editing, and have decided that I will post the answers to the most common questions here to help others. Expect more posts like these in the future and please let me know what questions you would like to have answered.

Before digital cameras became popular, editing a video was as simple as cutting the actual film strip and splicing it to another film strip with tape. With the advent of digital video, there are literally hundreds of programs to use to edit and even more video formats. Choosing the proper export settings is one of the most important steps when editing video and it can be very confusing due to lack of a standard at this time. Thankfully, both YouTube and Vimeo both offer guidelines on what types of video they prefer, which does make things a bit easier. There is a lack of photo and text tutorials for the exact settings to use in video editing software. Photo and Text Tutorial: Sequence Settings Export Settings Overview Video Settings. Silky smooth credit rolls in After Effects. How to track footage and make a matte with Mocha AE.

After Effects - Motion Graphics Training - 06 - Kinetic Typography. After Effects Tutorial: Random Binary « Jonathan Fowler. Stillmotion. DJ Vespers. Modern Mixing. Find out how I mixed this entire record Featured SongTitle: Look At MeArtist: BareProduced by: Sleep & How to Balance a Hip Hop Song If you are struggling to get your hip hop mixes to sound professional, than putting more time into the balance will actually be a good exercise for you. It focuses you away from the technicals and onto what you are feeling.

When you start to balance a Hip Hop song by no means should it be taken as, once the balance is done that's it. So if you get a good balance and then 4 hours into the mix, you realize that the kick drum isn't working and needs to be changed, allow yourself to make that change. Gradient rings in Illustrator. Circular graph Here is a very simple example of what I talk about. The gradient in each part of the graph follows the direction of the circle. In other words the gradient isn't linear or radial, which are the only options to choose from in Illustrator. The graph below has 28 segments and is applied in a more illustrative kind of way. It's still not a complex graph, but without a rather smart and simple way to create these gradients it would take a lot of time.

Let's have a look on how I got started... Circular gradient Draw a rectangle Start by selecting the Rectangle tool and draw a small rectangle. Duplicate the rectangle Duplicate the rectangle by selecting the Selection tool (black arrow), and start dragging to the right as shown in the image above. Add color Give the second rectangle the ending color of your gradient. Blend options To prepare our perfect gradient using the blend feature, we first check our blend options. Make Blend Create new Art Brush Give the brush a name. Draw a circle. Create a Conical Gradient with Adobe Illustrator, in Two Minutes! Unfortunately, Adobe Illustrator doesn't come with a conical gradient setting, although some vector programs, such as Corel Draw do.

Using features and tools found in Adobe Illustrator, you can create an adjustable conical gradient to use in your work, and it only takes two minutes! Introduction Adobe Illustrator contains two styles of gradients: Linear and Radial. Starting with Adobe Illustrator CS4 we have an opportunity to modify the radial gradient into an Elliptical one. Step 1 Using the features and tools found in Adobe Illustrator we will be able to create an adjustable conical gradient. Since we are creating a conical gradient, the first color of the gradient should be the same as the last one.

Step 2 Create a circle of a random size using the Ellipse Tool (L) and fill it with a two-color radial gradient. With the circle selected go to Object > Expand and set the Expand Gradient to Gradient Mesh. Step 3 Step 4 Now delete the inner circle of the gradient mesh. Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8. Selecting soft edge objects with refine edge | Learn Photoshop CS6. Share this Episode Autoplay End of Video Show End Screen Default Quality Adjust your embed size below, then copy and paste the embed code above.

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About This Episode Learn how to use the Quick Select tool and the Refine Edge tool to select complex soft-edged objects. Presented By Produced By Runtime : 00:09:49 Added : 11/05/2012 About this show Learn Photoshop CS6.

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