HOW-TO: Make your own annotated multimedia Google map - Engadget - www.engadget.com.
I assume someone will shortly automate this process with a handy software app. A fascinating overview of how open standards benefit from network effects.
Monday, April 11, 2005
Free visuals and stock photographs
Where To Find Great Free Photographs And Visuals For Your Own Online Articles - Robin Good's Latest News
An excellent overview of sites that have free photos available for use in presentations. A great way to spice up corporate presentations.
An excellent overview of sites that have free photos available for use in presentations. A great way to spice up corporate presentations.
iDVD and image distortion
Macintouch iPhoto (Part 13)
This Macintouch article was written for iPhoto export, but this is really a global issue with 16:9 vs. 6:4 vs. 4:3 video. The idea of "using a mask" in QT Pro to transform video is new to me, but sounds generally applicable.
This Macintouch article was written for iPhoto export, but this is really a global issue with 16:9 vs. 6:4 vs. 4:3 video. The idea of "using a mask" in QT Pro to transform video is new to me, but sounds generally applicable.
Albert Poon
iPhoto 5 added the ability to export slideshows with the Ken Burns effect included. However,iPhoto 5 exports slideshows to iDVD as 720 x 480 QuickTime movies. iDVD is expecting 640 x 480. When iDVD imports the 720 pixel wide movie, it squeezes the image and distorts it.
To quickly change the aspect ratio for the slideshow movie and have your pictures appear right, open the movie in QuickTime Pro and simply add a 640 x 480 mask to the video track and resave the movie. Now import the resized movie that conforms to the size iDVD is looking for.
OS X DMG utility (disk image)
FreeDMG product page
I often create disk images, including some for iPhoto Library "merges" and others for storing OS X files on an SMB share. This utility should be very useful.
I often create disk images, including some for iPhoto Library "merges" and others for storing OS X files on an SMB share. This utility should be very useful.
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
iDVD is complex, this site helps
iDVD FAQ
Make sure you are using the latest QuickTime, and as always, work with high quality source material (properly sized photos [640 X 480] for slides and/or properly processed digital video [ 720 X 480] for movies). iDVD 4 & 5 now use the same encoding technology used in Compressor 1.2 and DVD Studio Pro 2.0.5…the same codec as Apple’s professional video utility, ‘Compressor’.Ok, this is complicated. Good site.
Compressor uses a 2-pass VBR encoding method that first analyzes the entire file and then uses that data during a second pass encoding stage to intelligently distribute bit allocation per frame. The result? An optimized MPEG-2 file with consistent visual quality.
Do you know the MAC number of your hardware?
MacInTouch Home Page
Good advice in Macintouch (from a reader). In addition to storing the serial numbers of devices, also recard the ethernet MAC address. That number uniquely identifies most laptops and most theives won't touch it.
Good advice in Macintouch (from a reader). In addition to storing the serial numbers of devices, also recard the ethernet MAC address. That number uniquely identifies most laptops and most theives won't touch it.
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