MacintoshMan
May 3, 08:17 PM
Primary Application: Quicktime Player 7, the Finder.
Background: I work for a Visual Effects Studio.
Goal of script: Part of one of our employees jobs is to process "offlines" (basically a bunch of different low quality scene shots organized together as a reference for work that needs to be done) for tv shows that we get and export certain scenes in this offline (the ones we've been payed to work on) as Image Sequences (scene cut into individual frames) so the vfx artist may have a reference.
And with that exporting comes a procedure of creating a specific folder for the offline image sequence and creating the image sequence with the proper parameters (JPEG sequence + Highest quality available)
I wanted to simplify that process with a script.
Example.
Show A sends us a 5:00minute mp4 offline. Shot 01x01 found at 00:10 thru 00:20 in the mp4 needs to be converted into a jpeg image sequance.
the steps that would normally be followed would be
0) Open offline (mp4)
1) set your "i"(in-marker) at 00:10 and your "o"(out-marker) at 00:20
2) Command+C = copy selection you have just made
3) Command +N = New Quicktime then Command + V = paste selection
4) File>Export (now name your shot "01x01-Offline_" (shots are watermarked with name) and create destination folder "01x01-Offline")
then select "Movie to image sequence" from drop down menu, then select "options" and change to JPEG from PNG then selection "Options" in this window and move slider to "best possible" for quality.
5)Click save and you are done.
I'd like to slim that down to.
1) Open Offline and manually set your desired "i" an"o"
2) Run Script
Script basic = I need this script to take the selection i've made and create an image sequence of it.
Script Details= All the shot folders have been automatically created, so the script needs to list the pre-made folder selections from the directory the Offline had been opened from.
This needs to Generate a selection prompt that the user may select the proper shot this is.
From here its easy. You just use the export command in the Apple Script Library with the correct paramaters
Currently I am stuck at finding the proper term for "Copy Selection" as selection is not apart of the dictionary.
Any help is appreciated!
Background: I work for a Visual Effects Studio.
Goal of script: Part of one of our employees jobs is to process "offlines" (basically a bunch of different low quality scene shots organized together as a reference for work that needs to be done) for tv shows that we get and export certain scenes in this offline (the ones we've been payed to work on) as Image Sequences (scene cut into individual frames) so the vfx artist may have a reference.
And with that exporting comes a procedure of creating a specific folder for the offline image sequence and creating the image sequence with the proper parameters (JPEG sequence + Highest quality available)
I wanted to simplify that process with a script.
Example.
Show A sends us a 5:00minute mp4 offline. Shot 01x01 found at 00:10 thru 00:20 in the mp4 needs to be converted into a jpeg image sequance.
the steps that would normally be followed would be
0) Open offline (mp4)
1) set your "i"(in-marker) at 00:10 and your "o"(out-marker) at 00:20
2) Command+C = copy selection you have just made
3) Command +N = New Quicktime then Command + V = paste selection
4) File>Export (now name your shot "01x01-Offline_" (shots are watermarked with name) and create destination folder "01x01-Offline")
then select "Movie to image sequence" from drop down menu, then select "options" and change to JPEG from PNG then selection "Options" in this window and move slider to "best possible" for quality.
5)Click save and you are done.
I'd like to slim that down to.
1) Open Offline and manually set your desired "i" an"o"
2) Run Script
Script basic = I need this script to take the selection i've made and create an image sequence of it.
Script Details= All the shot folders have been automatically created, so the script needs to list the pre-made folder selections from the directory the Offline had been opened from.
This needs to Generate a selection prompt that the user may select the proper shot this is.
From here its easy. You just use the export command in the Apple Script Library with the correct paramaters
Currently I am stuck at finding the proper term for "Copy Selection" as selection is not apart of the dictionary.
Any help is appreciated!
tigress666
Apr 15, 12:19 PM
The iPad is a direct competitor to consoles.
I plug it into my TV, grab my iPhone, and play games till I die ;)
What?
You're kidding me.
I'm sorry, I can see making the compromise of having only a touch screen for the iphone as it is more portable than the handheld games so you get advantages too with the iphone (you already are carrying it cause it's your phone as well, it's smaller and therefore more portable, the games are already loaded so no trying to either carry all the cartridges or pick what games you bring. Makes up for the lack of physical buttons).
But no way would I pick an iPad over a console for at home play.
1. The compromise of not as good controller for what advantage does the ipod have over a console? I'm not worried about portability with a console so that doesn't make up for it. So what advantage does an ipad have over a console that would get people to pick it for playing games over the console? The only advantage I could see is if you already owned the ipad. Even then I think I'd rather just buy the console extra. For me if I had to choose between the two, I'd pick the console. I already have a laptop that if I had to carry something ipad around I'd rather have the laptop, I have my iphone for being with me everywhere, and a console will have better games and a better gaming experience (real controllers anyone? Games made for it are specifically aimed at people who bought the thing to play games). And even if I had an ipad, I'd still want either the Sony Playstation or the Microsoft Xbox for actual playing of more serious type games.
2. The compromise of the games just aren't as good. Sorry, but no game on the iphone/ipad compares to the stuff they make on consoles. You're still getting the compromise of making the game more for a handheld market so it's not as complex/in depth. I'd bet the games on the new Sony handheld coming out are much closer to console quality (cause that is what htey seem to be specifically aiming the device at). Plus it has buttons!!!! I'd pick that over an ipad for trying to replace my console.
Sorry, but until they make dedicated controllers for game playing for the ipad (and not touch based only ones, gotta have buttons too and a joystick) and attract more serious type games comparable to what you see on the consoles, I don't see the ipad being a big rival to consoles.
I plug it into my TV, grab my iPhone, and play games till I die ;)
What?
You're kidding me.
I'm sorry, I can see making the compromise of having only a touch screen for the iphone as it is more portable than the handheld games so you get advantages too with the iphone (you already are carrying it cause it's your phone as well, it's smaller and therefore more portable, the games are already loaded so no trying to either carry all the cartridges or pick what games you bring. Makes up for the lack of physical buttons).
But no way would I pick an iPad over a console for at home play.
1. The compromise of not as good controller for what advantage does the ipod have over a console? I'm not worried about portability with a console so that doesn't make up for it. So what advantage does an ipad have over a console that would get people to pick it for playing games over the console? The only advantage I could see is if you already owned the ipad. Even then I think I'd rather just buy the console extra. For me if I had to choose between the two, I'd pick the console. I already have a laptop that if I had to carry something ipad around I'd rather have the laptop, I have my iphone for being with me everywhere, and a console will have better games and a better gaming experience (real controllers anyone? Games made for it are specifically aimed at people who bought the thing to play games). And even if I had an ipad, I'd still want either the Sony Playstation or the Microsoft Xbox for actual playing of more serious type games.
2. The compromise of the games just aren't as good. Sorry, but no game on the iphone/ipad compares to the stuff they make on consoles. You're still getting the compromise of making the game more for a handheld market so it's not as complex/in depth. I'd bet the games on the new Sony handheld coming out are much closer to console quality (cause that is what htey seem to be specifically aiming the device at). Plus it has buttons!!!! I'd pick that over an ipad for trying to replace my console.
Sorry, but until they make dedicated controllers for game playing for the ipad (and not touch based only ones, gotta have buttons too and a joystick) and attract more serious type games comparable to what you see on the consoles, I don't see the ipad being a big rival to consoles.
LethalWolfe
Sep 12, 03:34 AM
Asleep on a buddies futon in LA. He came in, woke me up, told me what happened and turned on the TV. He saw 2nd plane hit the tower live and that's when he woke me up.
I basically stayed glued to the news and internet sites/forums the whole day.
Lethal
I basically stayed glued to the news and internet sites/forums the whole day.
Lethal
Calvinatir
Feb 12, 03:24 AM
make sure you also have LESS than 512 MB ram in it. I've tried to install Panther on older G3 powerbooks several times and had to remove ram chips to get it to complete installation. After installing panther you can put the ram chip back in. Weird, but it works.
vniow
Nov 1, 10:06 PM
Wow you took all that time to reply to a dead topic that everybody else ignored for over a day?
FYI, it's not just a different manufacturer, the newer drive burns CDs faster and does DVD-RAM also.
FYI, it's not just a different manufacturer, the newer drive burns CDs faster and does DVD-RAM also.
Nermal
Jul 1, 11:45 PM
I've tried VPC 6 in OS 9, running 98SE, 2000, and XP. 98's the fastest of the lot, 2000 comes in second, and XP is ridiculously slow. If you've got a choice between running VPC in 9 or X, run it in 9, it'll perform much better.
mistergreen2011
Apr 29, 09:11 PM
Hi folks,
I'm stump on a pageControl problem.
I made a simple View Based Application with a pagescroll through several images. This work fine especially when you click left of right of the pageControl.
The problem is the app crashes with a 'SIGABRT' error when click on the pageControl in another app with the same code. The difference is this view is called through a TAB Bar while the other isn't. The crash goes away when I remove the 'action sent' on the pageControl but obvious, I need it to call the changePage method.
I'm not sure if it's a delegate issue or not.
I'll keep the code short. Thanks.
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I'm stump on a pageControl problem.
I made a simple View Based Application with a pagescroll through several images. This work fine especially when you click left of right of the pageControl.
The problem is the app crashes with a 'SIGABRT' error when click on the pageControl in another app with the same code. The difference is this view is called through a TAB Bar while the other isn't. The crash goes away when I remove the 'action sent' on the pageControl but obvious, I need it to call the changePage method.
I'm not sure if it's a delegate issue or not.
I'll keep the code short. Thanks.
@interface ThirdViewController : UIViewController <UIScrollViewDelegate>{
Sirmausalot
Apr 8, 09:55 AM
I was watching the iMovie 11 presentation and I'm just curious about predictions to FCP 8, especially the interface. We can be certain of the technical improvements in media management and power -- multi-core, 64 bit. But from iMovie 11 I see
1. Totally integrated visual sound editing, live with all the tools from Sound Track Pro. Who wants to go out to a sperate application. No need.
2. Which means proper titling software is truly built in
3. And of course effects are now much simpler to apply and preview. Perhaps the left hand window is completely context sensitive -- effects, sound editing, or source footage -- with the ability to edit in that window with dragging a selection area and cut into the timeline
4. Of course there will be some sort of realtime compression as you continue to work. And the compression engine will be completely overhauled.
DVD Studio Pro needs a complete overhaul too and should support blu-ray authoring. Perhaps the bag of hurt is coming to Lion :-) But burners will be Thunderbolt external only, making it of use primarily to content creators protecting Apple's Digital Download model. But at least thunderbolt is fast enough to allow for the fastest blu-ray burners.
Anyhow, some of these changes speak to the rumor of a more consumer version. It will be MORE powerful than iMovie 11, but include live effects and powerful sound editing without having to exit the application, much like iMovie. Of course media management (final cut server) will be vastly improved and integrated into this one version. Enjoy!
1. Totally integrated visual sound editing, live with all the tools from Sound Track Pro. Who wants to go out to a sperate application. No need.
2. Which means proper titling software is truly built in
3. And of course effects are now much simpler to apply and preview. Perhaps the left hand window is completely context sensitive -- effects, sound editing, or source footage -- with the ability to edit in that window with dragging a selection area and cut into the timeline
4. Of course there will be some sort of realtime compression as you continue to work. And the compression engine will be completely overhauled.
DVD Studio Pro needs a complete overhaul too and should support blu-ray authoring. Perhaps the bag of hurt is coming to Lion :-) But burners will be Thunderbolt external only, making it of use primarily to content creators protecting Apple's Digital Download model. But at least thunderbolt is fast enough to allow for the fastest blu-ray burners.
Anyhow, some of these changes speak to the rumor of a more consumer version. It will be MORE powerful than iMovie 11, but include live effects and powerful sound editing without having to exit the application, much like iMovie. Of course media management (final cut server) will be vastly improved and integrated into this one version. Enjoy!
MikePA
Mar 27, 05:57 AM
Or follow a nice, easy iPhone dev related Twitter list, which includes all the main players, like this one:
http://twitter.com/Aubin/iphone-jailbreak-teams
This also allows you to follow all the irrelevant re-tweets comex does, as if anyone cares what he thinks about non-jb topics.
http://twitter.com/Aubin/iphone-jailbreak-teams
This also allows you to follow all the irrelevant re-tweets comex does, as if anyone cares what he thinks about non-jb topics.
longgbow
May 4, 10:57 AM
Launch the Server app, choose Wiki on the left and slide the big switch to the off position.
Thanks. I tried but those 'ruby' by teamsserver is still taking up all the cpu usage. Have any idea how I can get them out?
Thanks. I tried but those 'ruby' by teamsserver is still taking up all the cpu usage. Have any idea how I can get them out?
mkrishnan
Mar 6, 03:29 PM
I don't think that people here will clue you in as to how to pirate a piece of software.
;)
I have heard a lot of great things about Audacity, although I've never tried it....
Tom, I understand your frustration, but I guess, I'm not sure why you would expect that every Mac come with exactly the same software complement.... it isn't true anywhere else in the computer industry. Sorry. :(
;)
I have heard a lot of great things about Audacity, although I've never tried it....
Tom, I understand your frustration, but I guess, I'm not sure why you would expect that every Mac come with exactly the same software complement.... it isn't true anywhere else in the computer industry. Sorry. :(
McGiord
Apr 23, 01:49 PM
What do you mean by 5 extra lines?
Probably a poor choice of words from my side.
I mean that the last 5 lines of the page were transferred to an extra page.
Probably a poor choice of words from my side.
I mean that the last 5 lines of the page were transferred to an extra page.
SuperChuck
Jan 18, 05:21 PM
Shortly after buying my Macally BTMouseJr, I raved about how great it was. Now, after 3 million batteries, I'm not so thrilled.
Brand new, top-quality batteries get sucked dry by this little gizmo after only a few days of regular use. The cheap batteries last only two days.
I'm definitely planning on buying some rechargeable batteries so I can afford to continue using the thing, but if I had known what an energy guzzler it was, I may not have bought it.
ALSO:
When using it with my Apple BT keyboard, the cursor jumps around the screen like a flea on crack.
Has anyone found a BT mouse that they really like?
Brand new, top-quality batteries get sucked dry by this little gizmo after only a few days of regular use. The cheap batteries last only two days.
I'm definitely planning on buying some rechargeable batteries so I can afford to continue using the thing, but if I had known what an energy guzzler it was, I may not have bought it.
ALSO:
When using it with my Apple BT keyboard, the cursor jumps around the screen like a flea on crack.
Has anyone found a BT mouse that they really like?
MacRumors
Oct 26, 06:31 AM
http://www.macrumors.com/images/macrumorsthreadlogo.gif (http://www.macrumors.com)
Hrmpf reports (http://hrmpf.com/wordpress/90/apple-describes-new-interface-for-ipod) on a particularly revealing patent application from Apple that was published on October 26, 2006.
The name of the patent application is "Electronic Device Having Display and Surrounding Touch Sensitive Bezel for User Interface and Control". The patent describes and depicts a full-screen touch sensitive iPod very similar to the various Video iPod Mockups (http://guides.macrumors.com/Gallery_of_Video_iPod_Mockups) that have been floating around the web. The application was filed in June of 2006.
The focus of the patent is the incorporation of a touch-sensitive bezel (edge of screen) that can adapt to the screen contents to provide an input method for the user. Hrmpf suggests that the use of this non-screen area would eliminate many of the "smudge" and "scratch" concerns for a full-screen touch iPod.
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Hrmpf reports (http://hrmpf.com/wordpress/90/apple-describes-new-interface-for-ipod) on a particularly revealing patent application from Apple that was published on October 26, 2006.
The name of the patent application is "Electronic Device Having Display and Surrounding Touch Sensitive Bezel for User Interface and Control". The patent describes and depicts a full-screen touch sensitive iPod very similar to the various Video iPod Mockups (http://guides.macrumors.com/Gallery_of_Video_iPod_Mockups) that have been floating around the web. The application was filed in June of 2006.
The focus of the patent is the incorporation of a touch-sensitive bezel (edge of screen) that can adapt to the screen contents to provide an input method for the user. Hrmpf suggests that the use of this non-screen area would eliminate many of the "smudge" and "scratch" concerns for a full-screen touch iPod.
Shunnabunich
Mar 14, 05:14 PM
Bloomberg reports (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-14/microsoft-said-to-stop-releasing-new-zune-models-as-demand-ebbs.html) that Microsoft is canceling future development of its line of Zune hardware devices...
No, I'm pretty sure Apple canceled the Zune. :D
No, I'm pretty sure Apple canceled the Zune. :D
typecase
Mar 20, 01:48 PM
Well... you could just go into photoshop.... and use the Paint Bucket tool to make your own color... save a jpeg.. and drag to make it your desktop. What color are you looking for?
kyle
Thanks for the replies. I could probably do this and create little swatches but I was hoping there was some button I could push or something I could do to make it bring up a color palate so I could just choose any color at a moment of whimsey. Seems strange that the OS would limit you do doing such a simple thing.
kyle
Thanks for the replies. I could probably do this and create little swatches but I was hoping there was some button I could push or something I could do to make it bring up a color palate so I could just choose any color at a moment of whimsey. Seems strange that the OS would limit you do doing such a simple thing.
JulesNYC
Apr 23, 05:14 PM
OK, so a couple of months ago I started noticing that I wasn't receiving email reminders on events I created in my Google calendar. I of course google'd the problem and found out others had the same issue. The popular suggestion was to go to Calendar settings and remove the email notifications and then add them back. Sort of like rebooting the calendar and its reminders, I guess. It actually worked....until now.
Of course the day I had a credit card payment due is the day the email reminders failed to work again. I received no email reminder whatsoever (I always have two set up). I'm frustrated. I did the "reboot" thing again so I hopefully don't miss another upcoming event, but I'm seriously thinking of ditching google calendar all together and using something else. The thing is, I have no idea what's a good alternative.
Any suggestions on a good online calendar? What do you guys use?
Of course the day I had a credit card payment due is the day the email reminders failed to work again. I received no email reminder whatsoever (I always have two set up). I'm frustrated. I did the "reboot" thing again so I hopefully don't miss another upcoming event, but I'm seriously thinking of ditching google calendar all together and using something else. The thing is, I have no idea what's a good alternative.
Any suggestions on a good online calendar? What do you guys use?
Stella
Sep 13, 08:03 AM
I rather expected to be able to upgrade to higher resolution for a low price (say $.50/per video).
It is not Apple's decison. Do you think the content owner would allow this? I doubt it - they would want to charge again.
Anyway, think yourself lucky - the majority of the planet cannot get movies or series content from iTunes.
It is not Apple's decison. Do you think the content owner would allow this? I doubt it - they would want to charge again.
Anyway, think yourself lucky - the majority of the planet cannot get movies or series content from iTunes.
JFreak
Mar 7, 07:14 AM
That video is a classic :)
no. that video is bad sense of humour :P
i just can't believe people have fun on somebody else's expense...
no. that video is bad sense of humour :P
i just can't believe people have fun on somebody else's expense...
itsmeGAV
Nov 3, 04:46 PM
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Inkling
Aug 7, 07:48 PM
Good news! Virtual PC for Intel Macs never made much sense anyway. Why go to great pains to emulate an OS that can run native?
Even better good news would be for the Mac Business Unit to develop a Mac-only version of Vista. Since it would target a very narrow set of hardware, it could be leaner, faster, more stable, and contain all the proper hardware drivers. Spared many of the woes of other Windows users, we'd be happy, and Microsoft would make more money as Mac users buy copies to use with Boot Camp or Parallel. They'd make far more with Vista for Macs than they'd ever make with Virtual PC.
All in all, I'd say things are going quite well in the Mac world.
--Michael W. Perry, Untangling Tolkien (the only book-length chronology of The Lord of the Rings.
Even better good news would be for the Mac Business Unit to develop a Mac-only version of Vista. Since it would target a very narrow set of hardware, it could be leaner, faster, more stable, and contain all the proper hardware drivers. Spared many of the woes of other Windows users, we'd be happy, and Microsoft would make more money as Mac users buy copies to use with Boot Camp or Parallel. They'd make far more with Vista for Macs than they'd ever make with Virtual PC.
All in all, I'd say things are going quite well in the Mac world.
--Michael W. Perry, Untangling Tolkien (the only book-length chronology of The Lord of the Rings.
Chundles
Oct 26, 08:12 AM
I find the interface of this thing more interesting the the button thing... This must be the interface of the future because the menu system on the present ipods, i know its brilliant but its a bit old, by the way its more remote control than ipod, i think theres too much info on the screen for it too be an ipod... i reckon its a media remote control thing.. The patent doenst mention ipod so i think its a remote for bringing music to the living room... im probably wrong but thats what i think.. Anyway ive been waiting for touch screen not touch sides...
Sorry Chris but you're not allowed to criticise any industrial design. Ever. I still blame you for turning BMWs into swamp-donkeys. :p ;)
And iDrive - you've got some 'splaining to doooo.
Sorry Chris but you're not allowed to criticise any industrial design. Ever. I still blame you for turning BMWs into swamp-donkeys. :p ;)
And iDrive - you've got some 'splaining to doooo.
phantax
Mar 7, 02:27 PM
Can you also post a screenshot of what is happening in IE7, I don't have it installed here.
twoodcc
Mar 6, 12:47 PM
ooh octocore. sounds fancy when u call it that :D
heres a link to stanford's results (may be technical)
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/Papers
haha, yeah it does. and i bet it can fold like crazy too.
thanks for the link :)
heres a link to stanford's results (may be technical)
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/Papers
haha, yeah it does. and i bet it can fold like crazy too.
thanks for the link :)
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