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<h5>Episode 17</h5>
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<p><strong>Coming up on today&#8217;s epsiode:</strong></p>
<p>GridIron&#8217;s Software Flow is a very unique program for creative professionals. It&#8217;s basically a tool that helps you track and manage all the files that go into creating a project. Let me show you what I mean. So one of the best features flow has to offer is that it allows you to visually see the structure of a project. If you use various programs to create a project, flow can actually see the connection between all the files. </p>
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<p>What&#8217;s great is that this works for websites, print documents, video composites, just about anything!&#8230; So It helps you streamline your workflow, and keeps you on top of your project.</p>
<p>So flow looks like this, looks like a cluster right now but we can organize it down so it looks less messy.</p>
<p>So I can right click on the images, and select group similar, you&#8217;ll notice it groups all the images per file format, JPG, PNG, GIF, very nice!</p>
<p>You can also make custom groups. I&#8217;ll make all these individual files into a group and I&#8217;ll call it downloads.</p>
<p>A quick way to see contents in the groups is to right click and select Show Group Contents.. Alright and its starting to look a lot more organized.</p>
<p>Now lets take a look at another example. Here&#8217;s a Photoshop file. You can actually see all the layers and bins inside the document, very cool.<br />
Here&#8217;s an after effects project, same thing, you can see the structure of the composition. </p>
<p>Alright and there you have it. That&#8217;s a quick demo of Flow. Now there&#8217;s a whole bunch of other features like versioning, time tracking, tagging and bookmarking, but we&#8217;ll save that for another episode, so until next time, see you later.</p>
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Visually see the structure of a project. If your use various programs to create a project, flow can actually see the connection between all the files.</description><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://pixil.info/tutorials/maya/pixilinfo-episode-17-using-bookmarks-in-flow/feed/</wfw:commentRss><feedburner:origLink>http://pixil.info/tutorials/maya/pixilinfo-episode-17-using-bookmarks-in-flow/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Animating with ActionScript 2</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pixil/~3/csAfCJvKaI0/</link><category>Flash</category><category>Tutorials</category><category>Animation</category><category>as2</category><category>jermbo</category><category>workflow</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">pixil@ng-host.com (Pixil.info)</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:15:07 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://pixil.info/?p=133</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div class="ebox jermbo">
<h5>Episode 16</h5>
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<p class="tags"><strong>Tags</strong><br /><a href="http://pixil.info/tag/animation/" rel="tag">Animation</a>, <a href="http://pixil.info/tag/as2/" rel="tag">as2</a>, <a href="http://pixil.info/tag/jermbo/" rel="tag">jermbo</a>, <a href="http://pixil.info/tag/workflow/" rel="tag">workflow</a></p>
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<p><strong>Coming up on today&#8217;s epsiode:</strong></p>
<p>Find out how to make simple animations in Flash CS4 using Action Script 2.</p>
<p>Right off the bat I make a new layer and I call it actions. It is always best practice to have your actions on its own layer without graphics. So I start every project off by adding an Actions layer and locking it.</p>
<p>On layer one, grab the oval tool make sure that you don’t have a stroke color and draw a circle on the screen. Hold down shift to constrain the proportions. With the object now selected lets hit the hot key F8, this is going to bring up the Convert to Symbol Dialog box.</p>
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<p>Make it a movie clip and give it a name of red Ball. Now you should see a movie clip in you library called red Ball. Whatever name you give it if the library doesn’t matter. It’s the instance name that Action Script will be looking for. So select the movie clip and locate your properties panel. In this panel is where you will see a place for an instance name. Lets give it a name of ball. Now select your actions layer and press F9 to get your action panel up.</p>
<p>With our actions panel open the first thing we need to do is import what functionality we want to use. WE want tweens and easing. So go ahead and import them by typing  &#8220;import mx.transitions.Tween; import mx.transitions.easing.</p>
<p>The import of tweens is finding a folder with premade tween animation script. The same thing can be said about the easing. But notice on the easing I typed a .* this is telling action script that I want to load all of the easing types so I can use them.</p>
<p>Now that we have imported the functionality we can begin animating. To declare a new tween you need to type out new tween open and close (). In side the () flash is expecting 7 parameters.</p>
<ul>
<li>The object that you are wanting to target</li>
<li>What property you want to effect.</li>
<li>Tween type and easing type.</li>
<li>Starting location or starting percentage</li>
<li>Ending location or ending percentage</li>
<li>Duration</li>
<li>True if you want the duration to last in seconds or False if you want the duration to last in frame</li>
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<p>So lests tackle it. The first parameter is what object I want to effect so I am going to put ball comma. Next is the property, note you have to put this one in quotes, so I want the ball to fall down so quote underscore y quote comma. Here comes the tween and easing type, there are several types of tweens and easing we will cover only one, don’t worry  I made a cheat sheet that you can take and reference for all the types, I want it to bounce and have a bit of ease out. If this part didn’t turn blue then you spelled something wrong, this part is very case sensitive.</p>
<p>Next I want to start the balls position from zero. This number will take the ball from where ever it is at and place it at the y coordinate of zero. If you wanted it to start from where it is on the stage then simply type ball._y here. This says were ever the ball is start here. Next is the ending location. Since I used a numeric value in the previos one I will add a numeric value to this one. But lets say I want it to move 200 pixils from where it is at simply type ball._y + 200.</p>
<p>The last two are important to each other , if the last parameter is false then the number will represent a duration in frames. But if the last one is true then the previous number is take place over seconds. So lets add 2 comma true. This says take 2 seconds to play out.Go ahead and test movie and see what happens. You just made action script animate your ball. Don’t forget to grab my cheat sheets and source file at <a href="http://jermbo.com/" target="_blank">Jermbo.com</a></p>
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Find out how to make simple animations in Flash CS4 using Action Script 2.
Right off the bat I make a new layer and I call it actions. It is always best practice to have your actions on its own layer without graphics. [...]</description><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://pixil.info/tutorials/flash/animating-with-actionscript-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss><feedburner:origLink>http://pixil.info/tutorials/flash/animating-with-actionscript-2/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>iPhone Monitor and Control uses in Production</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pixil/~3/FmAQxB49nLY/</link><category>Reviews</category><category>Tutorials</category><category>iPhone</category><category>pedro ruiz</category><category>videopixil</category><category>workflow</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">pixil@ng-host.com (Pixil.info)</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:29:30 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://pixil.info/?p=122</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div class="ebox pedro">
<h5>Episode 15</h5>
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<p class="tags"><strong>Tags</strong><br /><a href="http://pixil.info/tag/iphone/" rel="tag">iPhone</a>, <a href="http://pixil.info/tag/pedro-ruiz/" rel="tag">pedro ruiz</a>, <a href="http://pixil.info/tag/videopixil/" rel="tag">videopixil</a>, <a href="http://pixil.info/tag/workflow/" rel="tag">workflow</a></p>
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<p><strong>Coming up on today&#8217;s epsiode:</strong></p>
<p>We&#8217;re going to look at how we use Jaddu and Veency for monitoring and controlling cameras in production.</p>
<p><strong>Remote-Controlled captures with Jaadu</strong></p>
<p>First we&#8217;re going to look at how jaddu can help during production. While working on multiple projects we&#8217;re able to monitor and control camera captures. Its a geat tool for this type of workflow. Inside jadu we have access to a keyboard and function keys.</p>
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<p>It&#8217;s also a great lifesaver when the crew can monitor renders while finishing a game. For remote access you can also use log me in to access homes, offices and servers. You can control any of your macs connected from any where with a wifi or 3G connection.</p>
<p>Next we&#8217;ll look at better iPhone screen captures with veency.</p>
<p><strong>iPhone screen capturing with Veency</strong></p>
<p>Instead on getting fingers in the way when reviewing applications, you can record what&#8217;s displayed on the iPhone screen. We use veency to control and record iPhone screen captures. Once connected, you can use your favorite screen capture program to capture whats running on phone.</p>
<p>And there you have it, a couple iPhone workflows we use in production. Thats all for this episode of Pixil.info See ya next time.</p>
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Coming up on today&amp;#8217;s epsiode:
We&amp;#8217;re going to look at how we use Jaddu and Veency for monitoring and controlling cameras in production.
Remote-Controlled captures with Jaadu
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<h5>Episode 14</h5>
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<p><img src="http://pixil.info/wp-content/themes/pixil/images/fla_tfile.jpg" width="30" height="28" alt="3D Object File" align="left" class="tfile" /><a href="http://pixil.info/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=5" class="tflink"><strong>3D Box Flash CS4</strong><br />Ecken&#8217;s Tutorial</a></p>
<p class="tags"><strong>Tags</strong><br /><a href="http://pixil.info/tag/3d/" rel="tag">3D</a>, <a href="http://pixil.info/tag/animation/" rel="tag">Animation</a>, <a href="http://pixil.info/tag/ecken/" rel="tag">ecken</a>, <a href="http://pixil.info/tag/noe-ruiz/" rel="tag">noe ruiz</a>, <a href="http://pixil.info/tag/workflow/" rel="tag">workflow</a></p>
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<p><strong>Coming up on today&#8217;s epsiode:</strong></p>
<p>How to create a 3D Box and animate it using the new 3D Tools and Features in Flash CS4.</p>
<p><strong>Step 1: Create a square shape</strong></p>
<p>Start by drawing out simple square. Hold down the shift key to constrain the proportions. Now lets change the solid fill to a gradient by going the color palette, and lets change the type to a Linear gradient. Next lets remove the stroke, just goto the stroke color picker and choose the None option.</p>
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<p>Now lets make sure our square is in the center of the stage, we can do that by going to the align panel and click on the horizontal and vertical align buttons.</p>
<p><strong>Step 2: Position &amp; Convert into a Movie Clip</strong></p>
<p>Okay next lets convert this shape into a movie clip, just right click and select Convert to Symbol&#8230; alright now lets nest this symbol inside another movie clip, and lets name this one 3D Box. So inside the 3D box movie clip is where we&#8217;ll be setting up the 3D layers.</p>
<p><strong>Step 3: Duplicate Layers for Each Box Side</strong></p>
<p>Alright so now we can just copy and paste a few of these squares on some new layers. And lets name each copy after a side of the 3D Box such as top, bottom, left and right.</p>
<p><strong>Step 4: Rotate Each Side 90&ordm; &amp; Position in Place</strong></p>
<p>Now lets convert all the frames into motion tweens by selecting them, right clicking and Create Motion Tween. Now lets start with the top layer and rotate the X axis 90 degrees. You can hold down the shift key to constrained your rotation. Next we can go inside the motion editor to ensure our rotation was a either a positive value, or a negative one. Just to make sure everything is set the name.</p>
<p>Now we&#8217;ll want to move this top layer up about half of the way. So just calculate half  the height of the square and move it up so it sets on top. I like to use the 3D Position and View Panel to do this because you can easily change the values there.</p>
<p>Now lets repeat this process for the bottom layer. But this time we&#8217;ll want move the half way down, so again just change the value in the 3D Position and View Panel. Alright so next lets start on the left and right squares. Starting with left, lets rotate the Y axis  90 degrees and shift it over to the left about half of the width of the square. Again we can go inside the motion edition to check our values. Alright now we can repeat the same process for the right square, but don&#8217;t forget to move it to the right side instead of the left!</p>
<p><strong>Step 5: Test 3D Box Rotation</strong></p>
<p>So once we finish all rotating and positioning, we should be left with a picture frame looking set of rectangles. So lets jump out of the movie clip and goto scene 1. Now lets select our 3D rotation tool and watch as I rotate the box on its Y axis. Pretty sweet huh?</p>
<p>Step 6: Add Drop Shadow</p>
<p>Lets select our bottom layer, and lets goto the filters section in the properties panel and licks pick drop shadow. Lets change the blur X and Y values to something big like 100 pixels, change the quality to high, and distance to 0.</p>
<p><strong>Step 7: Animate 3D Box Rotating</strong></p>
<p>So now lets jump out to our main timeline and lets add a few move frames. Now Ill be using the motion editor to animate the 3D Box and have spin on it Y axis. So lets convert it the frames into a motion tween by right clicking on the frame bar and selecting convert to motion tween. Now we can scrub over to the last frame and then goto the motion editor. So if we want to just rotate the box spinning from left to right, we can simply change the Rotation Y  value to 360 degrees.</p>
<p>Test out the animation by pressing cmd+renturn (cntrl+return on PC).</p>
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How to create a 3D Box and animate it using the new 3D Tools and Features in Flash CS4.
Step 1: Create a square shape
Start by drawing out simple square. Hold down the shift key to constrain [...]</description><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://pixil.info/tutorials/flash/create-3d-box-in-flash-cs4/feed/</wfw:commentRss><feedburner:origLink>http://pixil.info/tutorials/flash/create-3d-box-in-flash-cs4/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>3D in Photoshop CS4</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pixil/~3/kkCe6QJGq2M/</link><category>Downloads</category><category>Maya</category><category>Photoshop</category><category>Tutorials</category><category>3D</category><category>pedro ruiz</category><category>videopixil</category><category>workflow</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">pixil@ng-host.com (Pixil.info)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:18:17 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://pixil.info/?p=108</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div class="ebox pedro">
<h5>Episode 13</h5>
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<p><strong>Coming up on today&#8217;s epsiode:</strong></p>
<p>We&#8217;re going to take a look at Photoshop&#8217;s new 3D features.</p>
<p>Adobe added features but deleted some compatibility available in CS3. Being able to import Product models for print, video and web makes a very efficient workflow.</p>
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<p>Although new camera control abilities were added in CS4, an incredibly useful ability is no longer there.</p>
<p><strong>Features add and deleted</strong></p>
<p>3D mesh animation support no longer works in CS4. This mean 3D models with animated parts no longer playback inside photoshop. The new 3D UI has deleted the timeline scrubber for the mesh. Making layer styles out of one object with different product stages would be a great workflow. You can still use CS3 for this, but wont be playback in CS4. Hopefully Adobe is able to bring this feature back. Being able to save all collateral as one psd file would save a lot of headaches. So to use playback, I import my Maya model into 3D Max and export it as a .3DS file.</p>
<p><strong>CS3 Mesh Animation Workflow</strong></p>
<p>You can just open it photoshop cs3. Then just set each layer at the need keyframe. Now set a layer comp for each state.</p>
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We&amp;#8217;re going to take a look at Photoshop&amp;#8217;s new 3D features.
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Although new camera control [...]</description><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://pixil.info/tutorials/photoshop/3d-in-photoshop-cs4/feed/</wfw:commentRss><feedburner:origLink>http://pixil.info/tutorials/photoshop/3d-in-photoshop-cs4/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Back Up Wii Games &amp; Installing HomeBrew</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pixil/~3/iB8dh4RHg0A/</link><category>Hardware</category><category>Modding</category><category>Tutorials</category><category>dingo</category><category>installing</category><category>nintendo</category><category>workflow</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">pixil@ng-host.com (Pixil.info)</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:06:25 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://pixil.info/?p=106</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div class="ebox dingo">
<h5>Episode 12</h5>
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<p><strong>Coming up on today&#8217;s epsiode:</strong></p>
<p>Burning a Nintendo Wii game backup &amp; Installing The Homebrew Channel.</p>
<p><strong>Burning Wii Backup</strong></p>
<p>OK, first we are going to burn a wii backup disk, here we got a Modified Wii with FW 3.4U with a Wiikey Installed. Lets take a look at the Burning workflow process. This only pertains to Modified Wii&#8217;s Support Playing BackUp Disks.</p>
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<p>Preparing the Wii Backup .ISO image. Most wii backups are about 4.37gb. Use WiiBrickBlocker to remove any Region updates that may harm your wii. Remember, NEVER update from outside your wii&#8217;s region.</p>
<p>Once completed we are going to be changing the region of the wii iso, open RegionFrii, There are 3 different types of regions to choose from, Europe, US, Japan, the game we are burning is the New Naruto Shippuden EX3 only released in Japan. so we will select our own current region, in my case it is US, click convert.</p>
<p>Imgburn, clonecd, and Nero, work for windows, but i prefer to use my Mac Built In Disk Utility to burn the wii backup, I burn at 2x to 4x but never higher than that. you can burn both + and -R&#8217;s. If you use +r&#8217;s then they have to be booktyped to - rom. I recommend useing Sony for Japaneese regional  Backups, i have had a few problems with other brand disks when burning Foreign games. Onced finished burining do a quick test on the wii to make sure your game can be played.</p>
<p>Alright and there ya have it! Burning your wii backups!</p>
<p><strong>Installing Homebrew Channel</strong></p>
<p>It allows Installations of The HomeBrew Browser, Apps, Games, and Utilities! We are going to be needing A FAT Formated SD Card, (preferably a 2GB) a copy of The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess with your consoles region. My current version of the wii is Updated to 3.4U some features may have some problems with certain homebrew apps and utilities. some utilities may not work properly a downgrade is optional.</p>
<p>First we are going to take the twilight hack v0.1 beta2, saved game file. Place it in the SD card in /private/wii/title/rzde/data.bin. Put your SD card in your Wii and turn it on. Go into Wii Options &#8211;&gt; Data Management &#8211;&gt; Save Data &#8211;&gt; Wii.</p>
<p>Find your Zelda save, click on it, click &#8220;Erase&#8221;, and click Yes. Open the SD card and select the &#8220;Twilight Hack&#8221; save that corresponds to your game region. Click copy and then yes. Now exit out of the menu.</p>
<p>If you are using System Menu 3.4, you must use the hack right away or it may reset and you&#8217;ll have to start over.</p>
<p>Insert The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess game disc and run the game. Depending on what type of game and consol region you have, you have a choice on what save file to load. since i  have a 0A-2 USA Zelda disk with a USA console, i will use the second save slot.</p>
<p>Once in the game, turn and talk to the man standing to the side. Follow threw with the install. Restart the Wii and you will have the Wii HOMEBREW CHANNEL.</p>
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Burning a Nintendo Wii game backup &amp;#38; Installing The Homebrew Channel.
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<h5>Episode 11</h5>
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<p><strong>Coming up on today&#8217;s epsiode:</strong></p>
<p>How to create custom drum kits with BeatPort and a review of the new BeatMaker 1.3</p>
<p><strong>New Features BeatMaker 1.3</strong></p>
<p>So first, Lets take a look at the the upgraded sequencer. With the introduction to the new preview bar, it makes it easy to scrub through long patterns. We can now zoom in and out of the sequencer and can now insert and remove bars on the timeline.</p>
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<p>Next there&#8217;s the dynamic access bar which lets us quickly jump between different settings. We can now quickly switch between patterns while in the editor. Drum patterns can now be up to 4 bars long and The &quot;step resolution&quot; can now be edited up to 1/64T. </p>
<p>And finally as a bonus, they&#8217;ve added pitch and pan editors in the step editors tab.</p>
<p>Next, we got a whole new pad editing screen for easy access to settings. An improved wav editor with cropping and zooming function&#8230; and a new cross controller with fullscreen mode for live effects.</p>
<p>Next up, we got audio recording. Thats right, everyone asked for it, and we finally got it. You can now record directly from the iPhones built-in mic or headset.</p>
<p>Now lets take a look at the new Moog filter. Features low-high and a band-pass frequency with resonance support. Also theres improvement to the delay effect featuring dotted and triplet rhythm support.</p>
<p>Last but not least, you can finally export your beats in midi format.</p>
<p><strong>Use BeatPack to create your own custom kit.</strong></p>
<p>So first we&#8217;ll need to download BeatPack from intrua&#8217;s website. <a href="http://intrua.net/shop.html" title="Download BeatPack">http://intrua.net/shop.html</a></p>
<p>When you open up the app, first thing you&#8217;ll see is the share kits and samples section. If you read the instructions first you&#8217;ll get a head start on how to sync your audio files from your desktop to your iPhone. But first, I&#8217;m going to jump to over to the Create Kit section.</p>
<p>The Drag Zone is where we&#8217;ll be loading our samples. Simply drag an audio file to the desired pad to load it. This is were your creativity comes into play. I like to arrange my samples in groups, so when I play it live, I can play it with ease. So when your kit is ready, you can fill out the information section and even upload a kit icon. To save it out, click the generate button.</p>
<p>Next, goto the Share kits section and follow the instructions to get your kit onto your iPhone.<br />So heres a quick run down. Goto BeatMaker, in the home section, click on the BeatPack Icon, then click on add server. Next, type in your computers IP address, you can find it in the share kits section in the BeatPack app.</p>
<p>When your ip shows up in the server list, simply click on it and hit the download button.<br />Just navigate to your file and hit the download button. When its done, close it and load it as a kit.</p>
<p>And Thats pretty much how we create a custom kit, with BeatPack.<br />Remeber, you can upload your tunes back over to your desktop by using the upload function.</p>
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Coming up on today&amp;#8217;s epsiode:
How to create custom drum kits with BeatPort and a review of the new BeatMaker 1.3
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<h5>Episode 10</h5>
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<p><strong>Coming up on today&#8217;s epsiode:</strong></p>
<p>Jermbo shows us some cool techniques to turn a sketch into a vector masterpiece!</p>
<p>I have opened my sketch in Adobe Illustrator CS4. The very first thing I like to do is lock my original art layer, and give it a name of BG. And now add a new layer and call it base. Generally I like to do 95% of my drawing on one layer but there are times when it is necessary to add more, but I will cross that when I get there.</p>
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<p>Make sure that the layer called base is selected, you know this by the blue highlight over the layer.  Grab the direct select tool and then the pen tool. Go down to your foreground and stroke icons and make sure the fill is set to none. You can do that by clicking on the fill box to bring it to the front and the selecting the box with the line through it. It’s the third little box. The first one is for a solid color and the second one is for a gradient fill. Now let’s begin the vectorization! I am going to start at the peace holding hand. And what I am doing is outlining the entire hand not worrying about the details in side.</p>
<p>If you noticed that sometimes I don’t place the node exactly where I want it, I simply press the space bar while the mouse button is still down and move it where I want it to be. Now I am going into the detail parts. Take a few moments and outline the rest on the guy and add the line detail on the inside.</p>
<p>One trick that I use for the circle eyes and other objects is grab the oval tool in to tool bar or hit the “L” key, the draw the perfect circle. Don’t forget to save often!</p>
<p>When you think you have everything outlined and all the detail added, turn off the sketch layer. Now turn it back on to see if there is any detail that you might have missed, do this until all the detail is complete.</p>
<p><strong>Filling Process</strong></p>
<p>This part is important. I grabbed all of the outsides of the outlines, leaving the detail lines alone, and gave them a fill. What! This is all out of whack. Don’t worry because we are going to take a few seconds to place them where we need them.  I want to now go over some hot keys with you. I could send a lot of time selecting an object that I want to move and go to appearance and send back or send front , but that is too time consuming.</p>
<p>Instead I am going to use Control plus the Left Bracket key to send back one level. ( Command left bracket on a Mac. ) I am going to continues hitting that combination until that Item is behind the other item. For example notice the shirt sleeve is above the arm, that’s not right, I know I want that all the way in the back, so I am going to hit Control plus Shift plus Left Bracket to send it to back. Just use Command instead of control on a Mac. The Same thing with the ear.</p>
<p>But notice one eye brow is covered up by the hair, sending it back isn’t the right thing to do so lets send it all the way to the front. The process is the same sending something back or forth, the difference is the bracket key. So we want to sent this one to the front, lets hit Control plus Shift plus Right Bracket key and BOOM! Its on top. Go ahead and pick some base colors you like for the shirt hair skin and necklace spikes .  The blob bruch is coming up.</p>
<p><strong>Blob Brush Features</strong></p>
<p>Now for the Blob brush! I want oto go over a few settings first so double click on the blob brush icon and the options will show up. Since I am using a wacom tablet then this helps the tool be the best it can. I like to keep selected unchecked and selection limits merged also unchecked. They both do exactly what they say.</p>
<p>Fidelity at the lowest number 0.5 allows you to record exactly what movements you make. The higher the number, 20 being the max, the more the computer tried to guess to what you meant. So my number is 2.5, here it copies the right amount of information while fixing the small errors for me. Smoothness does exactly what it says, I like to keep this at 7. If you don’t have a tablet set then the rest doesn’t really apply to you. But I do so I will explain what they do.</p>
<p>Size is the size of the brush. I am going to change the fixed to Pressure so I can let the amount of pressure I place on my pen decide how big the brush is. The variation slider is saying how small can be or how big it will be. I like to set it at about 4 or 5 pts that way I get a nice variation.</p>
<p>The other two options can be summed up the same way as the first. Just note that you cannot have variation on roundness if it is at 100%, it needs to be less than 90% to be able to vary</p>
<p>Now that I have the explanation out of the way lets draw! Here I grab a fill color that is a little darker the skin and start to fill I n a shadow. So I am going to pick a light source and add a shadow to the opposite side. As you can see this is going to take some tweaking but it is a hell of a lot faster that using the pen tool and making each point, and you get a more natural flow to it. So now Illustrator is now a true illustration tool.   And its as simple as that. So take a few moments to apply this to the rest of the drawing. Next is the new improved gradient tool.</p>
<p><strong>Using the Gradient tool</strong></p>
<p>Now that you have the art looking the way you want it I think a nice gradient in the background will look nice. So lest make a square and send it to the very back.give it a gradient and drag a color in the icon like normal. Grab the gradient tool and lookie here the display is different you have a bar. Now roll over that bar and notice that stubs appear and incicate what colors are where now double click that stub and up pops a in place edit that allows you to change your color. Ok now change the other stub. Lets add a new stub.. it’s as simple as double clicking on an empty area, and as you change colors add new colors notice that it is changing on the shape also. This makes the gradient tool 100 times more powerful and useful.</p>
<p>Lets change it to a radial gradient and notice the display changes to a circle you can still edit the gradient stubs but here you can grab the black dots on the out side circle and either manipulate the roundness or length of the radial and place the radial where it looks the best.</p>
<p>CS4 now has transparency in gradients! Now more transparent masks and all that other jazz. Just click on the sutb that you want to be transparent and change the setting to zero. To prove that this is a true transparency I will put a new shape behind the gradient and give it a color other than white and there you have it!</p>
<p>Go ahead and take the image I was using off of <a href="http://jermbo.com/">my site</a> and practice this a few times. Don’t be afraid of trying this technique with your own sketches.</p>
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I have opened my sketch in Adobe Illustrator CS4. The very first thing I like to do is lock my original art layer, and give it a name of [...]</description><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://pixil.info/tutorials/sketch-to-vector/feed/</wfw:commentRss><feedburner:origLink>http://pixil.info/tutorials/sketch-to-vector/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Back Up 360 Games</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pixil/~3/1_KUr7rjH6w/</link><category>Hardware</category><category>Modding</category><category>Tutorials</category><category>dingo</category><category>installing</category><category>workflow</category><category>xbox 360</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">pixil@ng-host.com (Pixil.info)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:42:35 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://pixil.info/?p=100</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div class="ebox dingo">
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<p>Back up your Xbox 360 games!</p>
<p>Burning a Xbox360 Backup for the NME2.0 Chip. This model has the BenQ DVD drive,  installed with the NME2.0 Mod-chip.  Lets take a look at the workflow process.</p>
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<p><strong>Step1: Backing up your XBOX 360 Game</strong></p>
<p>So once you have a successful Xbox360 Game dump, you should end up with two files, a .dvd and a .iso file. You can check out our article on YouNoob.net for more info.</p>
<p><strong>Step2: Changing the Region with XDVD Mulleter Beta 10</strong></p>
<p>Okay so after backing up your game, you&#8217;ll want to change the Region of the game using XDVD Mulleter Beta 10 for windows. It must either be Region Free or  your console region.</p>
<p><strong>Step 3: Converting the Backup to be NME Compatible.</strong></p>
<p>We&#8217;ll be using the offical NME software NME Associator.</p>
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<li>Part 1.  Open the Associator and go to the Extract Tab, Here we&#8217;ll extract the Security Sector (or .ss file) from the .ISO. Then select the iso and save out your .ss file. in the same folder as your .iso and .dvd</li>
<li>Part 2. You&#8217;ll need merge the .ss file with the current .iso file. Next select your iso and browse for your .ss file, and then hit Convert.</li>
<li>Part 3. This will act as our fail safe. So lets make sure your dump is fully converted. So goto the convert tab, select the ISO, and click Create.</li>
<li>If everything went correctly, you&#8217;re game dump should now be NME compatible.</li>
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<p><strong>Step 4: Burning your backup</strong></p>
<p>There are two different programs that can burn your backup. IMGBurn and CloneCD. In this tutorial we will be using IMGBurn.   Before burning we must make sure our preferences are correct for burning the xbox360 disk. You will need a blank DVD+R DL.</p>
<p>I recommend Verbatim brand, as they are the highest quality and most reliable.</p>
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<li>Part 1. Change your Booktype to your current DVD burner.</li>
<li>Part 2. Under the Tools / Settings file menu, go to the write tab and you will see &#8220;Layer Break&#8221; options. Select &#8220;User Specified&#8221; place this sequence of numbers: 1913760. This gives us the correct spacing between the data when burning the disk.</li>
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<p><strong>Step 5: Ready to burn</strong></p>
<p>Ok! Now its ready to burn</p>
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<li>Part 1. Click ok and save your settings</li>
<li>Part 2. Click Write Image file to disk</li>
<li>Part 3. For the Source, select the .dvd file of your 360 dump, NOT THE ISO FILE!!</li>
<li>Part4. Set your burn speed to 2.4x. Uncheck Verify. then you are ready to burn!</li>
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<p>And there ya have it, a successfully burnt xbox 360 backup. I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and please post your feedback and comments on Pixil.info and Younoob.net. Extra information can be found in the Show notes. Thanks and happy hacking.</p>
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<p>Today we&#8217;re gonna take a look at keeping up with your social sites while your on the go. Being stuck at a red light might not seem like the best place to keep up with the latest breaking news. But if your in terrible traffic, being able to scan the latest headline can help you keep your sanity.</p>
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<p>My favorite rss reader for this is Google&#8217;s mobile reader. It&#8217;s very easy to read, and share content. You can star an iteam to read later. Sharing will post stories you like to other services like friendfeed or a blog. You can also attach notes with comments.</p>
<p>My next favorite iPhone app is Qik. Qik allows you to broadcast live video. This opens the door to turing you into your own broadcasting station. You can edit your titles by clicking on the screen. Your titles and tags can default to the last used if you forget. You can control wether you want your video to be public or private. Here you can toggle audio and user chats. When recording, you can send twitter a link to your recordings. When your finished recording, the red text on the top right tells how much of the video is finished uploading.</p>
<p>Now we&#8217;ll look at posting pictures. My preferred method of uploading and tagging my photos, is through Klick. Klick links to your Flickr account. You can acces all of your contacts photos. We can use the geo-location features to find photos taken around your area. You can upload your photos under the more tab, and pick a photo from the camera roll. You also take a picture from with klick.</p>
<p>And now my last one for this episode is, Netshare. Netshare allows you to link up your phone&#8217;s net connection to your laptop. Although the iPhone can juggle many task, there&#8217;s still times when you&#8217;ll need a computer. And there you have it, a couple of my on the go iphone work flows, utilizing these apps on the go can really help empower your mobile office.</p>
<p>So thats it for this episode of pixil.info, see ya next time</p>
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