2/13/2024 0 Comments Blender tutorial camera trackingIt can also change the camera being used for each scene anytime, and even hide inactive cameras to make everything more organized. Navigating through shots will be easier because it can quickly add new shots, rename, and remove shots. It helps you manage and navigate through your camera shots and change cameras. Shotlist is another add-on that helps you save time. For projects that involve complex rendering, this addon can also help by separating complex render set-ups. It also helps in organizing your shots without saving them in different files. Through this addon, you can also choose to save frame ranges from multiple files and render all cameras that were used. Shot Manager helps in speeding up rendering time for this kind of project. When camera tracking, you might want to work on various footage that can be connected with each other. This add on is great if you want to work with multiple video files but want to save it in a single file. Overall, this addon lets you save time in making final adjustments to your camera. You can increase the aperture to create a sharper image or change the shutter speed to produce a motion blur effect. The auto-exposure feature adjusts the brightness of the scene while autofocus adjusts where the camera should focus based on the camera’s center. Real Camera allows you to easily control real camera features such as aperture, shutter speed, focal length, auto exposure, and autofocus. This add-on lets you do the same thing with Blender’s camera. If you have experienced using a camera in real life then you’d know that it has various settings that you could adjust. This add-on can make your animations more realistic by applying calibrations to your 3D camera. When importing an object, you’d want it to appear with the same focal length and angle as the original shot. This helps when initially setting up the 3D camera in your scene. Knowing that camera tracking works with image sequences, then this add on can be easily used. It can reconstruct the camera to match the angle and perspective based on an image. This add-on is very useful in calibrating 3D cameras in Blender. There are various available add-ons that can help you with adding single or multiple cameras and also for the processing of data from the image sequence.īLAM, Real Camera, Shot Manager, Shotlist, Quake Motion Camera Shake, QuickShot, Cablecam, and Render Burst are my suggested addons for this. Once a camera trajectory is extracted, the data will be transferred to a camera in Blender in order to set up a scene. Addons for CamerasĪn important component in camera tracking is the camera. This article is part of a multi part ongoing series about anything Blender.Ĭheck out any other articles in Mount CG’s dedicated Blender section. Through these addons, your work can be more efficient and less time-consuming. You can opt to install add ons related to the adding of cameras, the scene lighting, importing of objects, and even for the tracking itself. There are multiple add-ons that you can use while camera tracking in Blender. In short, the object’s animation in the scene corresponds to the extracted camera path. This path can then be used to let you add an object to your video footage while making it appear realistic as it goes along the camera path. Camera tracking means extracting the path taken by the actual camera that was used to take the shot.
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2/13/2024 0 Comments World chef all chefsI love the guy, but remind me never to take his cooking class. I’ve honestly never seen him as frustrated as he was during this challenge. Poor traumatized Suni then tells the judges that the experience makes her less interested in cooking in the future. I feel so embarrassed right now,” he says. “Oh my f*cking God, this girl has been winning an Olympic gold medal and I just screamed at her. Time’s up and the chefs are shown the Olympians they’ve been working with and Gabri is mortified. “From the energy in this kitchen I think we might be winning,” Sara tells her partner. When COVID closed restaurants across America, she started cooking classes, with all the proceeds going to her employees. Sara, meanwhile, has experience teaching cooking. Ali has the wisdom to use measuring cups and spoons so that he can give his partner specific instructions and make their dishes as similar as possible. He later instructs Hunter to get parsley and Hunter identifies it because “parsley is pointy!” Time for the thyme, which Hunter identifies as looking like a Christmas tree.Īli and Mallory have a relatively smooth partnership. He has to explain to Hunter what leeks are - no judgment here, Buddha might have to explain the same thing to me in the kitchen. No bueno.īuddha doesn’t have quite as many communication problems with Hunter, though Buddha still wishes he could jump over the partition, cook both dishes, and just let Hunter watch. Then she burns the butter for her baby corn and chili sauce. She doesn’t know what that is, so he explains it by saying “coriander” again, but louder. He tells her to get a pan and fill it with oil, but instead of “pan” Suni hears “cup.” He tells her to fry a chili, but she picks the wrong one. Communicating through the wall is hard enough, but Gabri’s accent seems to make it more so. Gabri and Suni get off on the wrong foot immediately and hilariously. We’re introduced to the chefs’ partners while they chefs are blindfolded: Paralympic swimming medalist Mallory Weggemann (paired with Ali), Paralympic track and field medalist Hunter Woodhall (paired with Buddha), Olympic gymnastics medalist Suni Lee (paired with Gabri), and Olympic track and field gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (paired with Sara). Who doesn’t have a Michelin star these days, amirite? Though honestly, every guest this season seems to have a Michelin star. The guest judge for the challenge is Michelin-starred chef Greg Marchand. They won’t know who their partner is, and they won’t be able to see each other until the cooking is done. They’ll have to guide a mystery guest through the process of cooking the same dish. The chefs will each have to prepare a dish using the limited ingredients set out for them, but that’s not the hard part. We go straight into this season’s very last Quickfire: the “infamous” wall challenge. “Today we mark our 300th episode,” says host Padma Lakshmi when she meets the final four chefs in front of the Eiffel Tower. SEE ‘Top Chef’ 20 episode 12 recap: In ‘Goodbye, London,’ one chef returns to try to fool the judges 2/13/2024 0 Comments Plastic suet feederSuet Feeders are designed to offer suet and no-melt suet dough to the birds that enjoy this high-energy food. For more information regarding prices and shipping (within Canada only) please visit our store in Barrie (515 Bryne Drive, Barrie, ON), phone us (705) 726-7600 or send us an email. Please note that all of information provided on our website about our products is meant to be informative only. 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2/13/2024 0 Comments Autocue for macOpen the Contour Shuttle app located in the Applications folder. Find the Contour Shuttle app in the disk image and drag it to the Applications folder. If you received the disk image by email, do not double-click it inside Mail. Open the Contour Shuttle disk image (.dmg file) located in the Downloads folder or on the Desktop. Uninstall the Contour Shuttle driver using the Contour Shuttle Uninstaller found in the Help menu of the Contour Shuttle app. Disconnect any Shuttle PRO or Shuttle Xpress device connected to the Mac. These steps differ from previous instructions we have provided for earlier versions of macOS.ġ. Please follow the steps below carefully to properly uninstall any previous Shuttle drivers and install the macOS driver. Restart your Mac one last time, and enjoy your new Contour device! b) For Ventura: click in the next window on "open system settings">"ok">under security: "Details">enter your password>click on the toggle next to "Contour Design Mouse">"Allow" 11. Click the Allow button next to “System software from application Contour Mouse was blocked from loading”. You must be in an administrator account to install the driver. a) For older OS versions: Enter your password. For older OS versions: Click the yellow lock at the bottom left corner of the System Preferences window/Ventura: You will be asked if you want to open it. When the System Extension Blocked warning pops up, click Open Security Preferences. Open the Contour Mouse app located in the Applications folder. Find the Contour Mouse app in the disk image and drag it to the Applications folder. Move it to the Desktop first, then open it. Open the Contour Mouse disk image (.dmg file) that you downloaded from our web page. Uninstall the Contour Mouse driver, like you would any other application (e.g.: from "applications" menu, drag it to the bin) 3. Disconnect any Contour device connected to the Mac. These steps differ from previous instructions we have provided for earlier versions of macOS. Mac: Please follow the steps below carefully to properly uninstall any previous Contour Mouse drivers, and install the latest driver. It should start automatically with starting the computer the first time after installation, but will not do so after future reboots and boot-ups. 6.Ěfter reboot, feel free to start using the software. Again, please save any open documents, and proceed. The Contour Mouse software will ask you to reboot one final time. 4.ĝouble-click the Contour Mouse file located in the Downloads folder (or your custom default location for downloads), and follow the steps in the installation process. Please save any open documents, and proceed. The Contour Mouse software will ask you to reboot. Should you be unsure about how to do this correctly, please follow the steps in Microsofts documentation: ). If applicable, uninstall the old contour driver software using the standard way of uninstalling apps and software on Windows. Mouse driver installation – Windows and macOS Windows (Mac instructions below):ġ.Ĝlose the Contour Mouse Software, if it is open. Please follow the steps below carefully to properly uninstall any previous Contour Mouse drivers, and install the latest driver. 2/12/2024 0 Comments Typinator vs typeit4meI use text replacement and my iPhone and these are syncing to my Mac via iCloud. That said, aText is our favorite thanks to its comprehensive feature set, great performance, and reasonable price. Strong work, Smile.Strangely, Mac OS X has a wide variety of great text expansion apps and everyone does the job well. $20 a year is reasonable and sustainable for both the customers and the developers. I am so happy about this, because I was not looking forward to moving 600+ snippets to another utility. So, it looks like I’ll be staying on the TE bandwagon. Thanks for bearing with us as we sorted this out. We value our long-term customers, and it’s important for us to demonstrate that in our actions. In our initial rollout, we offered the discount for the first year only, and that was a mistake. We will apply a lifetime discount of 50% off the Life Hacker pricing to customers of any past version of TextExpander. Today, TextExpander has listened to long time customers, and have adjusted. Photoshop and Microsoft Office are each $10 per month, and I don’t think TextExpander is even close to 50% of the value or complexity of those apps. If, by the end of the “next version of OS X”, the pricing structure doesn’t get more realistic, I’ll move away from TextExpander. I will spend the next few months exporing alternatives, and hoping Smile comes up with a more realistic pricing structure. AND, there is still not an iPad Pro-optimized version of the app five months later. On top of my dwindling use of TextExpander Touch, the iOS app doesn’t seem to background sync, so every time I add a snippet on my Mac, I have to open the iOS app and force a sync. Most apps that I use that sync snippets with TextExpander Touch have their own snippet libraries ( Drafts, Editorial), and I’m using Copied to keep longer blocks of text at the ready. I keep regular snippets in the stock Keyboard settings, because the TextExpander Touch keyboard is virtually unusable. I find myself rarely using TextExpander on my iOS devices anymore. Without a reasonable option, I will either migrate my snippets to Keyboard Maestro, or check out another expansion utility like TypeIt4Me or Typinator On iOS I’d happily pay $20 a year for a TextExpander subscription without all the collaboration features. I want to keep my snippets in Dropbox and call it a day. I don’t need or want all the collaboration features of the forthcoming service. Smile will keep the lights on “through El Capitain and the next version of OS X” for current users, but after that, who knows what will happen… On the Mac In the same 10 years, I would have spent $600 on TextExpander. Works out to about a buck a month, and that’s certainly worth it. In total, I’ve spent $120 to use TextExpander for 10 years. Then a $20 upgrade to 5.0 last year, which took it back out of the Mac App Store. For the big 4.0 update, I bought the new version in the Mac App Store. I upgraded (paid $35) to 3.0 with OS X 10.6. I must have gotten a deal, because it was only $20. The first version I bought was 1.3 in 2006. I searched my email archive and found my receipts for TextExpander. Current TextExpander users receive a 50% loyalty discount for their first year. TextExpander is US $4.95 per month for individuals on the Life Hacker plan. I’m not sure how I feel about it, but I do know that I will have to seriously consider whether I’m going to switch to the new model. Smile Software posted on their blog that they were changing the pricing model for TextExpander. On my 8 month old laptop, I’ve expanded snippets over 8500 times, saving 34 hours of typing.
2/12/2024 0 Comments Project cars images“They tried to fuck us over, there’s no other way to put it,” he said back in 2017. In a statement issued to, EA had earlier claimed that Slightly Mad employees would be transferred “into suitable roles across our EA Sports and racing portfolio” where possible.Īccording to VGC, Bell previously accused EA of attempting to “destroy” Slightly Mad after it published the studio’s first two games: Need For Speed: Shift (2009) and its sequel Shift 2: Unleashed (2011). I also announced it would be a spiritual successor to Shift. I was over-ruled (wasn't accustomed to that) by a 'marketing department'. You won't know this but I argued vociferously for PC3 to be called by another name to differentiate it from the 'hardcore sim line'. Please grab me on Ian Bell – Something Unique and massive coming. November 9, 2022įor any of the old team I haven't gotten numbers for (called as yet). Ian Bell – Something Unique and massive coming. GTR Revolution is going full hardcore in every possible way we can think of. Many of the GTR2 guys are already with us and most of the pCARS2 superstars want to join. So that's about 18 hours and counting calling all of the old pCARS2 team. He also responded to some fans questions in the replies – you can check out the posts below. Later, Bell called on “any of the old team I haven’t gotten numbers for” to contact him via email. For some reason, most cars are set to ‘loose’ for their default setups, which you may prefer but doesn’t help the learning curve.“Many of the GTR 2 guys are already with us and most of the superstars want to join. As far as I can tell the vast majority of bugs have been eradicated, though some of the AI driving can be a bit wobbly, but usually just makes them easier to pass. Are there any downsides to Project Cars 2 ?Īs good as PC2 is, it’s not perfect, but mainly just needs a bit of care. There are a number of side events that quickly open up as you go along that provide access to different cars and tracks to give you a taste of more exciting machinery. Now you can choose to start at the top and jump into prototypes if you so wish, or you can elect to start in go karts, sports car or touring cars and progress along a different career pathway. Clear improvements have been made from the first Project Cars, which was quite linear in how it made you progress. There are so many cars and tracks that simply sampling them all in free practice or custom races should keep you occupied, but dive into the Career mode and you have the chance to progress up the motorsport ladder. Even without the DLC there is an incredible array of machinery available to sample it’s far too extensive to list here, but think of a racing category (Ind圜ar, Group C, Group A, historic F1, production cars, Rallycross, LMP1/2/3 and much, much more) and it’s likely to be represented here. Messages of concern to Simply Mad Studio on social media were not responded to but clearly taken to heart, as upon re-installation (along with a colossal 60GB of updates) Project Cars 2 is the racing sim it should’ve been from the start. As an avid fan of the original Project Cars I bought the sequel as soon as it came out only to be left disheartened by weird handling quirks: the Lamborghini Huracan would power oversteer wildly and uncontrollably in every gear and the GT3 race cars would spear off the road at high speed, just when you’d expect downforce to stick them to the road.Īssetto Corsa Competizione review: Blancpain GT racing on PC My initial experience wasn’t so pleasant. Wheels are supported and, to be frank, are a must. Visit the Project Cars website (for the required PC specs. Virtual reality is supported with HTC Vive and Oculus Rift and triple-screen is also supported for PC users. Project Cars 2 is compatible with Microsoft Windows, Xbox One and Playstation 4. 2/12/2024 0 Comments Microsoft one drive macWhen it comes to finding files, however, Google Drive is definitely faster and more intuitive. But for business users who regularly collaborate within the same documents in real time, OneDrive should come closer to reflecting instantaneous changes. Honestly, everyday users with free plans probably won't notice the difference. As a result, auto-syncs run more quickly and smoothly.īut since many Google Drive users opt to create their files using cloud platforms like Docs, Slides, and Sheets, local file syncing may not be a priority anyway. OneDrive utilizes a technology called block-level copying (also called delta or differential sync), which basically allows it to identify what has been changed since the last sync and update only those things rather than re-uploading the most recent copy of every file. File syncing is faster with OneDrive, but Google Drive makes it much easier to organize and search files But if total amount of storage is your main concern, Google Drive is definitely the better option for your team. So if your primary concern is saving on storage, OneDrive gives you plenty for just $5/month. The two higher OneDrive tiers add nothing to the 1 TB storage, while Google Drive offers additional 2 TB and 5 TB options. Unfortunately, OneDrive cut its $10/month unlimited storage plan, so Google Drive also wins out above the basic tier. From there, OneDrive offers 1 TB for $7/month, while Google Drive offers a 200 GB plan for just $3/month before jumping up to a 2 TB option for $10/month.įor business users, the OneDrive pricing structure is far more generous at its lowest tier with $5/month for 1 TB, while Google Drive charges a dollar more per month for a paltry 30 GB. Those who need more than 15 GB can choose a 100 GB plan from either platform for the same cost of $2/month. This means that people who keep a lot of emails with embedded images or attachments may find themselves maxing out the free OneDrive storage more quickly than they would with Google Drive. It's also worth noting that as of 2023, Outlook emails now count toward your OneDrive storage utilization, while Google includes Gmails and Google Photos in your total storage allotment. (I've been using the same Google Drive account for about seven years, and I only just passed the 90% storage utilization mark.) OneDrive's free plan, by comparison, only offers 5 GB of storage. OneDrive's basic business plan is far more generous than Google's, but Google Drive has superior free and upper-tier business plansĬasual users should stick with Google Drive, as its 15 GB free plan is more than enough storage to last you quite a while. Mobile syncing: Both platforms have mobile apps that can be used to access, organize, and add files to your drives while on the go. Pricing and storage differences aside, the tools offered by both platforms are functionally about the same.įile sharing and real-time collaboration: Both platforms offer equal file sharing and collaboration capabilities.įile histories: Both keep 30-day file histories so that you can revert to old versions easily. (Google Drive also caps this at 100 versions.) Privacy: Neither option uses zero-knowledge encryption, meaning that, in theory, they could access your stored data.īusiness features: When you purchase a business subscription to either platform, you'll gain access to collaborative tools like expanded web calling capacity, shared team drives, and administrative security controls. Security: Both Microsoft's and Google's cloud platforms offer comparable security features like two-factor authentication, tiered file access, and encryption of in-transit and at-rest files. If you're looking for a tie-breaker between OneDrive and Google Drive, none of these will be it. Google Workspace Marketplace offers hundreds of native integrations with popular apps, plus an "apps to discover" section for uncovering new innovative integrations also integrates through Zapier Integrates with other Microsoft products and a limited selection of third-party platforms integrates with thousands of apps through Zapier Standard folder hierarchy with different views plus a highly advanced search function for faster file search Standard folder hierarchy with multiple views like thumbnails and lists Offers automatic syncing with computer files, but doesn't utilize block-level copying and may take more time and bandwidth Offers automatic syncing with computer files block-level copying makes auto-syncing faster Include premium features like larger video meetings, business email, and advanced security features $5, $6, and $12.50/month plans all have 1 TB Include premium features like larger video meetings, Office suite access, and advanced security features $10/month for 6 TB for a family (1 TB per person) 2/12/2024 0 Comments New edition n.e. heart breakFrom head to toe, the album was produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who already mastering 80s Black pop, had added New Jack Swing music to their skills. This is an essential R&B and should be in every serious record collectors bin." Heartbreak is the last album to give eternal fans a little bit of the old NE and an sexy introduction to the men of New Edition. BBD do their standing-on-the-corner-rappin'-with-the-fellas thing for the bridge, and then it's onto the third chorus, vamping its way out, but not before one last, thrilling "Wooo! More than simply back up but talented and accomplished entertainers in their own right. And did you hear that, buried in the second chorus? It's a spine tingling experience. Ralph's voice is strong and urgent, reminiscent of Michael Jackson's coo at moments (such as his "giiii-iiirl" which opens the second verse like a waterfall)from Johnny, before he and Ralph go over and over "you're not my, you're not, you're not, my kind." as the song closes on itself. But "Girl"'s coup de grace is the twist I didn't notice until very recently: not only is Ralph singing lead, he's got Johnny backing him up on the verses, adding a deep, delicious harmony. The track is purely synthetic, of its moment but never sounding too dated. And then what's done with the "sorry"s, toyed and toggled into submission, almost cut and scratched, but not quite, with accomplished singer Johnny Gill riffing all over it. Listen with headphones, and hear the channel-jumping "you're very pretty"s going back and forth, buried in the mix. What catches the ear first in their finest moment, the single "You're Not My Kind of Girl," however, isn't the singing, but the production tricks in the song's intro. had a pair of singers blessed with creamy tenor voices who could both take the lead. In other words, it is recommended for the casual r&b fan and essential for the casual new jack fan." For all of these qualities, this album will go down as one of the best albums of the new jack swing era and is first-rate R&B across all other urban genres (adult comtemporary, urban contemporary, classic soul). Every song follows the next, which makes for an easy listen. Their isn't any filler, which is hard to come by for R&B albums. This is the epitomy of pure soul.Īll in all, heart break is the best album new edition recorded. This is my favorite track on the set with Johnny's smooth vocals complimented by Ralph's silky bridge. Rounding out the album is the unforgettable assurance of "Boys to Men". "I'm Comin' Home" has a nice mid-tempo groove, which is just right for Ralph's quiet yet forceful delivery. It's my third favorite track and one that is usually overlooked in regards to first-rate NE tracks. Ricky, Ralph, and Ronnie compliment team up to deliver a smooth tune. "Competition", is New Edition at their best. From the memorable chorus to Johnny's buttery vocals complimented with Ralph's smooth delivery, it was destined to top the charts, staying there for 2 weeks. "Can You Stand the Rain" introduces the ballad side of Heart Break. "Superlady" rounds out the dance/new jack flava of the album. "You're Not My Kind of Girl" is a pleasing follow-up to crucial. It's still an enjoyable listen, peaking at #4 on the r&b chart. "Crucial" continues in dance mode, but is lighter sounding. All five members get in on the act, and in the process, peaking at #13 on the r&b chart. Having a memorable chorus and top-notch production, "If It Isn't Love" nearly topped the r&b charts at #2 and did pretty well on the pop chart too, #7. Their first single, "If It Isn't Love", had success written all over it. They make you reminisce with them as they tell you "Where It All Started From". They start off by telling you "That's the Way They're Livin'" after a lively introduction. Returning to the album, Jam & Lewis (the production team), and New Edition were in prime form, as heard by Ralph, Ricky, and newcomer Johnny. New Jack Swing was still in its infancy and it's safe to say that Heart Break was a cornerstone album to cement new jack swing as the dominant genre of urban music in 1988. It was even more influential because of the timing. "Being that I'm a die-hard new edition fan, 5 stars simply isn't enough for one of the best r&b albums of all time. |
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