Microsoft’s Office Suite Compatibility Center for Mac and PCs">Microsoft’s Office Suite Compatibility Center for Mac and PCs
Good information from the source about going to or from a Mac or PC with files from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Chris Meyers’ Checklist for Designing HD Motion Graphics">Chris Meyers’ Checklist for Designing HD Motion Graphics
Though I don’t work in HD yet, Chris guides you through several of the issues involved: frame rates, motion blur differences between HD and SD, and many more:“Many motion graphics artists are tackling their first high-definition jobs. In some respects, HD is just like SD, only larger. However, HD also comes with a number of issues that can throw some major curves at you. As with all problems-in-waiting, it’s best to solve them before you start the job, rather than when you think you’re almost finished. Here are questions you need to ask your clients before your next HD job, and what the implications are- technical and artistic-of the answers you may get.”
From the valuable DV.com, with their not-so-valuable must-register-to-read site.
Stephen Schleicher’s Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #53">Stephen Schleicher’s Final Cut Pro Quick Tip #53
The usual solid tips:“If you haven’t incorporated Soundtrack Pro into your Final Cut Pro workflow, you should really give it a chance. In this Final Cut Pro Quick Tip, I’ll show you the process and show you how easy it can be to enhance your audio tracks.”
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MacZealots: Moving Your Home Directory">MacZealots: Moving Your Home Directory
I have to reinstall evrything on the PowerBook – less posting til it’s fixed and running properly again – and this looks like good advice.——-
MEMAP: The 8 Steps of Image Editing
Matt LeClair posted this at what is now MEMAP’s old site; their new WordPress-powered site is here: the Maine Media Arts Project. [New, working link.]
“Editing an image is like editing text. When you edit text, you take an existing piece of text and fix what is wrong with it. The same is true for editing an image. But first you must learn to speak the language of the image. This series of steps will help you to focus on the individual problems an image might have. It will also help you to understand how to use Photoshop’s tools together.”
[Update: new unbroken link added]
Rob Griffiths at Macworld: On the merits of partitioning">Rob Griffiths at Macworld: On the merits of partitioning
Rob’s the editor of the valuable Mac OS Hints site; I post this as a reference. Don’t know if it’s the best thing for video workstations, but it bears investigation.
——-“The question of ‘to partition or not’ will always be somewhat contentious—some see it as a must-do, others see it as a why-do. To me, though, partitioning offers a good protection plan against a long and painful rebuild process, so I see it as quite worth the effort.”