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Comment on Android HTC Hero/Eris x264 (h.264) video encoding with HandBrake by bjbilbo

bjbilbo — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:00:33 +0000

i have an issue with getting my videos in 480 size the biggest it will let me adjust is 320 also gray pass encoding and 2 pass encoding it wont allow me to check and all my videos come out slow and squarely pixaletd im using handbrake 4.9 i believe

Comment on Berkeley Marina by Sam Morris

Sam Morris — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:24:09 +0000

Thanks Nicky, I just took a look at your website. I really like the "StudentenWelkom" design you created, congrats on winning the competition!

Comment on Berkeley Marina by Nicky

Nicky — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:13:28 +0000

Wonderful! Great colors, great location, great pics!

Comment on Photoshop Vector Mask Tutorial (changing a car’s color) by Akhc27

Akhc27 — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:28:33 +0000

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Comment on Photoshop Type on a Path Tutorial by Sam Morris

Sam Morris — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:33:03 +0000

As I mentioned in my previous comment, look over all your path/type settings and make sure everything appears to be set correctly. If your settings seem ok, but it still isn't working I would recommend resetting your Photoshop preferences.

This can be done by holding Ctrl-Alt-Shift in Windows (Command-Option-Shift on a Mac), then opening Photoshop. Right after the blue Photoshop splash screen comes up it will ask if you want to delete your Photoshop preferences. Click yes and all Photoshop options will be set to default.

Comment on Android HTC Hero/Eris x264 (h.264) video encoding with HandBrake by logicc87

logicc87 — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:15:21 +0000

Thank you.

Comment on Photoshop Type on a Path Tutorial by Billie

Billie — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:43:28 +0000

I have done this in the past, but now when I create a path and put my Text tool cursor over it, I cannot get the PATH TYPE cursor to appear. It's like it not detecting there is a path there. Any help? Thanks.

Comment on Android HTC Hero/Eris x264 (h.264) video encoding with HandBrake by Sam Morris

Sam Morris — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:16:51 +0000

The bitrate directly effects the quality of your video. The higher the bitrate value, the less the video will be compressed (resulting in higher quality video, but larger filesize). For example, the Blueray format maxes out at around 40,000kbps, which is responsible for it's amazing quality, but huge filesize. In comparison, a typical low quality video you'll find on YouTube may be around 400kbps.

Comment on Android HTC Hero/Eris x264 (h.264) video encoding with HandBrake by logicc87

logicc87 — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:01:07 +0000

ok thank you, one silly question, how will it benefit me to increase the bitrate? meaning what good does it do to the video?

Comment on Android HTC Hero/Eris x264 (h.264) video encoding with HandBrake by Sam Morris

Sam Morris — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:27:59 +0000

I don't have an Evo to test with although I might soon. The width of the video should be 640px wide, so the full resolution of the screen is used. As for the height, it should be adjusted proportionality. An HD frame scaled down to 640px wide will have a height of 360px, so I would use that as a starting point. In addition, the Evo has a more powerful CPU than the Hero or Eris and you could probably turn up the Average Bitrate from 384 to higher number (assuming you're not concerned with file sizes getting larger).

Comment on Android HTC Hero/Eris x264 (h.264) video encoding with HandBrake by logicc87

logicc87 — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:48:49 +0000

Hi sam, do you happened to have these setting but for the EVO? i tried movies i encoded with for the Hero on the EVO and they worked fine, but i would like to know that correct setting for the pixels for the evo… 640 x 480? im not sure, If you know i would appreciated it.

Comment on Making email links open with Google Apps Mail / Gmail by Sam Morris

Sam Morris — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:12:42 +0000

I believe it's still possible to achieve this in Windows 7, however Microsoft has removed functionality making it harder. When I moved to Windows 7 I found Google Apps Standalone, which essentially installs Chrome application shortcuts for each Google service (mail,docs, etc). You can download it here http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer.htm...

Also there's Google Toolbar, which can set Gmail as the default mail client, and there's Gmail Notifier http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/notifier_w...

Alternatively, if you're in Firefox you could also edit your settings (about:config in the address bar). I was able to edit the default Gmail url so it opened with Google Apps rather than Gmail.

I would recommend avoiding registry editing, but there's various threads on Google help about what values to add/modify.

Comment on Photoshop Type on a Path Tutorial by Sam Morris

Sam Morris — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:56:28 +0000

Check your typography settings and make sure the font size isn't too big or small. Also check to make sure your baseline shift isn't set to a high value. Lastly make sure your path is simple, even just a straight line until you get it working. If that doesn't do it, open both the Paragraph and Character windows. On the top right of the palette there's the flyout menus (down arrow with 4 horizontal lines). Both windows will have reset options in those menus. From what you're describing I'm guessing the issue maybe be with your typography settings in Photoshop.

Comment on Making email links open with Google Apps Mail / Gmail by Sam Morris

Sam Morris — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:55:39 +0000

Also there's Google Toolbar, which can set Gmail as the default mail client, and there's Gmail Notifier http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/notifier_w...

Alternatively, if you're in Firefox you could also edit your settings (about:config in the address bar). I was able to edit the default Gmail url so it opened with Google Apps rather than Gmail.

I would recommend avoiding registry editing, but there's various threads on Google help about what values to add/modify.

Comment on Photoshop Type on a Path Tutorial by Laura

Laura — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:12:05 +0000

This is helpful, but when I start typing nothing appears. It's like there's not enough room for my text before the next anchor point? I don't understand.

Comment on Android HTC Hero/Eris x264 (h.264) video encoding with HandBrake by Sam Morris

Sam Morris — Sat, 29 May 2010 20:44:32 +0000

Thanks for the comment Erik, glad to hear the settings worked for you.

Comment on Android HTC Hero/Eris x264 (h.264) video encoding with HandBrake by Erik

Erik — Fri, 28 May 2010 16:39:56 +0000

Thanks for all the info. I have an Eris and those settings work perfect. The only two things I changed were to keep the frame rate same as source and use mixed references.

Comment on Android HTC Hero/Eris x264 (h.264) video encoding with HandBrake by dvd creator

dvd creator — Fri, 28 May 2010 08:32:34 +0000

Thanks for the writing this! I’m new at this game so am trying to catch up.

Comment on Making email links open with Google Apps Mail / Gmail by Martin Cleaver

Martin Cleaver — Mon, 24 May 2010 17:12:14 +0000

No idea what to click in Windows 7…

Comment on Skype with Google Voice (Voicemail Issues) by Johnny H

Johnny H — Mon, 17 May 2010 01:31:54 +0000

None of the workarounds I’ve seen posted on the net work 100% reliably. The only thing to do is disable skypein line when you’re away from the computer. Google voice mobile interface makes it easy to enable&disable phones.