Projectors are fine for making things big, but not so much for making things look good.
Due to the fact they're projecting on to a white surface, unless you're sitting in a very dark room they have terrible contrast.
You'll also struggle to find one that does UHD due to the "active component" (the LCD/DMD through/off which light must pass) being much smaller than that of a monitor. It's been enough of a struggle to get projectors to go beyond.
Look, if an ad isn't invasive then I don't mind seeing it and won't block it.
Slashdot still offers me a "disable ad" option that I leave unchecked. Why? Because I don't mind the kind of ads I see here, and recognise that such sites need to pay their way somehow.
Ad blockers wouldn't need to exist if ad companies didn't put out obnoxious, inappropriate and just downright dishonest ads in the first place.
Now excuse me while I claim my prize for being the 10,000,000th visitor to this site...
Could do, though I doubt it would achieve much since that is not the default so one would still have to select the container, resolution, frame rate and uncompressed Video and Audio every time.
In late June, OpenShot was sucked into some legal conflicts related to trademarks and intellectual property. While I would love to discuss all the details, I am not allowed to discuss them at this time. However, everything worked out fine for OpenShot, but it certainly took some money and time away from me during the process.
Licensing
After some serious discussions with community members related to licensing for libopenshot, I have decided to officially change the license to LGPLv3. This is still a bit problematic, due to a GPLv3 license of a required JUCE-based libopenshot-audio library. But soon, I will make the GPL components optional during compiling, so it will be easier to maintain the LGPLv3 license on derivative works.
If you have no interest in reading open-source licenses... just know that we are switching the license of our main library to be more open, and allow more people to use it without violating our license agreement.
More reason not to support companies that employ predatory business practises based on broken Intellectual Property laws.
I use OpenShot exclusively for my video projects, except for very simple cuts [1].
It's moderately powerful with multiple tracks, fairly easy to use and has some great filters (effects) - making a video with picture-in-picture boxes for example is trivial.
Where it falls down is that it doesn't remember your encoding preferences, so for large edits it quickly becomes cumbersome having to set all your encoding tweaks every single time.
I also haven't found an easy way to transition the picture from one video track to another and back. There are defined fade transitions but they all seem to depend on the order of the tracks in the stack.
[1] Avidemux with Qt is my quick-cut editor of choice - it lets you cut out parts of a video and, so long as you start on a keyframe, can save it without having to re-encode the video or audio streams. This is a massive time and quality saver.
After using Tree Style Tab (combined with Tab Mix Plus) for over three years now I can't imagine going back to tabs-on-top on a widescreen monitor *shudders*.
Never mind the better use of real estate, the hierarchichal nature of the tabs (the "tree" in the name) is just brilliant.
Umm, you know you could apply that argument to just about any specification, right?
Example: The 12-bit 3840 x 2160 specification of my UHD monitor is pure fluff since I'm using it to display a 256-colour image that was upscaled from 640x480.
Hint: It's not the device that's at fault; it's the source material. GIGO.
I wonder if that is part of the appeal of vinyl to audiophiles.
Given that the ability of vinyl to accurately reproduce music is demonstrably much worse than that of CDs, is there an appeal other than nostalgia? Are music industry masterers applying less dynamic range compression to masters destined for vinyl for example?
I would wager even odds that you are posting from the United States of America. I would not like to bet that you posted from the Happy Friendly Super Awesome Democratic Nation of North Korea.
Wait, do Americans actually call it a hashtag and not poundtag (or if close to Redmond, a sharptag)? Have they finally left that #=pound silliness behind?
Slashdot Mirror
Projectors are fine for making things big, but not so much for making things look good.
Due to the fact they're projecting on to a white surface, unless you're sitting in a very dark room they have terrible contrast.
You'll also struggle to find one that does UHD due to the "active component" (the LCD/DMD through/off which light must pass) being much smaller than that of a monitor. It's been enough of a struggle to get projectors to go beyond.
How can a smart TV record and upload personal conversations if they're not connected to the Internet?
I mean, no one in their right mind would connect a microphone/camera enabled TV to the Internet anyway, right?
Right?
Is this a new term for fake calling for a SWAT team?
In my day to swat meant to study for an upcoming exam of some kind. Hence the headline confused me for some time.
Oh, and mutter something something my lawn.
Now we can change angles just like a DVD!
The writers are also artists for a given work.
Publishers and labels? Not so much.
Interesting. Care to share your diet with the rest of us?
Thanks
Look, if an ad isn't invasive then I don't mind seeing it and won't block it.
Slashdot still offers me a "disable ad" option that I leave unchecked. Why? Because I don't mind the kind of ads I see here, and recognise that such sites need to pay their way somehow.
Ad blockers wouldn't need to exist if ad companies didn't put out obnoxious, inappropriate and just downright dishonest ads in the first place.
Now excuse me while I claim my prize for being the 10,000,000th visitor to this site...
At some point down the track, someone will forget to do it. That's what.
Have two cameras.
Ouch. Did that hurt?
These are really another iteration of the PDAs of the 90s. Remember how dorky those PDA users looked fiddling with their small screens?
Nearly every kid I know disagrees.
Those that don't have not yet seen either the Star Wars prequels or the ST reboot.
Folks on Facebook have been wanting this for some time now. Only they used to call it a "Dislike" button.
Could do, though I doubt it would achieve much since that is not the default so one would still have to select the container, resolution, frame rate and uncompressed Video and Audio every time.
I did not know that.
I see this on his blog, which could be related:
Legal Battle
In late June, OpenShot was sucked into some legal conflicts related to trademarks and intellectual property. While I would love to discuss all the details, I am not allowed to discuss them at this time. However, everything worked out fine for OpenShot, but it certainly took some money and time away from me during the process.
Licensing
After some serious discussions with community members related to licensing for libopenshot, I have decided to officially change the license to LGPLv3. This is still a bit problematic, due to a GPLv3 license of a required JUCE-based libopenshot-audio library. But soon, I will make the GPL components optional during compiling, so it will be easier to maintain the LGPLv3 license on derivative works.
If you have no interest in reading open-source licenses... just know that we are switching the license of our main library to be more open, and allow more people to use it without violating our license agreement.
More reason not to support companies that employ predatory business practises based on broken Intellectual Property laws.
I use OpenShot exclusively for my video projects, except for very simple cuts [1].
It's moderately powerful with multiple tracks, fairly easy to use and has some great filters (effects) - making a video with picture-in-picture boxes for example is trivial.
Where it falls down is that it doesn't remember your encoding preferences, so for large edits it quickly becomes cumbersome having to set all your encoding tweaks every single time.
I also haven't found an easy way to transition the picture from one video track to another and back. There are defined fade transitions but they all seem to depend on the order of the tracks in the stack.
[1] Avidemux with Qt is my quick-cut editor of choice - it lets you cut out parts of a video and, so long as you start on a keyframe, can save it without having to re-encode the video or audio streams. This is a massive time and quality saver.
After using Tree Style Tab (combined with Tab Mix Plus) for over three years now I can't imagine going back to tabs-on-top on a widescreen monitor *shudders*.
Never mind the better use of real estate, the hierarchichal nature of the tabs (the "tree" in the name) is just brilliant.
Why's that? Are the lowest bidders always the best experts?
(remove tongue from cheek)
Umm, you know you could apply that argument to just about any specification, right?
Example:
The 12-bit 3840 x 2160 specification of my UHD monitor is pure fluff since I'm using it to display a 256-colour image that was upscaled from 640x480.
Hint: It's not the device that's at fault; it's the source material. GIGO.
I wonder if that is part of the appeal of vinyl to audiophiles.
Given that the ability of vinyl to accurately reproduce music is demonstrably much worse than that of CDs, is there an appeal other than nostalgia? Are music industry masterers applying less dynamic range compression to masters destined for vinyl for example?
Clearly your city needs a better welfare and education system, and perhaps a work incentive scheme.
Another reason to avoid wireless keyboards unless absolutely necessary and security is of no concern.
I would wager even odds that you are posting from the United States of America. I would not like to bet that you posted from the Happy Friendly Super Awesome Democratic Nation of North Korea.
How do you know it's shitty? Have you seen it?
Do movies cost less than $6 in your area?
Wait, do Americans actually call it a hashtag and not poundtag (or if close to Redmond, a sharptag)? Have they finally left that #=pound silliness behind?
#hopeyetforhumanity
So basically no different than all the ships coming from China carrying all the stuff you buy...
Some of us are a little more selective in our purchasing...