I'm not a professional programmer or an engineer, I'm one of those it's-all-your-fault IT guys.;) Right now I'm going back to school to do something that I'll really enjoy, teaching high school physics. So going back and doing it differently would save me a few years, nothing else. But given the choice, I would've said, "I hate computers, hello <insert your favorite scientist here>!"
Not to mention I feel doing the stuff that I do isn't really that rewarding. Sure, I solve problem #2,382 today, but user #182 won't remember problem #2,382 tomorrow. I'm not really making a difference or anything. *shrug* I better stop rambling before I get all... weird in the head.:)
Well now that the page kinda loads (at least for me), I can see that it has an on-screen keyboard, but I don't know if it's a custom application or not. So nevermind.;P
An interesting feature would be turn it sideways (so it looks like a traditional laptop) and one screen displays an on-screen keyboard so you could at least type somewhat normal.
You could almost pull it off with Windows 2000/XP on-screen keyboard, but it's too small and doesn't rotate 90 degrees.
Magamo (user who submitted the story) is either getting a good laugh right now, or he's registering a new account here on Slashdot.;P
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Everyone is still sleeping because we were all up watching The Two Towers last night.
...and probably decided to watch The Fellowship of the Ring extended version when they got home.;P
Do you at least have a macro to let you select two points and have it draw the saber in between?
I actually would outline the [toy] lightsaber in Photoshop using the polygon tool, then use fill, then add blending effects (inner and outer glow).
We added a lens flare for the frame the lightsabers came in contact (at the point they came in contact, too). It came out pretty good, except we filmed at night and sometimes lost visual of the toy lightsabers and had to guess the length and position of the saber resulting in "jumpy" lightsabers.
*shrug* I'll give FilmGimp a shot sometime. Too bad theforce.net only has tutorials on Win32 software. I just hope TFM for FilmGimp is good.;)
I'm willing to give anything a try. I recently got into creating my own short Star Wars films and used Photoshop to add in the lightsaber effects frame by frame.
Can Film Gimp load any kind of movie files? The problem with Photoshop is you have to (or as far as I know) use something like Adobe Premiere and convert the film to a.FLM file, then load it into Photoshop. When you do this, you lose all audio (which can be easily added back in, but that is just an extra step in a already long process). Will I need to convert it into something Film Gimp can read?
What about editing software for OSX, Linux, etc? Something similar to Ulead Video Editor? I'd love to make more movies and actually use legit (read: free) software and not be scared to post them.
And yes, I know I can Google for these answers, but it is better to have answers from people who have used the software and know what is good and what works (versus the company telling me it is good and works).
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Great, in 2108 we are screwed again.
;)
That won't be our problem, though.
I think the cashier would notice you holding a bloody finger. ;P
I'm not a professional programmer or an engineer, I'm one of those it's-all-your-fault IT guys. ;) Right now I'm going back to school to do something that I'll really enjoy, teaching high school physics. So going back and doing it differently would save me a few years, nothing else. But given the choice, I would've said, "I hate computers, hello <insert your favorite scientist here>!"
:)
Not to mention I feel doing the stuff that I do isn't really that rewarding. Sure, I solve problem #2,382 today, but user #182 won't remember problem #2,382 tomorrow. I'm not really making a difference or anything. *shrug* I better stop rambling before I get all... weird in the head.
Well now that the page kinda loads (at least for me), I can see that it has an on-screen keyboard, but I don't know if it's a custom application or not. So nevermind. ;P
An interesting feature would be turn it sideways (so it looks like a traditional laptop) and one screen displays an on-screen keyboard so you could at least type somewhat normal.
You could almost pull it off with Windows 2000/XP on-screen keyboard, but it's too small and doesn't rotate 90 degrees.
Magamo (user who submitted the story) is either getting a good laugh right now, or he's registering a new account here on Slashdot. ;P
-1,Offtopic
Has anyone else noticed how unreliable Slashdot has been lately? I had typed up this long response to someones comment in this story, hit "Preview" and... nothing. I hit "Back" and it was gone. I should start typing stuff in vim or something.
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;P
Everyone is still sleeping because we were all up watching The Two Towers last night.
...and probably decided to watch The Fellowship of the Ring extended version when they got home.
So where can we get a good, cheap C-Band satellite dish? What about a reciever?
Which one of you should we call master? ;P
Do you at least have a macro to let you select two points and have it draw the saber in between?
;)
I actually would outline the [toy] lightsaber in Photoshop using the polygon tool, then use fill, then add blending effects (inner and outer glow).
We added a lens flare for the frame the lightsabers came in contact (at the point they came in contact, too). It came out pretty good, except we filmed at night and sometimes lost visual of the toy lightsabers and had to guess the length and position of the saber resulting in "jumpy" lightsabers.
*shrug* I'll give FilmGimp a shot sometime. Too bad theforce.net only has tutorials on Win32 software. I just hope TFM for FilmGimp is good.
I'm willing to give anything a try. I recently got into creating my own short Star Wars films and used Photoshop to add in the lightsaber effects frame by frame.
.FLM file, then load it into Photoshop. When you do this, you lose all audio (which can be easily added back in, but that is just an extra step in a already long process). Will I need to convert it into something Film Gimp can read?
Can Film Gimp load any kind of movie files? The problem with Photoshop is you have to (or as far as I know) use something like Adobe Premiere and convert the film to a
What about editing software for OSX, Linux, etc? Something similar to Ulead Video Editor? I'd love to make more movies and actually use legit (read: free) software and not be scared to post them.
And yes, I know I can Google for these answers, but it is better to have answers from people who have used the software and know what is good and what works (versus the company telling me it is good and works).