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May 08, 2009

NTFS + Mac = :(

I have been using an Apple computer since the Macintosh SE (I was in grade school) and have not run into this problem until today. Apparently Macs cannot write to an NTFS drive. Go figure. I thought there was something wrong with the files, but after a quick Google search I discovered that NTFS and Mac are not compatible. I can read files and copy files down, but can't write. I guess NTFS is a proprietary Microsoft format. NT as in Windows NT and FS and in file system. I'm not happy... . read more

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Many uses for subdomains

Many people don't realize it, but when you use www when visiting a website, you are using a subdomain of that website. For example, www.google.com, in this case google.com is the domain name and www is a subdomain. The majority of sites allow you to access them using both the sub domain and the actual domain. But it doesn't have to be this way. In all technicality, www.google.com could point to another website that is not google.com, it could even point to an entirely different server.When you t.... read more

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Smooth Blending of Ambient Sound

Audio can be a real headache in the post production process. Anytime you are taking clips shot at different times (even within the same hour) you will have different sounds in the background that will alert the viewer to the scene's artificiality. Not only that, but there may be an audible "pop" every time you cut to another shot within that same scene. These can be huge issues and must be addressed to make your scene flow and sound professional. There are two things you can do that will help a .... read more

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