The extensive suite of EyeTV personal video recorder products by Elgato Systems allow you to watch, record, edit and archive TV shows on your Mac. The original EyeTV was released in 2002 as an entry-level digital video recorder for analog TV...
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There are two things I do all day long, edit code in BBedit and send those files to ftp servers with Interarchy. Many years ago, I started with a ftp application called Fetch, as my needs got more serious, I started looking for a alternative...
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Making Color Overlay work
If you’ve ever tried Photoshop’s Color Overlay Layer Style, you may have been disappointed in how it works (I know I was at first), because rather than overlaying a transparent color over your object, it...
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Other Color Models
When you’re in the Color Picker and you click on the Custom button, by default the selected color swatches are the PANTONE Solid Coated set. However, Photoshop comes with a host of other color sets built right in. To...
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Levels Tip
If you need to lighten or darken the overall image, the Output Levels sliders at the bottom of the Levels dialog box can help. Dragging the left slider to the right will lighten the overall image. Dragging the right Output Levels...
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A few weeks ago, I had the enjoyable experience of dropping in on the Mac OS X O’Reilly Conference. The conference was held in Santa Clara, California at the Westin Hotel. (Santa Clara is right next door to San Jose, and Cupertino.) The...
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So I’m wandering around a bit until I arrive at a strange house where people are drinking tea and saying even stranger things. I listen a moment hearing all kinds of weird stuff like gtk, gnome, X11 but there comes something that makes...
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Once upon a time, in December, I was skiing at Copper Mountain, and I met a professor in Computer Science from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. As we skied, we got to talking about his incoming freshman and their level of preparation...
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I am writing this on Veterans Day. The subject of courage and honor come to mind, especially with respect to the use or misuse of technology*. It’s a subject critical to Apple enthusiasts.
In the history of American culture, in reality...
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Tell us about yourself: your position at LIU, your background, education, and your technical interests
Let’s go in chronological order. I received my initial education in my home country, India. I was fortunate enough to get a chance to...
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