There's a war waging right under your noes... if your noes is in front of the TV right now. The cable and satellite providers are attacking the networks (ironically the networks they are providing) using pseudo-consumers in their ads about a, wrongfully used term, "TV Tax". On the other you have the big networks trying to defend themselves begging the fact that local TV matters.
This war is really disgusting because both sides are manipulating information for their own benefits/agenda. One side is a humiliating plea to save local TV and the other is a badly executed fake Vox-Pop formula with incredibly bad actors and a "host" so full of himself that you just want to punch in the face until he deflates (this statement is meant in a figurative style, not a threat).
How did we get to here? Where one corporate group doesn't want to have their consumers to pay (although they already are paying extra for local TV since last Spring with most providers) and on the other you have the networks that wants to survivability of local television.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Photoshop PDF (CS2) Annoyance
Nothing worst than spending hours on a Photoshop layout for print and then realize that no matter what you do, the text rasterizes when you save it as a PDF/EPS. If you have one of the later versions of Photoshop or even some of the older ones (pre-6) it's pretty easy to fix. You just need to be sure that you include Vector data and embed all fonts in the file.
But even then, sometimes a text will simply not stay in Vector. A lot of people will still have problems even by following precise instructions of every Photoshop version there is. That has happened to me today. However, there is one thing to check that I haven't seen anywhere online or in documentation...
MAKE SURE NO FAUX-BOLD IS USED!
Too simple? It worked for my problem this morning, and I even opened up past projects where I hit that wall and it worked there too.
A lot of faux-style/decorations are not supported in the PDF/EPS format. Always use true font-styles/decorations.
Regular posting will start very soon, I promise!
But even then, sometimes a text will simply not stay in Vector. A lot of people will still have problems even by following precise instructions of every Photoshop version there is. That has happened to me today. However, there is one thing to check that I haven't seen anywhere online or in documentation...
MAKE SURE NO FAUX-BOLD IS USED!
Too simple? It worked for my problem this morning, and I even opened up past projects where I hit that wall and it worked there too.
A lot of faux-style/decorations are not supported in the PDF/EPS format. Always use true font-styles/decorations.
Regular posting will start very soon, I promise!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Obligatory "I'm still alive" Post
Just a heads-up to let everyone know that I haven't disappeared from the face of the planet. I'm just very busy working on the La voix des jeunes album material (disc label, cover, insert, etc.). Many hours spent, much more to go. It's coming along very nicely. I'm getting the effect I wanted.
Taking breaks is essential and now more fun. I got my hands on [NDS] Scribblenauts during my lunch break. <3
There may or may not be a post before the end of the month. I'm that busy.
Taking breaks is essential and now more fun. I got my hands on [NDS] Scribblenauts during my lunch break. <3
There may or may not be a post before the end of the month. I'm that busy.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Summer Swirl
While Summer's end is drawing near. The serenity of Summertime still lingers in the air.
Knowledge Review 7 Progress
I've been coding a little bit last night. I almost finished all the functionality of the TransformNode class and just about to start figuring out the ShapeNode requirements. Before that, I have to finally attack the name validation.
