![]() Here’s how both of these options can be selected: Enable Tab Discarding in Chrome Automatic Discard ![]() There are two ways you can use this feature either by enabling it for an automatic discard or accessing it manually for the tabs of your own choosing. The feature is still in its early developmental version (we are hoping better performance in future), but is a decent approach to solve the Chrome memory drain issue. The least priority (background) tabs are then discarded in order to lift the burden off memory. The Tab Discarding in Chrome feature automatically analyzes the opened tab in the browser and then prioritizes them automatically. Thankfully though, Google has realized this too (may be in a small degree, but still!), and has, in its latest updates, offered us to enable tab discarding in Chrome an automatic tab discard feature for better memory efficiency. But if you are one of those users who work on many tabs opened on the chrome simultaneously and realize that it is constantly riding onto your memory, getting heavier with every new tab opened, the chrome experience rather becomes a nuisance. It is a smart and sleek browser and coupled with the power of Google prediction, it no doubt makes the life on the web a lot easier. Millions of users across the world use Chrome for web browsing and have it as their default browser.
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![]() It’s used by photographers and enthusiasts alike to organize their photos with ease. A photo editing program that can be downloaded on your PC.A lightweight application that lets you view and manage your entire photo library. Are you looking for an easy way to manage all of your photos? Find out more about what this application does and how it can help you with computer storage. ![]() This service allows you to connect to Lightroom for some editing options. While it has grown to include other features besides photo editing, including video creation, 3D creation, vector graphics, font creation, and more, the core function remains the same.Ī free photo management program that you can download on your PC to organize, edit, and showcase your photos. Photoshop on the other hand is designed to do just that.Īdobe Photoshop CC is the latest version of this hugely popular image editing software and was first released in 1988. Lightroom is based on an image-processing model called non-destructive editing, which means that it does not alter the original image file. Originally developed as an update for Adobe Photoshop, it has since grown in popularity to become its own product that features a new interface and a simplified workflow. It can be used to edit photos, create slideshows, and script the entire project. ![]() Download Adobe Bridge CC 2021 For Free Overview of Adobe Bridge CC 2021Īdobe Bridge CC 2021 is a free web-based photo-editing software. ![]() The jellyfish is engineered to ride the water currents and find the buoyancy in them, while hunting like a predator. We didn’t want Jean Jacket to look like a jellyfish, but we learned a lot from the jellyfish because they’re the most energy-efficient hunter in the ocean. He’s a specialist in fluid dynamics and jellyfish. We partnered up with Professor John Dabiri at California Institute of Technology. ![]() You want to have reason for it to look the way it does. You want to make sure it’s inspired by nature or evolution. Early in preproduction, we even started to consult with quite a few scientists, because whenever you design something, you want to make it plausible. It was never a radical redesign, just making sure the design was functional. It’s a creature of the wind, so it needs to harness the wind, and you learn through exploring that movement. Well, you learn something every time as you’re working on it. What were some of the elements you changed over time? We were refining Jean Jacket until a couple of weeks before the movie was released. We worked on this for a couple of months, even before official preproduction started, to explore the design and refine it. like origami with its beautiful lines, and had the minimalism of the angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion, along with cuttlefish elements and such. So the lead concept artist at MPC came up with a beautiful early concept that was a combination of a lot of things we were talking about. When you look at the design of flying saucers from classic movies, it’s very minimalistic. You can make a creature out of anything you want with the arms and legs and muscles and all the complexity, but we were very attracted to this idea of minimalism. Their design is very minimalistic and functional. Oh, wow! The ‘angels’ that attack Earth in the series?Įxactly. We were very inspired by creatures in Neon Genesis Evangelion. When we started discussing reference points early on, we quickly developed an interesting common thread with Japanese art. There was always that notion that it would look like a flying saucer when it’s hunting, so we knew it had eventually to transform into something bigger than life - like peacocks or cuttlefish do. ![]() The first thing we did was the design for the unfolded version of Jean Jacket - the one you see at the end of the movie - because this is the creature in its most developed form. So we brainstormed a bit in order to develop its character and its abilities. He had all these ideas in the script and ideas of thematically what it should be and what it should do. Well, when I joined the movie, Jordan was still in the early stages of writing the script and he wanted to work with a team to start developing what Jean Jacket might be in terms of the visuals. Thus the popularity of these alternative programs. Though $120 for a year is not far off the cost of purchasing many of these other programs and perhaps upgrading them annually, many photographers prefer to purchase their software and not subscribe to it. Photoshop and Lightroom complement each other and are now available together, but only by monthly subscription through Adobe’s Creative Cloud service, at $10/month. Camera Raw and Lightroom have identical processing functions and can produce identical results. Camera Raw is equivalent to the Develop module in Lightroom, Adobe’s cataloguing and raw processing software. Most have free trial copies available.Īdobe Camera Raw (ACR), Photoshop, Bridge, and Lightroom, the standards to measure others byĬost: $10 a month by subscription, includes ACR, Photoshop, Bridge, and LightroomĪdobe Camera Raw (ACR) is the raw development plug-in that comes with Photoshop and Adobe Bridge, Adobe’s image browsing application that accompanies Photoshop. Here are the image processing programs I looked at. ![]() Export that folder of raw images to “intermediate JPGs” for assembly into a movie.Įven so, not all these contenders are up to the task.Copy its settings to the hundreds of other raw files in the time-lapse set, then ….But as with Lightroom, layering of images – to stack, composite, and mask them – is beyond their ability.įor processing time-lapse sequences, however, we don’t need, nor can we use, the ability to layer and mask several images into one composite. The others are better described as Adobe Lightroom competitors – programs that can catalog image libraries and develop raw image files, with some offering adjustment layers for correcting color, contrast, etc. However, a number of contenders offer excellent features and might replace at least one member of Adobe’s image processing suite.įor example, only four of these programs can truly serve as a layer-based editing program replacing Photoshop. If you are hoping there’s a clear winner in the battle against Adobe, one program I can say does it all and for less cost and commitment, I didn’t find one. This review expands upon and updates mini-reviews I included in my Nightscapes and Time-Lapses eBook, shown at right. Even so, I think you will find there’s plenty to pick from! So sorry, fans of Paintshop Pro (though see my note at the end), Photoline, Picture Window Pro, or Xara Photo & Graphic Designer. I’ve indicated these.īut I did not test any Windows-only programs. I did not test these programs for other more “normal” types of images.Īlso, please keep in mind, I am a Mac user and tested only programs available for MacOS, though many are also available for Windows. ![]() ![]() I tested more than ten contenders as alternatives to Adobe’s image processing software, evaluating them ONLY for the specialized task of editing demanding nightscape images taken under the Milky Way, both for single still images and for time-lapses of the moving sky. That is the question many photographers are asking with the spate of new image processing programs vying to “kill Photoshop.” ![]() It’s how Portal Reloaded uses this premise to create conundrums that makes it possibly the most brilliant puzzle game I’ve played in the last few years. What you’re essentially doing is moving between two mirror images of the same puzzle chamber, one sparkling fresh, the other old and dilapidated. Taken on its own, this effect is cool, but not that impressive. Present Aperture Science is all clean and gleaming and new, while future Aperture Science is dirty and crumbling and overgrown. Specifically, it lets you travel between the present and future versions of the exact same space, with a twenty-year gap between them. Whereas those portals are for moving instantly through space, this new, green portal lets you step seamlessly through time. This Portal works differently from the blue and orange portals already featured in the game. But it makes one major addition to Portal’s mechanics, adding a third portal you can place in the world. Taking place within the cavernous confines of Aperture Science, it features the same test-chamber structure and wry, lightly sadistic humour of the two official games. Portal Reload is a standalone Portal campaign. Then I played Portal Reloaded, which has made me fall in love with Portal’s puzzling in a whole new way, and made me realised that Valve barely scratched the surface of Portal’s puzzling potential. They don’t have that same “wow” factor you get when you walk through one of Portal’s portals for the first time, gasping as you instantaneously transition from one point in space to another.īut I also thought this wasn’t a fair criticism of Portal 2, because I didn’t believe it possible to rekindle that moment of astonishment. ![]() But these are fairly minor iterations upon the same concept. Sure, it adds extra puzzle elements like lasers, light-bridges, and various environment-affecting fluids. While I genuinely believe Portal 2 is a fantastic game, my one criticism of it is that it doesn’t bring anything fundamentally new to Portal’s puzzling concept. It is as good a sequel as you could possibly hope for to one of the most original and ingenious games ever made. I waxed lyrical how it’s possibly the best comedy game ever made, how cleverly it introduces new elements to Portal’s spatial conundrums, and how wonderfully it expands upon Aperture Science as a place. A couple of months back, I slathered my love for Portal 2 all over bit-tech. ![]() Where do they start, what are their options, what do they do next. FLOW DIAGRAMS: Going back to the DISCOVERY, think about your target audience, imagine this person, or group of people, now draw out the flow of how this person will use your app.The lines represent how the pages relate to each other, and the icons are a reminder of the fucntiosn that I think might be on the page. In my example Sitemap, each block represents a screen in the app. Think of the sitemap as fluid, you should be evaluating and possibly changing the sitemap throughout the creative process. Use lines and arrows to show the relationship between the pages / screens in your app. You may end up with multiple versions of this. This way you can easily move pages / screens around. ![]() One good way to quickly get ideas down and moved around is to us sticky paper notes on a wall or white board. SITEMAP: Using paper, a white board, online tools or desktop tools sketch out the structure of the different screens in your app.A written description (can be just bullet points) of the features and contentĭESIGN: Sitemap, Flow diagrams, Wireframes - this is where the app starts to come together.If there is content in your app (articles, pictures, video, etc), where will that come from and who will produce it?.What are the main features that you will need to have in your app? For example, does it need a map feature? Is there commerce and a shopping cart involved? Does it have a website component? Will you need to send push notifications? etc, etc.A written description (can be just bullet points) of the big idea and target audienceĭEFINITION: Features and functions - this can be a list of the main features that you are thinking you may need to have in the app in order to solve the problem.Think of the most successful apps, often they do just one thing really well - Uber, Seamless, Yahoo Weather, Nike Running, Trulia, etc. What platform should you use? iOS, Android?.Who is your app going to be targeted at?.What is the problem that you are trying to solve with your app?.If you follow all these steps you should be able to design a strong, well thought-out prototype.ĭISCOVERY: The big idea for your app - this can just be a written description of what problem your app is going to solve. Here are the steps that I went through to create my app prototype. Design a prototype of your mobile app idea. Book of Night is an exciting urban fantasy from an author who can easily conquer any genre she chooses to write in. While there could be a sequel, which I would gladly read, I almost hope that it is a standalone because the ending hit so well. The ending is fantastic, perfectly messy, instead of being tied into an overly neat little bow. The twists seemed to come out of nowhere, yet when I traced back the scenes in the book, the clues were right in front of me. There is always something going on, but never at the cost of the plot. The wielders of power are fantastical, but the way the power is used to manipulate and control is completely familiar and believable. And it is such a cool world! Manipulators of shadows, known as gloamists, use their shadows to grasp at power, some legally and some otherwise. The story is sprinkled with scenes from the characters’ pasts, better developing both their personalities and the world. In fact, seeing how Charlie interacted with the people around her was an excellent mirror into the morass of her rather messed-up psyche. However, the complications lie in the characters themselves, as opposed to their relationship status. Don’t get me wrong as with everything else in her life, Charlie’s relationship with her boyfriend Vince follows the path of most resistance. ![]() While Black’s signature twists and turns are present, the relationships are much more established, allowing me to enjoy the nuances of the characters without being distracted by relationship woes. ![]() This is Holly Black’s first foray into adult fantasy, having garnered a huge fanbase in Young Adult fantasy. The others, Dawn and Day, are novels, whereas Night is generally considered to be a memoir. The entirety of Book of Night is planned pandemonium, and I was hooked. Night is the first book in a trilogy Wiesel wrote about the Holocaust. This time the stakes are much higher: Charlie has to find a way to hopefully con her way out of a situation where every solution seems to spell death. In a world such as that, it is inevitable that Charlie would be sucked back into a life of conning and stealing. Ostensibly done with conning and stealing, Charlie nonetheless works in a bar that crime likes to frequent, she dates a man whose day job is cleaning up the messes left by violence, and she has a knack for upsetting the wrong people. To be fair, she doesn’t do all that much to avoid it. Con artist, thief, barista, and certified disaster, trouble has a habit of finding Charlie. The thing is, Charlie Hall has never seen a bad decision that she isn’t willing to make. ![]() That’s a good thing, since she has enough on her plate as it is. It does not grow, act of its own accord, or shift on its own. In a world where “quickened” shadows can be shifted according to the wearer’s mood, Charlie Hall’s shadow is disappointingly ordinary. Featuring one of the most delightfully messed-up main characters I’ve read in a while, Book of Night is both wickedly clever and dangerously entertaining. So far I've only spent a few hours on this so there's quite a bit to do but the concept seems to be working. I need to work a bit more on how the lights react to a signal, in terms of how fast they light and how quickly they fade. I've got an ST122 and I'm using that as a basis. I use it to help tune my piano and it can easily show the faintest of pitch deviations in real time. It's instantaneous, far far more accurate, and shows many other characteristics such as detecting faint signals, picking out harmonics, and other things. Anyway, this same thing can be done in software and it's completely different than FFT based tuners. This is easy to see if you set it to something like 27.5 Hz because you can really see the flicker. It essentially 'plays' that signal around a set of lights at a speed determined by a reference frequency. It displays the actual waveform as lights lights are on if the waveform is above the zero line and off if it's below. There are many different ways to generate a strobe display but they all show the same characteristics. They simply display the actual waveform against a reference frequency graphically and you use your eyes to determine if the signal is sharp or flat. They don't do FFTs, peak fitting, and all that calculation intense crap. A strobe tuner is not 'Smoke and Mirrors'. Conventional tuners will get you close enough in the ballpark to where it may be acceptable, but a strobe tuner will be more exact. That is why any good Luthier will not use a conventional tuner to set a guitar's intonation. You will not find a conventional tuner that has 1/10th of a cent accuracy. That is because of the difference between a conventional tuner's accuracy and a strobe tuner's accuracy. Guaranteed, your guitar will not be exactly in tune. Then, take the guitar out of tune and just tune with a conventional tuner and then check your tuning with a strobe tuner. The conventional tuners will show that the guitar is in tune. Start by tuning with a strobe tuner, then check your tuning with a conventional tuner. ![]() Apparently those people that are telling you this need to do the following. ![]() Musicians do love and swear by hocus-pocus. True? I dunno, but it sounds right to me. People who know a lot more about this than I do tell me that virtually all of the current so-called "strobe" tuners (and all of the software ones) are just conventional tuners with meaningless cosmetic strobe-like visual simulations. ![]() The Subscription provides You with a non-transferable, time expiring licence to use the Product. 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The App has Alpha and Beta versions that came around the year 20, and all the users can easily work at high gear once you have learned the basics. Though these updates will be costly for the company, they need to be done if they want NMM to survive against its newer challengers. ![]() There are some recent features that NMM needs to update in order to compete with other file managers like Vortex. It is an easy-to-use tool that is compatible with most operating systems, but it also suffers from a lack of features, making it difficult to keep up with new changes in the field. NMM has been around since the early days of modding and is still used by many users today. In this age of quickly changing operating systems, the file manager applications we use are outdated and not user-friendly. The Vortex Mod is developed and published by the Black Tree Gaming Limited, elevating the gaming experience. 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