Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac - Best App for MAC

The programs you need. The computer you want. The best of both worlds.
Made the move to Mac? No other solution makes it easier or faster to take your Windows system with you. Keep your must-have Windows programs, files and settings at your fingertips.
"It’s an intuitive, easy-to-use virtualization platform for switchers who need to run Windows applications alongside OS X." — InfoWorld 2008 Technology of the Year.

Run Windows-only applications on your Mac.
Access key Windows applications from the comfort of your Mac. Run your favorite software on your favorite hardware.

Run selected 3D games and applications.
Explore a whole new world of Windows-only 3D games and applications right on your Mac.

Use your favorite Windows-only devices.
Use your favorite devices, even if they’re Windows-only. Connect your phone, camera and MP3 player to your Mac!

Run OS X, Windows and Linux at the same time.
Run your favorite applications at the same time, regardless of the OS! No more rebooting to switch between OSes to use the applications you need.

Bring your PC with you!
Move an entire Windows system to your new Mac in just a few simple steps. No losing data, reinstalling software or re-customizing your computer

Check out the App at http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/

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Rasterize your Vector

Just before you download an illustration from any Royalty Free Stock Images site, you may be warned that 'This is a vector illustration and requires vector editing software, such as Adobe® Illustrator®, Freehand®, or CorelDRAW® to edit.'

Does this mean that people who don't know their way around Illustrator won't be able to use the image? Not at all. Even if you don't own or have the hang of vector software, you can always create your own rasterized version of the EPS file with several different applications.

'Raster' is just another name for a grid of pixels. 'Rasterization' is a fancy term for turning the lines & curves of an illustration into pixels like a normal photo. You won't be as free to edit and modify this rasterized version of the file, but you will be able to create it at a specific size, resolution, or mode. And you'll always have the original EPS file on hand for the day you're able to use it.




You can use many different applications to create a raster version of a vector illustration, including:

Preview
Mac users already have a free feature built into OS X that can do the conversion for you. Open the EPS with Preview. It will automatically convert to a PDF. You can save it as a variety of other file types as well.

Photoshop®
Open the EPS or AI file in Adobe Photoshop. You'll get a menu that allows you to set the pixel dimensions, resolution, and mode. Set these to any size that you need – the vector file is fully scalable. You can then save this photoshop document to whatever format suits you best - jpeg, psd, or tiff.

Acrobat®
In your 'Open' menu in Acrobat (Standard or Professional), the default setting beside Show is Adobe PDF Files. By changing this to All Files, you'll be able to open your EPS file. Acrobat will automatically create a rasterized PDF document from the file.


source: iStockphoto.com

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Here you will find Kip "Kipkay" Kedersha's how-to DIY videos, the world famous Laser Flashlight and Unlock Handcuffs videos and a wide variety of cool content! One of the coolest archives of DIY stuffs, some being so easy to be done by newbies too... check it out and dont forget to bookmark it! Kudos to the Publisher. Check out an example below.



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Endorphin - A new substitue for 3D Motion Capture

Endorphin 2.7
endorphin is the industry's first Dynamic Motion Synthesis software.

At the heart of endorphin are its Adaptive Behaviours, which - unlike animation data - are completely interactive. With Adaptive Behaviours, 3D characters essentially animate themselves. Move two Football players close to each other and one will automatically tackle the other one, realistically trying to grab hold of his legs and bringing him down .

Or not. It really is up to you. endorphin allows animators to direct scenes in real-time in a way they have never been able to do before. You can change parameters or change behaviours and see the results instantly on the screen in front of you. When you're done, export animation data in one of the many formats, ready for use in your game or VFX shot.

Homepage: http://www.naturalmotion.com/endorphin.htm

Access USB Drives in Parallels and Your Mac Simultaneously

If you run Windows and Mac apps side-by-side with Parallels, you may have been annoyed in the past that you can't use removable volumes (like USB drives) simultaneously in OS X and your Windows virtual machine. Web site Mac OS X Hints details how to remedy this problem with a simple solution: add a shared folder in Parallels that points to /Volumes. Not only will the new shared folder give you access to USB drives, but also your DVD drive and all other mounted volumes on your Mac—and you get it all without having to hassle with individually connecting and disconnecting drives from your virtual machine. I tried to duplicate this method in VMWare Fusion but wasn't able to select the /Volumes folder. Either way, the Parallels hack is smart and saves a ton of time.

Making Playlists on PSP?

I have been pondering over this for quite a long time. Finally m amazed at how easy it is to do this.

1. Open your PSP memory via USB with ur PC.
2. Go to the PSP folder, open it and click on MUSIC Folder.
3. Create a new folder under music, give it any name you want.
4. The new folder is the playlist, put your songs in the folder.
5. but you need to group your songs according to the playlist and you can have as many folders/playlists as you want.
6. BUT this can only work on Firmware 2.80 or higher.