There's a good post on Apple's forum about this problem -- having no sound when trying to add background music to iDVD -- but there was one step that tripped me up. The key concept here is that the problem is that iDVD has the background music set to mute, and you need to un-mute it. So basically you need to look at the menu drop zone and remove the iTunes note icon. Now … [Read more...] about iDVD No Sound on Menu – How to Get Sound on the iDVD Background Menu
What is Soft Proofing? – Soft Proofing Photographs for the Absolute Beginner
What is Soft Proofing? In the context of editing a photograph in a program such as Photoshop, soft proofing is the process by which you try to make the image you see on your monitor match what you will see on the printed photograph. Where Does Soft Proofing Fit in a Photographic Workflow? Soft proofing is often used when you want to print a photograph on your printer or on a … [Read more...] about What is Soft Proofing? – Soft Proofing Photographs for the Absolute Beginner
How to Convert WMV to iMovie (MP4) for Free –
So now that I've converted basically my entire "video life" to the Mac platform and iMovie (and final cut studio soon...), I hit a roadblock when I tried to bring WMV's from my previous Windows-life into iMovie. So I tried a few tricks and while my tricks are usually pretty handy, I couldn't find a good way to go from WMV to MP4, or even to go from WMV to MOV. The iMovie WMV … [Read more...] about How to Convert WMV to iMovie (MP4) for Free –
Mac OS X Equivalents for the Windows PC Web Developer – A Work in Progress
I've been a PC guy forever and I broke down last year and purchased an iMac. Certain things are better in OS X than they are in Windows, and certain things are...well....just plain different. As the time has come for me to upgrade hardware, I face the tough decision of sticking with my PCs and my PC laptops and all the software that goes with them -- or taking the plunge and … [Read more...] about Mac OS X Equivalents for the Windows PC Web Developer – A Work in Progress
Windows 7 Virtual PC – Where to Create Virtual Machine and .VHD?
Windows 7 changes the game a little bit for working with Virtual PC. Once you've downloaded Virtual PC and click on the "Windows Virtual PC" program item, nothing will seeming happen, other than the opening of an explorer-type window in open to the Virtual Machines directory. This behavior is by design. To configure or create a virtual pc virtual machine in Windows 7, … [Read more...] about Windows 7 Virtual PC – Where to Create Virtual Machine and .VHD?