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Rotating movies in Quicktime

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

You recognize this situation? Shooting a vid with your point an shoot or iPhone, and instead of holding it in landscape you capture the vid in portrait. No worries!!, here is how to simply correct this.

First of all, open Quicktime 7 on your Mac, then:

  1. open your movie
  2. goto the ‘movie’ menu and down to ‘get movie properties’
  3. select ‘video track’ on the left side of the pop up menu that appears
  4. then on select ’size’ on the right hand side of that menu
  5. you can then rotate, adjust size etc. with the buttons on the bottom of that menu and preview in the main window
  6. in the ‘file’ menu select ‘export’ and choose the file format, codec etc that you want.
  7. or just save!

Simple enough for you?

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Apple Issues Invitations for January 27th Media Event - Tablet Rumored

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Engadget, Arstechnica, and others are reporting that Apple has issued invitations for a media event scheduled for 10:00 AM Pacific Time on January 27th. The event will be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, and the invitation’s tag line reads “Come see our latest creation.”

Apple had been rumored earlier this month to have scheduled a media event for that date and location, and the company is widely expected to introduce its highly-anticipated tablet device at the event.

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Canon 1D series and 5D II get WFT firmware updates

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Canon has issued firmware updates for its EOS-1D Mark III, 1Ds Mark III and 5D Mark II cameras to provide compatibility with the wireless file transfer units. The 1D series cameras gain compatibility with the WFT-E2 II unit while the 5D Mark II gains WFT-E4 II support and lower noise when shooting Bulb exposures. Meanwhile the WFT-E2 and E2A firmware is also updated to allow use with the 1D Mark IV.

Click here for more information and to download EOS 1D Mark III Firmware V1.3.0

Click here for more information and to download EOS 1DS Mark III Firmware V1.2.0

Click here for more information and to download EOS 5D Mark II Firmware V1.2.4

Click here for more information and to download WFT-E2/E2A Firmware V2.0.0

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Startup key combinations for Intel-based Macs

Friday, December 4th, 2009

Today I needed to dump my Macintosh HD to an external HD using Carbon Copy Cloner. For backup issues I needed to boot from the external HD afterwards. These handy boot options helped me pick the right one. Note these options are for Intel Macs only!

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Run your Lightroom 2 in 64 bit mode

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

If you are  using Lightroom on a 64 bit capable Mac you will be glad to know the latest update to Snow Leopard (10.6.2) fixes the bug that crippled the sending of multiple photos from Lightroom to Photoshop for editing. Previously, if you selected 3 or more photos in Lightroom and tried to send them to Photoshop for panorama stitching, HDR merging or opening as layers Photoshop would open but no photos would appear. The short term fix for this was to run Lightroom in 32 bit mode and all functionality for sending to Photoshop was restored. The downside being that you couldn’t run Lightroom in 64 bit mode.

So, install the 10.6.2 update from Apple, then right-click on the Lightroom icon in your Applications folder and uncheck the Open in 32 bit mode box, then launch Lightroom and give it a test drive. You should be back in business!

Courtesy from Lightroomers

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iPhone - Google Sync: Now with push Gmail support

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Just now Google announced that they support Push Gmail Support for iPhone, Woohoo great news.

From Google’s website ‘………… Using Google Sync, you can now get your Gmail messages pushed directly to your phone. Having an over-the-air, always-on connection means that your inbox is up to date, no matter where you are or what you’re doing. Sync works with your phone’s native email application so there’s no additional software needed. Only interested in syncing your Gmail, but not your Calendar? Google Sync allows you to sync just your Contacts, Calendar, or Gmail, or any combination of the three……..”

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Mac OS X v10.6: About Wake on Demand

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

A short post about my experiences with the new Snow Leopard feature Wake on Demand. I found out that my 2007 MacBook Pro and Macbook were not visible when they were in Sleep Mode. According to Apple, Laptop Computers should also be visible in Finder, even if they are in Sleep Mode. So what is the deal here, after some research I found out that these MacBooks do not support the new feature, when they are connected to the local LAN wirelessly. They should be connected by ethernet, which isn’t very useful for Laptops with 802,11N onboard. So how can you check if your MacBook is able the use this new feature. Do the following:

  1. Open System Profiler (located in /Applications/Utilities).
  2. In the Network section, select AirPort.

If you see “Wake On Wireless: Supported”, your Mac supports Wake on Demand when connected to a wireless network and registered with the Sleep Proxy Server. If you do not see this entry, the Mac will only Wake on Demand when connected to your network with an Ethernet cable.

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DSLR Remote, next generation cable release for your Canon Eos DSLR

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Check this out!!! onOne Software submitted our first iPhone app to the Apple iTunes App Store. The new application that is developed is called the DSLR Remote and it is a wireless cable release for your Canon EOS DSLR camera.

more from OnOne’s Blog: 

Most of us here at onOne shoot with Canon DSLR cameras. Several of us here also have iPhones. One day we were sitting at lunch and Dan Harlacher our senior product manager said “Hey, wouldn’t it be cool if there was an iPhone app that let you trigger your camera?”

So, from that we convinced Craig, our company president, to let us have one of our engineers build this application and this morning, we sent it off to Apple to be reviewed for the iTunes App Store.

Okay, if you’re wondering how it works, here’s a quick run down.

  1. You need either an iPhone or an iPod Touch
  2. You need a supported Canon EOS DSLR
  3. A laptop or desktop computer running the free companion DSLR Remote Server software
  4. A USB cable to connect your supported Canon EOS DSLR camera to the computer running the free server software

Read the entire Blog entry here!

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Handi 5Dmk2

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

 

Handi 5Dmk2 is a handy quick reference guide on the iPhone, covering most of the commonly used functionalities available on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II DSLR, including all Custom Functions and menu settings. It also has a useful Quick Help section for many frequently encountered photographic situations. Handi 5Dmk2 does not require network connectivity so you don’t have to worry about getting a network signal when you are out in remote locations.

No more carrying and flipping through that worn out user manual, or forgetting how to set up your 5D Mark II for a custom white balance 

 

Click here to go to the iTunes App Store

BTW there are also Apps for the:

 

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Apple News, New iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro…

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

….and updated Airport Express and Time Capsule.

In short what has been introduced today:

  • Apple today announced updates to its iMac and Mac mini desktop lines, including a 24-inch iMac and a Mac mini with new NVIDIA integrated graphics. For the same $1,499 price as the previous generation 20-inch iMac, the new 24-inch iMac delivers a 30 percent larger display, twice the memory and twice the storage. Apple also claims up to five times better graphics performance in the new Mac mini with the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics..
  • Apple today introduced the new Mac Pro using Intel “Nehalem” Xeon processors and a next-generation system architecture. The new Mac Pro starts at $2,499 and features “the latest graphics technology and an updated interior that makes expansion even easier than before.”

and a small surprise:

  • Apple has quietly increased the processor speed of their mid-range 15″ MacBook Pro from 2.53GHz to 2.66GHz and the top-of-the-line model from 2.8GHz to 2.93GHz.. The change is unlikely to be noticed in day to day operation but is a distinct modification from the original release. They have also begun offering 256GB SSD upgrade options for the 13″ aluminum MacBook and 15″ MacBook Pro as well.

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