Sunday, April 4, 2010

Successive calls to...

I'm successfully saving to a local JSON file using FileReference.save(), but subsequent calls to FileReference.save() append the new JSON string to any?previous JSON strings already in the file.

Is there a way to force the file to be fully overwritten by the new data string?

Make PDF Comments searchable with Mac...

Hello All,

I'm about to re-enter school for my master's degree and I'm expecting to do a lot of work with PDF files (reading, writing, editing, etc.).?The comments feature is particularly useful, since I will need to be taking notes when reading such documents.?After some mild testing--open a PDF, place arbitrary comment within file, then save a close PDF--has shown that the comments within such PDFs are not searchable by the Mac Spotlight feature.?Is there a way to enable this ability, or am I stuck making an entirely separate text file with notes for every PDF I read?

Thanks for the information,

WD

Make PDF Comments searchable with Mac...

A quick Google search turns up nothing. I've never heard of a way to search PDF comments with Spotlight. Spotlight looks for metadata which is stored EXTERNAL to the PDF file itself, or other file formats it supports. It doesn't actually READ inside the PDF (which could be painfully slow).

You could try selecting each PDF, and choosing File %26gt; Get Info. In the Spotlight Comments field at the top enter keywords for things you want to be able to search for in Spotlight.

Make PDF Comments searchable with Mac...

Hello Steve,

While in one case, I suppose you are correct in postulating that Spotlight catalogs metadata external to file, that's not entirely true.?For instance, I keep a text file called ''Info'' where I place random bits of information I'd like to come back to for more research (i.e. books to read, movies to see).?If I do a Spotlight search for ''Visual Explanations'' (sans quotes), this Information file is returned because it contains the text ''Visual Explanations, Quantities, Evidence, Narrative - Edward Tufte'', a book I'd like to purchase in the future.?So Spotlight is capable of reading some internal file information, and I had hoped to enable it to read my notes contained within PDF files.

I've considered tagging PDFs using Tagit (for Mac), which adds tags to the Info field in the Get Info dialog box, but while that adds to my ability to categorize a file according to general tags, it does not allow me to look within large quantities of random notes in my PDF comments.?Creating tags that encompass a commented PDF would take far too long and would add an unwieldy amount of tags to the system.?

I hope this clarifies my thoughts on the matter--thanks for your reply.

Spotlight does actually read inside files of certain types (including doc and PDF). (File content is added to the metadata that is used to generate the Spotlight index for supported file types.)

I'm not sure if there's any nice way to get it to read comments, though, as Apple doesn't support all of the features that can be included in PDFs. Since they've added commenting, though, it's strange they don't search comments well.

What about content in a text box? That might be a workaround if that content gets indexed.

Using my test PDF file, I've typed unique text in Callout boxes, Comment boxes, and Text boxes, and so far none of them is searchable in Spotlight.?I'm not sure what the capture rate of Spotlight is--that is, how soon things are added to the Spotlight catalog--but after two days of using the computer and leaving it on overnight, Spotlight has yet to allow me to find these items in a search.?So far, I'm guessing that I'll have to export the comments to a text file after doing my markup, or just take notes somewhere else.

One workaround (not ideal, since you'll end up creating a duplicate file of your document) would be to create another PDF of your document by selecting ''Print with Comment Summary'' from the Comments menu. Printing to the Adobe PDF engine while selecting the fourth option (and probably the first option) would give you searchable comments. Unfortunately, you'd end up having duplicates of each document: one searchable document and one ''working'' document.

I've just tried it with the fourth layout option, and Spotlight found my test text immediately.

Disclaimer: I'm the author of Pear Note

You could use an external note-taking tool that supports PDF files such as Pear Note. I'm a little biased (as I write Pear Note), but I use it for taking notes on PDF documents all the time. The notes and PDF are both searchable by Spotlight. It's definitely a different way of working, but it accomplishes the goal of linking notes with PDF document and having both be searchable.

What happened to the Premiere Pro CS3...

It appears that there is no longer a separate CS3 forum.

If this is true, have all of the CS3 posts been moved to the Premier Pro Forum?

What happened to the Premiere Pro CS3...

Yes

The root of the premiere forum explains it:

Adobe Premiere Forums

What happened to the Premiere Pro CS3...

Does the Yes answer mean that all of the old CS3 posts have been carried over?

si conehead wrote:

Does the Yes answer mean that all of the old CS3 posts have been carried over?

The Mods in that forum (where I read a lot, post once in awhile) are still working on cleaning things up after the change is major headings

If you have a particular message that needs to be moved from one place to another, post the link in the lounge... with a title something like ''Mod - please move this post'' and, based on some other messages I've seen, your message will eventually be moved

Bump

Then, of course, there are those who can't read the new subject headings, and post a Premiere PRO question in the section for plain old Premiere

I don't know if those will be moved or not (the Mods DO have their own lives, after all)

I didnt bother moving this cause I think the question was answered fine here.?Its not really a product question, its a ''wheres'' the forum question as a result of the Pr team re-orging the premiere area a while back.

Curt Wrigley wrote:

I didnt bother moving this cause I think the question was answered fine here.?Its not really a product question, its a ''wheres'' the forum question as a result of the Pr team re-orging the premiere area a while back.

JayJhabrix wrote:

''re-orging''???? Anything to do with 'orgies'? Very confused...

John T Smith wrote:

Well, in the several years I've been reading in the various Premiere forums, I do remember a ''few'' (2 or 3?) questions that were specific to porn production... but I don't think that's what he meant

My guess would be misspelled reorganize

John T Smith wrote:

My guess would be misspelled reorganize

Steve,

There was much confusion as to where one should post, with the old designations. The decison was made to try to group the sub-fora into a managable order. Premiere (non-Pro) was created, and all versions of PrPro (1.0 through CS4) were placed into another sub-forum. Premiere Elements stayed separate, as it should.

Now, with the two Premiere fora, one should mention their version in the Title, i.e. ''[Pr 6.5] Export Issues.''

To me, it makes perfect sense, as soon as one gets used to the change. The Encore forum went from about 15 sub-fora to five +/-, and it works well.

Give it time,

Hunt

I do remember a ''few'' (2 or 3?) questions that were specific to porn production.

Where to find download for Reader 8

Need to go back to earlier version.?Installed 9.1.3 and so cannot view pdf pages in the browser.?Where can I download Reader 8?

Where to find download for Reader 8

http://download.cnet.com/Adobe-Reader/3000-10743_4-10000062.html

?Go to this site and at the bottom of the page is a drop down menu that has all previous versions of Reader...From 4.0 to Present

BEST OF LUCK

Where to find download for Reader 8

Thanks for the suggestion.?However, the dropdown linked to other software on cnet, none of them Adobe Reader.?I tried 6 levels down the menu.?The paid links took me to Reader 9 downloads even when they 'promised' something different.?I found my download file for v.6 lurking on my hard drive and will use it for the time being.

Although CNET is a reputed download site, I always recommend to download only from the original software company.?(CNET also often is late with offering new versions and updates.)

You can download Adobe Reader 8.1.3 from ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/8.x/8.1.3/enu/AdbeRdr813_en_US.exe, and updates

8.1.4 ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/8.x/8.1.4/misc/AdbeRdrUpd814_all_incr.m sp

8.1.5 ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/8.x/8.1.5/misc/AdbeRdrUpd815_all_incr.m sp

8.1.6 ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/8.x/8.1.6/misc/AdbeRdrUpd816_all_incr.m sp

Make sure you uninstall version 9 before installing version 8.

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  • Please help: Trying to find the right...

    i have finish putting together the website and the size of the site is 1680 x 900.

    I would like to make sure that the webpages are able to fit to any screen size and the hot spot do not get destorted.

    The background image is large also.

    Below is the code to the site-- Any help would be great

    (i have set the background image to 1680x900 in size?the div has a table inserted and the table size is 1680

    My problem is that when i go to a smaller computer screen it remains 1680x900

    I need to know what I have to so to make the current design in Dreamweaver fit any screen size:

    body {

    background-image: url(images/Design-BK2.png);

    background-color: #030307;

    background-repeat: no-repeat;

    border-top-style: none;

    border-right-style: none;

    border-bottom-style: none;

    border-left-style: none;

    margin-left: 0px;

    margin-top: 0px;

    }

    --%26gt;

    %26lt;/style%26gt;

    %26lt;script src=''Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js'' type=''text/javascript''%26gt;%26lt;/script%26gt;

    %26lt;link href=''Css/design.css'' rel=''stylesheet'' type=''text/css'' /%26gt;


    %26lt;! Begin Smooth Blend Pages --%26gt;

    %26lt;meta http-equiv=''page-enter'' content=''BlendTrans(duration=0.5)''%26gt;

    %26lt;meta http-equiv=''site-exit'' content=''BlendTrans(duration=0.5)''%26gt;

    %26lt;! End Smooth Blend Pages

    IN and OUT --%26gt;


    %26lt;/head%26gt;




    %26lt;body%26gt;

    %26lt;div id=''wrapper''%26gt;

    ?%26lt;table width=''1680'' border=''0'' cellspacing=''0'' cellpadding=''0''%26gt;

    ?%26lt;tr%26gt;

    ?%26lt;td%26gt;%26lt;img src=''images/a28sample.png'' alt=''design'' width=''1680'' height=''900'' border=''0'' usemap=''#Map'' /%26gt;%26lt;/td%26gt;

    ?%26lt;/tr%26gt;

    ?%26lt;/table%26gt;

    %26lt;/div%26gt;




    %26lt;map name=''Map'' id=''Map''%26gt;%26lt;area shape=''rect'' coords=''35,192,103,211'' href=''Selectwork.html'' alt=''Work'' /%26gt;

    %26lt;/map%26gt;%26lt;/body%26gt;


    %26lt;/html%26gt;

    THANKS FOR ANYONE'S HELP

    Please help: Trying to find the right...

    You may have a real challenge here.?Trying to precisely fit content over complex background images is not exactly an optimal way to build web pages.?But anyway....

    Start by changing your table width to 100%.?1680px is very wide even by today's standards.?Most of my site visitors use 1024 -1280 wide displays.?And most of those do not brows with the viewport maximized.?So 1680 is just too awkward for most users.

    Liquid layouts or percentages have some major drawbacks as well.?Your layout may start dropping stuff down if it's re-sized too much, or it may grossly stretch apart on ultra wide displays.?Personally, I think the best layouts for beginners are fixed-width, somewhere between 900 - 1000px, centered.

    3-column, CSS layout (view page source in browser to see the code)

    http://alt-web.com/TEMPLATES/3-col-fixed-layout.shtml

    You may find this 2-part tutorial of interest:

    From Tables to CSS Web Design Part 1 -
    http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/table_to_css_pt1.html

    From?Tables to CSS Web Design Part 2 -
    http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/table_to_css_pt2.html

    Nancy O.
    Alt-Web Design %26amp; Publishing
    Web | Graphics | Print | Media?Specialists
    www.alt-web.com/
    www.twitter.com/altweb
    www.alt-web.com/blogspot.com

    Please help: Trying to find the right...

    I have taken a look at your suggestions, and i am going to push to design pages in dreamweaver to similar formats in the future.

    I have heard there is a Javascript that can allow the entire page to resize in accordance to smaller browsers and/ or ask the end user to resize to full browser size to view information.

    Is this true. if so please let me know. If not, in your opinion, do all the elements of the page have to be changed?

    Thanks again, you have been most helpful.

    Please visit the site www.trbla.com

    Sorry to say, but image maps are not an optimal way to build web pages and haven't been since the mid 1990's.?To illustrate my point,?run your web page URLs through this SEO Browser tool.

    http://www.seo-browser.com

    You will see your site as the Search engines see your site.?Which is to say, NO CONTENT!.?Images or image maps are no substitute for actual HTML text.?I think your design is very nice for print but it doesn't work well on the web where pages need to be flexible and contain content for search engines, people, screen readers and translators to grab onto.

    If you think a Javascript that resizes your page is going to solve this problem, you're mistaken.?It won't resize all your graphics and adjust the layout proportionately for you.?That comes from good web design and pre-planning in the design phase. Viewing maximized doesn't help people like myself who do not have a 1680 wide display.

    Rebuild this site the correct way.?Find a suitable CSS layout to work with. I highly recommend using CSS Layout Magic or one of the Page Packs from Project Seven. They're rock solid, work in all browsers and you'll learn a great deal from examining their code.

    CSS Layout Magic - DW Extension

    http://www.projectseven.com/products/templates/pagepacks/cssmagic/index.htm

    IQ by PVII - Page Packs

    http://www.projectseven.com/products/templates/pagepacks/iq/index.htm

    Slice your images in your favorite graphics editor.?Insert them into your CSS and HTML pages along with actual text using the following tutorial to guide you.

    Taking a Fireworks (or PhotoShop) comp to a CSS based layout in DW
    http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/web_standards_layouts_pt1.html

    Best of luck on your project,

    Nancy O.
    Alt-Web Design %26amp; Publishing
    Web | Graphics | Print | Media?Specialists
    www.alt-web.com/
    www.twitter.com/altweb
    www.alt-web.com/blogspot.com

    Jump to Slide Screen Not Loading

    I have been having one problem after another with Captivate 4. An earlier issue (broken Open Files Links) I cannote figure out...likely a Flash problem since by accident I found that the links work on another computer, but not on my work computer or personal PC. As soon as I think my problems are solved, another issue arises. I have an 89-slide instructional module with various ''Jump to Slide'' links within the module, in particular from a menu page (first slide of the file). All seems to go well until I select the last button on my menu page, which is a summary page (located on slide 89). When it tries to navigate there, I see my index (Table of Contents) icon come up, and the rest of the screen is white...it does nothing). I tried moving slides around, for example I moved the Mod Summary slide to the beginning vs. end, which seemed to work, but then it hosed up other screens. Can anyone help?

    Jump to Slide Screen Not Loading

    Hi there

    Is there by chance a question slide perched majestically between where you are and where you want to go? If there is, depending on your quiz settings, Captivate may be expecting the question to be answered before allowing you to navigate beyond it.

    On your Flash linking issue, it's worth noting that there are many different versions of the Flash player in existence. You may find things link just dandy on one PC only to find they fail miserably on another. (If you are running content locally)

    Cheers... Rick

    Helpful and Handy Links

    Captivate Wish Form/Bug Reporting Form

    Adobe Certified Captivate Training

    SorcerStone Blog

    Captivate eBooks

    Jump to Slide Screen Not Loading

    Thanks again for your quick reply. There are no quiz slides at all in the file that I'm having problems with. I have a menu screen on the first page with 5 buttons that link to content within the file, and several others that link to external files. The problem always seems to occur toward the end of the file (the later slides). It first occurred when I'd link to the summary page, so I simply moved the summary to a location at the beginning of the file vs. the end.

    Hi Kristi,

    Can you try any of these.. This can solve the problem to some extent

    1. Place the summary slide in a new project and set the action as open project for the button which used to point to the summary slide. Dont forget to place all the published contents of the summary project into the original project published folder.

    or

    2. Place a blank slide of duration 0.1 second before the Summary slide and link the button to jump to this blank slide. In preview you might be able to see the summary slide contents.

    Does this help please let me know.

    -Ashwin

    Thanks for your response Ashwin.

    With regard to item 1, I cannot move the summary slide outside of this module because I have a TOC set up to view all items including the Lesson Summary.

    With regard to item 1, I acutally tried to do the 0.1 screen prior to you recommending, and it still doesn't work. Tried again, to no avail?

    Has anyone had problems similar to this were a screen just refused to load? Any other suggestions...I'm kind of running out of time.

    Let me add a few more details to this problem of my screen not loading from a main menu with buttons that link to various sections of my lesson. When I run the training in my browser (again, all my files are HTML and SWF), my links for the first two lessons work like a charm. If I hit the third lesson (and sometimes the fourth), I get awhite blank screen, with only my TOC arrows in the top right corner, which still allow me to open the TOC window. I can navigate to almost any screen I choose from the TOC, then if I return back to my Lesson menu, and again select the third buttton, it works like a charm! Sheesh. Are there any file size restrictions with Flash Player? Based on this additional info, does anyone have any suggestions?  I have over 9 months of work into this, and suddenly things are starting to break, and they weren’t broke before.

    Hi Kristi,

    Can you please check what is the pre-loader percentge set for your project? This can be found at -

    Edit %26gt; Preferences %26gt; Project %26gt; Start and End.

    Please set the preload percentage to 100% and try to publish and play your project.

    Also can you tell us the following details of your project

    - Contents of the project (like capture, audio, quiz etc)

    - Captivate .cp file size

    - Published movie .swf file size

    Regards,

    Mukul

    My preloader settings are already set at 100.

    Here are the answers to you other questions:

    Conent - mostly all standard course navigation buttons, 7 full motion recording flvs (pulled in externally), text, images, and various interactions such as mouseovers, hotspots, TOC, etc. (no audio, screen caps were done outstide of Cap, an my quizzes are in a separate swf file).

    Captivate .cp is 14,176 KB

    Pun;odjrf swf is 5,065 KB

    Thanks for your speedy reply. I hope you (or someone can shed some light).

    KM

    I just wanted to post an update to this series of posts. I believe, upon accident, that I have isolated my problem some of the latter “jump to slide” hyperlinks loading. The hyperlinks seem to malfunction from a main menu (Slide 1) when I select hyperlinks from slides that are in the last half of the slide sequence, and only when I select them first. In other words, I believe that the problem is related to the full swf not loading in its entirety, and then if the user selects either of the two hyperlinks to the latter slides prior to the full swf loading, then it freezes. This sequence of events is highly unlikely to happen from the user perspective, unless, of course, they return to the couse with specific intent to revisit either of the latter lessons (Lessons 3 or 4) first. Does anyone have any creative suggestions for a fix or workaround to this?

    KM

    Turning off; Please describe image map...

    Is there a way to turn off the constant warning dialogue when placing an image map?

    The window that says; ''Please describe the image map in the 'alt' field on the properties inspector....''

    Turning off; Please describe image map...

    DW does this for web accessibility reasons.?If you ignore this dialogue box, you are rending your page useless to many people who have images turned off or who are visually impaired and can't see them.?Also, Images (site maps included) without Alt text will give you code validation errors.

    HTML Validator - http://validator.w3.org

    If you're still not convinced you need Alt text, and want to disable this dialogue, go to?Edit menu %26gt; Preferences %26gt; Accessibility %26gt; and remove checkmark from the Images box.

    Nancy O.
    Alt-Web Design %26amp; Publishing
    Web | Graphics | Print | Media?Specialists
    www.alt-web.com/
    www.twitter.com/altweb
    www.alt-web.com/blogspot.com

    Turning off; Please describe image map...

    Thank you very much Nancy!

    I am convinced I need alt text and I use it.?I was just getting tired of being told over and over by the program.

    ''Error 1603. A fatal error occurred...

    Ive been trying to install Adobe Photoshop CS4 trial for the past 3 days.

    The only reason I want to try it is because of its ability to create textures directly on models.

    But whenever I try to install, I get this error

    ''Adobe Drive CS4

    Error:

    Error 1603. Fatal error during installation.''

    Dispite it not saying that Adobe Photoshop CS4 having an error, I still get this screen:

    http://content.screencast.com/users/Pyromaniac1444/folders/Jing/media/a281841a-b f3b-452a-9bea-45418ba662be/2009-08-01_1132.png


    I have read [And done] this forum's instructions fully and it still will not install.

    http://forums.adobe.com/thread/373577

    I appreciate any help, here is my systems specs:

    http://content.screencast.com/users/Pyromaniac1444/folders/Jing/media/52112bb6-5 e85-4347-bd01-0bc0c5939a6d/2009-08-01_1753.png

    I also have some hardcore gaming video memory, but I don't think thats relevent here. :3

    ''Error 1603. A fatal error occurred...

    Disable any anti virus running on Windows 7. Disable windows defender.

    Go into start and type in services, click on services, and look for Windows Installer. Turn it from Manual to Auto and hit apply, then start the service and hit ok. close services.

    Make sure you run the PS CS4 installer as Admin!!

    No need to turn off UAC or the firewall.

    Before you run CS4 right click and select properties and run it as Admin.

    When you are ready to run CS4 for the first time make sure your connect to the internet. Also update CS4 to 11.0.1 update. Also ensure your video card drivers are up to date

    ''Error 1603. A fatal error occurred...

    Thank you for replying, but even after following your instructions Adobe Photoshop CS4 did not install.

    [Heres mah proof: http://content.screencast.com/users/Pyromaniac1444/folders/Jing/media/035e957d-1 f09-4baa-991e-45f4b6078a59/2009-08-01_2014.png]

    if you want I can upload a log file of the insallation. :3

    Altho it seems like its not creating any %26gt;:o.

    If you type?Error 1603?in the adobe search box you get this:

    http://community.adobe.com/help/search.html?searchterm=error+1603%26amp;q=error+1603%26amp;l =creativesuite_product_adobelr%26amp;x=0%26amp;y=0%26amp;area=0%26amp;lr=en_US%26amp;hl=en_US

    There must be an answer in there!

    Ive done everything on this article: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/408/kb408716.html

    But still no luck :,(

    Im probably just going to have to call technical support.

    Thanks for the help tho guys :3

    Pyromaniac1444 wrote:

    Im probably just going to have to call technical support.

    Help with Camera Raw

    I've been using Adobe Camera Raw 5.4 for a while and all of a sudden when I go to edit my photos, all the dark blacks on my photos are blue but when I'm done working with them and hit Open Image they are fine.

    But the blue on the editing screen is throwing my off when I edit my photos.

    can anyone help?

    I updated my video card drivers, tryed turning the OpenGL off tryed turning the Aero off on vista

    I attached a picture

    Help with Camera Raw

    LOL !?

    Thanks for the laugh, Steveomac.

    What you are seeing is the blown shadows warning/indication in the ACR preview.?Look at your histogram in the ACR preview; you'll see black triangles on either side of it.?Click on the triangle on the left to toggle the BLUE blown shadows indicator off and on, the one on the right to toggle the RED blown highlights indicator on and off.

    ACR is merely warning you that your shadows are blown in the areas covered by the blue warning.

    PS閳?It wouldn't hurt to read the User Guide.?

    Help with Camera Raw

    holy crap do I feel stupid, should have known that, thanks.

    You're welcome, Steveomac.?Bet you won't make the same mistake again.?

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  • Saveable List of User-Entered urls

    I鈥檝e found the following code on the net that is a basic example of using the sharedObject method to allow users to save data, however I want to enhance this same example so that in the text area, the user can enter different urls and then when each url that the user has entered is clicked it will navigate to that specific page.

    I know that allowing a user to merely enter a url into a single text box and then have it link to the relevant site once clicked is a simple process but I want to achieve this within the following example so that users can save their url list, reset their entire list back to blank or perhaps delete each link individually by clicking on it then clicking a delete button.

    My main problem is that it seems the selectedItem.text property can鈥檛 be accessed within a text area's click command and it doesn't seem the itemClick function is available in a text area like it can in a TileList for example so I鈥檓 not sure how I can get it to navigate to the contained url of each item when each item is actually clicked. Would the text area need to be changed to another type of component to incorporate this?:-

    %26lt;?xml version=''1.0'' encoding=''utf-8''?%26gt;

    %26lt;mx:Application xmlns:mx=''http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml''

    聽聽聽聽聽 layout=''absolute''

    聽聽聽聽聽 creationComplete=''initSharedObject()''%26gt;

    聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Script%26gt;

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;![CDATA[

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 import flash.net.SharedObject;

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 public var sharedObj:SharedObject;

    聽聽聽聽聽 聽聽聽 private function initSharedObject():void{

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 sharedObj = SharedObject.getLocal(''myTasks'');

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 聽聽聽 if (sharedObj.size %26gt; 0)

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 聽聽聽 聽 textareaTasks.text=sharedObj.data.tasks;

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 }

    聽聽聽聽聽 聽聽聽 public function localconnectionHandler(msg:String):void {

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 textareaTasks.text= textareaTasks.text + msg + ''\n'';

    聽聽聽聽聽 聽 聽 }

    聽聽聽聽聽 聽 聽 private function clearTasks(event:MouseEvent):void {

    聽聽聽聽聽 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 textareaTasks.text='''';

    聽聽聽聽聽 聽 聽 }

    聽聽聽聽聽 聽 聽 private function saveTasks(event:MouseEvent):void {

    聽聽聽聽聽 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 sharedObj.data.tasks = textareaTasks.text;

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 sharedObj.flush();

    聽聽聽聽聽 聽 聽 }

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 private function deleteSavedTasks(event:MouseEvent):void {

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 聽聽聽 sharedObj.clear();

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 }

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 ]]%26gt;

    聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;/mx:Script%26gt;

    聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Panel聽 horizontalCenter=''0'' verticalCenter=''0.5'' verticalGap=''15''

    聽聽聽聽聽 聽聽聽聽聽 paddingLeft=''20'' paddingRight=''20'' paddingBottom=''20'' paddingTop=''20''

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 聽 height=''300''%26gt;

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Label text=''Your tasks are...''/%26gt;

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:TextArea id=''textareaTasks''

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 top=''20'' left=''20'' right=''20'' bottom=''20''

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 width=''100%'' height=''100%''/%26gt;

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:HBox%26gt;

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Button id=''btnClearTasks'' click=''clearTasks(event)''

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 label=''Clear Tasks''/%26gt;

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Button id=''btnSaveTasks'' click=''saveTasks(event)''

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 label=''Save Tasks to Shared Object''/%26gt;

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Button id=''btnDeleteSavedTasks'' click=''deleteSavedTasks(event)''

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 聽聽聽聽聽 label=''Delete Saved Shared Object Tasks''/%26gt;

    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;/mx:HBox%26gt;

    聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;/mx:Panel%26gt;

    %26lt;/mx:Application%26gt;

    Saveable List of User-Entered urls

    If this post answers your question or helps, please mark it as such.

    You should use a List instead of a TextArea. I've created a custom component to get the URL from the user, and the URLs are displayed in the main app are launchable, and deletable.

    I still have to get loading the SharedObject working right, but here is the code so far:

    ------- AddURL.mxml -----------

    %26lt;?xml version=''1.0'' encoding=''utf-8''?%26gt;
    %26lt;mx:TitleWindow xmlns:mx=''http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml''
    聽 creationComplete=''PopUpManager.centerPopUp(this);''
    聽 title=''Add a URL'' width=''700'' verticalGap=''20''
    聽 paddingTop=''15'' paddingBottom=''10''%26gt;
    聽 %26lt;mx:Script%26gt;
    聽聽聽 %26lt;![CDATA[
    聽聽聽聽聽 import mx.core.Application;
    聽聽聽聽聽 import mx.controls.Alert;
    聽聽聽聽聽 import mx.managers.PopUpManager;
    聽聽聽聽聽
    聽聽聽聽聽 [Bindable] private var dataValid:Boolean = false;
    聽聽聽聽聽
    聽聽聽聽聽 private function validateData():void{
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 dataValid = url.text != '''' ? true : false;
    聽聽聽聽聽 }
    聽聽聽聽聽
    聽聽聽聽聽 private function addURL():void{
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 mx.core.Application.application.addURL(url.text);
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 PopUpManager.removePopUp(this);
    聽聽聽聽聽 }
    聽聽聽 ]]%26gt;
    聽 %26lt;/mx:Script%26gt;
    聽 %26lt;mx:TextInput id=''url'' width=''100%'' change=''validateData();''/%26gt;
    聽 %26lt;mx:Button label=''Add URL'' click=''addURL();'' enabled=''{dataValid}''/%26gt;聽
    %26lt;/mx:TitleWindow%26gt;


    ------ MainApp.mxml --------

    %26lt;?xml version=''1.0'' encoding=''utf-8''?%26gt;
    %26lt;mx:Application xmlns:mx=''http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml''
    聽 layout=''absolute'' creationComplete=''initSharedObject();''%26gt;
    聽 %26lt;mx:Script%26gt;
    聽聽聽 %26lt;![CDATA[
    聽聽聽聽聽 import mx.events.ListEvent;
    聽聽聽聽聽 import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
    聽聽聽聽聽 import flash.net.SharedObject;
    聽聽聽聽聽 import mx.managers.PopUpManager;
    聽聽聽聽聽 import AddURL;

    聽聽聽聽聽 private var sharedObj:SharedObject;
    聽聽聽聽聽 [Bindable] public var urls:ArrayCollection;
    聽聽聽聽聽
    聽聽聽聽聽 private function initList():void{
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 urls = new ArrayCollection();
    聽聽聽聽聽 }

    聽聽聽聽聽 private function initSharedObject():void{
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 initList();
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 sharedObj = SharedObject.getLocal(''urls'');
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 if (sharedObj.size %26gt; 0){
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 var urlList:Array = sharedObj.data.urls.split('','');
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 urls = new ArrayCollection();
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 for each(var url:String in urlList){
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 urls.addItem({url: url});
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 }
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 }
    聽聽聽聽聽 }

    聽聽聽聽聽 private function saveUrls(event:MouseEvent):void {
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 var urlList:String = '''';
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 for each(var obj:Object in urls){
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 urlList += obj.toString() + '','';
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 }
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 sharedObj.data.urls = urlList;
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 sharedObj.flush();
    聽聽聽聽聽 }

    聽聽聽聽聽 private function deleteSavedUrls(event:MouseEvent):void {
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 sharedObj.clear();
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 initList();
    聽聽聽聽聽 }

    聽聽聽聽聽 public function gotoURL(evt:MouseEvent):void{
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 navigateToURL(new URLRequest(urlList.selectedItem.url), '_blank');
    聽聽聽聽聽 }
    聽聽聽聽聽
    聽聽聽聽聽 private function addURLDialog():void{
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 PopUpManager.createPopUp(this, AddURL, true);
    聽聽聽聽聽 }
    聽聽聽聽聽
    聽聽聽聽聽 public function addURL(url:String):void{
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 urls.addItemAt({url: url},0);
    聽聽聽聽聽 }
    聽聽聽 ]]%26gt;
    聽 %26lt;/mx:Script%26gt;
    聽 %26lt;mx:Panel聽 horizontalCenter=''0'' verticalCenter=''0.5'' verticalGap=''15''
    聽聽聽 paddingLeft=''20'' paddingRight=''20'' paddingBottom=''20'' paddingTop=''20''
    聽聽聽 height=''500''%26gt;
    聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:HBox%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Label text=''Your URLs:'' fontWeight=''bold'' fontSize=''14''/%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Button label=''Add URL'' click=''addURLDialog();''/%26gt;聽聽聽聽聽
    聽聽聽 %26lt;/mx:HBox%26gt;
    聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:List id=''urlList'' top=''20'' left=''20'' right=''20''聽
    聽聽聽聽聽 bottom=''20'' width=''100%'' height=''100%'' dataProvider=''{urls}''
    聽聽聽聽聽 alternatingItemColors=''[0xcee7f6, 0xf4d5f7]''%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:itemRenderer%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Component%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:HBox%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Button label=''GO'' toolTip=''Go to URL''
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 click=''outerDocument.gotoURL(event);''/%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Text name=''urlText'' text=''{data.url}'' width=''100%''/%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Button label=''X'' toolTip=''Delete URL''
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 click=''{outerDocument.urls.removeItemAt(outerDocument.urlList.selectedIndex)}''/ %26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;/mx:HBox%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;/mx:Component%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;/mx:itemRenderer%26gt;
    聽聽聽 %26lt;/mx:List%26gt;
    聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:HBox%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Button id=''btnClearUrls'' click=''initList()''
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 label=''Clear URLs''/%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Button id=''btnSaveUrls'' click=''saveUrls(event)''
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 label=''Save URLs to Shared Object''/%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Button id=''btnDeleteSavedUrls'' click=''deleteSavedUrls(event)''
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 label=''Delete Saved Shared Object URLs''/%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Button id=''btnReloadSavedUrls'' click=''initSharedObject()''
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 label=''Reload Saved Shared Object URLs''/%26gt;
    聽聽聽 %26lt;/mx:HBox%26gt;
    聽 %26lt;/mx:Panel%26gt;
    %26lt;/mx:Application%26gt;

    Saveable List of User-Entered urls

    If this post answers your question or helps, please mark it as such.

    Okay. The shared object works correctly now.Only the main app file had to change. The AddURL component above is fine as is:

    %26lt;?xml version=''1.0'' encoding=''utf-8''?%26gt;
    %26lt;mx:Application xmlns:mx=''http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml''
    聽 layout=''absolute'' creationComplete=''initSharedObject();''%26gt;
    聽 %26lt;mx:Script%26gt;
    聽聽聽 %26lt;![CDATA[
    聽聽聽聽聽 import mx.events.ListEvent;
    聽聽聽聽聽 import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
    聽聽聽聽聽 import flash.net.SharedObject;
    聽聽聽聽聽 import mx.managers.PopUpManager;
    聽聽聽聽聽 import AddURL;

    聽聽聽聽聽 private var sharedObj:SharedObject;
    聽聽聽聽聽 [Bindable] public var urls:ArrayCollection;
    聽聽聽聽聽
    聽聽聽聽聽 private function initList():void{
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 urls = new ArrayCollection();
    聽聽聽聽聽 }

    聽聽聽聽聽 private function initSharedObject():void{
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 initList();
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 sharedObj = SharedObject.getLocal(''urls'');
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 if (sharedObj.size %26gt; 0){
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 var urlList:Array = sharedObj.data.urls.split('','');
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 urls = new ArrayCollection();
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 for each(var url:String in urlList){
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 if(url != ''''){
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 var urlObj:Object = {url: url};
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 urls.addItem(urlObj);聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 }
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 }
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 }
    聽聽聽聽聽 }

    聽聽聽聽聽 private function saveUrls(event:MouseEvent):void {
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 var urlList:String = '''';
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 for each(var obj:Object in urls){
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 urlList += obj.url + '','';
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 }
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 sharedObj.data.urls = urlList;
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 sharedObj.flush();
    聽聽聽聽聽 }

    聽聽聽聽聽 private function deleteSavedUrls(event:MouseEvent):void {
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 sharedObj.clear();
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 initList();
    聽聽聽聽聽 }

    聽聽聽聽聽 public function gotoURL(evt:MouseEvent):void{
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 navigateToURL(new URLRequest(urlList.selectedItem.url), '_blank');
    聽聽聽聽聽 }
    聽聽聽聽聽
    聽聽聽聽聽 private function addURLDialog():void{
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 PopUpManager.createPopUp(this, AddURL, true);
    聽聽聽聽聽 }
    聽聽聽聽聽
    聽聽聽聽聽 public function addURL(url:String):void{
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 urls.addItemAt({url: url},0);
    聽聽聽聽聽 }
    聽聽聽 ]]%26gt;
    聽 %26lt;/mx:Script%26gt;
    聽 %26lt;mx:Panel聽 horizontalCenter=''0'' verticalCenter=''0.5'' verticalGap=''15''
    聽聽聽 paddingLeft=''20'' paddingRight=''20'' paddingBottom=''20'' paddingTop=''20''
    聽聽聽 height=''500''%26gt;
    聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:HBox%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Label text=''Your URLs:'' fontWeight=''bold'' fontSize=''14''/%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Button label=''Add URL'' click=''addURLDialog();''/%26gt;聽聽聽聽聽
    聽聽聽 %26lt;/mx:HBox%26gt;
    聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:List id=''urlList'' top=''20'' left=''20'' right=''20''聽
    聽聽聽聽聽 bottom=''20'' width=''100%'' height=''100%'' dataProvider=''{urls}''
    聽聽聽聽聽 alternatingItemColors=''[0xcee7f6, 0xf4d5f7]'' rowHeight=''30''%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:itemRenderer%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Component%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:HBox verticalAlign=''middle''%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Button label=''GO'' toolTip=''Go to URL''
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 click=''outerDocument.gotoURL(event);''/%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Text name=''urlText'' text=''{data.url}'' width=''100%''/%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Button label=''X'' toolTip=''Delete URL''
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 click=''{outerDocument.urls.removeItemAt(outerDocument.urlList.selectedIndex)}''/ %26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;/mx:HBox%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;/mx:Component%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;/mx:itemRenderer%26gt;
    聽聽聽 %26lt;/mx:List%26gt;
    聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:HBox%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Button id=''btnClearUrls'' click=''initList()''
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 label=''Clear URLs''/%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Button id=''btnSaveUrls'' click=''saveUrls(event)''
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 label=''Save URLs to Shared Object''/%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Button id=''btnDeleteSavedUrls'' click=''deleteSavedUrls(event)''
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 label=''Delete Saved Shared Object URLs''/%26gt;
    聽聽聽聽聽 %26lt;mx:Button id=''btnReloadSavedUrls'' click=''initSharedObject()''
    聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 label=''Reload Saved Shared Object URLs''/%26gt;
    聽聽聽 %26lt;/mx:HBox%26gt;
    聽 %26lt;/mx:Panel%26gt;
    %26lt;/mx:Application%26gt;

    Excellent. That's even better than I thought.

    I tried for hours to get it done myself but it works great now. Thanks a lot.

    I have a strange problem after I've changed this application into an AIR application. When I run it and click the 'Go' button on any of the added urls the site doesn't open. Internet Explorer doesn't even open at all.

    The strange thing is this works fine if it's ran as an Flex application so I just can't figure out why it would'nt as an AIR app

    I can't look at this right now, but you might want to consider using the HTML control as a popup.

    It's ok no worries. I've managed to get it fixed by changing the gotoURL function to:-

    聽

    public function gotoURL(evt:MouseEvent):void{

    {navigateToURL(new URLRequest('http://' + urlList.selectedItem.url))};

    }

    聽

    Works fine now. Cheers.

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    I looked for updated to my software version but it is up-to-date.?I'm using Windows XP.

    Thanks for your help.

    Cannot re-open a saved slideshow in PSE6

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    I see there are plenty of questions on how to rotate videos in increments of 90 degrees, and that would be perfect for me except that I have about a hundred or so that need rotating. I have both PS Elements and Premiere, and obviously prefer not to create a new project for every one of them when all I want to do is a simple rotation.

    What I'm really looking for is some way to just click on a bunch of them that I want to rotate, say, 90 degrees clockwise, press a button, and go have lunch while the computer works. Unfortunately PS Elements only seems to do this with still images.

    I'm not averse to getting some other software if that's what it takes. And no, my camera manufacturer's software does not rotate videos at all, much less something that is either one at a time (but very simple - just press a button or two and that's it) or better yet a batch operation. Does anyone have a suggestion about how this can be done for a bunch at a time?

    Thanks ...

    Rotating lots of videos (not just one)

    Rotate one of the videos on your timeline, then right click it and select Copy. Then select all the videos you want to rotate, you can lasso them, and then right click on these and select Paste Attributes.

    Rotating lots of videos (not just one)

    What version of Premiere Elements are you using?

    I think this would apply to at least versions 7 and 4, probably all, but....

    Say you have 5 videos on the Premiere Elements Timeline. Right click one of the videos on the Timeline and select Rotate 90 degrees left or right.

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    Then Edit Menu/Select All.

    Then Edit Menu/Paste Attributes.

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    ATR

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    For the utmost in quality, I find that both for Rotation and for resizing, PS/PSE does a better job. This would be done, prior to Import, and also removes the overhead of the Motion%26gt;Rotation Effect being added to and then processed for a lot of still images.

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    Hunt

    Hunt,

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    ATR

    Tony,

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    That's what I get for getting on the laptop, when I have just returned from a trip! My bad...

    Hunt

    PS also trying to watch Tiger Woods at the Buick too!

    Thanks for everyone's efforts, but I think I need to learn more about Premiere Elements first because I don't really understand what y'all are talking about. This is my fault - although I've used PS Elements for a while I'm completely new to Premiere Elements. It's my understanding that a timeline is mainly used to be able to play multiple clips as part of the same overall presentation - which I do not want to do. I want to rotate a hundred or so original video files that are unrelated to each other. With jpgs this possible in Windows Explorer, but not so with avi videos. I'm just hoping there's a quick and dirty way to do it using Premiere simply because I have a copy of it.

    Unfortunately you can not do this in Premiere Elements... you need something like a batch rotator for video files... I dont know of one.

    The best that you can do is to Import these ~100 files into a ''work'' Project, and then drag them to the Timeline. Take the first one, and go to Effects%26gt;Edit Effects. Apply the Motion%26gt;Rotation Effect (one of the ''Fixed'' Effects in all Clips. Now, Rt-click that Clip (with the Motion%26gt;Rotation applied) and choose Copy, and then Lasso all other Clips on the Timeline. Rt-click on them and choose Paste Attributes.

    All of your Clips will now be Rotated by the same amount. To get these Rotated Clips out as individual ''corrected'' separate files, you can use the WAB (Work Area Bar) and Export to DV-AVI for just the Work Area. It might be easier to see and manipulate the WAB, if you first go to the New Icon in the Project Panel and create Black Video. Then, insert an instance of this Black Video between each Clip. Don't worry if a few frames of it is Exported, along with the Rotated Clip, as you can always Trim this out with the In %26amp; Out Points.

    Because of the need to Export, this is not as simple as batch processing JPEG's in PS/PSE, but not that difficult.

    I'm with Paul_LS, in that I have never seen a Rotational utility that would work at the OS level. Usually, one does not have that many Video Clips that need to be Rotated. In my years, I think I have only done this with two, and they were for a PiP abstract effect.

    Good luck,

    Hunt

    Here is a look at the Effects Control Panel (Effects%26gt;Edit Effects) and the Motion%26gt;Rotate set to 90 degrees Left.

    Here's a look at the WAB (Work Area Bar) for Exporting each Clip as a DV-AVI file:

    Just set your WAB and make sure that in Export you change from Project to Work Area Bar in the Export settings.

    Good luck,

    Hunt

    Hi Wine Snob -

    Thanks for the detailed answer (though a couple of others were pretty good too). It seems I have a lot to learn about Premiere but the step by step directions help.

    I'm very surprised there is no ''batch rotation'' utility out there somewhere but the instructions here give me something to go on.

    Thanks, and drink up!

    I think that the dearth of utilities is because of the lack of a real need for video. In still photography, it is very common, with the horizontal and vertical aspect of capture.

    Since one does not have (to the best of my knowledge) a true batch utility, the workaround is the best that I can think of.

    Now, I am not even going to ask how so many Videos need to be Rotated...

    I happen to have many reels of S-8mm film of the last race that I participated in with my XKE. I handed the camera over to my wife, when I took to the start line. She filmed about 1 hour of race footage in ''vertical'' mode! At least now, I can do a cine transfer to miniDV tape and Rotate all of that footage. Unfortunately, I was beaten by about four 6-cyl. Porsches in that last race.

    Hunt

    Since some of you wondered why there are so many videos that need rotating, over half of them involve a trip I took recently with a large group (about 25 of us) to Angel Falls, the highest waterfall in the world. That particular show is all vertical, so that's how we shot it. And yes, it's really spectacular, but it would be moreso if I didn't have to tilt my head. ;-)

    it's really spectacular, but it would be more so if I didn't have to tilt my head. ;-)

    Final update -

    I've started rotating some of these videos. There are a couple of workflow items to throw in there, most notably that when you create the new file the timestamp changes (of course) in the organizer and needs to be updated. Nothing too bad though. At this point it's something where I knock off a couple each night when I'm looking for something to do.

    But I've managed to rescue the best so far. One of them involves flying up to and over top of the rim of Angel Falls in a light aircraft, something Discovery Channel would have published if it had been taken with pro-level video equipment. Though I have to admit just tilting my head for that one would still have been pretty awesome.

    Thanks for the assistance.

    I found your forum. Thought you could help with my mystery. I want to rotate one video file (AVI) 90 degrees. It was imported to my Adobe PSE 6 organizer. I can't seem to find any way to rotate a video. And the editor says it doesn't support video editing.Others in this forum mention a timeline. Can't find that either. Thanks for helping me figure this out.

    I'm not nearly as experienced as some of the others here, so if anyone sees something please correct me.

    My understanding is that PS Elements will not do this - at all. You need Premiere or some other dedicated video editor. And apparently there is no ability to rotate a passel of videos the same way. However, you can do it one at a time.

    Import the video into a new project (there's a ''gotcha'' here, which I'll come back to). Then drag the video onto the Timeline. Close any gaps you don't want, then just Rotate 90 degrees in the direction you choose. All this can be done by right clicking and choosing from the menus. Once done, you can either Export or Share as appropriate (I'm not entirely clear on the difference, this is as far as I've gotten). Wine_snob posted some descriptive screen shots in this thread explaining how to do all this.

    Now, here's the gotcha. Apparently, the video format is critical - and you choose the format you are working with for the Project Settings before you actually import the file. Not sure why that is the case but I am a complete n00b when it comes to video editing. It's my understanding that if you don't pick the ''right'' project setting at the very start you might as well start over. This is probably not a big deal for most people but apparently Canon decided to go with a video format Adobe doesn't play with very well. The consequence is that if you import in an aspect ratio of, say, 4:3, the desired rotation leaves you with 3:4, which is not a supported standard.

    That's my understanding anyway, I'm probably quite wrong about at least something here. I hope.

    It was imported to my Adobe PSE 6 organizer

    Probably need to get Premiere version. With my PSE6 I started a new project-slideshow, hoping to see a way to rotate there. But no luck. I can create a slide show with videos and slides, but no editing features seem to be there. When I right click the video in the slide show storyboard, I only get ''delete slide.'' Don't see any timeline anywhere in slideshow. The only thing that comes close is the time noted below each slide whether video or image.

    In addition, there wasn't ability to do a save as WMV to computer until I imported the video. then I saved the project as a WMV file to computer. But nothing changed as to any features for rotating either video (original format AVI when imported) or jpg images there. Oh well. Unless anyone has other possibilities, I think I'm stuck. Thanks anyway.

    What would be your recommendation for upgrading so I can do more with videos--i.e. PSE7 + Premier? I assume Premier has rotating abiities for videos, etc. I read on some reviews that the Premier has some problems with the Plus membership for online storage. Some say the Plus help keeps coming up and there's no way to say no thank you...a nuisance since I won't probably be using it. But I gues I won't know unless I get it and try it out. Some say the Premier is a good video editing program. May stay with what I have for right now. Not certain.

    What do you think?

    What would be your recommendation for upgrading so I can do more with videos--i.e. PSE7 + Premier? I assume Premier has rotating abiities for videos, etc. I read on some reviews that the Premier has some problems with the Plus membership for online storage. Some say the Plus help keeps coming up and there's no way to say no thank you...a nuisance since I won't probably be using it.

    In the scheme of things Photoshop Elements is the photo editor and Premiere Elements is the video editor. When you were in the Photoshop Elements Organizer trying unsuccessfully to rotate your video there and saw mention of a ''timeline'' here, that timeline was in Premiere Elements, not Photoshop Elements. Photoshop Elements Organizer will let you bring in video, but not edit it. I think that all has been said in the previous response.

    BUT, way back August 1, 2009 1:56 pm in this topic?(toward the beginning of this topic), I detailed how to to rotate one or more videos on the Premiere Elements Timeline. Others detailed utilities that might do the job for those who wanted to avoid the hassle of bringing so many videos into Premiere Elements just to rotate it and then get them out. That was my take on the reasoning behind that alternative.

    I do not know if I need to clarify a few other things, but here goes, just in case.


    If you can import a video into Premiere Elements Timeline, you can rotate it there, be it .avi, .mts, .wmv, etc.

    Independant of this rotation business, when you bring a video into Premiere Elements you set a project preset in the New Project dialog before the working interface opens. To best results and sometimes required, the project preset (set of project settings) should match as closely as possible the properties of the video that you are bringing in. You do that so that you will be editing in the ''template'' of the project settings. You can still change the preset for export when you get to your export dialog, that is, you are not bound to the project preset for your export setting.

    Two other things, do you presently have Premiere Elements? If not, then you might want to explore the alternatives elaborated on earlier and used. If you do have Premiere Elements and want more details on how to get your video into Premiere Elements, rotated, and exported please let me know, indicating the format of the video involved and what is an acceptable export type for it.

    ATR

    Hunt,

    When I received an e-mail report of SL Bseeker's post in my computer Outlook Express, I opened it, read it as well as Justjeffindc's response, and felt that it needed some clarification.

    By the time I got around to hit the ''Post Message'' button, there was a wealth of communciations between other parties that was not there when I hit that ''Post Message'' button.

    So, I would hope that SL Bseeker et al will read my message in the background.

    ATR

    Hunt,

    Message #2....

    I do not believe that SL Bseeker is talking about a Premiere Elements Welcome Screen. More than likely it is an annoying pop up, first wanting you to sign up for the free photoshop.com membership or the non free photoshop.com plus membership. Even if you sign up for the free photoshop.com membership, you may still get the pop up for the non-free photoshop.com membership until you give in. I do not believe that anyone has found a way to deal with those messages, short of just ignoring them.

    ATR

    Hunt,

    Message #3

    Yes, you can rotate video clips in Windows Movie Maker.

    Right click the video brought to the Timeline of Windows Movie Maker.

    Select ''Video Effects'' from the pop up menu.

    In the dialog that opens, in Available Effects, scroll to Rotate (has three offerings, 180, 270, and 90).

    Click Add to do just that for the one that you highlight in Available Effects.

    Click OK.

    ATR

    Just some thoughts on slideshows, Photoshop Elements, Premiere Elements....

    1. If you only have Photoshop Elements 6 and want to make a better quality product for viewing on the TV (DVD player), then you need additional software to generate your DVD-VIDEO, a higher quality product. If you do not want to invest in Premiere Elements 4 to do the task, then:

    a. create your slideshow in the Photoshop Elements 6 slideshow editor, output it with the Output option ''Save As File Movie (wmv)'', and take that wmv saved to your computer hard drive to a program such as Nero (Nero Vision application with DVD plugin) to generate the DVD-VIDEO.

    2. If you have Photoshop Elements 6 and Premiere Elements 4, you have an ''integrated set'' which means that it offers some perks that a non integrated set does not have. Integrated sets are Photoshop Elements 5/Premiere Elements 3, Photoshop Elements 6/Premiere Elements 4, and Photoshop Elements 7/Premiere Elements 7. The biggest peak of an integrated set is that it allows you to use the Photoshop Elements Slideshow Editor Output ''Send to Premiere Elements'' so that the Premiere Elements the ''Break Apart Slideshow'' option is available, allowing you to do further significant edits.

    So, consider you next step:

    a. buy Premiere Elements 4, if still available, to get the further editing perk from its integration with Photoshop Elements 6

    b. upgrade to Photoshop Elements 7 and Premiere Elements 7, which will soon be upgraded to Photoshop Elements 8 and Premiere Elements 8.

    There is nothing to prevent you from using a non integrated set, such as Photoshop Elements 6 and Premiere Elements 7, but you lose the ''Break Apart Slideshow'' option in Premiere Elements 7 that is associated with Photoshop Elements Slideshow Editor Output option ''Send to Premiere Elements''.

    c. other

    When dealing with a video editor, it is good check out Supported Import Types. The native format of the Premiere Elements Timeline is DV AVI. Not all videos with a file extension of .avi are DV AVI. That AVI is a wrapper format that contains different format, for example, MotionJPEG AVI, AVI MPEG4, etc.


    When considering new software, always consider System Requirements and cross check them against your computer resources, such as installed vs available RAM and total capacity vs free hard drive space. I have mentioned video so far, but, if you have stills in that slideshow headed for DVD-VIDEO, check out the pixel dimensions of those stills and do not let them exceed 1000 x 750 pixels.

    That is just a rough idea of some considerations. Please let me know if you have any questions about what I have written.

    ATR

    Thanks for the input. No , I don't have Premier. Just PSE6. I'll need to review the other alternatives since I didn't catch any that worked for me with just PSE6. In the?meantime, if you are so inclined, feel free to give a ''to do'' on ''get your video into Premiere Elements, rotated, and exported please let me know, indicating the format of the video involved and what is an acceptable export type for it.''

    Video format = AVI

    Project format saved as after importing AVI video into slide show = WMV (I assume this is the acceptable one; but if you think differently, please offer. This territory is new to me).

    Thanks.

    Tony,

    I do not have PrE 7, but from the discussions on the Adobe.com pop-up, I was under the impression that it came along with the Splash Screen, just after loading. Maybe I just misunderstood, especially as I have not actually seen this and only have PrE 4, prior to the new ''thing,'' that Adobe has.

    From the sounds of it, I'd sign up, just to keep the pop-up at bay, even though I cannot image using the storage for anything, and do not see the ''gallery'' as something that I'd need.

    Thanks for the info,

    Hunt

    Video format = AVI

    Tony,

    Thank you for that info. Did not want to state that as a possiblity, since I hardly ever use that program - kinda' like Audacity. I can tell someone how to do something in PrPro, Adobe Auditon, some in PrE and a ton in Photoshop - some of the others, well I may have them, and use them once per year, but do not claim to ''know'' them.

    Appreciated,

    Hunt

    PS how does it handle the Aspect Ratio change (from 4:3 to 3:4 [US terms here], the the OP encountered)? Just curious.

    Tony,

    This is a great point and always merits mention.

    When considering new software, always consider System Requirements and cross check them against your computer resources, such as installed vs available RAM and total capacity vs free hard drive space.

    Wow! Am I impressed with all everyone's help. Will read over everything carefully and try again tomorrow. Thanks much.

    PLEASE HELP - Duplicate Function...

    Hello -PLEASE HELP - Duplicate Function...

    why are you duplicating that function??the error message is pretty clear.?use:


    function loadAlbum18616(event:Event):void { my_ssp.loadAlbum(''album-18'',''616''); }
    photogallery_btn.addEventListener(''click'',loadAlbum18616);

    function loadAlbum18615(event:Event):void { my_ssp.loadAlbum(''album-18'',''615''); }
    highlights_btn.addEventListener(''click'',loadAlbum18615);
    PLEASE HELP - Duplicate Function...

    Thank you kglad.?Okay - I think I get it now.?I kept thinking that if I changed function loadAlbum18 that it would not work.?I understand now how Flash was seeing it as a duplicate because I was using this on both button actions.?I guess as long as I have it specified within the quotes for the Album-number it will understand which Album to pull from.

    However, now I have a new problem.?If you click on the ''Highlights'' button it works great.?BUT if you click on the ''Getting There'' button it shows the image but then loops to the next image in the Album.

    Can I put some sort of ''stop'' function so that it does not do that??Not sure why the ''Highlights'' button does NOT do this other than the fact that I have it as the last action under the ''Getting There'' one.

    Here is a link to the test page:?http://www.pandenwolf.com/quail/qh_slideshow_gallery.html

    P.S.?I understand that you may not be able to help with this since it is working with SSP for Flash.?I have also posted in their forum but have not been able to get help.

    Thanks!

    Denise

    One solution that I found does work is to put each one of the 4 images in their own Album.?This way there are no other images to loop.?A bit extreme I guess but it does work.?Will be interesting to see if SSP Support comes back with any answers for me.

    color sample tool

    CS4.

    Windows XP

    When I put text into my image (name and copyright) the character window (tool bar) does not let me select a color.?For exampled I will type my name and year on my picture.?Then I select the text, open character tool, select color and then I change the color of my text to something in my picture.?For some reason this quit working on my XP system (but works on my Vista system - laptop).?Is there a simple fix for this ??I don't want to re-install unless I have to. Any help is greatly appreciated.?Thanks.

    color sample tool

    select the Eyedropper tool and set Sample to All Layers in the Options bar

    color sample tool

    Well now I feel like a fool. Thank you, thank you, that did it.

    importing a table into indesign

    I have a job soon in which i must create tables (filled with data) that can be imported into indesign. The data comes from a database and hundreds of tables will be generated this way, then imported into indesign and eventually become a pdf and a book. My part of the job is to create the tables with data, and someone elses job is to do everything that has to do with indesign. Im planning on creating the tables with PHP and output them in the format that indesign accepts.

    I found the technical reference pdf online(''Adobe Indesign CS3 and XML: A Technical Reference''), and it describes a format of tables that can be imported into indesign.

    Here is an example of a table i made in that format:

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    %26lt;Table xmlns:aid=''http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeInDesign/4.0/'' aid:table=''table'' aid:trows=''2'' aid:tcols=''2''%26gt;
    %26lt;Cell aid:table=''cell'' aid:crows=''1'' aid:ccols=''1'' aid:ccolwidth=''200''%26gt;r1c1%26lt;/Cell%26gt;
    %26lt;Cell aid:table=''cell'' aid:crows=''1'' aid:ccols=''1'' aid:ccolwidth=''200''%26gt;r1c2%26lt;/Cell%26gt;
    %26lt;Cell aid:table=''cell'' aid:crows=''1'' aid:ccols=''1'' aid:ccolwidth=''200''%26gt;r2c1%26lt;/Cell%26gt;
    %26lt;Cell aid:table=''cell'' aid:crows=''1'' aid:ccols=''1'' aid:ccolwidth=''200''%26gt;r2c2%26lt;/Cell%26gt;
    %26lt;/Table%26gt;

    ----------------------------------------

    This should be a table with 2 rows and 2 columns.

    Before i go any further, i must say that i know nothing about indesign and have never used it before. It is not really required for what i need to do and all i need to know is if my approach is viable. Someone else will do all the indesign work.

    So i imported this table into a new indesign document, but i didnt seem to get a table as a result.

    My questions are:

    - is it possible to import tables like that into indesign?

    - Did i do something wrong?

    - Is there another way, an easier one perhaps?

    - Can html tables be imported or pasted into indesign?

    importing a table into indesign

    You might just want to look into something like Teacup Software's DataLinker.

    http://www.teacupsoftware.com/products/datalinker.html

    Bob

    importing a table into indesign

    Looks interesting but not sure if it would work.

    The indesign people work for a different company in a different city and we cant tell them to use different software and change the way they work. They know 0 about sql and databases. Also the tables are very dynamic, each one has a different number of rows and columns, merged cells, etc. so there is not a fixed format into which the data can be inserted, And also a single table uses many different queries to get the content, there needs to be error handling to replace nulls, zeroes, yes/no, 1/0, etc. and i dont know if teacup datalinker can do it.

    Does anyone know how to import a table in indesign?

    File%26gt;place. For best results check show options in the place dialog and browse to an Excel or Word document.

    Bob

    Does it accept anything other than word or excel?

    According to the technical reference, above format should work. But nothing happens when i import it, i dont see a table anywhere.

    How did you import that?

    I cut/pasted your xml to a file and tried to import it to fresh new indesign document by using File%26gt;Import XML and it worked.... try following:

    1. Import your XML

    2. A structure panel should become visible on left side of your working space

    3. Drag%26amp;drop Root tag to place where you want to insert your table..

    Table is very rough looking but stucture of it is quite right I guess....

    XML can be very effective way to upgrade content of existing tables but I don楹搕 know is it so good for creating new ones... You may face all kinds of difficulties with wrong tags at wrong places... and they can follow your indd-document and cause all kinds of troubles in future for people who continues working with your files.

    Thanks Petteri, thats what i was looking for.

    I did as you described and it worked. Previously i did not do step 3 that you mentioned, because i really know nothing about how indesign or its panels work and hadnt thought about dragging the root to the other side of the screen. I tried to drag the table, but that wasnt possible.

    Now i know it works.

    About the XML: i figure if i stick to the table format from the indesign technical reference, and not do any new tags in it, the tables will always work. This will all be a one time import per table, and the data of each table will not be updated after that.

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  • cfdocument align=justify - 4 year old...

    FOUR years ago I reported a bug in ColdFusion 7's cfdocument PDF rendering engine. It prevents any text from being justified which had made business documents generated by ColdFusion look rather messy and unprofessional.

    I reported the bug again during the CF8 beta. It still remains in place in CF9 some 4 years on.

    The open source Railo and BlueDragon CFML engines don't have this problem. So why has Adobe, who invented the PDF format, not taken any interest in fixing the problem for 4 years? If a 3rd party library is at fault then update it or change it for one that Railo or BD uses.

    Will this be fixed in the next CF9 beta? If not then we need to elegantly find a way of sending cfdocument requests to a Railo/BD server and then return confirmation to the CF server. Maybe as web service. The servers all have access to the same file share (web root) so the PDF can be deposited in there rather than sending the binary back via the web service.

    I think I handled the start-up issue

    I've been having problems with CS4 starting up from a saved project. I would have to open it 2, 3 or 4 times before PP would remain running and not shut down. I think (hope) I've handled it. I have the trial version of Neoscene and noticed when I double clicked any AVI file I got a ''Data Execution Prevention'' window. By turning off DEP for CineForm HD, Windows Media Player and Windows Explorer the AVIs play fine. But also my saved project in CS4 opens on the first try. Well, at least 3 times in a row.?Could this have been the issue with PP start-up?

    I think I handled the start-up issue

    Makes one wonder what the hell Cineform is doing that requires turning off DEP.?That should be kept on at all times for security purposes.?Cineform should rewrite their code so that it's not trying to do things it shouldn't be doing.

    Linking to a point on a page

    Hi

    I am building a site at present and need to link to a cretain point on a page - the best way I can explain it is that it wants to appear as if the page does not move but the text is simply replaced for the corresponding tab.?Probably best to show what I mean.

    http://www.justadwater.co.uk/MLO_Site_Build/life_cover.html

    The premise here is that each tab moves onto a new section but keeps the impression of being on the same page.

    Hope this makes sense.

    Thanks

    G

    Linking to a point on a page

    That actually loads a new page each time.

    To create a tabbed interface, use the Spry Tabbed Panels widget: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_Using/WS83A40C4B-819F-43e9-942D-7EC 039DC45B6a.html.

    Linking to a point on a page

    Thanks for that.?Do I take it to alter the look of the actual tabs themselves I just utilise a bit of CSS

    Yes you are correct CSS controls style, otherwise known as the ''look''

    More info about spry tabbed panels here

    Ok so far so good I now have created

    http://www.justadwater.co.uk/MLO_Site_Build/life_cover.html

    Is there a way I am going to be able to bring in the rollover functionality of the buttons that are shown here or is that too much to ask

    http://www.justadwater.co.uk/MLO_Site_Build/illness_cover.html

    It looks like the rollover is on both pages mentioned and I don't see any spry tabs in either page.

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