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Post by gearofzanzibar on Aug 4, 2009 12:58:52 GMT -5
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Post by dgriffin on Aug 4, 2009 16:31:14 GMT -5
I liked the "six months to pick his dog" comparison!
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Post by gearofzanzibar on Aug 4, 2009 19:43:28 GMT -5
I amuse myself to no end. Heh.  |
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Post by tanouryjr on Aug 4, 2009 20:12:38 GMT -5
Boy, I hope I never get on Gear's bad side. LOL. That is some good PSD work though. I have gotten better at Final Cut Pro but still can't figure out Photoshop. I know Ralph is really good with it. There is so much to it, and trying to learn Final Cut, Live Text and After Effects is tough enough. But to really make good videos, I do need to learn Photoshop. Any online tutorial suggestions?
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Post by gearofzanzibar on Aug 4, 2009 20:26:53 GMT -5
Boy, I hope I never get on Gear's bad side. LOL. That is some good PSD work though. I have gotten better at Final Cut Pro but still can't figure out Photoshop. I know Ralph is really good with it. There is so much to it, and trying to learn Final Cut, Live Text and After Effects is tough enough. But to really make good videos, I do need to learn Photoshop. Any online tutorial suggestions? I think the easiest way is to decide what kind of graphic you want and then hunt down a tutorial on how to do it. And keep doing that, every day. Eventually you'll begin to intuitively understand what each program does and, more importantly, how it does it. I'd also like to point out that you don't necessarily need high-priced programs like Photoshop to do great graphics work. Programs like GIMP and Inkscape are totally free and, while slightly more difficult to learn, just as powerful as a big package like Adobe CS3. |
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Post by tanouryjr on Aug 5, 2009 12:17:30 GMT -5
Great advice. That's kind of how I learned video editing, along with reading a few books. I wish I knew about the free programs before I bought CS3. But I bought it while I was still in school and got a huge student discount. I think it was only $300.
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Post by Ralph on Aug 6, 2009 2:14:17 GMT -5
Or you could just have asked Ralph and he would have GIVEN it to you.
You'll never learn!!!! LOL!!! ;D
I have the tutorial video and textbook for CS3 if you ever need it Larry......just friggin' ASK.
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Post by chris on Aug 6, 2009 8:17:55 GMT -5
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Post by dgriffin on Aug 6, 2009 8:19:37 GMT -5
I admire you guys! The most I ever PAID for a software program (I think) was about $90, and that's because it controlled one of my radios and did spectrum analysis as well as filtering and digital decoding.
Granted, my "artwork" is not Pixel Perfect (in fact, its amateurishness is part of the joke), but I can't imagine paying what they want for Photoshop or that ilk. I had a borrowed copy of Illustrator some years back, and although an experienced user could certainly do more with it than I could, I don't need more function than I get in Paint or Gimp or Artweaver.
I should stress that I'm not doing photos. You guys must be doing some pretty sophisticated stuff.
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Post by Will on Aug 6, 2009 9:58:38 GMT -5
Anyone interested I have TONS of photoshop CS3 and CS4 tutorials, including rendering, color blending, effects, brushes and much more. These all come from my brothers and my old Graphics design tutorial website DelksDesigns.com Many of our tutorials have been featured on good-tutorials.com and grafx-design.com Just send me a message and I'll send you one.
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Post by Will on Aug 6, 2009 10:04:15 GMT -5
Getting back to the original topic... BTW my group, The Oneida County 912ers were there with Don. I must say, I'm quite surprised at the level of national publicity Don has gotten from this. Great job Don! |
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Post by dgriffin on Aug 6, 2009 10:56:25 GMT -5
 "Mob rule is not democracy. People have a democratic right to express themselves and our elected leaders have a right to hear from their constituents -- not organized thugs whose sole purpose is to shut down the conversation and attempt to scare our leaders into inaction. We call on the insurance companies, the lobbyists and the Republican leaders who are cheering them on to halt these ‘Brooks Brothers Riot’ tactics. Health care is a crucial issue and everyone - on all sides of the issue - deserves to be heard." FROM:Labor weighs in on healthcare August 6, 2009 10:59 AM One of President Obama's biggest allies -- Big Labor -- is coming to his aid on healthcare.The AFL-CIO, the nation's largest union federation, announced today that it will mount an intensive 30-day grassroots effort to back a sweeping healthcare overhaul, timed during the recess when members of Congress will be home listening to their constituents. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, in a call-to-arms memo to union leaders, put the choice starkly: "The question for us is: will we let them make health care 'Obama's Waterloo' or will we make it the next big step in our march to Turn Around America?" Sweeney said unions must fight for healthcare legislation that helps working people, not insurance companies. (His full memo is below.) The AFL-CIO also put out a statement assailing the tactics of conservative groups, which are sending activists to congressional town hall meetings to criticize members of Congress.
"Every American has the inalienable right to participate in our democratic process. Our politics is passionate, heartfelt and often loud -- as was the founding of our nation. But that is not what the corporate-funded mobs are engaging in when they show up to disrupt town halls held by members of Congress," said the federation's secretary-treasurer, Richard Trumka."Mob rule is not democracy. People have a democratic right to express themselves and our elected leaders have a right to hear from their constituents -- not organized thugs whose sole purpose is to shut down the conversation and attempt to scare our leaders into inaction. We call on the insurance companies, the lobbyists and the Republican leaders who are cheering them on to halt these ‘Brooks Brothers Riot’ tactics. Health care is a crucial issue and everyone - on all sides of the issue - deserves to be heard." Strong words. What say, Will? Did you have any inkling you (912ers) were being organized by Big Business/Big Insurance? Did they take you to lunch or promise you favors?  Full Article at: www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/08/labor_weighs_in.html |
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Post by dgriffin on Aug 6, 2009 16:41:18 GMT -5
From: Top Democrat denounces health care protestsAT: www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/washington/6563296.html"Democrats and the White House are claiming that the sometimes rowdy protests that have disrupted Democratic lawmakers' meetings and health care events around the country are largely orchestrated from afar by insurers, lobbyists, Republican Party activists and others.
Some of the activists who've shown up at town-hall meetings held recently by Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., and other lawmakers are affiliated with loosely connected right-leaning groups, including Conservatives for Patients' Rights and Americans for Prosperity, according to officials at those groups. Some of the activists say they came together during the "Tea Party" anti-big-government protests that happened earlier this year, and they've formed small groups and stayed in touch over e-mail, Facebook and in other ways.
But they insist they're part of a ground-level movement that represents real frustration with government spending and growth.
About 20 protesters gathered in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Thursday to let Democratic Rep. Scott Murphy know they oppose the health care plans in Washington. They carried signs saying: "Obamacare Seniors beware! Rationing is here," and "If socialized medicine is best ... why didn't Ted Kennedy go to Canada?" Motorists honked as they drove by.
Most said they learned about the event from various community groups that oppose the health care overhaul. All rejected the notion that they had been organized on a large scale, or had connections to the insurance industry.
John Wagner, a 71-year-old retired salesman said he wasn't affiliated with any political groups. He said he and his wife, 68-year-old Anne Wagner, came try to talk to Murphy. Both of the registered independents voted for Murphy's Republican opponent.
"We think it's the start of our government taking over every facet of our economy, and of our health, to make sure that the government runs everything," John Wagner said.
At one point, a constituent asked Murphy if he thought the country was headed for universal health care.
"That phrase means a lot of things to a lot of people," Murphy said. His answer was greeted with a chorus of groans.
In the end, the real action may still be in Washington. Six senators — three from each party, all members of the Senate Finance Committee — agreed to keep working over the August break and assess the situation when they return, working against a Sept. 15 deadline.
Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., said Thursday the group is making progress.
The outlines of a the Finance Committee compromise have emerged in recent weeks — although nothing is final. The package would cost around $900 billion over 10 years and would be fully paid for through a variety of revenue raisers including a tax on health insurers that offer high-cost plans worth more than $20,000 a year.
Individuals would be required to get insurance, either through an employer, on their own, or through a government program. Federal subsidies would help low-income and many middle-class households afford the premiums. Medicaid would be expanded to cover more people close to the poverty line. Nearly all Americans would be covered.
But even the usually optimistic Baucus says it's not a done deal.
"If Republicans aren't there, it could get to the point where some time after the recess ... Democrats may have to go in a different direction," Baucus said after the group returned from a meeting with Obama at the White House.
"I hope not," Baucus added, "but we have to face facts." "
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Post by Will on Aug 7, 2009 10:35:14 GMT -5
I've heard everything from, we are bankrolled by right wing extremist groups to big insurance. Truth is we operate on donations from members. Our members are politically diverse from registered democrats, republicans libertarian and undeclared. We are simply fed up with our government and ALL the parties. Arcuri won't hold a town hall meeting here so we went to him. We yell and shout because people just don't see that it's not us that are influenced by special interest groups.... It's our politicians, and they are not listening to us. Therefore we must turn up the volume so the voices in their heads become too loud to ignore.
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Post by dgriffin on Aug 7, 2009 13:47:35 GMT -5
I've heard everything from, we are bankrolled by right wing extremist groups to big insurance. Truth is we operate on donations from members. Our members are politically diverse from registered democrats, republicans libertarian and undeclared. We are simply fed up with our government and ALL the parties. Arcuri won't hold a town hall meeting here so we went to him. We yell and shout because people just don't see that it's not us that are influenced by special interest groups.... It's our politicians, and they are not listening to us. Therefore we must turn up the volume so the voices in their heads become too loud to ignore.So true. To hear a politician accuse a citizen group of being bankrolled by lobbyists is truly funny in a bizarre and unfortunate kind of way. "Calling the kettle black" doesn't even begin to describe it. I don't know anyone who needs more than just a look at their tax bills to incite them to speak up at these meetings. |
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