People often ask me my opinion about whether or not they should get a screen protector for their iPhone. And while I will discuss some pros and cons of a screen protector shortly, ultimately it boils down to the answer to a simple question: "What did your last phone look like when you were done with it?" My wife recently upgraded from the Verizon iPhone 3 to the Verizon … [Read more...] about Do I Need a Screen Protector for my iPhone 4? Pros and Cons of an iPhone Screen Protector
Do I Need a Screen Protector for my iPhone 4? Pros and Cons of an iPhone Screen Protector
iDVD No Sound on Menu – How to Get Sound on the iDVD Background Menu
There's a good post on Apple's forum about this problem -- having no sound when trying to add background music to iDVD -- but there was one step that tripped me up. The key concept here is that the problem is that iDVD has the background music set to mute, and you need to un-mute it. So basically you need to look at the menu drop zone and remove the iTunes note icon. Now … [Read more...] about iDVD No Sound on Menu – How to Get Sound on the iDVD Background Menu
What is Soft Proofing? – Soft Proofing Photographs for the Absolute Beginner
What is Soft Proofing? In the context of editing a photograph in a program such as Photoshop, soft proofing is the process by which you try to make the image you see on your monitor match what you will see on the printed photograph. Where Does Soft Proofing Fit in a Photographic Workflow? Soft proofing is often used when you want to print a photograph on your printer or on a … [Read more...] about What is Soft Proofing? – Soft Proofing Photographs for the Absolute Beginner
How to Convert WMV to iMovie (MP4) for Free –
So now that I've converted basically my entire "video life" to the Mac platform and iMovie (and final cut studio soon...), I hit a roadblock when I tried to bring WMV's from my previous Windows-life into iMovie. So I tried a few tricks and while my tricks are usually pretty handy, I couldn't find a good way to go from WMV to MP4, or even to go from WMV to MOV. The iMovie WMV … [Read more...] about How to Convert WMV to iMovie (MP4) for Free –
Mac OS X Equivalents for the Windows PC Web Developer – A Work in Progress
I've been a PC guy forever and I broke down last year and purchased an iMac. Certain things are better in OS X than they are in Windows, and certain things are...well....just plain different. As the time has come for me to upgrade hardware, I face the tough decision of sticking with my PCs and my PC laptops and all the software that goes with them -- or taking the plunge and … [Read more...] about Mac OS X Equivalents for the Windows PC Web Developer – A Work in Progress