On this episode we look at create a layer comp to change the layout of a design. Cast: videopixil

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Coming up on today’s epsiode: Back up your 360 games!

Episode 9 - Show Notes

Burning a Xbox360 Backup for the NME2.0 Chip. This model has the BenQ DVD drive, installed with the NME2.0 Mod-chip. Lets take a look at the workflow process Step1: Backing up your XBOX 360 Game So once you have a successful Xbox360 Game dump, you should end up with two files, a .dvd and a .iso file. You can check out our article on YouNoob.net for more info. Step2: Changing the Region with XDVD Mulleter Beta 10 Okay so after backing up your game, you’ll want to change the Region of the game using XDVD Mulleter Beta 10 for windows. It must either be Region Free or your console region. Step 3: Converting the Backup to be NME Compatible. We’ll be using the offical NME software NME Associator. Part 1. Open the Associator and go to the Extract Tab, Here we’ll extract the Security Sector (or .ss file) from the .ISO. Then select the iso and save out your .ss file. in the same folder as your .iso and .dvd Part 2. You’ll need merge the .ss file with the current .iso file. Next select your iso and browse for your .ss file, and then hit Convert. Part 3. This will act as our fail safe. So lets make sure your dump is fully converted. So goto the convert tab, select the ISO, and click Create. If everything went correctly, you’re game dump should now be NME compatible. Step 4: Burning your backup There are two different programs that can burn your backup. IMGBurn and CloneCD. In this tutorial we will be using IMGBurn. Before burning we must make sure our preferences are correct for burning the xbox360 disk. You will need a blank DVD+R DL. I recommend Verbatim brand, as they are the highest quality and most reliable. Part 1. Change your Booktype to your current DVD burner. Part 2. Under the Tools / Settings file menu, go to the write tab and you will see “Layer Break” options. Select “User Specified” place this sequence of numbers: 1913760. This gives us the correct spacing between the data when burning the disk. Step 5: Ready to burn Ok! Now its ready to burn Part 1. Click ok and save your settings Part 2. Click Write Image file to disk Part 3. For the Source, select the .dvd file of your 360 dump, NOT THE ISO FILE!! Part4. Set your burn speed to 2.4x. Uncheck Verify. then you are ready to burn! And there ya have it, a successfully burnt xbox 360 backup. I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and please post your feedback and comments on Pixil.info and Younoob.net. Extra information can be found in the Show notes. Thanks and happy hacking.

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Coming up on today’s epsiode: Alright so coming up on this episode of pixil.info, posting your content online, using your iPhone Today we’re gonna take a look at keeping up with your social sites while your on the go.

Episode 8 - Show Notes

Being stuck at a red light might not seem like the best place to keep up with the latest breaking news. But if your in terrible traffic, being able to scan the latest headline can help you keep your sanity. My favorite rss reader for this is Google’s mobile reader. It’s very easy to read, and share content. You can an Star iteam to read later. Sharing will post stories you like to other services like friendfeed or a blog. You can also attach notes with comments. ———————- My next favorite iPhone app is Qik. Qik allows you to broadcast live video. This opens the door to turing you into your own broadcasting station. You can edit your titles by clicking on the screen. Your titles and tags can default to the last used if you forget. You can control wether you want your video to be public or private. here you can toggle audio and user chats. When recording, you can send twitter a link to your recordings. When your finished recording, the red text on the top right tells how much of the video is finished uploading. ———————- Now we’ll look posting pictures. My preferred method of uploading and tagging my photos, is through Klick. Klick links to your Flickr account. You can acces all of your contacts photos. we can use the geo-location features to find photos taken around your area. You can upload your photos under the more tab, and pick a photo from the camera roll. You also take a picture from with klcik. ———————- And now my last one for this episode is, netshare. Netshare allows you to link up your phone’s net connection to your laptop. Although the iPhone can juggle many task, there’s still times when you’ll need a computer. And there you have it, a couple of my on the go iphone work flows, Utilizing these apps on the go can really help empower your mobile office. So thats it for this episode of pixil.info, see ya next time

On this episode we look at create a layer comp to change the layout of a design.

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Coming up on today’s epsiode: On this episode we look at create a layer comp to change the layout of a design.

    Episode 7 - Show Notes


          Advanced Layer Comp Workflow

In a past episode, we talked about using layer comps to save time when building out websites. Today we going to take a closer look at layer comps, and how they can change the entire look of your project. Alright so lets say your client likes the layout… but ask you to change the color scheme. Lets also say our client doesn’t know exactly which colors to choose. Instead of picking just one, our client suggests several color schemes. So the best way to do this… in a non-destructive way, is to use Layer Comps. Step 1: Create a new layer comp. First, save our project’s current state, so lets open up the layer comps palette and click the create new button. Lets go over these three check boxes. Visibility keeps track of what layers turned on or off Position stores the location of your layers. and Appearance holds all of your layer style information. So depending on how drastic you want your layout to change, you’ll need to check the appropriate boxes. In this example all use all three. Step 2: Changing your layout. Now that we’ve saved our current state, lets start changing stuff around! First I’ll start with changing the colors. I’ll be using layer styles to do this. So once the color is changed on this first layer, we’ll copy that layer’s "layer style" and paste it on other layers with similar attributes. Check out how I can change all of these text layers at one. To do this, I’m using the cmd+shift while clicking on each layer. Right click, and paste the layer style. Works great in situations like this. Alright next, I’m going to flip the sidebar and content. I’ll need to change the position of the gradient on the sidebar background color. Next, Lets switch to the header image to something more appealing. Just turn this one on… and the other one off. Alright, once your happy with your changes, lets save it out as a new layer comp. So in the layer comp palette, create new, leave those boxes checked and okay! Now lets switch between these two colors. Okay looks pretty good, so now lets setup another color. So just repeating the same steps from before. Alright here we are….. It’s pretty amazing switching thru layer comps like this. Sorta resembles Javascript Style Sheet switching. Alright so with all that done. Let’s export these out. I’ll be using the "Layer Comps to Files" export script. If your on CS4, you’ll notice adobe added a few new file formats. Alright and with that, you’ve just created an advanced layer comp workflow. Take a moment to play around the position and appearance, try to create something totally different, thanks and cya next time.

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Coming up on today’s epsiode: On todays episode, Jermebo shows us his painting techniques in photoshop

Episode 6 - Show Notes

Well lets go a head and open up photoshop. I like to start out with a sketch and scan it in so i have a good base to start painting on. The first thing I like to do is make a white layer and place it on the bottom on the layers. then I set the sketch to about 50% opacity. make a new blank layer on top of the sketch and start painting. I have completed some of the painting before but you can see the layers of what i have done. on that first layer above the sketch I grabbed the brush set the opacity to 20 or 25% and slopped on color to get a basic color pallet. once the base colors are placed down, i make a new layer and start blending the colors together. I like to use the eye dropper to pick my next color, that way the colors stay in the came range. I turn on and off the sketch and bg layer to see my progress at times. now that I am happy with the hands i will start on the bg. the easiest thing I do is make a new layer and set it behind the hands layer.