- Go to source - - - - - -
-I'm sorry Dave,
-I'm afraid I can't do that.
- -How about a nice search? - -[Go to homepage](/) diff --git a/_src/_assets/js/_menu.js b/_src/_assets/js/_menu.js deleted file mode 100644 index 80546c51..00000000 --- a/_src/_assets/js/_menu.js +++ /dev/null @@ -1,32 +0,0 @@ -/* exported krlcMenu */ - -const krlcMenu = (() => { // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars - const _config = { - thesite: document.getElementsByClassName('site')[0], - thelink: document.getElementsByClassName('menu-btn')[0], - thepop: document.getElementsByClassName('nav-popover')[0] - } - - const _private = { - toggleMenu() { - _config.thelink.addEventListener('click', e => { - e.preventDefault() - - // Toggle menu - _config.thesite.classList.toggle('has-menu-open') - - // Dont close thepop when you click on thepop - _config.thepop.addEventListener('click', e => { - e.stopPropagation() - }) - - // And dont close thepop now - e.stopPropagation() - }) - } - } - - return { - init: _private.toggleMenu - } -})(); // eslint-disable-line semi diff --git a/_src/_assets/js/_modals.js b/_src/_assets/js/_modals.js deleted file mode 100644 index c0376d5f..00000000 --- a/_src/_assets/js/_modals.js +++ /dev/null @@ -1,99 +0,0 @@ -// -// Vex modals -// - -/* global vex, fetch, ClipboardJS, QRious */ -/* exported krlcModals */ - -/* eslint-disable spaced-comment */ -//=require vex-js/dist/js/vex.combined.js -//=require clipboard/dist/clipboard.js -//=require qrious/dist/qrious.js -/* eslint-enable spaced-comment */ - -const krlcModals = (() => { // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars - const _config = { - btcVexTriggers: document.querySelectorAll('.js-vex-btc') - } - - let btcAddress - let ethAddress - - const _private = { - getBtcAddress() { - const url = '/api/site.json' - - fetch(url) - .then(res => res.json()) - .then(data_ => { - btcAddress = data_[0].author.bitcoin - ethAddress = data_[0].author.ether - }) - .catch(err => console.error(err)) - - return { btcAddress, ethAddress } - }, - - vexBtc() { - _config.btcVexTriggers.forEach(el => { - el.addEventListener('click', e => { - e.preventDefault() - - vex.defaultOptions.className = 'vex-theme-kremalicious vex-bitcoin' - vex.dialog.buttons.YES.text = 'Close' - vex.open({ unsafeContent: ` -${btcAddress}
- ${ethAddress}
- - Go to source - - - - - -
-- Go to source - - - - - -
-I'm a text with a smooth shadow
- + Or you can make it not so smooth but also good looking by ignoring the blur radius and setting a lighter color for the shadow: @@ -133,7 +127,7 @@ text-shadow: 2px 2px #000;I'm a text with no smooth shadow
- + Using some negative values you can make the shadow look like it's lightsource is placed below the text: @@ -147,7 +141,7 @@ text-shadow: 2px -2px 3px #000; background: #fff; text-shadow: 2px -2px 3px #000;text-align:center;font-size:24px;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:300;padding:0.3em">I'm a text with a smooth shadow - + Of course you can make it more funky and horrible to read: @@ -161,7 +155,7 @@ text-shadow: 2px 2px 2px #ff3300; background: #fff; text-shadow: 2px 2px 2px #ff3300;text-align:center;font-size:24px;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:300;padding:0.3em">I'm funky colored text - + ## 5.2 Apple style (engraved text on metal) @@ -177,7 +171,7 @@ text-shadow: 0px 1px 1px #fff; background: #666; text-shadow: 0px 1px 1px #fff;text-align:center;font-size:24px;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;padding:0.3em">I'm engraved text - + This even works the other way around on a black background with grey text by adjusting only the color values: @@ -191,7 +185,7 @@ text-shadow: 0px 1px 0px #ccc; background: #000; text-shadow: 0px 1px 0px #ccc;text-align:center;font-size:24px;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;padding:0.3em">I'm engraved text on black - + Or you can make this one which looks like the text stands out from the background: @@ -205,7 +199,7 @@ text-shadow: 0px 1px 1px #000; background: #666; text-shadow: 0px 1px 1px #000;text-align:center;font-size:24px;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:300;padding:0.3em">I'm on top of the background - + ## 5.3 Make your text glow @@ -221,7 +215,7 @@ text-shadow: 1px 1px 6px #fff; background: #000; text-shadow: 1px 1px 6px #fff;text-align:center;font-size:24px;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:300;padding:0.3em">I'm subtle glowing text - + You can also make the whole text blurry by using the same color for text and shadow with no offset: @@ -235,7 +229,7 @@ text-shadow: 0px 0px 3px #fff; background: #666; text-shadow: 0px 0px 3px #fff;text-align:center;font-size:24px;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:300;padding:0.3em">I'm also glowing but more blurry - + We can make it quite mysterious by using the same color for text and background and make the text just visible through text-shadow. Remember that the same color for text and background can be bad for usability...: @@ -249,7 +243,7 @@ text-shadow: 1px 1px 4px #fff; background: #000; text-shadow: 1px 1px 4px #fff;text-align:center;font-size:24px;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:300;padding:0.3em">I'm pretty mysterious looking text - + Or the other way around to make it look light and... milky: @@ -263,7 +257,7 @@ text-shadow: 1px 1px 4px#000; background: #fff; text-shadow: 1px 1px 4px#000;text-align:center;font-size:24px;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:300;padding:0.3em">I'm pretty milky looking text - + ## 5.4 Duplicate your text @@ -279,7 +273,7 @@ text-shadow: 0px 20px #000; background: #fff; text-shadow: 0px 20px #000;text-align:center;font-size:24px;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:300;padding:0.3em">Which line is text, which is shadow? - + ## 5.5 Multiple shadows @@ -288,22 +282,23 @@ Sadly Safari 3 isn't able to render more than one shadow on one element. It just ```css color: #000; background: #000; -text-shadow: 0 0 4px #ccc, 0 -5px 4px #ff3, 2px -10px 6px #fd3, -2px -15px 11px #f80, 2px -18px 18px #f20; +text-shadow: 0 0 4px #ccc, 0 -5px 4px #ff3, 2px -10px 6px #fd3, -2px -15px 11px + #f80, 2px -18px 18px #f20; ```Isn't this awesome?
- + ## 6. Hack: Avoid jagged light-on-dark text rendering in Safari -[](/media/text-shadow-hack.png) +[](../media/text-shadow-hack.png) More than a hack than an effect but it addresses the poor light-on-dark text rendering in Safari. This is caused by the [sub-pixel rendering](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpixel_rendering) of OS X's Quartz 2D layer as a part of the Core Graphics framework. Also Safari 3.1 on Windows uses sub pixel rendering instead of plain anti-aliasing. -[](/media/text-shadow-hack.png) +[](../media/text-shadow-hack.png) In most situations this improves the legibility and smoothness of all 2D-text rendered throughout the Mac OS X interface which makes everything look so gorgeous. But it has some [rough problems with light text on dark backgrounds in Safari](http://equinox-of-insanity.com/2007/08/osx-text-rendering/) This problem doesn't exist when using anti-aliasing. @@ -324,29 +319,29 @@ But fear not. Rogie King already came up with a solution for this which you can ## 7. More articles and resources - * [Description of the text-shadow property](http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/CR-css3-text-20030514/#text-shadows) in: [CSS3 W3C Candidate Recommendation from 14 May 2003](http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/CR-css3-text-20030514) -text-shadow in-depth +- [Description of the text-shadow property](http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/CR-css3-text-20030514/#text-shadows) in: [CSS3 W3C Candidate Recommendation from 14 May 2003](http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/CR-css3-text-20030514) + text-shadow in-depth - * [Cross-browser text-shadow by Kilian Valkhof](http://kilianvalkhof.com/2008/css-xhtml/cross-browser-text-shadow/) -Nice article about trying to make text-shadow cross-browser compatible +- [Cross-browser text-shadow by Kilian Valkhof](http://kilianvalkhof.com/2008/css-xhtml/cross-browser-text-shadow/) + Nice article about trying to make text-shadow cross-browser compatible - * [CSS Drop Shadows on Design Meme](http://www.designmeme.com/articles/dropshadows/) -An easy css-hack for cross-browser compatibilty (but without a blur radius) +- [CSS Drop Shadows on Design Meme](http://www.designmeme.com/articles/dropshadows/) + An easy css-hack for cross-browser compatibilty (but without a blur radius) - * [text-shadow hack for firefox on klog](http://verens.com/archives/2005/02/28/text-shadow/) -Another hack just for Gecko-based browsers by utilizing javascript +- [text-shadow hack for firefox on klog](http://verens.com/archives/2005/02/28/text-shadow/) + Another hack just for Gecko-based browsers by utilizing javascript - * [Firefox plugin "A Text Shadow"](http://piro.sakura.ne.jp/xul/_textshadow.html.en) -A xpi-plugin providing support for text-shadow in Firefox written by Shimoda Hiroshi +- [Firefox plugin "A Text Shadow"](http://piro.sakura.ne.jp/xul/_textshadow.html.en) + A xpi-plugin providing support for text-shadow in Firefox written by Shimoda Hiroshi - * [Animating css text-shadow with javascript](http://maettig.com/code/css/text-shadow.html) -The author animates multiple text-shadows with javascript, really incredible. Also various nice examples on this page. +- [Animating css text-shadow with javascript](http://maettig.com/code/css/text-shadow.html) + The author animates multiple text-shadows with javascript, really incredible. Also various nice examples on this page. - * [Text-Shadow in Safari 1.1](http://whatdoiknow.org/archives/001305.shtml) -Propably the oldest text-shadow demo originally made for Safari 1.1 +- [Text-Shadow in Safari 1.1](http://whatdoiknow.org/archives/001305.shtml) + Propably the oldest text-shadow demo originally made for Safari 1.1 - * [10.5.2 brings WebKit text-shadow rendering changes](http://www.islayer.com/blog/?p=255) -Blog entry on islayer.com about different text-shadow rendering across different Mac OS X versions +- [10.5.2 brings WebKit text-shadow rendering changes](http://www.islayer.com/blog/?p=255) + Blog entry on islayer.com about different text-shadow rendering across different Mac OS X versions - * [CSS3 preview on css3.info](http://www.css3.info/preview/) -"Everything you need to know about CSS3" - get excited before CSS3 becomes final +- [CSS3 preview on css3.info](http://www.css3.info/preview/) + "Everything you need to know about CSS3" - get excited before CSS3 becomes final diff --git a/content/posts/2008-04-22-apple-releases-sdk-for-aperture-21.md b/content/posts/2008-04-22-apple-releases-sdk-for-aperture-21.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2a38b0d1 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2008-04-22-apple-releases-sdk-for-aperture-21.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +--- +type: post + +title: Apple releases plugin-SDK for Aperture 2.1 +author: Matthias Kretschmann + +date: 2008-04-22 05:58:41+00:00 + +tags: +- photography +- aperture +--- + +Just right after [Tiffen and Digital Film Tools announced](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/04/first-aperture-adjustment-plugins-have-arrived/) their new image editing plugins for Aperture 2.1 Apple has released the Software Development Kit (SDK) for coding Aperture 2.1 plugins. It's available [from Apple's Developer Connection](https://connect.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MemberSite.woa/wa/getSoftware?bundleID=20044) for registered members (registering is free). You can grab the Aperture 2.1 plugin-SDK (3D9) as a 595KB download from there and start coding. + + + +If you want to know what exactly you can do with it as a programmer you should [read those lines from Apple](http://developer.apple.com/appleapplications/aperturesdk.html). + +So it should be just a matter of time before we see another bunch of plugins popping out. diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-04-28-more-awesomeness-from-the-webkit-team-css-masks.md b/content/posts/2008-04-28-more-awesomeness-from-the-webkit-team-css-masks.md similarity index 54% rename from _src/_posts/2008-04-28-more-awesomeness-from-the-webkit-team-css-masks.md rename to content/posts/2008-04-28-more-awesomeness-from-the-webkit-team-css-masks.md index bc8eeadc..666f9eab 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-04-28-more-awesomeness-from-the-webkit-team-css-masks.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-04-28-more-awesomeness-from-the-webkit-team-css-masks.md @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: 'More awesomeness from the WebKit team: CSS Masks' author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-04-28 12:53:18+00:00 -wordpress_id: 44 -categories: - - design tags: - - css + - design + - css --- -They won't stop with their cutting edge love. After having [text-shadow](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/04/make-cool-and-clever-text-effects-with-css-text-shadow/) implemented since many years and having a bunch of other cool stuff implemented like CSS gradients or CSS box-shadow the WebKit team freshly announced a new cool feature: CSS alpha masks. +They won't stop with their cutting edge love. After having [text-shadow](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/04/make-cool-and-clever-text-effects-with-css-text-shadow/) implemented since many years and having a bunch of other cool stuff implemented like CSS gradients or CSS box-shadow the WebKit team freshly announced a new cool feature: CSS alpha masks. + + From the Surfin' Safari Blog: diff --git a/content/posts/2008-05-04-using-the-canoscan-lide-500f-with-mac-os-x-leopard.md b/content/posts/2008-05-04-using-the-canoscan-lide-500f-with-mac-os-x-leopard.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0c26c46f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2008-05-04-using-the-canoscan-lide-500f-with-mac-os-x-leopard.md @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +--- +type: post + +title: Using the CanoScan LiDE 500F scanner with Mac OS X Leopard +author: Matthias Kretschmann +image: ../media/canoscanlide500f.jpg + +date: 2008-05-04 16:04:48+00:00 + +coinhive: true +tags: + - photography + - tutorial + - macos +--- + +A while ago I [wrote about my problems](http://www.kremalicious.com/2007/06/finally-a-universal-scanner-driver-for-the-canon-canoscan-lide-500f-for-intel-macs/) finding a universal scanner driver from Canon for my CanoScan LiDE 500F to use it under Mac OS X. The solution was the Canon Asia website where a universal driver version was available. But since then Apple released Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard in october 2007 and the Canon driver with the version 11.2.4.0X stopped working on this new operating system. + +# Finding and downloading the new driver 11.2.5.0X + +But there's a new driver available. It was posted on the Canon USA website on 7 December 2007 and on the Canon Asia website on 28 January 2008. The new version number is 11.2.5.0X for Mac OS X and yes the driver remains a universal scanner driver running fine on both PowerPC- and Intel-Macs. + +The changelog says: + +> Newly supports Mac OS X v10.5. +> ScanGear Starter is removed. (Because the operation problem occurs when the destination to save the scan file is changed in Mac OS X v10.5.) + +So this sounds just right. You can download the new universal scanner driver from [Canon USA](http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&tabact=SupportDetailTabAct&fcategoryid=235&modelid=11011#DownloadDetailAct) or [Canon Asia](http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/contents/ASIA/EN/0900321901.html). Following these links takes you right to the driver download page for this scanner. + +[](../media/canondrivercontents.png)You will get a file named lide500fosx11250en.dmg in your downloads folder. Just mount it and double click the package installer inside of the image. If you have a previous version of the driver installed you should remove all parts of it from the system and make a restart to avoid any problems. You can follow my screenshot on the right which shows the contents of the installer package to find all components on your system. + +After the installation is finished you have to restart your Mac (very Mac-unlike) because the package installed a new Kernel extention. + +After a restart you should be able to use the scanner as a TWAIN device all over the system. + +# Using the scanner in Mac OS X Leopard + + +## Preview / Image Capture + + +[](../media/scanwindow_preview.png)Leopard included a new version of Preview, the pdf and image-viewing application by Apple and also a new version of Image Capture. To use it with your scanner just plug in the scanner, open Preview and choose File > Import Image or just open the Image Capture application. A new scan window should open doing an automatic overview scan. In the scan window you have some minor options like resolution, scaling etc. You can even make simple but powerful image corrections down at the bottom (set it to manual). + +But the best thing with the new Image Capture is the feature of setting the bit depth of the scanner to 16 bits. This was just possible before through the Canon software ScanGear in Photoshop. + +## Scanning right into Apple Aperture? + +[](../media/aperturescan.png) Wouldn't that be great? Although the scanner is shown as a source in the import dialogue you can't import images with it directly from Aperture. Maybe someone will code a generic scanning plugin for Aperture like VueScan for Aperture or something like that. But I guess this is something just Canon is able to do that and they won't. + +But using Preview/Image Capture and Automator you can bypass this limitation. If you want to know how you can do that have a look at my article [Scan images directly into Apple Aperture](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/05/scan-images-directly-into-apple-aperture/). + + +## Adobe Photoshop CS3 + +[](../media/scangearwindow.png)Just like with Creative Suite 2 you can use Photoshop to import images with your Scanner by using the Canon ScanGear software which indeed is just the scan window in Photoshop. Just chose File > Import > CanoScan LiDE 500F in Photoshop. If you have installed the driver for the first time the scan window in Photoshop defaults to Simple Mode. But if you want it simple you better chose a Preview/Image Capture workflow. So in Photoshop you should head over to Advanced Mode and check the preferences button down at the bottom first. + +[](../media/scangear_color.png)Under the Color Settings tab you should set your preferred color management options. + +Under the Scan tab you should enable 48/16 bit Output to enable scanning your images with a depth of 16 bit just like the RAW images from your dslr or digital camera. Click OK to save your preferences. + +Another task you should do before scanning the first time with this driver is calibrating your scanner. You can find it in the image settings section where you'll have to click on the double triangle to reveal the options for calibrating. Just click Calibrate and wait until it's finished. + +Now you can set your scanning preferences and start scanning into Photoshop. Don't forget to chose Color(48Bit) in the Color Mode dropdown menu for 16 bit scanning. + + + +The advantage of this last workflow with Photoshop and ScanGear is more control over the scanner and therefore more control of the way your images will look right after the scan. If you want simplicity do it the OSX way by using Preview/Image Capture and simply automate it with Automator to serve your scanned images to your preferred application. diff --git a/content/posts/2008-05-05-scan-images-directly-into-apple-aperture.md b/content/posts/2008-05-05-scan-images-directly-into-apple-aperture.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0087aa5a --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2008-05-05-scan-images-directly-into-apple-aperture.md @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +--- +type: post + +title: Scan images directly into Apple Aperture +author: Matthias Kretschmann +image: ../media/aperturescan.png + +date: 2008-05-05 04:15:11+00:00 + +coinhive: true +tags: + - photography + - aperture + - tutorial + - macos +--- + +Wouldn't that be great? Hook up your scanner, fire up Aperture, click on Import and the images coming directly from your scanner plate? Although my scanner is shown as a source in the import dialogue you can't import images with it directly from Aperture. But using Preview/Image Capture and Automator you can bypass this limitation. So here's what you can do to scan directly into Aperture in 3 simple steps. + +In the Image Capture scan window you can define an automatic task which will follow the scan process. It defaults to Preview meaning that the scanned image will open as a new Preview document after the scan. But we can make the images import to Aperture after the scan just with tools which are build into Mac OS X and come with every Mac (besides Aperture). + +# 1. Make an Automator action + +Open up Automator and click on the photos library item. Find the Aperture action "Import Photos" and drag and drop it on the workflow field. Then you can chose your desired project or a new project for the scanned images to appear. I have a project for all new images called @Review so I chose that one as my target project. You can set a referenced import or the deletion of your source images as well. If you want to chose the desired project or any of the other preferences every time you're scanning you have to activate "Show this action when the workflow runs" in the Options of this action. + +To make it a bit cooler we can assign one or more keywords to our scanned images automatically. Just drag and drop the "Assign keywords to images" action and add a keyword like "Scan" or something like that. Finally we can set some usual IPTC-tags with the "Set IPTC Tags" action. In the end you should have something like this (click to zoom): + +[](../media/apertureimport_automator.png) + +# 2. Save it as a plug-in for Image Capture + +[](../media/apertureimportplugin.png)Now we're going to save the whole workflow we clicked together. But instead of saving it as a general workflow chose File > Save as Plug-in. Type in a name like "Import to Aperture" and chose Image Capture from the dropdown menu and click save. Now your workflow has become a freshly new plug-in of the Image Capture application. If you ever want to delete, edit or just backup your Image Capture Plugins you can find them in your user folder library under /Workflows/Applications/Image Capture. + +# 3. Scanning and have fun + +[](../media/apertureimport_automatic.png)Plug in your scanner and open up Image Capture. A new scan window should open with your connected scanner as source. Now we have to define our freshly created plug-in as a task which will run after the image was scanned. Just chose your freshly created workflow from the Automatic Task dropdown menu and there you have it. So after you hit the scan button our freshly created workflow will run after the scan. + +Just be creative with Automator. You can set up a lot of workflows for every thinkable scanning task and you can even backup your scanned images before or after importing them to Aperture by copying them into a new burn folder or make an archive from them which also could be automatically saved to a web server and so on... diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-05-07-high-quality-watermarks-with-aperture.md b/content/posts/2008-05-07-high-quality-watermarks-with-aperture.md similarity index 88% rename from _src/_posts/2008-05-07-high-quality-watermarks-with-aperture.md rename to content/posts/2008-05-07-high-quality-watermarks-with-aperture.md index e0019992..cccbaac1 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-05-07-high-quality-watermarks-with-aperture.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-05-07-high-quality-watermarks-with-aperture.md @@ -1,15 +1,14 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: 'HowTo: Use high-quality watermarks in your images with Aperture 2.1' author: Matthias Kretschmann -image: watermark_aperture.jpg +image: ../media/watermark_aperture.jpg date: 2008-05-07 03:27:25+00:00 -wordpress_id: 48 -categories: -- photography + tags: +- photography - aperture - tutorial @@ -23,42 +22,40 @@ Since version 1.0 Aperture is able to render images on export with a graphic ove The steps for this magic involves 4 simple steps: - 1. Create a watermark image in Photoshop - 2. Render different sizes of the watermark image - 3. Define the watermark image inside an export preset in Aperture - 4. Make even more... - +1. Create a watermark image in Photoshop +2. Render different sizes of the watermark image +3. Define the watermark image inside an export preset in Aperture +4. Make even more... ## 1. Create a watermark image in Photoshop - Open up Photoshop and load a photo taken with your camera in full size (pixel size of course, not file size). If you have photos with different pixel sizes you should use a photo with the biggest pixel size you're going to export from your Aperture library. To illustrate the process I will use a picture taken by me. Create a new layer on top of the background layer and call it "watermark" or anything you like. - + If you want it simple you can start with the Text tool right now but I prefer to add a background so our text is always readable no matter if the photo is dark or light. With the select tool draw a rectangle on the bottom of the image. Then select the Paintbucket tool, chose a foreground color of white and click on the selection in the image so the rectangle selection is filled with white. - + Add some inner shadow by double clicking on the watermark layer and adjusting the values for inner shadow (just have a german speaking Photoshop version while writing this article but i guess you can identify the values visually): - + Adjust the Fill of the layer to 40%. This will just make the fill color transparent while the opacity of the layer styles are preserved. You should end up with something like this: - + Next select the Text tool, chose a black color in the tool preferences and click on the image. A new layer will be automatically created and you can type in the text you want to use in your watermark. For this tutorial I just used the copyright sign (opt + g) with a year and the word "Watermark". I used Helvetica Neue Ultra Light as font face. -Place the text at the bottom right and be sure to add some space to the right and to the bottom. Next set the layer mode of the text layer to "Overlay". Finally I've added a logo and set it's opacity to 80%. So now you should end up with something like this: +Place the text at the bottom right and be sure to add some space to the right and to the bottom. Next set the layer mode of the text layer to "Overlay". Finally I've added a logo and set it's opacity to 80%. So now you should end up with something like this: - + Now delete the Background layer. You should see the transparent grid. Next chose Image > Trim from the menu bar, select transparent pixels and click ok. The result should look like this: - + Although Aperture is able to render all layers even with their layer styles correctly it has some problems with text layers and their styles. So to be on the save side you should flatten the layers by selecting them all (with command + click on the name of the layers) and pressing command + e which will merge all layers into one. After this step you won't be able to edit your layers so maybe you want to save your document BEFORE this step as an editable psd template file. Be sure that the background of your canvas remains transparent. @@ -74,37 +71,27 @@ If you want to have full control and the highest quality you should repeat the a Now you can close Photoshop or let it open if you have enough RAM. - - ## 3. Define the watermark image inside an export preset - - Now we're going to make the watermark image part of an export preset inside Aperture. Open up Aperture and chose Aperture > Presets > Image Export from the menubar. In the Export Presets dialogue add a new preset by clicking on the little plus sign at the bottom left of the dialogue and give it a name: - - - + Now adjust your desired values before the "Show Watermark" part at the right. After you've finished click on the checkbox beside "Show Watermark" to activate watermarks for this export preset. For our example we will set the position of the image to Lower Right. Either drag your freshly created watermark.psd onto the drop field or chose it via Aperture's file inspector by clicking on the Choose Image button. The watermark image is automatically copied over to the Library folder of the user under /Application Support/Aperture/WatermarkImages. Just keep that in mind when you want to update your watermark images. - - As said before you can adjust the opacity of your watermark image but since we have included some different transparencies in our file we have to set it to an opacity of 1,0. Finally you can activate the "Scale watermark" checkbox if you want to use your big sized watermark image once and let Aperture scale it down for you. If you have created different sized watermark images you want to leave this deactivated and create a unique export preset for every size you want to export to. In this example we end up with those values: - - - + If you're done just click OK and select an image you want to export. Select File > Export > Versions from the menubar or press shift + command + e. In the Aperture file dialogue chose your destination and select your freshly created preset from the Export Preset dropdown menu and click OK. - + Your image is rendered in the background and you should end up with something like this. Click on it to zoom to the full sized version or open the link to the full image in a new browser window. (the full view image is scaled down with a 1024x1024px preset): - + You can also have a look at the psd file by downloading it here: @@ -116,11 +103,11 @@ Here are some quick examples by me: You can be a bit more subtle: - + Or use a subtle colorful spectrum: - + ## 4. Make even more... @@ -130,7 +117,7 @@ Just create a watermark image which has exactly the same size as your exported i And maybe you end up with something like this grunge old look just done with the watermark feature of Aperture: - + And that's it. Hope this article helped you mastering the watermark feature of Aperture. diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-05-07-nik-ships-viveza-as-the-first-available-aperture-editing-plugin.md b/content/posts/2008-05-07-nik-ships-viveza-as-the-first-available-aperture-editing-plugin.md similarity index 76% rename from _src/_posts/2008-05-07-nik-ships-viveza-as-the-first-available-aperture-editing-plugin.md rename to content/posts/2008-05-07-nik-ships-viveza-as-the-first-available-aperture-editing-plugin.md index 1adf131b..f92c2cd2 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-05-07-nik-ships-viveza-as-the-first-available-aperture-editing-plugin.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-05-07-nik-ships-viveza-as-the-first-available-aperture-editing-plugin.md @@ -1,18 +1,19 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: Nik ships Viveza as an Aperture editing plugin author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-05-07 19:21:34+00:00 -wordpress_id: 49 -categories: -- photography + tags: +- photography - aperture --- -Today [Nik Software](http://www.niksoftware.com) announced the availability of it's U-point-technology based editing plugin for Apple's Aperture 2.1 called [Viveza](http://www.niksoftware.com/viveza). +Today [Nik Software](http://www.niksoftware.com) announced the availability of it's U-point-technology based editing plugin for Apple's Aperture 2.1 called [Viveza](http://www.niksoftware.com/viveza). + + With Viveza photographers are able to select areas from their images and adjust them separately from the rest of the picture by defining so called Color Control Points. diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-05-07-the-15-best-new-features-of-aperture-2.md b/content/posts/2008-05-07-the-15-best-new-features-of-aperture-2.md similarity index 85% rename from _src/_posts/2008-05-07-the-15-best-new-features-of-aperture-2.md rename to content/posts/2008-05-07-the-15-best-new-features-of-aperture-2.md index 81f80152..d6971a64 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-05-07-the-15-best-new-features-of-aperture-2.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-05-07-the-15-best-new-features-of-aperture-2.md @@ -1,15 +1,14 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: The 15 best new features of Aperture 2 author: Matthias Kretschmann -image: aperture15_7.png +image: ../media/aperture15_7.png date: 2008-05-07 19:22:49+00:00 -wordpress_id: 50 -categories: -- photography + tags: +- photography - aperture coinhive: true @@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ There are already some lists like this available on the web and they are always # 15. The "New" toolbar icon -[](/media/aperture15_1.png) +[](../media/aperture15_1.png) A handy dropdown icon with the most common create tasks you can do in Aperture 2. This causes Aperture 2 to have a delightful clean toolbar by default. @@ -27,31 +26,31 @@ A handy dropdown icon with the most common create tasks you can do in Aperture 2 # 14. Skimming through your projects -[](/media/aperture15_2.png) +[](../media/aperture15_2.png) The Library item has a new child item: All Photos. Clicking on it displays all your projects like the Event view known from iPhoto 08. By hovering the mouse over the key photo (which you can define for yourself too) you "skim" through the project and quickly see all images contained in this project. Perfect for visually finding that non-keyworded photo you remember you've taken it but don't know where it is. # 13. Search for adjustments -[](/media/aperture15_3.png) +[](../media/aperture15_3.png) With Aperture 2 you can define a search query based on the adjustments you've made to an image in your library. So you can quickly identify all your images which have the monochrome mixer applied to them or maybe all your images which have _no_ edge sharpening applied and so on. # 12. The Retouch tool -[](/media/aperture15_4.png) +[](../media/aperture15_4.png) No more fiddling around with the poor results of the spot & patch tool when you just want to remove some sensor dust from your image. The repair mode of this tool is just perfect for that kind of task. The clone mode pretty much functions the same way as the clone tool in Photoshop. You define a clone source in your image by pressing option + click in your image and then pasting that source onto the imperfection by clicking on it. # 11. Double click behavior -[](/media/aperture15_5.png) +[](../media/aperture15_5.png) The behavior of double clicking on images can now be set in Aperture's preferences. Either you can make Aperture show or hide the Viewer or set it to enter full screen mode with the double clicked image in focus. # 10. Book Layout -[](/media/aperture15_6.png) +[](../media/aperture15_6.png) The photobook layout capabilities of Aperture became much powerful with version 2. Now you can create your own book templates where you have much freedom for lay-outing it. In fact you have a powerful Desktop Publishing Program built right into Aperture. Be sure to listen to the [Inside Aperture Podcast about the book layout tool in Aperture](http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2008/05/06/aperture-layout-application-schorr.html). @@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ The photobook layout capabilities of Aperture became much powerful with version # 9. The V- and W-cycle -[](/media/aperture15_8.png) +[](../media/aperture15_8.png) By pressing V on your keyboard you can quickly cycle through different viewer modes. In previous versions of Aperture the V-key just showed/hid the big viewer. @@ -69,49 +68,49 @@ By pressing W on your keyboard you can cycle through the tabbed Inspector on the # 8. The tabbed Inspector/HUD -[](/media/aperture15_7.png) +[](../media/aperture15_7.png) An addition to the W-cycle: The overall inspector get polished by Apple which results in a completely new clean interface. But the best thing is you can access all those inspector tabs in full screen mode too by hitting the H-key. You can cycle through the tabs of the HUD in full screen mode just like you can do in the Aperture window by pressing the W-key. In fact the tabbed HUD will make you never want to leave full screen mode. # 7. .Mac Web Gallery - + Create easy updatable password protected galleries for different clients in no time. Your clients are even able to download the master files from your good looking .Mac web gallery. # 6. Definition adjustment slider -[](/media/aperture15_11.png) +[](../media/aperture15_11.png) It's a bit hard to describe. In short the slider adds more detail to the midtones of your image. But you just have to see it in action. You can get crisp and sharp images without the need of any sharpening tool. # 5. Recovery + Black Point sliders - + Although the Highlights & Shadow tool already produced reasonable results, the new Recovery and Black Point sliders are much more powerful and can reveal a lot of detail either in your blown out highlights or your underexposed shadows. Tip: While moving either the Recovery or the Black Point slider hold down the command key at the same time to see just an overlay of your hot & cold areas in your image. # 4. Quick Preview - + Perfect for first selections of your images during import. Aperture uses either a preview embedded by your camera in the RAW-file, the corresponding jpg-file if you shoot RAW+JPG or it uses the previews rendered by Aperture itself. # 3. Color Picker -[](/media/aperture15_13.png) +[](../media/aperture15_13.png) Inside the Color adjustment brick you can now directly pick the color you want to alter from your image by selecting it with the little eye dropper. So you aren't bound to the standard colors when adjusting the colors of your image separately. # 2. Spe(eeee)ed -[](/media/aperture15_14.jpg) +[](../media/aperture15_14.jpg) Now you can "scroll like butter" (I bet you know who said that) through your whole library fro real. I don't know what exactly causes Aperture 2 to be so much more responsive and speedier than previous versions but the development team have done magic with this. In combination with the quick preview mode quickly browsing through thousands of photos even in full screen mode is now a snap. # 1. RAW 2.0 -[](/media/raw20.png) +[](../media/raw20.png) The best new feature to me just because the whole purpose of Aperture should be producing the best looking images from your RAW files. While the first RAW 1.0 often rendered terrible pictures, the RAW 1.1 algorithm did it a lot better. But now we have a massive improvement to the RAW 1.1 algorithm with crisp highlights and more details in dark areas with less chromatic aberration by default. To me Aperture is now close and sometimes better than the quality of PhaseOne or CameraRAW. Of course Aperture 2 leaves all your old adjustments made in previous versions of Aperture alone and you can optionally migrate them all at once or separately. diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-05-08-the-iconfactory-presents-beautiful-indiana-jones-desktop-icons.md b/content/posts/2008-05-08-the-iconfactory-presents-beautiful-indiana-jones-desktop-icons.md similarity index 56% rename from _src/_posts/2008-05-08-the-iconfactory-presents-beautiful-indiana-jones-desktop-icons.md rename to content/posts/2008-05-08-the-iconfactory-presents-beautiful-indiana-jones-desktop-icons.md index eb5eb299..7c11d23f 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-05-08-the-iconfactory-presents-beautiful-indiana-jones-desktop-icons.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-05-08-the-iconfactory-presents-beautiful-indiana-jones-desktop-icons.md @@ -1,18 +1,20 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: The Iconfactory presents beautiful Indiana Jones desktop icons author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-05-08 15:47:48+00:00 -wordpress_id: 51 -category: design + tags: +- design - icon --- -[](http://iconfactory.com/indianajones/)If you enjoyed the Indiana Jones movies than this first of four desktop icon sets is a must have for you. Icon Designer [Anthony Piraino](http://onebuttonmouse.com/) crafted some beautiful items from Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark movie. +[](http://iconfactory.com/indianajones/)If you enjoyed the Indiana Jones movies than this first of four desktop icon sets is a must have for you. Icon Designer [Anthony Piraino](http://onebuttonmouse.com/) crafted some beautiful items from Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark movie. + + The icons are available from the [special Iconfactory site](http://iconfactory.com/indianajones/) as an icontainer or mac and windows icon files. If you download the iContainer for use in [Candybar](http://www.panic.com/candybar/) you also get a new Mac OS X dock created by [David Lanham](http://dlanham.com/). All icons are free for your personal use only and there are already some nice placeholders for more icon sets inspired by the other movies. All of them will be released during May. -[](/media/indianajones_dock.png) +[](../media/indianajones_dock.png) diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-05-14-canon-updates-its-photographic-software-to-work-with-leopard.md b/content/posts/2008-05-14-canon-updates-its-photographic-software-to-work-with-leopard.md similarity index 96% rename from _src/_posts/2008-05-14-canon-updates-its-photographic-software-to-work-with-leopard.md rename to content/posts/2008-05-14-canon-updates-its-photographic-software-to-work-with-leopard.md index 6ee73c1b..bc2e29f6 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-05-14-canon-updates-its-photographic-software-to-work-with-leopard.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-05-14-canon-updates-its-photographic-software-to-work-with-leopard.md @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: Canon updates photographic software to work with Leopard author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-05-14 10:01:15+00:00 -wordpress_id: 53 -category: photography + +tags: +- photography --- Canon has posted some updates for their photographic software on the Canon USA website: diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-05-18-first-aperture-adjustment-plugins-have-arrived.md b/content/posts/2008-05-18-first-aperture-adjustment-plugins-have-arrived.md similarity index 79% rename from _src/_posts/2008-05-18-first-aperture-adjustment-plugins-have-arrived.md rename to content/posts/2008-05-18-first-aperture-adjustment-plugins-have-arrived.md index 909fa621..62cd4087 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-05-18-first-aperture-adjustment-plugins-have-arrived.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-05-18-first-aperture-adjustment-plugins-have-arrived.md @@ -1,20 +1,21 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: 'Update: First overview: Aperture 2.1 adjustment plugins have arrived' author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-05-18 05:00:01+00:00 -wordpress_id: 54 -categories: -- photography + tags: +- photography - aperture coinhive: true --- -With the release of Aperture 2.1 Apple introduced a plugin architecture for adding third party image adjustment and export plugins. Now the first third party image adjustment plugins for Aperture 2.1 have arrived. And they can definitely make you stop roundtripping your pictures to Photoshop and back. For now a total of 14 plugins from 9 companys were announced which are waiting to help you with your Aperture 2 workflow. +With the release of Aperture 2.1 Apple introduced a plugin architecture for adding third party image adjustment and export plugins. Now the first third party image adjustment plugins for Aperture 2.1 have arrived. And they can definitely make you stop roundtripping your pictures to Photoshop and back. For now a total of 14 plugins from 9 companys were announced which are waiting to help you with your Aperture 2 workflow. + + # Dfx digital filters plugin from Tiffen @@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ coinhive: true The first one is the [Dfx digital filters plug-in from Tiffen](http://www.tiffen.com/products.html?tablename=dfx) which was already available as an image editing plugin for Photoshop on Windows and Mac. It's an award winning set of [94 individual filters](http://www.tiffen.com/dfx_filter_effects_ig.html) for adjusting and altering your images in Aperture 2.1 and above. -[](/media/tiffen_aperture.jpg) +[](../media/tiffen_aperture.jpg) Tiffen made the plugin available in May 2008. You can download a [free 15-day trial](http://www.tiffen.com/dfx_downloads.html) too or you can purchase it from the Tiffen-website for US$299. Also don't forget to have a look [at the user guide](http://www.tiffen.com/userimages/Dfx-v1-Photo-UserGuide.pdf) for this plugin. @@ -34,15 +35,15 @@ Digital Film Tools [released three plugins](http://www.digitalfilmtools.com/aper [Power Stroke 1.0](http://www.digitalfilmtools.com/powerstroke/index.htm) is an image editing plugin for making targeted adjustments by intuitive handling with strokes. You can make multiple corrections and effects with one stroke such as color correction, recoloring or desaturation, colorization of black and white images, blur, fill light for dimly lit image areas and Diffusion/Glow. -[](/media/dft-powerstroke_uis.jpg) +[](../media/dft-powerstroke_uis.jpg) [Light! 3.5](http://www.digitalfilmtools.com/light/) is a plugin for adding Light effects with defined patterns which are created by Gamproducts. -[](/media/dft-light_ui.jpg) +[](../media/dft-light_ui.jpg) [Ozone 2.5](http://www.digitalfilmtools.com/ozone/) is an adjustment plugin for selective adjustments of colors. It' based on the Digital Zone System, which divides a picture into 11 discrete zones where you can adjust each zone separately. -[](/media/dft-ozone_ui.jpg) +[](../media/dft-ozone_ui.jpg) All plugins are available now and can be [purchased fom the Digital Film Tools website](http://www.digitalfilmtools.com/buy/home.php?cat=38) as a Super Bundle with all three plugins included for US$ 175 or separately for US$ 50 (Light and Ozone) or US$ 120 (Power Stroke). There are also trial versions for the [Power Stroke](http://www.digitalfilmtools.com/powerstroke/media.htm), [Light](http://www.digitalfilmtools.com/light/media.htm) and [Ozone](http://www.digitalfilmtools.com/ozone/media.htm) plugin available from DFT's website which will watermark the edited images in demo mode. @@ -53,13 +54,13 @@ Nik Software [announced the availabilty of Viveza](http://www.niksoftware.com/vi On May 7, 2008, Nik finally [shipped Viveza as the first availailabe plugin for Aperture 2.1](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/05/nik-ships-viveza-as-the-first-available-aperture-editing-plugin/). You can grab a [15-day trial version](http://www.niksoftware.com/site/cont_index.php?nav_top=367&cms_child=__demo&productId=257) of the plugin too. -[](/media/viveza_aperture_ui.jpg) +[](../media/viveza_aperture_ui.jpg) # dvGarage dpMatte & HDR Toner [DpMatte](http://www.dvgarage.com/prod/prod.php?prod=dpmatte) is a plugin for greenscreen keying for photographers. You can easily composite two images together, like adding another background for a portrait. It is available since April 22 and costs you US$ 69. -[](/media/dpmatte_index1.jpg) +[](../media/dpmatte_index1.jpg) The folks at dvGarage are also working on an Aperture plugin called HDRToner for high dynamic range images which will cost US$ 69 too and is expected to be available on June 15 2008. @@ -67,15 +68,15 @@ The folks at dvGarage are also working on an Aperture plugin called HDRToner for Image Trends announced three plugins coming for Aperture 2.1. First one is the the anti-distortion plugin [Fisheye-Hemi](http://www.imagetrendsinc.com/products/prodpage_hemi.asp) which can remap images taken with fisheye lenses. If you're using a Fisheye lens you will love this plugin. According to Image Trends' Michael K. Conley the plugin should be available on May 19, 2008 and will cost US$ 29.95. But if you already purchased the Photoshop version Image Trends will give you 50% discount. -[](/media/imagetrends_hemi_10.jpg) +[](../media/imagetrends_hemi_10.jpg) The [PearlyWhites](http://www.imagetrendsinc.com/products/prodpage_pearly.asp) plugin, which is intended to automatically whiten and brighten teeth in your images should be available within the next 60 days. -[](/media/imagetrends_pearlywhite.png) +[](../media/imagetrends_pearlywhite.png) And the [ShineOff](http://www.imagetrendsinc.com/products/prodpage_shine.asp) plugin, which removes shine from faces and skin should be available within the next 60 days too. -[](/media/imagestrends_shieoff.jpg) +[](../media/imagestrends_shieoff.jpg) # Picturecode Noise Ninja @@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ Well known for it's awesome noise reduction capabilities, Picturecode's [Noise N According to Picturecode we can expect the plugin "sometimes next month" (June) and maybe there will be a beta version available before the final release. Definitely there will be a trial version of the plugin available from Picturecode's website. -[](/media/noiseninja.png) +[](../media/noiseninja.png) You can have a first look at an early alpha version of the plugin running in Aperture 2.1 in an [in-depth article by Rob Galbraith](http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-9308-9356). @@ -91,11 +92,11 @@ You can have a first look at an early alpha version of the plugin running in Ape [Hydra](http://www.creaceed.com/hydra/) is a neat application for High Dynamic Range (HDR) image processing. With the release of Hydra 1.5, Creaceed made an Aperture plugin available with it too. It has a limited feature set compared to Photomatix or Photoshop but creating HDR images within Aperture is possible right now with this plugin. You can purchase Hydra for US$ 59.95 to get the included plugin or test it out by downloading the trial version (it will expire on July 1, 2008). But remember that the plugin is in beta stage at the moment. - + # Kekus LensFix CI -The [LensFix](http://www.kekus.com/software/plugin.html) product from Kekus will help you to correct lens distortion automatically along with it's database of over 500 combinations of camera and lenses. It is also capable of reducing chromatic aberration in your images. Along with a standalone version and a Photoshop plugin the latest version will deliver you a plugin for Aperture in beta stage. The LensFix CI product with the Aperture plugin included will cost you US$ 30. +The [LensFix](http://www.kekus.com/software/plugin.html) product from Kekus will help you to correct lens distortion automatically along with it's database of over 500 combinations of camera and lenses. It is also capable of reducing chromatic aberration in your images. Along with a standalone version and a Photoshop plugin the latest version will deliver you a plugin for Aperture in beta stage. The LensFix CI product with the Aperture plugin included will cost you US$ 30. You can read a first review of the beta plugin for Aperture [over at trick77.com](http://www.trick77.com/2008/05/18/review-lens-correction-plug-in-kekus-lensfix-for-aperture-2/). @@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ You can read a first review of the beta plugin for Aperture [over at trick77.com This plugin is a whole bundle of 11 different modules for more than 4000 effects like denoising, lens fixing, framing, light effects and many more. All effects can be applied to one image at a time or to a whole set of images at once. Just head over to the [product page](http://www.humansoftware.com/pages1200/ApertureEdit/HSapertureedit11.html) to see all effects and features this plugin bundle is capable of. The whole bundle will cost you US$ 299.95 or US$ 69.95 for each module. -[](/media/apertureedit_interface.jpg) +[](../media/apertureedit_interface.jpg) # More information diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-05-19-image-trends-releases-fisheye-hemi-plug-in-for-aperture.md b/content/posts/2008-05-19-image-trends-releases-fisheye-hemi-plug-in-for-aperture.md similarity index 73% rename from _src/_posts/2008-05-19-image-trends-releases-fisheye-hemi-plug-in-for-aperture.md rename to content/posts/2008-05-19-image-trends-releases-fisheye-hemi-plug-in-for-aperture.md index 88c3eb9f..cd6eca0b 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-05-19-image-trends-releases-fisheye-hemi-plug-in-for-aperture.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-05-19-image-trends-releases-fisheye-hemi-plug-in-for-aperture.md @@ -1,18 +1,19 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: Image Trends releases Fisheye-Hemi plug-in for Apple Aperture author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-05-19 13:05:23+00:00 -wordpress_id: 55 -categories: -- photography + tags: +- photography - aperture --- -[](/media/imagetrends_hemi_10.jpg)Today Image Trends Inc. [announced](http://www.imagetrendsinc.com/news/Aperture%20Fisheye%20Hemi%20%20Final.pdf) the final availability of the anti-distortion plugin [Fisheye-Hemi](http://www.imagetrendsinc.com/products/prodpage_hemi.asp) as an editing plugin for Aperture 2.1. The plugin will remap your hemispheric images taken with a fisheye lens. So if you take pictures with a fisheye lens this plugin is a must have for you. +[](../media/imagetrends_hemi_10.jpg)Today Image Trends Inc. [announced](http://www.imagetrendsinc.com/news/Aperture%20Fisheye%20Hemi%20%20Final.pdf) the final availability of the anti-distortion plugin [Fisheye-Hemi](http://www.imagetrendsinc.com/products/prodpage_hemi.asp) as an editing plugin for Aperture 2.1. The plugin will remap your hemispheric images taken with a fisheye lens. So if you take pictures with a fisheye lens this plugin is a must have for you. + + From the press release: diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-05-21-awesome-parallax-optical-illusion.md b/content/posts/2008-05-21-awesome-parallax-optical-illusion.md similarity index 56% rename from _src/_posts/2008-05-21-awesome-parallax-optical-illusion.md rename to content/posts/2008-05-21-awesome-parallax-optical-illusion.md index b1741ae6..e43da2ba 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-05-21-awesome-parallax-optical-illusion.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-05-21-awesome-parallax-optical-illusion.md @@ -1,18 +1,19 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: 'Awesome parallax optical illusion: Make a horse move' author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-05-21 13:02:00+00:00 -wordpress_id: 58 -categories: -- design + tags: +- design - css --- -As you may know there's a nice parallax effect implemented on this website. Just resize your browser window and you can see the black polaroids in my header flying on different layers. As I stated in an [earlier post](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/03/love-the-parallax/) there is already some usage for it around the web while this effect seems to be first used by the guys from [Silverback](http://www.silverbackapp.com/). If you don't know what this effect is about head over to [thinkvitamin](http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/how-to-recreate-silverbacks-parallax/trackback/) to get to know what it is and how you can achieve it. +As you may know there's a nice parallax effect implemented on this website. Just resize your browser window and you can see the black polaroids in my header flying on different layers. As I stated in an [earlier post](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/03/love-the-parallax/) there is already some usage for it around the web while this effect seems to be first used by the guys from [Silverback](http://www.silverbackapp.com/). If you don't know what this effect is about head over to [thinkvitamin](http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/how-to-recreate-silverbacks-parallax/trackback/) to get to know what it is and how you can achieve it. + + But now Marco Kuiper from [marcofolio.net](http://www.marcofolio.net) adds another usage for it. He created a cool optical illusion with just plain css/html and some pictures. You can see a [demo of this effect](http://demo.marcofolio.net/a_parallax_illusion_with_css/) in action on Marco's website. Head over to the demo and resize your browser window. You should articulate something like "whoooot!" now. Marco has written [some words about it](http://www.marcofolio.net/css/a_parallax_illusion_with_css_the_horse_in_motion.html) too and you can download the demo. He has also [done a nice tutorial](http://www.marcofolio.net/photoshop/your_own_css_parallax_illusion_3d_image.html) how to achieve this optical illusion. Very cool! diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-05-22-showcasing-the-css-parallax-effect-12-creative-usages.md b/content/posts/2008-05-22-showcasing-the-css-parallax-effect-12-creative-usages.md similarity index 73% rename from _src/_posts/2008-05-22-showcasing-the-css-parallax-effect-12-creative-usages.md rename to content/posts/2008-05-22-showcasing-the-css-parallax-effect-12-creative-usages.md index 0f3402bc..827df0a3 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-05-22-showcasing-the-css-parallax-effect-12-creative-usages.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-05-22-showcasing-the-css-parallax-effect-12-creative-usages.md @@ -1,17 +1,15 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: 'Showcasing the CSS Parallax Effect: 12+1 Creative Usages' author: Matthias Kretschmann -image: parallax-visualization_big.png +image: ../media/parallax-visualization_big.png date: 2008-05-22 20:01:12+00:00 -wordpress_id: 59 -categories: - - design tags: - - css + - design + - css redirect_from: - /2008/05/showcasing-the-css-parallax-effect-12-creative-usages/ @@ -19,7 +17,7 @@ redirect_from: Been so in love with the parallax effect that I have to post another article about it. It's time for a first showcase of websites using this effect. At the end of this article you'll find some tutorials for making this effect too. -For the non-geeks: I don't mean [measuring distances between objects in space](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax), the [parallax error in photography](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax#Parallax_error_in_photography), any [StarTrek episode](http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/VOY/episode/68824.html), the [movie Parallax View](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071970/) and definitely not [DC Comic's Parallax monster](http://scifipedia.scifi.com/index.php/Parallax_(DC)). +For the non-geeks: I don't mean [measuring distances between objects in space](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax), the [parallax error in photography](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax#Parallax_error_in_photography), any [StarTrek episode](http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/VOY/episode/68824.html), the [movie Parallax View](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071970/) and definitely not [DC Comic's Parallax monster](- Download Chives Wallpaper + Download Chives Wallpaper
Beside that, this image is [available for print on deviantArt in various sizes](http://www.deviantart.com/print/3347544/). diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-06-02-tweet-im-on-twitter-now.md b/content/posts/2008-06-02-tweet-im-on-twitter-now.md similarity index 69% rename from _src/_posts/2008-06-02-tweet-im-on-twitter-now.md rename to content/posts/2008-06-02-tweet-im-on-twitter-now.md index 1cbad2ff..b5a98161 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-06-02-tweet-im-on-twitter-now.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-06-02-tweet-im-on-twitter-now.md @@ -1,18 +1,19 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: Tweet! I'm on Twitter now. author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-06-02 18:26:37+00:00 -wordpress_id: 65 -categories: -- personal + tags: +- personal - twitter --- -In a heavy venturesome step of unreasonable Web 2.0 love I've decided to get me on Twitter and [opened up an account](https://twitter.com/kremalicious). +In a heavy venturesome step of unreasonable Web 2.0 love I've decided to get me on Twitter and [opened up an account](https://twitter.com/kremalicious). + + If you like, you can follow me now on Twitter while I try to find some advantages of this curious Twitter thing. The plan for now is to post about background updates of this website and about whatever I will throw into the Cloud on other places. But damn, just 140 characters. Feels like writing like it's 1999. diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-06-03-niepces-camera-obscura-and-the-history-of-the-first-photograph.md b/content/posts/2008-06-03-niepces-camera-obscura-and-the-history-of-the-first-photograph.md similarity index 82% rename from _src/_posts/2008-06-03-niepces-camera-obscura-and-the-history-of-the-first-photograph.md rename to content/posts/2008-06-03-niepces-camera-obscura-and-the-history-of-the-first-photograph.md index fda1f6b6..ba951c11 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-06-03-niepces-camera-obscura-and-the-history-of-the-first-photograph.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-06-03-niepces-camera-obscura-and-the-history-of-the-first-photograph.md @@ -1,20 +1,16 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: Niépce's Camera Obscura And The History Of The First Photograph -image: Teaser-Camera-Obscura-Icons.jpg -download: niepces_camera_obscura_by_kremalicious.zip +image: ../media/Teaser-Camera-Obscura-Icons.jpg +download: ../media/niepces_camera_obscura_by_kremalicious.zip author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-06-03 14:34:03+00:00 -wordpress_id: 67 - -categories: - - goodies - - photography tags: - - icon +- goodies +- icon coinhive: true @@ -24,11 +20,13 @@ redirect_from: - /2008/06/niepces-camera-obscura-and-the-history-of-the-first-photograph/ --- -These two desktop icons show the Camera Obscura as it was used by Nicéphore Niépce in an Aperture and iPhoto style and are intended as an homage to him. Nicéphore Niépce made it first possible to preserve an image taken with a camera obscura in 1826 or 1827 by using a special mixture of bitumen on a pewter plate, naming it Heliography. This first preserved photograph "View from the Window at Le Gras" is the one you can see in the iPhoto icon contained in this package. The third icon is the folder icon I have created for this icon package. +These two desktop icons show the Camera Obscura as it was used by Nicéphore Niépce in an Aperture and iPhoto style and are intended as an homage to him. Nicéphore Niépce made it first possible to preserve an image taken with a camera obscura in 1826 or 1827 by using a special mixture of bitumen on a pewter plate, naming it Heliography. + +This first preserved photograph _View from the Window at Le Gras_ is the one you can see in the iPhoto icon contained in this package. The third icon is the folder icon I have created for this icon package. Either just download the icons or read the exciting story about the First Photograph. -{% include picture.html file='cameraobscura11_all.png' %} + # The story behind these icons @@ -36,8 +34,7 @@ There's a fascinating story behind these icons which is nothing more than the st ## Nicéphore Niépce and The First Photograph - - Nicéphore Niépce, ca. 1795 +- Download Niépce's Camera Obscura Wallpaper + Download Niépce's Camera Obscura Wallpaper
Here are the details: diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-06-04-helvetica-typewriter-keys.md b/content/posts/2008-06-04-helvetica-typewriter-keys.md similarity index 62% rename from _src/_posts/2008-06-04-helvetica-typewriter-keys.md rename to content/posts/2008-06-04-helvetica-typewriter-keys.md index eaaf3e9a..43d97dff 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-06-04-helvetica-typewriter-keys.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-06-04-helvetica-typewriter-keys.md @@ -1,16 +1,14 @@ --- -layout: photo +type: photo -slug: helvetica-typewriter-keys title: Helvetica Typewriter Keys -image: MG_1735-Version-2.jpg +image: ../media/MG_1735-Version-2.jpg author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-06-04 11:41:01+00:00 -wordpress_id: 1976 -categories: -- photos -tags: typography + +tags: +- typography --- [Photo on 500px](http://500px.com/photo/5630073) [Photo on flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/krema/6965165687) diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-06-11-safari-4-developer-preview.md b/content/posts/2008-06-11-safari-4-developer-preview.md similarity index 86% rename from _src/_posts/2008-06-11-safari-4-developer-preview.md rename to content/posts/2008-06-11-safari-4-developer-preview.md index 5b774c34..b3efb34d 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-06-11-safari-4-developer-preview.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-06-11-safari-4-developer-preview.md @@ -1,33 +1,35 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: 'Safari 4 Developer Preview - Better Performance, Overhauled Web Inspector, New CSS' author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-06-11 10:37:07+00:00 -wordpress_id: 70 -category: design + +category: tags: - - osx - - macos - - css + - design + - macos + - css --- -Apple released a developer preview of the upcoming version of its web browser Safari to registered Developers. The Safari 4 Developer Preview is available for Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard and Windows. While the main changes are not visible to the user the most significant visible new feature is the overhauled Web Inspector. +Apple released a developer preview of the upcoming version of its web browser Safari to registered Developers. The Safari 4 Developer Preview is available for Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard and Windows. While the main changes are not visible to the user the most significant visible new feature is the overhauled Web Inspector. + + You can access Safari's Web Inspector through Develop > Show Web Inspector (you have to check the "Show Develop menu" box in the Preferences first to enable it). The Web Inspector, like the Firebug plug-in for Firefox, is a cool tool especially for Web Developers to inspect various elements of the website you're browsing. The Navigation inside the Web Inspector is now moved from left to the top and there's a new "Databases" section and something like a browsing benchmarking "Profiles" section. All navigation tabs got new icons too. - + The "Resources" section got a slight overhaul too. With it you can see in which time the elements on your website were loaded with a nice graphical timeline. - + Among the visible new features in the Safari 4 Developer Preview is the ability to save websites as desktop applications or site-specific browsers (SSB) called Web Applications (File > Save as Web Application) and some more options for new windows or tabs in the General Preferences: - + In terms of web standards and performance the Safari 4 Developer Preview passes the [Acid3 performance test](http://acid3.acidtests.org/) with 100/100 and is way more faster at rendering web pages. @@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ Finally there seem to be a new css version implemented since Safari 4 now render Another new feature is the new full page zoom for zooming on web pages which was already implemented in the WebKit nightlies but [had to be manually activated](http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080606045109546). In old Safari versions pressing Command + or - increased or decreased just the text size, sometimes destroying the whole layout of the page. The Safari 4 Developer Preview behaves just like the recent Firefox 3 RC1 and zooms out or zooms in the whole page layout and not just the text. -[](/media/safari4_zoom.png) +[](../media/safari4_zoom.png) And while Apple just [states in their press release](http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/06/09snowleopard.html) that Safari 4 delivers "the fastest implementation of JavaScript ever, increasing performance by 53 percent", other sources like [MacRumors](http://www.macrumors.com/2008/06/10/apple-seeds-safari-4-to-developers/) or [Macworld UK](http://www.macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/news/index.cfm?newsid=21625&pagtype=allchandate) expect this increased JavaScript performance to be based on the implementation of the freshly new [SquirrelFish JavaScript engine](http://webkit.org/blog/189/announcing-squirrelfish/). diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-06-17-quick-tip-borders-titles-plug-in-for-aperture.md b/content/posts/2008-06-17-quick-tip-borders-titles-plug-in-for-aperture.md similarity index 73% rename from _src/_posts/2008-06-17-quick-tip-borders-titles-plug-in-for-aperture.md rename to content/posts/2008-06-17-quick-tip-borders-titles-plug-in-for-aperture.md index d150440a..b7fdc4f5 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-06-17-quick-tip-borders-titles-plug-in-for-aperture.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-06-17-quick-tip-borders-titles-plug-in-for-aperture.md @@ -1,23 +1,24 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: 'Quick Tip: Borders & Titles Plug-In for Aperture' author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-06-17 15:21:57+00:00 -wordpress_id: 73 -categories: -- photography + tags: +- photography - aperture --- -Have you ever looked for a way to quickly add text to your images [without photoshopping a watermark image](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/05/high-quality-watermarks-with-aperture/) first? +Have you ever looked for a way to quickly add text to your images [without photoshopping a watermark image](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/05/high-quality-watermarks-with-aperture/) first? + + There's a simple editing plug-in available for this task called [Borders & Titles](http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/BordersAndTitles/index.html) and as the name says you can add simple borders and text to your images within Aperture 2.1. It's a sample plug-in provided by Apple and it's fully functional. You can download it from Apple's Developer Connection website without registration: [Aperture Edit Plugin - Borders & Titles](http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/BordersAndTitles/index.html) -[](/media/aperture_bt.png) +[](../media/aperture_bt.png) The downlaod package includes the source code too so you can adjust the plug-in if you're able to code Cocoa. After downloading put the BordersAndTitles.ApertureEdit plug-in into /Library/Application Support/Aperture/Plug-Ins and access the plug-in from Aperture. diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-06-19-ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume.md b/content/posts/2008-06-19-ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume.md similarity index 81% rename from _src/_posts/2008-06-19-ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume.md rename to content/posts/2008-06-19-ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume.md index 212cdcba..24b63a4a 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-06-19-ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-06-19-ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume.md @@ -1,21 +1,18 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post -slug: ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume title: 'HowTo: Make Ubuntu A Perfect Mac File Server And Time Machine Volume' author: Matthias Kretschmann -image: ubuntu_mac_feature.jpg +image: ../media/ubuntu_mac_feature.jpg date: 2008-06-19 03:08:11+00:00 updated: 2016-06-12 14:29:11+00:00 -wordpress_id: 75 -category: design tags: - - tutorial - - osx - - macos - - ubuntu + - design + - tutorial + - macos + - ubuntu coinhive: true @@ -41,57 +38,56 @@ Personally I use a fresh installation of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Desktop version Here are the steps involved in setting up your Ubuntu box as a Mac file server: - 1. Modify and install Netatalk (Open Source AFP implementation) - 2. Configure Netatalk - 3. Configure shared volumes (and Time Machine volume) - 4. Install Avahi (Open Source Bonjour implementation) - 5. Configure Avahi and advertise services - 6. Configure TimeMachine - 7. Conclusion, Problems and more informations - 8. Downloading and using the Server Display Icons - 9. Translations Of This Article +- [1. Modify and install Netatalk](#1-modify-and-install-netatalk) +- [2. Configure Netatalk](#2-configure-netatalk) +- [3. Configure shared Volumes](#3-configure-shared-volumes) +- [4. Install Avahi](#4-install-avahi) +- [5. Configure Avahi and advertise services](#5-configure-avahi-and-advertise-services) +- [6. Configure Time Machine](#6-configure-time-machine) +- [7. Conclusion, Problems and more informations](#7-conclusion-problems-and-more-informations) +- [8. Downloading and using the Server Display Icons](#8-downloading-and-using-the-server-display-icons) +- [9. Translations Of This Article](#9-translations-of-this-article) # 1. Modify and install Netatalk -[Netatalk](http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/) is the Open Source implementation of AFP. Mac OS X requires encryption to work properly but the standard package of netatalk provided in the Ubuntu repositories doesn't include this feature. So we have to build our own netatalk package from the sources with the encryption feature enabled. +[Netatalk](http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/) is the Open Source implementation of AFP. Mac OS X requires encryption to work properly but the standard package of netatalk provided in the Ubuntu repositories doesn't include this feature. So we have to build our own netatalk package from the sources with the encryption feature enabled. First you have to enable the Source Code repositories via System > Administration > Software Sources under the Ubuntu Software tab. Check the Source Code Box, click Close and choose Reload in the next dialogue. - + Alessandro has built [a nice .deb package for i386 machines](http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/187424/netatalk_2.0.3-brando0_i386.deb). Although written in italian you can follow the necessary code snippets for installing this package [in his blog post.](http://gpz500.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/lairone-al-servizio-del-leopardo/) If the install package works for you just skip the following self compiling process and head over to the [Configure Netatalk section.](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/06/ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume/#netatalk2) Now fire up your Terminal under Applications > Accessories and execute the following lines (separately). You have to type Y for yes when Terminal asks you if it should continue: -```shell +```bash sudo apt-get build-dep netatalk sudo apt-get install cracklib2-dev fakeroot libssl-dev sudo apt-get source netatalk cd netatalk-2* -```` +``` Now you have downloaded the source code of Netatalk to your home folder, installed some required packages for building Netatalk and changed the directory to the downloaded folder. Next you have to build the Netatalk package with the encryption option enabled: -```shell +```bash sudo DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=ssl dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot ``` Depending on your hardware this may take a while but you can enjoy the geeky build output in your Terminal: - + If everything went through without errors (except the signing warnings, can be ignored) you can install the recently created package: - -```shell +```bash sudo dpkg -i ~/netatalk_2*.deb ``` To stop Ubuntu from overwriting your custom Netatalk package you should set its state to hold. This will cause the Netatalk package being grayed out in the Software Update dialogue: -```shell +```bash echo "netatalk hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections ``` @@ -99,9 +95,9 @@ Now you have successfully build and installed your custom Netatalk package which # 2. Configure Netatalk -First you should deactivate services provided by Netatalk which are not needed if you just want to use your Ubuntu box for file sharing. This will speed up the response and startup time of Netatalk dramatically. For instance Netatalk starts the old AppleTalk protocol by default which is just needed for pre OS X systems. So we're going to use the graphical editor vi for stopping unneeded services: +First you should deactivate services provided by Netatalk which are not needed if you just want to use your Ubuntu box for file sharing. This will speed up the response and startup time of Netatalk dramatically. For instance Netatalk starts the old AppleTalk protocol by default which is just needed for pre OS X systems. So we're going to use the graphical editor vi for stopping unneeded services: -```shell +```bash sudo vi /etc/default/netatalk ``` @@ -120,7 +116,7 @@ Here it's very important to run the cnid_meta daemon because this service will h Press Ctrl + S to save the document or choose File > Save. Next we have to edit the main config file for AFP sharing called afpd.conf: -```shell +```bash sudo vi /etc/netatalk/afpd.conf ``` @@ -134,9 +130,9 @@ Press Ctrl + S to save the document or choose File > Save. # 3. Configure shared Volumes -Now we have to tell the afpd daemon what Volumes to share. This is defined in the AppleVolumes.default file inside /etc/netatalk/. The following line will open this file in vim with superuser privileges (required for saving) where we can define our shared volumes: +Now we have to tell the afpd daemon what Volumes to share. This is defined in the AppleVolumes.default file inside /etc/netatalk/. The following line will open this file in vim with superuser privileges (required for saving) where we can define our shared volumes: -```shell +```bash sudo vi /etc/netatalk/AppleVolumes.default ``` @@ -148,7 +144,7 @@ Scroll to the bottom of the document and define your Volume shares. By adding th Because we want to use the Ubuntu machine as a backup server for Time Machine you should define a second volume just for Time Machine. Create a new folder in your home directory first and name it TimeMachine (or anything you like). Then add the following line to your AppleVolumes.default. This is one line so be sure that there’s no line break in your AppleVolumes.default file: -```` +``` /home/username/TimeMachine TimeMachine allow:username1,username2 cnidscheme:cdb options:usedots,upriv ``` @@ -164,25 +160,24 @@ Press Ctrl + S to save the document or choose File > Save. Of course you can def Finally restart Netatalk to activate the changes: -```shell +```bash sudo /etc/init.d/netatalk restart ``` - Although we now have a fully configured AFP file server it will not show up in the Finder sidebar on Mac OS X Leopard (but it's reachable via Go > Connect to Server... in the Finder). Macs use a service called [Bonjour](http://www.apple.com/macosx/technology/bonjour.html) for the sidebar thing (and for a lot of other cool stuff) and on the Linux side we can have this functionality with the Open Source implementation of Bonjour, called [Avahi](http://avahi.org/). # 4. Install Avahi -So the Avahi daemon will advertise all defined services across your network just like Bonjour do. So let's install the avahi daemon and the mDNS library used for imitating the Bonjour service. When fully configured this will cause all Macs in your network to discover your Ubuntu box automatically: +So the Avahi daemon will advertise all defined services across your network just like Bonjour do. So let's install the avahi daemon and the mDNS library used for imitating the Bonjour service. When fully configured this will cause all Macs in your network to discover your Ubuntu box automatically: -```shell +```bash sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon sudo apt-get install libnss-mdns ``` To make everything work properly you have to edit the nsswitch.conf file: -```shell +```bash sudo vi /etc/nsswitch.conf ``` @@ -196,9 +191,9 @@ Press Ctrl + S to save the document or choose File > Save. # 5. Configure Avahi and advertise services -Next we have to tell Avahi which services it should advertise across the network. In our case we just want to advertise AFP sharing. This is done by creating a xml-file for each service inside /etc/avahi/services/ following a special syntax. Let's create a xml-file for the afpd service with the following line: +Next we have to tell Avahi which services it should advertise across the network. In our case we just want to advertise AFP sharing. This is done by creating a xml-file for each service inside /etc/avahi/services/ following a special syntax. Let's create a xml-file for the afpd service with the following line: -```shell +```bash sudo vi /etc/avahi/services/afpd.service ``` @@ -225,7 +220,7 @@ update: The last part is used to assign a specific (Apple) hardware model to you Finally restart the avahi daemon to activate all changes: -```shell +```bash sudo /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon restart ``` @@ -233,21 +228,21 @@ Now you have configured the Avahi daemon to advertise AFP sharing across your ne Now you're done with setting up AFP file sharing on your Ubuntu box and advertising it across the network for Finder's sidebar. Check if everything works as intended by clicking on your Ubuntu server in Finder and clicking on the "Connect As" button. Enter your username and password (the ones you're using on your Ubuntu machine) and you should see the Volumes we defined earlier with the AppleVolumes.default file: - + Another side effect of using AFP is that your Ubuntu box will show up as a nice Apple Cinema Display icon instead of the BSOD windows icon. Here you see my Ubuntu server showing up in Finder as [Rockhopper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Rockhopper_Penguin): - + update: If you've followed the revised version of this article your Linux box should now be represented by a Xserve icon in Finder: - + # 6. Configure Time Machine -**update 07/14/2008:** On the Mac side you have to enable the option to use network volumes as Time Machine drives first. Without it your freshly shared and advertised network volume won't show up in the disk selection dialogue in Time Machine. This is a hidden option not accessible via the graphical user interface so you have to copy & paste this in Terminal (it's one line): +**update 07/14/2008:** On the Mac side you have to enable the option to use network volumes as Time Machine drives first. Without it your freshly shared and advertised network volume won't show up in the disk selection dialogue in Time Machine. This is a hidden option not accessible via the graphical user interface so you have to copy & paste this in Terminal (it's one line): -```shell +```bash defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1 ``` @@ -257,7 +252,7 @@ Now just mount the "TimeMachine" Volume first and choose it as a backup disk in When your first Time Machine backup is done you can remove all Volumes and the next time Time Machine starts it will automagically mount the disk image from your TimeMachine volume on your Ubuntu box without mounting the whole TimeMachine volume: - + # 7. Conclusion, Problems and more informations @@ -279,7 +274,7 @@ In short, you have to create the backup disk image on your Desktop and copy it t First open up the Console from your Applications > Utilities folder and open the Time Machine preferences. In Time Machine preferences set your backup volume back to none. After that reselect your mounted Time Machine volume. The counter should start and Time Machine's big button will change to on. When the backup tries to start and fail have a look at your Console (Click All Messages in the sidepane). There should be a line telling you the name of the disk image: -```shell +```bash Creating disk image /Volumes/TimeMachine/computername_0014e3856bd0.sparsebundle ``` @@ -291,7 +286,7 @@ The secret number Time Machine adds to your computer name is nothing more than t In the field volume name write Backup of computername. Now FIRST chose sparse bundle disk image as the image format and THEN adjust the volume size to the size of your internal harddrive (minimum, choose more if you like) afterwards. Remember that Disk Utility won't let you make a bigger image file as you have physical hard drive space available if you don't chose sparse bundle disk image as the image format first. For reference have a look at this screenshot: - + Select your Desktop as destination and click create. After the creation is finished drag the created disk image to your mounted Time Machine volume (you can delete the disk image on your desktop when copy is finished). Finally go to Time Machine preferences and start your backup again and everything should work as expected now. After the first backup (this can take a long time depending on your harddrive) you can unmount your Time Machine volume and the next time Time Machine starts it will grab and mount the sparse bundle disk image automatically (with "Backup of computername" as the volume name). @@ -305,7 +300,7 @@ In short you have to allow communications over port 548 and 5353. If you get one of those errors: -```` +``` Connection Failed - There was an error connection to the server. Check the server name or IP address and try again ``` @@ -321,7 +316,7 @@ Remember that this error can be caused by a myriad of problems and just a lot of If you still can't connect to your Ubuntu box you can edit your /etc/hosts file as [I've pointed out in the comments](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/06/ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume/#comment-417): -```shell +```bash sudo vi /etc/hosts ``` @@ -342,9 +337,9 @@ But for those people still having problems with these error messages: On Mac OS ## -5014 error -Some people have problems when connecting to an AFP share and get a -5014 error. [As J5 pointed out in the comments](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/06/ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume/#comment-5021) you have to delete the hidden .AppleDB folders on your Ubuntu box and restart netatalk afterwards: +Some people have problems when connecting to an AFP share and get a -5014 error. You have to delete the hidden .AppleDB folders on your Ubuntu box and restart netatalk afterwards: -```shell +```bash sudo /etc/init.d/netatalk restart ``` @@ -352,13 +347,13 @@ sudo /etc/init.d/netatalk restart In case of a full system restore you would have to boot your Mac from the Mac OS X installation DVD (the one delivered with your Mac) by pressing the c key during boot. Your Mac will start with a minimal UI where you have a Utilities section in the top menu bar. There you'll find "Restore from a Time Machine Backup" but it won't find your network share with your Time Machine backup. Luckily [Dmitry Nedospasov found a way to manage this](http://nedos.net/2008/03/29/restore-from-an-unsupported-time-machine-backup-with-the-leopard-dvd/) by simply mounting your Time Machine network share with the Terminal (which you can find under Utilities in the menu bar too) by utilizing the following syntax (shamelessly copied from [Dmitry](http://nedos.net/2008/03/29/restore-from-an-unsupported-time-machine-backup-with-the-leopard-dvd/)): -```shell +```bash mount -t afp afp://username:password@hostname/ShareName /Volumes/ShareMount ``` Replace everything instead of /Volumes with your matching names. You can test if your network share was properly mounted by doing -```shell +```bash ls /Volumes ``` @@ -368,36 +363,35 @@ Now you can close the Terminal and select "Restore from Time Machine Backup" fro ## Netatalk backup disk reaching maximum capacity -As [Seron](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/06/ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume/#comment-15122) pointed out in the comments, there is some discussion on the net regarding problems with Netatalk and TimeMachine when the backup disk reaches maximum capacity. This is due to missing support for the AFP commands FPSyncDir aka commands 78 and 78 in Netatalk. [As a commenter in an ArsTechnica forum says](http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/942005082731/m/370002065931?r=782005065931#782005065931): "As soon as your backup volume will reach max capacity, it will self destruct because of it." +There is some discussion on the net regarding problems with Netatalk and TimeMachine when the backup disk reaches maximum capacity. This is due to missing support for the AFP commands FPSyncDir aka commands 78 and 78 in Netatalk. [As a commenter in an ArsTechnica forum says](http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/942005082731/m/370002065931?r=782005065931#782005065931): "As soon as your backup volume will reach max capacity, it will self destruct because of it." In the forum you'll also find some links to various patches to avoid problems with that. If you have tested such patch please post your experiences in the comments for this article. ## More Articles - * In case you want to connect your iPhone via AFP: [An AFP Server on your iPhone](http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~job/afpd/AFP_File_Server_on_your_iPhone.html). This uses the Netatalk package too - * [Netatalk 2.0 manual](http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/2.0/htmldocs/) - * [All possible AppleVolumes.default options (part of the Netatalk manual)](http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/2.0/htmldocs/AppleVolumes.default.5.html) - * [Overview and templates about services Avahi can advertise](http://holyarmy.org/2008/01/27/advertising-linux-services-via-avahibonjour) - * [In-depth article about Sparse Bundle disk images](http://db.tidbits.com/article/9673) - * [How-to: Get files off a Time Machine backup without using your Mac](http://carsonbaker.org/2008/06/23/time-machine-restore/): In case you have to access Time Machine backups from Ubuntu or any other Linux system - * [Using NetBSD, with guest account](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/06/ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume/#comment-6143): [Johannes](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/06/ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume/#comment-6143) laid down the steps to use NetBSD instead of Ubuntu. - +- In case you want to connect your iPhone via AFP: [An AFP Server on your iPhone](http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~job/afpd/AFP_File_Server_on_your_iPhone.html). This uses the Netatalk package too +- [Netatalk 2.0 manual](http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/2.0/htmldocs/) +- [All possible AppleVolumes.default options (part of the Netatalk manual)](http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/2.0/htmldocs/AppleVolumes.default.5.html) +- [Overview and templates about services Avahi can advertise](http://holyarmy.org/2008/01/27/advertising-linux-services-via-avahibonjour) +- [In-depth article about Sparse Bundle disk images](http://db.tidbits.com/article/9673) +- [How-to: Get files off a Time Machine backup without using your Mac](http://carsonbaker.org/2008/06/23/time-machine-restore/): In case you have to access Time Machine backups from Ubuntu or any other Linux system +- [Using NetBSD, with guest account](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/06/ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume/#comment-6143): [Johannes](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/06/ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume/#comment-6143) laid down the steps to use NetBSD instead of Ubuntu. # 8. Downloading and using the Server Display Icons -I've quickly crafted a custom icon for your Ubuntu server. It's the Apple Cinema Display with the default wallpaper of Ubuntu 8.04 called Hardy Heron. Additionally I've included an icon with the default Leopard and the default Vista wallpaper to represent your Leopard and Windows server too (The default Mac server icon uses the old Tiger wallpaper). +I've quickly crafted a custom icon for your Ubuntu server. It's the Apple Cinema Display with the default wallpaper of Ubuntu 8.04 called Hardy Heron. Additionally I've included an icon with the default Leopard and the default Vista wallpaper to represent your Leopard and Windows server too (The default Mac server icon uses the old Tiger wallpaper). Here you can see the icons included in the Server Displays icon pack: - + Because I've just modified Apple's standard icons these icons are just available via this blog post and they will not show up in my Goodies section. Just download the whole package directly via this link:- Download Server Display Icons zip + Download Server Display Icons zip
-# How to use the icons +## How to use the icons In the avahi configuration part in this article you have assigned the Xserve device info to your afpd.service file. All you have to do is to replace the generic Xserve icon (or whatever model you have assigned in your afpd.service file) with an icon from this icon package. Just rename the Ubuntu Server.icns to com.apple.xserve.icns and navigate to @@ -413,15 +407,15 @@ As for the Windows Vista server icon: Just rename the Windows Server.icns file t ``` /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources -```` +``` Now drag & drop the renamed file into this path and replace the generic icon (making a backup before doing that is a good idea) and after a logout all your Windows servers should be displayed with the new icon. update: A solution for the icon problem is here: [Simon Wheatley figured out](http://www.simonwheatley.co.uk/2008/04/06/avahi-finder-icons/trackback/) how to assign a different icon to your avahi advertised Linux box. All you have to do is assigning a device info part at the end of the avahi service file for AFP. I've updated this article to include this part. Please head back to the Configure Avahi and advertise services part in this article and edit your afpd.service file again if you've followed the first revision of this article. - + -Congratulations! You finally arrived at the end of my article. There's a good chance that your coffee or tea cup is now empty. But before making your next coffee you should share this article on your favorite social website. Your vote is highly appreciated! After you've finished voting and making your next coffee or tea you could subscribe to my [RSS-Feed](http://www.kremalicious.com/feed/), discuss this article or buy me my next coffee. +Congratulations! You finally arrived at the end of my article. There's a good chance that your coffee or tea cup is now empty. But before making your next coffee you should share this article on your favorite social website. Your vote is highly appreciated! After you've finished voting and making your next coffee or tea you could subscribe to my [RSS-Feed](/feed/), discuss this article or buy me my next coffee. # 9. Translations Of This Article diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-06-25-apertureedit-is-edit-for-aperture-now-updated-to-12.md b/content/posts/2008-06-25-apertureedit-is-edit-for-aperture-now-updated-to-12.md similarity index 68% rename from _src/_posts/2008-06-25-apertureedit-is-edit-for-aperture-now-updated-to-12.md rename to content/posts/2008-06-25-apertureedit-is-edit-for-aperture-now-updated-to-12.md index e79e0a91..2d3ff1fc 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-06-25-apertureedit-is-edit-for-aperture-now-updated-to-12.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-06-25-apertureedit-is-edit-for-aperture-now-updated-to-12.md @@ -1,18 +1,19 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: ApertureEdit is Edit for Aperture now, updated to 1.2 author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-06-25 15:29:22+00:00 -wordpress_id: 77 -categories: -- photography + tags: +- photography - aperture --- -The All-in-one Aperture adjustment plugin bundle from [Human Software](http://www.humansoftware.com) is now called Edit for Aperture or just [Edit](http://www.humansoftware.com/pages1200/ApertureEdit/HSapertureedit11.html). The new version 1.2 can now apply multiple layers of curves correction at once and the interface gets a new split image view. Also "different compatibility issues for PowerPC users" were fixed according to the release notes. +The All-in-one Aperture adjustment plugin bundle from [Human Software](http://www.humansoftware.com) is now called Edit for Aperture or just [Edit](http://www.humansoftware.com/pages1200/ApertureEdit/HSapertureedit11.html). The new version 1.2 can now apply multiple layers of curves correction at once and the interface gets a new split image view. Also "different compatibility issues for PowerPC users" were fixed according to the release notes. + + The ApertureEdit plug-in is a bundle of 12 different modules for denoising, lens fixing, framing, light effects and many more. All effects can be applied to one image at a time or to a whole set of images at once and according to Human Software Edit offers more than 4000 professional effects. Just head over to the [product page](http://www.humansoftware.com/pages1200/ApertureEdit/HSapertureedit11.html) to see all effects and features this plugin bundle is capable of. diff --git a/content/posts/2008-06-25-new-canon-stuff-xs-eos-1000-430ex-ii.md b/content/posts/2008-06-25-new-canon-stuff-xs-eos-1000-430ex-ii.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..95bc2df9 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2008-06-25-new-canon-stuff-xs-eos-1000-430ex-ii.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +--- +type: post + +title: 'New Canon stuff: Digital Rebel XS/EOS 1000D/Kiss F And Speedlite 430EX II announced' +author: Matthias Kretschmann + +date: 2008-06-25 16:41:59+00:00 + +tags: +- photography +--- + +After the latest Digital Photo Professional update (DPP 3.4.1.1) [revealed some evidence about an upcoming Canon EOS Rebel XS/1000D](http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/digital/canon_xs_1000D_dpp34.html), Canon finally introduced this new entry-level DSLR this month. The [EOS Digital Rebel XS/1000D/Kiss F](http://www.canon-europe.com/For_Home/Product_Finder/Cameras/Digital_SLR/EOS_1000D/index.asp) ([full product specifications](http://www.canon-europe.com/For_Home/Product_Finder/Cameras/Digital_SLR/EOS_1000D/index.asp?specs=1)) is technically a hybrid between hardware and features found in Canon's entry-level cameras from the past: the 7-point autofocus system comes from the XT/350D, the Digic III processor is the same as in the XSi/450D and the Live View feature is implemented with the same features as found in the XSi/450D. + + + +With this DSLR Canon seems to open up a new class in their EOS system which is somehow below the former entry level cameras (XT/350D, XTi/400D) and the latest entry-level XSi/450D. It's priced 200$ below Canons current or former entry-level DSLR XSi/450D and you can find a nice first review of this new DSLR [over at Digital Photography Review](http://www.dpreview.com/previews/Canon_1000D/). + +[](../media/speedlite430exii.jpg)Canon also introduced the new midrange Speedlite 430EX II, replacing the 430EX flash unit. This new Speedlite is now fully configurable with the Camera's LCD menu and it got now a metal shoe. According to [Canon](http://www.canon.co.uk/press_centre/press_releases/cameras_accessories/speedlite_430ex_ii_press_release.asp) the 430EX II also boasts 20% faster recycling times and is more silent while doing this. In Europe and in the USA the Speedlite should be available from the end of July. diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-06-30-stone-head.md b/content/posts/2008-06-30-stone-head.md similarity index 77% rename from _src/_posts/2008-06-30-stone-head.md rename to content/posts/2008-06-30-stone-head.md index e40e4a2d..aed013f8 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-06-30-stone-head.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-06-30-stone-head.md @@ -1,14 +1,11 @@ --- -layout: photo +type: photo title: Stone Head -image: stonehead.jpg +image: ../media/stonehead.jpg author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-06-30 11:26:14+00:00 -wordpress_id: 1961 -categories: -- photos --- A stone made head which can be twittled. Halle(Saale)/Germany. Heavy Color Adjustements in Aperture 2.1 diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-07-01-everything-back-to-normal-on-kremaliciouscom-almost.md b/content/posts/2008-07-01-everything-back-to-normal-on-kremaliciouscom-almost.md similarity index 90% rename from _src/_posts/2008-07-01-everything-back-to-normal-on-kremaliciouscom-almost.md rename to content/posts/2008-07-01-everything-back-to-normal-on-kremaliciouscom-almost.md index d5c198b2..07be34e0 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-07-01-everything-back-to-normal-on-kremaliciouscom-almost.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-07-01-everything-back-to-normal-on-kremaliciouscom-almost.md @@ -1,18 +1,19 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: Everything Back To Normal On Kremalicious.com (Almost) author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-07-01 16:39:02+00:00 -wordpress_id: 80 -categories: -- personal + tags: - - wordpress +- personal +- wordpress --- -As you may have noticed, kremalicious.com was a bit screwed in the last week and some of you have asked me via mail and twitter what exactly was wrong. So to satisfy the curious geek in you I will provide some informations about it. +As you may have noticed, kremalicious.com was a bit screwed in the last week and some of you have asked me via mail and twitter what exactly was wrong. So to satisfy the curious geek in you I will provide some informations about it. + + It all started with a move of my whole website to new and shiny servers with PHP 5 running by my host. I didn't heard of any incompatibilities between the latest Wordpress version running on PHP 5 and in fact Wordpress loves to use PHP 5. But somehow I wasn't able to update my site neither over http or ftp. Since I can contact my host admins directly ([thank you jpBerlin/Heinlein-Support!](http://www.jpberlin.de/)) this problem was addressed rather quickly. They just neglected to tell me that the server address for login also changed (I should have think of this too). So all my changes were applied to my Wordpress installation on the old server. Problem solved I thought. @@ -20,14 +21,14 @@ But more problems appeared. The display of the newest and latest posts and the n Now it's clear something with my code must be wrong, I thought. For displaying the latest posts in Wordpress I use a pretty standard way which is [described in the Wordpress Codex](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts): -{% highlight php %} +```php -{% endhighlight %} +``` This would get all recent posts sorted by their post_date entry in the (wp_posts) database table and style it as an unordered list with my preferred format. This code worked since the launch of kremalicious.com and I first used it to display the recent blog entries on my start page. But since i didn't change anything in the code this couldn't be caused by wrong code or something. @@ -39,7 +40,9 @@ This bug affects all versions of MySQL since 5.0.50 and it seems there is no sta Thankfully [a commenter](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/185896#post-793417) in the Wordpress forums reminded me of a nice temporary solution to this mess until my host updates MySQL: using wp_get_archives for displaying the recent posts. But this won't let me display the dates anymore: -{% highlight php %}{% endhighlight %} +```php + +``` Problem temporary solved! diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-07-08-new-aperture-plug-ins-jade-and-ptlens.md b/content/posts/2008-07-08-new-aperture-plug-ins-jade-and-ptlens.md similarity index 93% rename from _src/_posts/2008-07-08-new-aperture-plug-ins-jade-and-ptlens.md rename to content/posts/2008-07-08-new-aperture-plug-ins-jade-and-ptlens.md index eab8925e..a2d10f14 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-07-08-new-aperture-plug-ins-jade-and-ptlens.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-07-08-new-aperture-plug-ins-jade-and-ptlens.md @@ -1,32 +1,33 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: 'New Aperture Plug-Ins: Jade And PTLens' author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-07-08 19:19:54+00:00 -wordpress_id: 84 -categories: -- photography + tags: +- photography - aperture --- + + Last week two new image editing plug-ins were announced for Aperture 2.1: The PTLens plug-in for correcting barrel distortion, vignetting, chromatic aberration, and perspective and the Jade plug-in for automatic correction of color, levels and exposure. - + The [PTLens plug-in](http://epaperpress.com/ptlens/) from [ePaperPress](http://epaperpress.com/) was available as a Photoshop plug-in in the past and is well known for its lens pincushion, barrel distortion, vignetting, chromatic aberration, and perspective correction abilities based on a lens model database similiar to [Kekus' LensFix CI plug-in](http://www.kekus.com/software/plugin.html). While I love the plug-ins ability to correct perspectives the Aperture plug-in doesn't work with RAW files(!), just with tiff and jpeg files which is one more way to compromise the way Aperture works (In my opinion the whole plug-in architecture of Aperture does that). And while I would love to show you the plug-ins user interface in Aperture PTLens refused to open either JPEG or TIFF files. So here's just a screenshot of the standalone application: -[](/media/ptlens_ui.png) +[](../media/ptlens_ui.png) So to me the PTLens plug-in for Aperture isn't finished yet. But you can download a [trial version from the plug-ins website](http://epaperpress.com/ptlens/media.html). The second plug-in recently released is the [Jade plug-in](http://jade.datamind.biz/) from Datamind. Because of its speed also on consumer Macs, Aperture 2 became popular among amateur photographers too. [Datamind](http://datamind.biz) targets it's first Aperture plug-in [Jade](http://jade.datamind.biz/) at this group. The former standalone application for Mac and Windows is now an Aperture adjustment plug-in for correcting your pictures colors, levels and exposure automatically with Dataminds own algorithm. And its user interface is very clean and uncluttered: -[](/media/jade_ui.png) +[](../media/jade_ui.png) While I have to say Jade produces very reasonable results it lacks a lot of controls and fails with complicated pictures where Aperture's adjustment controls wouldn't. So I would say this plug-in would be better as an iPhoto plug-in. Do you really want a blown up photoshop or tiff file for every photo you're going to correct in Aperture? diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-07-11-enjoy-kremaliciousiphone.md b/content/posts/2008-07-11-enjoy-kremaliciousiphone.md similarity index 77% rename from _src/_posts/2008-07-11-enjoy-kremaliciousiphone.md rename to content/posts/2008-07-11-enjoy-kremaliciousiphone.md index 1ea50ab1..25013aef 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-07-11-enjoy-kremaliciousiphone.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-07-11-enjoy-kremaliciousiphone.md @@ -1,18 +1,19 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: Enjoy Kremalicious{iPhone} author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-07-11 00:20:22+00:00 -wordpress_id: 85 -categories: -- personal + tags: - - wordpress +- personal +- wordpress --- -I'm thrilled to announce that kremalicious.com now uses an iPhone optimized theme. When you browse this website with your iPhone everything will automagically switch to the new kremalicious iPhone theme which is simply called kremalicious{iPhone}. See those hip brackets? +I'm thrilled to announce that kremalicious.com now uses an iPhone optimized theme. When you browse this website with your iPhone everything will automagically switch to the new kremalicious iPhone theme which is simply called kremalicious{iPhone}. See those hip brackets? + + When the website detects an iPhone or iPod Touch it will automatically switch to another freshly created theme which is absolutely seamless to the user. This detection is done by the wonderful slim iPhone Wordpress plug-in from ContentRobot which was slightly modified by me. @@ -26,9 +27,9 @@ While Safari on iPhone will display all websites just fine it can happen that th The viewport can be larger or smaller than the visible area but I wanted my content to exactly fit the width of the iPhone and the goal was to make the text legible on first load. So here's what I use for kremalicious{iPhone}: -{% highlight html %} +```html -{% endhighlight %} +``` This code will let the user scale the content up to 1.6 times to the default view and the default width of the content is set to the width of the (iPhone) device. @@ -37,17 +38,17 @@ This code will let the user scale the content up to 1.6 times to the default vie There's neither an active nor a hover state for links on the iPhone which makes sense on a touch interface although it would be much easier to just use a:active for the tap highlighting. Safari on the iPhone uses a special webkit property for that: -{% highlight css %} --webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(234,234,234,0.5); -{% endhighlight %} +```css +-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(234,234,234, .5); +``` # Home Screen Icon -I've used a 147x147px icon so the icon looks crisp and sharp on the iPhone screen (because it's a 160dpi screen). You really should use a bigger size than [Apple's recommendation in their iPhone HIG](https://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/MobileHIG/IconsImages/chapter_14_section_2.html). You have to provide a png icon without rounded corners and without the highlight shine since the iPhone will render that automatically on the icon. The icon has to be named apple-touch-icon.png and gets automatically detected when put in the root of your website. Additionally you can tell the iPhone the place where the icon is with this link tag in your head section: +I've used a 147x147px icon so the icon looks crisp and sharp on the iPhone screen (because it's a 160dpi screen). You really should use a bigger size than [Apple's recommendation in their iPhone HIG](https://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/MobileHIG/IconsImages/chapter_14_section_2.html). You have to provide a png icon without rounded corners and without the highlight shine since the iPhone will render that automatically on the icon. The icon has to be named apple-touch-icon.png and gets automatically detected when put in the root of your website. Additionally you can tell the iPhone the place where the icon is with this link tag in your head section: -{% highlight html %} +```html -{% endhighlight %} +``` And finally many thanks to [cschock](http://www.cschock.de) for continuously testing my code voodoo soup even at late hours. diff --git a/content/posts/2008-07-11-new-aperture-plug-in-nik-announces-silver-efex-pro.md b/content/posts/2008-07-11-new-aperture-plug-in-nik-announces-silver-efex-pro.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3f9c965b --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2008-07-11-new-aperture-plug-in-nik-announces-silver-efex-pro.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +--- +type: post + +title: 'New Aperture Plug-In: Nik announces Silver Efex Pro' +author: Matthias Kretschmann + +date: 2008-07-11 19:13:16+00:00 + +tags: +- photography +- aperture +--- + +Beside a new version of Color Efex Pro for Capture NX, Nik announced a brand new plug-in for Photoshop and Aperture. [Silver Efex Pro](http://www.niksoftware.com/silverefexpro/usa/entry.php) is a tool to create black & white images with the power and simplicity of the U-Point technology. You can easily fine tune portions of your black & white images. It's also capable of emulating film grain and 18 different types of film while also providing 20 one-click preset styles. But Silver Efex Pro is also capable of color toning the image. + + + +[](../media/nik_silverefex.png) + +You can get a [15-day trial from Nik's website](http://www.niksoftware.com/site/cont_index.php?nav_top=367&cms_child=__demo&productId=262). It can be purchased through Nik's online store for US$199.95. diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-07-15-wordpress-25-get-rid-of-that-sluggish-dashboard.md b/content/posts/2008-07-15-wordpress-25-get-rid-of-that-sluggish-dashboard.md similarity index 81% rename from _src/_posts/2008-07-15-wordpress-25-get-rid-of-that-sluggish-dashboard.md rename to content/posts/2008-07-15-wordpress-25-get-rid-of-that-sluggish-dashboard.md index e248a8c6..b687878a 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-07-15-wordpress-25-get-rid-of-that-sluggish-dashboard.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-07-15-wordpress-25-get-rid-of-that-sluggish-dashboard.md @@ -1,26 +1,26 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: 'Wordpress 2.5+: Get Rid of That Sluggish Dashboard' author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-07-15 14:04:46+00:00 -wordpress_id: 87 -categories: -- design tags: +- design - tutorial - wordpress --- -Since Wordpress 2.5 it was nearly impossible for me to log into Wordpress and quickly head over to the write tab. The Dashboard always wants to load a bunch of things in it but this always seemed to fail in my setup and slow things down. And not enough the Dashboard just locks everything up while loading which can take more than one minute. +Since Wordpress 2.5 it was nearly impossible for me to log into Wordpress and quickly head over to the write tab. The Dashboard always wants to load a bunch of things in it but this always seemed to fail in my setup and slow things down. And not enough the Dashboard just locks everything up while loading which can take more than one minute. + + I've searched for a simple way of disabling those feeds, plugins etc. stuff the Wordpress Dashboard tries to fill but it seems you can't disable these from the backend. But there's a quick way for doing this which involves editing your /wp-admin/index-extra.php and uncomment some lines there. This will leave your Dashboard intact while it stops Wordpress from connecting to various sources to screw your blog up when you just want to quickly write something. So open your `/wp-admin/index-extra.php` file. It should look like this: -{% highlight php %} +```php -{% endhighlight %} +``` Now just uncomment the lines so it looks like this (every line with two leading // is uncommented and therefore inactive): -{% highlight php %} +```php -{% endhighlight %} +``` And that's it. Save the file on your server, log in to your Wordpress backend and you should see your Dashboard with everything intact. It just won't search for incoming links and all those other RSS sources anymore. diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-07-23-leaf-life.md b/content/posts/2008-07-23-leaf-life.md similarity index 68% rename from _src/_posts/2008-07-23-leaf-life.md rename to content/posts/2008-07-23-leaf-life.md index d76b96c0..bcb72d8d 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-07-23-leaf-life.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-07-23-leaf-life.md @@ -1,16 +1,11 @@ --- -layout: photo +type: photo title: Leaf Life -image: MG_1920.jpg +image: ../media/MG_1920.jpg author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-07-23 20:38:57+00:00 -wordpress_id: 1908 -categories: -- photos -post_format: -- Image --- Having fun with Aperture and Silver Efex Pro. diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-08-03-tips-for-journalists-reporting-from-china.md b/content/posts/2008-08-03-tips-for-journalists-reporting-from-china.md similarity index 97% rename from _src/_posts/2008-08-03-tips-for-journalists-reporting-from-china.md rename to content/posts/2008-08-03-tips-for-journalists-reporting-from-china.md index db372b6f..f6dba4f8 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-08-03-tips-for-journalists-reporting-from-china.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-08-03-tips-for-journalists-reporting-from-china.md @@ -1,18 +1,20 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: Tips for Journalists Reporting From China author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-08-03 17:10:25+00:00 -wordpress_id: 95 -categories: + +tags: - photography --- - + As you may know there's a huge Internet censorship going on in China. Contrary to promises made by chinese authorities and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) this Internet censorship is active during the Olympic Games [even in the international media centre](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7532338.stm). And the [IOC shares the current ideas of censorship in China](http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=26461). + + And as in every political system with totalitarian elements there's a good chance you will meet some angry lackeys if you're going to report about topics the chinese authorities don't want you to report. But more important they will threat your sources if their identity gets revealed. So if you want to report about [the water shortage in the villages around Beijing](http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-06-27-voa10.cfm), the [massive air pollution in Beijing](http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200807/200807300031.html) or about all the forced resettlements going on in China you should consider some security precautions to protect you and your sources. Especially there's two things to do here: First you have to use technologies to circumvent firewalls. Second is to secure your connections and your communication to protect you and your sources. diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-08-22-howto-create-a-mobile-encrypted-aperture-vault.md b/content/posts/2008-08-22-howto-create-a-mobile-encrypted-aperture-vault.md similarity index 79% rename from _src/_posts/2008-08-22-howto-create-a-mobile-encrypted-aperture-vault.md rename to content/posts/2008-08-22-howto-create-a-mobile-encrypted-aperture-vault.md index 75d28c57..eba3204c 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-08-22-howto-create-a-mobile-encrypted-aperture-vault.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-08-22-howto-create-a-mobile-encrypted-aperture-vault.md @@ -1,32 +1,34 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: 'HowTo: Create A Mobile Encrypted Aperture Vault' author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-08-22 18:50:31+00:00 -wordpress_id: 142 -category: photography + tags: - - aperture - - tutorial - - osx - - macos + - photography + - aperture + - tutorial + - macos coinhive: true --- -When on the road I always take a little mobile hard drive with me where all my referenced Aperture Masters from the past years and my mobile Aperture Vault (backing up the un-referenced Masters from the current year) reside. But being little and mobile also means the external hard drive can easily be lost or stolen exposing all my pictures to the thief. To avoid that you can use encryption so in the case of a lost or theft the data is not accessible by the thief. This can easily be done with [sparse bundle disk images](http://db.tidbits.com/article/9673) so you won't have to encrypt the whole hard drive with additional software. +When on the road I always take a little mobile hard drive with me where all my referenced Aperture Masters from the past years and my mobile Aperture Vault (backing up the un-referenced Masters from the current year) reside. But being little and mobile also means the external hard drive can easily be lost or stolen exposing all my pictures to the thief. To avoid that you can use encryption so in the case of a lost or theft the data is not accessible by the thief. This can easily be done with [sparse bundle disk images](http://db.tidbits.com/article/9673) so you won't have to encrypt the whole hard drive with additional software. + + So in this quick tutorial I will show you how to create an encrypted Aperture Vault by using Sparse Bundle Disk Images and by utilizing tools built into Mac OS X. All this can be done in two simple steps. + ## 1. Create an encrypted disk image First you have to create the encrypted disk image where the Aperture Vault will reside. So fire up Disk Utility from the Utilities folder inside your Applications folder or use Spotlight to open it. Be sure there is no device or volume selected in the sidebar and click on the New Image icon in the toolbar. Set a file name of the disk image and the Volume Name (the name of the mounted disk image on your desktop). Change all the settings as seen in the following screenshot. Be sure to select sparse bundle disk image as the Image Format before changing the volume size. This way you can set a bigger volume size than your physical disk space available on your hard drive. After creation the disk image won't be as big as you have set it with volume size. It will grow as you write files to it. For maximum security (but slower performance) select 256-bit AES encryption in the Encryption drop down menu: - + Finally set the destination where you want to have the disk image created. To make it all mobile choose your mobile hard drive as destination. After clicking Create you will be asked to provide a password for encrypting the disk image. Be sure to click on the little key icon to use Mac OS X built in password generator. Generate a new extra long password. Type in your new password manually in the Verify field and be sure to check "Remember password in my keychain". This is the only time you have to provide the password since it will be saved in your keychain after clicking OK. @@ -40,15 +42,15 @@ Now your newly created sparse bundle disk image ahould be mounted on your deskto Now go to Aperture, choose the Projects tab and click on the little gear wheel at the bottom of the sidebar and choose "Add Vault" from the opened menu. - + In the opened dialogue select your mounted disk image under the devices section in your sidebar, give it a name and click Add. - + The new Vault will be added to your Vault list and is now to ready to be updated. - + Just click the little iSync-style arrow beside your Vault and the Vault be written to your encrypted disk image. When finished you can eject the disk image. It can now be mounted again just with the correct password which is stored in your keychain so won't even recognize the encryption. Of course, when you try to mount this disk image on another mac you have to type in the password or import the entry from your keychain. diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-08-22-noise-ninja-finally-available-for-apple-aperture.md b/content/posts/2008-08-22-noise-ninja-finally-available-for-apple-aperture.md similarity index 83% rename from _src/_posts/2008-08-22-noise-ninja-finally-available-for-apple-aperture.md rename to content/posts/2008-08-22-noise-ninja-finally-available-for-apple-aperture.md index eee80418..e24c137e 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-08-22-noise-ninja-finally-available-for-apple-aperture.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-08-22-noise-ninja-finally-available-for-apple-aperture.md @@ -1,21 +1,22 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: Noise Ninja finally available for Apple Aperture author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-08-22 14:51:02+00:00 -wordpress_id: 120 -categories: -- photography + tags: +- photography - aperture --- -Earlier this month [PictureCode](http://www.picturecode.com) finally released their noise reduction software [Noise Ninja](http://www.picturecode.com/media.htm) as an Aperture plug-in for Aperture 2.1 and above. +Earlier this month [PictureCode](http://www.picturecode.com) finally released their noise reduction software [Noise Ninja](http://www.picturecode.com/media.htm) as an Aperture plug-in for Aperture 2.1 and above. The results are just as amazing as they are with the Photoshop plug-in. But the Aperture plug-in uses a streamlined interface which differs from the photoshop version. But the functionality is the same. + + You can [download a trial version of Noise Ninja for Aperture](http://www.picturecode.com/nn_aperture.htm) (images are watermarked with a grid pattern when you save them) and give it a try. The Noise Ninja plug-in for Aperture is available as a part of the [Pro Bundle (US$ 79.95)](http://www.picturecode.com/purchase.php) which includes the Photoshop and the Aperture plug-in. If you have an existing Pro Bundle license you can [upgrade it for US$ 20](http://www.picturecode.com/upgrade.php) to include the Aperture plug-in license. Interested in more Aperture plug-ins? Just have a look at my article [First overview: Aperture 2.1 adjustment plugins have arrived](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/05/first-aperture-adjustment-plugins-have-arrived/) to get an overview about what's available at the moment or [browse my blog by the Aperture plug-in tag](http://www.kremalicious.com/tag/aperture-plug-in/). Additionally you can have a look at the [brand new Apple website for all the Aperture plug-ins and ressources](http://www.apple.com/aperture/resources/plugins.html). diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-08-22-the-kremalicious-marsedit-style.md b/content/posts/2008-08-22-the-kremalicious-marsedit-style.md similarity index 80% rename from _src/_posts/2008-08-22-the-kremalicious-marsedit-style.md rename to content/posts/2008-08-22-the-kremalicious-marsedit-style.md index 79515d82..ccddae64 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-08-22-the-kremalicious-marsedit-style.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-08-22-the-kremalicious-marsedit-style.md @@ -1,29 +1,31 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: The Kremalicious MarsEdit Style author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-08-22 17:04:19+00:00 -wordpress_id: 122 -categories: + +tags: - goodies --- -Personally I blog everything with RedSweater's awesome application [MarsEdit](http://www.red-sweater.com/marsedit/). MarsEdit has a cool preview window included where you can see your writing live while you type. The formatting of this preview is based on simple HTML and CSS so the style is pretty customizable. +Personally I blog everything with RedSweater's awesome application [MarsEdit](http://www.red-sweater.com/marsedit/). MarsEdit has a cool preview window included where you can see your writing live while you type. The formatting of this preview is based on simple HTML and CSS so the style is pretty customizable. + + A while ago I've made a custom style for the blog on kremalicious.com and would like to share this style with you. The style is based on the colors used on kremalicious.com with a black background and light grey text on top of it. The links have the same blueish hover style as on my website: -[](/media/marsedit_kremalicious_big.png) +[](../media/marsedit_kremalicious_big.png) Here's how to apply the style for your blog preview in MarsEdit: In MarsEdit main window right-click (or ctrl + click) in the sidebar on the blog where you want to have my style applied to and choose Edit Preview Template. The Preview Template editor should open where you can customize the style of the preview with the css instructions in the header. -Just copy and paste the following HTML and CSS into your Preview Template editor. If something goes wrong with the source formatting, I've also provided [a txt file with the code](/media/marsedit_kremalicious.txt): +Just copy and paste the following HTML and CSS into your Preview Template editor. If something goes wrong with the source formatting, I've also provided [a txt file with the code](../media/marsedit_kremalicious.txt): -{% highlight html %} +```html @@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ Just copy and paste the following HTML and CSS into your Preview Template editor -{% endhighlight %} +``` Now click on Save Changes in the lower right corner of the window and there you have it. diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-08-26-icy-box-icons.md b/content/posts/2008-08-26-icy-box-icons.md similarity index 61% rename from _src/_posts/2008-08-26-icy-box-icons.md rename to content/posts/2008-08-26-icy-box-icons.md index e1478526..09b2c28e 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-08-26-icy-box-icons.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-08-26-icy-box-icons.md @@ -1,16 +1,15 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: Icy Box Icons -image: Teaser-Icy-Box.jpg -download: icybox_by_kremalicious.zip +image: ../media/Teaser-Icy-Box.jpg +download: ../media/icybox_by_kremalicious.zip author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-08-26 19:16:38+00:00 -wordpress_id: 146 -categories: -- goodies + tags: +- goodies - icon redirect_from: @@ -19,12 +18,12 @@ redirect_from: A friend of mine asked me to craft an icon for his external hard drive case and I would like to share those with you too. These desktop icons show the the silver and black Icy Box external aluminium case with USB interface and are intended as a replacement for the generic external hard disk icon in Mac OS X Leopard. -As always these desktop icons are free for you personal and non-commercial use. All other usage of this copyrighted material [require my written permission](http://www.kremalicious.com/about/contact/). +As always these desktop icons are free for you personal and non-commercial use. All other usage of this copyrighted material require my written permission. -The whole package includes 7 icons either packed in a nice tagged iContainer for use with Candybar or in Mac + Win + Linux compatible formats. If you have such an Icy Box case grab the icons [from my Goodies page.](http://www.kremalicious.com/goodies/#icons) Have fun! +The whole package includes 7 icons either packed in a nice tagged iContainer for use with Candybar or in Mac + Win + Linux compatible formats. If you have such an Icy Box case grab the icons. Have fun!- Download Icy Box Icons zip + Download Icy Box Icons zip
* Replacement icons for the silver and black Icy Box external aluminium case with USB interface @@ -32,4 +31,4 @@ The whole package includes 7 icons either packed in a nice tagged iContainer for * Leopard ready (512x512) * including 7 icons with 2 Time Machine versions -[](/media/icybox_teaser2.jpg) +[](../media/icybox_teaser2.jpg) diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-08-28-architect-and-facade-theming-for-leopard.md b/content/posts/2008-08-28-architect-and-facade-theming-for-leopard.md similarity index 73% rename from _src/_posts/2008-08-28-architect-and-facade-theming-for-leopard.md rename to content/posts/2008-08-28-architect-and-facade-theming-for-leopard.md index 8bd04701..62a65620 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-08-28-architect-and-facade-theming-for-leopard.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-08-28-architect-and-facade-theming-for-leopard.md @@ -1,24 +1,23 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: 'Architect and Façade: Theming For Leopard' author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-08-28 09:54:06+00:00 -wordpress_id: 156 -category: design + tags: - - osx - - macos + - design + - macos --- -There's good news for all you Mac OS X Leopard GUI Themer out there. While there's Panic's [Candybar](http://www.panic.com/candybar) for icon customization in OS X there is no application to alter all the user interface elements of Leopard. In Tiger there was an application called ShapeShifter but since the whole GUI in Leopard changed it stopped working. Architect and Façade to the rescue. +There's good news for all you Mac OS X Leopard GUI Themer out there. While there's Panic's [Candybar](http://www.panic.com/candybar) for icon customization in OS X there is no application to alter all the user interface elements of Leopard. In Tiger there was an application called ShapeShifter but since the whole GUI in Leopard changed it stopped working. Architect and Façade to the rescue. [SlightlyPretentious](http://www.slightlypretentious.com/) announced its "Theming made easy"-application Architect is coming as a public beta- Download Futurama Mars U Wallpaper zip + Download Futurama Mars U Wallpaper zip
diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-10-23-coffee-cup-icon.md b/content/posts/2008-10-23-coffee-cup-icon.md similarity index 76% rename from _src/_posts/2008-10-23-coffee-cup-icon.md rename to content/posts/2008-10-23-coffee-cup-icon.md index fb97e297..0f4950f4 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-10-23-coffee-cup-icon.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-10-23-coffee-cup-icon.md @@ -1,16 +1,15 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: Coffee Cup Icon -image: Teaser-Coffee-Cup-Icon.jpg -download: coffee_cup_by_kremalicious.zip +image: ../media/Teaser-Coffee-Cup-Icon.jpg +download: ../media/coffee_cup_by_kremalicious.zip author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-10-23 14:59:23+00:00 -wordpress_id: 1817 -categories: -- goodies + tags: +- goodies - icon --- @@ -25,5 +24,5 @@ I’ve just released my own coffee cup icon, enjoy: ## Download- Download Coffee Cup Icons + Download Coffee Cup Icons
diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-10-23-the-finest-coffee-cups-most-incredible-coffee-icons-on-the-web.md b/content/posts/2008-10-23-the-finest-coffee-cups-most-incredible-coffee-icons-on-the-web.md similarity index 65% rename from _src/_posts/2008-10-23-the-finest-coffee-cups-most-incredible-coffee-icons-on-the-web.md rename to content/posts/2008-10-23-the-finest-coffee-cups-most-incredible-coffee-icons-on-the-web.md index d2ea267e..727316a1 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-10-23-the-finest-coffee-cups-most-incredible-coffee-icons-on-the-web.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-10-23-the-finest-coffee-cups-most-incredible-coffee-icons-on-the-web.md @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: The Finest Coffee Cups - Most Incredible Coffee Icons On The Web author: Matthias Kretschmann -image: coffee-cup-icon-kremalicious.png +image: ../media/coffee-cup-icon-kremalicious.png date: 2008-10-23 02:23:39+00:00 -wordpress_id: 277 -categories: + +tags: - design --- @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Please note that these icons are the property of their respective owners and you A bunch of colorful cups of coffee. -[](http://www.mcdodesign.com/?page_id=22) +[](http://www.mcdodesign.com/?page_id=22) @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ A bunch of colorful cups of coffee. A hyperrealistic icon from Vegrafik -[](http://macthemes2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16789993) +[](http://macthemes2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16789993) @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ A hyperrealistic icon from Vegrafik In a fit of megalomania I declared my icon as incredible and included it here. Originally I've made the coffee cup for the donations button on kremalicious.com. -[](/coffee-cup-icon) +[](/coffee-cup-icon) @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ In a fit of megalomania I declared my icon as incredible and included it here. O The one and only Mac OS X system replacement icon set has some coffee folders too. -[](http://dlanham.com/art/agua/) +[](http://dlanham.com/art/agua/) @@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ The one and only Mac OS X system replacement icon set has some coffee folders to Coffee in a metal cup. Sadly Dave didn't updated his World of Aqua icon pack with bigger sizes so it's just 128px. -[](http://iconfactory.com/freeware/preview/woa3) +[](http://iconfactory.com/freeware/preview/woa3) ## Starbucks coffee icon by Rok Benedik -[](http://benedik.deviantart.com/art/Starbucks-coffee-icons-96173293) +[](http://benedik.deviantart.com/art/Starbucks-coffee-icons-96173293) @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Coffee in a metal cup. Sadly Dave didn't updated his World of Aqua icon pack wit Also Jonas used coffee as the metaphor for the work folder (supposedly) and made clear he likes very big coffee cups. -[](http://www.jonasraskdesign.com/medias/medias.html) +[](http://www.jonasraskdesign.com/medias/medias.html) @@ -84,14 +84,14 @@ Also Jonas used coffee as the metaphor for the work folder (supposedly) and made Does this application need any introduction? Although not released yet the new web-coding application from MacRabbit drew a lot of attention. The icon is one of the reasons for that. -[](http://macrabbit.com/espresso/) +[](http://macrabbit.com/espresso/) ## Coffee folders from the Pry system sets by Jonas Rask Another folder-combined-with-coffee icon by Jonas. -[](http://www.jonasraskdesign.com/medias/medias.html) +[](http://www.jonasraskdesign.com/medias/medias.html) @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Another folder-combined-with-coffee icon by Jonas. A glass coffee cup which is [wildly used](http://abduzeedo.com/amazing-photoshop-light-effect-10-steps) on the web. Created for Windows so the icons are just 256px in size. -[](http://www.visualpharm.com/office_space.html) +[](http://www.visualpharm.com/office_space.html) @@ -109,14 +109,14 @@ A glass coffee cup which is [wildly used](http://abduzeedo.com/amazing-photoshop An icon set made in collaboration between [Alejandro Lopez](http://www.dimensionofdeskmod.net/medias/) & [Sergio Ruiz](http://www.camtessadesign.com/descargas/ver/the_coffee_shop) with icons related to a coffee shop. -[](http://RuizDesign.deviantart.com/art/The-Coffee-Shop-89457309) +[](http://RuizDesign.deviantart.com/art/The-Coffee-Shop-89457309) ## Espresso icon by Iiro Jäppinen -[](http://iirojappinen.com/medias.html) +[](http://iirojappinen.com/medias.html) @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ An icon set made in collaboration between [Alejandro Lopez](http://www.dimension Not an icon but the coffee cup drawn in this wallpaper from Michael Flarup would make a good one. The detail of the cup is stunning. -[](http://pixelresort.com/wallpapers/) +[](http://pixelresort.com/wallpapers/) @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Not an icon but the coffee cup drawn in this wallpaper from Michael Flarup would Bean is a free word processor for Mac OS X and Laurent Baumann included a nice coffee cup in the application icon for it. -[](http://www.bean-osx.com/Bean.html) +[](http://www.bean-osx.com/Bean.html) @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Bean is a free word processor for Mac OS X and Laurent Baumann included a nice c Nice shiny coffee cups with a lot of detail in the reflections. Sadly just in 128px size maximum. Maybe you can [persuade mat-u to update this icon with bigger sizes.](http://www.mat-u.com/) -[](http://mat-u.deviantart.com/art/Have-A-Break-Icons-54326598) +[](http://mat-u.deviantart.com/art/Have-A-Break-Icons-54326598) @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Nice shiny coffee cups with a lot of detail in the reflections. Sadly just in 12 Apple uses a nice coffee cup in their Java applications which can be found in the Utilities folder. Thanks to [David](http://dlanham.com/) for pointing this out. - + @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Apple uses a nice coffee cup in their Java applications which can be found in th Trevor Kay made the new icon for Caffeine. This application prevents your Mac from automatically going to sleep. Trevor also made [some additional icons for Caffeine](http://God-X.deviantart.com/art/Caffeine-Replacement-Icons-75619389) although the coffee cup looks pretty much the same as the one from Apple's Java application icons. -[](http://lightheadsw.com/caffeine/) +[](http://lightheadsw.com/caffeine/) @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ Trevor Kay made the new icon for Caffeine. This application prevents your Mac fr Some comic style icons which deviate from the realism of all the other coffee icons. Sadly just available in 128px size. -[](http://iconfactory.com/freeware/preview/cofe) +[](http://iconfactory.com/freeware/preview/cofe) @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ Some comic style icons which deviate from the realism of all the other coffee ic Dave made an icon set for the Iconfactory inspired by the classic sci-fi television series of the 70's and included a Moon Coffee cup. Also just in 128px size. -[](http://iconfactory.com/freeware/preview/1999) +[](http://iconfactory.com/freeware/preview/1999) @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Dave made an icon set for the Iconfactory inspired by the classic sci-fi televis Acrylic Software's "new type of newsreader for Mac OS X Leopard" called [Times](http://www.acrylicapps.com/times/) uses a gorgeous icon made by Mikio Inose. -[](http://www.mikworks.com/clientwork/times/) +[](http://www.mikworks.com/clientwork/times/) @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ Acrylic Software's "new type of newsreader for Mac OS X Leopard" called [Times]( One delicious full and one empty cappuccino cup re available in this icon set made by Creative 9 Design. Available just in 256px from their [blog](http://www.c9-d.com/blog/view/63). -[](http://www.c9-d.com/blog/view/63) +[](http://www.c9-d.com/blog/view/63) @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ One delicious full and one empty cappuccino cup re available in this icon set ma Not a coffee cup but also very coffee related is this awesome Cappuccino machine icon (although it shows an Espresso machine) made by [Sofa](http://www.madebysofa.com) for the Cappuccino framework. -[](http://cappuccino.org/) +[](http://cappuccino.org/) @@ -217,16 +217,16 @@ Not a coffee cup but also very coffee related is this awesome Cappuccino machine Finally here're some nice high quality tutorials for you to help you build your own coffee cup. - * [Using Gradients to Make Light and Shadow - and a Coffee Cup!](http://psdtuts.com/tutorials-effects/using-gradients-to-make-light-and-shadow-and-a-coffee-cup/) + * [Using Gradients to Make Light and Shadow - and a Coffee Cup!](http://psdtuts.com/tutorials-effects/using-gradients-to-make-light-and-shadow-and-a-coffee-cup/) Collis from [psdtuts](http://psdtuts.com) made a nice tutorial with a similar perspective as found in [my Coffee Cup Icon](http://www.kremalicious.com/goodies/). - * [Design A Coffee Mug Icon](http://www.myinkblog.com/2008/08/02/design-a-coffee-mug-icon/) + * [Design A Coffee Mug Icon](http://www.myinkblog.com/2008/08/02/design-a-coffee-mug-icon/) Photoshop tutorial by Andrew Houle for creating a coffee cup icon. - * [Creating a Coffee Cup with Inkscape](http://vectortuts.com/illustration/creating-a-coffee-cup-with-inkscape/) + * [Creating a Coffee Cup with Inkscape](http://vectortuts.com/illustration/creating-a-coffee-cup-with-inkscape/) Peter Anglea with a nice vector tutorial using the open source vector app Inkscape. - * [Amazing Photoshop Light Effect In 10 Steps](http://abduzeedo.com/amazing-photoshop-light-effect-10-steps) + * [Amazing Photoshop Light Effect In 10 Steps](http://abduzeedo.com/amazing-photoshop-light-effect-10-steps) Not an icon tutorial but Fabio Sasso achieves some awesome light effects combined with the coffee cup from the [Office Space icon set](http://www.visualpharm.com/office_space.html). diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-10-26-the-definite-guide-to-watermarks-in-apple-aperture.md b/content/posts/2008-10-26-the-definite-guide-to-watermarks-in-apple-aperture.md similarity index 97% rename from _src/_posts/2008-10-26-the-definite-guide-to-watermarks-in-apple-aperture.md rename to content/posts/2008-10-26-the-definite-guide-to-watermarks-in-apple-aperture.md index 4b57f1ed..7c20d088 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-10-26-the-definite-guide-to-watermarks-in-apple-aperture.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-10-26-the-definite-guide-to-watermarks-in-apple-aperture.md @@ -1,15 +1,14 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: The Definite Guide To Watermarks In Apple Aperture author: Matthias Kretschmann -image: watermark_aperture.jpg +image: ../media/watermark_aperture.jpg date: 2008-10-26 16:05:58+00:00 -wordpress_id: 318 -categories: -- photography + tags: +- photography - aperture coinhive: true @@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ In this article I will lay out every way I've found to add watermarks to your im Aperture has built-in support for watermarking your images on export. But you have to create a watermark image in a bitmap graphic editor like [Photoshop](http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshop/), [Pixelmator](http://www.pixelmator.com/) or [Acorn](http://flyingmeat.com/acorn/) before you can start adding watermarks. But I've written a detailed article about how to use this feature of Aperture back in May 2008 named [HowTo: Use high-quality watermarks in your images with Aperture 2.1](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/05/high-quality-watermarks-with-aperture/). In short, you have to create your watermark image first and then define it in a new export preset. In the end all images exported with this preset will have your defined watermark image on them. If you want to watermark your images the Aperture way be sure to [check out my tutorial](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/05/high-quality-watermarks-with-aperture/). - + This way is perfect if you want to watermark a lot of images at once or if your copyright info doesn't change often. And this works with Aperture's Web Journal or Web Page feature if you add a watermark image to the export presets for that. Also this works with any other export plug-in in Aperture which utilizes the export presets, like the [FlickrExport](http://connectedflow.com/flickrexport/aperture/) plug-in. You just have to create e.g. a flickr export preset, define your watermark image there and chose it inside of FlickrExport from the export preset dropdown list. @@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ Because of Aperture's workflow design you're always free to open up your image i Now you can just right click or ctrl + click on every image to open the context menu and choose Edit With whereas the first entry will be your external editor set in the preferences. Aperture will automatically render your image creating a new file and opens that up. Just add a new text layer in your external editor, type in your preferred text and save the file from there. Aperture will update with the changes accordingly. - + @@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ But since Aperture always creates a psd or tiff file for that you will end up wi But it has some powerful features in terms of watermarking: It can read out some IPTC fields to use the text as your copyright text, it is capable of saving presets and you can open several images at once in the plug-in window. So it works similar to Aperture's built-in watermarking feature but gives you full control over the watermark look without leaving Aperture. - + @@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ But you can't see your changes made in the plug-in on the images in your library With the release of Aperture 2.1 and its Edit Plug-In architecture Apple also released some sample plug-ins which aren't included in Aperture (just the Dodge & Burn plug-in is). But you can easily [download it from Apple’s Developer Connection website without registration](http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/BordersAndTitles/index.html) for free. - + @@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ As with every Edit Plug-In every time you fire up an image with this plug-in Ape [Impression](http://www.bluecrowbar.com/software/impressionaperture/) is an Aperture Edit Plug-In from [Blue Crowbar Software](http://www.bluecrowbar.com) released in Sept. 2009. The developer claims it's mainly targeted for those people who want to have a copy of their watermarked image within Aperture. Also there's a nice blog post by the developer lining out [why he thinks this plug-in beats Aperture's builtin watermarks.](http://www.bluecrowbar.com/blog/posts/impression-for-aperture.html) - + This plug-in is pretty powerful and probably the best choice for watermarking your images in Aperture through an Edit Plug-In workflow. Watermarking multiple photos at once is also possible and you can use existing PSD or PNG images as a watermark image as well as from a RTF text file. Apart from the functionality it also has a quite beautiful UI with the controls laying over your image. diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-12-11-how-to-set-a-custom-gravatar-image-in-wordpress-27.md b/content/posts/2008-12-11-how-to-set-a-custom-gravatar-image-in-wordpress-27.md similarity index 92% rename from _src/_posts/2008-12-11-how-to-set-a-custom-gravatar-image-in-wordpress-27.md rename to content/posts/2008-12-11-how-to-set-a-custom-gravatar-image-in-wordpress-27.md index 513be3ce..57f1828d 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-12-11-how-to-set-a-custom-gravatar-image-in-wordpress-27.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-12-11-how-to-set-a-custom-gravatar-image-in-wordpress-27.md @@ -1,15 +1,13 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: 'HowTo: Set A Custom Gravatar Image In Wordpress 2.7+' author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-12-11 22:59:06+00:00 -wordpress_id: 344 -categories: -- design tags: +- design - tutorial - wordpress @@ -19,12 +17,14 @@ redirect_from: - /2008/12/how-to-set-a-custom-gravatar-image-in-wordpress-27/ --- - + Sure enough I've upgraded immediately when [Wordpress 2.7 was released](http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/coltrane/). Among all the other things that changed in this new version the comments functions got a massive overhaul. But the [new comment loop](http://codex.wordpress.org/Migrating_Plugins_and_Themes_to_2.7/Enhanced_Comment_Display#The_Comments_Loop) with the [new function ``](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_comments) lacks the ability to quickly set a custom default gravatar or avatar image. But with some help of the functions.php file we can set the default gravatar image in the Discussion settings in the Wordpress backend. + + Before Wordpress 2.7 I achieved a custom gravatar image on kremalicious.com with this code placed in the comments.php template file: -{% highlight php %} +```php -{% endhighlight %} +``` So we were able to set a path to our image we wanted to use as the default gravatar image. But with Wordpress 2.7 we have the new function [``](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_comments) which pretty much simplifies writing comment template code. Although it has a parameter for the avatar size it doesn't have one for setting a custom image like before. But we can use the functions.php file in your template directory and add some lines to it: (If you don't have a functions.php file just create one.) -{% highlight php %} +```php -{% endhighlight %} +``` Just set a name for your custom Gravatar image to show up beside the image in the Wordpress back-end. The code above assumes you have your custom default gravatar image inside a folder called images inside your template directory. Change it to your environment if neccessary. After that a new entry in the Wordpress backend under Settings > Discussions will appear with the custom image specified: - + And you can adjust the displayed size of the gravatar image by adding a parameter to `` function in your comments.php file: -{% highlight php %} +```php 70, )); ?> -{% endhighlight %} +``` diff --git a/_src/_posts/2008-12-13-howto-styling-author-comments-with-wordpress-27.md b/content/posts/2008-12-13-howto-styling-author-comments-with-wordpress-27.md similarity index 88% rename from _src/_posts/2008-12-13-howto-styling-author-comments-with-wordpress-27.md rename to content/posts/2008-12-13-howto-styling-author-comments-with-wordpress-27.md index c59a8f7a..193e3263 100644 --- a/_src/_posts/2008-12-13-howto-styling-author-comments-with-wordpress-27.md +++ b/content/posts/2008-12-13-howto-styling-author-comments-with-wordpress-27.md @@ -1,27 +1,27 @@ --- -layout: post +type: post title: 'HowTo: Styling Author Comments With Wordpress 2.7+' author: Matthias Kretschmann date: 2008-12-13 16:47:43+00:00 -wordpress_id: 360 -categories: -- design tags: +- design - tutorial - wordpress coinhive: true --- - + Since my update to Wordpress 2.7 I'm pretty much into all the new comments stuff. As [I've written before](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/12/how-to-set-a-custom-gravatar-image-in-wordpress-27/), the comment functionality changed dramatically with Wordpress 2.7. This makes writing a comments template much easier but if you used Worpress prior to 2.7 you have to change some things to work again. Beside other things this includes [Gravatar styling](http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/12/how-to-set-a-custom-gravatar-image-in-wordpress-27/) and also adding different styling to comments from the author of an article. In this article I will show you how to realize the latter with Wordpress 2.7 and above. + + Let's start by looking at the code to achieve styling of author comments prior to Wordpress 2.7. On kremalicious.com I've used this code: -{% highlight php %} +```php