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PS is stealing software really bad?
I'v just done a photography hnd and i'm going into 3rd year of a BA after summer so photography is gonna be my career, am I taking stupid risks by using non legit software? I ave a legit student version of cs3 just now so if there's a compelling enough argument against stealing cs5 then I might listen.using it now won't be a 'stupid risk' cause you're not going to get caught. If (when) you start making money using professional software then you'd be a cunt if you didn't pay for it, up to that point it's your own morals.
And letting students use your software free is like an investment for the company innit? My old college had firewire cables in allthe studios for you to grab the editing and midi software off the computers.. -
Tried a few times, no joy. Might make a sneaky trip in early tomorrow morning so I don't get the 'aren't you supposed to be on holiday?' remarks.
http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/index.html try using diskwarrior, i had to do it once and it fixed the problem quickly. could be data tree is corupt and is easily fixed
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Does anyone here know what a host file is and how I change one on an imac?
In short, the /etc/hosts file is a static mapping of server names and IP addresses. It's helpful in this case, as it takes precedence over a DNS look up. The OS will look here first before trying to resolve the address.
When adobe products phone home to validate that you have a paid-for copy, they use nice names like activate.adobe.com to reference their servers.
So the idea is you "override" the ip address your computer gets when it tries to visit one of these addresses.
To edit the file, open Terminal.app then type "sudo nano /etc/hosts", then add your custom entries after the line that says "127.0.0.1 localhost" and before the line with ::1 localhost (ipv6 looking stuff).
It's pretty simple from here. eg, if you want to make google.com go to 1.2.3.4 (don't do this..) Just add a line that says "1.2.3.4 google.com".
Press Ctrl+x to quit, and press y when it prompts.. Done deal. You should get a list of entries to add with your CS5.. Be sure to read "READ ME" and .nfo files..
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I'm stuck in a decade of design for print and as such I don't know beyond PS, Indy, Illus etc. I'm about to teach myself DW, Fl and then what ever else is on the master collection of CS5.
Can anyone recommend any free learning resources?I'd like to get to grips with terminal and host files at some point too. That ^ is strangely interesting.
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Do yourself a favour and don't bother learning Dreamweaver ... waste of time IMO and produces crap markup.
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Well, I just ordered the new Mac Pro Hex core 3.33ghz with the ATI HD 5870.
I'm now very fucking poor.
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i know for PCs there's a programme called MacDrive which allegedly shows up what's on mac formatted drives, am wondering/presuming that there must be something that works in the reverse. ideally for free.
Install this, read/write etc to ntfs drives from OSX
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Interesting. I want to build a fairly complex website for portfolios and photos. What do you suggest?
Not sure ... I hand write all my markup/css/js using visual studio on Windows (which obviously isn't an option for you unless you run windows on your mac as well), When we had several designers using DW that was included in CS4, they had so many problems with it, they might have well have written it in a text editor or have got me to do it. It really depends on how much time you are willing to invest in learning it.
The thing is if you run windows on you mac it might be good idea to look at Microsoft WebMatrix ... which is currently beta but looks like a really nice piece of software and has support for Wordpress / Joomla.
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Not sure ... I hand write all my markup/css/js using visual studio on Windows (which obviously isn't an option for you unless you run windows on your mac as well), When we had several designers using DW that was included in CS4, they had so many problems with it, they might have well have written it in a text editor or have got me to do it. It really depends on how much time you are willing to invest in learning it.
The thing is if you run windows on you mac it might be good idea to look at Microsoft WebMatrix ... which is currently beta but looks like a really nice piece of software and has support for Wordpress / Joomla.
dreamweaver cs5 has wordpress and joomla support now
Dreamweaver is really the only option when you have a large team working on a website as it makes it easy to tell who has done what and when they did it.
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This is a what I would use on a Mac.
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I'm just a fusty old *nix guy so maybe I'm being hopelessly out-of-date here but if you're learning from the ground-up then surely it would be best to start with the code, no? In which case, all you need is a text editor and a web server.
I'm perfectly willing to be corrected on this if it's not how the "kids" are doing it these days btw.
Cheers BQ. I'm wondering if DW would be a good intro to coding. I'm a complete beginner so have a long way to go.
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That looks really good actually.
This is a what I would use on a Mac.
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Cheers BQ. I'm wondering if DW would be a good intro to coding. I'm a complete beginner so have a long way to go.
I think a good approach to learn how to code a site is to use Firefox with the Firebug add-on and go to sites you like the look of, and use the 'Inspect Element' functionality to see how they are put together.
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I'm just a fusty old *nix guy so maybe I'm being hopelessly out-of-date here but if you're learning from the ground-up then surely it would be best to start with the code, no? In which case, all you need is a text editor and a web server.
I'm perfectly willing to be corrected on this if it's not how the "kids" are doing it these days btw.
Makes sense.
I think a good approach to learn how to code a site is to use Firefox with the Firebug add-on and go to sites you like the look of, and use the 'Inspect Element' functionality to see how they are put together.
I have this in Chrome, great starting point. Cheers guys.
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I'm just a fusty old *nix guy so maybe I'm being hopelessly out-of-date here but if you're learning from the ground-up then surely it would be best to start with the code, no? In which case, all you need is a text editor and a web server.
I'm perfectly willing to be corrected on this if it's not how the "kids" are doing it these days btw.
Correct, all you need is an ssh connection and use vi
I am developing a php/mysql based booking platform at the mo in "proper" code :)
This way i feel a complete coder, not some user who knows how to drag and drop pretty elements into a form
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so i have a portable hard drive - can't remember what it's formatted as - presuming ntfs.
I copied a load of video files onto it the other day using a PC at work. now at home on my imac i want to copy across the files so i can listen to the audio and perhaps do a little editing depending on how far i get.
only the drive is not showing up.
i've taken the week off work and really cant be fucked to go back in to the office. it's my first 'time off' this year, though that is a possibility.
i'd like to have transcribed the audio before I go back in on the 16th.
i know for PCs there's a programme called MacDrive which allegedly shows up what's on mac formatted drives, am wondering/presuming that there must be something that works in the reverse. ideally for free.
in disc utility it shows up as a drive yet i cant access it or mount it or anything.
the only connection is usb2.
thoughts on what i could do without formatting thus losing the files (which are backed up at work) or going back to the office would be greatly appreciated.