MS-Windows Platform and Mac OS X Platform and Software and Tips & Tricks and Workflow Tobi on 27 Dec 2009
The ScanSnap S1500M (but also the S1500 as well as the earlier models S510 and S510M) comes with ABBYY FineReader for OCR support. This is great for creating searchable PDFs. Especially handy on a Mac with Spotlight. The problem is that in the default setup, each scan is OCRed right after the scan and depending [...]
Videography and Workflow Tobi on 13 Jul 2008
As I am working on my first video project with Final Cut Express (FCE), I will try capture the essential steps for future reference. The steps are taken directly from the user manual, but with its 1152 pages it is a bit unwieldy and not a good quick reference guide.
First a few preparations:
Connect external [...]
Mac OS X Platform and Tips & Tricks and Workflow Tobi on 12 Jul 2008
If you want to print address labels for mass mailings, you cannot do that with Apple’s Pages, because Pages puts only one address per page in its mail merge function. This is fine, if you want to write a lot of identical letters to different people and also want to add custom printed envelopes. But [...]
Tips & Tricks and Workflow Tobi on 22 May 2008
This is just a quick link to two knowledge base articles on Apples website regarding:
Final Cut Express: DV widescreen 16:9 workflow for iDVD
and
LiveType: How to create anamorphic titles for 16:9 DV
Mac OS X Platform and Software Development and Tips & Tricks and Workflow Tobi on 10 Apr 2008
After reading the first 6 chapters in Aarons book, I couldn’t wait any longer and had to start writing my own program. I will share a first taste of it here soon. One key problem I soon faced was how to manage multiple versions, i.e., how to save old versions of my program when making [...]
Audio Recording and Mac OS X Platform and Workflow Tobi on 24 Jan 2008
When recording a screen movie, e.g., a software tutorial, with SnapzProX, you can choose to record a voice-over with either the built-in or an external microphone. The problem is that the sound quality is not very satisfying given that it is a straight recording. It would be better if you could filter that audio recording [...]
Audio Recording and Mac OS X Platform and Workflow Tobi on 20 Jan 2008
I recently started getting into home-recording, primarily to do voice-overs on videos or to record screen tutorials for my parents. Of course I don’t have a quiet sound studio at my disposal, so my study has to do. When I turn off the radiator and close the door, it is actually pretty quiet except for [...]