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12:00 AM
Could you stretch the video? It's not that much of a gap, 14:10 to 16:9.
 
@RonanForman I don't know how to make anything export a video that is 560x400
That's what this one was supposed to be.
The sequence settings says it's 560x400
Unless I can figure out how to mask them in Director, I'll just have to make a new frame, with the correct size.
Which will also take a while.
 
What's the finishe product?
 
Visual dictionary
 
I meant like .swf .htm...
 
.exe
I've read countless things online about how to mask a Quicktime DTS video in Director.
Still can't figure it out.
 
12:07 AM
Apparently you can resize using the handles on the edges.
 
@RonanForman Of?
 
@RonanForman I'm using Premiere
 
No, when you've imported it to director.
 
@RonanForman Wrong director.
Adobe Director
And yes, you can resize them in the thing but it's not hte right aspect
and it won't be exact
When I rendered it, it was showing '600x400' as the size in the menu..
 
12:11 AM
It's not too much of a difference, you probably won't notice it's slightly thinner than it should be.
 
@RonanForman The problem is that it won't fit in the thing in Director
And the way director works, if you don't have your WT play 'directly to stage' the performance is terrible, but any DTS quicktime displays on top of everything else
 
Won't fit?
 
To make it tall enough, I have to make it longer than that (ledft/right)
 
Do you have to scale proportunatly?
 
I was originally planning to mask it, but as I said, I can't figure it out...
@RonanForman I have no idea. But Id like it to fit.
This shouldn't be difficult.
 
12:19 AM
If you can scale height and width independently then just do that.
 
Okay... I've been saving each round of exports tocompare them
I just looked again at the ones from like 5 exports ago
...It SAYS the frame size is 560x400...
Let's see
 
Why won't you just stretch it?
 
SUCCESS
@RonanForman Director is not precise enough for that.
Well, actually it is, I guess. You can manually enter values for the size and position.
WHY ARE THESE ONES CORRECT AND NOT THE OTHER MILLION I TRIED TO DO
Okay, these ones still have black bars
But the frame is the correct size
The video is just a bit smaller now
wtf
Whatever, I'll take it.
Anyway, I'm off. Thanks for your help, @RonanForman.
 
Anyone ever seen a finger after it was smashed by a sixty pound log?
 
Nope, and I dont want to see it @Fluttershy... Must be pretty bad to see
 
12:31 AM
@Fredy31 It is indeed. I won't be able to write, or play PC games well for the next few weeks... x_x Hard to type too.
 
Sucks to be you I guess
 
I think if I can get the hang of using my index finger in place of it, I should be okay. lol
 
@GnomeSlice Have a 3-5min audio clip that loops and is doing nothing special? :)
 
12:47 AM
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz lol
 
@James @EBongo suddenly I got two Sakura dragons in a row. Never want to breed one again
 
@MarkTrapp @GraceNote still more or less beta, and I'm still kind of futzing with the conditions for things to show up on the list, but...
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Q: TIARA - a tool for enhancing SE beauty

agent86 About Quality is an important area of concern for Stack Exchange sites. Immediate quality concerns are generally handled through a combination of flagging and downvoting. However, some things don't warrant flags, and locating and purging useless, downvoted content can be tricky, especially...

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@agent86 hell yeah, I gotta try this out
I was disappointed to find I can't (best I can tell) filter posts for LOW score in the SE search thingy
 
1:03 AM
@BenBrocka yeah, I've already wiped out a good dozen things off the gaming list. there was some real crap in there.
I don't think it's quite done, and I can see there being potential for some discussion/controversy over what shows up on the list, but I thought it was about time for some more eyes on the idea/project
I also found and fixed several bugs in my little API toolkit, and found a couple of SE API bugs along the way...
 
I bet Gaming does. Most of our crap posts are from UXExchange and I've been trying to find a good way to locate the crap
this does nicely
 
user2334
@agent86 neato
 
@agent86 Speaking of that... Is there any way to keep it from showing questions already closed? Or is that not that important?
 
@Fluttershy I'm actually specifically only showing closed and/or unanswered questions. We tend to be pretty good about closing things, esp. things that are getting a number of downvotes
I thought about doing it the other way - only showing non-closed things, but then I ended up with a lot of poorly researched questions that got good answers
which didn't really feel delete worthy
 
@agent86 Ah.. <.< Nevermind then.
 
1:08 AM
yeah, it was certainly something that crossed my mind, though.
 
@agent86 crazy bad answers on unclosed questions could still be worth a look
@agent86 Considered ignoring closed, unanswered questions that'll be auto-culled? Your tool brings up this post (ux.stackexchange.com/questions/19552/…) which will be auto-deleted eventually for that reason
 
Umm....
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A: What's a good soldier set-up?

SnowflakeIf I were you, I'd invest in incendiary ammo, and the best shield regenerating armor you can use. Also get Heavy Weapons when you can, and modify the crap out of your assault rifles.

and
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A: What's a good soldier set-up?

SnowflakeI know Snowflake said to use ARs, and that usually works at medium to long range, but you should use shotguns as much as possible too. I find pistols, smgs, and snipers useless as a soldier, but that's just me.

 
@LessPop_MoreFizz pft, lol
Maybe he just speaks in the third person
And writes terrible answers
 
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Q: How do I cross the large gap with the crusher in Florennum's East Guard Tower?

Mark TrappIn Florennum, there's a dungeon called "East Guard Tower" that leads to the area's second treasure. I can cross most of the jumping and crusher obstacles easily, but then I reach a large gap with a huge crusher: I've tried dozens of times to time my double jump correctly, but no matter what, I...

 
@BenBrocka oh, that's just a filter for low-score questions - answers get counted regardless of whether or not the question is closed.
@BenBrocka yeah, there's no accounting for the auto-delete. I may add that soonish.
@LessPop_MoreFizz you may notice some weirdness around the asker of that question and those two downvoted answers. Such as, why is that the accepted answer? We noticed this was odd as well. Action was taken at the time.
 
1:25 AM
@agent86 Yes, I know. I mainly linked it again because the accepted answer got coughed up by TIARA and it's a good candidate for Delete Votes being able to save a useful question.
I remember the incident.
 
@BenBrocka same happened to me, got em almost back to back
 
was that the one who posted on meta and got downvoted into oblivion? there were several such actions taken during the ME3 promo, so I can't recall.
 
user2334
When did we get the ability to vote to delete accepted answers? Rad
 
THAT'S RADICULOUS.
 
user2334
Totally tubular
 
user2334
1:28 AM
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A: 20k users can vote to delete negatively voted accepted answers

wafflesThough nothing will break, I went ahead and disallowed this. If you want an accepted answer deleted, flag it for moderator attention.

 
user2334
Are @LessPopMoreFizz and I the only non-mod 20k+ users who frequent chat? Would be nice to rastle up a delete posse every now and again
 
user2334
Oh, I see Fabian from time to time
 
@MarkTrapp Oh. Well then. Mods! Fix it!
 
I'll be there one day.
 
I'm also actively destroying things on the list; I think since I started testing the tool I've culled about 20 posts or so from there.
the more people downvote, the faster crap gets cleaned up! go forth and downvote :)
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1:42 AM
@agent86 I've recently unleashed downvote hate a little more liberally on bad things that show up. We had a thinly veiled "chinagold" solicitation show up the other night that was a recipient of such. Now I want to investigate this "TIARA" business.
 
user2334
@EBongo flag those as spam too. They count as an extra free down vote and if 6 regular people flag as spam, they get auto deleted
 
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Q: Skyrim saved game data wants me to update to newest version.Should i and if so how do i?

brokenbokerI recently bought a new 320g PS3 and transfered Skyrim saved game data from a 6mos. old PS3 using a usb.I have actually did this twice only on older consoles.As long as you sign out of PS network and delete user it works.(You must create same name user on newer console)It actually worked(3 times ...

I must be a masochist for wanting to edit a post like this
 
@EBongo you should also check out all my tools, I'm sure you'll find some interesting things in there.
 
@MarkTrapp I think I did in this case, but dually noted for future use.
 
1:48 AM
Can someone review that edit I just did on that Skyrim question, especially the last line
I presume dragons flying backwards is a reference to Skyrim's day one bugs and not a mod or something
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I think he forgot the punch line where he mentions getting most of that in Facebook stock.
 
@TimStone Which will double or triple in value by years end.
 
The larger question is whether or not it'll stay there. Of course, if you cash in on that in the interim, I suppose it doesn't really matter.
 
2:14 AM
Hmm - I note that seems to be used where should be. Am I wrong?
 
@agent86 Ah, cool
 
@BenBrocka Gratz on the Sakura's by the way. I'm glad to be done with them as well.
 
@EBongo same. Now on to the dodo dragon for me
BTW, in one day I'll be level 30! Max level
 
@BenBrocka I could use some recommendations on Pan Long and Rainbow... I'm the only one without them :'(
 
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Q: Silencer Reduces Damage in MW3?

BrianA friend of mine says that silencers reduce damage in Modern Warfare 3? I thought it only reduced the range. Any truth to that? Thanks.

 
2:17 AM
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Q: call-of-duty vs. call-of-duty-series

seanIs there a reason why the Call of Duty series tag is call-of-duty instead of call-of-duty-series? It appears that previous discussion would prefer the latter. (It also appears that many of the currently listed questions don't need the series tag at all.) Wouldn't it make sense to move series qu...

 
@agent86 I was just about to say that
 
@EBongo panlong is all in the waiting. There's only 2 combos (ignoring special dragons)
Rainbow too, it's all down to random chance as long as there's 4 random elements
Go for panlong first though, you might get a rainbow on accident
 
@BenBrocka Well I've been doing Swamp-Firefly, is that one of the valid combos? I read it somewhere, but I've done it so much I'm starting to doubt.
It might just be a Rainbow one too... I may have gotten my wires crossed.
 
@EBongo What?! no!
you need fire, earth, water and air
 
Fail...
 
2:21 AM
That's not on G.SE is it? That needs correcting...
do Mud/Blazing
or Lava/Fog. Those are the only two combos without limited time dragons
 
I think I have a Pan Long question, but I must have forgotten the answer over hours of breeding...
 
You do :P
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A: How can I breed a Panlong Dragon

Ben BrockaYou can breed any two hybrid dragons that collectively have all four elements Fire, Earth, Water and Air. Example breeding pairs are Mud + Blaze or Lava + Fog. In fact those are the only breeding pairs not counting rares. Note the dragon is rare and will take several tries; you might want to us...

 
@BenBrocka Yeah, see I'm just an idiot. Breeding fatigue....
 
snrk
But yeah, I used mud and blazing and did eventually get 2 panlongs
 
@BenBrocka Does Swamp-Firefly have any chance of Rainbow? It seems there is dispute about whether any 4 elements will work. Like can Metal be one of them?
 
2:26 AM
Rainbows were even worse, but worry about that last...
@EBongo it's supposed to be any 4 different elements. Metal SHOULD count, but I don't know for sure.
 
I'm almost there. Just need Panlong, Rainbow, Moon, and Frostfire.
 
remember to breed Moon dragons at night
 
So... Obama just made that joke.
Ballsy. Really, really ballsy.
 
@EBongo what'd you breed for the dodo?
 
Q: how do you breed a panlog? A: Use two Panlongs in any breeding area :D
 
2:40 AM
@LessPop_MoreFizz wow
 
3:16 AM
@James Sorry about taking so long getting back to you - it's been a long day - regedits, restarts, BIOS settings and all to end up right back where I started.

I did a run-through of Adobe Premiere Elements 10. Things to note when compared to PowerDirector:
+ Far more configurable project settings
+ Does not mute audio on time scaled clips for any amount of scaling
+ Lots of filters and signal processing that can be applied
+ Really intuitive controls for a lot of things - like to scale and translate a clip to make it PiP, all you need to do is select it, click in the preview window and dra
 
Stop that I am reading that :D
 
Sorry. I didn't mean to post it yet as I was still typing it out so I was just finishing up the corrections.
 
Hehe, No worries :)
So overall you would prefer Premiere to PowerDirector?
 
user2334
35 minutes until my 3rd attempt to get the Children's Week achievement in WoW
 
3:33 AM
Personally, Yes. I find it a lot more customizable and I like to have as much control and as many options as I can. The tools are really quite straightforward to me. I also found it ran really smoothly. It probably helps that I'm familiar with older versions of Premiere.

As far as recommendations, I'd say they're both good. PowerDirector works very well, despite the dumbed down interface and limitations. For simple stuff, PowerDirector works fine and is probably all you'll need. If you're doing more complicated things, Premiere is far superior and will probably see more usefulness if you s
 
3:50 AM
@James I don't have any that long, sorry.
 
Also, I did test the Youtube functionality and it uploads straight to youtube from within Premiere.
 
^ That should be made into a comment ^
@skovacs1 That's just a gimmick though.
 
Made into a comment?
 
Yeah!
I think it would be great.
 
@GnomeSlice I know it's gimmicky and trivial. It's more a matter of convenience.
 
3:57 AM
@EBongo It's not "Downvote hate". It's "Quality love"
 
True words of wisdom. Gtfo. — GnomeSlice 42 secs ago
Hee hee, I'm such an arse.
 
@GnomeSlice Ill take shorter as well ;)
Could use some audio :D
 

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