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The Sony RX1 in India by Richard Geltman
By Richard Geltman
I ordered the Sony RX1 in September 2012 from Amazon and expected delivery in December. Departure for India was set for the 15th and it seemed likely that the camera would not arrive in time and I would be "forced" to rely upon a NEX-7 and/or the Sigma DP1/2M cameras that I had recently acquired. Happily, the camera came on December 3rd giving me some time to use it before leaving and to become accustomed with its behavior in different situations.
The camera is weighty-feeling and very solid. It feels like a miniature M9. I was unable to obtain the EVF so used, in addition to the LCD, an optical viewfinder. I found after a few experiments that the Voightlander 28 mm finder gave the best match for the 35 mm lens field of view. I'm sure the Zeiss finder made specifically for the RX1 is nice but I think it somewhat over-priced. I fitted the lens with a 49 mm B+W clear filter and purchased a very inexpensive screw-in vented lens hood on Ebay for around $10. These two served to protect the front surface of the lens throughout 3 weeks of travel. The lens cap (solid metal) was never used at all. While a wrist strap would be quite comfortable with this device I prefer the 60 cm Lance loop-type strap which allows the camera to lie diagonally across my chest and rest on my left hip, making it quickly available yet at the same time unobtrusive and fairly safe from being snatched or damaged.
The ergonomics are pretty good. It never slipped or dropped and was never uncomfortable when shooting in any position. The EV adjustment dial lies at the top right of the body and is fairly firm. I did accidentally dislodge it two times in three weeks. The movie button lies laterally and below the EV dial. While not as bad as the NEX-7 I did inadvertently actuate the video mode once or twice as well. Otherwise, I didn't use video so have little to say about it. This camera is really small, almost too small for my hands. The shutter is nearly silent but for shooting with an OVF, I used the focus confirmation sound (unavoidably linked to an imitation shutter noise.) This noise was not a problem on the street and generally did not draw any unwanted attention. You quickly start to know where the focus point in the OVF is although I experienced plenty of misses as well. I experienced focus misses with the NEX-7 and the RX1 is faster and more accurate. The lens is large but feels solid and substantial. The markings are engraved rather than painted on. The aperture control ring which encircles the lens is also very solid feeling but lies adjacent to the camera body. For me this makes it somewhat hard to adjust. There is a macro mode ring at the far end of the lens which allows close focus (~22 cm.) I never used this and would rather have the aperture ring in this position as with most Leica lenses, making it more accessible and more usable.
Battery life is acceptable for my type of shooting and generally I would get more than 250 exposures when fully charged. I always carry a spare but needed to use it only once or twice. The camera will shoot slightly more than two frames per second so one tends not to shoot many frames at a time. Rather one or two and then moving on. As has been mentioned numerous times, Sony requires that the battery be charged in the camera. I find this inconvenient and so purchased some spare generic batteries as well as an external charger. Several types are available and Steve just posted about a particularly nice one. Parenthetically, the non-Sony batteries worked perfectly well.
The only other feature of the camera I would describe is the fact the when using aperture-priority along with auto-iso, which I do much of the time, the camera always tends to a shutter speed of 1/80; rather than lowing the f/stop it will raise the iso and keep the shutter speed at 1/80. Given the pixel density and, perhaps, personal issues such as age, eyesight, balance and steadiness, I would like to be able to set a minimum shutter speed, perhaps 1/125, but the camera doesn't allow this. Annoying. While you can use shutter priority instead, you get f/4 almost all the time. Again, pretty annoying. The only way around this is to go fully manual but I'm not too adept at it and I generally find it too slow for rapid street use.
All of the above being said, this is a wonderful camera: lovely in feeling, fast in focus (without the accessory lamp,) quiet in operation, smooth and threaded shutter release (as opposed to the halting Leica,) wonderful high iso performance (out to iso 6400 if not beyond,) great malleable files fully supported by Lightroom (unlike the Sigmas,) and ultimately, very small, compact, unobtrusive and with a huge sensor. As has been said elsewhere, you can set the camera to aperture priority, the auto-iso from 100 to 6400 and go out and shoot anything and everything without any problem.
Travel to India was a goal for me for a number of years. I have experienced tourist travel in western Europe, Argentina, Japan, Hong Kong and China and of course the US as I'm a native New Yorker. I assumed the experience would be challenging but rewarding. In this I underestimated India. It was extremely challenging and rewarding but also revelatory, invigorating, infuriating, spiritually awakening, amazing and wonderful. There is a sense of life and vitality in India that I've not felt elsewhere. And this in a place with tremendous poverty, social and legal problems (witness the recent rape/murder,) and dramatic disparities in education, economics and social equality. One sees women in saris using primitive hand tools while working on construction projects. One can walk down a street in Udaipur and see a gleaming, black Audi A6 next to a cart carrying the freshest produce pulled by two water buffaloes and guided by a partially toothless old man looking straight out of the 14th century. Driving is a nerve-wracking, chaotic dance of continuous darting in and out, weaving around animal-powered carts, vehicles traveling the wrong direction (even on the few significant highways,) truly horrible roads and passing and endlessly tooting one's horn. Frequently I was told that driving in India requires a good horn, good brakes and good luck. It also requires nerves of steel, white knuckles and continuous vigilance.
Mumbai is the city in India that evokes the most usual sense of urban life in me. It has a population of about 21 million and at any given time more than 57% live on the street and are, strictly speaking, homeless. This does not mean that a large percentage of the homeless don't work and to support them, as well as all the other Mumbai denizens, are vast systems of services such as outdoor laundries, lunch box delivery services and all manner of unbelievably inexpensive goods and services. A vegetarian Indian "burger" sold on the street that costs 5 cents and is wildly popular; shoe shines in the railroad station (that of "Slumdog Millionaire") for 2.5 cents; street-level haircuts, shaves and dental extractions! India has to be the most entrepreneurial nation on earth. Everybody is selling everything and something. Everything has some value and is recycled and sold by someone who can earn a living from it one rupee at a time. All this, also, from a people who quite generally are curious and friendly with foreign travelers. There is often a sense of over all gentleness that Indians project but, of course, all generalizations such as this are easy to prove false in at least some regard.
Chaos, dirt, clutter, litter and crowd anxiety can be a deterrent to many contemplating travel to India. Also, fear of contagion, e.g., Delhi-belly, dengue fever, malaria or worse. I experienced no illness or inconvenient health problem while there for three weeks of travel from the north of the country to the southern tip although admittedly I was careful in my habits, never ate street food (as India has the world's highest rate of toxigenic E. Coli enteritis,) avoided raw vegetables and fruit everywhere but in the best hotels and drank only carbonated water, beer, sodas or wine. If you can overcome some of these common anxieties then India offers an unequaled travel, photographic and personal experience and I would encourage all who are intrigued to take the plunge.
The photos that accompany this article were all taken with the RX1 rig described above. I hope they convey some of the emotions and raw beauty of the people and the country.
59 Responses to "The Sony RX1 in India by Richard Geltman"
I live in Mumbai for six months of the year and have to congratulate the author of this report on the accuracy of his observations about this remarkable and crazy city. Only one point: I eat the street food all the time, it's delicious, gob smackingly cheap and I have never been ill because of it. Eating in second rate hotels however is very dangerous!
I shoot 5D3/DM2M and X100 in Mumbai and am just about to jump to RX1. This report helped.
I jump way too fast on the new gear (Nex-5, rx100, d-lux4, ect) so this time I will wait for version 2. But hell 35-49-70 (or is it 75) is very apealing as 35 is great for about 70% of my shots, 50 for another 20% and the rest needs wider or longer. Ah… 24 or 28 on the wider side would be nice but then…. you could start with a 40mp sensor and cover 28-35-49 and 75 all at f2.8, imagine, a whole camera bag in something smaller than any bridge with a huge sensor….. wohhhhaaaa…. the possibilities are limitless… By the way I still think that the Rx100 is a lovely tiny thing, the Nex has not seen the light of day since I own it…Cannot wait to see future developements of that concept… the good thing with Sony is that we should see it in a year or so…. I guess the M I had envisionned around my neck may never materialise… Buy an Rx1 and fly to Bombay with the change for a test drive. Thanks for sharing your pictures and confusing my unstable mind.
My wife and I toured India in 2007 with my M8 and the 35/2 and 50/1.0, we had an amazing time and I experienced much of what you describe. What a beautiful, conflicted and frustratingly marvelous country.
The people are lovely, genuine and incredibly generous irrespective of how much or little they have.
Your pictures are really quite lovely, demonstrating lovely DR, IQ and selective focus.
Your essay and photography have taken me back to that trip and made me realize it's time for me to get back there.
Thank you for sharing and for demonstrating what a wonderful photographic tool the RX1 is
While some of the shots are quite nice. They also show the inherent slow autofocus.
LOL. You mean those nice laughing school girls? That is why Robert Capa could never get any combats shots–no auto focus.
Richard, do you have any thoughts on the image quality differences between the Rx1 and your Sigma cams- obviously we all know the Sigma's limitations, thanks, j
Yes, it's simple. The Sigmas have easily seen higher resolution. I brought them to India but didn't use them. First I was particularly interested in the RX1. Second, as a tourist, the frequently changing environment and luminance- indoors, out, temple interiors, bright sun- made the Sigmas hard to use because of the iso issues mentioned before. However, nothing short of a Nikon D800 or medium format beats them for resolution.
Set your camera customers to various auto iso limits. That will remedy the minimum ss and aperture issue.
Excellent pictures. Awesome quality. Your post looks like a travelogue. I'm originally from south India and I should say that you have made the point. You can see people from every scale, from the poorest of the poor to the richest of the rich. So diverse is India. Given the population, the country is busy 24 hours a day.
Which half case do you have on your RX1? Is that the one from Gariz? I'm considering buying one for my NEX 6.
The case pictures are Steve's. I don't use a case as I've never had a camera damaged when I was walking around with it and don't want the extra bulk. Personally, they strike me as a little effete– sort of like the "bras" people put on the front of automobiles. But I'm sure there are many who would find such things valuable.
Nicely done.
Richard, I am thinking of picking up a Voightlander viewfinder for my RX1. You said the 28mm is a better match than the 35mm? Can you tell us a little more about that?
Sorry, Richard, I think you answered the question above.
When I tried two different 35 mm finders they seemed to "tight" to me in that I would frequently cut of part of the shot– particularly the bottom. After I started using the 28 the problem was solved.
I've used OVFs on several cameras from the Sigma DP1/2Ms the the M9. No question that it's a combination of issues including psychovisual factors that are hard to verbalize and quantify. For fast street shooting I find an OVF with autofocus to be the best. For precise framing, not so good. The OVF on the Leica only really works with wide angle shooting using zone or hyper-focal focussing. In my opinion, that is.
In any case, for all these reasons, I found the 28 mm Voightlander most closely matched my "vision" as we'll as what I would see when experimenting with match up to the LCD.
Hope this help, a little.
Richard, thanks. It does help. I also suspect viewfinder manufacturers err on a slightly tight frame as they reason it is easier to crop down than add what is missing.
Stunning images, especially the first…Really shows what the camera is capable of. Your shots are some of the most compelling that I have seen from this camera. I appreciate you sharing these!
Thank you.
I spent my childhood in India, so always interested in seeing good photography of this fascinating country.
Your photographs certainly catch the hustle and the bustle, and also the light and colour, which you probably had to sweat for(very hot no doubt).
The RX1 seems a superb camera, and you have caught some gems with it from looking at your Dropbox portfolio – I am sorely tempted, but am hesitating on account of the price.
It is VERY rare that I see a post like this and am gobsmacked by the images that accompany it. With that first photo (the two women and the man in the background), I sat up straight in my chair and uttered a profanity…. Good stuff. I'm going to your dropbox now.
For those interested in a more complete selection of photos from my India tour they can be seen by following the link below.
Excellent review! Having been to India I echo your sentiments about this most fascinating country.
I've had a chance to shoot with the Sony RX1 and it is, indeed, a superlative camera. The build
reminds me of a 'baby' Leica M6 TTL. Nice and solid! I've had a chance to compare images taken
with the RX1 to those from my Canon 5D Mark III & Zeiss 35mm F2.0 ZE lens. The RX1 images
looked slightly better from my perspective (this observation aside, the 5D Mark III remains a 'stellar'
DSLR in all respects!). Was curious, Richard, why you selected the Voigtlander 28mm viewfinder
rather than Voigtlander's 35mm viewfinder for use with the RX1?
I tried two 35 mm finders including the Voightlander but found them too tight. For whatever reason, the 28 mm Voightlander seemed to be about right.
Thanks for the courtesy of your prompt reply to my viewfinder question! I visited your
dropbox collection of photos from India. Nice, very nice! India is all about people in
addition to a compelling array of cultural traditions. Your people images show a deep
& abiding respect. And as for the RX1, I predict very soon there will be available
from third-party vendors an L-bracket, front grip, and a thumbs-up device that will be a
little less costly than Sony's version.
These are the first really great images I've seen from a photographer using the RX1. Excellent work!
Thanks. As below for a more extensive set of pictures see: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gtyoua33w21pz58/pfDGk_6wLg
Hi Richard
Impressive IQ along with great images, well done.
Cheers, Jason.
Thanks for the report. I cant but laugh since I just returned from India as well. I agree with all what you wrote. chaos but very rewarding at the same time.
Did you do any shooting late at night or early mornings when it was still dark and/or twilight? If so how did the colors come across?
I did a few night photos which you can see at:
Very nice photos and great to see you enjoying the camera.
In spite of other observations, the build quality is extremely good, as good as any except maybe Brand "L". Certainly the match of "C" or "N".
Nothing like an NEX to me. Far more balanced than an NEX with comparable glass, and even then will have to see an NEX (any of them) with a Zeiss 24mm match IQ
Seems as though firmware could give you a choice of minimum shutter speed without too much ado. Though it obviously DOES have a shutter speed dial when in "S" mode
Have to admit, I was a bit taken aback by Steve's first review and thought he was a bit "bought" by Sony hospitality (Carmel is nice!). But once I got this little bugger it is hard to put down, figuratively or literally.
Having both the RX1 and Zeiss 24mm on a NEX, I can confirm the lens/sensor combo of the RX1 produces significantly better IQ than the NEX/24mm combo, which itself is quite good. This lens is also quite a bit shorter from the body front than the 24mm as well, helping with balance and looks.
And agree, a fantastic camera with some limitations that can be overcome. I could only imagine the challenges of travelling with a DSLR in India.
Spooky little thing
The new "M" better be something special
Let's see…
I have shot hundreds of comparison photos like this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jayhawk/8365664855/in/photostream/lightbox/ (nex 5N and Zeiss 24)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jayhawk/8366736258/in/photostream/lightbox/ (RX1)
That test isn't perfect – all are handheld. That's why I've shot hundreds.
The RX1 is clearly better as ISO increases and I don't think it's even close. But the Zeiss 24 is a really good lens. It's just not as great as the Zeiss on the RX1. The RX1 is world class, I think. But if I had to only use my NEX 5N and Zeiss 24 then I'd largely be very happy with that combo with regard to picture quality.
Do you have a link to eBay hood you purchased?
Beautiful images – i'd wish i could see some more as the are very intriguing. If you have a Flickr account or such please share.
For more see:
So many lovely pictures on your drop box!!
Thank you for sharing them with us. Very moving images.
Wow, I really like the fog images. Thanks for sharing your story.
nice photos! However they seem to show a lot of JPEG compression artifacts. May I ask what were the settings for exporting from Lightroom?
Thanks for the report. Here are some recent photos of Mumbai taken with the M8/M9:
Fascinating city.
Best Regards,
Pretty appealing stuff. Do you do color work?
Yes Richard but don't usually post it to my site – happy to create a private gallery for you.
Best Regards,
First of all thanks to the writer of this real life experience with this camera. There are really invaluable information in this review for me to support my view that this is an over-priced camera. Especially the points regarding the inabilites and insufficiencies listed about the AP mode have been a good alarm point for me too.
In fact, I don't know why, I was already suspicious of such a disappointing possibility somehow and we must thank to the writer of this review that he has clearly shown that my worries about the performance insufficiency of the AP mode in this camera. If the price was right I would not make so much fuss about this but if you are a company like SONY and if you are ripping 3,000 USD (or Euro, if you are living in EU) than such an insufficiency can definitely not be forgiven or over-looked in anyway.
This is an over-priced camera by all means. A camera that is at this level, which doesn't have a built-in view finder no matter what the sensor size is, and no matter what the picture quality is definitely and OVER -PRICED camera by definition in my opinion. Because a camera at this technological level with this sensor size means that it is being offered to serious photographers and offering a full frame camera without a proposer built in view finder is like mockery with serious enthusiasts.
Thanks again to the writer of this review.
You have a strong opinion on AF even though it is apparent you have never used the camera. Why is your opinion of any value when you have not used the camera? This of us who own the camera seem to have muddled through somehow and produced the occasional photograph that is in focus.
As far as overpriced, that is an invalid concept. In our economic system something is worth what people are willing to pay for it and many people have paid full freight for the RX1. Just because it is too expensive for you, or you can't afford it and are jealous of those who can, does not mean it is overpriced. It is only overpriced for you.
lovely images!!
i finally got my hands on the RX1 today, played with it for almost an hour (and took the files home for closer look). the IQ is indeed nice, build quality is good, but not as great as people would like you to believe. the shooting experience though, was very NEX like…which i'm not impressed, considering its price tag. this camera really needs a shutter dial…
There is a shutter dial on the back upper towards the right… a thumb wheel… only the settings are posted on the LCD and/or EVF in highlighted orange numbers when you spin the dial, not physically on the wheel. It is quite functional unless you actively change shutter speeds at hip level.
Great read, Richard. Thank you!
"The only way around this is to go fully manual but I'm not too adept at it and I generally find it too slow for rapid street use."
I thought this way as well, but then I switched to fully manual on the RX1 for the first time. The aperture is controlled on the lens; the shutter speed is the wheel near your thumb on the back and ISO can be auto. That really isn't a hard shift and then you can dial your shutter to 1/125 like you want and aperture to whatever you want and walk around all day with only the ISO changing to accomodate the various scenes you shoot. I was very surprised at how easy it was to shoot manual with the RX1. I'd encourage you to give it a go.
Will try and let you know the results.
Hi again– I tried your suggestion of full manual with auto-iso and it works well. Thanks. The only issue is that the wheel at the back of the camera which changes shutter speed is quite easy to dislodge so I frequently inadvertently change shutter speed without being aware of it. But, I can probably adjust my working habits to minimize this.
Richard, in manual exposure, if you hold down the AEL button while you adjust the aperture ring, the shutter speeds will also change to maintain the same exposure. That is a really quick way to adjust DoF while maintaining the exposure.
I am glad you tried it and I hope you're able to make the small adjustments to make this workflow work, because it can work very well. Good luck Richard.
Living myself in India, I concur with your travel report, nicely observed and written. The RX1 seems to be a beauty, though I wish it had a time dial like the M9.
Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful images.
Hi, Richard. I agree with everything you say about this camera exempt the autofocus.
I was quite disappointed with the speed. It seems to go back and fourth one time too many before it locks.
It is not as fast as sony Nex 5n and certainly nowhere near Ricoh GR4 or Nikon 1. For really fast candid street shooting I use zone focusing with the RX1. But then the full frame and fast lens is lost. Great images I would love to go to India seems like a very photogenic place. (PS your issue with the aperture-priority and slow shutter speed can be solved by setting camera to manual and auto ISO.)
Wonderful report and images! I traveled in India in 2006 and can only echo your impressions. What a fascinating country!
The image quality from this camera is wonderful and your images do it more than justice. Congratulations and thank you for the fine report.


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Disclaimer: This article mentions some third party tools which are not related to Native Instruments at all. Though we have successfully tested the mentioned tools in-house for a longer time, this and comparable tools can potentially damage your computer and harm the manufacturer's warranty for your computer and connected hardware. If you want to make sure that you do not act against the license agreements or other instructions given for the use of your computer, please contact the manufacturer of your computer or the developer of the third party tool directly.
Important: Don't skip any of the following steps! Partially completing any of these steps also will not help!
The list of brands for Windows computers, as well as the possible combination of hardware used in PCs is practically unlimited – this can lead to compatibility issues or undesired interaction of components. Also, many PC computers and their components are designed to deliver good performance for office applications or gaming. The demands placed on a computer used for music production are usually quite different than those for office or gaming computers. As a result, it is often necessary to tune off-the-shelf or self-built computer systems so they perform well enough for real-time audio. This article shows the most important tuning tips. Each tip mentioned here has already helped a lot of users, so in case you have to deal with audio dropouts and artifacts, take the time to print out this article, read it carefully and try one suggestion after another.
Use ASIO Drivers
First, download and install the latest driver for your soundcard. From within the audio application you use, make sure you always make use of the ASIO driver for your soundcard, and not the DirectSound or WASAPI driver.
If an ASIO driver is not available for your soundcard, then you can download and install ASIO4ALL, a generic ASIO driver that works with most soundcards. To use this, please download the latest ASIO4ALL driver from the following link:
Please note that a professional audio device that provides its own ASIO driver usually performs better than when using ASIO4ALL with a generic soundcard. Typically, audio interfaces designed specifically for music recording and production have better audio quality, better performance and ship with ASIO drivers specific to the device. Native Instruments offers a number of professional grade interfaces with ASIO drivers, designed for different purposes, such as AUDIO KONTROL 1 or AUDIO 8 DJ.
Latency Setting
Computers need to use an audio buffer in order to temporarily store audio data, while the computer's main processor switches between processing different tasks, such as the graphical display, hard drive access, data exchange with connected peripherals such as MIDI controllers and, of course, the processing of audio. Because it can't do all of these things at once, it needs to buffer data from the various processes – and this is where the audio buffer (also named buffer size, latency, process buffer, sample buffer) comes in. The rule of thumb is, the faster the computer, the more calculations it can handle every second and the smaller the audio buffer can be.
A smaller audio buffer is preferable because there is a direct relation between the audio buffer size and the resulting latency. The term latency describes the delay between performing an action (e.g. singing into a microphone) and hearing a result (e.g. hearing your voice come back out of the speakers). The larger the buffer size the larger the latency, and with it, the longer is the delay between taking an action and hearing a result. This can be distracting when performing.
The downside of using a smaller buffer size is, that the smaller the buffer size/latency, the harder your computer has to work. If your computer can't handle all the work it is tasked with at the selected buffer size, you will start hearing pops and clicks or other artifacts in your audio. This means that you will have to increase the audio buffer size, so your computer can cope with the workload.
Start out with an ASIO latency setting (buffer size) of 512 and check if this gives you artifact free results. If not, increase the buffer size by one increment at a time and try again.
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Third Party Analyzing Tools
It can at times be difficult to identify the root cause of PC performance problems. Fortunately, some applications are available online and free of charge, that can be a great help with resolving such issues. The DPC Latency Checker (described below) visually shows if anything that is running on your computer is getting in the way of audio processing, and gives an idea how severe the problem is. Once you identify that there is a problem, the RATTV3 application makes it possible to identify the specific driver or service that is the cause of the issue. Both applications and their general usage are explained below.
DPC Latency Checker
- Download and run the "dpclat.exe" application from the Thesycon website.
- Start the application (no installation required).
- Let it run for approximately four minutes while your audio software is running.
Depending on the your computer's configuration you get only green bars (good) or you get yellow or even red bars (bad).
The screen shot below shows a computer system which should be well suited for real-time audio:
The following screen shot indicates that your computer most likely produces dropouts and audio artifacts:
If you see any yellow or even red spikes, they indicate that other (usually non-audio related) processes are occupying your computer's CPU for too long, with the likely result that this will cause the audio buffer to run empty, resulting in glitches, clicks or distortion in your audio.
While the DPC Latency Checker gives a visual impression if your computer is running efficiently, or if anything is getting in the way of good audio performance, it does not show which specific device or driver is causing the problem. If DPC Latency checker is showing that there is a problem, you can use RATTV3 (described next) to identify which device, driver or service is the cause of the issue.
If DPC Latency Checker (see last section) shows any yellow or red spikes, run RATTV3 to identify the exact cause of the problem. The RATTV3 installer can be downloaded from the Microsoft website under the following url:
After installation, follow these steps:
- Right click the RATTV3 Symbol in the Taskbar (next to the Windows clock) and turn off Loop Mode.
- Right click the RATTV3 Symbol in the Taskbar again and select Stop monitoring.
- Browse to the following folder on your computer: C: > WINDOWS > system32 > LogFiles > RATTV3
- Delete all files inside this folder.
- Now select Start monitoring (after right clicking the Ratt-Icon in the taskbar)
- Let the system run for four minutes while your audio software is running (Note that if you stop the test before three minutes are gone, then the test fails)
- From the folder C: > WINDOWS > system32 > LogFiles > RATTV3 open the file "*Your Computer Name*.cswa-accumulator-report.txt" with the Windows application application WordPad. Other text editors might not show a formatted table as in the picture below.
- Now look for the last entry within each driver section and check if you can find a value which is higher than 1 ms in the Label column as shown in the following screen shot.
Below you can see an export from RATTV3. In this case the driver NDIS.sys has locked the CPU for 1.97 ms:
The individual latencies of single drivers may SUM UP to more then 1ms overall latency (e.g. if you have drivers with results of 0.9 and 0.5, then those may sum up to 1,4ms which will then can also create problems in the same way as if you would have one driver with 1.4ms latency).
If you have values above 1, check to which devices the affected driver(s) belong, then disable the affected device(s) in Windows Device Manager if possible. If you are unsure if the device can be disabled, then you should try to search the web for the driver's name in order to find out if the associated device can safely be disabled.
We have compiled a list or drivers often reported to the Native Instruments support in this context. This list and some hints about the related components are attached to this article as PDF document below.
Deactivate Devices in the Windows Device Manager
Most often, the cause of audio dropouts are drivers or background services that are not related directly to audio processing. They task the CPU regularly and take away needed resources required to process audio without interruptions. RATTV3 should have given you an idea which drivers or components on your computer may contribute to your audio performance problems – if necessary, you should have searched the internet to find out which of the file names RATTV3 listed as problematic belong to which devices or drivers on your computer. With the list of names of potential problematic devices or drivers in front of you, start the Windows Device Manager.
Important: Here is a list of devices that you should never deactivate since these are essential components required by Windows: System timer, Keyboard, System CMOS/real time clock, Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System, Numeric data processor, Primary IDE Channel, Secondary IDE Channel, Graphics Controller, Ultra ATA Storage Controllers. In general, you should not deactivate anything which is listed in the branch "System Devices".
- Right click the Computer icon on your desktop. Then select Properties > Device Manager
- In the Device Manager, locate the device(s) RATTV3 reported as problematic. If this is a device that is not essential for the basic operation of your computer (see note above), right click on the component and choose deactivate (not uninstall!). Once you disabled the problematic devices (according to RATTV3), test if this resolved the audio dropouts issue.
- Additional devices that can often be disabled to further preserve system resources (or to test if saving additional resources helps to resolve the problem), even if RATTV3 may not have listed them as problematic, are the following:
- Network adapter
- WLAN card
- Bluetooth port
- Infrared Port
- ACPI compliant battery
- Trackpad (only disable, if a mouse is also connected)
- Video camera
- DVD drive
- Any third party component that is not an essential part of the system (be careful and only deactivate components you recognize and that are not required for Windows to function)
- Built-in sound card (only if you are using an external sound card such as TRAKTOR AUDIO 6/10 or another USB sound interface from a third-party manufacturer)
Disconnect USB and Firewire Devices
For the purpose of identifying which device or driver may introduce the audio problem you are experiencing, disconnect or remove all USB or FireWire devices attached to your computer, except for your audio interface. Then test if the problems still persist. If not, connect one device at a time and test again. If the problem re-appears after re-connecting a specific device, look for an updated driver or updated firmware for that device or contact its manufacturer. Another possible reason for audio dropouts is if a bus-powered USB audio device does not get enough power from the USB port. A common cause is if other devices connected to the same internal USB root hub are consuming too much of the shared available power. After ensuring the problem goes away when disconnecting all additional devices, connect one device at a time to the various USB ports on your computer and test if any of the ports works better.
BIOS Update
BIOS stands for Basic Input Output System which is a mini-Operating System that runs on a chip on your mainboard. The BIOS controls how the mainboard's individual components work together (on a hardware management level, before Windows gets added to the mix). BIOS updates typically improve the performance of your mainboard's components – mostly by fixing bugs. Just like with brand new software, updates for the BIOS are often released after new computers are sold, and resolve bugs or improve performance – sometimes dramatically.
If you have an off-the-shelf brand name computer (e.g. Dell, HP/Compaq, etc.) visit the manufacturer's homepage and download and install the latest available BIOS update for your exact computer model. Instructions for this are usually posted on the website, or come with the downloaded update. If you have a self-built computer, visit the mainboard manufacturer's website to find the latest BIOS update. Running the latest BIOS version is very important if you need to get the best performance from your computer!
Chipset / Component Driver Update
Chipset refers to a group of important processor chips (aside from the computer's main processor) on your computer's mainboard, that are handling essential functions, such as harddrive and USB operation, etc. Some common chipset manufacturers are Intel, AMD, Nvidia, SiS or VIA. Windows usually has a set of generic chipset drivers built-in, however, these are often designed as a one-size-fits-all solution for the purpose of being compatible with as many different models as possible. The custom-tailored drivers provided by the chipset's manufacturer often get much better performance than Windows' built-in generic drivers.
If you have an off-the-shelf brand name computer (e.g. Dell, HP/Compaq, etc.) visit the manufacturer's homepage and download and install the latest available chipset drivers for your exact computer model. Installation instructions are usually posted on the computer manufacturer's website, or come with the downloaded updates. If you have a self-built computer, visit the mainboard manufacturer's website to find the latest chipset drivers.
The same applies to all other hardware components installed in your computer: Download and install all available driver updates for components such as network adapters, built-in audio interfaces, FireWire controllers, graphics drivers and any other devices or peripherals installed in, or attached to your computer. For brand name computers, these drivers can usually also be found on the computer manufacturer's website. For self-built computers, you will need to visit the websites of the manufacturer of each hardware component and download and install their latest available drivers.
Disable Power Management
Power management can be disabled by going to: Start > Settings > Control Panel > Power Management. Set the Power Scheme to Always On and set System Standby, Turn off hard disks and Turn off monitor to Never. On Notebooks, it is not recommended to run the Notebook on its battery while working with audio programs.
Graphic Card Tools
Some graphic card tools like Ati Power Play and Nvidia Powermizer interfere with real-time audio, since they prioritize the graphic card performance over other processes in the system. Try to disable or uninstall these tools.
With some Nvidia laptop graphic chips, simply deactivating the graphic drivers in the Windows device manager can occasionally help to fix audio dropout problems. When you deactivate the graphic driver in the device manager, a standard Windows video driver is used after the next system reboot. This should help to identify if the graphic driver is a possible cause of the problem.
Set Graphic Acceleration to Full
Do a right-click on your desktop, select Properties, then on Settings, Advanced and the Performance tab. Make sure the Hardware Acceleration slider is set to full to reduce the load on your CPU.
Turn off Visual Effects
This can be done by going to: Start > Control Panel > System > Advanced > Performance Settings > Visual Effects. Select Custom and de-select the visual effect options.
Next, set the Windows theme to Classic. It'll make your OS look a bit more boring, by right clicking on your desktop, and selecting Properties, select Windows theme and choose Classic.
Manufacturer's Energy Saving Tools
Many laptop manufacturers install a proprietary application that takes over the control of the energy settings of the CPU and other computer components. As a result the energy settings made in the Windows energy options do not become effective. Deactivate any such application and test if the settings described in the previous section (Energy options) then solve the performance issues you experience.
Disable Power Saving Option for USB Ports
It is recommended to disable power management to the USB hubs, to assure that the audio device receives enough power to work properly. XP turns this on by default. Go to the device manager (Control Panel > system > hardware) and right click a USB Root Hub to bring up properties. On the power management page, uncheck all boxes. Repeat for each hub and reboot.
Processor Scheduling
The Processor Scheduling setting lets you choose if your computer should process Programs with higher priority, or Background Services with higher priority. In this context, Programs refers to applications you can see running on your screen. Background Services refers to software that you don't directly interface with, but that is running in the background and is taking care of essential invisible tasks. The most important example of a background service in the context of this guide, is the driver for your audio interface.
Most of the time, the reason for dropouts and audio artifacts is because the audio interface driver (or the driver's buffer) can't process all data in time. Increasing the processing priority for background services (and with it, the priority of the audio driver) often contributes to better over-all audio performance.
To configure your computer to process background services with higher priority, do the following:
- Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Advanced > Performance Settings > Advanced Tab > Background Services.
- Enable Background services in the section Processor scheduling.
Please note that some applications may work better if the Processor Scheduling parameter remains set to Programs. If your audio performance worsens after following the steps above, revert the setting back to Programs. You may also refer to the documentation of the manufacturer of the software for more information on what setting should be used.
Activate DMA on Hard Discs / CD ROMS
Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager > IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers. Right-click Primary IDE channel and Secondary IDE channel > Properties > Advanced Settings Tab > Transfer Mode to DMA if available for both devices.


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Ministry News
290523 visitors entered Bahrain in one week
A total of 290523 visitors entered Bahrain between May 19 and last Wednesday (May25). According to figures released by the Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs (NPRA), 241,896 visitors entered via King Fahd Causeway, 48339 landed at Bahrain International Airport and 288 arrived through seaports. » Details
Al Amn Radio show to focus on safe use of Internet
In its Thursday episode, the weekly Al Amn Radio show, organised by the Police Media Directorate at the Ministry of Interior in cooperation with Bahrain Radio, will focus on the risks posed by the Internet and how to use it safely. » Details
Interior Ministry Undersecretary attends GCC meeting in Riyadh
Interior Ministry Undersecretary Major-General Khalid Salim Al Absi attended the extraordinary session of the GCC interior ministries' undersecretaries at the GCC General-Secretariat headquarters in Riyadh today. » Details
Asian killed in three-car accident in Sitra
A 35-year-old Asian was killed and many others were hurt, including a Bahraini who suffered serious injuries, in an accident involving three cars, Director-General of Traffic Shaikh Nasser bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa said on Tuesday. » Details
Customs President attends GCC meeting in Riyadh
Customs President Shaikh Ahmed bin Hamad bin Ahmed Al Khalifa has taken part in the GCC Customs Union meeting in Riyadh. » Details
Civil Defence holds firefighting course for officers
A number of commissioned officers from Bahrain and GCC countries have taken part in a firefighting and respiratory devices course. » Details
MOI bodybuilding contestant wins first place
Interior Ministry bodybuilding contestant Sami Al Hadad won the first position in a championship held in Slovakia recently. » Details
Public Security Chief chairs meeting for joint GCC exercise
Chief of Public Security Major-General Tariq Al Hassan chaired on Monday the third meeting of the supreme authority of the GCC joint security exercise 'Arabian Gulf Security 1', to be held at the end of 2016. » Details
Suspects in Sitra shooting of policeman arrested
The Director-General of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science announced on Monday the arrest of several suspects involved in the shooting of a policeman in Sitra yesterday. » Details
20 complete course to check forging of documents
On behalf of Chief of Public Security Major-General Tariq Al Hassan, Acting Assistant Chief of Public Security for Operations and Training Affairs attended the graduation ceremony of those who had taken part in a course to check forging of documents. The course was held from May 15 to 19. » Details
Public Security Chief receives French official
Chief of Public Security Major-General Tariq Al Hassan received Deputy Head of the Commission on Foreign Affairs and Defence Forces and Head of the French-GCC Friendship Committee at the French Senate Nathalie Goulet on Sunday. » Details
New Customs President meets staff
Customs President Shaikh Ahmed bin Hamad bin Ahmed Al Khalifa held his first meeting with the directors-general, directors and other Customs Affairs employees on Sunday. » Details
World News
In 1998, He Helped Save Her After A Devastating Fire. In 2016, He Watched Her Graduate College.
Peter Getz held Josibelk Aponte in 1998, after a fire ripped through a Connecticut apartment. Getz, a patrolman at the time, performed CPR on the 5-year-old victim as she was being rushed to the hospital, working in the back of a police cruiser, the Hartford Courant reported. » Details
Bees Chase Car For Over 24 Hours To Rescue Their Queen
LONDON: In an incredible ordeal, a 65-year-old grandmother was followed by a huge swarm of bees for more than 24 hours while driving her car home from a nature reserve in the UK, attempting to rescue their queen. » Details
Italian Marine Accused Of Killing Kerala Fishermen Allowed To Return Home
An Italian marine arrested for murder in India has been allowed to return home by the Supreme Court today. » Details
Father Surrenders After Fatally Shooting His Infant Son While Aiming At His Wife, Police Say
Following an overnight manhunt, authorities in Missouri have detained a convicted felon who is accused of drawing a gun on his wife, pulling the trigger and accidentally killing his 8-month-old son. » Details
Coalition raid kills six Yemeni civilians 'by mistake'
ADEN: An air strike by the Saudi-led coalition fighting opponents of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi killed six civilians from the same family by mistake on Wednesday, a provincial official said. » Details
Anti-Trump protests turn violent outside New Mexico rally
LOS ANGELES: Protesters opposed to Donald Trump hurled rocks and bottles outside a rally he spoke at in New Mexico on Tuesday, the same day the bombastic billionaire won the Republican presidential primary in Washington state. » Details
France helps Syria restore 900-year-old castle
BEIRUT: Young Syrians tasked with restoring their country's world famous archaeological heritage, ravaged by five years of war, are getting a helping hand from French experts. » Details
Kenyan troops kill 21 Al Shabaab fighters in Somalia
MOGADISHU: Kenya's military said on Wednesday it had killed 21 Al Shabaab fighters in Somalia where its troops are trying to defeat the militant Islamist group that has often struck civilian targets inside Kenya. » Details
Terrifying scene as migrant ship capsizes
The delicate balance of an overcrowded boat carrying hundreds of migrants turned into a frightening roll as an Italian navy ship approached Wednesday. » Details
One killed in shooting at rapper T.I.'s concert
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Afghan Taliban announce successor to Mullah Mansour
The Afghan Taliban have announced a new leader to replace Mullah Akhtar Mansour who was killed in a US drone strike. » Details
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Flatbush Avenue Parm Location Opening This Fall
It will be just down the street from Barclays Center.
It will be just down the street from Barclays Center.
So, really more like 3,000 montaditos.
"There's only so much you can do when the rents are 70, 80, 100,000 a month ..."
Everything's coming up Wahlburgers.
"Not to say that Park Slope won't be in the cards as well."
Putting that $25.75 million in funding to good use.
So come on, everybody get happy.
Get ready for a West Hollywood location.
"It's going to be incredible," naturally.
More brisket is on its way.
"Eventually, we want to open a Mission Burrito. That's been a plan of ours since the beginning."
Jason Wang has big plans.
The illustrious chef will preview the main event with a pop-up version.
It's just a stone's throw from Shake Shack's Grand Central Terminal location.
There are three open now between Manhattan and Queens.
Good-bye, baby back ribs; hello there brisket.
Looks like the Oakland-based chain is about to branch out big time.
"If I don't make really good ice cream, I'll die."
Where in the world is the Naked Chef going next?
It includes a 120-seat restaurant.


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Basically all my articles start with this line:
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Now i have to manually type this but is there a way when i click on 'New article' that this line is already in place?
Or like add a button when i click on it that piece of text is placed in the article?
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Who said oxfords were only for schoolgirls? These Zoe Oxfords in Purple Haze ($148) by Miista are a hip rendition of the classic style. Wear with a pair of jeans for an easy, casual look or slip them on with a flirty skirt to complete... [More]
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Affluent Lifestyle Guide
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[Photograph: Lauren Weisenthal]
Chocolate and pumpkin is not the most intuitive combination, but something magical happens when you combine the two in this riff on pumpkin pie. This pie is not aggressively chocolaty, but if you're looking for something new this Thanksgiving, try adding a swirl of subtle cocoa flavor to your pumpkin pie routine.
This recipe was inspired by one from Ken Haedrich's book Pie.
Special equipment: 10 inch pie plate


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Christians Shouldn't Play Video Games
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Opinions run rampant in the video game industry, be it in journalism or the development teams themselves. There is a lot to be said about what can be considered "offensive" these days and what isn't, but at the end of the day it is a human right to be offended, and no one can take that away from you. I don't plan on talking about every hot-button topic that could trigger the slightest debate, rather I want to talk about something I just heard on IGN Podcast Beyond, Episode #305.
I was not aware of this, but throughout the development cycle of Bioshock: Infinite, one of the staff left due to religious reasons. Ken Levine spoke later on the topic, and it was concluded that the part of the game that bothered the staff member was near the end, where Booker is being baptized. As a Christian, I was not offended by this, but I can understand where this guy was coming from. It was blasphemous, to say the least, however in the context of the story it was conveyed in such a way that it's not as if it was gratuitous. There was a point to be made. Exceptionalism is the driving force of this game, as the citizens of this city in the clouds believe that Columbia is the new America, the better America. As America was built on Christian fundamentals, they still hold most of that true, but as Comstock found this new land they began to worship him in a way. The baptism scene is sure a disturbing one, but not one that could be easily taken out of the game in an attempt to stop from offending someone.
For Christians, certain storytelling devices such as this need to be studied and watched carefully instead of dismissed as simply "offensive." There is even a concept album by the band Zao called "The Funeral of God," which at face value could be seen as satanic and tossed aside. However, the album is by a Christian hardcore band, telling the fictional story of what could happen if God became fed up with humanity, stepping away and leaving them to their own devices. In the album, the world becomes war-torn and is left on the brink of self-destruction before man discovers what they have done to themselves, and wait for God's return. The concept album "Cancer" by Showbread tells the story of a fictitious band who has risen to fame in a totalitarian-like America after being very pro-government, and quickly fall due to their true rebellious message being deciphered.
Movies, music, and video games are not black and white. There is a meaning to story that can only be seen when we get the entire picture. Some stories are so convoluted you need to talk to someone else about them. We can't just play Doom and say, "it's evil because you're killing everything," or, "it's good because you're killing demons."
Well, maybe you can say that about Doom. There wasn't that much story there to begin with.


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Photo Panel Effects in Horizontal Using Photoshop
Step: 1
New image opened on Photoshop, next adding a solid color fill layer using background for the effect. Click new fill icon button choose solid color adjustment layers. Choose picker is by entering 255 for the RGB value.
Click ok button your document will appear filled with white.
Close color fill layer.
Step: 2
Select the rectangle tool, Next Draw first horizontal panel top to bottom, so start over the top.
Double-click on the layer name "Rectangle 1"Rename it "panel" Press enter to accept the name change. Rotate the panel with free transform path (ctrl+t).
Now that added your first horizontal panel, opened color fill layer.
Next choose blending options from the menu.
Open the layer style dialog box set to the blending option in advanced blending, change the knockout option selection from shallow, and then lower the fill opacity down 0%.
Step: 3
Add a drop shadow to panel, lower the opacity shadow 60%, then set angle to 130% select use global light. Finally increase the distance and size around 30px.
Add a stroke; choose new color by entering 255 for the RGB value. Then change structure size 12px and select position "inside".
Drop shadow and stroke applied in panel.
Step: 4
Now ready to add our next all panels. Make select duplicate panel, or simple pressing Ctrl+j on your keyboard.
"All horizontal panel style follows in first panel style "
Step: 5
Finally Select the Crop Tool from the Tools panel make sure you select Delete Cropped Pixels in the Options Bar. Select option original image inside the cropped, press enter button to crop the image. The photo inside the panels will reappear, giving us our finally "Horizontal photo panels" effect.
Mobile apps Photoshop using gif
Step 1:
open the new document in photoshop. After mobile phone add the document after create the new apps icon shown below the image.
Step 2: Next design the images given below to show in
Step 3:
After go to the window and select the animation. Next above to design the pages one by one arranged.
Step 4:
Next select the selection loop option is forever and select frames delay time is set your image convenient. After modify and changes to the animations. After finally save the image in Gif format.
After you will get below the image.
Black and white photo to color photo using photoshop
Black and white photo to color photo
using photoshop
Step 1:
Open your black and white image.
Step 2:
Using the pen tool cut the eye images after perss the (ctrl + D) selection area will be copy the new layer(ctrl + j).
Step 3:
that the new eye layer color is will be change using the color balance tool.following given below the image.
Step 4:same procedure to every part will be cut and create the new layer to paste after change the color using the color balance. Cut the hand and change the color will be given below the image.
Next change the color for lips.
Step 5: next change the color is face you will get below the image.
Step 6:
Next change the color remaining part after you will get the final image.
Step 1 : Create a new document
Create a document with preferred size. Set the background color as white. Take any image to do typographic work.
Step 2 : Posterize the picture
Desaturate this image for doing this go to
Image -> Adjustments -> Desaturate
Then posterize the picture for doing this go to
Image -> Adjustments -> Posterize->set level 4
Step 3 : Create a new Brush
Hide the portrait picture for a while.
Using type tool type a few words what do you want to display on the image.
Now we are going to create Photoshop brush. For doing this simply make a selection around the first word and go to Edit-> Define Brush Preset.
Now a new brush will appear under the brush preset window.
Do the same process for the remaining words.
Step 4 : Customize a fill pattern
To create a pattern select free transform to text and minimize the size to very small.
Hide all layers except text layer and make a selection around the text.
Now we have to define pattern. For set this go
Edit -> Define pattern and set pattern name.
Step 5 : Select similar colors
This is the time to unhide the portrait layer and make a small selection on black color with that selection go to Select-> Similer this will select all areas with this particular color.
Now create new layer and hide portrait layer. With this selection select brush tool and right click to adjust brush size.
Start to Stamp using brush tool around this selection. Repeat to stamp for few times after the portrait will look like this
Step 6 : Fill Pattern
Some small part are really troublesome to fill so with that selection create a new layer below the stamp layer.
Select paint bucket tool and fill pattern we made earlier.
Then Ctrl + Click on stamp layer and inverse that go to Select -> Modify->Expand-> 1px select pattern layer and create layer mask.
Repeat these steps for other two tones of gray color in the portrait layer.
The Final image will be like this.
Text Effects using photoshop
Text Effects using photoshop
Step 1:
Open the new document after fill the background color is black.
Step 2:
Choose the text tool and font 16px,after type any word and type any words and copy the same words after rotate the text, following given below the image
Step 3:
After off the text eye icon next choose the text tool type the ant words but very big size can be type following given below the image.
Step 4:Select the text layer(88 text layer)after (press) ctrl +(click) 88 text layer. Next hide the 88 text layer next you will get below the image.
Step 5: after on the another text layer eye icon after copy and paste next you will get below the final image. Same way to using any letters or texts using this methods.
Matrix Text gif images using photoshop
Matrix Text gif images using photoshop
Step 1:
Open the new document and se3t the background color is black.
Step 2:
Any image to right click to oprn with note pad and copy the text after past inside the photoshop document. After change the font color is set by green color.
After select the text layer and press the Ctrl + t after right click and select the rotate 90 cw.
Step 3:Next open the window menu and click to select the animation after animation layer is open below the image.
Next animation area to select the duplicate selected frames to every one by one step can add the one duplicate frame after change.
Step 4:
Select the 1 st frame and text movements for select some texts and press the down arrow five or six time.
Select the text layer and choose the color green and apply the inner shadow and outer glow. All the letters will be separate to type( M A T R I X). After off the text eye icon.
after select the second frame and change the text movements for select some texts and press the down arrow five or six time after and on the "M" text layer same to move to the text and "M".
Step 5: same process for the aothe texts can be move finaly animation layer to select looping option and select the forever after change the times for your convenient to set the time. After play option to click you will get the final image.
Step 6:
Finaly you will get below the image and save the image is GIF formate and your image similar to below the image.
Skin text effects using photoshop
Skin text effects using photoshop
Step 1:
Open new document and apply the gradient for red and light red color effects below the image to follow.
Step 2:
Choose text tool and type any letters for example "Skin Effects" and set the text size is large size follow below the image.
Step 3:
Next choose the any skin image placed above the image.
After resize (using Ctrl + t ) the skin image in place by the letter "s"
Step 4:
after change the blending mode to "Overlay" mode.
After change the all text color will be apply the gradient following below the color.
Step 5:
After remove by the other parts and you will get below the image.
Same procedure to copy the skin layer and apply the remaining text areas you will get below the image.
Step 6:
After cut by the "n" letter. After placed above the image.
This image selection part will be cut and place by the "n" letter following below the image. After you will get final image.
Hair color change using photoshop
Hair color change using photoshop
Before image
Step 1:
first open your image after press " D ".
step 2:
next select the soft edge brush tool and follow below the image.
Step 3:
Next you will press " Q ". after mark for the hair area with using brush( don't mark for the accurate air area).
Step 4:
Again press " Q " after selection for around the air.
Step 5:
After go to select the layer and select the new fill layer and also select the solid color and you will choose any color after change the air color.
Finally you will get the below the image.
Young girl image in to old girl image using Photoshop
Young girl image in to old girl image using Photoshop
Step 1:
open your image and create the duplicate image [ctrl + j]. after off the original image eye icon.
Step 2:
Next vertical rulers is both the centre of the eye is placed and another one ruler is placed in centre of the nose and following below the image.
Step 3: same for the Horizontal side in the centre of the eyes and centre of the mouth following to below the image.
Step 4:
after using the move tool and track the old image photo above the young lady image given below the image.
Step 5:
old image and young image is combine to the same image and old image eye,mouse and mouth is arranged by same for the young girl image (ctrl + t and right click and also select the Distort) shows below the image.
Step 6: Now old image opacity is decrease 55% or your image convenient to decrease the opacity range.
Step 6: after erase tool use to erase the unwanted areas. Now you will get the final image.
Rainbow Effects in Photoshop
Rainbow Effects in Photoshop
Step 1:
Open the new image(background "sky") .
Create a new layer.
Now select the rectangular marquee tool and create a selection for below the image.
Step 2:
Next select the gradient tool and set the color from below the image
After apply drag the selection to apply the gradient shows from below the image. Next copy the duplicate(ctrl + J) layer and original layer eye icon is turn off the visibility.
Step 3:
Select the Erase tool and also select the soft round erase tool after erase the right and
left Corners shoes below the image.
Step 4:
Now apply the blur, first select the filter and select the blur and also select the Gaussian blur and enter the radius value is 18 px.
Next select the Rainbow gradient layer and press the [ Ctrl + T ] and right click and select the warp option and arrange to following to below the image.
After Modify the size and position using the free transform[ Ctrl + T ]. And finally blending mode change to the "color" and decrees the opacity range is 70% after you will get the final image .
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Welcome! Once again, it is my pleasure to introduce our 2015-16 Mainstage Season. As always, our pledge remains to present you with a wonderfully diverse range of plays creatively conceptualized and professionally realized by some of the best theatre artists in Hampton Roads. Because we are who we are, we will always keep one eye on the redemptive and the other on God's kingdom truths as revealed in the human condition. So let's get started!
About our season opener, Janece Shaffer's Brownie Points, one respected San Diego-based critic, opined, "…[Shaffer] deserves major brownie points for turning out a…comedic…smart…and serious look at what contemporary American women think of race, religion, and above all, their roles as mothers..." We then tackle one of Broadway's classic thrillers, Frederick Knott's Wait Until Dark. New York Times reviewer Bosley Crowther notes, "…the tension is terrific…the action is wild as the blind woman uses all her courage and ingenuity to foil her assailants and save her life." The end of this play will have your heart leaping in your chest. We close the fall semester with a crown jewel of the Broadway stage, Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's, The Man Who Came to Dinner. Few writers can claim to have mastered the art of the set-up and punch-line with the aplomb of Kaufman and Hart.
Our spring semester kicks off with a play universally recognized as one of the great classics of the English Renaissance, Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus. This is THE classic morality tale of the man who contracts to sell his soul for power, experience, pleasure and knowledge. Is there an escape clause? Come find out! Next comes Eugène Ionesco's Rhinoceros, a masterfully satirical examination of humanity's tendency to embrace "herd mentality." We bow out with Rupert Holmes' wonderfully mad-cap musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Yes, the guy who brought us the "Pina-Colada Song" is actually an accomplished playwright, lyricist and composer for the Broadway stage! Here he offers us a down-on-its-luck London Music Hall (Vaudeville) company, as it strives to survive by improvising a musical end to Charles Dickens' unfinished novel of the same name. Your votes determine how the show ends! This Tony Award winner offers some of the most raucous and fun musical numbers I've seen in years, "There You Are!," "The Wages of Sin," "Off to the Races," "Moonfall," and the inspiring anthem, "Writing on the Wall."
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State's resistance to local control of schools
The people of Oklahoma have had 22 years to take advantage of a state fund to consolidate the 500-plus school districts. This shows that Oklahomans want local control of their schools. With limited resources to run public education in Oklahoma, it's time to look at cutting administration at the state level by eliminating the state Department of Education and the office of state schools superintendent. The millions of dollars this would save could be put into the classroom where it should be going and the responsibility for educating our children would be put in the hands of our local school boards where it belongs. This change would give our school districts the freedom to come up with innovative solutions to local problems without the one-size-fits-all solutions coming down from the state.
Oklahomans believe in smaller government with less regulation. With schools, however, the state's philosophy is closer to that of Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats than that of Ronald Reagan, who said government isn't the solution, it's the problem. Many of the problems with public education in Oklahoma are the fault of the state's resistance to local control of our schools.
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Nim Face closeup by Eddie-KaWatch
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It looks amazing, and the paws too... *u*
This is lovely. Where do you buy the long fur from?
I was at Ohayocon Anime Convention.....I was a dealer selling kitten things, and OMG did I fall in love especially when the mouth started moving......I asked for your name and info so I could see your other work. Eventually I want to invest in one designed for me...but Id want a tiger. Im so glad that I saw it in Ohayocon...I dont think pictures do your work the justice they deserve.
Thank you so much =3 I love hearing about the cons my masks end up at
I'd love to do a tiger, just send me a message once my queue opens. (i'll post a journal)
I'd love to do a tiger, just send me a message once my queue opens. (i'll post a journal)
I saw the owner of this mask this weekend !!!!!! I fell in love with your work, especially since the mouth can move!
Caught red handed, woof?
May I ask where you purchased your fur? o3o
May I ask where you purchased your fur? o3o
'Its a Trap!'
Looks great! Especially the head and paws.. XD Awesome
This is awesome !
Such big eyes you have! O.O
Very dramatic expression (depending on the angle). :3
yeah, I like the expression at a 3/4 angle front slightly above, but my dad was taking pics for me while I wore it so I couldnt see how it looked.


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Not the bike race -- I finished the latest CatV crit a good seventy-five yards behind the winners.
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Game Credits
|Planet of the Apes (2001)
|(Level Design also Participating)
|Moto Racer (1997)
|(Track Design - Red City)
|Planet of the Apes (2001)
|(Scenario and Dialogs also Participating)
|Moto Racer (1997)
|(3D Modelling)
|Fade to Black (1995)
|(3d Object Modeling)
|Shaq Fu (1994)
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Circa 1994
Standing (left to right): Fabrice Rodet, Patrick Bricout, Frédéric Michel, Stéphane Aussel
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Converted Ford Model-T - The End?Written on June 1, 2006
CCT subscriber John Niolin wrote us recently.
My next-door neighbor is an old iron collector-tractors, stoves, fire equipment, plows, store signs, and now trucks. This one came home a few weeks ago with what was left of a Model-T in what was left of the bed.
He parked it in the corner of his place (without the T, it's residing by his sawmill), put a rough-sawn bed on it, and it's now working a second job-a planter. It's just over the fence between us, and every time I walk out the door I get to see her and smile....
Thought you might be able to use the photograph on the End? page.
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etp @ it's current price (41.80ish) is a great entry level anything below that it is even better in the current tax enviroment, just look @ it's history. my concern is what the idiots in washington are going to do with the div. tax. that could change the metrics of the stock price.
It's not a dividend from ETP, it's a distribution, and has seperate tax consequences. Just an FYI. GL.
.....exactly and kiss mortgage deductions goodbye. Germany in distress, US next. It's really not looking good for the markets. IMO
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Hotel Alessandro Della Spina, Pisa (province)
- Free WiFi
Main amenities
- 16 guestrooms
- Breakfast available
- Bar/lounge
- Self parking
- 24-hour front desk
- Air conditioning
- Garden
- Library
- Multilingual staff
- Luggage storage
- Tour/ticket assistance
What's around
- Heart of Pisa
- Museo Nazionale di S. Matteo (0.6 mi / 0.9 km)
- Leaning Tower (1.3 mi / 2 km)
- Pisa Royal Palace (0.8 mi / 1.3 km)
- Knight's Square (1 mi / 1.6 km)
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Hotel Alessandro Della Spina, Pisa (province)
Hotel Info: 866-539-8117from $85
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All We See is Ultraviolet and Infraredby Ben Geiger
Collect your choice of gallery quality Giclée, or fine art prints custom trimmed by hand in a variety of sizes with a white border for framing.
great artwork Ben.
stunning ben!
shes cute! love the colorful hair! very nice work Ben : )
Thank you all so much! @Rich right? lol Thanks man!
Cool Ben!!
soooo cool.....very beautiful work!
Fantastic work Ben!
Wow = Cheers!
so great Ben!!!!!!!
nice work Ben!
Great work!
wow thank you all SO MUCH!
Sweet image, colors, concept and technique!
Thanks so much!
LOVE this Ben
Thank you so much Ally! I am so glad :>
I LOVE that hair!
She is so cool Ben. I love her eyes, and the smears of color on her face add such a dramatic touch, love it!!!
wow thank you both! Donuts you are so sweet! I am VERY honored!!!
Oh Yeah! ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ 👍
Thanks so much Wayne!
Ben, you never cease to amaze me. She is fabulous!
WOW! Thank you SO MUCH Robin! I am honored!
i love it
Thank you Mark and Angelus!
Lovely style!!
Thanks so much!
She's so fun, love it! (and I can relate to her hair) :)
LOL Thank you so much Shawn and I know! You have this GORGEOUS hair too! love the curls!
Love this, gorgeous work Ben! xo
I am so honored! Thank you so much!
This is great!
Thank you Peter! You are awesome!
Cool !:)
Thank you so much Mary! :D
just scrolling through all your art. Amazing, after amazing, after amazing, after amazing. Really loving your work!
wow! I am so deeply honoered! Thank you so much @Pixel and Paper by JMD !!! You are way too awesome!!!
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I have a MacBook Aluminium late 2008 version: 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB 1067MHz DD3.
Since Apple doens't provide updates for my mac anymore and other important apps (like Firefox) does the same, I'm willing to upgrade to Mountain Lion.
I'm not an expert and I'm wondering if upgrading my mac will slow down it or if there will be any other important warnings.