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hi ,guys
we JUST using AIR 3.2 make a very very very very simple thing.----------------------- "Picture displaying"
Ok ,i have 1600 pictures , 1024x768 pixels . want to displayed on IPAD2.
guys, u might suggest me make these as a swf file .so ,we can gotoandstop. Unfortunately, I cannot import more than 500 pictures into Flash CS 5&5.5 , it just crashed,crashed on X32/X64 platform with 8G/16G/32G ram . IT Crashed ?? Can u believe it's a "business " product???.. this is my first PAIN.
As an older programmer . i throw the flash CS away .then ,back to my old way before .. make frame sequence.. Using Pure AS3 ..i first load all my 1600 pictures into IPAD2 memory as a bytearray vector, it's cost 180M ram . and IPAD2 have about 50m free mem left.. SO ,let's writ code to decode jpeg file. ..load.loadbytes ,addeventlistener. bitmapdata.copypixel ....then .my second pain..AIR3.2 spend at least 35ms to decode a 1024x768 pixel jpeg file with 60fps...IF U use 30fps, it need at least 62ms.. I really really really very angry and very disappointed. SO ..u can guess,the FPS to display a frame sequence animation on ios is only 7-10 fps.....only 7-10 fps....7-10fps ...guys ,i can't believe it . untill today , i cann;t believe..is it a language??? is it produced by adobe?? produced by a leading company familian with CG technology???
So, guys ,u spend many time to improve the encode perfomance . that's a great thing .BUT ..can u improve decode performance??dare u??
Also ..i test the "stage3D" with Starling framework ...same result ..So ,it's so clear ,decode performance make everythings slow.
Guys, u r doing great things . using AIR, i can compile once, run 3+ platforms...BUT .can u make it really?? make it like a "Business" product, not only a " toy" for artist? make it like a "adobe product"?
And about New function ---- usb debugging ios ----------- no diffrence for me. u buy an IPAD / IPHONE ..u must have a witi network .especially developer . SO ..debug via USB ,or debug via network ,it's not a question ..U r wasting time.
As a coder, i only need stable first ,fast second product.
and next time ,i will tell u my third pain -------------------- using URLLoader / URLStream to load a file on IOS will crash app accidentally.
Hi Adama,
1600 images sounds a lot of data. The memory consumption that you are stating sounds incorrect. Would it not be the uncompressed data instead? Should it not be 1600*1027*768*4 (or 3) bytes since they would get uncompressed and get loaded in the memory. This would amount to around 4GB of memory which sounds impractical.
For reducing the time to decompress you can consider lower quality jpegs as they have quicker decoding times. I would recommend you to read http://www.cocoanetics.com/2011/10/avoiding-image-decompression-sickne ss/ & http://www.cocoanetics.com/2012/03/ipad-3-image-decompression-benchmar ked/. It benchmarks the decoding time taken on various iOS devices for an image that is of same size as that of your use case. Your best attempt would be to reduce the number of images along with their resoltuin and use texture atlas to store multiple images on a large texture.
Regarding your views on usb debugging on iOS I do understand that most developers would have a wi-fi network but again this feature was requested by many other developers. It is a good to have feature.
thank u for ur reply.
perhaps ,u not read my post fully.
OK ,let me explain my way., First , when we dispaly a picture. it need step A- read binary from storage , Step B -- decode binary(maybe not ,if u use Bitmap) Step C-- render
So, for reducing the time reading from storage, I read all 1600 picture binary to RAM .it just like filestream.open , filestream.readbytes( bytearray)
then ,as u know , if i decode all these file into bitmapdata , it's very impossible 。 so , my idea is decode one ( using loader.loadbytes ), display one ( bitmapdata.copypixels) , dispose it ,then decode next .
i cann't do any change with those picture.because my customer very care of the picture quality.they are "artist" .in fact ,the jpeg quality is 30% now.
On the other hand , my competitor complete same project with Objective-C ,same size picture ,same amount . And, frame- animator smoothly .
if u are stuff of adobe. u may test yourself . the decode performance is so ......diffrent with native.
Hi Adama,
You should try to be less rude when asking for help. It is always possible that your problems are caused by you not understanding the tools rather than the tools being at fault. And for the record, as someone who works in a wide variety of WiFi networks, USB debugging is much more conveniant for me than having to deal with constantly change IP addresses.
All that said, have you tried decoding more than one JPEG at the same time - you may find that the completion events for multiple images happen on the same frame, in which case with some thought you should be able to achieve a faster display frame rate.
If you need a fast 1024x768 playback framerate, have you considered using a video file instead of 1600 JPEGs ?
Another option would be to write an iOS native extension that uses the iOS SDK JPEG decoder to synchronously decode your image.
I just did some tests and was wrong about event handling in general being related to the frame rate - I was making that assumption based on observing that if I call a function on a server over RTMP, and that server function calls a function on the client in response, on a 1 FPS swf the response on the client is executed 1 second after the request. However, doing the following results in a trace entry every 30ms, regardless of the swf FPS:
dispatchEvent(new Event("DAVE"));
addEventListener("DAVE", function():void { trace("TICK"); });
I still think it's worth trying decoding a few images concurrently, though.
Hi Adama,
Could you mail your sources to email@example.com? You need not send the images. Just send any one image that you feel could show the symptom. I would like to run some tests.
Hi Adama,
I have a few more questions regarding your usecase and the general discussion around jpeg decoding times.
1) I noted that the decoding time for a 1024 x 768 sized image came around 60ms on an iPhone 4. These times were very similar to the benchmarks that have been done on Iphone4 using native code. Reference:http://www.cocoanetics.com/2012/03/ipad-3-image-decompression-benchmar ked
If you are aware of some different benchmarks for jpeg decoding I will be very eager to look into the results
2) With an image taking 60ms for the decode time you will get something like 10-15 fps which seems to be good enough for a slide show sort of use case. You might actually want longer delays a slide show (a slide staying visible for a couple of seconds). However, if you want more fps you might need a different type of container. Possibly a video that is being played by using StageVideo. You may read upon the following http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2997296/ipad-full-screen-1024x768-a nimation-with-around-1800-frames-problem-low-fps. It looks like a thread similar to what you are trying to achieve.
Flash uses native implementation for jpeg decoding so I expect the numbers of decoding to be more or less similar to what you see natively.
Adama - I no longer recommend that you try decoding more than one JPEG at once ..
Kshitiz - I was suprised to read that decoding took that long, so verified it myself.
Benchmark results here: http://pastebin.com/28nAdR8a
What you are looking at is the result of multiple runs of:
1. Take 1024x768 bitmap snapshot from an as3 Video attached to the local camera
2. Measure encode using air native extension http://pastebin.com/VS1jhKB8
3. Measure decode using air native extension http://pastebin.com/ez3BqEUB
I'm kind of amazed - the native encoder is only roughly 20% slower than the decoder at quality 0.6! Does that mean Apple has heavily-optimised their encoder (hardware accelerated?) or is this a characteristic of the jpeg format? In a past life as the author of a VoIP stack, I grew accustomed to audio encoding with non-trivial codecs taking longer than decoding (since encoding typically involves analysis, whereas decoding does not)
A nice outcome for me in doing this research is that i've now come across FRESetArrayLength(), so I can update my native encoder to not require a passed-in byte array with enough space.
I haven't developed any audio processing native extensions, however it would be pretty easy to compile some existing G.729 C source and hook it up via ANE to the microphone sample data event. Biggest issue for G.729 is having to license it, Speex makes a lot more sense so long as you have a transcoding server somewhere to provide interoperability. Especially if you support 16kHz audio, the quality is well worth the bandwidth for pure VoIP calls.
If you were looking to do an Air VoIP client, you might as well do all the VoIP stack stuff in a native entension and just use Air for controlling it via an ANE interface. That way you might be able to leverage the native iOS echo canceller as well.
For the record, I was wrong to think that FRESetArrayLength() could be used on a ByteArray - you simply need to set the length property. I have no idea why that didn't work for me when I originally tried it - perhaps I had acquired it at the time.


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Hi, Kathy here! Seriously…I know we all say it…but it is SO darn hard to make a choice about the LOTW. There are so many talented scrappers, and so many super cute pages, it makes it so hard to choose just one. However, this layout just took the cake for me:
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
Favorite Story About His New Father-in-law
One Sunday morning after Relief Society was over, I found a place to sit on the second row from the back and reserved a chair for Wayne by putting my scriptures on it. Sunday School started and Wayne didn't come in so I thought maybe he didn't feel well and went home. After about 15 minutes into the Sunday School lesson Wayne quietly enters the room trying not to disturb the class or the teacher that was presenting the Sunday School lesson. I moved my scriptures so he could sit in the padded chair next to me. I got my scriptures out to follow along with the class and Wayne not bringing his own scriptures, bent over a little to look at my scriptures with me. There was a vacant chair on the other side of Wayne and soon he moved over to that chair, with a chair in-between us.
Wondering why he had moved, I looked over and there was a big, wet, yellow, spot on the padded chair that he had been sitting in. I'm sure the row behind us noticed what he was doing and I was a little embarrassed for him because obviously he hadn't been able to make it to the bathroom and had an accident. I looked over at him and he just sat there listening intently to the teacher. In about 30 minutes the class was over and it was time to move into the chapel for Sacrament meeting.
Wayne then told me that he had a horrible headache and had gone home in-between Priesthood meeting and Sunday School to get a Mountain Dew. Mountain Dew for some reason cures Wayne's headaches better then anything else - even medications. Before coming into the room for Sunday School he had put the can of Mountain Dew with a straw in the inside pocket of his jacket in order to sip on it during church without anyone noticing. When he bent over to read off of my scriptures his Mountain Dew had spilt on his chair and that was why the chair was wet and why he had moved over. The people in the row behind us had already left the classroom so I couldn't explain to them why the chair was wet. They still think Wayne wet his pants. I still can't figure out why he didn't tell me right after he spilt the Mountain Dew. I had spent the last 30 minutes trying to talk myself out of being embarrassed!
Don't forget to start your diet tomorrow and weigh in!
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- Kristy said...
That is funny!! I weighed in today, diet starts tomorrow. Will you get to blog on the cruise? I hope you have a great time! I use Ice Tea to combat my headaches, it's the caffiene that helps me. An occasional Excedrin Migraine (also caffiene) helps. However lack of caffiene also can cause headaches so sometimes it a vicious circle. LOL.
- Sunday, January 03, 2010
- Shundra said...
Well, Kathy. You wonder if Wayne needed Depends when the accident happened. LOL Well luckily it was his Mountain Dew, but bad color to have when you think you had a little accident on yourself.
Poor Wayne and poor you.
You, Wayne and the brothers have a safe trip tomorrow. - Sunday, January 03, 2010
- Z Lister said...
Oh how embarrassing! I would have just died! Good thing it was MD and not...well...an accident!
- Sunday, January 03, 2010
- Sherry of IN said...
I'm ready to weigh in or start tomorrow - LOL!!!! But I will start exercising 1st thing in the morning.
Poor Wayne - Squirt and now Mountain Dew. The caffeine probably helps his headaches. It has more caffeine than Pepsi or Coke.
The funny thing about this one, he never once seemed to act embarrassed, did he?? He just walks in and sits down, then moves over...you getting embarrassed rather than him. - Sunday, January 03, 2010
- Ralph & Debbie said...
Ha that is very funnny. I have a funny church story. When my daughter Hayley was around 15 months old my hubby had a bad habit of everytime he farted he would say
Stop that Hayley
He thought it was pretty funny. Until that is in the middle of church one day, when the water was being passed around and everyone was quite. Hayley farted quite loud. In a very loud voice she said.
Stop that daddy
Boy did she get him back! He never did that again to her. Shes 21 now and at byu hawaii and we still laugh about that time in church. He always jokes that hes banned form the churches in sandy. - Sunday, January 03, 2010
Too Funny! Kathy-- LOL I guess that will teach him not to bring a soda pop can to church lol! probably not! LOL
- Sunday, January 03, 2010
- Amy said...
That is SO funny!!
- Sunday, January 03, 2010
- Rachel said...
Too Funny. We have a children's sermon at our church. The pastor was talking about names and meanings and how god knew you before you were born. My son pipes up and says my mom calls me bucket head. Everyone laughs and turns I wondered if there was room enough under the pew for me to crawl underneath.
- Monday, January 04, 2010
That is funny.
I remember once when my brother had to been about 5 I think and it when King and I was playng on broadway in NY( this wasn't when Marie on in it.) So my brother stood up, pointed to the King and said: " There's the King! There's the King!!" And my mother was mortified, I think she wanted to hide and everyone in the auditorium turn to look at my little brother, and the KING was also looking at my brother..according to my mother, his face was white. - Monday, January 04, 2010
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- Chris G said...
This is... hilarious!!! and so embarassing.
- Monday, January 04, 2010
- Tracy Love said...
ROFLOL! That is too funny. by the way, it's the caffeine in the Mt. Dew..I too have headaches.. Thanks for sharing the story
- Monday, January 04, 2010
Funny story Kathy and its great many people are joining in on your weight loss programme. Ill start running when all this snow clears from the pavements
- Tuesday, January 05, 2010
- mfk1022 said...
Life certainly must be interesting with Wayne!!! I also drink mt dew for headaches but my sugar is high so I drink the diet!We were at Mass when my son was 3 the priest asked the rhetorical question What do you say when satan calls you? my 3 yr old son screamed at the top of his lungs NOOOO!!!!! The priest looked at us (by this time I was laughing hysterically) and just quipped "Well at least he got the right answer!
- Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Oh, Kathy!
How funny! I'm sorry you were so embarrassed but completely understand the reason(s) why you would be, anyone would be, that's for sure!
Maybe Wayne needs to write a new book, telling of this story & so many others that aren't in his previous book. This IS classic-brought a smile to my face & a chuckle to my heart.
Glad you seem to ALWAYS have so much fun - I'd LOVE to be a "fly on the wall" sometime just to see all the amusing, funny, silly things that go on with Wayne, you & your family :D
Hoping for GREAT news on Wayne's recent MRI!
My Prayers are with you,
Deb T. - Tuesday, January 05, 2010
- Maya said...
I totally feel for you Kathy. But was funny it is good when people manage to see the funny side. Those other stories too were really funny. One lady, an immigrant from South America (Yes we ahve quite a few from there too) held the closing prayer. She held a good prayer just a tiny little pronounciation,word mistake. Strength is Kraft and Canser is Kreft so she eneded up praying that please give us Kreft....
- Wednesday, January 20, 2010
- carolyne b said...
Wow thats different having Sacrement meeting last.... We have our Sacrement meeting first followed by Sunday School and then Relief Society--- however I am first councillor in YW so that is at the end of the day..
I investigated the church becasuse of the Osmaonds (sure you here that alot) and have been a member since 1977. My blog photo is of the Regina Temple in Saskachewan Canada. - Monday, February 01, 2010
- LauraLeigh said...
Okay I have to say, I know I am coming on board late, but TOO DANG FUNNY!!! I laughed so hard I cried on this one. Thanks Kathy for sharing this.
- Monday, June 28, 2010


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The London Movie Comic Media Expo isn't known for its gaming section, with much of its attendees preferring other forms of entertainment. But all that's gonna change this year, or improve at the very least, because apart from the support of some of today's A-list publishers, the London MCM Expo is attempting to set the World Record for "largest number of people in costume for a video game."
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The VLT "Venus" and the Belt of Venus
Before another clear, starry night falls at ESO's Paranal Observatory, home of the Very Large Telescope (VLT), the sky produces a palette of intense colours, putting on a beautiful show for observers. These colours can only be seen with such depth from sites such as Paranal, where the atmosphere is extraordinarily pure. Looking to the west, over the Pacific Ocean, the sunset sky turns bright orange and red. However, this photograph shows the view to the east instead, looking away from the Sun after it has just set. The grey-bluish shadow above the horizon is the shadow of our own planet. Above this is a pinkish glow known as the "Belt of Venus", a phenomenon produced by the reddened light of the setting Sun being backscattered by the Earth's atmosphere.
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Rolling red hills stretch out below the exceptionally clear blue sky that is typical of ESO's Paranal Observatory. Although the telescope domes close at dawn, and nothing seems to move on the surface of this barren desert, the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) never rests. Since early morning, a team of engineers and technicians has been working hard to prepare the telescopes and instruments for another "perfect night".
The 2600-metre-high Cerro Paranal stands out at the centre of this panoramic view, taken looking towards the south. This flattened mountaintop is home to the VLT, the world's most advanced ground-based optical and near infrared astronomical facility. The VLT has four 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes (UTs), plus four 1.8-metre Auxiliary Telescopes (ATs). In this picture, only two of the UT enclosures, together with the smaller 2.6-metre VLT Survey Telescope (VST) are visible.
To the right of Cerro Paranal, the sea of clouds that typically covers the coast of the Pacific Ocean — only 12 km away — is visible in the background. The cold oceanic stream typically keeps the thermal inversion layer of the atmosphere below an altitude of 1500 metres, making this remote area of the Chilean Atacama Desert in the II Region of Chile one of the driest sites on Earth and a perfect window on the Universe. The atmosphere here is extremely dry and clear, and has very low turbulence, offering the most suitable conditions for optical and near-infrared astronomical observations.
For this reason, the 3060-metre-high Cerro Armazones, located just some 20 km east of Paranal, was selected as the site for the future European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). With a primary mirror 39 metres in diameter, the E-ELT will be the world's largest eye on the sky.
This photograph was taken from a neighbouring mountain, home of the 4.1-metre Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA). VISTA started operations at the end of 2009 and is the most recent telescope to be added to the roster at ESO's Paranal Observatory. VISTA is the largest survey telescope in the world.


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Tracy police received 190 calls for service Wednesday, Aug. 29. The following is a sample of those calls.
12:31 a.m.: Police arrested a 23-year-old man on an outstanding warrant for theft and burglary on the 1900 block of W. 11th St. He was booked into San Joaquin County Jail in French Camp.
3:38 a.m.: A car was reportedly driven into a business on the 2400 block of Naglee Road. The woman driving the car told police she did not need medical assistance. Officials advised the front double doors of the business needed to be boarded up. Code enforcement was called to check the structure of the building.
6:47 a.m.: A Hyundai Elantra was stolen on the 400 block of Glenbriar Circle.
7:17 a.m.: A car was broken into and some items stolen on the 400 block of Darlene Lane.
7:20 a.m.: A community mailbox was broken into on the 400 block of Glenbriar Circle.
9:27 a.m.: A woman told police someone broke into her car in the parking lot of World Gym, 2340 East St. She said the window was broken and her credit cards stolen.
9:37 a.m.: A truck was broken into on the 4100 block of Flint Lane and several items were taken.
10:35 a.m.: Police arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of vehicle theft following a pedestrian stop at Park and Ride, 2650 Naglee Road.
10:44 a.m.: Police arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of shoplifting on the 3200 block of Naglee Road. Also arrested was an unidentified teenage boy. The adult was booked into county jail, and the teen was released to his father.
11:46 a.m.: A landlord called to talk to an officer regarding a tenant dismantling the deck of a rented house on the 2300 block of Berryessa Court. He said he suspected it was due to the renter getting evicted.
12:43 p.m.: Police were called to Bonfare Market, 15 E. Grant Line Road, for a report of a 1997 Chevy Camero stolen from the parking lot. The suspects were a white man in his 20s with blond hair and carrying a gas can, and a white woman with blonde hair wearing shorts. The theft was caught on a surveillance camera. The caller said it was clear the thieves could not drive a standard transmission very well. The car was found, but the location was not identified in the police log.
6:06 p.m.: Police arrested a 29-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman for outstanding warrants on the 600 block of Palm Circle. The warrant for the man was for burglary, and the warrant for the woman was for a probation violation. Both were booked into county jail.
7:06 p.m.: Police were called to a park near Annamarie Way and Antonio Loop for bushes on fire. The caller said a group of children was seen riding bicycles away from the park.
• This column includes a sample of items as reported in the Tracy Police Department dispatcher's daily log. Additional information is based on reports from officers and other law enforcement agencies. Charges may have been added or dropped as of press time, and all suspects are assumed innocent until proven guilty. To report information anonymously about a crime: Crime Stoppers, 831-6847.


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Why I Quit FacebookAfter much deliberation, I did what many a social media junkie has considered in his or her lifetime: I deleted my Facebook account. There were a lot of factors that ultimately led to my account deactivation -- among them being a growing desire for privacy, a greater need to avoid the time-suck, a larger feeling of connectivity elsewhere (here's looking at you, Twitter). Yet there was a surprising byproduct of leaving The Great Social Network, a nice little parting gift I never imagined I'd receive: a better self-esteem.
Sure, I'd considered how leaving Facebook might change my relationship with others -- less self-interrupting, fewer distractions (and admittedly less connectivity to the online world). But I hadn't considered how the decision might change my relationship with myself.
There's a term for it, I'm sure: the feeling you get when scrolling through hundreds of staged, well-lit photos of perfect outfits, lovable dogs and cute babies that didn't just vomit on your new [non-designer] sweater. Because on Facebook, the weather is always sunny and 70, the smell of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies wafts through the air, and R.E.M's "Shiny, Happy People" is looping over and over and over. And over.
On Facebook, everyone is taking ubiquitous window-seat photos to glamorous, faraway destinations. (Because on Facebook, everyone gets the window seat.) Puppies never shed on your sofa or pee on your floor. No one has avocado stains on their pants. Shoot, on Facebook, everyone wears pants. (Mostly.)
Related: 10 ways to be a happier person for life
And at some point, no matter how comfortable you are with yourself or your lifestyle or your mismatched socks, it all starts to add up and suddenly, you feel a bit inferior. You wonder why your birthday celebration didn't involve a $7 cupcake with a perfectly placed, super-striped candle aglow.
And you start to forget that you're comparing your pre-edited camera roll to everyone else's finished snapshot.
It might stop there, but it might not. You might start focusing on the blemish, not the smile. The decor, not the home. The words, not the meaning.
Until, of course, you stop. And you reassess. And you zoom into the twinkle of an eye, rather than the wrinkle of a forehead. For me, this happened when I deleted the profile on my screen and started focusing on the one in the mirror.
Suddenly, I saw the confetti in my own life more clearly. It was in the shape of dog food strewn about the kitchen floor during a rousing game of fetch. It looked like the dusting of baby powder after my daughter's bath time. And it was scattered like the Post-It notes of my daily planner: a gentle reminder of how blessed I am to be doing work that I love.
Because for me, quitting Facebook meant no longer searching for happiness in my feed but, instead, feeding my own search for happiness. Confetti-filled or not.
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Great Apple, now here is where you can learn glazing...... put some vermiion red over the yellow, and use a dark violet for the dark part. keep your highlight. the yellow beneath the red will make it glow.
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Marsha, thank you for the tip! I will do it tomorrow and let you know what happens. Very excited to try.
Comments and critiques are welcomed and appreciated.
Marsha, I posted the glazed apple beside the original apple on the previous page. Even though I'm sure I need to improve my technique on glazing, the color is now so much prettier. Many thanks!
Hello Alex.
very inviting to eat looking apple, pleasing range of colours......leaf part especially.
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Alex. Beautiful. Now be brave and add yet another layer of red and some violet in the dark area. You will be surprised yet again.
Marsha, just checking ... Should I be wetting the surface of the apple first or just painting over it with a thin coat of the red? Thank you.
Alex both look good but glazing really makes a difference, makes it almost that we want to grab it and eat it lol..
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Love the shoes Geri love the soft color and detail work.
Alex, your apples are progressing nicely. The glazing Marsha suggested is really making it come to life. Well done.
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Karen, glad to hear you added final touches to the girl in the games pic.. Your drwg. was certainly worth it and I'm sure now it's just perfect.
Fred - fun bears!
Alex - Both apples would win a teacher's heart. Glazing does produce effects that can't be achieved otherwise, and glad you're having fun with this. Exciting!
Shreshyam - SO glad you've joined us at AD. Looking fwd. to seeing your work and hearing your thoughts about others' works. Pls. do attempt a challenge photo. I know this month is flying by already, but you can submit it late if need be. When you get a chance, please fill in your bio. info. (Edit Profile next to your sign-in name on upper right of page). Welcome!
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in answer to your question. : yes, wet it lightly if it is completely dry don't work your brush to much. you don't want to disturb the wc that was already laid down. violet has red and blue in it already so it makes for a nice shadow or darker area such as a dent or and indent. another way to do it is to lay in a light color of pigment then use a brush with water to lay along side of the color to let it spread softly outward. this method will avoid a hard line when it dries as well as give you a darker side to a lighter side of your stroke. . both ways are affective. I personally think you should consider the first one where you wet the whole apple except the highlight. good luck, I might also add.... either method you use you want to keep it lighter in the center to keep it looking rounder....
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Fred, it's so great that you reprised these paintings - they are wonderful.
Marsha, not sure I was implementing the application of violet correctly, but I love violet and the red over the yellow is luminous. Thanks again for the lessons on glazing.
Alex. good job, is this a dark picture? regarding the violet, yes, use minimally for darkening but you at least learned a little bit about glazing, now for kicks, try another apple... maybe put it next to a book....just for the teacher....
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Mali: delivering for women in the face of crisis
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Living in a tax-free state doesn't mean you aren't responsible for income taxes if you work in a bordering state.
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The online travel market in the UK is valued at more than £17bn, and half of all customers book holidays on the web, yet there is much room for improving the user experience.
Travel customers are also a fickle bunch, with low brand loyalty, so brands that can offer a great customer experience can differentiate themselves.
With this in mind, QuBit has produced a benchmark study of five of the UK's airline brands and their online performance.
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Now and again you see a website so different to the norm that you can't help but be intrigued. Lings Cars reverses perfectly in to that space.
The easy option here would be for me give the site a good going over with a usability stick, but I wouldn't be the first to do that and quite frankly I don't want to have Ling Valentine breathing now my neck and boxing me into submission....
Instead, what I want to hopefully do in this article is identify a wide range of persuasive, psychologically rooted design techniques that this website uses to a) build trust and then b) encourage you to hire.
Stay with me on this, I know when you first see the site you may well have a WTF moment and wonder how anyone would/could find their way around the site, but if you don't know already Ling shifts quite a few cars over the course of the year: £35m in 2010 in fact.
by Paul Rouke 21 February 2012 10:55am 68 comments
The press release announcing Four Season's new site states that it was "thoughtfully designed...to deliver an immersive and effortless experience tailored to every user".
But shouldn't that include disabled users?
The Four Seasons site review focusing on web usability highlighted some important shortcomings in terms of the booking process and other areas, and briefly mentioned some of the accessibility issues.
Here we take a closer look at some of these and the actions that should have been taken to truly make the site available and usable to every user.
by Chris Rourke 08 February 2012 14:20pm 3 comments
The RNIB (Royal National Institute for the Blind) has decided to sue BMI Baby over its failure to deal with the poor accessibility of its website.
This is not the first time that accusations of poor web accessibility have been levelled at an airline, and it is no surprise that travel websites are an area of focus.
by Chris Rourke 31 January 2012 11:03am 2 comments
The e-commerce market continued to grow last year, with online sales expected to reach £81bn for 2011.
I've been asking some industry experts about significant trends from last year, and what they expect to see in 2012.
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After so many 'this will be the year of mobile' predictions for previous years, 2011 can lay claim to that title, thanks to the growth of smartphone use and widespread adoption of mobile marketing.
I've compiled a selection of mobile related blog posts from this year, with a mix of stats, infographics, interviews, best practice tips and mobile site and app reviews.
by Graham Charlton 14 December 2011 14:24pm 1 comment
As a follow-up to my earlier article, Shopping basket best practice from ASOS, I've taken a look at the updated ASOS checkout experience. It includes one change which has reduced their checkout abandonment rate by 50%.
The ASOS website delivers an excellent browsing and shopping experience, and I regularly feature examples from the retailer in my e-commerce best practice training courses.
The updated checkout continues this trend, as the earlier version certainly didn't fit in well with their highly tuned shopping experience up to checkout.
This article will recap on what ASOS is doing well on its shopping basket, look at how it is handling new customer checkout, and the variety of persuasive checkout lessons we can take from them as well as identifying a few areas of improvement.
by Paul Rouke 30 November 2011 10:14am 45 comments
A third of smartphone owners have used their device to buy a product online, according to a new survey.
The study by EPiServer found that a further 26% had bought something online using an app.
The findings show that mobile commerce is becoming more important in the UK, with consumers increasingly using mobiles to engage with brands, find information and make purchases.
A majority of UK consumers (59%) now own a smartphone and 18% have a tablet device, so the market is too big to ignore for online retailers.
However, the results show that some retailers have to work on improving their mobile offering.
by David Moth 29 November 2011 10:33am 2 comments
The majority of the UK's most popular online retailers have adopted mobile commerce, with just 12 of the top 50 having no mobile commerce presence at all.
These stats show how far mobile commerce has progressed over the past year in the UK, and that many retailers have seen the potential revenues to be had from mobile.
I've been looking at some great examples of retailers on mobile, which of the top 50 have sites and apps, and why some travel brands should consider their mobile strategies.
by Graham Charlton 07 November 2011 14:59pm 9 comments
Despite the rapid growth in popularity of mobile internet use, two-thirds of companies have yet to optimise their websites for mobile.
This is one of the findings from our Conversion Rate Optimization Report, produced in association with RedEye, and based on a survey of more than 700 client-side and agency digital marketers.
It's a missed opportunity, especially for retailers, as there are enough success stories now to show that mobile can work.
by Graham Charlton 01 November 2011 11:35am 6 comments


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Have your say on proposed hospital visiting times
The hospital is proposing to limit normal ward visiting to new times of 2pm to 4pm and 6pm to 8pm. The change has been proposed to reduce the chance of infection being brought into wards by visitors and will help nursing staff spend more time with their patients and not dealing with visitors.
In recent weeks staff at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital have seen a number of visitors attend the hospital to visit loved ones whilst they the visitors were actively ill with a vomiting bug. Anyone who is ill should not visit any hospital to see relatives but wait until they are no longer sick.
Visiting times for many wards at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital have been 2pm to 8pm. The proposed change will not affect visiting to critical care or children's units, and individual arrangements would still be able to be agreed with ward staff as required.
The public are also being reminded of hospital rules about visiting that are designed to help prevent infection. Visitors should not sit on patients' beds, there should only be two visitors at a time, and visitors must make sure they clean their hands.
Director of Nursing Christine Baxter said: "Our view is that we ought to reduce our visiting times in order to help prevent infection and to help our nursing staff spend more time on direct patient care and less on dealing with visitors' needs.
We want to make sure that our patients get adequate rest and nursing staff have time to make sure patientss are fed and rested properly. It is also important that people get time to visit their loved ones and we believe this proposal can strike a better balance that meets the needs of our patients, public and our staff."
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Saturday, April 27, 2013 - Memorial Health System Granted Breast Center Accreditation
The Memorial Health System announces it has been granted three-year full accreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC). NAPBC accreditation is given only to those centers that have voluntarily committed to provide the highest quality care in breast disease diagnosis and treatment, and have demonstrated they comply with the accreditation program standards.
During the survey process, the system demonstrated compliance with the standards set forth by NAPBC for treating women needing breast health care. The standards include proficiency in the areas of: center leadership, clinical management, research, community outreach, professional education, and quality improvement. "This program raises the bar for breast health care, and sets us apart from other care providers in the region," says Scott Cantley, president and CEO of the Memorial Health System. "We are pleased and honored that the NAPBC has acknowledged our commitment to providing a comprehensive program with excellent care and advanced technology for our patients."
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