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  • Hisham Attia

    April 14, 2013 at 1:36 am in reply to: Vector Masks from Type?

    Photoshop is a bitmap app, therefore, you may lose some ‘crispy-ness’ eventually. You may want to try Illustrator, as it has the feature you want and then import into Photoshop, or use one of the appropriate selection method to choose the type, apply a stroke, then reselect the selection and remove. Not sure, if the result will be what you are exactly after, as it will also depend on the contrast level of the image. You can also use the layer masks as you suggested and refine them using mask options. Hope this is somehow helpful.

    Cheers
    Hisham

  • Hisham Attia

    March 31, 2013 at 12:20 am in reply to: image mask?

    Also just be sure that the image is large enough to suit your aspect ratio, you don’t really want to scale things too much. In Photoshop you also choose some light bevelling to create a realistic look when embedding in back in FCP.

    Cheers
    Hisham

  • Hisham Attia

    February 27, 2013 at 9:02 am in reply to: Skimming question

    What you can do is always have a finger on the S button for quick toggles.

    Cheers
    Hisham

  • Hisham Attia

    February 23, 2013 at 12:26 am in reply to: Sllooooowwww Payers

    Hi Tom,
    here are some tips for now and the future.

  • ensure that they have a ‘purchase order’ on you. Don’t do anything without it.
  • the PO normally states the payment terms. If not, then indicate the payment terms on your invoice.
  • Add in the terms a penalty for ‘unreasonable’ late payment. No small print!
  • Ensure your bank details and payment options are clearly stated on your invoice.
  • Send reminders – don’t call – written reminders and keep copies.
  • Indicate a last reminder before ‘the penalty for late payment’ applies
  • Seek legal advice what to do in just cases, as the law in different states and territories differ.
  • Be prepared to request compensation for losses occur for late payments in a court of law. Ask a legal counsel!
  • Don’t be afraid, if it is a council, a government or a lawyer’s office. If you have done work and you can prove all the terms & conditions everyone agreed to, then no one should be above the law. But do check the T&C, as sometimes clients, incl. government agencies, hide them to have services offered and provided
  • Good luck and keep us posted.

    Cheers
    Hisham

  • Hisham Attia

    February 16, 2013 at 9:10 am in reply to: Upgrading system disk to SSD?

    I have a 250GB SSD and it is sufficient for what I need. Surely, depending on how much data and how many applications you are storing locally. My memory eating data are all stored externally, these are photos, music and videos, my documents and files are stored on the SSD. And with 250GB, I am getting along well.

    Cheers
    Hisham

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