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Hello Friends, If money is key then Intel's Pentium G640 is a good place to start. It only offers 2 cores (and no support for Hyper-Threading), but for under £50 you'll get more than enough power for most tasks, and because it requires a standard LGA1155 socket you'll easily be able to slot in something faster later, should it be necessary. But AMD's new A-Series processors have some interesting plus points, in particular the supercharged integrated graphics. If you'd like to be able to play modern games on a real budget then they may be worth the wait. Best Regards Steven Arnold esgninc

Hello Friends, If money is key then Intel's Pentium G640 is a good place to start. It only offers 2 cores (and no support for Hyper-Threading), but for under £50 you'll get more than enough power for most tasks, and because it requires a standard LGA1155 socket you'll easily be able to slot in something faster later, should it be necessary. But AMD's new A-Series processors have some interesting plus points, in particular the supercharged integrated graphics. If you'd like to be able to play modern games on a real budget then they may be worth the wait. Best Regards Steven Arnold Hp Proliant Ml370

Hello Friends, Animating a mask is similar to animating anything else in AE...you just need to turn on keyframing for the mask shape (using the stopwatch icon next to the mask shape property). Once you have done this you can go to a different point on your timeline and change the shape of the mask by moving it's points. AE will blend smoothly from one shape to the next. Smart Mask Interpolation provides a high level of control for creating mask path keyframes and smooth, realistic animation. After you select the mask path keyframes to interpolate, Smart Mask Interpolation creates intermediate keyframes based on settings you provide. The Info panel displays the progress of the interpolation and the number of keyframes created. 1. Choose Window > Mask Interpolation. 2. Select at least two adjacent mask path keyframes. 3. Set options in the Mask Interpolation panel, and then click Apply. Best Regards Steven Arnold

Hello Friends, The purpose of rendering out multiple passes is that it allows you to tweak all aspects of an image such as global illumination, direct light, diffuse, reflection, specular etc. These passes can then be compiled together in Adobe Photoshop. The whole process of saving out the different render passes may seem like an extra task within your workflow but it will save you a lot of time, especially if you wish to reduce the reflection of a material or change the colour of an object. Without render passes you would result in rendering the image again and that is not the best way to go if you have a deadline looming. V-Ray supports the 3ds Max Render elements interface since version 1.48. Note however, that V-Ray provides its own render elements and does not support the standard ones implemented in 3ds Max. Standard 3ds Max render elements will not work with V-Ray and vice-versa. Best Regards Steven Arnold

Hello Friends, Been running Sonar 6 PE and numerous soft synths on a Dell Inspiron 9100 (P4 2.8 GHz) laptop with 1 GB RAM and 800 MHz FSB. Works pretty well, but has serious limits to the number of synths, effects, etc., I can use before doing lots of creative "bouncing." I use the laptop for everything--DAW, Internet, CAD, Programming, Web, Photoshop, DTP, etc. Generally, I'm really surprised Sonar has been so stable considering the numerous hard hitting applications I have installed. I use Sonar and Project 5 as a hobby; I'm not a music/sound professional. But, for my electrical engineering degree and carerr I need something more than the old P4 can give. I am expecting a Dell Precision 690 Workstation next week. I picked the Woodcrest 5140 Xeon 2.33 GHz w/1333 MHz FSB (only one dual-core CPU at this time as money is tight). I ordered 2 GB of RAM (hoped for 4 GB but chose the better processor which cost an extra $260). The Operating System will be Windows XP Professional SP2, the same as on the laptop. For audio, since I was buying everything through Dell (I know the lectures; it's where my account was through school and I'm generally happy if I rid myself of all the crap), I picked what I considered the best of the lot: An M-Audio Audiophile 192. For the laptop, I'm using an Echo Indigio I/O (hi, Susan!). I picked the Audiophile mainly due to (1) the ASIO driver support and (2) the S/N and dynamic range specs (better than the other M-Audio stuff listed [Delte 44, 1010LT, etc.]). I have an external 7200 RPM 160 GB HDD that I can use for my cakewalk projects, multisamples, etc., as I've read that having a second drive is preferred for that. In time, I'd like to add a second, internal, 250 GB HDD and have a Linux dual-boot configuration. For now, it's just the one 250 GB internal and 160 GB external drives. Oh, video is the nVidia FX550 if that makes a difference (not to much 3D requirement here so it seemed the minimum solution). Since my OS is XP Pro SP2, I have a lot of "administrative" and security-type options. Since I have a rather large (compared to my laptop) HDD, I'd like to create various user profiles for things like DAW, Engineering, Internet, etc., to try and separate my multi-purpose machine. The big question is: does creating the various user accounts really prevent a lot of junk from creeping into the OS? From my experience, it looks like it's just a bunch of personal settings and a My Documents type folder structure that's created (I hate the My this and My that folders and don't use them). From a performance standpoint, does anyone know if it's possible to have various "OS" configurations with one license of XP Pro? Of course, any advice is always welcome as I'm pretty new to computer administration stuff. Thanks and Regards Steven Arnold

Hello Friends, Chipmaker Intel will take the wraps off its Intel Sandy Bridge ES Xeons later today, so here we look at the difference between the firm's ultra high-end Core i7-3960X and a pair of Xeon E5-2670 processors. The Xeon E5 2670 we tested has a TDP of 115W, the top end of Intel's Xeon E5 power usage range. Although the Core i7-3960X has a TDP of 130W, it is used in single processor configurations. For the purpose of this comparison we will ignore the overclocking ability of the Core i7-3960X despite its unlocked multiplier, because we simply cannot say with any statistical accuracy whether the overclockability of one chip is representative of a batch. Best Regards Steven Arnold

Hello Friends, A Graphics card is used to display better pictures and overall performance to the pc. They help games look and play better and give better resolution. A graphics card is a plug in card used to replace or update the normal video in the pc. The types are as follows, PCI, AGP, PCI-E( PCI- express) and as of now they are the best to use with new systems. We usually use graphic cards to make our overall gaming experience better, and or video editing , authoring. Also a graphics card has it's own ram(memory) which it will use in place of taking the pc's ram. making your pc run faster and better. Without a graphics card, you would be using on board or intergraded graphics. intergraded graphics share the pc's ram, Leaving you with less ram to perform all your day to day activities. A graphics card will help your computer work faster and better. Graphics cards do not effect any discs at all. all your discs will work the same with or without a graphics card. Thanks and Regards Steven Arnold

Hello Friends, This happens at random time, mostly when i am on youtube. The screen turns black for 2 seconds and then goes back to normal. Then a notification pops up at the bottom right that says, "Display Driver has stopped responding and has recovered. Display driver Intel Graphics Accelerator Drivers for Windows XP ® stopped responding and has successfully recovered." After this my computer is screwed up and sometime I have to restart it. I'm suspecting it's because the Drivers are for windows XP and I have Windows 7. I have updated all the Drivers I think so i do not know why they are still for XP. Any help guys? Thanks In Advance. Steven Arnold

Hello Friends, AutoDesk products do not work with Mac unless using bootcamp or some other windows emulator. All-in-one (AIO) PCs are not supposed to be masters of all things, they are slimline entertainment boxes. We all know that they are usually weak in the processor and more importantly the graphics department, but that doesn't mean they need to hide from the limelight. This all-in-one proudly struts its credentials, this is a 23-inch entertainment system that boasts a 1080p resolution and a Nvidia 3D-ready screen with Blu-ray 3D support. There is absolutely no reason to get a Mac in order to run Autodesk products. Thanks And Regards Steven Arnold

Hello to all members, A little about myself; My name is Steven Arnold. It's nice to be a member of this forum. So I guess I'll find it and say Hi to everyone and thanks for allowing me in to the forum. And I am very happy to be a part of this community. I have a special interested in Computer hardware. I hope all members are suggested and cooperate me in my mission. Thanks and Best Regards. Steven Arnold