![]() ![]() Let your imagination take off and transpose your ideas into the virtual space of After Effects by generating a base form then import your objects and get wild with the effects in the shortest possible time. This particular plug-in does wonders when in the hand of true artists by adding unlimited 3D possibilities to the arsenal. With it, you can achieve your best particular work from any imported objects. The 3D support is ensured by intelligent technologies such as orthographic viewing, layer maps or shading. The Particular component of Trapcode Form brings the textured polygons to the workbench, thus highly improving the chances of you getting amazing results. Its 3D depth alongside 3D cameras and natural light generation options further help you gain the most of it. All layers in After Effects are represented as an RGBA image, including black-and-white images. Welcome to this course where you will learn how to create the energy effects that we usually see in the Hollywood movies with Adobe After Effects using a plugin called Trapcode Particular. The Shatter effect calculates the luminance threshold of each channel to create a custom shatter map. I am a self taught designer with an experience of 6 years so I understand what it takes to learn from tutorial and I have framed this course accordingly so that it’s comprehensive and easy to understanding without skipping any steps in the process Shatter calculates the 50 luminance threshold of each channel, creating an image composed of only eight colors: red, green, blue, yellow, magenta. If you purchased the old 'Explode Shape Layer' version you will get a discount equal to 50 of what you paid (since it was 'Name Your Own Price'). This course is designed in such a way that it explains all the basic concepts of the plugin and then moving forward explains all the techniques needed to create this High Quality Energy Effects. The discount will be automatically added if you are logged in to the same account. Red Giant has released Trapcode Suite 13, a major update to its set of motion graphics and VFX tools for After Effects, introducing a new plugin, Trapcode Tao, and overhauling existing tools Particular, Shine and Mir. If you have any questions or need any assistance please open a support request.
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![]() Angel Perez, Logan’s fellow Knight, has risked her life to aid the elvish race, whose peaceful, hidden realm is marked for extermination by the forces of the Void. Logan Tom, wielding the magic staff of a Knight of the Word, has a promise to keep–protecting the world’s only hope of salvation–and a score to settle with the demon that massacred his family. In fortified compounds, survivors hold the line against wandering predators, rogue militias, and hideous mutations spawned from the toxic environment, while against them all stands an enemy neither mortal nor merciful: demons and their minions bent on slaughtering and subjugating the last of humankind.īut from around the country, allies of good unite to challenge the rampaging evil. And now, The Gypsy Morph rounds out–with an adventure of unforgettably imaginative scope–the first phase of a new chapter in this classic series.Įighty years into the future, the United States is a no-man’s-land: its landscape blighted by chemical warfare, pollution, and plague its government collapsed its citizens adrift, desperate, fighting to stay alive. Armageddon’s Children and The Elves of Cintra took Brooks’s remarkable mythos to a breathtaking new level by delving deep into the history of Shannara. Then his darkly enthralling the Word and the Void trilogy revealed new depths and vistas to his mastery of epic fantasy. Its sequels earned Brooks legendary status. Terry Brooks won instant acclaim with his phenomenal New York Times bestseller The Sword of Shannara. If you have a question for him or a comment about this website, reach him at Facebook & Twitter. Shawn maintains the web presences for Terry, Naomi Novik, and David Anthony Durham, as well as writes for Suvudu and owns The Signed Page. function validate() com Webmaster This website is maintained by Shawn Speakman. October 29 – NovemLucca Comics & Games Con Lucca, Italy Website: September 2-5, 2011 Dragon*Con 2011 Hyatt Regency Atlanta 265 Peachtree Street NE Atlanta, GA 30303 Sign up for Terry’s e-mail list and receive news, updates and tour information. For right now, here is a list of confirmed appearances for 2010 and beyond: Buy a Signed Copy! OctoManzanita Writers Series Manzanita, Oregon Website: /manzanita-writers-series Note: Terry will read, discuss, and sign. More information will be posted about the tour in July 2011. For its release, Terry plans to visit Dragon*Con 2011 as Literary Guest of Honor as well as tour the New England area of the United States where he has not been in more than a decade. Terry has finished writing the sequel to Bearers of the Black Staff, titled The Measure of the Magic. It is the continuation of the Genesis of Shannara trilogy and is set 500 years after the events in The Gypsy Morph. Events earers of the Black Staff, Book One of the Legends of Shannara duology, is now published and in fine bookstores everywhere. ![]() One can tell it is one of these rare copies if they open the book and look at the publishing information page where the number line 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 (old-style Ballantine first edition number line) and a stated First Edition exist at the bottom of the page. They printed 3500 first edition/first printing hardcover copies. One of the organizations decided it wanted to honor Terry and The Sword of Shannara, but to do so the book had to be in a hardcover format. It wasn’t released as a hardcover at first, but as it climbed and stayed on the New York Times bestselling paperback list, it caught the attention of many book organizations and book clubs. Originally, The Sword of Shannara was published in 1977 in a large, softcover, trade paperack edition. The rarity of these three volumes is immense and it is due to their initial printing numbers. Collecting 1977 Hardback of The Sword of ShannaraThe Sword of Shannara, The Elfstones of Shannara and The Wishsong of Shannara are the three hardest hardcovers to find in the history of the fantasy genre.Everything listed on this page is tentative but it is also what Terry has in mind at this very moment: Letters From Terry JHoliday 2009 AugMaHoliday 2007 JHoliday 2006 Holiday 2005 The Gypsy Morph – paperback (in stores) A Landover omnibus – books 1-3 (in stores) A Landover omnibus – books 4-5 (in stores) A Princess of Landover (in stores) The World of Shannara – Revised & Updated (in stores)… The website receives many questions about what he is publishing next, so this part of the website is devoted to the future-not only concerning the next new book but what Terry’s planning on doing over the next several years. He finishes a new book at the same time as the last one is being released, so he is always one book ahead of what the readers have in their hands. It is this work ethic that helps him publish a book every year. He begins writing at six o’clock every morning, and during those moments he is not writing, he has one foot in the story. What’s Next? erry is always working on a new writing project. ![]() Ecamm Live can broadcast to any streaming service that uses RTMP streaming. He has authored 24 books on recording, music, the music business and social media.Ecamm Live is a macOS app designed to give you tremendous control over live streaming, with special capabilities for Facebook Live, YouTube Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Twitch, Restream.io, Switchboard Live, and OneStream Live. Under Creative Commons License: Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alikeīobby Owsinski is a producer/engineer, author and coach. While spontaneity might work for some, usually a bit of structure gets better results. Successful livestreams aren’t that difficult, especially if you follow the above steps. You may not need any of these features, but it’s good to know that they’re easy to get when you do. What these apps give you is the ability to insert graphics, add guests, add music and effects, play videos, and in some cases, even switch between cameras. There are many more besides these if you just do a search. OBS Studiois used by many gamers for livestreaming, but it requires a bit more technical expertise to get going. Streamyard is a good one to get started as it’s dead easy to set up and use. ![]() While you can go live using the built-in tool on your platform of choice, there are many standalone apps or sites that can give you a more professional presentation. NOTE: You can’t cross-post to Instagram or use one of the tools I’ll mention below – at least no yet. It’s now possible that you can also cross-post to multiple platforms via RTMP using an app like Restream, but the setup and cost may be more than you want to take on, at least at first. Which one do you choose? Go where your audience is first and foremost. Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok all give you the ability to go live. ![]() There are now plenty of platforms that you can livestream on. Even better, make sure you mention it at least a couple of times during the livestream – not just at the end. Make sure that the call-to-action is clear, and there’s a link easily available in the chat for them to click. Do you want them to go to Spotify to hear your new release? Do you want them to go to your website to check something out? Do you want them to go to your online store to purchase a new piece of merch? Do you want them to vote in a poll? There’s a reason why you’re livestreaming, and ultimately, it’s getting the viewer to take an action of some kind. Professional set of camera with smart mobile phone and action camera on tripod over Musician band holding the microphone singing a song and playing music instrument,Live Streaming for musical concept Tip #4: Make Sure There’s A Call-To-Action Use bullet points for the middle so you have a roadmap of where to go while still keeping it spontaneous. What I like to do is script the intro and the ending, which is just a sentence or two, so you don’t fumble too much at the most crucial points. ![]() The very beginning is most important because if you don’t capture a viewer’s attention immediately, they’ll be off to something else. Think of it as a 3 act play with a beginning, middle and end. By telling everyone how great it was, you release the FOMO for your next livestream. You might want to follow up the day after the livestream with either a replay link, or just a shoutout to those that showed up. A good strategy is to start a week out, then another announcement 3 days out, the day before, and twice the day of – once a few hours before and one 15 minutes before announcing “We’re about to start.” This means that you should set a day and time, then send an email to your list, place announcements on social media, and take advantage of any of the announcement tools that your livestream platform might have.ĭon’t just do this once though. The big key to actually getting people to your livestreams is advanced promotion. Understanding what the goal of the livestream is will be crucial to its success, so think this through first. Are you promoting your latest release? Are you announcing some new merch? Are you trying to increase your audience? Are you showing something behind the scenes that your fans would enjoy? You don’t want to go live just for the sake of having another piece of content. All it takes is a little thought beforehand, and not only will you find that you have successful livestreams, but you’ll find them less stressful than they might be now. In fact, the ones that do actually do it don’t always take advantage of the marketing opportunity. Most artists and bands create videos for their music, but many overlook the value of livestreams. A guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0. Having Twitter as a web app is handy and it works just fine. It will available in your collection of other Chrome Apps. If you don’t want to create a shortcut to it, you can still open the Twitter app directly from Chrome. Users/YourUsername/Applications/Chrome Apps.localized/Twitter.app If you close the folder too quick and want to reopen it, open Finder, click Go > Go To Folder and then copy/paste the path below, replacing YourUsername with your username, into the box and click Go. So you can drag it or create an alias and drag that to your desktop or Dock as a shortcut if you like. In addition, the folder should open that now contains the Twitter app. If you put your cursor over it, you’ll see the label, “Install Twitter” which is exactly what you want to do, right?Ĭlick the plus sign and then click Install in the small pop-up window.īoom! Twitter should open right up in its own window for you. In the address bar of your browser, you should see a plus sign on the right. So, just open up the browser, head to Twitter, and log in. Install Twitter as a Progressive Web AppĬurrently, you’ll need to use a Chromium browser like Chrome or Brave. Being delivered through the web, it can run on any platform, work offline, and provide features similar to a downloadable app from the App Store.Īs with other cross-platform solutions, the goal is to help developers build cross-platform apps more easily than they would with native apps.Ī PWA is said to be responsive, faster after loading, installable without the App Store, and work and feel like any other app. Without going into too much detail, a Progressive Web App (PWA) is an application that you can run from your browser. This exact same technique can also be used the same thing with Twitter. ![]() Recently iDB told you about how you can install as a Progressive Web App on macOS. The secret is to turn Twitter into a Progressive Web App. Without resorting to a third-party app, you can use the Twitter web interface in app form with a few quick clicks. ![]() That’s left the app a bit un-Mac-like and rough around the edges. Twitter has released an update to its Twitter for Mac app that lets users set timelines to automatically stream new tweets, effectively removing the need to manual refresh. Twitter’s new Mac app was built using Catalyst, an Apple technology that makes it easy for developers to bring iPad apps to the Mac instead. Want the Twitter web experience but in app form? Here’s how to install Twitter as a web app on your Mac. Twitter has a new Mac app, but it isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. A number of reports on Twitter have started to surface about this issue, while 9to5Mac has also confirmed it. ![]() ![]() Torch Music - A free music player right in your browser Best of all your friends who browser with Torch can see your design on your Facebook profile page. You can also choose one of beautiful themes. With Facelift you can personalize your Facebook by changing the background, fonts, colors and more. Want your Facebook to fit your style? 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Being a positively buoyant helmet, the neck-ring has a jock-strap attached.I imported this to the UK several years ago for my personal collection, but I am running out of space, so this has to go, unfortunately. While he didnt dive into the details of the story, Nomura did state that the. purple, bubbles, HD wallpaper 1620x2880px Diving in tones, Anxo, Women, animals. Some of these helmets were fitted to a 12-bolt corselet, but this model has a neck-ring & neck-dam assembly which is locked to the helmet by a bayonet fixing. As such, it is the successor to the "standard dress" helmets such as the US Mark-5 or the British Siebe Gorman.The AH2 has been developed into the AH5 helmet, which is now built by Divex. On more recent models the helmet shell and the mask were integrated again, creating the DMC-7 helmet. The helmet shell was simply added to the bandmask with 12 screws and it became a 'helmet' again. This type of helmet is preferred over demand-flow helmets for heavy work when the diver is breathing hard or for cold or contaminated water. These hats were first made in 1974 based on the DM-5 bandmask. ![]() The AH1 was not a commercial model and so the AH2 represents the first helmet by this manufacturer and so is of historical significance.The AH2 is a free-flow helmet that delivers a high flow of gas to the diver. changing led aquarium light colorful gradient aquarium light diving light. General Aquadyne AH2 diving helmet.The AH2 (Air Helmet 2) helmet was built by General Aquadyne in Santa Barbara, California from 1969. bhy pet dog hat baseball cap sports windproof travel sun hats for puppy. ![]() Give your mind at least ten minutes between every listening to relax. You can always listen to some more later!īoosters are also an excellent way to speed up your results. I definitely recommend reading the full description before jumping in, and also try not to tire your brain too much at first. My favorite subliminals come from YouTube videos, mainly because the channels I like to watch use great relaxing music it’s perfect for studying, relaxing and multitasking. YOUTUBE SUBLIMINALS: HOW TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THEM? Watch out for troll comments out there, though. There are some blog posts and a lot of YouTube videos that document the effectiveness of said subliminals and also show proof. ![]() Yes, people can actually get results from these! It will sound a bit cliché, but being open-minded and have a generally positive attitude towards it will help you make huge progresses. The same way, the effectiveness of subliminals is entirely up to you. Take tribe healers, for example: they used chanting and humming to heal people or try to make something happen, like a particular weather condition.Įverybody is different: some people take longer time to heal from a cold for example, but someone may take only a day or two. In contrast to subliminals, frequencies act more on your energy levels rather than your subconscious. They are said to be equally effective, though. They are measured in Hertz (Hz).Īs opposed to subliminal affirmations, frequencies are not messages, but vibrations. Wikipedia states that “when speaking about the frequency (in singular) of a sound, it means the property that most determines pitch”. These hidden positive affirmations fall directly into the deepest pits of our mind, that will accept those informations as true. The term is mostly used in advertising, but is also pretty common to hear it in our everyday lives.īypassing the conscious mind, subliminals “get straight to the point”: our subconscious. Subliminals are specifically created below the normal limits of human auditory or visual perception. Subliminal affirmations are messages (visual or auditory) that bypass our conscious mind and get directly to our subconscious. What are subliminal messages? Can they actually affect our lives? Are frequencies and subliminal messages connected? That’s more or less the topic of this post. Pretty clever and kind of dark, isn’t it? The most accredited theory is that they wanted to maintain the success of their business by subconsciously induce parents to have more children. Whether you have kids or just want to take a trip down memory lane, they are always a good choice.ĭid you know that the Walt Disney team made sure to insert a couple of subliminal messages in every motion picture they produced? There are some pretty deep ones that also involve the Illuminati, but most of them share a somewhat sexual background. ![]() Practicing absolutism, oppression, duress, levies, and the utmost decadence from self-interest, the people of the kingdom lamented the change, and even the gods were perplexed at the extent of the expected transformation. Enkidu was forced to admit that the gods had been correct as he watched the boy grow into a young man. There could be no flaw that required correction, and the only problem was that he did not submit to the gods even if he did respect them. During his childhood, he loved the gods instead of humanity, but the gods created Enkidu at that time to punish the arrogant king.Įnkidu observed the young Gilgamesh, but could not understand the need to punish such an amiable, ideal king who was praised and lauded by his infatuated subjects. He was to be the ultimate neutral party able to discern their respective failings, adjudicating from their respective positions. He was a being embodying the two life sets of life forms, with the blood of those who had ruled and the blood of those who would rule from thereon. He was sent to ensure the humans and bind the earth slowly leaving the Age of Gods. īorn with a body that was of the highest grade by mortal standards and knowledge reaching truth, Gilgamesh was born, designed, as king and the Wedge of Heaven to connect the rising humans and the fading gods. Though there are numerous kings with titles such as the King of Knights or the King of Conquerors, he is the only one in all of heaven and earth crowned with the title of "King of All Heroes." Early years īefore his birth, his father, Lugalbanda, made a deal with Sefar, in order to be spared, allowing Gilgamesh to be born. The heroes of various myths are derived from his legend, so his Gate of Babylon possesses all of their Noble Phantasms. He is mankind's oldest hero, the origin of all myths and model on which heroes are based, so his story is copied within the mythologies of all the countries of the world. His title, King of Heroes, is not meant to call him a king who is a hero, but instead implies that he is the king over all heroes. He was the King of Heroes (英雄王, Eiyū-Ō ?) who possessed all things in the world, whose tale is recorded in mankind's oldest epic poem, the Epic of Gilgamesh WP which portrays Gilgamesh as a hero, destined to be king and achieve great feats, who is driven to meet his destiny, facing challenges together with his best friend Enkidu. He is not merely a legend, and is said to have actually existed and ruled during the Sumer Dynasty WP five thousand years ago. He was a despot WP possessing high divinity who believed he was invincible. He was an ultimate, transcendent being so divine as to be two-thirds god and one-third human, and no others in the world could match him. He ruled the Sumerian WP city-state WP of Uruk, the capital city of ancient Mesopotamia WP in the B.C. The great half-god, half-human King of Heroes born from the union between the King of Uruk, Lugalbanda, and goddess Rimat-Ninsun WP. ![]() Simulationcraft – export simc strings for raidbots. Constantly scans the surrounding area and calls out any rare spawns in the vicinity. This will be important if you want to run max yield Mythic+ dungeons and is the measuring stick for player ability (for better or worse). Tracks your raid and Mythic+ progression and assigns you a score. While ElvUI will show you cast bars for all units, I find it particularly useful to have an enlarged cast bar in the middle of my screen for my target. Simple quality of life addon which standardizes cooldown text across the board. This is great for reducing noise/clutter on screen and only showing what’s important to you. Groups floating combat text and and allows you to style it how you like. MikScrollingBattleText – floating combat text styling. Note: The Oribos notes are particularly useful as we learn our new hub for Shadowlands. This also works nicely with TomCat’s Tours. There are many different addons, so just browse through and choose the ones you find most useful. Support for adding notes to the world map. Simple addon that yells at you when you are standing in fire. A full UI suite to modernize the design and experience of the WoW UI. Advanced users can leverage some of the heavier charting and logs to really dig into the encounter to min/max.ĮlvUI – modern UI overhaul. Traditional damage meter showing output for the group. There are addons for each expansion and other content, so just install those you’ll use.ĭetails! Damage Meter – performance output charts. Adds useful information to the Mythic+ timer and some other helpful quality of life additions.ĭeadly Boss Mods – dungeon & raid encounter mechanics timers. This addon was a complete game changer for me in how I played WoW.Īngry Keystones – mythic+ information tracker. Shows the items, achievements, quests, etc you have yet to acquire or complete. There’s also a Shadowlands filter to sort Anima, Conduits, and Legendaries!ĪLL THE THINGS – completion tracking. You can also add custom filters to tweak sorting to your liking. ![]() Categorizes your inventory, instead of sorting by bags. ![]() I recommend using the WowUp addon management tool to install and keep addons up to date.ĪdiBags – inventory management. The goal with this guide is to provide you the list of addons I personally use to improve my Warcraft experience. At the end of the day, WoW is a better game because of the addons its community creates. Not only do addons improve the visual design of the UI, but they also supplement gaps in the user experience. One of World of Warcraft’s strongest assets is the community building addons which dramatically improve the experience of the game. ![]() ![]() While it is important to try to course correct and remedy past mistakes, the creators chose the easy way out when writing Flora in and did not attempt to properly treat the issue, but instead covered it with a bandage and called it fixed. It seems the creators focused on the wrong things when building the latest installment. While an effort to fix the missteps of season one was made, season two of Fate: The Winx Saga failed to get to the root of these problems. But Flora is not extended the same opportunity, leaving her future in the series on shaky ground. Unsurprisingly, Musa gets her magic back. In Season 2, Musa temporarily loses her magic, leading the administration to attempt to kick her out of Alfea. And cutting her out is not a far-fetched idea. This does portray Flora as a hero, but it also singles her out of the group and provides a quick exit, should the writers decide to cut her out of the show. In an act of sacrifice, Flora takes on all the scrapers to distract them from Bloom's attack and gets her magic drained away. What's worse is that by the end of the season, Flora's powers are taken away. Even if Terra is not Flora and Flora is being accurately portrayed, Chávez still didn't get nearly the same exposure as the other Winx girls. Salt having the screen time of two seasons (so far), while Chávez only has the one in her belt is a huge example of giving roles meant for BIPOC to White actors. But the win was indeed small, as Flora's addition to the show felt a bit too little too late. ![]() This allowed for Flora to be properly portrayed. Actress Paulina Chávez was tasked with taking her on, which did feel like a small, yet important win, as Chávez is Latina. Terra even mentions her cousin Flora in passing during Season 1.Ĭome Season 2, and we finally get to see Flora. When creators heard this, they were quick to respond by saying Terra was a new character entirely and not a replacement for Flora. Flora is notably Latina in Winx Club (in this case based on Jennifer Lopez), making many fans believe the character had been completely whitewashed. ![]() Eliot Salt, a white woman, was cast in the role. However, the issue was not a name change. When first introduced to viewers as the show's main earth fairy, many thought her to be a new version of Flora, the earth fairy from the original series. Terra, on the other hand, is a different story. Musa was not recast for Season 2, even though other major characters were, leading to further controversy. Not only is this misrepresenting a key character and taking a role away from an Asian actress, but it is also fueling white beauty standards, inadvertently telling viewers that even if one is a person of color, it is better to look as ambiguous and as white as possible. Creators appear to have relied on her "ethnic ambiguity" to try to cover their backs, but one quick Google search will tell you that Applebaum is not East Asian. Applebaum's casting stirred up a lot of negative buzz because, although she is mixed race, she does not share Musa's East Asian heritage, especially since Winx Club creator Ignio Straffi has stated that Musa is physically based on the Asian-American Lucy Liu. Musa, originally a music fairy with a rich background steeped in East Asian tradition, is played by Elisha Applebaum in Fate. The greatest outcry came in the form of protests over the characters of Musa and Terra. Season 1 issues were crowned by its misrepresentation of BIPOC. Season 2 tried to repair this by casting Paulina Chávez as Flora, but Chávez's limited screen time and easily-removable storyline loom over this small victory. Fate did not stay true to this, whitewashing several main characters and disregarding the representation that so many fans saw themselves in the original series. More importantly, however, the members of Winx Club were more diverse, Each had a deep backstory and specific characterizations. The Winx girls were always spearheading fairy fashion, and the pieces chosen for Fate did not live up to that of their predecessor. Season 1 saw lots of controversy when it was released due to several factors.įans of the show's source material, Winx Club, a colorful, animated children's show originally produced in Italy, took issue with the dark production design and outdated, unfashionable costuming. And while there were certain success in improvements to the show, poor choices continued to be made when it came to issues of proper representation of BIPOC. The Netflix series Fate: The Winx Saga returned for its sophomore season earlier this month, hoping to shed the bad press Season 1 brought by making some much-needed changes. Editor's Note: The following article contains spoilers for Fate: The Winx Saga Season 2. |
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