Canon EOS 5D Mark II .MOV files and VLC Media Player

If you use VLC Media Player to view HD videos recorded with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and the playback is jerky, then this may fix your problem (works for me and many others judging by feedback in various forums):

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H.264/MPEG-4 AVC playback is too slow

You can speed up the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC playback by disabling loop filter for H.264 decoding. To do this go to Tools -> Preferences... (set Show Settings to All) and Input / Codecs -> Other codecs -> FFmpeg and in the drop-down box for Skip the loop filter for H.264 decoding change it to All. Remember to press Save to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.

Wonderful photographer - afashionshooter

Love this photographers work, simply stunning.

Click here to visit www.afashionshooter.com

Oh, and here is more of his work...

A better bounce card

The classic better bounce card by Peter Gregg...



- Youtube link

Studio lighting tutorial for Maya 2009

If you use Maya and have an interest in replicating studio lighting, check this out:

http://www.sohipitmhz.com/tutorials/studio-lighting/

Cool CGI Artist

Just a quickie, stumbled across Dan Platt's website today - awesome Maya work. He's worked on movies, including i-Robot.

http://www.danplatt.com

Plogger - PHP gallery system

Quote taken from the website:
"Plogger is the next generation in open-source photo gallery systems. A web application not bloated with superfluous features or complicated configuration settings. Plogger is a simple yet powerful tool — everything you need to share your images with the world. Plogger is your photos integrated into your website, a fully featured photo sharing package with an attractive and easy to use administrative interface that makes managing your galleries a breeze. Integrating our gallery software into your website is as easy as inserting three lines of PHP code. And did we mention the price? Absolutely Free. Plogger requires a server setup with at least MySQL v3.23, GD1.0, and PHP4."

Visit their website to download Plogger and learn more:
http://www.plogger.org/

3D architectural scenes to learn from

If you're an avid 3D Studio Max user, along with V-Ray, you may find this learning material useful. This product provides you with 10 ready to render architectural scenes which, judging by the images on the website, look brilliant. It's called Archinteriors Vol. 1 and it comes from Evermotion. At the time of writing it costs 120 Euro plus shipping.

Click here to visit the website and learn more.

CSS Menu Generator

A handy online CSS menu generator with loads of samples and code for you to play with.

Click here to visit CSS Menu Maker

Samantha Buxton - Glamour model

Based in the UK, Samantha Buxton is a gorgeous glamour model. Whilst going through some photography websites I stumbled across her profile. Would love to work with her one day...

Visit her website here

Cool iPhone wallpapers

I stumbled across these wondeful wallpapers for the iPhone, enjoy:

View wallpapers

Adobe Flash email links

When invoking an email link from within Flash (using the getURLmailto:email@somewhere.com) you may find that Internet Explorer opens a new blank window. This doesn't happen in Firefox. To resolve this issue simply remove the target parameter, see below.

ActionScript code before:
on(release){
getURL("mailto:springheadpark@cpplc.com","_blank");
}

ActionScript code after:
on(release){
getURL("mailto:springheadpark@cpplc.com");
}

IE 6 PNG fix

For those of you out there still developing for IE6 (eek!) then this may help with providing PNG support. The cool thing about this implementation is that it supports background-repeat and background-position in CSS.

Here's the link:
http://www.dillerdesign.com/experiment/DD_belatedPNG/

New content added to my iStockphoto portfolio

New business orientated photographs have been added to my iStockphoto portfolio. If you are after some low cost quality stock photos, please check it out.

Click here to visit my portfolio on iStockphoto.com

Lightbox alternatives

For anyone that's used the excellent Lightbox image viewer script, here is a link to many alternative versions. Enjoy.

View website

Canon EOS 40D firmware update released

Canon has released firmware v1.0.8 for the excellent Canon EOS 40D DSLR.

"This firmware update (Version 1.0.8) incorporates the following improvements and fixes.

1. Fixes a phenomenon in which Image Stabilization operation emits a sound when certain buttons are pressed, with the EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS lens attached to the camera.
2. Fixes a phenomenon in which the Image Stabilization operation emits a sound from the lens when IS lenses are attached to the camera.
3. Fixes a phenomenon in which a part of the image looks unnatural when reviewed on the LCD.
4. Corrects errors in the Spanish and Norwegian menu screens."

[Get the firmware here]