Pictures displayed on a computer screen
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Keeping the GIMP tool bar on top?
I've seen a lot of discussion about this through googling, but found no answers. In GIMP for Mac, I just want to keep all the dialog windows above my main document window. Is it possible?
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5answers
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3ds Max alternative for Mac
Is there a good alternative to Autodesk's 3D modeling software 3ds Max that works on a Mac?
I like 3ds Max because it's very powerful and easy to use for someone who is not an expert in 3D modeling.
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1answer
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How do I draw an arrow in Acorn?
Yes, I know Acorn isn't Visio, but still let me ask the question:
How can you draw an arrow with Acorn?
I am talking about the kind of arrows that Skitch or Jing would draw, and that you typically ...
4
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1answer
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Striped Macbook mouse pointer
For a few months my Macbook (white, 1.83Ghz Core Duo, OS 10.6.recent) has been showing the mouse pointer in a strange way. It's as if alternating vertical rows of the pixels making up the pointer are ...
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1answer
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MacBook Pro (6,2 - Mid 2010) Crashes During Graphics Acceleration
Ever since upgrading to 10.6.5 my MacBook pro seems to crash when graphic acceleration. The screen will go black and if audio is playing it will start to skip like a broken record.
This occurs when ...
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2answers
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Fake rectangle/window visible under some windows
tricky question here.
I don't know how long this has been going on, but I noticed it only recently. My semi-transparent windows have a “fake” square/window beneath them, which is visible (it also ...
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1answer
641 views
Uploading pictures on iPhone to Facebook application doesn't work
Trying to upload picture from my iPhone to Facebook. In Facebook app, when I choose a picture and select 'Upload' I should see progress bar as picture uploads. Instead when I press 'Upload' the ...
2
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1answer
192 views
Change background based on location/wifi?
Does anyone know if an application that can change the background of the desktop to a different set of images based on your location?
I am thinking about writing an AppleScript to do this, but if ...
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1answer
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Tool to find duplicate images in a directory structure
I'm searching for an application to find duplicate images.
In my Linux days, there was a nice Gtk+ application which I could provide some folders and which would list all duplicate images based on ...
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2answers
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How can I stop my device open being reset to iPhoto
When I plug in my Camera (Toshiba Camileo H20), it always opens in iPhoto. Because I want a little more control over the import process, I would like Image Capture to be the default app for it.
When ...
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3answers
439 views
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3answers
114 views
Use the power of the graphic card on a MacBook?
Is there a way to use the processor of the graphic card on a new MacBook Pro to do some long and repetitive calculations?
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1answer
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What does a CUDA driver do?
I've heard talk of installing a CUDA driver for the new unibody mac (Nvidia 330M) to possibly resolve graphics problems (though it seems it actually doesn't do so). I'm not having problems but I was ...
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2answers
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Decreasing Image Size with Minimal Quality Loss?
I have a few scanned in images of some some pages that I need to digitise. They're each roughly around 5.1MB with 600 DPI, but I can't really afford to have scans so large because I only have around ...
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1answer
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Mac Pro (5,1 - Mid 2010) + Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter + DVI Monitor = blank LCD
I just received a new 2.8 Ghz Mac Pro with an ATI 5770. I have one LCD connected to the DVI port which is working fine. I have another DVI LCD connected over a mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter to one ...
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4answers
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Where does OS X store the profile photo it takes when you first create an account?
When you first create your OS X login account it takes a picture of you. Where does that picture get stored? I can't find it in ~/Pictures or ~/Library.
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3answers
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What does no chime on boot mean?
My MacBook Pro is having some issues. It boots. But the graphics card doesn't get detected. You can remote in to it but looking at the Displays dialog in System Preferences, no graphics card is shown:
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1answer
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Software to A) merge two faces into one and B) morph one into another for Mac?
I'm looking for a program (or programs) that will allow me to do two things:
Create a video of one photo of a face morphing into another photo of a face. (This requires tagging the matched elements ...
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5answers
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Is there any way to upload a screenshot from an ipad to this site (or other StackExchange sites)?
So I capture a screenshot with my handy "[HOME]-[POWER]" combo, and draw freehand arrows on it in Adobe Ideas (because I like their line smoothing) to highlight my problem, but:
I can't find any way ...
