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Conde nast gawker1/1/2024 ![]() Over the course of the last few weeks, I have spent countless secondsentire minutes, evenin. © 2016 The Author(s) (Published by SAGE Publications). I have successfully infiltrated the Conde Nast cafeteria. Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Investigating the discourse generated by this critical incident is important because it identifies where journalists and readers draw the boundaries of legitimate journalism, specifies the place of ethics in boundary discourse, and informs journalistic practice about the phenomenon of outing in the news. Guided by the frameworks of boundary work and field theory, this study analyzed 65 news articles and 2203 online comments and found that journalists and audiences problematized Gawker’s identity as a journalistic organization and evaluated the article based on traditional standards of newsworthiness, audiences asserted their role in journalism’s larger interpretive community, and that the larger interpretive community assessed the article based on the ethics of outing. The popular blog eventually removed the article following condemnation from readers and other journalists. Gawker ignited a controversy when it published an article about a married Conde Nast executive who allegedly sought the services of a gay escort. The facts pretty much speak for themselves, though: While theres been a 24 percent drop. Out of bounds? How Gawker’s outing a married man fits into the boundaries of journalism. Condé Nast is 'having the worst year of any publisher,' or so a 'rival executive' tells Keith Kelly today. Out of bounds? How Gawker’s outing a married man fits into the boundaries of journalism
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Luminar neo background replacement1/1/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() The simplicity of the workspace is refreshing. Add AI image enhancement, and you have a unique photo editing app. There is RAW support for thousands of cameras, layer support, lens correction, clone tools, and batch processing. This can make it difficult for photographers with a large volume of photos to use it.Īpart from this, Luminar Neo provides all the features we expect with modern editing software. The main weakness of Luminar Neo is that the organizational tools are basic. With this approach, some important features tend to fall through the gaps. This is seen in their AI masking and other creative functions. Instead of finer levels of control, they provide broader features that are changing how we approach photo editing. Skylum approaches its software differently than the industry leader, Adobe Lightroom. But it is impressive how many advanced manipulations it can perform at the click of a button. It cannot perform some advanced manipulations that you can find in Adobe Photoshop. This includes upscaling and stitching for panoramas or focus-stacked images. There are also several options to support the final photographic file. It provides an organizational platform as well as a great number of edits. Luminar Neo is a program that can support almost all your needs in photographic post-processing. If you buy a product through one of our referral links we will earn a commission (without costing you anything). And on top of all this, the software is available for a great price! You can either pay a low monthly cost or buy a perpetual license. ![]() This shows they are committed to providing the best service they can. Skylum also tends to match its development to the response it gets from users. Knowing that software is being consistently checked on and updated is reassuring. You will find that particular functions get refined, and new features get added almost quarterly. A wide range of functions focuses on adding elements to your image that completely change a photo’s atmosphere.įunctions range from adding sunbeams to completely changing the sky! There are even plenty of portrait options that can completely change the face of your model.Īnother strength of Luminar Neo is that the Skylum team constantly updates the software. The program particularly helps photographers who want to get creative with their images. It benefits portraiture to landscape and everything in between. Its wide range of functions suits a wide spectrum of photographic genres. But Luminar Neo manages to provide detailed results regardless. With this reduction of input from the user, you would think it sacrifices accuracy. These methods are often applied with a few clicks or just a simple slider. Luminar Neo is a non-destructive RAW processing program featuring many methods to apply advanced edits to your photos. And their developers have kept this ethos at the forefront of Luminar’s functions. This has been a common thread throughout Skylum software development. Luminar Neo Review: Key Benefits and FeaturesĪt the heart of Luminar Neo is software that prides itself on its ease of use. And we’ll see if it performs up to the photographic standards we are used to as photographers and photo editors. We’ll explore everything from its RAW processing to its most advanced features. Let’s now dive deeper into this software. Combine this approach with advanced functions, and you get photo software that feels like the future of photo editing! Skylum simplified its processes, targeting photographers unrehearsed in photo editing. The modular functionality and workspace of Luminar Neo are the app’s standout aspects. This new software provides layered editing, AI masking, and much more. Then, Luminar Neo launched in 2022, providing a big step up for Skylum. The first Luminar software was launched in 2016 as an alternative to Adobe Lightroom. Their popular Aurora HDR targeted High Dynamic Range (HDR) processing and editing. Previously, Skylum released its software as a single-function app. These help shape your photographs into your intended vision without Photoshop. On top of these expected features, Luminar Neo boasts a wide range of AI (artificial intelligence) functions. It provides RAW processing, organizational tools, and basic and advanced adjustments. This photo editing app is a one-stop shop for any photographer. Luminar Neo is Skylum’s flagship software, encompassing all its programs in a single application.
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Richard warns Lara to destroy all of his research, but she ignores his warnings so that she can investigate further. There she finds a pre-recorded video message from Richard detailing his research into Himiko, the mythical Queen of Yamatai who was said to command the power over life and death. Lara reluctantly accepts and gains access to a secret chamber in her father's tomb. After never claiming her inheritance for many years, believing her father to still be alive, Miller warns Lara that if she does not claim her vast inheritance, her father's country estate, Croft Manor, will be sold off. When she is arrested after a bike accident involving a police car, Richard's business partner Ana Miller posts her bail. ![]() Vikander's performance was highly praised but the characterization of Croft drew a polarized response some described her as a "capable, powerful, and unobjectified heroine", while others called her bland, and a "punching bag and onlooker." It is the all-time best reviewed film based on an video game, currently sitting at 51% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes tied with Rampage.įollowing the disappearance of her father, Lord Richard Croft, Lara Croft makes a living as a bike courier. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with some describing the plot as " paint-by-numbers", and others praising the action sequences, tone, grittiness and realistic take on the franchise. The film grossed $274 million worldwide, equal to the Angelina Jolie's original film in 2001 and more than its 2003 sequel. Pictures, in RealD 3D, IMAX 3D, IMAX and 4DX. The first Tomb Raider film not to be distributed by Paramount Pictures, it was released in the United Kingdom on March 14, 2018, and in the United States on March 16, 2018, by Warner Bros. Studios in the United Kingdom, and in Cape Town, South Africa. Principal photography took place from January to June 2017 at the Warner Bros. Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, and Kristin Scott Thomas appear in supporting roles. The film stars Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft, who embarks on a perilous journey to her father's last-known destination, hoping to solve the mystery of his disappearance. An American and British co-production, it is based on the 2013 video game of the same name, with some elements of its sequel by Crystal Dynamics, and is a reboot of the Tomb Raider film series. It's a lot of fun trying to get into Lara’s head and the challenge of getting to grips with such a physical role is an element of this project that I find an absolute thrill." For more on the movie, head to Vanity Fair's site.Tomb Raider is a 2018 action-adventure film directed by Roar Uthaug, with a screenplay by Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Alastair Siddons, from a story by Evan Daugherty and Robertson-Dworet. She also has a fantastic mix of traits – tough, smart, vulnerable, plus she’s kick ass! She is also uniquely different to other characters I have taken on previously. She’s trying to carve out her place in the world and connect her future with her past. "I think people can identify with her for lots of different reasons, but for me I very much see her as a model for many young women. ![]() "When I was asked to take on this role I got really excited – Lara Croft is a truly iconic character," Vikander tells the magazine. Eventually, she's inspired to investigate what happened to him, and kicks off her search at his last-known location, a tomb on an island off the coast of Japan. Seven years after her father disappears, 21-year-old Lara is refusing to inherit his business empire, choosing instead to attend college while tiding herself over working as a bike courier. Now there's a new Croft in town, as Alicia Vikander has taken over the role for the rebooted version.įor this version of the game adaptation and its central figure, there's a fresh take on the story, with Lara off on her earliest adventure. Aside from the her digital incarnation, the most recognisable image of Tomb Raider's adventurous main character Lara Croft has been Angelina Jolie.
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Watch outer banks season 1 episode 21/1/2024 ![]() So, the Pogues better watch their backs because Blackbeard's treasure isn't the only thing that will cause drama in season four.Īs for what the baddies want to see in season four, they've also got some interesting ideas. It's not completely wild to assume that he could be seeking revenge on the Pogues and an alliance with Topper could be on the cards. This will hit him hard after finally earning Ward's respect and, in turn, the keys to the empire. He instructed the Pogues to keep his father safe, and instead, his father ended up studded with bullets. "And then it would also provide a chance for Rafe to emerge and be aggrieved by that death and blame the Pogues for it, and that would set him up for season four." So we felt like this was the most poetic ending where, at the last second, he tries to redeem himself but dies in the process. "There was no possibility of really a happy ending. "Part of that was about giving bandwidth for Rafe to emerge as the villain going forward, and also feeling that Ward, as a character, had done so many things that were so psychologically damaging to his daughter. ![]() "It was hotly debated, but we always had a sense that it might end that way," co-creator Jonas Pate said (via The Hollywood Reporter). Rafe may have been missing from the season finale action, but it's possible the events that unfolded could see him return to his villainous ways in season four - and Ward's death is the likely trigger.Įspecially as the death was written to be part of Rafe's arc. We just wanted to move them into a new phase in their lives and move them forward a little bit." The actors are a little older, and it was harder to keep them in high school. Pate added: "As far as the time jump, we felt like we needed to get them out of school. It is going to be a part of it, but it's not going to be a traditional Blackbeard-type tale, although we're using elements of the mythology going forward." Teasing what this means for season four, co-creator Josh Pate told The Hollywood Reporter: "Blackbeard is part of Outer Banks lore, and so there's just a lot of stuff we can work with out of that. And we all know what that means: He's speeding towards a tumultuous journey - and will no doubt take the others along for the ride. Instead of turning it down and sending him on his way in a 'no thanks, that's enough questing for me' way, John B smirks. More action is teased when a stranger arrives, bringing with him a manuscript detailing the captain's log of Blackbeard the pirate. But that doesn't mean the adventure ends here.ĭespite the final moments of the finale showing Sarah and John B seeming very settled with their surf shop 18 months after finding El Dorado, there's definitely something brewing on the horizon. Indeed, the quest for El Dorado is over, and the matter of John B's father has literally been put to rest (RIP, Big John). Well, you can bank on a lot of absolute madness. Outer Banks season 4 plot: What will happen? It would be completely absurd, but in a world where a group of teenagers can make it out of multiple shootouts and car chases without so much as a scratch, anything can happen. Ward and Big John do have a history of faking their own deaths, though, so who knows? Perhaps they'll be back for more. Big John and Ward were both killed off in the finale, their bones resting somewhere in the rainforest, which means we also say goodbye to the slightly redeemable Ward and the actor behind him, Charles Esten. Sadly, despite taking this long to finally track down, Big John (Charles Halford) won't be back for another season. We would also bank on the return of the following: So we're most certainly expecting Chase Stokes and Madelyn Cline to reprise their roles. Then JJ darkens the mood by pressing the gun he found earlier to Topper's head.Judging by the closing scenes in the finale, it seems John B and Sarah have a new mission. The camera lingers a little bit, because although this is not The CW, the creators of this series want us to know early on that it's okay to objectify these men. ![]() ![]() They somehow roll into the surf so they're wrestling each other in soaking wet clothes that stick to their skin. JJ and Topper fight about who knows what - Topper is a douche - and John B tries to break it up. Notable sighting: Sarah Cameron (Madelyn Cline), the most popular Kook girl and Kiara's former BFF - they had a mysterious falling out - girlfriend of an extremely WASP-y d-bag named Topper (Austin North), and the daughter of Ward, who owns the boat where John B works. For some reason, Pogues don't hook up with each other, so they spend their time at the Boneyard macking on people (their parlance, not mine) from other groups - mainly tourists. Next, the gang heads to "the Boneyard," which John B describes as a three-layer burrito comprised of Pogue kids, Kook kids, and tourists.
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Little big workshop optimal layout12/31/2023 ![]() The optimal room layout is honestly dependent on what you plan to put in it, but I think a decent guideline is probably square-ish. But a room the game says is 10.5×10.5m is actually 11×11m if you measure from the outsides of each wall, or 10×10m (100m², 400 tiles) if you measure from the inside of each wall. So a wall that the game says is 10.5m long is actually 11m long. The game's measurements are all off by 0.5m, because they count one "end" of the wall but not the other "end". Penalty-free rooms cap out at 400 tiles, and Large (–25 Mood) rooms cap out at 600 tiles. or even the one in same room.Īs a point of clarification, those are not the correct optimal room sizes, because the game's measurement displays are wrong.Ī better way to think about room sizes is by tiles. had one worker taking a huge detour for each finished product cause the storage he was going to was just on the other side of the wall of the machine he was working on, instead of the many storages that were along the way. "normal storage" as well as storage assigned to machines (would not mind dropping the other storage, but it seems worker which finished building something are not putting it into the storage for the machine to the next step but rather in the "nearest" *² general storage instead. It also seems like a good idea to put storage everywhere. (not enough to put storage in, tho), but if I go for a long slender room instead I increase the walking distances considerably. If I go with a square room I end up with much unused space in middle. Going for the max size reduces the space taken up by doors. The optimal room size should be* 110m² or 163m² (the latter would have be the penalty of being a big room, but the -25 mood shouldn't be that hard to counteract with the extra space available). It should minimize the empty space while avoiding obstacles (thinks that would slow down workers movement). ![]() Software description provided by the publisher.The thing I currently wondering about the "optimal" factory layout for a while. Take care of your workers! Work them too hard and they drop like flies.Factories grow as you unlock more desk space.Organize all steps of the production on a blueprint.Focus on practical problems, not on values, economics, or logistics.Varying industries and a wide range of products.Soon enough you’ll be running multiple production lines, producing hundreds of advanced products each day, and watching with joy as your cute workers do the actual work. ![]() Unlock ever fancier machines, add even more production methods, and most of all, more room. Start out with just a small workshop and expand to a desk-filling factory. No two factories should ever look the same. Supply products to clients and an ever-changing market, as you produce over 50 unique product types, built from multiple parts and pieces - all of which can be created with different materials and production methods. Take it easy, it’s a sandbox-experience where you think, ponder and poke at things until you get it to work the way you’d like. Organize the factory floor, manage your workers, purchase machinery, and design efficient production lines - all within the time-limit and to your client's satisfaction! You are the Big Boss and it’s time to take charge of your very own tabletop factory. In Little Big Workshop you become a factory tycoon! Rubber ducks and dressers, drones and electric guitars, scooters and other wonderful goods can be created from many different materials and sold for hard cash – cash you invest right back into your factory to get more machines, more workers and grow your business. A carefully planned masterpiece, where diligent workers throw together anything customers want. Imagine a magical factory, appearing right in your living room.
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Mybrushes paint for mac12/31/2023 ![]() This paint app is good for painting, drawing and sketching. It brings out the experience of charcoal drawing and helps make great cartoons, figure drawings, or abstract masterpieces. This paintbrush app is wonderful for sketching. ![]() Run Paint Brushes program on iPad, iPhone and Mac 10.6.8 +, iMac, Macbook Mini, Macbook air, Macbook Pro, Lion, Yosemite, mavericks, Big Sur.ġ3 languages are available for MyBrushes. A separate app is also available for Mac, iPad & iPhone. This paintbrush app is excellent for its huge collection of blendable and mixable brushes, sensitive stylus support, wide canvases, and unlimited number of layers. These are the five big stars in the iPad painting industry. With the available sets of paint brushes, painting tools and other supporting features in mobile devices like iPad, these artistic people can still be the way they are in creating their work. Graphic designers, digital artists, and illustrators can work everywhere they want without the fear of losing the quality and artistic feelings from their artwork wherever they are. And, digital artists are one of the groups of users that can take the most advantage of it. ![]() Its innovation that moves the trend in technology to mobile fully-featured devices is really brilliant. More or less, iPad is the reason why digital artists can now play with their paint brush set and bring out their creativity on the move.
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Best light and airy presets for lightroom12/31/2023 ![]() Inspired by beautiful weddings from all over the world The overlays allow you to create some of the most magical photos you can imagine. Edit a wedding photo on your laptop and continue editing seamlessly on your mobile devices. Using the latest XMP format, you can sync your profiles and presets all across devices. Our wedding presets pack is a huge leap forward for your projects. What makes the Best Wedding LR Presets for Wedding photography? (Highlights) It tells the story of romance without over production – keeping just enough natural elements for an authentic experience. This bright and airy preset is great for reducing the details to give a soft and glowing effect on skin tones. Sample Photos (Before and After) David and Julia Each of the preset provides the ability to adapt to your photography style while staying authentic to your creativity. Discover a truly unique feel for every photo. If you take a look at some of of sample photos you will find it very familiar.Īltogether, the Light and Airy Presets pack offers 30 settings with ( cold, warm, flat) options for you to choose from. Popular on Instagramĭue to the clean and modern look, Light and Airy look is the most suitable style for any type of Instagram feed. High-resolution overlays are also included to help you create magical photos by combining elements to create light-leaks.Īmelia and Ken, Ben and Rey, Bill and Melinda, Bruce and Selena, Clark and Lois, David and Julia, Han and Leia, John and Yoko, Peter and Stacy, Steve and Laurene. This pack comes with both Presets and Profiles 40 presets with Cold, Warm and Achromatic settings significantly useful for dynamic editing workflow. What’s in the pack? All that you need for wedding photography. It is one of the most popular look that defines luxury. Light and Airy Lightroom Presets look has been used throughout the modernisation of Wedding photography. This pack is part of our wedding presets series. Read more about the differences between presets, actions, overlays, and LUTS on our help center article.Description Light and Airy, the perfect mood to tell Love Story. We've included some common programs below, but if you know your software can support. These can be used in most video-editing software and any photo editing software that allows for adjustment layers targeting lookup tables for color grading. CUBE format presets created to colorgrade film clips. Overlays are multi-purpose and can come in many forms from seasonal (rain and rainbows, snow, fog, skies, and leaves), to everyday magic (glitter, light leaks, bokeh, confetti, and fairy dust)!Ī LUT is a tool that allows filmmakers, editors, and colorists to apply specific color grades to film/video (raw log footage) or images. The layers are often blended by the user to create a realistic composition. png) that sits on top of your original image as a layer, in order to enhance your image. ![]() Our actions are compatible with Photoshop CS6 and later (including CC and 2020), and Elements versions 15 and later. Actions are typically complex and because of this, the use of actions saves a user large amounts of time from having to make each change individually in order to achieve a desired outcome. Actions can be stacked, so that one is run after the other, in order to create more dynamic edits. On average, our presets change 30-50 settings.Īctions are prerecorded sets of multiple software commands, that play one after the other, to make specific changes to an image. Presetsare essentially a configuration of settings, designed to quickly achieve the look of hours of editing, making global changes with a single click. Wildwood 1, Wildwood 2) for easier identification and application on mobile devices. Naming : Presets are formatted with the collection name and a number (i.e. All downloads include XMP, LRT, and DNG (direct mobile installation) files. Three lifetime downloads of each file type.
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X plane update download12/31/2023 These installers can be identified by their large size (1024×768) and sky blue background. (The latest X-Plane 8 version is 864, but 860 is the last DVD the minor update is only available as a web patch.) Note: the X-Plane beta DVDs contain the version 123 installer. I thought other people might find this useful. The DVD installers are compatible with X-Plane 8 DVDs from versions 815-860. I tried the procedure and I confirm it works. Copy the FAACIFP18 file, paste it into the folder "X-Plane 11 / Custom Data " and rename the file (FAACIFP18) to earth_424.datOpen X-Plane 11 and verify that the new procedures are in you FMS That you can download free data from the FAA (free as in "your taxdollars at work") and plug them into X-Plane:ĭon't waste your time & money on Navigraph or Aerosoft!go to download the current CIFP file (Coded Instrument Flight Procedures) and extract the files. After you click Ok another window will open. On the little popup window you simply click OK. There are commercial subscriptions that offer you navdata updates for your sim, but honestly who feels like paying for an extra subscription on top of the ForeFlight one? 1 You don´t need to have the x-updater inside the X-Plane folder. If you click Download only, you can install later yourself from your Downloads folder, see above. More importantly, you can't practice tonight in the sim the actual approach you want to fly tomorrow. Short story, can't practice with the simulated Garmin 430 against the current plate you have in ForeFlight. If you use X-Plane and ForeFlight to practice approaches at home, you might have noticed that the nav data that comes with the simulator (I have v11) is wildly outdated.Ī bunch of approaches in the sim nav data are now really different from what's current: different intersections named differently in different places, and legs of different altitudes. People who own X-Plane DVDs or Digital Download can update X-Plane. I originally posted this on r/flying but the mods pushed it out to here. We constantly come out with free updates with lots of improvements.
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Money Pro download the new version for ipod12/31/2023 You won't need to do anything to install it. If you buy a new iOS device, it will come pre-installed.
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Ultimate vocabulary review software12/31/2023 ![]() Providing a step-by-step guide to learning a powerful vocabulary, Ultimate Vocabulary is the learning tool everyone can benefit from. The Ultimate Vocabulary software provides each and every user with a personal computer tutor. The interactive self-improvement system provides more learning tools than any other program on the market, as well as more information on words. Ultimate Vocabulary provides a proven and powerful platform, built to improve anyone’s vocabulary. The overall verdict of the reviewer highlights the fact that the combination of educational tools and its adjustability to all types of users is what gives Ultimate Vocabulary™ a competitive edge.įor more information on how you can benefit from Ultimate Vocabulary, please visit its official website. The reviewer attributes the efficiency of Ultimate Vocabulary™ not to the sheer amount of words in its word database, but on the fact that every aspect of Ultimate Vocabulary™’s structure was designed purposefully and in accord to scientific, educational strategies, in order to offer real vocabulary boosting. In today's statement, the eReflect developers confirmed that multiple approaches to vocabulary work best, which is why they included synonyms, antonyms, visual representations of words, 50 power examples of real-world usage, as well as Wikipedia and Word Explorer resources for additional information for each word.Īs the reviewer of Ultimate Vocabulary™ has suggested, this feature cannot currently be matched by the other vocabulary building software programs on the market, and it’s one of the primary reasons that Ultimate Vocabulary™ is the number 1 choice for families wishing to easily and efficiently build their children’s vocabulary. Rather, it offers complete, in-depth knowledge for every unknown word. ![]() What particularly impressed the reviewer at .il was that the database is not just providing definitions. While most vocabulary programs are limited to databases containing 40,000 words or less, Ultimate Vocabulary™ contains a 140,000 word database, making it the most comprehensive and complete database ever included in a vocabulary building software. ![]() Providing this critical feature was key to the development process, explained the eReflect team, and the database will continue to be updated in future releases as necessary. This is not something many other vocabulary improvement software products can boast of, the reviewer emphasized. In today's statement, the developers at eReflect clarified that it's not just the number of words available to users, but the range of information about those words that's important.Īs the developers note, Ultimate Vocabulary™works both as a complete dictionary and as a vocabulary improvement program, making it versatile and multi-purpose. 1 place in view of its unique quality features and tools. ![]() Ultimate Vocabulary™ has catapulted to the No. According to the review published at .il. New York City, NY (PRWEB) J- In a recent review, .il stated that the extensive word database Ultimate Vocabulary™ is equipped with is one of its great assets as it provides a comprehensive range of details on a vast number of words. the developers at eReflect clarified that it's not just the number of words available to users, but the range of information about those words that's important. |