![]() If you would like to use more than one background for a presentation, simply drag and drop a new background onto the slides where you’d like to see the change. Therefore, you do not need to place a background on every slide of the presentation–only the first. Once a background is established on the first slide, it will continue to show behind each lyric slide you click until it is changed. When assigning a background to a song, it’s best practice to place a background on the first slide. To assign a still or motion background to a slide, simply drag and drop a background of your choice from the Video/Image Bin, or from Finder (Mac) and File Explorer (PC) to an individual slide. This is particularly useful for establishing your chosen backgrounds ahead of time. How To Add A Background To A Slide In ProPresenterīackgrounds can also be added to directly to each slide in a presentation. You can add media to the Video/Image Bin from your hard drive by dragging the files into ProPresenter or by clicking on the plus button below the thumbnail section. The Video/Image Bin is made up of two parts: the left column contains all of your playlists, folders, and tags the right column contains all of your media cues. The first time you open this, it will be empty, but once you have started adding content it will begin to look like the image above. Once the bin is open, you will find it below the slide area. To access the Video/Image Bin, click on the Video/Image icon in the toolbar, use the keyboard shortcut (Control-V for Mac, Control-Shift-V for PC), or select it from the View menu. ![]() The Video/Image Bin is the location for managing your media within ProPresenter. How To Add A Background To The Video/Image Bin In ProPresenter ![]() Simply download, then drag-and-drop into ProPresenter to instantly improve the look of your worship slides!ĭid you know that CMG has a massive library of not just still graphics, but of thousands of stunning motion backgrounds? Give them a try to take your worship slides to their maximum creative level. These JPEG stills will work with all presentation software, including the popular ProPresenter. This pro content makes it easy for your church to look great. These FREE still backgrounds are a gift from Church Motion Graphics that we hope will be a blessing to churches around the world as you seek to improve your worship visuals. By adding vivid colors and powerful imagery to your church’s screens, you can bring personality to an otherwise boring visual-plain text. Looking for an easy way to make your lyric slides pop on your screen? These 99 still worship backgrounds are the perfect place to start. ![]()
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![]() The “debutante”, as the celebrant is called, comes from a French word that means “female beginner”. In the Philippines, 18 is considered the transitional age of maturity for a teen girl into womanhood and is introduced to civic duties and social awareness. The Filipino debut tradition is said to have originated from the Quinceanera, a birthday celebration in Latin American countries when a girl reaches 15 or “quince”. So popular among Filipinos that even families who do not have financial means try their best to make the event happen in their own special little way and make it memorable for their daughters to treasure. It is a special event that every family hopes to celebrate. Many young girls in the Philippines feverishly look forward to having a debut party, which is a traditional Filipino coming-of-age festivity to celebrate a young woman’s 18th birthday. While Latinos have quinceaneras and Americans have Sweet 16s, my Filipino culture celebrates the “debut.” But some cultures do come close to making us feel like a true princess for a day through coming-of-age party to celebrate a young girl blossoming into a woman. And sadly, it does not matter how many extra chocolate cookies you bribe him with Santa will never be able to turn you into a Disney princess. Our daily lives seemed bland compared to the luxurious lives portrayed on our television screens. We would watch all the Disney princess movies for hours on end, read princess picture books Mom found us at the 99¢ store, and play in the pretend-castle our parents bought us when we were 6. Every little girl’s dream is to one day become a princess. ![]() ![]() ![]() Showing up to 21 stops of light, this chart will either confirm or debunk any manufacturers dynamic range claim. The Xyla offers 21 bars, each with a stop less light than the last. However, we just got in a DSC Labs Xyla 21 testing chart for more consistent and accurate test results. Sony a7R IV – Skin Tone Tests S-Log2 and S-Log3 Dynamic range exceeds expectations - sort of Sony a7R IV dynamic range test You get much more out of a Log gamma than the HLG gamma. Anything over 10 stops of dynamic range will work for an HDR workflow. However, there is already enough dynamic range in S-Log3 to make an HDR still image. There is bracket shooting for Bracketed HDR. The camera offers S-Log 2 and 3 along with HLG HDR. Sony a7R IV shot in 4k 24p – S-Log3 in S-Gamut3 before and after REC709 LUT applied Additionally, 60 fps is not available in 4K. That means no 10-bit video at all from this camera. On the other hand, when shooting in S & Q mode, or slow and quick mode, the camera will change the frame rate to 24 or 30 for real-time slow-mo playback of the captured video from 1 frame to 120 frames.įor video shooters, it’s unfortunate that there is no change in recording options for either internal video output or capturing externally via the HDMI. For slow-mo, you’ll need to slow the footage down outside of the camera in post-production. The top frame rate is 120fps and is available in 100Mbps. New to the a7R IV is the ability to capture both internally and externally at the same time. When capturing internally, you get 4:2:0 color space, but it steps up to 4:2:2 when sending video out the micro HDMI to an external recording device. The bit depth is 8-bit regardless if you capture internally or externally. The top resolution is 4K 30fps with a bit-rate up to 100 Mbps. The camera can shoot in XAVC S HD, XAVC 4K and AVCHD. There have been no improvements in the specs when shooting video in the a7R IV over the a7R III. Sony a7R IV – Field of view in full-frame and super 35 crop modes No 10-bit or 4K 60fps Sony a7R IV menu with resolution options Because of the sensors high resolution, when shooting stills at super 35, you get a 26.2 MP image. ![]() In 24fps, there is a 1.6 times crop and 1.8 times crop when shooting in 30fps. The crop of super 35 mode changes depending on if you are shooting in 24fps or 30fps. That means no jaggies and no moiré to worry about when shooting cropped. When shooting in super 35 crop mode, it captures 4K with full pixel readout without pixel binning. The camera’s large sensor brings both high-resolution stills and oversampled 6K when shooting in full-frame 4K. Plus, there will be more detail in every pixel. When downsampling the image, any noise in the image will appear much smaller, making it less noticeable. Consider this, at 61MP, the images you capture are larger than 16K UHD video. Rather, it’s the enhanced detail you get when that image is downsampled to a smaller size in the digital realm. However, the biggest and best use for 61MP image isn’t so you can make a huge print. Now, I know what you’re thinking - who needs 61MP images? And the answer is very few. ![]() As of this writing (August 2019), it has the highest resolution of any full-frame camera. The biggest perk to this camera is the sensor resolution. 61 freaking MegaPixels The full-frame sensor on the Sony a7R IV ![]() While the codec, frame-rate and resolution options for video haven’t changed since the previous model, the added benefits to still shooters elevate the a7R IV to the level of hybrid shooter’s dream camera. For $3,500, the a7R IV combines a 61 Megapixel resolution image sensor with 6K oversampled video for capturing UHD 4K. The Sony a7R IV offers more to hybrid shooters than any other camera before it. ![]() ![]() Newer Android devices also have a battery saving mode that users can activate to shut off background apps and conserve power while the phone recharges.Īnyone who’s tried to charge their phone in a hot car knows that the handsets run the risk of overheating and some models will stop charging. Other phone brands offer special fast chargers, but they are typically incompatible between different manufacturers. That means, if you want to charge up your Apple device as fast as possible, you’ll need a Lightning-to-USB-C cable and a 12 watt USB-C power adapter. Some chargers supply more voltage or amperage than others, meaning they will charge your phone faster. IPhones are sold with Apple’s small five-volt/one-amp power bricks, but iPads come with larger five-volt/2.4-amp bricks that actually charge the company’s phones faster.Įlectricity is measured in watts, which is a product of voltage (in number of volts) and current (in number of amps). While Apple’s smartphones don’t have a fast-charge feature built in, iPhone users can charge their devices quicker by using a different wall plug. “If I do need a boost, it has fast charging so that in 30 minutes or so I can get up to 50 per cent of my battery life back again.” “While many smartphone buyers look for the best camera or screen, I am always interested in the device with the best battery life,” Mac told CTVNews.ca, praising the all-day battery life of her own smartphone. ![]() Tech reporter Amber Mac told CTVNews.ca that phone manufacturers have made fast charging a priority in recent years. Older phones charge faster when they’re powered down completely, but this is no longer true on new phones. The phone screen is the biggest battery drain, so resist the urge to keep looking at it, if you can.īut if the temptation is too much, and you can’t do without the web while it’s charging, just turn off the battery-draining Bluetooth, wifi, GPS and NFC features instead. So putting it into airplane mode can help, but will mean no internet or cellular connectivity.Īside from turning your phone into a virtual paper weight, there are more shortcuts to a faster charge. If you need a fast charge there are ways to get that battery closer to 100 per cent.įor iPhone and Android users alike, the less your phone processor is doing, the faster it will charge. ![]() Smartphone batteries often seem to run low when we need them most – so we’ve gathered some tips on charging them up pronto. ![]() ![]() ![]() You must have paid all fees and bail to your court.You must have not taken traffic school for a ticket you got in the last 18 months (from citation date).You must have been ticketed for a moving (driving) violation.You must have a valid Class C driver license.You must meet certain requirements to be eligible to take California Traffic School to mask a ticket. You can also print a copy from your account.Īm I Eligible to Take California Traffic School? We will also email your Receipt of Completion to you for your records. Remember to check with your court 7-10 business days after youĬomplete the course to make sure they have processed your completion! No one, including insurance companies, will see your ticket. Once your court has received and reviewed your completion, they will notify the DMV. When you pass the final exam, we instantly process your completion to your court for you for free. You may also enroll in another Traffic Violator School course if you choose to do so rather than starting our course over from the beginning. Safe2Drive will not issue refunds for students who fail the final exam twice. If you happen to fail the final exam twice, the California DMV requires you to start the course over from the beginning. Safe2Drive does not charge any additional fees to take the final exam a second time. Most students pass the exam on their first attempt. ![]() The California Department of Motor Vehicles allows students two attempts to pass the final exam. The exam is open book, meaning you can look back at the course as you take it. ![]() On their first attempt, but don't worry-you can retake the lesson quizzes as many times as you need to pass at no additional cost.Īt the end of the course, you will take an online multiple-choice final exam. You must pass the quiz to proceed to the next lesson. You'll review California traffic laws and learn defensive driving techniques that will help keep you safe on the road. YouĬan even complete it the same day you start the course!Įach lesson contains videos, reading material, animations and games. There are no lesson timers in our California Traffic School course, so you can complete it at your own pace. Password, and fill out your contact information. Registration is quick and easy! Simply select the court where you received your ticket, create a username and How Does the California Traffic School Course Online Work? Step 1: Register
![]() To the left of your screen you'll see a list of your calendars. On your desktop/laptop, open a browser and navigate to 2. Option 2: Getting my Calendar Url from ġ. You can repeat these steps if you need to add additional calendars later. We recommend emailing the link to yourself so it's available to you on your computer for Step 2 You'll need this link to import the calendar into Google. Scroll down and enable Public Calendar, then tap the "Share Link." button. Under the ICLOUD section, tap the Info button to the right of the calendar you'd like to make available in Google Calendar.Ĥ. ![]() Tap the Calendars button at the bottom of the screenģ. Open the Calendar app on your iPhone/iPadĢ. Option 1: Getting my Calendar Url using an iPhone/iPadġ. You can do this either on your iPhone/iPad or via. To get your events into Google Calendar you'll first need to get a link (URL) of your Apple Calendar. Step 1: Getting a link to my Apple Calendar Step 3: Syncing Google Calendar (Practice Better sessions) back to your Apple Calendar.Step 2: Adding your Apple Calendar to Google Calendar.Step 1: Getting a link to my Apple Calendar. ![]() If you're using an iPhone or iPad, use the following steps to link your Apple Calendar to Google Calendar. We are unable to assist with troubleshooting sync issues between your Apple and Google calendars. Please note: Google Calendar does not sync in real-time with Apple Calendar, and you may notice a delay in seeing your events in Google Calendar (and Practice Better). However, you can link your Apple Calendar to Practice Better via our Google Calendar integration. ![]() Practice Better does not have a direct integration with Apple Calendar. ![]() ![]() ![]() The law has done little to reduce sex trafficking, but has succeeded in making it much more difficult for sex workers, already rejected by certain banks and payment processors, to make a living and pushes them toward the street, where they are much less safe. In 2018, bipartisan majorities in both chambers passed the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act and Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act in a supposed effort to reduce trafficking that, in fact, prevented sex workers from advertising online. Anti-sex and anti-porn advocates have put a lot of effort into ( falsely) conflating sex work and sex trafficking. The cultural space for celebrating sordidness, or for celebrating sex work, has closed down considerably in the last few years, however. Allstar Picture Library Ltd//Alamy Stock Photo Rebecca de Mornay stars as call girl Lana in "Risky Business" (1983). In sex worker romcoms, you’re supposed to be scandalized at the sordidness - but in a fun way. At the same time, there’s little of the sober moralizing and doling out of consequences you see in more dramatic treatments like “Pleasure” (2021) or “Hustlers” (2019). Rows of women in revealing outfits are panned across various levels of nudity are hinted at, or more. Sex worker romcoms also, as a rule, revel in the risqué, using the presence of sex workers as an excuse to ramp up the titillation beyond what you get in most boy-meets-girl screen encounters. But in general, these sex worker romcoms see sex workers as sympathetic figures whose emotional and sexual labor is valuable and even transformative - even as the movies scurry to “save” sex workers from sex work by the end of the run time. The formula varies somewhat - Richard Gere’s Edward isn’t exactly nice in “Pretty Woman,” and Rebecca De Mornay’s Lana isn’t fleshed out enough as a character to have much of an arc in “Risky Business” (1983). Percy, for his part, is the nice guy who teaches the worldly woman the virtues of commitment, self-respect and (at least some degree of) sexual temperance. Percy is repressed, nervous and scared of women and of life. Maddie serves as his Manic Pixie “Call Girl,” drawing him out of his shell by encouraging him not just to flirt and kiss, but to drink wine, skinny dip and play piano in public. Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stoc/ Stock Photo Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) sits beside Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) in "Pretty Woman" (1990). If you’re familiar with past sex worker romcoms like Billy Wilder’s “Irma La Douce” (1963), Ron Howard’s “Night Shift” (1982) or the blockbuster “Pretty Woman” (1990), you probably have a good sense of where the movie goes from there. And by “dating,” they mean having sex with him. Laird and Allison offer Maddie a Buick Regal in return for “dating” Percy. Their 19-year-old son Percy (Andrew Barth Feldman) is neurotic, shy and very inexperienced. Without the car, she can’t work and is likely to lose her house.ĭesperate, Maddie answers a Craigslist posting from concerned parents Laird (Matthew Broderick) and Allison (Laura Benanti). ![]() Maddie’s car is repossessed when she’s unable to pay her taxes. But her hometown, the Long Island summer beach community of Montauk, New York, is gentrifying. Maddie (Lawrence) is a 32-year-old Uber driver who starts the movie never having been paid for sex. The Jennifer Lawrence vehicle from Sony Pictures revolves around a sex worker who, like the film, doesn’t want to admit what she’s doing. ![]() ![]() His father died when he was young his mother worked in a hospital, Prigozhin has said. Yevgeny Prigozhin was born in Leningrad, now St Petersburg, in 1961, nine years after Putin. The US announced on 3 March 2022 it was imposing sanctions against Russians including Yevgeniy Prigozhin (seen in an FBI poster) as it targeted Russia’s super-rich and others close to Putin. “He’s driven and talented, and won’t shrink from anything to get what he wants,” said a businessman who knew Prigozhin in the 1990s. From these conversations, a picture emerges of a ruthless schemer who was obsequious to social superiors and often tyrannical to underlings as he rose to the top. The Guardian has spoken with numerous people who have known Prigozhin over the years, many of whom requested anonymity to speak freely, to piece together his story. It has been an extraordinary ascent for someone who once spent nearly a decade in prison, and who became a hotdog salesman on his release. But after years operating in the shadows, he is clearly relishing the spotlight as one of the most powerful – and most talked about – members of Putin’s court. Prigozhin did not respond to a request for comment for this article. “A dog’s death for a dog,” Prigozhin said in a statement at the time. He appeared to tacitly endorse a video showing the murder, with a sledgehammer, of a Wagner defector who had apparently been handed back by the Ukrainians in a prisoner exchange. Prigozhin has earned a reputation as the cruellest commander among those leading Russia’s grim invasion. Its ranks have ballooned to about 50,000, according to western intelligence estimates, including tens of thousands of ex-prisoners recruited from jails around Russia, often personally by Prigozhin.Įarlier this month, as Prigozhin’s troops captured the Ukrainian town of Soledar, Moscow’s first territorial gain in the war since the summer, Prigozhin released a video lauding Wagner as “probably the most experienced army in the world today”. Since Putin’s decision last year to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Wagner has refocused its activities on Russia’s neighbour again. Visitors gather outside PMC Wagner Centre, a project implemented by Yevgeny Prigozhin, during the official opening of the office block in St Petersburg on 4 November 2022. ![]() Prigozhin’s army of contract fighters would come to be known as the Wagner group, and would see action in Ukraine, Syria and numerous African countries. In fact, the decisions taken that day would have an enormous impact on Russia’s foreign policy and its military adventures in the years to come. “At the time, I didn’t think much of the project,” said the former official. This account of the meeting, which has not previously been reported, was provided by a former high-ranking defence ministry official with direct knowledge of the discussions. “The orders come from Papa,” he told the defence officials, using a nickname for Vladimir Putin designed to emphasise his closeness to the president. Many in the ministry did not like Prigozhin’s manner, but he made it clear that this was no ordinary request. ![]() He wanted land from the defence ministry that he could use for the training of “volunteers” who would have no official links to the Russian army but could still be used to fight Russia’s wars. ![]() Now, Prigozhin had a different kind of demand. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’ve tested the Cam Link, and it works as intended. These products will help content creators stand out by allowing them to experiment with creative production elements like chroma keying, wide angle and closeup shots, depth of field, and more.” “The arrival of Cam Link and Green Screen will kick off a new era of higher-quality visuals on YouTube, Twitch, and other platforms. “A high-quality camera is a critical upgrade to any creator’s setup, but often comes at the cost of a complicated and cumbersome video workflow,” Elgato Gaming general manager Julian Fest said in a statement. Now, the company is looking to maximize its revenues by giving its customers more products to improve the production of their broadcasts. Elgato built a strong reputation with its HD60 capture cards, which easily handle recording gameplay at 1080p and 60 frames per second. The gaming audience has embraced livestreaming, and it’s a consumer base that typically has cash to spend. ![]() ![]() The $149 Green Screen is a collapsible, easy-to-store filming backdrop that enables gamers to put just themselves over a game without having their office or bedroom behind them.Įlgato is aiming these products at broadcasters, whether they are full-time or just hobbyists. The $129 Cam Link enables you to use any camera with HDMI out as a webcam on your computer. The company revealed its Cam Link and Green Screen accessories today. Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don't worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here.Įlgato sells one of the top affordable cards for capturing gameplay video, and now it is filling out its product lineup with more tools for Twitch broadcasters and YouTube creators. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is quite possibly the easiest way to share magazines, newspapers, comics, reports, ads and more. The new digital layout space offers near-WYSIWYG fixed layouts and typographic control for digital publishing.Īnd more, with HTML5 Publications it's possible to go beyond static print layouts to add interactive enrichments such as scrollable areas, slide shows, and animations. There is no longer the need to set "Convert to Graphic" for text that contains runarounds, justified and hyphenated text, vertically justified text, text indents, text color opacity, text aligned with baselines, custom kerning and tracking, tabs and tab stops, etc. HTML5 Publications displays pixel-perfect layouts on all modern desktop, tablet, and mobile browsers, providing an easy and effective online experience.Ī highlight is how typographic features are exported natively in HTML5. HTML5 Publications can be created from scratch or from existing print layouts without any additional software and no additional digital publishing costs.? 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