Keeping original PSD files was quite good practice over the years but mostly other formats are needed down the road. Because opening Photoshop to export a file takes quite some time and isn’t efficient I wrote a small script to replace this task: This takes the file(s) to convert as argument(s). You can also just […]
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I was looking for an easy way to create scheduled posts on facebook. Though I didn’t find a fully automated way I was able to create a process that only needs manual steps every 60 days. With the app created on facebook developer pages I first need the clientId (appId) and clientSecret (appSecret). The first
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There is no need for extra software for converting video files as long as you’re not afraid of using the shell of your Linux or MacOS. ffpmeg can do a lot for you. For streaming and uploading videos, WebM is the better option because it’s highly compatible with modern browsers and popular for HTML5. For higher-quality
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Every time I am configuring OBS I am thinking about the proper bitrate to set. I found some nice ranges that can be used: For 1080p (1920×1080) resolution: For 4K (3840×2160) resolution:
I installed Krita 5.0.2 on my Windows 10 machine to test it with my old Wacom Intuos 5. The first attempt lasted only a few minutes because Krita was flickering again and again which made working with it impossible. First I thought maybe my old tablet has an issue but after unplugging it and even
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Some links I gathered with free but very powerful sound plugins: https://tal-software.com/products TAL Noisemaker TAL Vocoder https://www.tokyodawn.net/tokyo-dawn-labs/ TDR Nova TDR Kotelnikov TDR VOS SliqEQ https://polyversemusic.com/products/wider/ Wider https://www.auburnsounds.com/products/Panagement.html Panagement https://www.powerdrumkit.de/download76187.php MT Power DrumKit 2 http://www.yohng.com/software/piano.html 4FrontPiano https://electroniksoundlab.com/free-stuff/ Atmos 2 https://rdgaudio.com/free-products/ Vintage Snare Roll http://bigcatinstruments.blogspot.com/2016/02/recut-pianos.html Skerratt London Piano Iowa Piano https://99sounds.org/vst-plugins/ Upright Piano Drum Machine Clap Machine
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While creating my new homepage on https://mbo.dev I was looking for a command line tool to optimise images. Best tool for the job seemed to be imagemagic in combination with mozjpeg. Here the command I used which brought the images down very very much: The quality may change but I couldn’t see the difference without
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I just managed to get the audio stack of my windows 10 more professional with equalizer and VST plugins: First I installed virtual audio cable and voicemeeter potato: https://vb-audio.com/Cable/index.htm https://vb-audio.com/Voicemeeter/potato.htm With those I am able to split up all my audio sources and manage volumes per channel or add equalizers. With OBS you can install
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If you want to host your own teamspeak server this can be done quite easily with a server and docker-compose. Here is the example I tried: You will need a dns entry or the ip of the server to connect with your teamspeak client. With the client you can then add a password to protect
Zoom didn’t want to accept a background video so I tried to find a way to shrink its size to 1080p. There is a simple command to do that with ffmpeg:
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