![]() In Summer, the opening bars present the “merciless summer sun” and sweltering “man and flock.” In the first solo, the violin is an ornamented cuckoo – it’s the soloist’s task to make the cuckoo’s notes distinct in a barrage of 16th-notes. The finale is a big dance accompanied by bagpipes, which are represented by droning basses. In the slow movement, a goatherd sleeps under a tree while the second violins represent “the murmuring branches and leaves” and the viola’s repeated notes represent his “faithful dog” barking (the “barking” is not in the sonnet, but rather an instruction written only in the viola part). The following episodes depict brooks, breezes, and a quick thunderstorm. ![]() In Spring’s first movement, the first tutti is the arrival of the season, while the first solo section represents the birds greeting it. They would have been keenly aware that the sounds they were making represented specific scenes. But in Vivaldi’s day the audience for his publications consisted mostly of accomplished amateur players, who could play the Four Seasons with as many players as could gather around the part-books, or as few as six, as the highlight of a social gathering. This is something that can pass unnoticed by the modern audience, which consists of listeners who aren’t looking at the music on the page. The sonnet verses are printed not only as prefaces to each concerto, but also in all the instrumental parts, in the midst of tempo and dynamic markings. Vivaldi included a sonnet for each concerto explaining what was going on, supplying not just descriptions, but performance instructions. The feature of the Four Seasons that drew the most positive and negative attention when they were new was the one aspect that was largely ignored when, after two centuries of obscurity, they started to get played again in the 1950s and 1960s: their pictorial literalness. Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) was as controversial and polarizing a figure in his time as Beethoven and Wagner in theirs. 8 (the title “Four Seasons” was not used), they were viewed as crazy modern music, or facile curiosities, or tasteless gimmickry, or the way of the future, and pretty much everything in between. Yet in 1725, when Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter were published as the first four concertos of his Op. There are perhaps 200 different recordings that can be purchased at the moment (reissues, anthologies, and excerpts make an exact count difficult), and it accounts for about half the 174 appearances Vivaldi’s music has made in movies and television, according to Internet Movie Database. Its strains are part of the sounds of modern life, heard on the radio and in department stores and elevators. This concert, and the concept behind it, came into being largely because Vivaldi’s Four Seasons has become profoundly embedded in modern culture.
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![]() , 7=max)Ĭhanging modes may not be immediate on all ThinkPads. It shares the same control register as the main fan (cannot be controlled separately), and exposes a second tachometer.ĪCPI DSDT register HFSP (8 bits, offset 0x2F in the EmbeddedController address space, accessed through the standard EC interface at IO ports 0圆2 and 0圆6) is read/writable and has the following meaning:Ġ 0 N N N N N N - manual (0.63 0=disable fan, 1=min. The ThinkPad X61s and X61 with WWAN have a second system fan. Now you'll be able to use this program easily. You must add 'fan_control=1' as a module parameter to 'thinkpad-acpi'.įor example, in Debian Lenny (and Ubuntu 8.04), you must add the following You must also enable manual control for your fans. You are required to have the Linux kernel with 'thinkpad-acpi' patch. This program is written in C, using GTK GUI. This is program for controlling fans speed on IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads. Packages are available for debian based linux systems.Ī GTK GUI program (packaged for Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04) may also help.Īutomated program - Simple ThinkPad Fan Control There is an distro independent daemon ( ), written in python. For the default behavior, simply save tp-fancontrol ( download) as tp-fancontrol, make sure you've loaded thinkpad-acpi with the "fan_control=1" parameter, and run: It monitors the laptop's thermal sensors and sets the fan speed accordingly, according to customizable thresholds. # echo level disengaged | sudo tee /proc/acpi/ibm/fan (disengaged)Īn ACPI fan control script can be used to override the firmware's fan algorithm with gentler, quieter version. # echo level auto | sudo tee /proc/acpi/ibm/fan (automatic - default) # echo level 7 | sudo tee /proc/acpi/ibm/fan (maximum speed) # echo level 4 | sudo tee /proc/acpi/ibm/fan (medium speed) # echo level 2 | sudo tee /proc/acpi/ibm/fan (low speed) # echo level 0 | sudo tee /proc/acpi/ibm/fan (fan off) If you receive a PERMISSION DENIED error you can use the following command syntax instead as a work-around: # echo level disengaged > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan (disengaged) # echo level auto > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan (automatic - default) # echo level 7 > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan (maximum speed) # echo level 4 > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan (medium speed) # echo level 2 > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan (low speed) # echo level 0 > /proc/acpi/ibm/fan (fan off) Having done so, reboot and you can use the following commands to control fan speed: To enable fan control, the module parameter fan_control=1 must be given to thinkpad-acpi.įor example, in Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron), add the following to /etc/modprobe.d/options: options thinkpad_acpi fan_control=1įor Debian Squeeze (testing) create /etc/modprobe.d/thinkpad_nf with: options thinkpad_acpi fan_control=1 and install the package thinkfan When reinstalling Windows, try the Lenovo disc images, as longer battery times have been reported, probably due to custom drivers.Fan control operations are disabled by default for safety reasons. A can of compressed air may be useful too, and a bottle of isopropyl alcohol and cotton buds are good for cleaning, but not on the screen. The only tools you need for servicing a ThinkPad are a set of small screwdrivers and a nylon spudger (for taking the screen and keyboard bezels off), and possibly a pair of tweezers. Corporate bulk purchasers don't usually go for it. Not only will it have better brightness, colour, contrast and viewing angles - you will most probably more than make up the investment when selling it. When buying a new ThinkPad, consider taking the IPS screen option if possible, as it doesn't cost much. When buying a used ThinkPad, remember to check that the BIOS is not locked with a supervisor's password and that Computrace is not enabled and activated. ![]() For IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad laptop enthusiasts. ![]() The other issue is that while it’s convenient that a new server location is a single click away, there’s no way to manually connect to alternative servers, meaning you’re at the mercy of whatever Surfshark determines to be the best. It’s also worth noting that the country count was 62 at the time of updating this review. Most of the rest of the countries are limited to a single connection option except for Canada (three), France (three), Germany (four), India (three), Italy (two), Poland (two), Portugal (two) and Spain (three). ![]() While the 3,200 servers and 65+ countries are on the short side compared to our current best VPN recommendations, there are five cities to choose from for Australia, three for the UK and 23 for the US. This speedy connectivity ensures that uptime-sensitive tasks like music streaming aren’t disrupted during connection or disconnection for the majority of my tests (with a few occasional one-second disruptions). Surfshark takes around five seconds to connect to a server, whether locally or somewhere else in the world, and a second or two to disconnect. I wasn’t off to a great start with Surfshark but it was pretty much all smooth sailing thereafter. In fairness, this was a good way to test the Surfshark support, which was very quick to respond on live chat and offered timely assistance to help me resolve this issue (one I haven’t faced with other VPNs). This is an admirable inclusion unless, like me, you get stuck on that page and are then are later unable to change your password because the temporary one it assigned you (but didn’t tell you) is requested when you do want to update it. While most of this process is as straightforward as other providers, Surfshark wants you to immediately change your password to something incredibly secure when you sign up via browser. ![]() Whether you opt for one month, six months or two years, you can take advantage of a 30-day money-back guarantee (Surfshark doesn’t have a free trial).įor comparison, the table below shows how Surfshark VPN compares to our top-rated VPN providers at .Īfter paying more than what was advertised, my next hurdle was during the sign-up process. Surfshark’s monthly pricing is towards the high side, beaten only by CyberGhost in the VPNs we’ve tested on the site, but the advertised price for the two-year plan is one of the best in terms of value. To add to the concern, this plan was listed as one year when it should be two (even though Surfshark wasn’t offering an annual plan at the time of updating this review).Īs is the VPN trend, the more you pay, the better the monthly value, even if you are stung with the full upfront cost. According to my bank account, I paid $89.09 all up for the two-year subscription instead of the advertised $76.53 price ( Note: pricing reflects when this review was revisited in early 2022), which feels misleading. The thing is, when I bought my Surfshark VPN subscription for this review, the Australian prices offered were converted back to US currency and, subsequently, weren’t as cheap. On face value, Surfshark scores easy points on the payment front because it offers Australian pricing, which tends to mean no surprise fees nor mental gymnastics figuring out how much you’re actually paying. ![]() So, if I go back to my motion graphics template, I can go to the Graphics menu, and choose Export As Motion Graphics Template, and choose a particular library, or, if I cancel here, right in the central graphics panel, I can right-click on the template, choose Copy to Library, pick the library I want to use, and it's copied over. The benefit of adding a motion graphics template file to a library is that the contents of that library will be available anywhere that you log in, with your Adobe ID. And that's quite useful if you create a lot of your own motion graphics templates, particularly if they're themed. ![]() Notice that word does not appear in the name of the motion graphics template file, it's just a tag I associated with it. ![]() So, if I search for box, which I added to the motion graphics template we just created, up it comes. Just remove that for a second, go back to that browse section, you can use any tags that you associate with a new motion graphics template by typing them in the search box. So, we get a nice preview of that animation, and if I want to add it to a sequence, I can drag it straight in. You can hover scrub with the thumbnails in the central graphics panel, just as you can with footage in the project panel. And if I go to the browse section in the central graphics panel, I already have the local templates folder checked, and if I scroll down, there's our nature.motion graphics template. And, there's an option to have a warning if the template is not compatible with Adobe Premiere Rush, I'm not going to enable any of those, but I'm going to add some keywords, I'll add dots, and box, because there's a box around the text, now I'll click OK. Also, warn me if effects are used that are not included as standard with Premiere Pro, that's referring to the party effects that you might have installed on this system, but not another if you move the template to another computer. Those can be installed automatically when you use this template. Or, for that matter, you can put it in a library, for now, I'm going to choose the local templates folder, I'll include a video thumbnail, and we have all of these available warnings, warn me if the template uses fonts that are not available on Adobe Fonts. You can also choose Local Drive, and just browse to any folder you want. ![]() And that'll appear in the central graphics panel. By default, the file will go in the local templates folder that's created automatically by Premiere Pro. You're actually going to generate a file, now, and you can move between different editing systems. Give the new motion graphics template a name, let's call this Nature_dots, and choose where it's going to go. If you think it's likely you're going to want to use an animation like this again in the future, select the item, go to the graphics menu, and choose Export As Motion Graphics Template. Very simple, just using position settings and key frames. This is a very basic animated graphic, let me show you what we've got. But, what if you want to create a motion graphics template in Premiere Pro? I'm going to select this item and delete it, and let's take a look at one we have here on the timeline. Having said that, quite a lot of items are not editable, and that's because most motion graphics templates that you'll work with in Premiere Pro are actually created in Adobe After Effects, and the options you have for modification are locked down at the point of creating the template, it's actually a creative choice made by the motion graphics designer. It's easy to add one to your project, just drag the item you want into your current sequence, and, modify settings as you wish, here, I'm selecting this item, selecting a graphic takes you directly into the edit section of the essential graphics panel, and I can go in and modify many of these items. The essential graphics panel offers you a wide range of prebuilt motion graphics templates, these are often referred to as MOGRTs, which I think is a weird name for a technology. For this tutorial, I am in the creating motion graphics sequence, and, I'm in the graphics workspace. ![]() Mirroring the Swedish furniture company's long-term, simple, DIY mission, the second-generation Symfonisk bookshelf speaker is both sleek and multi-functional. The Ikea Symfonisk Bookshelf takes a very Ikea approach. Ikea Symfonisk Bookshelf f eatures: Type: Portable | Voice-enabled: No | Wi-Fi: Yes If you see inaccuracies in our content, please report the mistake via this form. If we have made an error or published misleading information, we will correct or clarify the article. Our editors thoroughly review and fact-check every article to ensure that our content meets the highest standards. ![]() Our goal is to deliver the most accurate information and the most knowledgeable advice possible in order to help you make smarter buying decisions on tech gear and a wide array of products and services. ZDNET's editorial team writes on behalf of you, our reader. 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You will need to grab the Winetricks script: There is probably some DLLs that you will need to install to run your unsupported games.ĭo the entirety of Step 1 from the WineCFG section above. WINEPATH="/YOUR_PATH_TO_LIBRARY/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Proton 3.16-6 Beta/dist/bin/wine64" Then, change your wine path to the wine path in the Proton directory In case the website is not reachable anymore I post the guide below.Ĭhances are, you are going to run games that are not supported by Proton, and you might have to go into winecfg to get the fix you need.Ĭhange your wine prefix to the proton prefix:Įnv WINEPREFIX="/YOUR_PATH_TO_LIBRARY/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Proton 3.16-6 Beta/dist/share/default_pfx" I just played a few minutes but it seems very stable. After that you run winecfg and go to libraries and delete the dsound overwriting. Then you run the following command on your terminal: winetricks directmusic dsound. It could be necessary to replace your different Proton version in the path. To setup WINEPREFIX and WINEPATH and to install winetricks.If you follow the guide from the website it is necessary to replace ~/ with your actual path to the library. ![]() Gothic II: Gold Edition brings together the excitement of Gothic II and the add-on Night of the. Also set extendedMenu=1 to set the changes permanently.įirst I updated my nvidia graphics driver to 396 and then I followed this guide ) e Sprache, Gothio er Stil, e f.ungodliness wickedness, impiety. Release Date: Summary Critic Reviews User Reviews. Above you can change the resolution if you want to. ![]() I you have a problem with constant resolution change go to the Gothic.ini andĬhange zVidResFullscreenBPP=32. Plus, if you are using a tablet or convertible laptop running Windows 10, your annotations can be made using a stylus. Now, after you take a screenshot, you can immediately begin cropping, editing, and annotating the screenshot. In addition to the old Snipping Tool’s features, Snip & Sketch adds many new annotation features to make this screenshot utility more useful. While the original tool simply took screenshots of either the full screen or an area you chose, it couldn’t do much else. Snip & Sketch, available in the latest build of Windows 10 (Build 1909), is a new program meant to replace the Snipping Tool that has been available in Windows 7, 8, and 10. One in particular that has stood out for me in my everyday work has been the new Snip & Sketch tool. Whether you’ve used Windows 10 for a while now or just recently upgraded, there are, of course, many changes and improvements with each feature update. I don't use it much, but when I do and I need to do a screenshot I remember how much I hate it's native lack of functionality.Īre there good alternatives to SnagIt that are open. I'm actually going to buy it for my wife's old laptop later tonight. ![]() On a Mac, the $1.99 for Greenshot seems like a steal considering how much the built-in MacOS screenshot functionality sucks. Just to with any of the options above and save yourself a bunch of money and system resources! I had it on my work laptop for years in a previous job and hated it because it was just so overblown for what's needed 99% of the time. SnagIt is fine, but WAY more than what most people need or use, expensive, and has a huge footprint in comparison. The two snipping utilities in Windows 10 are good enough for probably 95% of people as well. I am debating whether to migrate totally over to it from FastStone 5.3 or just pay them the $20 for the lifetime license since I have used their free one for the past 15 years or more! Or, just keep using the free version because it still works great! The latest commercial version is FastStone 7.5 and is only $19.95 for lifetime.Ī great open source one that I recently discovered is Greenshot and it fills all of my needs as well. I still use the last free version of FastStone Capture 5.3 that fills all of my needs.
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