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We have 9 Kidde P12040 smoke alarms and have 3 false alarms in the last month, each time a different one of the 9 alarmsDoes anyone have experience with the First Alert BRK 7010B smoke alarm?ADDEDCalled Kidde, was told to use only Energizer 522 or Duracell MN1604 and change every year, NOT long life Lithium batteriesI've used Lithium batteries for at least a dozen years, in 3 different houses, and have always thought they were better... now, I wonder ???

My HD crashed - I need to download Adobe Muse. Any ideas where I can get the last release -  I need to update my site. 😞

the beach rummers are getting jumped on as fast as they leak out but whatever the real reason Google has decided to shut the doors on the system... I'm sure upset at the news

The same day I purchased a single Creative Suite license - my credit card was charged for 12 Photoshop and 18 Acrobat licenses from a guy I have never heard of with a different name and email address I do NOT have registered with my Adobe account. So this guy can use my credit card (my credit card has my female name) without any additional secure confirmation from Adobe (like my Adobe username and password...or maybe he had that too? They are being very vague.). But they won't refund ME my $677.60 without a confirmation email from his user id?!? Even though I can give them all my credit card info, my Adobe username and am adamant that I did not make this purchase. And it's obvious because I only have a single license purchased on the same day. They just want to keep their profit from these fraudulent 30 licenses. The tech support guy said he would "CC" me on the email they will be sending this guy "asking him if he used my credit card without my permission". Ha! I said please "BCC" me

And I animated the music video in After Effects. https://youtu.be/ZC6kCw-PoOY This is my first country-western music video.After Effects​

Every industry spawns some "in jokes" and ours is no exception.  I'll start with some video editing jokes since I do a lot of that:Q:  How many editors does it take to change a light bulb?A:  Change?   I'm not changing a thing!Never trust an editor with a sun tan.Anybody tempted by the dark side, remember AVID spelled backwards is DIVAQ:  Why did the film editor decide not to make the change the non linear video editing?A:  He thought it wasn't a reel job.So, does anybody have any more?   They don't have to be video related...any "Creative" in jokes are welcome!

I've been toying around the idea of starting a graphic design side hustle. I currently work in a rock quarry that is about a two-hour roundtrip daily drive for me. I have been volunteering at my church with the Media team. I have purchased an Adobe CC subscription and have been going through as many tutorials as I can. I used to design and build personal websites, but that was back in the mid-90's. I am looking for any insight, advice, or knowledge on where to start with graphic design for a side hustle. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

fyi MS has finally woke up and pulled the busted update from the server... G guys if only people had told you it was busted ref: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4464619/windows-10-update-history

english is not my native languageIf there is a place where the expression is unclearplease tell meI know that there are a lot of autosub software now.but what I want isjust like an audio bookI have an articlethen I read itI don't need autosub to help me identify what I read.what I need is to help me, automatically split the article onto the timeline.sorry, I am not too familiar with this aspect.If u have the relevant software, plz tell me[Title edited... Mod]

I am afraid I have no idea which community to place this question in. Adobe requires that I chose a specific community; so apopogies as it is probably in the wrong place. Perhaps someone will, as a start, know where this question would be best placed..?My business partner and I run a small architectural engineering consultancy. We wish to produce a single page online flyer for marketing purposes. We would like our mobile phone numbers, email addresses and website to appear on the flyer as active links. If a client views our flyer on their mobile device or laptop, a tap or click on our phone number, email, or website will initiate a phone call / email or direct to our website.We wish to individually email clients / prospective clients with this marketing flyer as a (probably) PDF attachment to the mail. I do not know what software to use to accomplish this.Any suggestions gratefully received.Harry

i am very sorry for sounding odd to most people. But please, how can i learn software like, Photoshop, illustrator, fireworks, after effects for free. please !

I can't find the correct name of this little fellow... anyone seen one of these?taken last Monday, Dawkins Park, Macksville Australia

I need to create an eLearning module with interactive video.  So the video plays and then a certain points it stops and asks a question (overlay on top) that the user answers and then is presented with the correct answer... Then the video continues.  This video will be watched on all devices so it can not be a SWF file...What is the best CC application to do this is Animate or After Effects.  I thought Animate but it does not allow for video to be viewed in the time line and therefore impossible to animate over at certain point in the playback.Can anyone suggest to best way and the best CC tools to achieve this result?

Dear Anyone. I've put this in The Lounge because I couldn't see anywhere more appropriate, Mods, feel free to move it if I've put it in the wrong place? Just E_mail me with where you've put it if you move it, k?OK, I'm totally confused dot com on all of what I'm about to ask so if you think I'm asking the wrong question, please tell me!  Here's what I've done, tell me what I SHOULD have done and how to correct it. Don't use jargon.  I'm too dumb for jargon! I went to Amazon and bought a legit. copy of a book.  It said Kindle format only, I thought 'that's cool, I'll be able to convert it after downloading it.'  I wanted to convert it because I've got a computer I use to write music on that's never connected to the Net because I don't want any viruses to have a chance to hit it and I needed to read it on that one.  (It's about mixing music.)But Amazon put it on the Cloud and gave me a Kindle device to read it with (a virtual program, not a physical object!) Afte

Hi Everyone!   Please forgive if this is not the right forum to post in for this question...    We have a client requesting a "learn more" button be applied to her video.  When viewers click on the button they are routed to the client's website.  Anyone have experience doing this?  What is the best way?   Thanks!   Shelley

Just started getting involved in filming events such as celebrations, interviews and short clips of random subjects.  Slowly investing and building up my equipment as I go.  Would like to progress into short promotionalvideos for businesses and hopefully get paid for my time.  Wondering if anyone has had similar experience at this level and could pass on practical advice e.g. approaching companies, what dialogue to use etc.

Thesis: Adobe Office in the PH: An interdependent work-space through convergence of the creative industryGreetings! I am Izabelle Esther S. Tanchico a 5th year architecture student doing my thesis, my topic is "Adobe Office in the PH: An interdependent work-space through convergence of the creative industry"As there is no Adobe Office here in the Philippines and creative industry is a key contributor to Philippines growth, I would like to propose an Adobe Office which would showcase Filipino's creativity. People who are into this industry like graphic designers and illustrators, animators, publishers, film and video pros, fashion designers, photographers, architects, web designers or anyone who is into digital arts will collaborate and make an impact in our economy through digital media and marketing. (This research is purely theoretical and is hoped to solve some of our problems as creative architecturally.)With this, Is it possible to ask for the different Departments in the Adobe Of

If you have a minute, send a thought or two to those affected by Hurricane Florence on the East Coast of the USA, mostly in the Carolinas so far. As of today, twelve are dead, a million are without power, and untold numbers have evacuated their homes to safer grounds. Some areas have gotten 30" of rain.Hurricane Florence Updates: 12 Dead, Power Failures and Catastrophic Flooding - The New York Times

I was going to put this in Gene's Something We Can All Relate to thread, but it is not really a joke, so I thought I'd better start a new thread.Turn up your volume and enjoy.

I have made a 360 video for education.  I now wish to create hotspots for elearning. There are a few cloud platforms out there but I thought about Adobe seeing as they have so many products, maybe they have something for this?Thank You

The World Poker Tour has a web site where people may play Texas Hold'Em for free, against other peoplehttps://share.playwpt.com/TygerJohn Disclaimer... if you sign up using that link I get a small bonus of free money for my play accountDo be aware that since it is play money, some people go "wild" while betting... I play to try and improve my skill, so treat my free money as if it was real

Hello everyone, Can someone explain, in plain English , what do these mean in real life and what their advantages are, when they write them in mirrorless/slr cameras reviews/specs (I've been a photographer all my life but quite new to shooting video):recording standard Cinema 4K 10-bit 4:2:2 videoflat V-logHLG modesThanks,Marek

Why do you use 'then' instead of 'than' word. I noticed in chats with people they do it constantly, so not just single time by mistake but each time there is need to use 'than' word. However I don't speak english well that little change sounds terrible. Is there something about this language I don't know I should use 'then' instad of 'than' like others?I never noticed anyone says 'Thenk You' but always 'Thank You'. It's little different as there's not 'thenk' word; still it's similar.What is really wired, Google Translator although distinguishes single use of 'then' and 'than', if 'then' is used in sentence it translates it like that was correct 'than'. Even machine like human got the same tendency or in some contries that's good?

Sometimes people in the industry can't help but try and figure out what's going on "outside the frame".Lighting, Camera moves, post editing, etc.I like a Culligan water TV commercial and couldn't understand the lyrics so hunted it down. Which 30 seconds do you think they used ?The last shot is maybe aerial or maybe Luoma crane under cranked a bit... what do YOU think it was ??TV commercialhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkUVaFrF4f8music - what 30 seconds ?https://genius.com/Mai-lan-pumper-lyricslast shot - aerial or Luoma crane?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q_Dam9nD0E