Thanks for your answer.No nobody who is alive , untill now. Albuquerque is a noble name in my country but as you don't know notihng about History even from your countries, i will teatch you. Afonso the Albuquerque was my parent and in 1480 discovered the sea way to India. Lavínia is a Latin name which means falling snow and Albuquerque in Latin means white oak - Quercus Alba. So if you please don´t joke with other persons name look at yours. Bugs Bunny
Re: After Effects by Dave LaRonde on Jul 15, 2008 at 5:34:40 pm
Sorry, I meant no offense.
My own family name, LaRonde, is French, and it means the musical form called a "round", a canon which is sung. People in the United States are familiar with the song, "Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily merrily, life is but a dream". It can be sung as a round.
The first of my family, Toussaint la Ronde, came to North America in the 1600's, when it was known in Europe as the New World. He established a trading post near Hudson Bay in the Canadian province of Ontario. To this day, there are many la Rondes (or LaRondes -- there is a disagreement about capitalization) living in Eastern Ontario near the border with Québec.
Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA
I didn't mean either. Yes Laronde should be French. I am glad you told me that story now i know who i am speaking to. Best regards and thanks for the tip.Lavínia
Re: After Effects by Ron Lindeboom on Jul 15, 2008 at 5:51:22 pm
[Lav�nia Albuquerque]"...but as you don't know nothing about History even from your countries, i will teach you."
Lavinia,
Please lighten up. I know plenty of Europeans, Asians and others who would not care to compete with this American on the subjects of world history and geography. I am a VORACIOUS reader and love to learn about disparate cultures. I regularly surprise tourists who come here to visit, when I hear them talking and can tell them from their accent not only the nation they're from but often the area/district and dialect they are speaking. Sure, I get skunked some times but I get it right as often as not. My wife, Kathlyn, would tell you that many of them are amazed as they too think all Americans are as stupid as the propaganda that the media feeds them -- just as we are sold a mountain of crap here by our own media. Don't believe everything you hear on television about all Americans being idiots. Sure, we have our idiots but I have little doubt that the same holds true in every country and culture around the world.
That said, Dave was joking with you.
With my last name, Lindeboom, I get plenty of heckles and comments over the years. In my family's homeland of the Friesland in the Netherlands, it is an honorable name. Here in the USA, it is a funny name and people regularly make fun or comment on it. I can live with that, as it is also an unforgettable name and once people hear it they rarely forget it. I have used that to my advantage over the years.
One of humanity's greatest attributes is its ability to laugh at itself. Too much of the world's ills can be laid at the feet of the fact that we take ourselves far too seriously than the facts usually justify.
Besides, we like Bugs Bunny here at Creative COW. Welcome to the COW and to a crazy bunch -- some of us are even crazier than others. ;o)
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom
Remember: Burt Bacharach lied. What the world really needs now is an undo button.
Hello, i am an After Effects student and don't think most of Americans are stupid or i whould't register myself on this forum. But i was not expecting such a reception. And yes i can take a joke.I can take many jokes but not with my last name because i am not used to it.The thinks that we wright sometimes do have unexpected effects that's all. Best Regards
Re: After Effects by Ken Latman on Jul 15, 2008 at 5:48:09 pm
You could export your "shapes" out as images and then open the document in Illustrator. If you put your "shapes" on a white background it will be easier. Run the Live Trace under the object menu and exclude white (as long as you don't have white areas in the "shape"). Expand the appearance and then ungroup the new object. Select the object and copy. Go to AE and past the object information in a new solid (as a mask) or shape layer.
Hello, nice to meet you too. Yes i know that there is a place with my name at US. My third name is Magalhães that you translated as Magellan, and there's a place on pacific ocean very dificult to cross which has this name. My father's favorite joke about me is the fact i am affraid of the sea even descending from sea navigators. And you? Where is your family from? As we are speaking about this matter. Cheers
