Are there any good anime films that are appropriate for showing my father? My dad has a very eclectic taste in films, and he enjoyed the movie Akira, but that's the only anime film he's ever seen and he's interested in seeing more. His favorite movies are American films from between the 40's and the 70's though. I considered showing him Perfect Blue because it's a very good psychological drama/psychological horror film, and he enjoys psychological stuff, but I think some of the scenes in it are probably too risque for his tastes. I don't think it's impossible that he could like it but I'd think he'd find it kind of weird.
When I was a kid I learned how to edit images using sumopaint. It used to have this layer effect called "gradient bevel" which created a very interesting effect where the gradient would warp depending on the shape of the objects with consideration for alpha. I currently use Gimp for image editing, and it appears to not have this as an option. "gradient map" only converts existing colors into colors along a selected gradient depending on their value, and "bevel" creates a sharp bevel effect which I'm not interested in using. Would anyone happen to know if there is a plugin that would create this effect in Gimp, or if there is any way to manually achieve this effect?
I found some mini-DV video tapes in the attic. Do you guys know how to digitize them and what I need to do? I already have a camera for them, but it's broken, and I have no idea what to do with it
I cannot find a complete english copy of the last 2 volumes and the manga sites which have them do not allow mass downloading it seems. Any help would be appreciated!
My PC is currently turning on and off by itself. There is no rhyme or reason and I am unsure what could be the problem. When it does shut down it does a "true" shutdown with the windows screen and all, almost as if I did it manually. It does NOT just go black and die. Similarly it will wake itself up after shutting itself down after an independent period of time. I have found the only way to shut it down for the night is to use the physical button at the top of the pc. I have tried turning the psu off and unplugging it as well as connecting the pc to a different power strip. It does appear to happen when I am playing games, but there is no graphical or gameplay issues before shutdown. The time varies as well, sometimes I make it 2 hours into a game and sometimes 15 mins.
I am thinking about upgrading pretty soon so it's not a total loss, but if I could pinpoint the likely part that is causing the issues maybe I could salvage some. Thx senpai.
