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Hardware Upgrade

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I’ve been postponing it for ages but while I was working on the template design of my new business blog the application started to fail on me. It kept crashing with one 3Gig file: I realised I had to install the whole package again. So while I was at it I thought I might as well put in the new gear: a 500Gb HD and 2x2Gb of RAM. What I thought would take me an hour in the end almost took me two days. It wasn’t the hardware causing me problems, that all went quite smooth, it was the software and I decided to do a clean system install.

Of course after the installation I found out that files were missing, mostly printer descriptions and prefs and although I did make some backups it was no point trying to sort out what was missing and where it was supposed to be on the system. I deleted all the Creative Suite applications and installed them again and although I still have to sort out stuff on my HDs and take care of archiving, my machine runs fine without any problems. I now have an extra HD to backup all the client files in case one of my LaCie Porsches fails.

It’s been a busy two days but I’m quite content with the results and I know I will be grateful for doing this if I was to experience a serious crash in the future… I’m so happy with my beast… *sigh*

:)

See the dirt? *EEEEW*

More dirt *YUK*

New HD with special ‘drive guides’ that were stored next to the HD bays [RAM modules top left]

New HD in its bay, haven’t connected power cable yet, just the data cable

New RAM modules installed, 8 slots all full *hehe*

Illustrator

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I’m so getting into using Illustrator again. I’m totally twisted and chaotic, I realise that. But I have been working with this app and I forgot what it was like because I was totally into Photoshop for a very long time… I neglected Illustrator but what a lovely app this is and it is SO much better than it used to be. Jeez what a simple installation or update can cause. Now I wish I had done it earlier, but I reckon there’s a reason for this and I won’t try to dig into that [for now].
I have seen amazing artwork done in Illustrator and I’m eager to learn the technique so I can use it myself. I reckon I will once I start using this app more often. I remember I used to do stuff like the example below but back then it wasn’t as good as it would be now since a lot has changed in Illustrator, I love the mesh tool which seems to be a curse to some designers, I see why but I reckon you should use the tools that are convenient and giving you more options to get the perfect result.
What would’ve limited me in the past is no longer an issue with CS2 and I’m happy to rediscover the use of this app. All I need now is more time to explore it… emoticons/biggrin.gif
I love this artist and her artwork, just amazing stuff! Her name is *Limkis…

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