![]() Once all the enemies have been worn down, start killing them one at a time. Once the Slinger is dead, simply move around the field and weaken all the dredge so you are able to kill each of them in one hit. If you have the Farthingjord equipped from TBS1, it will be that much easier as you will be able to do 4-6 break damage depending on how high you upgraded his break stat. Use your first couple of turns to kill the Slinger as this is the only enemy that can really cause you trouble. Take careful note of its movement range, including with willpower (the yellow squares), and make sure to always move so that you will not be within the next dredge's attack range. To win the fight, you need to use the D-pad to view the dredge that will act next. This means Rook will get a turn after each dredge's turn. As you enter the battle alone, you do not have to deal with pillage mode. While the fight may initially seem overwhelming, it is much easier than expected. Use this in conjunction with the Random Events page to navigate your way through the story while putting yourself at risk as little as is necessary.Īfter the initial tutorial where you meet Aleo, you will enter a second fight with just Rook against a number of dredge with one Slinger and Grunt as well as a couple Stoneguards and Scourge. Below I will list the events that can lead to a battle and the choices you can make to avoid them if necessary. While with Rook's caravan, you will still want to try and fight as many battles as you can (you will want to avoid a few). Bolverk - Rank 8 (Avoid talents all together for the end game battle). ![]() Hakon - Rank 8 (Switched in after Iver leaves).While your party may end up looking very different, here is what I ended up making it through the game with. Doing this will see you start with over 550 renown to give your characters a massive boost early in the game and make your run much easier. Try to rank up Iver to a reasonable level and have Bolverk useable but don't make him too deadly.īefore starting your Hard run if you haven't done so already, I seriously recommend that you run through TBS1 using the method I describe on the Preparations page. This especially applies to Bolverk as to win the Challenge achievement you do need to win the final battle (you should know what I speak of if you have already played through on Normal). Because we are playing on Hard, we will be avoiding a fair amount of battles where possible.
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What does this really bring me above and beyond my smartphone experience? I look at my smartphone whenever I want to do any of the tasks I want to do. These Google glasses simply move my smartphone to my head, and throw images up in front of my eye. I LOVE music, so I understood the purpose of the iPod immediately.Īnd I don’t walk around with my headphones in my ears all day either, but when I want to listen to music on the go, I can’t think of a better way to do so. The iPod was a great way for me to have more music with me at all times. I definitely didn’t feel like that about the iPod. They want to kill other’s products by announcing vaporwares 5–10 years before they could successfully monopolize the market. Microsoft and Google are the opposites of Apple. But then Apple does not make a habit of showing its cards until it is 99.99% ready. If there is anyone who could demonstrate the practicality of its products, it’s Apple. If Apple had not shown the way to do things in a sensible way, Google would still be groping in the dark. The Google’s Nexus Q and the Nexus tablet are copycats of Apple’s products. ![]() The Google’s Project Glass is still a vaporware because Google did not allow anyone to touch it and it was reported that it would only come out in 2014. Just like the rest of the Android gang that did not demonstrate how their products would be commonly useful, they use diversionary or misleading techniques such as Motorola Droid phones and tablets that magically dropped from outer space into Earth’s orbit. Google had nothing to show at its recent IO conference and had to use gimmicks such as using skydivers to jump out of the Zepellin to capture eyeballs. ![]() Additional CapabilitiesĪs an online tool, Visme is super versatile when it comes to content creation. Some options are more animation based while others have video backgrounds with text effect overlays.Īll templates are easy to customize and personalize for your brand. The video template library in Visme is varied and full of options. But we might be biased! Explainer Video Templates ![]() There aren’t any cons we can think of about Visme. If you need help with design and layout, the Visme Blog has lots of articles and tutorials on creating better content. The team is continuously improving the user experience and design features to make your visual content creation easier. Visme is user-friendly and has a low learning curve. Make sure all the typography and color themes in your explainer video are true to your brand. ProsĮasily create branded animated explainer videos using your Brand Kit. Pulse, there’s also plenty of backgrounds, elements and animation effects to add visual richness. With Visme, you can create animated explainers with customizable animated characters. Visme is drag and drop animation software, and it’s also a visual content creation workshop. We’ve got a lot to cover, so let’s get started.ġ6 Explainer Video Software for Animated Explainer Videos In this list, we’re going to review these explainer video tools and a few more. Some of the best explainer video software include Visme, Animaker, Powtoon, RawShorts, Vyond, Biteable, VideoScribe, Wideo, Adobe Spark, GoAnimate, Moovly, MySimpleShow and Renderforest. ![]() Your video marketing strategy needs the best tools to create branded animated explainers. ![]() It has some advanced features like splitting and combining files. It offers dual-pane and customization options. It supports various file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files. It’s a free and open-source file manager with dual-pane interface. Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering, and encoding tasks on Windows 10/7/8. Users who need to manage their photos' EXIF properties. Explorer++ is also another choice of the best Windows file manager. Users who need to modify their MP3 files' tags. Best Text Editor for Windows The best free text editor for Windows are: Notepad++ Atom VS Code Brackets NetBeans VIM Blue Fish Emacs jEdit gEdit Light Table Notepad ++ Notepad++ is a powerful text editor for windows. Users who need to change their files' date time or other file attributes. Modify all types of photo's properties including EXIF.Įdit the file's summary properties including: "Title", "Subject", "Author", "Keywords", "Comments", "Template", "Last Author", "Revi Modify all the MP3 ID3 Tags including V1 and V2. 7 Best Free MP4 Editors for Windows and Mac in 2022 1. The 1-click UndoĬhange file and folder's "created date time", "modified date time", and "Last access date time".Ĭhange file and folder's attributes including "Archive", "Read Only", "Hidden", "System", "Temporary", "Offline", "Content index", or "Normal". With the powerful file and folder browse feature plus the drag and drop support, you can easily add a group of files and/or directories. and modify their diversify properties, like document summary properties, and photo's EXIF properties. You’ll just have to play around with your apps to see which allow saving with tags.Use File Property Edit, with just several mouse click, you can easily change the files' attributes, including "create time", "modify time", "last access time", "Realonly", "Hidden", "System". Some apps, including all the Microsoft Office apps, let you add tags to files as you save them. Tagging Files While Saving in Microsoft Office It’s more cumbersome than just typing the operator, but it might be useful if you’ve already performed a search and just want to narrow it down to tags. You can also add that operator from the “Search” tab on File Explorer’s Ribbon, if you want. The easiest way to do this is to just type “tags:” into the search box, and then type the tag text for which you want to search. However, if you’re outside that folder (say, you want to search your whole PC or the entire Documents folder), you’ll have to add the “tags:” operator to the beginning of your search. Of course, the results also include any files that have that text in the name or other searchable content. ![]() In File Explorer, if you have the folder open where the file is contained, you can just type a tag into the search box and Windows will show you files tagged that way. But things are a little weird, depending on where you’re doing your searching. Using Tags to SearchĪfter you’ve tagged some files, you can then use those tags in your searches. Audacity Audacity is my top pick for best free audio editors for Windows 10. ![]() Each will work with most audio formats including mp3, wav, vox, gsm, wma, au, aif, flac, real audio, ogg, aac, m4a and others for maximum versatility. ![]() When you’re done tagging, just click “OK” to finish. All work in Windows 10, all are safe and easy to install. If you want to add multiple tags at once, just separate them with a semicolon. A tag can be any length and use any kind of standard character, including spaces, though we recommend keeping them reasonably short and easy to remember. There are no predefined tags, so what you type is up to you. To the right of the “Tags” entry, click the empty space in the “Value” column and a text box appears that just contains some “Add a tag” text. (If you don’t see a “Tags” entry here, that file type doesn’t support tags.) You’ll see the “Tags” entry in the “Description” section. In the image’s properties window, switch over to the “Details” tab. I’ll use this old stock photo of Adam West as an example. To tag any file, right-click it in Explorer, and then click the “Properties” command. ![]() These include Restorative Glimmer (health regenerates when using Dark Vision), Spiritual Pool (mana regenerates faster), Combustion (grenades do more damage), Duelist’s Luck (ammo packs have a slight chance of containing one extra bullet), Duelist’s Skill (bullets inflict more damage), and Whirlwind (faster sword attack speed). The bone charm customization options for bloodthirsty players include several options for boosting health/mana, ammo replenishment, and inflicting more damage. Which bone charms would be ideal for my violent tendencies? I prefer spilling the blood of my enemies in a gory, public fashion. Also check out Swift Stalker (move faster with weapons sheathed ), Undertaker (move faster while carrying a body), Lucky Needle (chance to recover sleep darts), Strong Arm (choke your enemies unconscious slightly faster), and Shadow Embrace (Shadow Walk lasts longer). The previously mentioned Swift Shadow trait that speeds up movement while in stealth mode is one of the most useful movement bonuses. The diverse array of bone charms in the game have a rich and varied amount of stealth-oriented traits worth pursuing. I’m a stealth player – which bone charms would you recommend creating? That said, players who like to game the system can simply quicksave before making the charm and keep reloading until corruption is successfully avoided. Some corruptions may not even apply to your play style, making it easy to live with the trade-off. Wait – I can accidentally corrupt my own bone charms? Why would I risk it?īecause the reward of stacking traits is greater than the risk of having one negative side effect. ![]() ![]() This could impart a negative trait to the bone charm as well. Beware, when stacking abilities four times there is a chance it can be corrupted. Stack it four times on the rune and voila – you have a powerful new bone charm to wear. Once you’ve learned the trait you want to exploit, it’s time to craft. Doing so gives you more raw whale bone you can use for crafting, but more importantly you learn that charm’s traits, which can then to be applied to your own creations. The first step is to deconstruct bone charms in your possession. This resources serves as the foundation for bone charm creation, so it’s always good to have some in reserve.Īfter unlocking the crafting traits and gathering some raw whale bone, then you can start experimenting. While you search for runes to unlock these crafting traits we recommend you scavenge as much raw whale bone as you can as well. Unlocking the Trait Synergy ability (three runes) allows you to stack the same trait on a bone charm four times, and the Witch Crafting ability (two runes) lowers the chance that your bone charms will be corrupted. The cost to entry for bone charming is cheap – one rune – but you should spend another five runes to put yourself in the best position to create great bone charms. This can be a game changer for players attempting ghost and pacifist playthroughs. For instance, if you successfully stack the Shift Shadow bone charm bonus, which makes you move slightly faster in stealth mode, you can move at highs speeds while staying stealthy. Why should I craft my own?īecause those minor bonuses your favorite bone charms bestow can be turned into major bonuses, stacking up to four times. We break down how and why below.Īrkane already made cool bone charms for me to use. With almost 100 different pre-existing bone charms for players to experiment with, the possibilities are nearly endless. Though unlocking and upgrading the various supernatural powers at your disposal is the natural draw for spending runes, min-max oriented players should think seriously about investing in crafting as well. When paired strategically, these trinkets of carved whale bone can combine to give players several enhancements that complement their play style, be it the stealth oriented low-chaos approach or the rancorous, kill-anything-that-moves high-chaos method.ĭishonored 2 introduces a new wrinkle to this bonus system with bone charm crafting. As players explore the streets of Dunwall and Karnaca in the original game and its sequel, they are bound to come across powerful supernatural items known as bone charms. The world of Dishonored is filled with mysticism, science, and political intrigue. ![]() In 2015, Oracle PeopleSoft ERP (enterprise resource planning) was an on-premises system capable of running in Windows, Linux, UNIX, and IBM mainframe environments. It ran on Oracle’s Exalytics in-memory machine and Oracle Endeca Information Discovery enterprise data platform. It translated unstructured data into structured data, which then allowed users to analyze keywords and data in the Services Automation suite. In 2010, PeopleSoft released its In-Memory Project Discovery. Under Oracle, PeopleSoft offers different cloud-based software products, including Human Capital Management (HCM), Campus Solutions, Procurement and Supplier Management, Financial Management, and PeopleTools and Technology. Oracle would later slow the release cadence for PeopleSoft applications, instead releasing "Feature Packs" to add functionality. Oracle announced in 2005 that Fusion Applications would combine the best aspects of the PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, and Oracle Applications and merge them into a new product suite. Thus PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne became JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and PeopleSoft World became JD Edwards World. Oracle moved to capitalize on the perceived strong brand loyalty within the JD Edwards user community by rebranding former JD Edwards products. A month after the acquisition of PeopleSoft, Oracle cut over half of PeopleSoft's workforce, laying off 6,000 of PeopleSoft's 11,000 employees. In December 2004, Oracle announced that it had signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire PeopleSoft for approximately $10.3 billion. Although Oracle had reduced its offer to $7.7 billion in May, it again raised its bid in November to $9.4 billion. In October, the same decision was handed down by the European Commission. Federal judge, who found that the Justice Department had not proven its antitrust case. In September 2004, the suit was rejected by a U.S. Department of Justice filed suit to block Oracle, on the grounds that the acquisition would break antitrust laws. Complicating Oracle's takeover attempt was PeopleSoft's poison pill, allowing their customers to potentially receive refunds of 2–5 times the amount they had paid in the case of a takeover. ![]() In February 2004, Oracle decreased their bid to approximately $9.4 billion this offer was also rejected by PeopleSoft's board of directors. In June 2003, Oracle made a $13 billion bid in a hostile corporate takeover attempt. Oracle Corporation acquisition īeginning in 2003, Oracle began to maneuver for control of the PeopleSoft company. PeopleSoft branded the OneWorld product PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne. JD Edwards' software used the Configurable Network Computing architecture, which shielded applications from both the operating system and the database back-end. The latter's similar product line, World and OneWorld, targeted mid-sized companies too small to benefit from PeopleSoft's applications. In 2003, PeopleSoft performed a friendly merger with smaller rival JD Edwards. PeopleSoft expanded its product range to include a financials module in 1992, distribution in 1994, and manufacturing in 1996 after the acquisition of Red Pepper. PeopleSoft version 1, released in the late 1989, : 18 was the first fully integrated, robust client–server HRMS application suite. from Norwest Venture Partners joined the Board of Directors. The company's sole venture backing came from IBM. It should not be confused with Integral Systems of Columbia, Maryland, a different company. He cofounded PeopleSoft after leaving Integral Systems which was also based in Walnut Creek. Duffield envisioned a client–server version of Integral Systems popular mainframe HRMS package. History įounded in 1987 by Ken Morris and David Duffield, PeopleSoft was originally headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, before moving to Pleasanton, California. PeopleSoft Campus Solutions (CS) is a separate package developed as a student information system for colleges and universities. PeopleSoft Financial Management Solutions (FMS) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) are part of the same package, commonly known as Financials and Supply Chain Management (FSCM). The PeopleSoft name and product line are now marketed by Oracle. It existed as an independent corporation until its acquisition by Oracle Corporation in 2005. is a company that provides human resource management systems (HRMS), Financial Management Solutions (FMS), supply chain management (SCM), customer relationship management (CRM), and enterprise performance management (EPM) software, as well as software for manufacturing, and student administration to large corporations, governments, and organizations.
Trampling or running over enemies is also a way of dispatching them while on horseback. While riding a horse players can do close-quarter combat with any melee weapon they possess. Both the player's and the enemies' horses can be killed. Fast-paced chases are featured, and players can shoot while riding. Horseback combat is also featured, and is an important aspect of the game. ![]() Stealth plays a part in many missions as well, and players are encouraged to use bows, melee and, on the PSP version, throwing knives, in such situations. Players can also scalp a dying enemy with a scalping knife. They can use enemies as a human shield, and dispatch them by slitting their throats or knocking them out if the enemy has a bounty. Players can use a Bowie knife, tomahawk, and cavalry saber. Melee combat is also emphasized, with enemies randomly charging at the player throughout the game. Land mines are available on the PSP version. Barrels of TNT are scattered around the environment and during missions, encouraging players to use barrels to set traps or throw and use the Quickdraw mode to shoot them and detonate the TNT. Enemies may roll to attempt to avoid explosives. Dynamite explodes after a short delay, while whiskey bombs instantly ignite when they hit the ground. There are two handheld explosives available in the game: dynamite and whiskey bombs. The player can switch from first person to third person overhead camera with certain weapons. Attacking and killing enemies fills up a Quickdraw gauge which, when activated, slows down time like bullet time, switches the game to a first-person perspective and gives the player unlimited ammunition for a short duration, allowing the player to take on a significant number of enemies. Throwing knives are available in Gun Showdown. There are a variety of types of arrows to choose from, including ordinary, flaming, and, if unlocked, explosive arrows. Players can wield a revolver and switch between rifles, shotguns, various explosives, and bows. Players can enter a first person quick draw mode during gameplay. As the player progresses through the game, they can choose to complete side missions, including poker tournaments, cattle herding, law enforcement, time trials and bounty hunting. Once the patience meter reaches zero, a showdown ensues between the player and the locals. A Town Patience meter goes down every time a civilian is killed. They act as gunslingers protecting righteousness or seek reputation as they face resistance fighters, local lawmen, renegade soldiers and vengeful Apaches and Blackfoot. ![]() The player can also cause mayhem within communities, but can attract attention from lawmakers and other gunslingers by doing so. Players can hunt and kill various animals like buffalo, wild horses, and even stray dogs and farm animals. While traveling from town to town, bandit attacks are frequent and players must either escape or defend themselves. Players can purchase upgrades using money obtained from these optional activities and by mining gold veins. ![]() Players control the protagonist, Colton White, from a third-person perspective. Gun features an action role-playing game environment, including side-missions that add to the story. Gunfights are an important feature of the game, with enemies ranging from outlaws to wild animals. ![]() Save changes so they would be applied inside the application, but don't forget to test them first.Īll in all, it's a nice text to speech engine that allows you to choose from multiple voices and configure them. ![]() The settings menu comes with the option of configuring voices, adjusting the default duration rate, break rate, volume, pitch and more. All events made inside the application are displayed on the screen. Adjust volume and speech rate, to make it easy to listen to the speech and it comes with the option of changing the audio format. wav files form your device and there's a reset button that you can use so it would clear text and all settings fast. There's the option to pause or stop playback and skip certain words inside the text. It has three English voices that you can choose from and two Vietnamese, the latter will only speak text in Vietnamese. Text can be added inside the application, using the old-fashioned copy and paste way or by loading documents from your computer. The application has lots of settings and tools that you can use, neatly arranged in its intuitive interface. NHMTTS SAPI5 takes almost no time to install and it doesn't have a complicated setup that you would need to complete before using it. Easy-to-use graphical interface with some tools It has lots of features, including voice configuration and the option to choose from multiple voices available inside the application. It's great to use if you're learning English or Vietnamese and want to check the pronunciation of words. NHMTTS SAPI5 is a nice text to speech engine that alouds all sort of text documents and has plenty of tools that you can check out. ![]() It's clear that CrazyTalk does something special when you see how it can make this result from the photos on the left 2D or 3D These are fun and help to add an extra element of depth, along with backdrops and preset animations (great for times between dialogue). Although I won't talk much about them here, there are also libraries full of extra content to help mix up your characters, from teeth and eyes to hairstyles and accessories. This keeps things very clean and works well, as it's a very quick job of learning where everything lives. Hover over any icon and you get a tooltip telling you what it is. Many sets of tools are there but it never feels overwhelming, with easily collapsible menus and editing areas. Although CrazyTalk has a wealth of options, for anything from layering animations to applying guides to imported photos, they are sensibly and neatly organised into appropriate categories. You'll never be lost as to what you need to do, or how to access the tools you need for any given task. Whether you work on a MAC or a PC the GUI is clean, slick and enables you to work fast, rather than baffling you with menu after menu. For a number of reasons… The WorkspaceĪbsolutely the best part of CrazyTalk is the interface and methodology. If you work as a freelancer, or as part of a team that only infrequently uses fascial animation then it might be just the ticket. ![]() CrazyTalk sits in a slightly awkward area for artists, as it is certainly far more than a cheap fun tool to mess around with, yet it isn't going to replace the high end tools that some studios will demand. First off it's important to understand where a tool like this might fit in your workflow. Product: CrazyTalk 8 Pro Company: Reallusion Website: CrazyTalk has been around for a while now, but version 8, the latest upgrade, introduces tools to make this a more serious proposition for CG artists, including full 3D heads, pipeline options and more. ![]() You can also choose specific facial muscles to control, create expressions and head movements while you record live.ĬrazyTalk is available in three editions: Standard, Pro, and Pipeline.CrazyTalk Pro version 8 is out now and showcases a number of facial animation tools, and more – Rob Redman gets animated. With the Solo Feature Selection, you can design custom facial features and puppet behaviors while playing back recorded audio in real-time. Vivid Facial Animation Simply use a mouse or handheld device to puppet your character's animations.You can also manually refine your lip-syncs in the Timeline, and adjust the strength of the lip shapes with flexible controls. With the audio lip-syncing engine, animate characters' mouths with the built-in phoneme library that distinguishes between a wide range of vocals. Auto Audio Lip-sync Import your voice audio in WAV, MP3 format or use TTS to create a voice for your characters.Life-like auto motion from audio Thanks to the proprietary Auto Motion technology, your voice will be analyzed and then auto-animated with head and facial movements to create fun animations in seconds.Creatively adjust sizes, change colors, and customize textures to create your very own looks. Freely dress up and customize accessory designs With the smart accessory slot design, not only will items be automatically applied to the right places of your characters but you will also be able to easily adjust their position. ![]()
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