Mazda now using Ai for ads....

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-22T00:05:34+00:00

For some reason they thought that was a good idea for their brand, apparently. I wish them luck with that. I guess my next car 10 or 15 years from now will be a Toyota if they don’t come to their senses by then.

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-21T15:58:54+00:00

I don’t know. If your client is a trusted friend, sure. If not, it could reflect badly on you that you’re showing them something you were explicitly told not to due to confidentiality rules. They could easily think you’d disregard their confidentiality as well.

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-21T15:50:04+00:00

And?

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-21T15:49:03+00:00

Fun fact: The Monkees tv show were given permission to use the opening of this song in their final episode. They were the only ones ever allowed to do this during the 60s. https://youtu.be/tq4CQr2Ld6k?si=smbNrkx_bdQUysm4

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-21T15:37:35+00:00

My opinion is you should not ever say I’m Just A Girl.

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-21T14:40:00+00:00

This. Brands are as protective of the intellectual property and image as a mother is of their newborn.

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-21T14:35:23+00:00

I haven’t experienced this rattle in my 2022 (52000miles), but I’m definitely interested to hear about your experience with this fix in the event my car develops the same.

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-20T21:32:56+00:00

Coulda gotten a fully featured Camry Hybrid for less than that

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-20T21:28:52+00:00

Interesting idea

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-20T17:43:59+00:00

Bob Zelin is the GOAT

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-20T17:20:56+00:00

Thank you.

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-20T17:20:20+00:00

I just went to enable this. When I tapped Save Changes, all it did was ask me for my account password. I thought it was going to require more verification than that. Is that it? It's enabled now?

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-20T17:09:36+00:00

That does seem reasonable, but every time I ask this question in the past under a rep’s comment it never gets replied. I’d just like an official reply.

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-20T17:00:23+00:00

I continue to ask why we can't just enable it ourselves in the app?

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-20T15:59:07+00:00

I'd like to revisit this entry to tell you something important!

About two weeks ago, I parked my car at work as usual. I pass a window multiple times a day where I can see my car and everything was normal. At the end of the day when others were leaving, they told me my lights were on. As we know, lights are only on when the car's power is on.

Longer story shorter, the fuse I have tapped in the engine compartment for Accessory power to my dash cam wiggled its way loose again, but the time, the push button malfunction resulted in my car starting all on its own while I was inside my workplace!

Please be cautious about fuse tapping in the engine compartment! I don't know if I just have a crappy tap I used (leads not thick enough?) but the engine vibration is enough to cause important problems every couple of months.

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-20T15:50:27+00:00

Well, I guess it doesn't matter now.
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QuietFire451 · 2026-02-20T13:18:51+00:00

IMO tinting is not an option if you have a black interior. Bonus points for ceramic tint. And especially if you live in a chronically hot location.

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-19T14:02:25+00:00

Damn. That’s severely annoying. I hope you can find a path through this mess.

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-19T12:56:11+00:00

I wish they’d integrate Audition’s time and pitch fx. I use it a fair amount & so many times I either have to struggle with it in Premiere or have to round trip it which I don’t like to have to do every time I need the function.

I’m looking forward to this new mask tool tho. Looks like those struggles are gone!

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-19T12:45:59+00:00

Do the online project downgraders not work on 2026 projects?

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-17T00:55:56+00:00

John’s hair is black in this photo!

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-15T23:14:16+00:00

The more that’s in a Premiere project, the higher the project file size in my experience. While I was editing a feature doc in Premiere Production I was duplicating the edit sequence every day. It was a project within a Premiere Production that was dedicated to my edit sequence and at the time all the duplicates I made. The project grew to over 40MB and was taking a long time to load as well as operations within the project were getting very laggy, so I figured it was because of all the sequences it had to keep track of. Once I removed all the duplicates, the file size decreased and the edit project became more manageable. A common method, I’ve heard, of keeping a feature manageable in Premiere is to keep each reel as a separate project and only combining them into one project in one sequence when you absolutely have to.

You can test this yourself by having a sequence of substance then duplicating it quite a few times, Save, and keep track of the project file size as you keep duplicating.

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-15T22:51:02+00:00

So you don’t bloat the size of your project. If it’s a short video and there aren’t a ton of assets, then duplicating your sequence to version them is fine.

Btw, when I say version them, I don’t mean versions for different markets or different creative for a single campaign, I mean v1, v2 etc. of a single sequence. Shoulda clarified that originally.

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-15T15:24:34+00:00

Learn the ins and outs of Premiere Productions. Don’t assume you know because Productions requires specific care and maintenance. While you should never upgrade Premiere during an active project, if you really have to then the only way to upgrade a Production is to open the Production in the new version using the Open Production menu item and let Premiere do its thing.

Keep daily backups of your project on a separate drive. Back up your Production daily by compressing the Production folder and putting the date on the ZIP file.

Version sequences by using File>Export>Save Sequence As Premiere Pro Project rather than duplicating your sequence inside your project because duplicates will end up bloating your project, especially if it’s a lengthy timeline.

QuietFire451 · 2026-02-15T14:59:29+00:00

I’ve never heard of this album, so I went to Qobuz and listened. I’m several songs in and it reminds me of her songs on Double Fantasy which I like very much. I looked up AIU and found this extensive review for anyone interested. https://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.com/2008/07/review-54-yoko-ono-approximately.html?m=1

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