creative writing - Chapter titles or numbers?

I am about to start writing a science-fiction novel, and having only ever written technical documents before, I have very little experience in the finer details of creative writing. In particular, I was wondering Do chapters always need a title or is acceptable to have Chapter 1, Chapter 2, etc... with no title?

Thanks,

Answer

Chapters don't need to have a title. "Chapter NN" is fine.

Or you can have only a title — that's generally when the title identifies some kind of shift, like a different time, location, or narrator/POV focus.

So you can have

Chapter 1

Chapter 6

Chapter 47

or

Location:

Vulcan, 2265

POV:

Brienne

Time:

A few hours later

mobile - What is the best way to ask/set language preferences without using text?

I'm working on a mobile application for learning foreign languages. In order to use the app the user must provide provide two pieces of information:

1. tell us what language you want to learn


2. tell us what your native language is

What UI would you recommend for asking these two questions? Are there best practices for setting language preferences that can be applied in this situation? My ideal solution would be to use zero text in the entire app but I suspect that may not be possible.

How to get dashed line in Photoshop?

How can I make a dashed or dotted lines in Photoshop?

Answer

Rounded dotted lines are easy,(using a round brush as base) just setup the spacing bigger in "brush tip shape" settings.

When wanting dashed ones, add square tip brushes if you havent got there, it comes default in the "load brushes" list at brushes window (accessing from right top corner icon in this brushes window). Choose a square tip brush. In brush tip shape settings again, just set the "roundness" at a low value, ie, 30%. Angle at 0º or 180º. You will want the strokes to follow the curve. For this, check "shape dynamics", and in 'angle jitter', set "direction" (just that).

A good combination is to use photoshop paths and then stroke to path. This can give you extra accuracy and flexibility.

Edit: Sorry, forgot. Remember to setup angle jitter to zero.

What is this «minimalistic dots» video style called?

Found quite an interesting (in my opinion) video style with «minimalistic dots».

Direct link: https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/498479/Themes/Alt36/alt_new_logo.mp4

What is this «minimalistic dots» video style called? Is there any guides or flexible template to make such video?

Why is that the most popular sites don't use responsive design (and choose to use a mobile version instead)?

I think I don't have post screenshots. Most popular sites don't have responsive design (in fact I haven't seen any single one that does): Facebook, YouTube, Quora, Twitter, and the list goes on. With the rise of mobile devices I thought this would be the normal approach, but it doesn't seem to be the case.

Why is that most popular social media sites don't have responsive design (and choose to use a mobile version instead)?

Answer

Sometimes different content and structure is desired for a mobile site, not just a different layout and styles. The reasons for this approach are nicely laid out in Jakob Nielsen's article here:

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/mobile-vs-full-sites.html

The basic point? The desktop user interface platform differs from the mobile user interface platform in many ways, including interaction techniques, how people read, context of use, and the plain number of things that can be grasped at a glance. This inequality is symmetric: mobile users need a different design than desktop users. But, just as much, desktop users need a different design than mobile users.

FWIW there has been significant push back against Nielsens' article by proponents of the single responsive site strategy and the ensuing argument is very interesting:

Personally, I think there are many situations in which mobile device users are better served with a site tailored to a mobile environment (note "mobile environment" means more than just a small screen), and it's hard for me to take seriously any argument against Nielsen's testing methods. But it does require more resources to implement the 2 site strategy.

svg - Inkscape: export xml for Android drawable resource directory

I am a Newbie in Inkscape. I tried to find a solution on the internet but I didn't find anything about exporting XML for Android drawable resource directory.

I would like to be sure if this program is really unable to convert or export SVG to that XML format. If so, can I export selected icons in this specific XML format?

Answer

The XML used for an Android VectorDrawable resource is specific to Android and therefor not something you will easily be able to export from any general image editing software.

You have a number of options.

You should keep in mind that VectorDrawable doesn't support all SVG features. Notably patterns, masks, gradients, images. You are basically limited to basic paths.

adobe photoshop - How can I select a single color within an image?

How would one pick or select all of a single color within Photoshop, Paint.NET, or The Gimp?

The objective is to edit everything with that color afterwards, such as by brushing over it with another color. So if I were to select a certain red hue of an apple, then brushed it over with pink, only all of the parts of the apple with that red color would then be pink. I could use the magic wand tool, but don't know if there's something that can scan the image for every pixel with that color.

Answer

This is a vague question so I'm just going to answer it with what I've used before.

You would use the eyedropper tool shortcut I.

You would use the color picker tool shortcut O.

In Paint:

Also called the Color Picker Tool

Imagemagick command line:

convert -unique-colors -depth 8 txt:- > output.txt

ImagickPixel Imagick::getImagePixelColor ( int $x , int $y )

jQuery/JavaScript:

• Color Thief: The documentation for it is bad but there project is solid.


• palette: Very simple tool.

More PHP: