FlockOfCats, to movies
@FlockOfCats@famichiki.jp avatar

I just wrote a plain language summary and now I feel like this 🤓

https://xkcd.com/547/

FlockOfCats, to academia
@FlockOfCats@famichiki.jp avatar

Daily reminder: fuck #elsevier

If you are gonna nitpick authors about an arbitrary overlap percentage in Crossref reports, then don’t run the report including the affiliations, author list, references, standard disclosures, and mandatory statements in the cover letter (not even part of the manuscript!) all counting toward the overlap.

So annoying. Authors are stuck dealing with manuscripts that obviously do not have problems with text borrowing

#academia #editing

Celrunia_QT, to sounddesign
@Celrunia_QT@net4sw.com avatar

Oh, so that's what sound design looks like...

Yeah, I realized I was SLACKING OFF on my video editing! (Although Kdenlive crashed 1 hour in rendering like 7 times now so that also doesn't help).

I just had mostly silent videos, but now I can add music, ambience, and the occasional sound effect! Along with TRANSition sounds~ :3

FlockOfCats, to movies
@FlockOfCats@famichiki.jp avatar

This manuscript comprising 10 password-protected LaTeX files is my villain origin story

#editing

minioctt, to AdobePhotoshop Italian

Dovrei iniziare quantomeno a provare a fare certe pixel art che mi servono, se ho intenzione di fare i miei giochini, ma ho realizzato che sto un po’ rimandando… Ci ho pensato un attimo, e mi rendo conto che succede perché semplicemente non ho le condizioni esterne giuste per mettermi a disegnare quella roba: tutti i programmi (per PC) sono scomodi. 😶️

Più o meno su mobile (tablet o smartphone) qualcosa di agibile si trova, e riesco a disegnare senza incazzarmi affatto, anche se, ovviamente, non è il massimo… con il touch screen, tra le dita che coprono la vista, la generale imprecisione dei tocchi, e il fatto che quando sono a casa vorrei usare il potenzialmente più comodo PC per i disegnini pixellosi, non riesco granché ad accontentarmi. Appunto, su PC non ci sono software comodi, perché per qualche motivo l’ennesima devianza dei tempi moderni è che si debba usare il mouse e solo il mouse per disegnare pixel art — e voi sapete come sto io col mouse (mi accorgo ora di non averlo mai spiegato bene però… pazienza, un giorno scoprirete) — nonostante ai tempi antichi il topo non esisteva nemmeno, eppure con la tastiera si disegnava bene uguale. Vi giuro, non ho trovato un editor completo che sia uno che permetta di disegnare muovendo un cursore e piazzando il colore usando solo la tastiera, e questo per me è un problema più grande di quello che suona. 😩️

A dire il vero, ne ho trovato giusto qualcuno sperimentale, progettini iniziati per sfizio e mai finiti, con troppi compromessi e limitazioni che mi impediscono di prendere ed usarli con felicità; ve li elenco per pietà: cmdpxl, pypixelart, KDP, Pixkey e, Peachel. Stavo quasi pensando di usare programmi di fogli di calcolo per disegnare, che di base hanno un buon workflow per la tastiera (e a volte ci ho disegnato sopra…), e permetterebbero di usare le macro per implementare le funzioni di settore mancanti… ma mi sono subito scontrata con la realtà di: niente Excel su Linux (il 2007 va in Wine ma palle), LibreOffice Calc non permette di mappare a tasti il secchiello per colorare le caselle (non è chiaro se sia una funzione mancante oppure un bug), OnlyOffice Spreadsheet ha millemila bug tra cui problemi di ridimensionamento delle celle (non ho voluto nemmeno proseguire oltre quindi lmao), e sia Excel Online che Google Sheets fanno veramente cahare liquido. E allora, pure stavolta, l’ennesimo progetto laterale inizia… 🤬️

https://octospacc.altervista.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image-7-960x481.pngL’ennesimo concretizzarsi del sesto corollario di Murphy (“Non ci si può mettere a far qualcosa senza che qualcos’altro non vada fatto prima”) mi stava facendo avvilire, ma non avevo altra scelta ormai, quindi ho iniziato, e ho deciso anche stavolta di creare un programma mio anziché forkarne uno esistente (sarà meno una rogna per me svilupparlo e mantenerlo). E, devo dire, è buono, perché tra ieri e oggi ci ho preso gusto: ho già la parte di base di disegno a posto, e ora posso implementare gli strumenti più utili e originali, ho un sacco di idee per rendere il disegno più veloce e piacevole che col mouse! Ma prima, sto finalizzando il formato “proprietario” dell’app… si, è quel plaintext lì anziché un banale JSON o un oscuro formato binario; ma voi non siete pronti, avrete altre foto solo tra un po’… 🙃️https://octospacc.altervista.org/2024/05/30/disegnare-senza-rogne/

SusiS, to movies
vic, to Wikipedia
@vic@howcyborgs.chat avatar

Woke up, had coffee & Italian sweets, kicked impostor syndrome in the 🎱 🎱
wasn't ever on my bingo card, but here we are!
Any tips for rookie editors (that aren't in the official guidance)?

tencenttakes, to Podcast
@tencenttakes@retro.pizza avatar

The boss seems unhappy with my editing…

SergKoren, to writing
@SergKoren@writing.exchange avatar

Time to hunker down and edit a few more chapters of “Coins of Destiny - To Preserve Health”

#writing #editing

RedPenRabbit, to movies
@RedPenRabbit@writing.exchange avatar

I'm currently eating popcorn with chopsticks so I don't get my keyboard greasy while I edit. That is all. 🍿🥢

@edibuddies

alxd, to writing
@alxd@writing.exchange avatar

Given how many #writing contests, anthologies and magazines are currently struggling with a flood of #AI / #LLM -generated spam, have you heard about anyone trying to fight the problem by asking specifically for stories which AI cannot easily write?

Even the best models I've tried cannot easily use #solarpunk themes, symbols and structures - they always come out unnatural.

Are there any specific limitations, formats that can work similarly?

#anthology #contest #editing #magazine #shortStory

FlockOfCats, to movies
@FlockOfCats@famichiki.jp avatar

Just observed a “Pubic Awareness” in the wild ☺️

#editing

NarrelleMHarris, to movies
@NarrelleMHarris@mas.to avatar

Coming events: Bendigo Writers Council, 29 May 2024, 7-9pm: What does an editor do?

Next Wednesday, I'll be at the Bendigo Library talking about the role of the editor for the BWC. Tickets are $10 - and you can book via their website:

https://allevents.in/bendigo/bwc-writers-explore-may-%E2%80%93-what-does-an-editor-do-with-narrelle-m-harris/200026473366719

#editing #librarytalk #Bendigo #bendigowriterscouncil #bendigolibrary

serpicojam, (edited ) to GenX
@serpicojam@mas.to avatar

Don't know why after a day of meetings I'm thinking about this now but did anybody else have WordPerfect on their Atari ST in 1991? 💪 🤓 :mycomputer: :atari:

#Atari #WordProcessing #GenX #writing #editing #1990s

FlockOfCats, to movies
@FlockOfCats@famichiki.jp avatar

“According to a report on the outbreak by WHO” —> “According to a report on the outbreak by WHOM”

Nailed this correction. ✅

stooovie, to movies
@stooovie@mas.to avatar

This is a fairly typical 40m drama. Much, much less complex timeline with not nearly as many elements.

I'm not talking about storyline development or generally the amount of thought that goes into the edit. Just the sheer amount of technical complexity.

Kiddie shows are complex, underpaid and underappreciated.

#editing

SergKoren, to writing
@SergKoren@writing.exchange avatar

It’s time to get back to editing. I need to push this book out in the next couple of months.

#writing #editing

WandaLee58, to kpop
@WandaLee58@outerheaven.club avatar
FlockOfCats, to academia
@FlockOfCats@famichiki.jp avatar

The don’t just copy your abstract and call it a lay summary challenge (impossible)

#academia #editing

RustyBertrand, to history
@RustyBertrand@vivaldi.net avatar

I'm seeing a lot of colonials misusing ancient #Indigenous words.

Language may be a tool for dispossessing not only land, but twisting minds.

You could say, "They respect their land, as their ancestors are buried on it."

But they say, "They worship their land because its filled with ghosts and demons."

There must be many more examples of this. The white man misrepresenting animism. Respect of life is not worship of an invisible god.

Yet, so much #history has been lost in white male translation through #projection

Maybe some history needs #Editing

It ain't 1871, and we know better now.

KOKEdit, to 13thFloor
@KOKEdit@mastodon.social avatar

#Editors of #fiction, you've heard about @AmyJSchneider's new book The Chicago Guide to Copyediting Fiction. Should you get it? Wonder no more! Longtime editing pro Adrienne Montgomerie says she even quotes passages of it to her university #editing students! https://tinyurl.com/y27jauz6

Aviva_Gary, to writing
@Aviva_Gary@noc.social avatar

Took the dog outside, as one does ... no this isn't going where you think it is

She actually did everything she was supposed to do but was struggling on coming back inside the house.

In the next yard over there was a cat chasing a butterfly and we just sat there watching it.

It was very cute and wholesome so if you needed that you're welcome.

#AmWriting #Writing #Editing

RedPenRabbit, to movies
@RedPenRabbit@writing.exchange avatar

The editing tip I submitted to the ACES Editors Corner was featured in today's email:

"If you come across a misspelling in a manuscript, do a search for that same misspelling. It could be a one-off typo, but there's a good chance the author misspelled that word elsewhere. Search for it as soon as you come across it. Or put it on a list of words to search later so you don’t forget."

@edibuddies

FlockOfCats, to movies
@FlockOfCats@famichiki.jp avatar

This journal: Tables can be placed either next to the relevant text in the article, or on separate page(s) at the end.

Also this journal: The tables must be submitted separately and must appear after the figures in a manuscript.

The tables must be everywhere and nowhere🫠

Keep adding value in the publication process to justify those billions in profit !

RedPenRabbit, to movies
@RedPenRabbit@writing.exchange avatar

Me, editing something my husband wrote: What do you think? I don't want to change your voice.

Him: You didn't. You took the essence of what I wrote and made it betterer.

And isn't that what editing is?

#Editing #AmEditing #Writing #WritingCommunity @edibuddies

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