Here's a fun one: can you think of any films that have good, usable -moving background- shots / tracking shots, that I could use as a fake "driving" backdrop for a movie I'm making? [more inside]
posted by wavejumper on Sep 19, 2009 - 13 answers

What are the health effects of very light cigarette smoking (1-3 per week) over the long term? [more inside]
posted by Simon Barclay on Mar 16, 2009 - 14 answers

After Dye hit a HR tonight, they first showed him running the bases, then showed the fireworks, and then showed both on top of each other so that it looked like this. Is there a technical or industry term for doing this, viz., showing two different camera feeds at a time?
posted by aiko on May 6, 2008 - 8 answers

The Paul Reiser Effect -- Does anyone remember an article about this? [more inside]
posted by mrzer0 on Feb 28, 2008 - 21 answers

Follow-up-on-somebody-elses-post (filter): Okay, so I'd like to make an eBow from scratch. Here's the schematic available. Can you help out? [more inside]
posted by tmcw on Aug 2, 2007 - 10 answers

Why does different sorts of alcohol affect you differently? [more inside]
posted by Kudos on Jan 9, 2007 - 29 answers

How do I stop myself from being affected by my friends' relationship problems? [more inside]
posted by divabat on Nov 20, 2006 - 9 answers

Help with a volume pot that won't turn off. [more inside]
posted by jon_kill on Sep 14, 2006 - 7 answers

Why do my eyes get itchy when stressed ? [more inside]
posted by jacobean on Aug 18, 2006 - 5 answers

How do I beat up an image in Photoshop? In other words, how do I add what looks to be physical wear-and-tear to images, like this, or the border images here. I love that look.
posted by JPowers on Jul 6, 2006 - 8 answers

Why is it that Sudafed (Pseudoephedrine) seems to make me more alert and improves my ability to concentrate? Am I getting some kind of "speed" effect?
posted by punkfloyd on Apr 15, 2005 - 20 answers

I'm trying to replicate a Flash menu effect I saw recently. The menu was displayed as a vertical list. As the user rolled over the links, the highlighted word grew larger, pushing the other links out of the way. As they rolled off onto another word, the original link shrank and the next one grew, producing a kind of 'wave' effect. Sorry, I can't find an example. Does anyone know how I'd make this myself in MX 2004? [more inside]
posted by blag on Apr 8, 2005 - 8 answers

In good light, when I look at a blank white sheet of paper the edge of the right looks like RGB colors seperating. Red, then yellow, then the white sheet itself. If I look at the left edge, it appears slightly blue. What is wrong with me?
posted by Keyser Soze on Dec 5, 2004 - 12 answers