stiforov

If doesn't work a zoom with a mouse wheel in After Effects during preview

stiforov — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 12:45:07 GMT

It happened again. When I wanted to watch an animation in After Effects (CC 2020, by the way), I pressed the space bar and then scrolled the mouse wheel. Normally, during the animation preview, this would allow me to zoom in or out of the image, however, today it didn't work again! A light Google search didn't help, so I had to look for a solution on my own.

I found that the reason is in the small "resolution" menu located under the composition window. If Auto is selected in this menu, then zooming with the mouse wheel does not work. Select any other item in this menu, and everything will be fine again!

Why was the French writer Georges Simenon so famous in Soviet Union? (No, really, why? I don't understand)

stiforov — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 21:03:37 GMT

Sometimes, while working, I listen to old soviet radio plays. In the Soviet Radio there were a lot really cool genres from criminal book to sci-fi. It sounds likes audiobook but with intersound and several actors. And really famous actors gave their voices to really famous characters from the world treasury of literature.

And I found a lot plays with French detective Megre as a main character. I tried to listen these audio and, You know, I found these books very bored. And as I remember the Simenon's books were sold all over the country. But why? A mistery.

Copy_facking_rightes

stiforov — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 18:09:53 GMT

Yesterday I found that my favorite tv-show was delete from streaming service I was subscribe. No more "The Big Bang Theory", there aren't a few other shows. Because of copy-fucking-right-fucking-owners and west sanctions. So... The streaming service and right owners with their sanctions as well, they all are going fuck themselves. But I'm putting on my eye's patch. Arrr!

That's Christmas time

stiforov — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 19:52:59 GMT

The winter is finally come. It's cold outside. December has just begun. And the people start to getting ready to New Years' holidays.

I don't know how that happened, but the main winter holiday is starting with the winter's start! Maybe is it because of malls? Every trade place is decorating with pine trees, snowflakes and big balls during the November. And christmas music non stop.

Or maybe the people want to fall out of these gray and uncozy late autumn days.

illuminated windows in local school

That's the local school in my block. I made this photo tonight. As we see, chidren are ready to celebrate.

"Kiss me, you fool" What does it mean?

stiforov — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 14:33:08 GMT

I have stumbled this idoma a lot of times. For the first time it was in the cartoon show "Phineas and Ferb". Then it was in "Friends" and other movies and TV shows.

The last time I heard these words in "The Big Bang Theory" yesterday. And I began to wonder what does it mean? Actually I understand the meaning, but I would like to know where is the root from?

I have found the answer only on the 18th page of yandex! Can you believe it?! There are a lot of pages with this phrase, postcards, ideas for lovers, pictures with kissing peoples, song's lyrics and strange fanfiction and ... nothing about the origin of these words! And, as I say, the answer was found only on the eighth page when I saw the link to the SFGate portal.

It all began even in 1915 in the black-and-white silent movie "A Fool There Was." The movie is an adaptation of the poem by Rudyard Kipling. So I can say that catchphrase was write by this big writer! But there was nothing without a really famous film.

In 1915, millions of Americans went to see Theda Bara as a deadly vamp in the silent film "A Fool There Was." In an intertitle she told her hapless slave, "Kiss me, my fool!," which was immediately adapted as "Kiss me, you fool!" and said by millions of women to their husbands and boyfriends.

https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Best-movie-lines-deserve-an-Oscar-2477864.php#photo-2039921

So the case is closed. Now I know more about foreign culture than before.

Does it make any sence?

stiforov — Sat, 15 Oct 2022 04:30:58 GMT

I've back to regular life. I slept well during three last days and I got some time to think about this diary. I asked myself, does it make sense? What if all this diary notes are just word soup? Do these notes giving me some help? And I think that yes. Although I would get more avail with some human's feedback. But even without any readers (and their comments) I was able to find several mistakes in my notes! A big progress, I think!

I feel sick

stiforov — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 22:04:38 GMT

Even if I wanted to do exercises I couldn't. I have all the symptoms of a cold. I have a fever and a headache. This is a side effect of the vaccine injection. I slept and lay on my couch all day. And I will do it further. I believe I will be healthy tomorrow.

My second shot

stiforov — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 14:24:36 GMT

Today I got my second portion of the Sputnik V. Now I believe that I have a long immunitate for the next six month. Or the nine month. But I have a strange feeling that covid already doesn't have past relevance. Some people are still have ill, some people are still even dying every day, but this already doesn't matter. There are no self isolation, no strong recommendation for wearing masks. The World won the infection, right? Or perhaps are there were nothing? No, of course there was a big epidemic, there was and there is. I think, the humanity now can cure the ill more easily than last years. And the World have now another big problem. Actually it have a lot of heavy problems. This is the crisis of whole past life. So we can move the covid off by the side at this time.

What about me... I am the ordinary man. And my problems are ordinary as well. The next three days I can't have some sport or very hot bath because of the shot of the vaccine. As compared of the humanity problems, these are not the problems at all.

Instagramm without some photos

stiforov — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 19:48:01 GMT

Today I watched my instagramm feed. Yes, I know, this social net is disable in Russia, but not so hard as it has to, so anybody can read and watch it. With some VPN.

So I have a question. Are there any photos in the Instagramm? Almost all my tape have only the videos.

Hmm. I found a busines idea! What if I will make new social net only for short videos? Ah, stop, we have already youtube shorts, tiktok, yappy and, well, instagramm. And russian Vkontakte, yes.

My first post

stiforov — Sat, 08 Oct 2022 15:24:42 GMT

I've been learning english already 330 days. I do this with Duolingo. Now I think It goes time to learn how to formulate thoughts in English on my own. Yes, I know, I will make a lot of mistakes, sometimes i will use the yandex translate, but I'm going to learn to speak and write English. And I think nobody going to read my diary, tough i would like some feedback. Well, it doesn't matter. Anyway, it will some good practice for me.

So, my first english diary note. What is going on today?

Today there was big explosion on the bridge in Crimea. Massmedia and government tell us it was terrorism act. I want this war over as soon as it possible. But I think whole this situation will be ending next year only. Yes, I am optimist.

Should I post some picture of the day? May be yes but I'm lazy today. Or may be later.