![]() ![]() Make 2 Tbsp of buttercream brown using warm brown gel food coloring to make our minion’s irises. Place in a small piping bag fit with a flat piping tip (like an Ateco 48) and set aside. While the cake chills, color the buttercream! Place 1/3 cup of uncolored buttercream into a small piping bag fit with a large round tip or cut opening about 1 cm wide and set aside.Ĭolor 2/3 cup of buttercream bright blue with royal blue gel food coloring to make our minion’s overalls. Liquid food coloring can throw off the consistency of the frosting and won’t make as vibrant of a color. While the cake chills, color the buttercream! Use gel food coloring if possible to color the buttercream. This makes it easier to get a perfect second coat of frosting. Then chill the cake in the fridge (20 minutes) or freezer (10 minutes) until the frosting is firm to the touch. Shape two legs and feet and place them in front of the cake. Stir the mixture with a fork until the it’s fully combined and has a consistency similar to cake pops. Smooth using a bench scraper.Īdd a couple teaspoons of buttercream into the bowl with the cake top we set aside earlier. Spread a thin coat of frosting around the cake and legs to fully cover everything. Repeat with the remaining cake layers, placing the unleveled cake layer on top. Spread an even layer of buttercream between each cake layer with an offset spatula. You’ll need a bit of room to add on the minion’s legs. Use a dab of frosting to help stick the first cake layer to the board. Stack and frost the cake layers on a 10-inch, grease-proof cardboard cake round or flat plate. Cover the frosting with plastic wrap to prevent crusting, then set aside. Wait to color the buttercream until the cake is crumb coated. If you want to use a less sweet frosting, I’d recommend making 1.5 batches of my Swiss meringue buttercream or my hybrid buttercream. Then it’s time to make the buttercream frosting for this cake! I like to use an American buttercream because I think it’s the easier to decorate with and I love eating it. Take them out of the freezer about 20 minutes before you want to assemble the cake. If you make these in advance, wrap and freeze them at this point. Place one of the cake tops in a bowl and set aside to make our minion’s feet later (you can “taste test” the other two cake tops). Once cooled, level three of the cake layers with a serrated knife and leave one unleveled. Remove the cakes from the oven and set on a wire rack. Run an offset spatula around the edge of the pan to help release the cake layers from the pan. Bake as many layers at a time as you can.ĭivide the batter evenly between the cake pans and bake for 28-32 minutes. If you don’t have 4 cake pans, the batter can sit at room temperature for a few hours. Line four, 6-inch round cake pans with parchment rounds and grease with non-stick baking spray or homemade cake release. The first step is to work on the banana cake layers. Step 1: Bake and Level the Banana Cake Layers Small Acetate Sheet (I cut these down into smaller squares with scissors).Large Round Piping Tip (like a Wilton 1A).Small Flat Piping Tip (like an Ateco 48).2 Small Round Piping Tips (like a Wilton 10). ![]() If you don’t have all these things on hand, feel free to improvise and work with what you have. ![]() Not all of these are mandatory, but they make the process a lot easier. I figured it might be helpful to know what tools I use too, so I’ve shared a list below. Let’s walk through each step of this cake together to make sure it turns out as amazing as possible! I’ve shared a video below, or you can check out my in-depth video tutorial on my YouTube channel. It’s just as cute as it is delicious!! Making this Buttercream Minions Cake: Step-by-Step Tutorial This buttercream minions cake is made with moist banana cake layers and homemade buttercream frosting. I’m not sure this buttercream minions cake counts as a continuation of my animal cake series, but I’m going to say it!
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A thicker border on the WASD and arrow-key clusters makes them appear brighter, highlighting this notebook's gaming focus. For gaming, the keys have a long enough throw to let your fingers know that they are fully pressed. The typing experience is satisfactory if not particularly engaging. Conveniently, the app allows you to save profiles. Though it lacks the per-key backlighting customization of the more costly Omen 15 and Alienware m15, its four zones and endless colors should satisfy most buyers' personalization desires. A dedicated button on the number pad launches the app. Acer's PredatorSense app allows true RGB control (that is, the ability to specify the red, green, and blue values) for each zone. ![]() The four-zone RGB keyboard is just as colorful. Its ample brightness, wide viewing angles, anti-glare surface, and rated 100% coverage of the sRGB color space create vibrant visuals. But I can only speak to the 240Hz screen's quality, and complaints are in short supply. ![]() (Photo: Molly Flores)Įsports games, which tend to be less graphically resource-intensive, are some of the only titles in which the Helios 300 can reach triple-digit frame rates, so the base model's 144Hz refresh rate is otherwise more the adequate. The 240Hz high-refresh-rate screen of my review model has a silky-smooth picture for all types of gaming, especially esports. I also like that the lid can be opened one-handed, and that the touchpad borders and front edge of the chassis are diamond-cut for a little glitz. On the upside, it has good strength, exhibiting minimal lid and chassis flex. As I found while reviewing the 2020 edition, its chassis corners are sharp, and there are perceptible gaps where the metal sloping around its sides meets the plastic base. Positive and negative aspects of the Predator Helios 300's construction transcend price. Today's review unit (model PH315-53-78XB) hikes the GPU to an 8GB GeForce RTX 3070 and the screen's refresh rate to 240Hz, but oddly halves the storage to 512GB. For that money, you get a six-core Intel Core i7-10750H processor, the 6GB GeForce RTX 3060, a 144Hz 1080p display, 16GB of memory, a 1TB solid-state drive, and Windows 10 Home. Similarly priced rivals tend to use more metal or special finishes the Alienware and HP are good examples, as are the all-metal Gigabyte Aero 15 and Razer Blade 15 Base Model.īy contrast, Acer's $1,349 starter model (designated PH315-53-70QE) compares favorably with the mostly plastic machines competing at that tier, such as MSI's GF65 Thin and Dell's G5 15 SE. When it comes to build quality, the Predator Helios 300's partial aluminum design-the lid, palm rest, and keyboard deck-struggles to impress at our test unit's $1,699. (The abovementioned Alienware is 5.3 pounds.) The Acer isn't exactly light at 4.85 pounds, but it's an acceptable weight for this screen size. The HP Omen 15 is trimmer (0.89 by 14.1 by 9.4 inches), as is the MSI Stealth 15M (0.6 by 14.1 by 9.7 inches). (Photo: Molly Flores)Īt 0.9 by 14.3 by 10 inches (HWD), the Predator Helios 300 is average-sized for a 15.6-inch gaming notebook. (See the 2019 Helios 300 model for context.) The Predator lettering now only appears under the screen, for a more mature vibe and a step toward broader appeal. It wasn't always one that the Helios 300 could make, either Acer toned down the Predator branding with this redesign, which debuted in 2020. The design is more mainstream than radical, a claim that Alienware's m15 R4 can't make. There's no mistaking the Predator Helios 300 for anything but a gaming laptop, with its all-black chassis, angled lid corners, aggro rear cooling vents, and turquoise-backlit Predator logo on the lid. ![]() (Besides, the base model has twice the storage.) If you'd prefer something more portable with better battery life, Acer's 14-inch Predator Triton 300 SE is a top choice, but this year's Predator Helios 300 once again nabs an Editors' Choice award among midrange 15.6-inch gaming rigs. Everything we liked about the previous Predator Helios 300 applies to this one, as does our recommendation to stick with the base model: Its features and price make more sense at $1,349, and its RTX 3060 will perform almost as well as our test unit's RTX 3070. The only difference is an upgrade to Nvidia's GeForce RTX 30 Series "Ampere" graphics, but that's an important change since it markedly improves gaming performance. Acer's 15.6-inch Predator Helios 300-at $1,699 as seen here, has gone up $200 from last year's model. Buying a gaming laptop in 2021 is more expensive than it was in 2020. ![]() The better, sharp image on the left has a file size of 337.879 Bytes (330 kByte).Its resolution is 3060x3960 pixels, using 16-bit RGB color space. The worse, blurry image on the right has a file size of 1.941.702 Bytes (1.85 MByte).(To really see and appreciate the differences between the two, right-click on each and select "Open Image in New Tab.".) Compare this to the result of my original command ( the image on the right): PNG outputĬonvert -density 150 -trim test.pdf page%d.png JPEG outputĬonvert -density 150 -trim test.pdf -quality 100 -flatten -sharpen 0x1.0 page%d.jpgĪs per explanation from his great answer): convert \ You can use convert ( ImageMagick ) to parse PDF files. ![]() # convert only until the first page of the PDFįor more information on how to use the CLI-Parameters, have a look at Using Ghostscript # start converting on the first side of the PDF # use the PDFs Trim-Box to define the final image # If you are converting a CMYK-PFD to RGB-color you should use CIE-Color # Create a PNG-File with alpha-transparency # which will be replaced with the sequence-number of the file # When converting multiple-page PDFs you should add "%d" to the filename-string gs -dSAFER -dQUIET -dNOPLATFONTS -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH \ For more, look at how to sign a PDF using Preview, too.Alternatively, you can use ghostscript which is not preinstalled on every Mac (that is what ImageMagick uses under the hood). If you own a Mac and need to manipulate PDF files, keep the Preview app in mind. Otherwise, select File > Save to save it with the same name. Select File, hold the Option key, and pick Save as to give it a new name. Step 5: Once you have the pages moved and your PDFs combined, you can save the combined file with a new name to retain the original PDF if you like. This allows you to retain your original file. You can always rearrange the pages later if necessary.Īgain, these pages are not removed from the first PDF, they’re simply copied to the second one. Step 4: Drag your selected pages from the PDF over to the thumbnail section in the second PDF to the spot where you want them. You can do this by picking a thumbnail and pressing Command + A or by selecting the first thumbnail, holding Shift, and then selecting the last one in the file. Step 3: Select all of the pages in the first PDF that you want to put in the second. Step 2: Make sure to display the thumbnails on the left side using View > Thumbnails. You’ll see two Preview windows open, with a PDF file in each one. Step 1: Open the PDF files in Preview as described in step 1 above. You can use more than two files if needed, but for the purposes of this how-to, we’ll simply use two PDFs. This is doable with Preview on Mac as well. Instead of splitting a PDF into separate files, you may have two or more files that you want to combine into a single PDF. Image used with permission by copyright holder Combine PDFs using Preview Then, select the thumbnails for the pages and go to Edit > Delete. If you want to remove those pages from the original PDF, return to the file in Preview. Step 5: You’ll then see a new PDF file on your desktop with the pages you extracted from the other PDF. This does not remove the pages from the PDF but merely copies them. Step 4: With the pages selected, drag them out of Preview onto your desktop. Image used with permission by copyright holder You'll see the selected page numbers highlighted in blue. To pick more than one non-adjacent page, select the first one, hold your Command key, and select the remaining pages.To pick more than one adjacent page, select the first one, hold your Shift key, and then select the last page in the group.Step 3: Select the thumbnail page(s) you want to extract from the PDF to create a new one. These are the 10 settings I always change on a new Macħ key settings in macOS Sonoma you should change right nowĪll the best macOS Sonoma tips and tricks you need to know ![]() ![]() This is an essential feature of hypertext. When you visit a webpage parts of the page may come from domains and servers other than the one you asked to visit. To do so, visit your Badger’s options page and mark the checkbox for learning to block new trackers from your browsing. You may want to opt back in to local learning if you regularly browse less popular websites. Privacy Badger no longer learns from your browsing by default, as “local learning” may make you more identifiable to websites. ![]() This “remote learning” automatically discovers trackers present on thousands of the most popular sites on the Web. If it observes a single third-party host tracking you on three separate sites, Privacy Badger will automatically disallow content from that third-party tracker.īy default, Privacy Badger receives periodic learning updates from Badger Sett, our Badger training project. Privacy Badger looks for tracking techniques like uniquely identifying cookies, local storage “supercookies,” and canvas fingerprinting. Voila!Īt a more technical level, Privacy Badger keeps note of the “third party” domains that embed images, scripts and advertising in the pages you visit. And when your browser stops loading content from a source, that source can no longer track you. 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