One of the most interesting new features in Athentech Perfectly Clear 3.5 is that this is now also a Stand-Alone Application, besides off course still being available as a plug-in from photoshop or Adobe Lightroom too. In Perfectly Clear batch (export) mode, you can press sync to apply the enhancements of a previously edited photo to all selected photos. It’s also possible to rearrange the interface according to your workflow.Īnother new feature is a better Lightroom integration. You can also re-arrange presets by dragging and dropping and do neat things like choose your own icon for your custom presets. It’s now also possible to import and export presets, and a fair number are available as a separate purchase. ![]() The presets are on the top and all corrections on a right collapsable panel. The presets and full control corrections all fit on a single screen. ![]() Below that, you’ll find an overall strength slider that allows you to blend all your corrections with the original image. One of the best new features is the addition of a histogram, where you can check the technical impact of your adjustments including clipping point for highlights and shadows. The new navigation is designed to give you more control and customization with a more professional looking interface. This way, you can check the results of your beautifications. Athentech has added 3 new modes for skin smoothing: subtle, default or super smooth.Ĭlicking on a face will now immediately zoom into that section of the image. Skin smoothing is available for only the face or the entire body. There are now 5 new automatic modes to adjust skin tones. You can choose from 12 of the most popular blush colors in cosmetics, or create your own custom shade. It looks like Perfectly Clear version 3 is the beginning of adding makeup controls. Lip sharpening was already included in earlier versions, but you now have full control over strength and either fine, medium, or coarse methods. Strength adjustment sliders have been added to both light diffusion and color fidelity. This is an excellent addition to the already quite capable auto face detection functionality and allows you to apply the beautification corrections to all faces in your photo. It is now possible to manually add faces, not unlike this feature in portrait pro. There are many possible reasons for this: the face could be too small, not enough contrast in your image or the angle of your shot. The auto face detection of Perfectly Clear version 2 didn’t always find the faces in your image. New features for portraiture Manually add a face and adjust control points This setting allows you to change the range of pixels for wich your exposure changes will apply. Black Pointīlack Point might be a difficult concept to explain. It also prevents skin tones from becoming overly saturated and unnatural. ![]() Color VibrancyĪs opposed to saturation, where you increase the intensity of all colors, vibrancy only adds intensity for the muted colors in the image. Similar again to playing with the saturation of color channels, the Foliage enhancer can boost the greens or browns in your image. There is, as always, a slider where you can turn up/down the effect. ![]() Options include making the sky a more saturated blue and adding more yellows/reds like what you’d get during sunset or sunrise. Similar to the HSL panel in Adobe Lightroom (Hue-Saturation-Luminance), this tab allows you to add saturation to a specific color channel. You have up to five stops available, but it is best used moderately if you want to avoid artifacts. Image abundance can be used to recover an over- or underexposed image like the kind you would use in a RAW editor. This is one of the new preprocessing functions available alongside with corrective filter. We”ll have a look at both here and see exactly what they do. Perfectly Clear Version 3 includes some interesting new features for both portrait enhancing and landscape images. If you’d like to read more, you can run through my older review of Perfectly Clear version 2 here. I won’t go through all the features again, I’ll only be looking at the new modules in this post. It’s available in a stand-alone version and as a plug-in from either Lightroom or Photoshop. I mainly like the beautification features for portraiture, but it’s also quite usable for gentle landscape enhancement and can enhance basically any image you run through it. If you’re unclear to what Perfectly clear actually does (pun intended), it’s an intelligent image processor that can basically make any image look better with just a few clicks of a button. This all accumulated in Perfectly Clear v3,5 now available for immediate download. Since my Perfectly Clear v2 review, parent company Athentech has been busy totally rewriting this plug-in and adding new features. Perfectly clear v3 review (updated for 3.5) Introduction
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Sketch just with a finger and stylus to make the designing process easier and more effectiveĬreate your own sketch, choose a style and color it using AI. Use drawing tools: brushes, pencil, marker and eraser ![]() ![]() Choose a hairstyle to complete your perfect look Combine elements: bodice, sleeves, collar, neckline, skirt, and more Make unique, fresh and exceptional looks for women, men and kids. Fashion Design Sketches is a sketchpad for all fashion designers from professional artists to amateurs who want to bring their creative ideas into reality. ![]() Each celebration ability has a different effect.Will the Young Hero save the day, or will they succumb to sinister machinations and be Cursed?Īt the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay less to cast.Ĭelebration - At the beginning of combat on your turn, if two or more nonland permanents entered the battlefield under your control this turn, target creature you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Some spells and abilities in Wilds of Eldraine generate one of seven predefined Aura tokens called Roles, all but one of which have positive effects. On Eldraine, everyone has a part to play. Go to to find an event or store near you. Go to /Commander for more information on the Commander variant. Go to /Formats for a complete list of formats and their permitted card sets and banned lists. The same is true for any that are drafted in a draft event. Additionally, Enchanting Tales cards that are opened in a sealed deck event are part of your card pool. ![]() These returning cards are legal for play in any format that already allows those cards. The Wilds of Eldraine release also includes Enchanting Tales cards with the WOT set code. Cards with the WOC set code numbered 59 and above are legal for play in any format where a card with the same name is permitted. Wilds of Eldraine Commander cards with the WOC set code and numbered 1–28 (and their alternate versions numbered 29–56) are permitted in the Commander, Legacy, and Vintage formats. At release, the following card sets will be permitted in the Standard format: Innistrad: Midnight Hunt, Innistrad: Crimson Vow, Streets of New Capenna, Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, Dominaria United, The Brothers' War, Phyrexia: All Will Be One, March of the Machine, March of the Machine: The Aftermath, and Wilds of Eldraine. Wilds of Eldraine cards with the WOE set code are permitted in the Standard, Pioneer, and Modern formats, as well as in Commander and other formats. Items in the "Card-Specific Notes" sections include full card text for your reference. The "Card-Specific Notes" sections contain answers to the most important, most common, and most confusing questions players might ask about cards in the set. The "General Notes" section includes information about card legality and explains some of the mechanics and concepts in the set. Go to /Rules to find the most up-to-date rules. As future sets are released, updates to the Magic rules may cause some of this information to become outdated. It's intended to make playing with the new cards more fun by clearing up the common misconceptions and confusion inevitably caused by new mechanics and interactions. The Release Notes include information concerning the release of a new Magic: The Gathering set, as well as a collection of clarifications and rulings involving that set's cards. ![]() If not, you will take a lot of time to find and delete them manually in the exported Excel sheet. It is necessary to get rid of all duplicate contacts before exporting Gmail contacts to Excel. Export Gmail contacts to Excel with no duplicatesĬontactsMate can detect and remove duplicate contacts from Google intelligently. This way, the exported Excel file will only contain the contact fields (or information) that you need.Ģ. In the Available Fields section, select a contact field (such as name, phone number or address) that you want to export to Excel and then move it to the Selected Fields section. In the Preferences window that opens, choose the Export Fields tab. In step 6 where you are right about to export Gmail contacts to Excel, choose the Custom Fields option in the Field pop-up menu and then click the gear icon next to this menu. If you want, you can also export custom fields of contacts. Export custom fields of Google contacts to Excelīy default, you will export all fields of every Google contact, including name, phone number, address, birthday, fax, company and title etc. The Extended Features That You Should Not Miss 1. The Excel file of Google contacts lists will be downloaded in no time. Click the Format pop-up menu and select Excel. In the new window, select a location to store the Excel file and name it. This will export all your Gmail contacts. control-click (or right-click) Google in the left panel and choose Export.select the specific Gmail contacts that you want to export, control-click (or right-click) and choose Export.To export Gmail contacts to Excel, you can: Select Google contacts and click Export.Now, you should see Google in the left panel and all Google contacts will be listed in the middle of the interface. Click the button next to the Updated contacts detected message.After that, contacts from Gmail will be imported to Cisdem ContactsMate. Tick the box next to Contacts and click Done. In the Internet Accounts window, select Google and log in to it with your Gmail account. Select Google and sign in using your Gmail account and password.Click Add Account button at the top of the interface. The first time you open it, allow it to access your contacts. Download and install Cisdem ContactsmateĪfter successful installation, run this program.It now has the ability to create group contacts and batch fix any contact errors you may come across.6 Steps to Export Gmail Contacts to Excel Using Cisdem ContactsMate Back up Your Contacts: Have peace of mind knowing that your contact list is backed up and easily recoverable.Ĭisdem ContactsMate has now added some new functionality to the previous app.Export to CSV, Excel, vCard: Export the whole or parts of your contacts to local files in different formats, including CSV, vCard, Excel, TXT, Docx, HTML, Numbers and Pages.Custom Groups: You can now organize your contacts into custom groups.You can also paste in images or screenshots. Add, Enrich, Find and Update Contacts: Cisdem ContactsMate let you edit contacts with new data, such as multiple addresses, numbers or emails.Intuitive User Interface: The redesigned interface gives you the whole picture of the selected Contact details with all related information at first glance.Any data that is entered into ContactsMate will also sync in Mac Contacts. Contact Management: With Cisdem ContactsMate you can still sync with OS X Contacts supported services such as iCloud and Google Contacts.Cisdem ContactsMate is a Address Book alternative that utilizes OS X’s built-in Contacts database. ![]() Cisdem ContactsMate (formally ContactManager) is a great way to manage your contacts on your Mac. ![]() Some people suggest dealing all the cards to the waste pile once without making any moves and remember the order of the cards in the deck. The only difference for the "deal three at a time" variation is that you have to pay close attention to the order of the cards in the order of cards in the deck. The recommendations given above are applicable to both variations. There are two basic ways to deal cards from the stock in this game: player deals either the cards at a time, or only one card is dealt at a time. For example, if you have a red Jack that blocks some hidden cards, you have to select a red King and than wait for a black Queen. Look at the color of the blocking cards and make the appropriate color choice.
![]() Within their bulldozer portfolio, they make 18 models including the small D1, D2, and D3 dozers, their medium Cat bulldozers, the D4, D5, D6, D6XE, D7, and D8 dozers, and their large crawlers including the D9, D10T2 (Tier 4 Final), and D11 dozer, which is the biggest Cat dozer at 229,800 lbs. The following is a look at some more popular brands of bulldozer suppliers.Ĭaterpillar is one of the most recognized brands of heavy equipment and machinery. However, the strength of the machine will depend on different dozer specs, sizes, and models.Ī variety of bulldozer rentals are available on DOZR including machines ranging from 15,000 lbs up to 200,000 lbs. Many modern bulldozers have state-of-the-art technology built into them like grade technology or increased load-carrying performance. There are only a few manufacturers to consider when looking to buy or rent a dozer. The John Deere 550K dozer would be considered a small dozer The horsepower range of these machines is typically less than 100 hp for small, between 100 and 400 hp for medium, and above 400 hp for large. Small bulldozers are machines between 15,000 lbs and 25,000 lbs, medium dozers are between 25,000 lbs and 100,000 lbs, and large dozers are any machine above 100,000 lbs. There are also typically three sizes of dozers: small, medium, and large. The most common way to refer to bulldozers is through their specs including model number, operating weight, and horsepower. The rippers on the back of a bulldozer are used to break down rock or hard surfaces and make them easier to move. For example, root rakes are a great attachment when doing large-scale land clearing that can take out bushes and roots while leaving any of the soil behind. PAT blades are used for backfilling, leveling, land clearing, spreading, scraping, and grading projects.īeyond blades, dozers can also be fitted with rakes. ![]() These blades provide the most versatility because they can tilt, angle, and lift in every direction. Lastly, there are Power-Angle-Tilt blades or PAT blades. ![]() The S-U-blade is the most commonly used one. Angle blades allow for the blade to push materials to angles up to 30 degrees and are best for granular materials like snow or gravel. S-U-blades are less curved than U-blades and have smaller wings but are great for heavier materials. U-blades are more curved and have wings making them better options for jobs like ditching, hauling, or pushing where more loose materials like dirt or sand will be found. S-blades are wingless blades used for high-density materials like mud, stumping, or grading. There are several blade types including straight blades (S-blades), universal blades (U-blades), Semi-U (S-U-blades), and Angle Blades. While not the best machine for lifting and material handling, fitting the dozer with the right blade can help the machine become more efficient. The Different Dozer Blades and Attachments The ability to change the blade type adds versatility and multifunctionality to the bulldozer. Lastly, bulldozers can also be used to grade surfaces, rip out trees, and grind down rocks. They are also used often on landfill projects due to their ability to push around heavy loads. The bulldozer is a great addition to any excavation project and is often used alongside backhoes or excavators to move the excavated materials around.Īside from pushing around dirt and soil, bulldozers can be used to clear brush and waste using the ripper on the back. ![]() The heaviness of what the machine can push will change based on the dozer's specs.Ī bulldozer can also be used with other pieces of heavy equipment to effectively and efficiently complete a project. Since their large flat blades can be used to push and move large amounts of dirt or rock, dozers are often seen in a variety of commercial and large-scale industries such as construction, mining, and farming. Bulldozers can be used for a variety of different construction projects. If not, check out these legal alternatives. You might be lucky and already have Sonic 3 & Knuckles in the SEGA Mega Drive & Genesis Classics on Steam. Unfortunately, there's no easy answer to that. ![]() The Sonic 3 & Knuckles Steam ROM is not available for purchase any more, what now? If you're at the latest drivers already, you can still switch the game to fail-safe mode, as described in the Manual PDF linked above. You should definitely make sure your graphics drivers are up-to-date. What to do when the game just crashes on startup?Ī common problem is graphics driver issues. For instructions on that, have a look at the Manual PDF linked above. What to do when there's graphics issues with Sonic 3 A.I.R.?Ĭhanging the renderer to OpenGL Software could help. Have a look at the Manual PDF, you can find all information there. How do I install / update Sonic 3 A.I.R.? (Other platforms) Your existing save game data will be used by the new version as well, as it's stored outside of the actual game installation (see the game's Manual PDF for details).Īfter a quick check if the new version is working, you can safely delete the old game installation. It's as easy as installing the new version, preferrably to a different location than the old installation. How do I update to a new version of Sonic 3 A.I.R.? (Windows) Now you can start the Sonic3AIR.exe there. on your desktop, or your documents folder, etc.). Just download one of the ZIP files for either the stable or preview versions, and extract it to some location on your hard drive (e.g. No app download needed.ĭynamic System UpdatesThis feature allows developers to load a different system image on their device for testing without affecting their original system image.How do I install Sonic 3 A.I.R.? (Windows) This is easy on the eyes, and helps save battery, too.Īndroid AutoAndroid Auto now comes built-in, so you can simply plug in your phone and start using Android on your car's display. Just pull it down, scroll to the bottom and tap manage in the bottom left hand corner.ĭark themeYou can now turn your UI and first-party apps dark by activating Dark theme in Settings. Manage notificationsIt's easier to find and manage notifications Settings straight from the notifications panel. Silent and alerting notifications are separated in the notifications bar, making it easier for you to see what needs your attention. which is something that is quite common with touchscreen keyboards these days. It intelligently corrects any mistake that you make. Your Samsung Galaxy Tab device will reboot once or twice during the update process. SwiftKey is a simple keyboard app that allows you to write much more quickly using your Android device after you've installed it. Remember that you should not disconnect the USB cable or use your device until the update is finished. Priority notificationsWith Android 10, you can organize and prioritize notifications by marking them as "silent" or "alerting". Go to Start > All Programs > Update and follow the on-screen instructions to download and install the update. Go backwards and forwards, pull up the homescreen, and swipe up to see your open apps.Ĭontaminant detectionIf moisture or debris is detected in your USB port, a notification will be sent to you and accessories will not function. ![]() Gesture navigationNew ways to navigate around your phone without using any buttons. ![]() Privacy settingsYou can now view and control all of your privacy settings - from App Permissions to Web & App Activity to Location History - from one, simple place in your settings. So you get these fixes as soon as they are available. Download Switch Access for Android now from Softonic: 100 safe and virus free. With Google Play system updates, important Security and Privacy fixes can now be sent directly to your phone from Google Play, just the same way all your other apps update. And in Android 10, you'll get them even faster and easier. Google Play system updatesAndroid devices already get regular security updates. "ELS" can send enhanced location directly from Android handsets to emergency services when an emergency call is placed. Want to change that access? Simply go to your settings.Īndroid Emergency Location ServicesAndroid helps keeps you safe when urgent situations occur. If an app has access to location data all the time, then Android will remind you with a one-time notification. When an app asks permission to access your location information, you can now award it access all the time, while the app is in use, or deny it access. Wireless transfer: Android 4.0 or higher - Wireless transfers from a compatible Android device to Galaxy device: Android 4.0 or higher (Note that non-Samsung devices with Android versions lower than 6.0 can only connect with Galaxy devices that support a mobile AP.) - Wired transfer: Android 4. New location controls and reminderYou now have more control over how, or if, your location data is shared. ![]() There are no media servers, appliances, or targets to manage. Delivered through a SaaS console and policy-based orchestration and automation, customers can protect their Virtual Machines with three simple steps in less than 5 minutes and manage their backups effortlessly across on-prem and hybrid cloud. It is backup as a service designed for hybrid cloud. In addition, HPE GreenLake for data protection now includes HPE Backup and Recovery Service for VMware. Watch theCube video to learn more about Zerto. ![]() These are some great examples of how Zerto has saved the day for customers. And a large insurance company was able to stop an attack within 15 minutes and saved them from paying a ransom. The CIO at Smartbank told us that they were able to go back and recover quickly to a state before the ransomware event had happened. Customers such as TenCate, a large, multinational textiles company, recovered from a crypto locker attack in less than 10 minutes and to a state 10 seconds before the attack. With Zerto’s Continuous Data Protection (CDP) technology with journal-based recovery, customers can recover in minutes and to a state seconds before an attack. With HPE’s acquisition of Zerto, we add market-leading data protection to our cloud servies portfolio to help enterprises take cyberthreats and ransomware attacks head-on. Today’s news is part of a significant set of new cloud services for the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform, announced today in a virtual launch event from HPE. These new services give customers the flexibility to modernize data protection – from rapid recovery to ransomware protection to long-term data retention – either on-premises or in the public cloud with operational simplicity, meeting every SLA at the right cost. It offers the next generation of data protection cloud services: disaster recovery service with Zerto and backup with HPE Backup and Recovery Service. ![]() Introducing the next generation of data protection servicesĪs part of the transformation of HPE Storage into a cloud-native data services business, today we are entering the rapidly growing Data Protection-as-a-Service market 1 with HPE GreenLake for data protection. IT needs to modernize data protection to protect their apps and data, meet ever-shrinking RTOs and RPOs, and simplify management and operations. The latest forecast for ransomware damage costs estimates $20 billion in 2021, with a new attack every 11 seconds. Cyberattacks surged more than 288% last year between February 2020 and April 2020 during the pandemic with ransomware being the most challenging area of data protection. As per a recent customer survey from IDC, in the last three years, 50% of organizations have suffered an unrecoverable data loss. At the same time, as dangerous viruses plagued the real world, criminals launched digital attacks on organizations ranging from healthcare systems to fuel pipelines, leveraging insecure data to ransom companies, and in some cases, significant pieces of critical infrastructure.ĭespite the severe consequences of potential data loss, IT organizations are spread too thin to meet their data protection needs with outdated technology. ![]() The last 18 months have been challenging for everyone – a period of rapid digital transformation accelerated by a global pandemic and compromised by opportunistic threat actors. Pyrotechnics Expert: Put at least one point into Flamethrower (more will make this easier), get surrounded by a few enemies, and let them have it!.Icebreaker: Freeze an enemy (with Cryo Ammo or one of the many skills that freezes them), then jump up and melee to shatter them.A messy but effective way to get this achievement on any difficulty. ![]() You can direct your squadmates into their line of fire, hunker down, and revive them afterward. On Elaaden, there is an area in the downed Remnant ship with a ton of Turrets. Even on Insanity, my teammates weren't going down often enough for this. Medic!: Revive your teammates 25 times.Easier said then done, but not especially difficult. Death from Above: Just hover (use the aim button while you're in the air) and kill enemies while hovering.Trapshooter: Hit floating enemies (that you made float or that Peebee is making float) with Concussive Shot (Combat), Lance (Biotic), or Incinerate (Tech).You'll use the Remnant VI for another achievement anyway. Mastermind: Your Remnant VI or Auto Turret, both in the Tech skills, need to kill 100 enemies.Close Combat Specialist: Simply kill enemies with melee attacks.You don't need to go out of your way to get this if you're going for the side missions-unless you hang back and let your squad do all the work! This may sound like a lot but I got this before finishing my first playthrough. You will do this if you are paying any attention while playing, and you'll make a lot of progress while attempting to get the other achievements. Fireworks: Simply prime and then detonate combos.Peebee is a good choice for this because when her targets are primed they're floating-an obvious visual indicator. With Our Powers Combined: Many squadmates will prime a target for detonation, all you then have to do is use a power that triggers combo detonations (e.g., Concussive Shot) on them.Pinpoint Shot: Simply hit enemies in their weak spots (heads for humanoids, glowing parts for Remnant enemies).None of them are especially hard once you consciously go for them, and some you will get basically by playing the game. These are all of the combat-related achievements. If you want to get all the achievements on one playthrough, you have to start on Insanity. Unwavering: For this, you have to select Insanity when you create your character (can be done on New Game+), and keep it on until you finish the story.Easy unless you rush through the story and stop playing. Kitted Out: Just kill any enemy with a Rank 5 weapon.Craftsmanship: Most medium-level guns and armor will have 3 augmentation slots.You'll want to do this to get research data and complete some missions anyway. Data Mining: Just scan things using your scanner (down on the d-pad when playing with an Xbox-style controller).I was over 60 when I finished my first playthrough. Peak Condition: Like the above, but only to level 40.Almost There: To hit level 25, just do quests (side and main).These achievements are pretty self-explanatory and hard to miss if you know what you're doing: I found myself liking the tech powers after some experimentation.įinally, have fun, explore the world! While not necessary for 100% achievements, speaking to everyone and enjoying the story and Heleus Cluster will be fun and let you experience all of the quests. They will help you figure out your preferred play style, even if you've played Mass Effect games before. You will get fun dialogue, but, more importantly, their loyalty missions and, less importantly, other side quests, like Movie Night.Īdditionally, try to go for the combat achievements systematically early in the game. Speak to your squadmates between story missions and after their loyalty missions. See the point on Matchmaker to learn how to do that on one playthrough. ![]() Thus, complete side quests and your companions' loyalty missions before doing the final story mission. Anything involving the Hyperion will be harder/impossible to finish. You can do some side quests afterward, but some will be impossible to complete, and others will no longer effect how the final mission goes. It will be quite clear in terms of story narrative when the final mission is, and you are given a warning that the mission on which you are embarking will conclude the main story. General considerations: Do everything you want and can before doing the final story mission ( The one where you return to the Remnant city.). There are very few strictly missable achievements: Unwavering (beat on Insanity) Cryptographer (Remnant key decryption), Friendly Fire (Remnant VI use), and Matchmaker (romance 3 people). Additionally, it is easier if you play as the male Ryder-otherwise, you'll have to reload some saves. It is possible to get 100% of the achievements in a single playthrough. On court, Mike was winning Dunk Contests, scoring titles, and MVPs. Suddenly, sport, art, and innovation were colliding under the eye of the pole-vaulter-turned-architect. Design duties for Mike’s flagship silo transferred from Peter Moore and Bruce Kilgore to Tinker Hatfield. At the same time, a creative shift was happening within the Air Jordan enterprise. The initial success of She’s Gotta Have It expanded with School Daze in 1988 and exploded with Do the Right Thing in 1989. In the late ’80s, Lee leaped from rising director to cultural provocateur. Honor aside, the timing couldn’t have been better for Spike or Mike. “So I said Mike, why did you choose me? He said, ‘muthafucka you wearing my shoes!’ I’m here to say, I’m honored Michael Jordan called me a muthafucka.” “He could have easily picked some big-time director people who are giants in that industry, and he chose me,” Lee said. More valuable than money, the nationwide exposure was everything for the young director. For Spike, the initial payout for the first shoot was a cool $50,000 and a day with Michael Jordan. Nike now had cultural credit and an unorthodox spokesperson. “Because of that film, the character Mars Blackmon got hooked up with Michael Jordan, which changed everything for Nike.” “That film introduced the world to Mars Blackmon, the original sneakerhead,” Lee told Boardroom. (Ted Dully/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Spike Lee at the Greenwich Village Theater in New York on Sept. With 1986’s She’s Gotta Have It, the New York native played both sides of the camera, hopping on-screen as Blackmon, an undersized Knicks fan enamored of Air Jordans who steals the show with his oversized personality and poignant wit.Īs history tells it, the advertising minds at Wieden + Kennedy loved Lee’s character, casting him as co-star and director for an upcoming Air Jordan commercial. ![]() The origin item bridging Michael Jordan to Spike Lee is less a pair of sneakers and more a Brooklyn-billed cycling cap. The scorching sneakers stamped with Lee’s legacy character are not often spotted on screen or in the wild. While the iconic OG returned to the masses in the Fall of 2020, Lee’s personal pair in the commercial dates back to 2006: the “Mars Blackmon” Air Jordan 4, inspired by his classic commercials from the late 1980s.įor fans of retro releases tied to Jordan Brand, the split-second share by Spike garnered a double-take. Brooklyn’s own, Lee, lifts up the Air Jordan 4 in its infamous “Fire Red” color palette. Indigo, depicting a young protagonist named Zimmie, throws up a green Off-White x Nike Air Force 1 rumored to release later this year at the Brooklyn Museum. At the end of the clip, both Lee and co-star Indigo Hubbard-Salk deliver the iconic line while throwing up their own personal pairs: “It’s gotta be da shoes!“ Directing the clip from a seat he’s held before while reprising his role as Mars Blackmon - a character created for his directorial debut, She’s Gotta Have It - the storied creative came through in the clutch to depict Nike’s ongoing legacy from a vantage point all his own. |
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