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Re: Exporting for Broadcast - 11 years ago

Re: Exporting for Broadcast - 11 years ago

NO DOWN TIME is a good problem to have Keep rockin' Troy.

Re: What encoding software are folks using for broadcast delivery? - 11 years ago

...depends on what the broadcaster wants in a format. ALmost everyone is taking digital delivery now (except for a stubborn few). I have used good old QT Pro for uprez to ProresHQ for broadcast. Haven't touched a tape in...jeez...2 years.

EA SPORTS: NBA LIVE 14 "Cover Athlete Announcement" - 11 years ago

I did the Motion Graphics / Compositing / Edit / Audio Direction (Audio Artist: Rob Reinbolt). It has over a quarter of a million (325,000+) views since being posted on July 25th: (not sure why - embed not working for this - watch it in 1080p full screen for best experience)

Re: FREELANCING & BIDDING ON WORK @ $20??! - 11 years ago

Quotedo excuse me i thought you were from america Uh...most of us are from America and where I'm from (northeast) you only call someone by their last name if you: A) Have known them personally a very long time B) Are very good friends C) You hate the person so much you do not want to be cordial enough to call them by their first name...in which case, it's an insult. I highly doubt yo

Re: Exporting for Broadcast - 11 years ago

Quote"...an HD .MOV" LOL...I get that at my studio. There is a little more info needed...like Pixel Aspect Ratio / Codec / Frame Rate / Audio Sample Rate. Anyway, not sure why all the hullabaloo - export is super-simple via the "Export Settings" dialogue (File / Export / Media - select your codec / etc).

Re: First casualty of CC = Adobe Encore is dead... - 11 years ago

QuoteIs it my speculation that Encore is part of the Premiere CS6 download bundle? No. I downloaded it and installed it. It is part of the Premiere CS6 bundle, which you can see for yourself. ...it is FOR NOW (I never disputed that), which is my point. Who knows when it will stop? NOBODY (that's what I dispute). Thanks - cheers

Re: First casualty of CC = Adobe Encore is dead... - 11 years ago

Jon - yes - thank you. We are on the same page. Gerald - nobody said "the sky was falling". That's a bit dramatic, don't you think? Your theories & opinions are just as strong the other way...and that's what they are...theories & opinions...as you cannot possibly have hard facts to present that states Adobe will never pull ANYTHING from their servers. Encore is DEAD (EOL = EN

Re: First casualty of CC = Adobe Encore is dead... - 11 years ago

QuoteThe cloud is a much more permament No...it's not. Not by a long shot. The onlt permanent thing is when they pull the software from their servers, you won't be able to access it. Jon hit it...what I am talking about by "DEAD". If they EOL it and pull it from the servers (which they will prpbably do because why keep an EOL product that will not be updated?), SOL folks.: Quo

First casualty of CC = Adobe Encore is dead (EOL)... - 11 years ago

"The future is in the cloud"...and the rest of us that still use DVDs are screwed...

Re: Agree or Disagree: Cutting w/ Media Composer will provide more jobs and higher pay? - 11 years ago

Yeah...just because a "Hollywood Feature" was cut on something does not mean that dictates what everyone should / will use or are using. They don't say "...and the Oscar for Best Editing in a Feature Film goes to Joe Shmoe and his Lightworks NLE". It's the talent - not the tool. Only budget-conscious studios will hire you solely based around their gear and not your talent...be

Re: Agree or Disagree: Cutting w/ Media Composer will provide more jobs and higher pay? - 11 years ago

QuoteIt's never fun to come out of your training institution ready to use equipment that no employer owns and having no basic idea of how to operate what they do own. ...which is why I came out of Film School an Avid Editor...I learned MC 1000 & Quantel Edit Box in Full Sail University. Nobody in this godforsaken state can even spell "Quantel" let alone use one...so I lost all o

Re: Agree or Disagree: Cutting w/ Media Composer will provide more jobs and higher pay? - 11 years ago

RJ, Agree with all you have said - this is good information for Adobe to hear. Please post this on their website as well. They are getting pounded with similar stories and a petition with over 36,000 signatures so drop yours in the "Feature Request / Feedback" area on the Adobe site. I am not a fan of the pricing modle either...hopefully they will open this up to a few options.

Re: Cloud Update Day - 11 years ago

How are you Kevin?! I have a question for you my brother (Devil's Advocate time)... These rapid-fire updates that will now be immediately available as they are created by Adobe for CC...how do we know that updating will not break something else in our systems? Most of us through the years have had the experience that when you get your system running JUST RIGHT, you do a lot of research before

Re: Agree or Disagree: Cutting w/ Media Composer will provide more jobs and higher pay? - 11 years ago

QuoteThe most affordable way I know to learn it is to buy it as a student (US$300!)and noodle through it, or subscribe to Lynda.com for US$25/month-- you get the run of the Lynda how-to library of hundreds of titles, beginner-intermediate levels, and IMHO far better organized curricula and production values than other sources. Like I said...no need to carry a book if you are online. I like to

Re: Agree or Disagree: Cutting w/ Media Composer will provide more jobs and higher pay? - 11 years ago

...never was a book guy. Learn from the best I always say...so Video Tutorials from awesome people who are working in the industry. I got right into the thick of it volunteering as a grafix mod over at the Avid Community Forum for a few years as well - learned a lot. Nothing teaches like DOING IT though

Re: Agree or Disagree: Cutting w/ Media Composer will provide more jobs and higher pay? - 11 years ago

I am not in the LA market, so take this as you will... A tool is a tool and knowing more tools creates more opportunities. Even though I have not touched an AVID since 2003, I still have an updated Symphony on my laptop. The higher pay thing...well, that depends on how good you are. That's the beauty thing about our business...you can skate through an interview on charm and BS (and I have seen

Re: the New Mac Pro...Whatda think - 11 years ago

You can daisychain 2 - 27 inch Apple Thunderbolt Displays to a single thunderbolt port and charge your laptop at the same time:

Re: the New Mac Pro...Whatda think - 11 years ago

It has a single fan over the central thermal core (you have to go into the exploded views of the unit on the Apple site - pretty amazing). They claim it is very quiet because of this design. This is what Apple says about the cooling: An incredible amount of innovation went into designing a fan system capable of cooling such a high-performance device. Instead of adding extra fans, we engineered

Re: the New Mac Pro...Whatda think - 11 years ago

I think everyone missed a small detail in the specs. It is only 9.9 inches tall and 6.6 inches wide. This is not meant to go on or near the floor. It's more the shape of a large coffee grinder than a trash can...but with a$$-kicking render abilities. This machine is aimed directly at US...not the iPhone / iPad crowd. Thank you Apple. I will be getting mine when released.

Re: Handwritten effect... possible in FCP 7 ? - 11 years ago

You have to use a font but there are really authentic handwritten fonts that can be revealed using the "Write On" plug-in but it is nowhere near automatic. Loads of keyframing / tweaking brush size / & more of the parameters. It's not a completely simple solution if you want it to look real (handwritten fonts cross over in areas - when revealing you have to keyframe brush size in sp

Re: Creative Cloud Open Letter - 11 years ago

FWIW - Photoshop is the #1 most pirated software in the industry currently (I heard that from some Guru at a show). This CC could backfire on Adobe and increase piracy 10-fold across the board.

Re: Creative Cloud Open Letter - 11 years ago

20,081 sigs and climbing...

Re: Cutting a doc and debating which NLE, and what Codec - 11 years ago

QuoteIf the camera recorded to H.264, the only benefit you gain by converting to ProRes is in real time playback and faster rendering. Uh...yeah. That's why you don't shoot in H264. You are already destroying your colorspace before you get to Post and you cannot put back what is not there to begin with. Running the risk of sounding like a snob, I have yet for someone to hand me H264 shoot mat

Re: Cutting a doc and debating which NLE, and what Codec - 11 years ago

You're right Jude = horses for courses. Depends what you are doing with the footage as well. Wouldn't dream of using or recommending H264 in a compositing / keying / tracking project...the color information is garbage. If there are weak standards for delivery, it really doesn't matter. Try submitting an H264 for broadcast.

Re: Cutting a doc and debating which NLE, and what Codec - 11 years ago

QuoteH264 may be a delivery format, but people are cutting in it. So? People cut with WMVs too...doesn't mean it's a good idea. I only use H264s for exporting for approval or to post on a website.

Re: Cutting a doc and debating which NLE, and what Codec - 11 years ago

I don't do long format so I cannot speak to that but I do know that H264 is a delivery format - not an edit format (highly compressed). I am currently working on 5K RED RAW (R3D) footage converted to prores in QT Pro for an After Effects composite project. It's the only edit / master codec I use.

Re: Creative Cloud Open Letter - 11 years ago

10,354 sigs & climbing...

Re: Creative Cloud Open Letter - 11 years ago

QuoteThe cloud was already an option for people who wanted it. Nothing has been gained by this decision, only lost. Exactly. BEFORE: You want it? Subscribe. You don't? Keep your individual licenses. NOW: You want it? Subscribe. You don't? Stay on CS6 until it dies...then Goodbye.

Re: Creative Cloud Open Letter - 11 years ago

...sound like you need to reduce your blood pressure Micheal . Strypes is right. I just want a CHOICE on how to pay. For a hippie zenmaster, you are pretty closeminded about people's opinions like mine. There are a lot of them. VERY high-end users blogging about it as well. FWIW, the petition is over 5700 signatures and climbing. You have to remember something about me - I am an Adobe grafix g