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Where to get certified in something odd? - 11 years ago
Brightcove and Vimeo and other video sites have a backend. My nephew asked me how does he get certified to manage those systems that deliver the videos. I was at a loss. I was thinking its a CDN ( content delivery network ) but i wasn't sure and also thought VDN. I do not know. So i am asking here. what prerequisites, certifications or degree is needed to manage video systems? What iby J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: R-Name gone in 10.7 - Alternatives? - 12 years ago
The R-Name 3.1 seems to work. Better rename works also. I have both now. Thanks everybody.by J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: MXF to Apple ProRes 422 - 12 years ago
pav tube It does more than just that also.by J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: R-Name gone in 10.7 - Alternatives? - 12 years ago
Andrew, It maybe i will try it but i really loved r-name. It was quicker. I have an automator script that i will try to modify. Another thing about Lion. Be Prepared to clean house in Safari. (internet files, launch agent, launch deamon, and one other i can not think of off hand).by J.Corbett - Café LA
R-Name gone in 10.7 - Alternatives? - 12 years ago
HEY, i just upgraded to 10.7 on my 1,1. However the upgrade nullified my r-name app. It was a nice app and used relatively often and it was FREE. Does anyone know of a free app that will do the same without copying the files like automator does?by J.Corbett - Café LA
If Not Media Inspector / Media info ... Then what? - 12 years ago
I have been using media info for about 3years. i like it but i was wondering if there was something better out there or at least more ooo weee GUI ( looks better). Thanksby J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: Successful iMac Configuration for Multi-Tasking Station - 12 years ago
Its not reading it because that is not the project you are working on. You have introduced that file to a new project and now that projects metadata is what your are forming. Look at the same file in media info or a metadata reader. Project Sensitive.by J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: Successful iMac Configuration for Multi-Tasking Station - 12 years ago
LOL...Thats true. He gave a politician answer when you look at it like that. It could be misleading and playing on our hopes of a wonderful machine. Even if its iMac w/ a 30 inch screen and a quad 3.33, I am gonna have to go for it because i would have been forced at gun point to leave the MacPro. My imac at the cabin is a 21 inch 2.4ghz and it has an nvidia card but i am not sure if it aby J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: Successful iMac Configuration for Multi-Tasking Station - 12 years ago
strypes: I believe that all metadata in premier is project sensitive in reference to notes.by J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: Successful iMac Configuration for Multi-Tasking Station - 12 years ago
I just found this article. Its has Tim Cook directly quoted.by J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: Successful iMac Configuration for Multi-Tasking Station - 12 years ago
Quotewalter Yep, just remember, Final Cut Pro X is awesome according to the late great Steve Jobs. It was a typo. He meant to say that FCPX was arson, which i totally agree with. I use FCP8 or premier pro cs5 and some call it. It has taken about 70% of the jobs over the last 4-5 months. I outfitted it with the red giant ultimate suite and boris. It made it more fun than ever. If they doby J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: Successful iMac Configuration for Multi-Tasking Station - 12 years ago
Thats a nice way to go. Wish i could get them to rebuild my 1,1 system as a 6core 3.33ghz. 1333mhz ram with the firmware for nvidia 5xx series, but its a pipe dream. Both of my systems are getting old MacPro 1,1 and MacPro 2,1. They do what i need with no speed complaints but the hardware and firmware is becoming out darted, and its looking more and more like the MacPro is dead as a line fromby J.Corbett - Café LA
Successful iMac Configuration for Multi-Tasking Station - 12 years ago
I am still waiting to see if there will be an Nvidia compatible, Thunderbolt ready MacPro. However in the even that there isn't one in January2012...... Has any one configured an iMac that can: 1. sata or thundarbolt to a external raid (or some heavy data transfer connection) 2. Sync 2 screens while running a MXo mini/max to an IPS monitor 3. Run C4D, Ae, Premier, FCP7 and PS simultaneousby J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: Freelance - Client Producers / editors.... WRONG For Creativity (rant) - 12 years ago
Most of the clients i get are completely ok with what i do even if its unusual. Its kinda odd that its the commercials that seem to have the most original content. I think in that format you have to be the kaleidoscope of originality. There are production houses out there that make a killing green screening from waste up and animating text ( lawyer commercials ). I like Tarantino's style andby J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: Need encoding help - Compressor error - 12 years ago
I think prores is fine. I am assuming they are all at the same frame rate. sometimes you can get funky stuff with mix frame rates in fcp.by J.Corbett - Compressor - Media Compression and Conversion
Re: SLIMMING EFFECTS ??? - 12 years ago
You could do it the long and drawn out way. And i mean long. 1. export the clips with that actor in them 2. open those clops into AE. 3. With AE CS5 (and i hope you do have that version or higher or its hell to pay). In Ae roto-brush the actor and slightly feather the mask. LOTS OF TIME SPENT HERE. 4. export a tiff or jpeg sequence for the actor mask you just created. 5. Open theby J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: Need encoding help - Compressor error - 12 years ago
export a QTSC ( quicktime self contained movie ) That is always the best route to go. You end up with a qt movie in the same codec as the tl. Then send that to compressor.by J.Corbett - Compressor - Media Compression and Conversion
Re: Please look at compressor forum posting - 12 years ago
ProRes 422 I even think that the preres444 would be smaller. The xdcam is like 4:2:0 sampling. If it is not going to be edited out that dropbox, then h264 with a +1.0 gamma shift at 4000kpbs, in compressor. Other wise it cant be full 1080 and you could reduce the resolution to 720p and keep the XDCam native to to the camera. It will not be a lot smaller. Maybe from 7gigs to 5gigs at bestby J.Corbett - Compressor - Media Compression and Conversion
Re: Freelance - Client Producers / editors.... WRONG For Creativity (rant) - 12 years ago
I just find it hard to be a button pusher. I do not think its really possible. Maybe being freelance and handling the entire workflow makes it this way. Its like habits or personality quirks. I have been doing this for so long that i can not always be agreeable about an obviously, soar thumb like, C-Movie bad decision. On the local scene, and i mean like within 60miles or so, there are a lotby J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: WWDC: New version of Final Cut Pro.... they said Pro and not X.. hmm. - 12 years ago
I have noticed that people who switch to macs normally never go back the other way. The mac os is superior to window x. I would guess that a beefy imac can do anything that a norm workstation pc can so i can see them killing the Macpro based on imac. However i do not know if an imac can efficiently run 20million polygons with texture, animation and lighting. I am not even sure if it can runby J.Corbett - Café LA
Freelance - Client Producers / editors.... WRONG For Creativity (rant) - 12 years ago
Movie trailer. Words on screen > Clip of movie > words on screen > Clip of movie > Words again (w/sfx) > Clip > then closing screen with V/O. This is 85% of action trailer made in the last 10 years. White background, Quirky actors or Comedian, > fade to words and a logo. This describes 30% of all commercials. It has always amazed me how following templates somehow maby J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: WWDC: New version of Final Cut Pro.... they said Pro and not X.. hmm. - 12 years ago
please Apple you have screwed up big time on FCS. You cant come back now. FCP7 will be the best thing you ever made for editing. Now just give us an Ivy Bridge Macpro that uses nVidia, so you can redeem yourself and we can keep on using Adobe Premier..... i mean..... FCP8 / Final Cut studio 4. We promise to still hold your cpu's up as the benchmark for all. Other wise ............... die.by J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: cam for documentaries - 12 years ago
JVC's do nicely. I have only used panasonic ( hmc150, hpx170, hpx500, gh2 ) and recently had a chance to shoot on arri and a red epic. if you were filming say running zebras in 1080p24 you will get more blur between the movement of say the legs cause the cpu has to create frames ( you get better interpolation from AE or Motion). When you go to post to do slowmo then that blur is mor seen in 1by J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: stuttering/smirish looking crawl - 12 years ago
you got a screen shot or better yet a clip of the anomaly?by J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: cam for documentaries - 12 years ago
My 2cents We did Manilla, and brazil with a hmc150 shooting 720p60. Slow mo was acceptable but there were a few time that i wondered how much nicer it would be at 120fps. But if shoulder mount is important this will not be the ticket. And it will only do 24mbps as far as i know. There are some slightly awkward shoulder mout kits out there. If you remove the need for a shoulder mountby J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: Sound Troubleshooting for Eurorack UB1002 Mixer - 12 years ago
What are you using for outs? Have you tried going out to something other than a cpu as a test.by J.Corbett - Café LA
Has anyone had a jab at 10.8 which is in beta for developers? - 12 years ago
. I just wanted to know if anyone has tested 10.8 with masters suite cs5 and fcp7 or 6?by J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: billing rates/freelance charges - 12 years ago
QuoteJoe Riggs Besides increasing my skill set (which I attempt to daily), what else can one do to book a client at the higher rate we deserve? Niche Markets We do web and video which in itself is not unique. However in websites, we have done about 300 in 3.5 years. Of those about 225 are lawyer websites. This means we have more skill at knowing what lawyers need, so we can charge more thanby J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: billing rates/freelance charges - 12 years ago
Not sure how many projects you have done but after a while you can kinda package if you want. I have 3 people that go out and find contracts for me within a small local market. What i have learned is that smaller clients like pre packaged pricing more than an hourly rate. But I am not as skilled as Joe or Jude who can probably get what ever they ask. Keep in mind that we do the entire proby J.Corbett - Café LA
Respected Production Credentials - 12 years ago
Most with certificates associated to this industry have some type of credentials to show. Some have been to FullSail or a college to get graphics or production degrees. Others have a variety of function or software specific certificates. I have: FCP5, Motion2 from apple Adobe PS,AI,FC,AU from Lynda C4D from lynda Lighting Certificate from AI atlanta AE from fxphd Your portfolio speaksby J.Corbett - Café LA
