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A Lesson on HDD's and Redundancy - 13 years ago
I purchased a Seagate 1tb hdd, 1.5 years ago, for internal use. I normally use Hitachi and Samsung F-series. I ran it JOBD with media from 2 projects on it. One project was complete and the other is ongoing. Last week after finishing a project it failed. I had no back up. So the final project was lost with its failure. Now i have to re-film and re-edit for free. Though it has been saidby J.Corbett - Café LA
Data Recovery To New Drive. 1st time. - 13 years ago
I use crash plan to back up my drives. I recently had a SEAGATE crash. ( never use them again) how ever i have a 750hdd that hold back up system info. can i just stick a new drive in the slot and push the old info to that drive? Will final cut cross read that disk and connect my project assets?by J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: OT: Program Usage Monitoring - SOLUTION FOUND - 13 years ago
oh it has an option for pausing it for lunch or until the next day. i think that this is adjustable but i only use the pause until tomorrow option and 1hr lunch.by J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: OT: Program Usage Monitoring - SOLUTION FOUND - 13 years ago
I just wanted to report to who ever may want to use a program like this. > It is quite awesome. It monitors all programs used and it does take into account the active window for those of us who may have a bunch of stuff open but idle. It gives really specific stats and it keeps a log so that you can look at the past however long and see your most productive times of the year, month orby J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: Getting The Shaft on a Payment - 13 years ago
I second Joe. Also, make sure you have a material use clause in your agreement within the terms and conditions. Something that says that they do not OWN the production until FULL payment is made. I normally send the invoice via email and confirm via email that they agree to the execution of the contract. Then i ask if i can drop by to get a signed copy or if they could mail a sign copy toby J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: OT: Despite new CPU options, Apple reportedly questioning future of Mac Pro - 13 years ago
Soapbox Deployed. I posted this a few months ago. Apple would have been doing this even if Steve Jobs was hiking Everest next week after gaining 15 pounds. I am gonna buy a new macpro in the spring and i am beefing it out as i think that in the next 2 they will move away from macpro. Dumbing them down starting next year. The moment the ipad came out that was the smoke. Then they made Fby J.Corbett - Café LA
OT: Program Usage Monitoring - 13 years ago
Our little company that could Does 4 things; video, websites, image design, and scores/music production. On my station i may have 3-7 jobs to do in a day. I use studiometry and it has a job monitor that can be program specific but it very non-intuative especially for monitoring multiple programs open. What usually happens in i will start on ABC project and work on it for Xhrs. In the Xhrsby J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: 7D or 5D - 13 years ago
I just wanted to add that i have only been using this camera for 2.5 months. Here is the video that convinced me.by J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: 7D or 5D - 13 years ago
Even Though The GH2 is better than both of those cameras the closet of the bunch is the 5d Mark. You will need more lenses to get the gusto out of it. mid speed lens / Fast lens / Ultra fast lens then about 3 specialty lenses. My friend has the 5D and we swopped cameras for a test shoot. I changed lenses 4 times from 4pm to 9pm . He changed lenses twice. He has the following lensesby J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: OOOPPSS PPcs5 export AVCHD - 13 years ago
Thanks. I needed to verify that.by J.Corbett - Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Re: OOOPPSS PPcs5 export AVCHD - 13 years ago
source media - 720p30 avchd (mts files) the projects 1st SEQ was set to dv ntsc. I created a new SEQ as AVCHD 720p30. I normally go out via Adobe Media encoder but decided to use the basic export media. I clicked match SEQ and get mpeg. Is avchd / mts a child of mpeg like h264 is a child of mp4?by J.Corbett - Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Premier Cs5 vs Final Cut - 13 years ago
source media - 720p30 avchd (mts files) the projects 1st SEQ was set to dv ntsc. I created a new SEQ as AVCHD 720p30. I normally go out via Adobe Media encoder but decided to use the basic export media. I clicked match SEQ and get mpeg. Is avchd / mts a child of mpeg like h264 is a child of mp4?by J.Corbett - Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Re: 7D or 5D - 13 years ago
ooops Panasonic GH2. the 3 is not out yet i dont believe.by J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: 7D or 5D - 13 years ago
Might I offer up the Panasonic GH3. Its better than both for video and low light noise. It does have as bad of a problem with rolling shutter as the 5d or 7d. I shoots in AVCHD and has nice frame rates. The default lens is very nice in all conditions for all conditions. I would choose the GH3 over both. do a vimeo search to see it in action.by J.Corbett - Café LA
Is Mac Keeper a Keeper - 13 years ago
I was thinking of getting mac keeper but i am unsure if it is necessary. Has anyone used this program? If so would you give me the pros and cons. Is it a plus for the system speed?by J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: Apple is Going to chop down the tower so you can fit it in your pocket. - 13 years ago
Ok, Mr. Kines, I will tentatively as a shifty, non-binding agreement, take your bet. lol I would not mind a 15% smaller tower, but connections are important. Thunderbolt is an infant right now and devices have to implement this tech into their products still. But the way that apple has been moving lately, they may go forward with the 'smallatization' of the tower and the peripheral develby J.Corbett - Café LA
Apple is Going to chop down the tower so you can fit it in your pocket. - 13 years ago
Look we have seen what apple has done to the editing system the changed everything. The turned it into a hobbyist nle. I said on this forum that this put my guard up for what they will do on the mac pros. Now we have some indication of this here: They simplified FCP to run or kinda run with less resources therefore easier to run on a tablet. Not to say i have seen it run on a tablet. Buby J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: Correct Encoding Workflow - 13 years ago
Yes and No You do loose some quality for each compresion but it is negligible. You have already lost the most by starting in mpeg2. I think your process is sound and i can't say too much to make it better. Just do a good CC on it and you will be fine.by J.Corbett - Café LA
Crash Plan vs ??? - 13 years ago
I use crash plan to back up my main drive. It stores the info gig for gig. I was wondering if there was something that would somehow compress the data to a format that was more like 1g = 512mb or smaller. I just dont see how i can hold the history of 4tbs on a backup hdds that are also 4tb. I mean, i probably dump 5gigs a year. how would i go back? I am unsure about time machine but iby J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: Plasma vs LCD vs LED for external monitoring - 13 years ago
Ok if i am getting this right.... the plasma is best to externally monitor. A plasma with a 4th primary would be better than basic RGB.by J.Corbett - Café LA
Wow, My 1st National Anything - 13 years ago
Check out the video at the end of the show. WOWby J.Corbett - Show and Tell
Re: Curious what direction LAFCPUGers are going? Remain with FCP or switch? - 13 years ago
Ok, I recant my statement about there being no issues with premier and ati. My card is old school x1900. Instead of using Ae for a look, i decided to try something intensive with the same project. So i added vignettes, changing blends and stacked filters til ... BAM... render everything or skip happens. And it wasn't all that much i added. 2.5m project, about 40 cuts, on 4 v-trks, 2-4 filteby J.Corbett - Café LA
Plasma vs LCD vs LED for external monitoring - 13 years ago
I searched and did not find this on the web or this forum. I have a Insignia LCD 720p external monitor. I want a new one with full HD but i want a good one. I am looking to spend 400. - 700. USD for a new one (26 - 37 inch preferring smaller) So which is best? LED / Plasma / LCD Does size really matter? What would you recommend?by J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: Producers that don't pay!!!!! - 13 years ago
Quotederek If they're withholding payment, you might have withheld deliverables. ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!! I tried not but.......... When you do not get paid for a job There are only a few reasons in my opinion. 1. You did not have a proper contract / agreement in place before you started. Having a good clear agreement is POINT A. If they don't sign you don't do. 2. You could noby J.Corbett - Café LA
Jumping Screen - 13 years ago
I have 2x 27 inch screens connected. Over the last week the screens have started jumping. Meaning it jumps about 100px and seems to blink. like old school tvs would do when actuall turning the knob. The screens are new (LG 2750). They were purchased like 7 months ago. My gfx card is old (ati x1900) and at the end if the month i will be upgrading to the gtx570. What i am wondering is if thisby J.Corbett - Café LA
Re: Mac OS X Lion, New MacBook Air & Mac Minis - 13 years ago
After FCPX, I am gonna let our hero Ben boldly go into lion as i watch this thread. I am skeptical of Apple's NEXT BIG THING now. I am telling ya, I went to a swami and he said in a reverb and multi-tap delay voice, " Apple will screw up the MacPros. " then a demon rose from the table with a Apple logo burned into his forehead and I hauled ass. hahahahahahaby J.Corbett - Café LA
