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Motion artist needed - 15 years agoNeed have to lower thirds and various 'pop-up' graphics created. Templates are already built in Motion 3, just need to plug in text from the script and export with alpha channel. Probably a full day's work for someone who can work at a steady pace. Need them done by early next week (1/19-20) Looking for a detail-oriented person who can get these done correctly and on-time. You can contact me off-by John K - Jobs Re: [OT] External media drive - Backup with Time Capsule - 15 years agoI just wanted to respond to your initial questions regarding Time Capsule and backup. The Time Machine app will see the other drives you plug into your Mac, and you have the option of telling it not to back them up. Otherwise it will back them up and group them together in the same image file as your Mac (.sparsebundle). You're right that a 1TB+ drive together with your Mac would exceed the Tiby John K - Café LA Re: Working with DVD source material - 15 years agoNick, I just wanted to comment on your workflow: why are you burning clips to DVD before you edit them? In a word, that's CRAZY. You're basically downconverting and compressing everything and then you have decompress again on the other side to import it -- and there's no reason to do that. You're introducing a whole level of compression into your footage that is completely unnecessary, even foby John K - Café LA Re: OT: New Macbook Pro 17" announced... - 15 years agoWhat are the chances that they'll go back and add a matte option to the 15" model? JKby John K - Café LA Re: Best QT compression settings for 2nd gen iPod Touch? - 15 years agoThere are presets through Quicktime and Compressor. Since it has the same screen I would use the iPhone preset, 640x480. The same preset works for both SD and HD, although you'll want to make sure that the aspect ratio is correct for your HD material. JKby John K - Café LA Re: New MBPs: VGA to S-video signal? - 15 years agoKevin, Thanks for your reply; I'm already familiar with the FW to analog video workflow but this is not for standard video preview to an NTSC monitor. We have a very specific setup during a live video event that we need analog video for, and if we can avoid one more *powered* device on a table already covered in gear that would be ideal. We have laptops connected to a switcher via S-video (by John K - Café LA OT: Stolen G-Tech RAID - 15 years agoHi all, Just wanted to post this on here in the off-chance that someone might notice anyone trying to sell a stolen item. A couple weeks ago my G-Tech eSpeed RAID (3TB) was returned from servicing and was left at my front door by FedEx. I never got it, it just disappeared. I doubt someone knew what they were taking as other (non-gear) packages were taken as well, a target of opportunity. Whby John K - lafcpug Market New MBPs: VGA to S-video signal? - 15 years agoWe've been trying to figure out a solution for getting an analog video signal out of the new MacBookPros. The old DVI>S-video connector doesn't work with the new DisplayPort>DVI adapter (it's DVI-I and the new one is DVI-D). They sell VGA to S-Video converter cables (which would hook up to the DisplayPort>VGA adapter), was wondering if anyone had ever gone VGA to composite video and howby John K - Café LA Re: OT: New Macbook Pros released - 15 years agoHi Kit, I supervise a lot of mobile editing events where everyone has to capture DV to FW drives; a lot of our editors wind up daisy chaining the drives (OWC 7200rpm bus powered) with the cameras without difficulty. But there have been problems with Canons (like the XL1s) where we have no communication with the camera when its chained with the drive. We haven't seen that with other camera branby John K - Café LA Re: OT: New Macbook Pros released - 15 years agoI'm still demanding SyQuest support! And where's the SCSI port??by John K - Café LA Re: OT: New Macbook Pros released - 15 years agoJust so we're clear, the MBPro DOES have an Express card slot. The Macbooks do not, just as before.by John K - Café LA Re: OT: New Macbook Pros released - 15 years agoDuring the Q&A afterwards: 11:01AM Q: Concern about the glossy screens. Are you going to offer another option? A: Steve: We're going all glass -- we won't offer another version. Sounds like this is the way going forward, no plans for matte screens. I'm sure someone will come out with some matte finish adhesive screen protector... which is still lame. JKby John K - Café LA OT: New Macbook Pros released - 15 years agoMacbook Pro: new aluminum frame (fabricated from one piece), backlit LED display -- GLOSSY ONLY, magnetic latch, glass trackpad (no button, the whole thing's a button), new Display port connector, dual graphics cards (nice), single FW800 port, no 400. Some nice surprises (like the new graphics cards) but I'm somewhat underwhelmed. I don't like glossy screens, and I wish they would stop strippiby John K - Café LA Re: Transfering Tiger 10.4.11 (FCP 5.1.4) projects to the latest FCP 6.04 (Leopard) - 15 years agoCan you open the projects on your MBP still? Try exporting them to XML and importing that into FCP 6. I had a similar issue a few weeks ago when FCP would not convert an older project without quitting, never figured out why... JKby John K - Café LA Re: OT: New entry level Macs? - 15 years agoQ&A During the laptop Keynote: 10:56AM "Blu-ray?" Steve: "Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt. It's great to watch the movies, but the licensing of the tech is so complex, we're waiting till things settle down and Blu-ray takes off in the marketplace." Ouch. So we're basically NOT going to see an Apple BR device any time soon.by John K - Café LA Re: OT: New entry level Macs? - 15 years agoThe (alleged) new case designs for the Apple laptops have popped up online: Macrumors If these are true, then the Macbook Pro is down to one FW800 port and a proprietary display port (no more full size DVI). The optical drive is still there, hopefully with BluRay options. The Macbooks don't seem to have Firewire ports at all. We'll know for sure tomorrow! JKby John K - Café LA Re: HD monitor for FCP - 15 years ago(Slightly OT) Shane, wanted to ask you this because you have both AJA and Matrox products: are you running both at the same time? Or at least, you have both sets of drivers loaded on the same machine? I uninstalled my MXO when I got an IoHD, been hesitant to reinstall the MXO software since it registered in the AJA Conflict Checker. Would be nice if I could keep using the MXO for display puby John K - Café LA Re: Under the Gun getting HD to a DVD - 15 years agoAny file HAS to be compressed before the DVD can be burned. Dropping an exported Quicktime into Toast, DVDSpro or iDVD directly doesn't avoid this. Those programs merely incorporate the compression into their "burn" process and it will still take a while. You also have less control over the compression settings as you do in a program like Compressor -- if you simply drop it in and hit Bby John K - Café LA Re: 1920x1080 export problem - 15 years agoYeah, I could of worded that better. But you get the gist -- I wouldn't use QTC if I was going to re-import the file.by John K - Café LA Re: 1920x1080 export problem - 15 years agoIf you want to bring your exported sequence back into FCP then you need to use Export>Quicktime Movie. This will create a Quicktime file at the exact same settings as your timeline; check "self-contained" if you want a completely independent file that doesn't link back to your media or render files (SCQT). Quicktime Conversion is only meant for final exports for the web, iPod, etby John K - Café LA Re: 1920x1080 export problem - 15 years agoAre you exporting with Quicktime Conversion? Or are you just changing your timeline compression before you export a SCQT? JKby John K - Café LA Re: TIVO like software for MAC? - 15 years agoWHOA. Hold up. No Tivo, either a Series 2 or TivoHD, has input connectors other than a coax port. And TivoHDs only work if you have installed cable cards; they won't even advance to the next screen until it's configured to a cable signal. I'm not even sure there's a way to smash record on any Tivo without identifying the recording as coming from a TV channel. What's wrong with recording theby John K - Café LA Re: Anybody having issue with Qucktime 7.5.5. update? - 15 years agoNo issues yet. Running it with 6.04 and 10.5.4. Seems to be working fine with new AJA IoHD drivers too FWIW.by John K - Café LA Re: Get DVR recordings to FCP - 15 years agoDo you have a Tivo or one of the cable-company knock-offs? This advice is for the Tivo, so YMMV. 1. Plug a camera or deck into your Tivos output and record the show to tape, or use pass-through to record directly to FCP (use 'Non-controllable device' and 'Capture Now'). You have to record it in real-time of course. 2. If your Tivo is networked to your system then you can download the show dby John K - Café LA Projects destined for projection -- use caution when correcting? - 15 years agoI'm about to take a color pass on my DVCProHD short film; I want to crush the blacks in some of my scenes as well as just darkening a few that came out too bright. I just screened a non-corrected version off DVCam on an SD projector and it looked pretty dark to me, with loss of detail in the shadows. I don't know if it will look considerably better if projected in HD but I'm hoping a better pby John K - Color Re: Creating downloadable files for a website - 15 years agoI think the iPod presets are the same. Apple is very specific about that format, so it's not likely that it would be different between applications (QT Conversion is essentially the same thing as the presets available in Compressor, though less versatile). In terms of "working on the website", aren't these for sale? You're just providing them with a file that can be bought and downloby John K - Café LA USC thesis film project seeking FCP editor - 15 years agoOn behalf of my wife Lotti, who just produced this USC thesis film... FCP Editor sought for 25 minute, dark, gay short, shot on HD with the Red Camera. Gritty teen drama, based on writings by acclaimed cult author Dennis Cooper and featuring music by British alt band No-Man, directed by PlanetOut Short Movie Award finalist and Nicholl quarterfinalist. Features Film and TV talent. We're lby John K - Jobs Re: Compressor DOES NOT work properly - 15 years ago1. As far as I know, the MPEG-2 option is gone and there's no way to put it back in there manually. Lots of folks miss it, not sure if Apple will listen though. 2. Are you exporting via Compressor? Try exporting a full-size Quicktime Movie (NOT Conversion) and drop that into the Compressor program, then drag one of the DVD (MPEG-2 and ac3) presets onto it and 'Submit'. Does that work? JKby John K - Café LA Re: HDV nightmare - 15 years agoQuoteA standard def output is what they need for authoring. Any way you can convince them to accept a DigiBeta? 8-bit uncompressed would be much better quality, and you would avoid the DV compression. Wouldn't want you to miss a paycheck, but you can argue that all your (their) hard work is going down the toilet if they insist on compressing their beautiful HD through a straw. JKby John K - Café LA |
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