Systems integrator for Biway Media, with 3 years in system integration, 2 years in DVD authoring, and 2 years in digital compositing and coloring. Worked in the past for NBC, Telemundo, HD Studios, Adrenaline Productions, and Late Talk Productions.
... [ more] Systems integrator for Biway Media, with 3 years in system integration, 2 years in DVD authoring, and 2 years in digital compositing and coloring. Worked in the past for NBC, Telemundo, HD Studios, Adrenaline Productions, and Late Talk Productions.
Deal mostly with technical aspects of productions, but I am not one to shy away from the creative aspects of it. | | | | Member Since: April 15th 2003 Location: houston, tx, USA, Earth | | | | |
| | | | | | CSS errors?by Aaron Strader 4 years agoI need some help here... This link has an error that's visible in Internet Explorer that goes away in Firefox. http: mailcenter.newmediagateway.com landmark main index.php action=viewsenthtml&id=346&i | | | | |
| | | | | Matrox RTX100 processor requirements?by Neil herke 6 years agoHi, We are looking at doing a bit of video editing DVD authoring in the near future and I have been looking at the RTX100 ( as we cant really afford the X2) Im building a PC from scratch to go with it | | | | |
| | | |  | x-tools re-install problemby rustyjackson 6 years agoWas having capture problem with a Canon GL2 camera so I elected to uninstall my x.tools (3295 build). I downloaded the 6122 build and the hotfix2. Now when I try to reinstall x.tools from my original | Re: x-tools re-install problem
by Aaron Strader 6 years ago
Nope, 6122 is for 1.5.1 Just put 1.5.1 on there. 1.5 will let you upgrade that far. 1.5.1 was primarily a patch that allowed for offline HDV capture and editing for users and won't add or change anyth
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| | | | | TIMECODE????????????????????????????by skill856 6 years agoI am using Premiere Pro 1.5 on the matrox NLE with the most update xtools release. Now the new NLE has Premiere Pro 2.0 however any footage captured on the OLD matrox NLE under matrox settings does no | | | | |
| | | | | NO timecode on NON-Matrox RTX 100 systemby skill856 6 years agocant see timecode from past Matrox RTX 100 projects on new NON-Matrox rtx 100 NLE system tried to install VFW codec but is it possable to capture on a Matrox 100 NLE system with time code and move ove | | | | |
| | | | | Good ol' rt.x100 and Premiere Elementsby Lee O. 7 years agoAnyone know if the tried and true rt.x100, and the software drivers plug-ins that come with it, will work with Premiere Elements My girlfriend is a librarian at a local middle school, and the school h | | | | |
| | | | | Filters aren't useable...by Aaron Strader 7 years agoI'm working on a large file, about 2200 X 3000 pixels or so. The image I'm working on needs some artistic and texture filters and I can't get either one of them to work. At this point, the image is a  | Re: Filters aren't useable...
by Steven J. Gilbert 7 years ago
Aaron, Are you working in CMYK, Lab or RGB Some filters are not available in CMYK or Lab. Change mode to RGB and apply filter and change back to CMYK. It is best to start as an RGB image and then conv
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| | | | | anyone tried x.tools 6157 with PPro 2?by themis 7 years agoHello everyone I need any information regarding the final release of Matrox x.tools - 6157 - for Ppro 2.0. Has anynone had any experience in that area Are there any problems that the users of Matrox a | | | | |
| | | |  | Matrox RTX 100 Pro & Widescreen footageby Martin Bonnici 7 years agoHi, I'm working on Premiere Pro 1.5 and I've got a Matrox RTX 100 Xtreme Pro installed on the workstation. When I open a Standard 4:3 project it works more or less fine, but if I work with a widescree | | | | |
| | | |  | matroxby MigraineBoy 7 years agoHi everybody! I am thinking about buying the matrox xtreme pro and i would like to have your opinion about it... I currently work with Adobe Premiere 2 but i have some doubts if i can change to avid a | Re: matrox
by Aaron Strader 7 years ago
Honestly, I'd hold off and see how this X2 product plays out at NAB. It's their new capture card and has built in support for HD and HDV along with all the features of the RTX100. If it does what it p
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| | | | | What happened to my EPS?by Aaron Strader 7 years agoI'm trying to template-ize all of our documentation, and my freaking template decided to wash all the colors, text and everything to black. What happened Everytime I open it now, it says it's "convert | | | | |
| | | | | Building a Video Editing PCby Aaron Cadieux 7 years agoI currently run Premier Pro 1.5 on a 5-year-old Dell PC. The computer is 1.0Ghz and has 512 MB of RAM. It does OK on small projects, but starts to slow down on large projects (especially when "playbac | Re: Building a Video Editing PC
by Aaron Strader 7 years ago
You want a "future proof" PC You should really, honestly spend a bit of cash on an AMD64. Really. It'll blow your mind to see how fast it is running like that. You'll probably spend a few thousand to
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| | | | | A.C.E. Testingby Christianfish Video 7 years agoI am taking the ACE Test for Premiere Pro next Saturday at my Local Community college is there anyone here who has taken the test that can tell what I can expect w o getting too specific And don't let | Re: A.C.E. Testing
by Aaron Strader 7 years ago
I'd hold off on taking the test until the 2.0 tests come out. If you've trained on 6.0, you're off a bit from taking the 2.0 tests, or even the 1.5 tests. There are very specific questions that addres
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| | | | | What is wrong with my template?by Aaron Strader 7 years agoSomeone check out my company's homepage and tell me what I did wrong in my template code. http: www.flotrend.com I'm adapting someone else's previous efforts to try and fix the site, and I haven't use | | | | |
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| | | |  | need help making rewind effectby Brandon 7 years agoI'm trying to make an effect where it looks like the video is rewinding like on a VCR. I tried several different ways, but couldn't get it right. Any suggestions | Re: need help making rewind effect
by Aaron Strader 7 years ago
There's a time displacing filter in the Sapphire plugin pack that does exactly this. "Time Slice" adds in the proper look of rewinding ffwding footage. It also adds a funky wobbly look to it when you
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| | | | | Monitorsby Wes Kane 7 years agoLooking to upgrade...What's a good dual screen monitor for video editing Thanks, Wes | Re: Monitors
by Aaron Strader 7 years ago
The Dell 24" widescreens are fantastic looking. Well worth the investment if you can pull the $. I would totally advise against 17" monitors. You can find good-okay 19" CRTs ($100 apiece) if price is
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| | | |  | Converting Mpeg movies for use on Ipodby David Rowan 7 years agoA friend of mine has a pile of Mpeg and a few Avi clips he wants to watch on his iPod 60. They play fine in quicktime, but when I use QT pro to export as an iPod movie I get the video with no sound. T | | | | |
| | | |  | 80` disco floorby simonclausen 7 years agoHI. I have keyed out a person on a croma key, and I want to make the floor like an old disco floor like you se in movies, where the floor changes color in square-shapes, hov do i do that | Re: 80` disco floor
by Aaron Strader 7 years ago
Running off of Spaceman's idea, Animate radial gradients, setting the colors of the inner and outer portions by about 15-20% in value. That way the floors look like they're lit by a bulb, instead of j
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| | | | | 80` disco floorby simonclausen 7 years agoHI. I have keyed out a person on a croma key, and I want to make the floor like an old disco floor like you se in movies, where the floor changes color in square-shapes, hov do i do that | Re: 80` disco floor
by Aaron Strader 7 years ago
Running off of Spaceman's idea, Animate radial gradients, setting the colors of the inner and outer portions by about 15-20% in value. That way the floors look like they're lit by a bulb, instead of j
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| | | |  | Vector Paint -- wiggle?by Jason Brown 8 years ago Hey Guys, I am having a hard time with this... I want to create a word..."house" for example. And I want that word to wiggle (like the effect used in "Dr. Katz"...I believe it is reffered to as -- Sq | Re: Vector Paint -- wiggle?
by Aaron Strader 8 years ago
The Squigglevision was less an effect and more the fact that they didn't draw consistently to achieve that look. There's text animation presets that have wiggling letters in the preset library. You co
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| | | | | Vector Paint -- wiggle?by Jason Brown 8 years ago Hey Guys, I am having a hard time with this... I want to create a word..."house" for example. And I want that word to wiggle (like the effect used in "Dr. Katz"...I believe it is reffered to as -- Sq | Re: Vector Paint -- wiggle?
by Aaron Strader 8 years ago
The Squigglevision was less an effect and more the fact that they didn't draw consistently to achieve that look. There's text animation presets that have wiggling letters in the preset library. You co
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| | | | | Sapphire plug in error...by marcelokron 8 years agoHi, When I apply the Sapphire effect on my clips I receive the message: "Has version mismatch. Code version is 1.0 and PiPL version is 1.0(81000) (25::16)" Any one have this prloblem Thanks all! | Re: Sapphire plug in error...
by Aaron Strader 8 years ago
You need to make sure you're using the latest version of the filters. http: www.genarts.com download-sapphire-ae-windows.html Older versions were designed for older versions of AE, and have buggy issu
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| | | | | Concern over the Analog Hole?by Aaron Strader 8 years agoI spotted this as something that's passed through Congress yesterday. This seems to be taking a Broadcast Flag idea a bit too far. http: www.boingboing.net 2005 11 01 hollywood_after_the_.html http: w | | | | |
| | | | | Writing Effect / Animated Strokeby Tilden Jones 8 years agoCan anyone tell me what is the best way to do an animated stroke in combustion Trying to design opening graphic that is wriiten. I know it's a little easier in after effects but I would like to learn | Re: Writing Effect / Animated Stroke
by Aaron Strader 8 years ago
I've been dying to have animated strokes in Combustion for years now. 3D stroke is okay, but the camera's broken on it for a plug in so it's usefulness is severly limited. This is a basic standard eff
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| | | | | iPod Video settings for Cleanerby Aaron Strader 8 years agoI've kinda cribbed these from Apple's website and set it up in Cleaner XL to see the results. These settings follow what Apple describes as "ipod compliant" video: Set up your Output Profile as MPEG-4 | | | | |
| | | | | Quicktime 7 question...by Aaron Strader 8 years agoI'm trying to plan out content for a project. Is there a difference in between a QT produced MPEG-4 based .m4v file and a standard MPEG-4 produced with a 3GP mobile video converter The Sony PSP, Clio, | Re: Quicktime 7 question...
by Ben Waggoner 8 years ago
Often the audio codec is different between 3GPP and other MPEG-4 variants. My Book: http: www.benwaggoner.com books.htm Squeeze and ProCoder tutorials: http: www.classondemand.net benwaggoner Compress
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| | | | | Disrupted Text Effect?by Henrik 8 years agoHi, Does anyone now how I can get text to behave disrupted shaky in After Effects, as in the title sequence to Seven I want it to quickly appear on screen looking disrupted with "echoes". Is there an | Re: Disrupted Text Effect?
by Aaron Strader 8 years ago
This is how I've done this effect before... I've taken the text and put it on a tight and fast, up and down movement on a set path. Make the movements short and it can appear as though it's vibrating
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| | | | | Disrupted Text Effect?by Henrik 8 years agoHi, Does anyone now how I can get text to behave disrupted shaky in After Effects, as in the title sequence to Seven I want it to quickly appear on screen looking disrupted with "echoes". Is there an | Re: Disrupted Text Effect?
by Aaron Strader 8 years ago
This is how I've done this effect before... I've taken the text and put it on a tight and fast, up and down movement on a set path. Make the movements short and it can appear as though it's vibrating
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| | | | | Flickering on text out to NTSCby Aaron Strader 8 years agoWe're burning some projects off the timeline to DVD and when we play it back for review, titles made in FCP are flickering on a television. Any reason why this is occuring I'm not too keen on what all | Re: Flickering on text out to NTSC
by Thax Clave 8 years ago
One of the traps in adding text to video is you cannot make QUALITY EVALUATIONS based on the Canvas window on the computer screen. If you do, you can end up making the wrong creative corrective decisi
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| | | | | jumpy textby Jaime Lackner 8 years agoHello, Does anybody know a way to create an effect to make type a little jumpy Like a "grungy" kind of look. Sort of like the text in the end tag for the Mitsubishi comercial Any suggestions would be | Re: jumpy text
by Aaron Strader 8 years ago
I've found the Random Edits plugin with the Sapphire plugins does the job nicely. Random Edits needs text with some predone movements. Applying Random Edits to this layer will animate it with random m
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| | | | | Anime action backgroundby Justin Folk 8 years agoI want to create an anime action style of background in photoshop and later bring it in and animate it in After Effects. I want it to have the action lines ect. to make it look as if something in the | Re: Anime action background
by Aaron Strader 8 years ago
What I created once when I did something like this was: I created a proper contrasting gradient for my character in PS. Went into illustrator and drew a VERY long wide graphic. I placed drawn lines in
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| | | | | 3D Stroke Around objectsby gffilm 8 years agoI have things moving around in 3D space and I went to bend a stroke around these objects. I've been playing with the settings in stroke but I can't seem to get it to wrap around an object. Either it w | Re: 3D Stroke Around objects
by Aaron Strader 8 years ago
It's technically, what you'd call 2 1 2 D. It doesn't operate in AE in a true 3D space, so it's up to you to make it look that way. The easiest way is to know when your stroke is roaming in it's own 3
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| | | | | Looking for Combustion Artistsby rick 8 years agoHello, I'm the commercial production manager at NBC4 - Los Angeles and I'm looking for freelance combustion artists. If you're interested, forward your cover letter resume link (in body of email) to t | Re: What the f*k?
by Aaron Strader 8 years ago
None of you have apparently worked for NBC before. NBC O&O's work with freelance part-timers in production. Part Timers generally don't get more than 20-28 hours a week, and have limited benefits that
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