Over 30 years in the television broadcast industry. Editing for 28 and still enjoying it. Currently working for a govt dept in the most beautiful city in Australia. | | | | Member Since: March 27th 2003 | | | | |
Friends:  David Lawrence  David Roth Weiss | | | | |  | Why you'll buy Adobe CCby John Kaley 2 weeks agoYou will have to buy Adobe CC whether you want to or not. Have you ever had a client send you a .PSD or .AI file for use in an edit and had to modify it Pay up, sucker! | Re: Why you'll buy Adobe CC
by Alex Hawkins 2 weeks ago
Greg Andonian "You can't open a Premiere Pro PROJECT from the latest version in an earlier one, but if you export it to XML you can take it as far back as CS5." Yes that is correct but it's hardly wh
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| | | |  | AE drives the NLE decisionby Oliver Peters 3 weeks agoI edit and do training from time to time at broadcast facilities. What I've seen has been FCP in the commercial promo department and Avid in news. The general flow I've seen is to cut a base layer in +7 | Re: AE drives the NLE decision
by Alex Hawkins 3 weeks ago
Julian Bowman "The things they watch that are streamed to iPads, laptops etc. Are they clips of pussy cats and yodelling babies or of broadcast TV shows watched through an alternative medium My money
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| | | |  | Custom Layout and editing handy stuffby Alex Rod 1 month agoHi - new to Ppro coming from FCP so thanks for the help in advanced. I want to easily duplicate a clip on the timeline to the layer above or below. On most adobe apps it's a simple alt+drag to the nex | | | | |
| | | |  | Extend editby Richard Taylor 1 month agoCan Premiere Pro perform an extend edit past another edit point If not, if I place the target playhead at an edit point and perform an extend edit, will the edit go all the way to the playhead Thanks, | Re: Extend edit
by Alex Hawkins 1 month ago
Yes Aindreas I see what you mean. A roll edit won't go past the next edit but a ripple will. Again, if I understand you correctly Alex Hawkins Canberra, Australia
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| | | | | Rolling Edit Tool?by Alex Hawkins 9 months agoOK so is it just me or can you not perform a rolling edit on a secondary storyline Alex Hawkins Canberra, Australia | | | | |
| | | | | Meet The Superhumansby Alex Hawkins 9 months agoHi There, Thought some people on this forum might like this. http: www.youtube.com watch v=kKTamH__xuQ (You'll have to watch it via YouTube) Very nice I thought. Enjoy! Alex Hawkins Canberra, Australi | | | | |
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| | | | | No Sequence Codec problem in CS6by Alex Hawkins 11 months agoHi all, I am running CS6. I am happily editing away, close down for the night. Leave my computer on. Come back in the morning. Start up PPro again and go to open last night's project and I get this er | Re: No Sequence Codec problem in CS6
by Alex Hawkins 11 months ago
Tom Daigon "It was addressed in the beta testing of CS6 that I was a participant in" Ok. So the fact that I am still experiencing it would indicate I have a problem somewhere... I guess calling Adobe
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| | | |  | AJA Support for Adobe CS6!by AJA Sales Department 12 months agoNew AJA Windows and Mac Plug-Ins for Adobe now support the recently released Adobe CS6, providing tighter integration between Adobe software and AJA I O devices for easier operation and huge performan | | | | |
| | | |  | FCP& to PP6: some questionsby Jules bowman 1 year agoHi, so I'm using the trial and trying to transfer my editing style technique from 10 years of FC to PP. Therefore I was hoping that if i posted some questions in a thread as they came up, people may b | Re: FCP& to PP6: some questions
by Alex Hawkins 1 year ago
Hi Jules, Dennis has done an excellent job addressing your points but I would just mention that re question 11 you can copy attributes from one clip - just highlight it and ctrl cmd-c it and then you
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| | | |  | Blog: Forget the Future, Plan for Nowby walter biscardi 1 year agoI made a comment at this past week s Atlanta Cutters meeting that surprised many of those in attendance. It was something along the lines of I m anticipating our Avid s will be a one year solution to +5 | | | | |
| | | | | Retimingby Alex Hawkins 1 year agoHi all, Just trying to muddle my way through a few things... Is there anyway of retiming a clip and have it NOT change the duration of the clip and thus the timeline Thanks, Alex Hawkins Canberra, Aus | | | | |
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| | | | | Kona Lhi and Lionby Chris Holland 2 years agoHi, I was wondering if anyone is using the LHI card and has updated to Lion We have 2 here that have and they both have the same issue with SD timelines. The problem is when they try to adjust the pla | Re: Kona Lhi and Lion
by Alex Hawkins 2 years ago
Hi Chris, We only do SD XDCam so my response is limited to that I'm afraid. I am running Lion 10.7.2 with the LHi. AJA Control Panel & Adobe Utilities 9.1. PPro 5.5.2 Basically all things are fine but
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| | | |  | Article: Avid Unveils Media Composer 6by Debra Kaufman 2 years ago AVID Avid Unveils Media Composer 6 With the release of Media Composer version 6, Avid is making good on its promise to pursue a path of openness and 64-bit performance. Available November 15, the rel+3 | | | | |
| | | |  | Influencedby Mark Suszko 2 years agohttp: io9.com 5846870 a-video-compilation-of-every-single-creative-influence-borrowed-for-the-matrix+1 | Re: Influenced
by Alex Hawkins 2 years ago
Besides which, the whole idea was stolen from this 1976 Dr Who episode written by the late, great Robert Holmes: http: www.youtube.com watch v=0SmafFNKwUQ&feature=related Alex Hawkins Canberra, Austra
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| | | |  | The 25 Funniest TV Shows of All Timeby Scott Roberts 2 years agoIGN created a list of the top 25 funniest shows to ever grace the small screen. It's not a list that particularly caters to folk who like REALLY classic television, though: http: tv.ign.com articles 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Nice!by Scott Roberts 2 years agoI 100% support this policy. In fact, I think it should be implemented at all times for R-rated movies. No, I don't have kids, yes I'm selfish. I understand that you want some time out of the house, bu | Re: Nice!
by Alex Hawkins 2 years ago
Thanks Scott, all very interesting. Downunder most of the employees responsible for security screening wouldn't be able to get into MA15 films themselves.
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| | | | | Invictusby Alex Hawkins 2 years agoHi I just saw Invictus on Blu Ray. I was really looking forward to it but I have to say it was the most disappointing film I have seen since I can remember. Since seeing it I have read some reviews of | Re: Invictus
by Scott Roberts 2 years ago
Alex Hawkins "The whole emphasis on Mandela's bodyguards was completely irrelevant. I kept thinking there was going to be some sort of attempt on his life but this never eventuated. There was no payo
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| | | |  | Article: A Final Cutter Tries Out Premiere Proby Helmut Kobler 2 years ago Apple FCPX - Final Cut Pro X A Final Cutter Tries Out Premiere Pro If you're a Final Cut editor contemplating making a change in the wake of Apple's FCPX roll-out, you're not alone. Here's one long-t+15 | @Larry Andersen
by stuart rankin 8 months ago
Am cutting on PP CS6 at the moment and it is a bit of a nightmare at times but there are things i love about it. Regarding the deletion of render files, what I do is separate them from the project fol
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| | | | | PPro CS 5.5 and Kona LHi Card on Macby Alex Hawkins 2 years agoHi all, After a couple of years on FCP it looks like we're switching back to PPro. I have a Kona LHi card on my MacPro 4.1, (2009) an NVidia GTX285 card and 16GB RAM. I have the latest 9.0.1 Drivers a | | | | |
| | | |  | What to use when we stop using Final Cutby Will Eccleston 2 years agoI learned on AVID Media Composer 6.5.3 in 1997. I am the kind of person who constantly hones his workflow, and my AVID workflow was razor-sharp. To that end, when I was forced to start using Final Cut+1 | | | | |
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| | | | | frame hold and speed change glitches?by Chad Briggs 5 years agoAlso, has anybody had any issues with frame hold or speed changes on clips using axio hardware Either these features don't work at all for me or they crash ppro. our setup is ppro 2 with axio 2.5 driv | Re: frame hold and speed change glitches?
by Alex Hawkins 5 years ago
Hi Chad, Re frame hold, check to see if you have the "enable frame hold" box ticked in project settings general playback settings. What do you mean about speed changes Do they not work at all for you
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| | | | | ASUS KFN5-D-SLI Motherboardby Alex Hawkins 6 years agoHi there, I know it's not amongst the certified listings but I was just wondering if the above motherboard would work OK with the LE. Anyone have any ideas Thanks for all knowledge.Alex Hawkins Canber | Re: ASUS KFN5-D-SLI Motherboard
by Alex Hawkins 6 years ago
Hi Lyn, None really, it was just another option given to us by our supplier who had forgotten about our special needs. Thanks for that, I will now rectify the situation. Cheers, Alex
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