Trained in the BBC to become an online editor in tape suites. Left the BBC and worked in 2 editing facilities in London before going freelance. Got into Avid around 1998 then FCP a couple of years ago. However much I like drama, I mainly get employed to make docs. | | | | Member Since: December 2nd 2010 Location: Buckinghamshire ENGLAND | | | | |
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| | | | | iMovie 9 vs. FinalCut Pro 4by gerry capelle 1 month agoI've asked about using FCP4 and told of potential program age problems. As I'd said, at early stage it seems to be working. I'm new to both programs. I'm making a 4 min. Kickstarter video with synched | Re: iMovie 9 vs. FinalCut Pro 4
by Andrew Rendell 1 month ago
I'm not in a position to give a full answer, but I would make the observation that FCP4 only runs on pre-intel macs or in emulation under Tiger or Leopard, which I believe has been lost in the latest
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| | | |  | Which format to shoot 60, 30, 24 P or i...by Alex Ojeda 1 month agoHi, After reading quite a few posts, tutorials, etc on what format should I shoot in, Im still going crazy here. It seems many people think a different way way. Im a photographer pretty new on video, | | | | |
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| | | |  | Creating a gray look to a clipby Lior Aouate 2 months agoHi, I want to shoot a clip soon, and my intention is to create a bleak, grayish look to the image with one exception, that the one person, probably dressed in red, will keep his colors. Is this compli | Re: Creating a gray look to a clip
by Andrew Rendell 2 months ago
Picking out an element that's one colour and giving it a different grade to the rest of the picture isn't too hard (same clip on two layers and the keyer of your choice), but isolating a person includ
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| | | | | Do XLR to 3.5mm adapters degrade quality?by Miguel Sotto 2 months agoI'm new to this site so forgive me if I'm misusing the forum. I'm planning on buying a Zoom H2n for audio work that I use for school projects as well as freelance videography work. My budget is really | | | | |
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| | | | | Top 7 pro editing applications?by Daniel Peterson 3 months agoOk I've been searching around a little, and as far as I can tell these are the 7 most popular professional editing applications (no order) Do you agree Avid Media Composer Final Cut X Final Cut 7 Prem | Re: Top 7 pro editing applications?
by Andrew Rendell 3 months ago
Well, I'm making programmes for mainstream broadcast in London (mainly BBC, Channel 4, Discovery, Al Jazeera, etc), so I use systems which have established workflows, i.e., the same ones used by facil
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| | | | | HDCAM: NTSC or PAL or ANY?by Esther Casas 3 months agoDear all! I tried to find the correct forum to post this. I guess media should be the one.. I have to transfer a short film (shot at 24fps) into HDCAM tape for festival view.I have a question: the pos | Re: HDCAM: NTSC or PAL or ANY?
by Andrew Rendell 3 months ago
Esther Casas "do you mean that the same tape HDCAM will play at 25 or 29.97 depending where is played at " I mean that you can record onto an HDCAM tape in whichever frame rate you like and it will p
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| | | |  | Australia broadcast luma and chroma limitsby Craig Ricker 3 months agoHi there, Trying to find out what the broadcast safe limits are for luma and chroma in Australia. Is it different per broadcaster Just want the gist: is it 0-100 on luma -20 to 130 on chroma Mac Pro 2 | | | | |
| | | |  | FCP 7 output for tv - asked for "16:9 FHA"by Brad DeCecco 3 months agoWondering if anyone knows the best way to export a 4 minute music video sequence. Here are the details: Canon 5D Mark II footage in 24p in FCP 7. The client (a tv channel wants it to broadcast) only s | | | | |
| | | | | Assistant Editor's wageby Sean Marin 3 months agoHi I'm working on a feature Documentary and am being asked to be the Assistant editor for the project...What is the Recommended hourly rate for that This is a Indi project please keep in mind. But kno | Re: Assistant Editor's wage
by Andrew Rendell 3 months ago
A little bit of trivia for you to laugh at: over here in the UK if you want to be freelance in tv film, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs will only allow you to invoice gross and not have tax national
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| | | | | Preparing my first M&E trackby Richard Steele 3 months agoHey, 2 questions about my first M&E experience (which is going well so far). 1) Should the sound levels of my effects (or music) be identical to those I set in my general program mix (often around -50 | Re: Preparing my first M&E track
by Andrew Rendell 3 months ago
Peter, well, er, if there is no comm in the mix, where would the music be dipped in order for the undipped version to be different Undipped doesn't mean not balanced with the sync, sound fx, etc (not
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| | | | | NTSC to PALby Aisha Molake 3 months agoHello :) Im really hoping someone can give me advice as quickly as possible. I m using a Sony HDR FX1 (NTSC) and was asked to shoot a video that will be shown in a PAL country. What do I need to do to | Re: NTSC to PAL
by Andrew Rendell 3 months ago
You really need proper frame rate conversion software. Something like this may well do the job: http: www.nattress.com Products standardsconversion standardsconversion.htm
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| | | | | Voice Over Beginner needs adviceby Ilkka Aaltonen 3 months agoI could really use some help since I know almost nothing about the subject. I have plans to start a serious voice over hobby and I am willing to invest some money for this, but all I know is very much | Re: Voice Over Beginner needs advice
by Andrew Rendell 3 months ago
Yes, if the mic converter makes the signal 24bit 192kHz, then that's what goes down the usb cable and gets recorded. Personally I'm not (yet) convinced that the higher sampling rates have much to offe
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| | | | | Speeding Up Export?by Adam Flatau 4 months agoHello, I just did a major upgrade to my Mac Pro, I am now rocking 64 gigs of ram and a 240gb ssd. I do video game type stuff on youtube, and the video I am trying to export is about 30 mins long. I ha | Re: Speeding Up Export?
by Andrew Rendell 4 months ago
It's quicker to export in timeline settings and then encode to H264 with something better for that job than FCP. (See Shane's suggestions). Using Compressor or MpegStreamclip for encoding to H264 may
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| | | |  | Advice on desks for Editing Suiteby Bryan McClurg 4 months agoHi all, ***DISCLAIMER: I wasn't sure the best thread to post this in, as I didn't see one for editing suites, so I'm posting it here. Please let me know if this is not the appropriate forum.*** As I t | Re: Advice on desks for Editing Suite
by Andrew Rendell 4 months ago
Edit suite design has come up a few times on here so it might be worth doing a search e.g. http: forums.creativecow.net thread 8 1127912 and there's a really good article here http: magazine.creativec
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| | | | | Selecting an inexpensive shotgunby Fred Bruder 4 months agoAs I am new to the forum please bear with me as I have some questions regarding shotgun microphones. I am currently looking to purchase a long shotgun microphone. I have read through numerous posts th | Re: Selecting an inexpensive shotgun
by Andrew Rendell 4 months ago
The 416 has been around for a long time so I wouldn't buy anything older myself, because of the reliability worry of using something old. When I thought the 416 was a bit pricey for me I bought a Rode
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| | | | | sample rate?by jason zaloga 4 months agowhen recording vocals or something for a tutorial podcast video what sample rate should i use | | | | |
| | | | | FCP7 Colour correction confusion!by Robert Sea 6 months agoHey guys Basically Ive got a few (probably stupid!) questions that I hope someone can help me with! I know all about balancing shots using the video scopes etc, i think i mostly understand how to use | Re: FCP7 Colour correction confusion!
by Andrew Rendell 5 months ago
"Balancing the RGB parade" is a red herring. That display can be used to help you keep things "broadcast legal" and can be helpful for identifying problems, but it'll only ever be "balanced" when the
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| | | | | U-matic clarificationsby Miguel Franco 6 months agoHi, I'm starting a project which involves digitizing a LOT of U-Matic tapes. I have XBR (SP mode), BRS (Hi-Band mode), Lo-Band tapes and at least one that i can't quite specify (its a Maxell professio | Re: U-matic clarifications
by Andrew Rendell 6 months ago
It's been a long time but IIRC you'll need different decks to play back low band and high band tapes, however, I'm sure that we used SP decks which used to play back high band as well as SP. Umatic-S
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| | | | | Editing Suite Speaker Options?by Mark Rathgeber 6 months agoI'm rebuilding my editing suite and have been looking around for a while. Most people have suggest the AudioEngine A2 or A5 to me. I like the reviews and the three year warranty. I've also seen the M- | Re: Editing Suite Speaker Options?
by Andrew Rendell 6 months ago
What you need for editing are speakers that reveal what's in the recorded sound really accurately rather than ones that sound good, so I always go for speakers that are sold as monitors rather than on
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| | | | | FCP 7 to AVID automatic duckby Ryan Vaugh 6 months agoHi, I need to send my FCP 7 sequence to an AVID editor for offline. He only wants audio (using QT for ref video). I believe I need to use Automatic duck. Do I send OMF or AAF He needs the media and se | Re: FCP 7 to AVID automatic duck
by Andrew Rendell 6 months ago
I'd go for aaf. Embedding is an option for aaf so you might need to dig into the settings to enable it. omf is an older format with some limitations, such as file size, so although it should be fine f
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| | | | | Sony F3 - 10-bit color space ? and FCP?by Rosie Walunas 6 months agoGot word that we have some footage coming in from a Sony F3. Editor wants to know if the color space from the footage will be 10-bit, and if so, how should it be brought into FCP Should we transcode t | | | | |
| | | | | "Correct" Audio Format in a Documentaryby Robert Kowal 6 months agoI am working on my very first documentary. I have recorded a series of interviews using the 5D Mark III. Audio was recorded directly to the camera with a Rode NTG-2 shotgun mic. Other assets for the d | | | | |
| | | | | file types/extensionby John Pijnappel 6 months agoHello, There are so an awful lot of filetypes extensions in video-files, I'm lost in the dark. Witch filetype is the best to save your final cut pro video's in when you want the best quality if size d | Re: file types/extension
by Andrew Rendell 6 months ago
That is indeed my arm. I can tell you when the weather changes without looking through a window, but most of the time you wouldn't notice anything unusual. Slightly lost the taste for very powerful mo
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| | | |  | Value of the Directorby Rich Rubasch 6 months agoHi guys....can't believe that today I tried my best to explain what a director brings to the production....and I might have failed. What's worse, this video is being redone because the first time they | Re: Value of the Director
by Andrew Rendell 6 months ago
It is the Director's job to ensure that what you need in the edit in order to tell the story gets filmed and in the edit must oversee how the story is conveyed, taking an overall view when the craft p
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| | | | | LTFS ''driver dependent'' questionby Anhtu Vu 6 months agoI'm still experimenting with LTFS and have a question that no one seems to be able to answer. If i understand correctly LTFS is an open standard BUT it's still driver dependent meaning a tape that was | Re: LTFS ''driver dependent'' question
by Andrew Rendell 6 months ago
My instinct is that it'll probably be more complicated than a simple yes no answer. However, IBM's site has this: "Provides cartridge compatibility with tape management solutions based on the Linear T
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| | | | | Archive of Broadcast material in h.264???by Tawqeer Mirza 6 months agoHi all, I'm part of an up and coming International broadcaster and pretty soon we'll be among the many corporations moving to a complete tapeless environment. We have material from the past 20 years t | | | | |
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| | | | | Non Video Questionby Aaron Cadieux 7 months agoHey guys, I am a multimedia specialist and am in a bit of a bind as to what to do about family leave time. I know this isn't really a video question, but I figure since I am in the same line of work a | Re: Non Video Question
by Andrew Rendell 7 months ago
When our first came along I took 2 weeks off immediately. 4 weeks would have been great - those first few weeks are very tiring with the broken nights and looking back I don't think I was really pulli
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| | | | | What field of video should I major in?by Jonathan Wilson 7 months agoHey everyone, I hope it's okay to post this thread here. Business and Marketing was the most relevant topic I could find. I was hoping somebody could give me a few words of advice. I'm a 19 year old c | | | | |
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| | | | | Color - broadcast is not the sameby Wesley Volschenk 7 months agoHi There I have recently filmed a reality show and am concerned with the color output to broadcast. The show was shot on Sony EX, Canon 5D and Canon 7D. Everything is converted to Pro Res Edited in FC | Re: Color - broadcast is not the same
by Andrew Rendell 7 months ago
This is the kind of thing that can be a teazer... you really need to trace through the whole workflow to find where the issue is. I would start by checking the line up of the colour grading monitor (i
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| | | | | Book recommendations on creative editingby David Magley 7 months agoHi all! I am looking for some interesting reads on the theory and art of editing. If possible i would be very interested in the practice pertaining to advertising. I work as an editor for a company th | | | | |
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