Former Senior Promotion Producer, KCRG-TV (ABC), Cedar Rapids-Iowa City-Waterloo-Dubuque, Iowa | | | | Member Since: April 11th 2001 Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA | | | | |
Friends:  Angie Taylor  Brian Charles  Dave Johnson  David Johnson  grinner hester  Joey Foreman  Kathlyn Lindeboom  Kevin Monahan  Michael Szalapski  Richard Harrington  Sohrab Sandhu  Todd Kopriva  Walter Soyka | | | | |  | 1080i to 720p for Digital Signage?by Matt Campbell 15 hours agoAll I have is the finished ProRes Master, 1080i29.97. Stepping through shows 3 clean frames and 2 interlaced comb-like frames (showing the fields). I need to down convert this bad boy to 720p30, or sh | Re: 1080i to 720p for Digital Signage?
by Dave LaRonde 8 hours ago
Dude. Read carefully: You said your source file is 29.97, but it contains 3:2 pulldown, right Remove the pulldown. The resulting file is now 23.976. Put the 23.976 file into a 59.94, 1260x780 After Ef
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| | | |  | AE Audio: add reverb at outpoint of clipby doland ruiz 2 days agoHi. I have a song that I want to end on a specific beat and guitar hit. There is more after that, but I have cropped it there by setting the outpoint. I want it to have some noticeable reverb for arou | | | | |
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| | | |  | AE makes computer TOO slow and crashesby Alex Rod 2 days agoHi All - I am doing some warp stabilization on my macbook pro, or at least trying, but when I apply the warp stabilization filter and it starts analyzing, my computer pretty much becomes unusable and | Re: AE makes computer TOO slow and crashes
by Dave LaRonde 18 hours ago
Your shot to be stabilized may simply be very long, and it's taxing the available memory. Sometimes it's impossible to keep any other applications open other than AE and the OS. If you're comparativel
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| | | |  | easier way to render track mattesby Fadi Baqi 3 days agoI have a many layered composition and I want to render greyscale track mattes for layers that takes into account any foreground obstructions. I am having to select the layer, apply a white fill to it, | Re: easier way to render track mattes
by Dave LaRonde 1 day ago
There are ways to do it, but they exist in a 3D application: you export a Depth Matte. But it now sounds as if you did everything in After Wffects. There isn't a good way to do it in AE, sorry to say.
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| | | |  | Message to Appleby Steve Connor 4 days agoI know you're out there, tell us what's coming in the next release, you've done it before, you could do it again. Adobe have fumbled the ball at the 10 yard line (is that a correct US Football analogy | Re: Message to Apple
by Dave LaRonde 1 day ago
Greg Andonian "...judging by the comments from Adobe reps here, it seems like there is a lot going on behind the scenes to address the criticisms of the cloud model. (of course, this stuff SHOULD hav
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| | | |  | XML with kinda bad timecodeby James Brill 4 days agoSo I receive XML's from Editors to prep for grading in Resolve and I've noticed that when they use multicam the clips seem to have an error with their timecode. When I matchframe from the shot in the | Re: XML with kinda bad timecode
by Dave LaRonde 4 days ago
Glad you found it. Sorry I wasn't any help. I rarely work with XML's, and it sure smelled like a timecode problem. Dave LaRonde Former Sr. Promotion Producer KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA
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| | | |  | The analogies.by Jeremy Garchow 6 days agoThere are more car analogies running around about the CC. We can't help ourselves. Franz must be pissed. :) Pissed, in the US, has different meanings than other places of the world; kind of like, fann+1 | Re: The analogies.
by Dave LaRonde 4 days ago
I want more out of my flying cars. I want time travel, too. I vote DeLorean. Dave LaRonde Former Sr. Promotion Producer KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA
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| | | |  | Photo montage with rapid fire cutsby L. Stewart 6 days agoHello all, I was wondering if there was a plug-in or a simple technique that could be used to create a photo montage with increasingly fast cuts - i.e. the cuts between photos increase in pace until t | Re: Photo montage with rapid fire cuts
by Dave LaRonde 6 days ago
Yes, the plugin is called a nonlinear editing application. Think Final Cut Pro, Sony Vegas, Avid, Adopbe Premiere Pro... cripes, for cuts-only, I suppose Windows Movie Maker and iMovie can do it. I do
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| | | | | Creative Cloud Facebook pageby Gustavo Bermudas 1 week agoI would encourage everyone to take at a look at it https: www.facebook.com adobecreativecloud It's actually kind of comical, Adoble keeps posting about cool stuff you can do with Creative Cloud, and p | Re: Creative Cloud Facebook page
by Dave LaRonde 6 days ago
Gustavo Bermudas "...once trust is damaged, it's very hard to restore it." Amen, brother. Dave LaRonde Former Sr. Promotion Producer KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA
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| | | | | Render settings for a DVD?by Oliver de Morassé 2 weeks agoWe have shot some HD422 25P footage on a video camera which produces .mxf files. These import into AE CS5 no problem and I set my project's working space to be HDTV (Rec.709) and selected Linearize Wo | Re: Render settings for a DVD?
by Dave LaRonde 1 week ago
Oliver de Morass "When I look at a film on DVD on my TV - the quality is great... why can't I create something similar " You didn't see the image quality of the film on DVD BEFORE it went to DVD. How
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| | | | | RotoScoping Versus Maskingby Lou Williams 2 weeks agoI have scene that I am working on. It's the interior of an airplane and I need to replace what is currently being seen outside the airplane window. In the scene passengers arms are in constant motion | Re: RotoScoping Versus Masking
by Dave LaRonde 2 weeks ago
I suppose this shot is in the can with no chance whatsoever of re-shooting. That's too bad. You could have saved yourself a lot of trouble by putting a green screen background in those windows and usi
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| | | |  | Burning Footage to VHSby Ollie Inglis 3 weeks agoHi guys, wasnt exactly sure what forum to post this on - but i am trying to figure out how to burn footage from a mac pc onto a vhs tape so i can then recapture it. What equipment would i need any lin | Re: Burning Footage to VHS
by Dave LaRonde 3 weeks ago
In that clip you found, I thought the color saturation was WAY too high for VHS. VHS stinks at good color replication: it's usually on the low side of chroma levels. Dave LaRonde Former Sr. Promotion
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| | | | | How is this effect done!?by John Peruso 3 weeks agoBeen racking my brain ever since I saw this commercial trying to figure out how they achieve this effect of the start line rolling over stuff, as well as underneath items, sort of like the first down | Re: How is this effect done!?
by Dave LaRonde 3 weeks ago
Here's my idea, based on the the following facts: this is national spot, created by a big-time ad agency, and airs in prime time on major TV networks. Highly-regarded effects houses don't only work on
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| | | |  | Logo Entering Effectby John Mark 3 weeks agoIs is possible to create this logo entering effect using the same logo (channel 9) as in the video using after effects CS6. Watch from 12 sec - https: www.youtube.com watch v=Fo4RVkwBMws A News Graphi | Re: Logo Entering Effect
by Dave LaRonde 3 weeks ago
The video link shows the normal Big Bang Theory scene transition: a stylized atom modeled & animated in a 3D application over a colored background. Above this animation, there's a second animation mad
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| | | | | drawing on video animationby Mo Hirsi 2 months agohow do i go about in creating the drawings seen in this video http: www.youtube.com watch v=16xegelIYj0 any suggestions and ideas would be much appreciated | Re: drawing on video animation
by Dave LaRonde 2 months ago
Y'know what, Joe If that's the only oversight you make within the next three months, it will still be about 20 less than mine. You know more than I do about the really complicated stuff. I'm glad they
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| | | | | Remove scratches from "scratched sensor".by Theo Kondak 2 months agoSome months ago, i was recording a video, capturing some lasers (http: www.youtube.com watch v=jK6L2hGQD_Y) in a live event.That partialy destroyed my sensor, and now my camera has some red markings i | | | | |
| | | |  | IMAG a video wall.by Terry Crist 4 months agoDoes anyone have tips to IMAG (Image MAGnification) a video wall I am going to be working on a project where I am filming a speaker (with a Panasonic HPX-250, probably 1080 24p) who will be standing i | | | | |
| | | | | Article: Keeping Them Guessingby Dave LaRonde 4 months ago Adobe After Effects Keeping Them Guessing For 22 years, Dave LaRonde created on-air promotion for KCRG-TV, the ABC affiliate in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Through the years, one thing has remained constant: | | | | |
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| | | |  | DSLR Camera Recomendationsby Brian Cooney 4 months agoHello. I'm a video editor motion gfx artst by trade. I shoot ocasionally but haven't shot regularly in over 5 years. I'm somewhat familiar with the D800 and 60D. I'd like to be able to do some side wo | Re: DSLR Camera Recomendations
by Dave LaRonde 4 months ago
I'd buy a DSLR for use with your other clients -- they can fit in tight spots, and you can shoot incognito with one -- and also have it handy for non-profit use. Dave LaRonde Former Sr. Promotion Prod
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| | | |  | Article: The Hobbit & The Dawn of High Frame Rate Cinemaby Debra Kaufman 5 months ago Cinematography The Hobbit & The Dawn of High Frame Rate Cinema The technology wizards of the film TV industry have been talking about High Frame Rate cinema for a long time; indeed, Douglas Trumbull' | @denise quesnel
by Dave LaRonde 5 months ago
Hi, Denise... I looked at the web site, and from what I was able to see, you shot tests in various frame rates of a dance performance. Have you gotten to the point where you can cut together a sequenc
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| | | | | 30fps to 29.99...by Lon Waitman 7 months agoi have a lot video products that i have been selling via one particular website, and they have always asked for 30fps. and now i have found another site on which i am selling my vids and they want 29. | Re: 30fps to 29.99...
by Dave LaRonde 6 months ago
Lon Waitman " it will be ok to just render out at 29.97." ....um, that's no necessarily so. You should CONFORM the footage to 29.97: you change the frame rate slightly. If you put 30fps footage in a
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| | | |  | Getting 24p to look good on DVDby Casey Petersen 7 months agoMany people love DSLR technology and have been shooting 24p to get the film look everyone seems to love. I shoot 24p on Canon 7D and 60D (convert to ProRes using Philip Bloom's MPEG Streamclip workflo | Re: Getting 24p to look good on DVD
by Dave LaRonde 6 months ago
I'd double-check the camera instruction manual. Many DSLRs are capable of shooting at 23.976 frames sec (aka 23.98, aka 24pn) and would NOT contain any pulldown. There's a simple way to check: what's
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| | | |  | Keying Canon Footage in CS5.5...by Corbin Gross 8 months agoI'd love to hear some workflow suggestions from you guys. I'm reasonably familiar with Keylight and pretty darn good with AE and PPro. I'm keying footage shot on a Canon 5DMkIII. The footage is good. | Re: Keying Canon Footage in CS5.5...
by Dave LaRonde 8 months ago
I think you're mistaken. I would never transcode to FLV. I don't know much about Cineform; my footage has all come from Macs. However, I'm confident that by its reputation alone it has a setting that
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| | | | | Slow motionby Danyel Mitchell 8 months agoHow do I get the really awesome slow motion effect in video Should I just do everything in post Is it possible to shoot 24p and then 60p to get the cinema look If I can shoot 24 and 60, would I still | Re: Slow motion
by Dave LaRonde 8 months ago
Shoot at the fastest frame rate you can. If your target frame rate is 23.976 AND you shoot at 59.94 fps, your footage will already be 2.5 times slower than normal w3hen you conform it to 23.976. That'
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| | | | | Shooting A Weekend Timelapseby James de Boer 8 months agoI'm planning on shooting a full weekend timelapse on the 5D MK3 of a highway project here in Vancouver in a few weeks. There will be lots of action going on and we're getting it from a few different a | | | | |
| | | |  | Associated Press switches to Premiere proby Greg Andonian 8 months agoI saw this in the Tedious Track Based post, and thought it deserved its own thread: http: www.adobe.com content dam Adobe en customer-success pdfs associated-press-case-study.pdf (I'll never doubt you+2 | | | | |
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| | | | | Broadcast standards for a commercial?by Keith Goldstein 1 year agoWe focus on web video. We usually shoot in 1080p 29.97, and send out an H.264 at that size (we edit in ProRes 422, but that file size is far too impractical for clients). Tomorrow we are shooting comm | Re: Broadcast standards for a commercial?
by Dave LaRonde 1 year ago
My station is now all-HD and we center-punch HD for air in SD. We still air SD spots: they air in 4x3 in SD, and pillarboxed in HD. I was under the impression that ALL SD broadcasting in NTSC-Land was
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