I have spent over 17 years in the video/multimedia industry, half of that time in the SF bay area. I currently enjoy working as the art director for an international corporation. | | | | Member Since: October 12th 2002 | | | | |
| | | | | | Demo reels questionby George Loch 3 days agoI am curious about the value of an assembled editor's reel vs. displaying complete projects. How does a rearranged editor's reel really communicate an editor's ability to tell a story -gl twitter: @ge | Re: Demo reels question
by George Loch 2 days ago
Your website approach is right in line with what I was thinking - many short samples of a genre. Thanks for the input -gl twitter: @georgeloch web: http: georgeloch.com
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| | | | | Feedback requestby George Loch 4 days agoI have been slowly populating my vimeo channel with some sample projects I have worked on (mostly editing, some shooting). I would love to get some feedback on them. If it's easier to review by puttin | | | | |
| | | | | FS: Adobe After Effects CS5by George Loch 5 months agoI have a full version of Adobe After Effects CS5 available. It is currently licensed for Mac but, you can switch it to Windows for $10 I believe. $200 -gl twitter: @georgeloch web: http: georgeloch.co | | | | |
| | | |  | To those with H.264 playback woes...by Darin Griffith 5 months agoAfter much struggling I think I have found a nifty little workaround for the playback timeline stuttering that many of us have been getting with H.264 .mts footage in Premiere. I noticed that the plac | Re: To those with H.264 playback woes...
by George Loch 5 months ago
Does this workaround illustrate an existing problem with PPro I am starting to wonder if editing h.264 natively is such a good idea. I am looking into other workflows. -gl twitter: @georgeloch web: ht
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| | | | | PPro playback issuesby George Loch 5 months agoSo, I have found that PPro 5.5 will not playback a sequence at times and I am trying to figure out why. I have a MacPro 8-core 2.4 system with 8 gigs of ram. When I open the sequence and hit play, the | | | | |
| | | | | Mac PPro CS5.5 Workflow adviceby George Loch 6 months agoSo, I have been working on a few projects in PPro and have found the performance to be surprisingly poor. I am wanting some tips on how to improve optimize the workflow so the app is more responsive.  | Re: Mac PPro CS5.5 Workflow advice
by Keith Moreau 6 months ago
I have a similar spec Mac, an 8 core 2008 Mac. However I have a lot more ram (24GB) and I use an NVidia Quadro 4000. I also use very fast eSata RAIDs for my media that can pump around 200MB s or more
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| | | | | Dynamic link refresh?by George Loch 7 months agoI have a Premiere Pro project where I am using a dynamic link to AE comps on the timeline. I assumed that when I made changes to the AE comp they would update in Premiere but, I can't get it to reflec | Re: Dynamic link refresh?
by George Loch 7 months ago
Ok. I deleted the render files and re-rendered the entire sequence and the updates appeared. I should have tried that before asking. -gl twitter: @georgeloch web: http: georgeloch.com
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| | | | | Software clearenceby George Loch 7 months agoI have a lot of software that is occupying valued shelf space so I am looking to clear it out CHEAP: FCS 2.0 upgrade (comes with software upgraded from) $50 After Effects CS5 (full version) $200 After | | | | |
| | | | | Conference staging with large screenby George Loch 9 months agoI need some guidance on setting up some staging for a conference I am assisting with. We are hosting a conference where will be presenting with a large stage and we want to backdrop the whole thing wi | Re: Conference staging with large screen
by George Loch 8 months ago
Thanks Walter, I do realize I am a babe in the wilderness with this and I am very interested in getting professionals involved. At this point, I am trying to get my arms around what it will take to up
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| | | | | 3D stroke shiftby George Loch 5 years agoI am having this very strange, yet frustrating effect with 3D stroke 2.5 and AE CS3. When I either slightly move the layer the effect is applied to or I render, the stroke shifts it's position. I can' | | | | |
| | | |  | Motion Updateby Peter Wiggins 5 years agoall, Yes, the well rumoured update for FCS2 is here. Want to know what is different in Motion, take a look here http: www.apple.com support releasenotes en Motion_3.0_rn Peter | Re: Motion Update
by George Loch 5 years ago
No anti-aliasing on crossing 3D particles At all Seems like they would want to make it an option instead of nixing it. -gl
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| | | | | Color on a MacBookPro 15"by Bob Roberts 5 years agoSpecs: dual core 2.16 GHz 2 GB RAM Radeon X1600, 128 MB So, I installed Color on the MacBook Pro with the FCS2 upgrade perfectly. On a lark, I opened Color and sure enough it seemed to work just fine. | Re: Color on a MacBookPro 15"
by George Loch 5 years ago
Bob Roberts "Obviously, I had no video out (...no, this is not my main colorist setup) but I'm excited I can work with the program and get used to it while my main rig is in use." iOHD would solve th
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| | | |  | Graphic card updateby Don Walker 5 years agoWe have a dual 2.5gig G5 with 3 gigs of Ram that we would like to upgrade the graphic card in to get the most out of motion 3. It needs to be PCI-X. Any reccomendations. Thanks Don | Re: Graphic card update
by George Loch 5 years ago
There are no PCI-X video cards so, you will have to replace the current AGP card with a replacement. I recommend either a 9800Pro or an X800. The latter will be significantly better though. -gl
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| | | |  | My Upgrade has been shipped.by Craig 5 years agoI've had an email from apple telling me my FCS 2 upgrade should arrive tomorrow. Has anyone else had notification I'm surprised if I'm one of the first as I only ordered yesterday and I would have tho | | | | |
| | | |  | flash CS3 use on Macby Mike Overbeck 5 years agoHas anyone used Adobe's Flash CS3 yet I'm just wondering if it has the same clunkiness and bugginess on the mac as the previous versions. If so, I'll probably switch to a PC. | | | | |
| | | |  | More detail from Apple on ProResby Ben Holmes 5 years agoJust read this article: http: www.appleinsider.com articles 07 04 18 a_closer_look_at_apples_new_prores_422_video_format.html which I think many of you may find interesting. Of course, we are all used | Re: More detail from Apple on ProRes
by George Loch 5 years ago
This article comes mainly from the PDF that was posted. So, read the PDF to get the full story. Meanwhile, I am particularly interested in how this codec appears to be a great one size fits all soluti
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| | | |  | Hardware Question for NAB Folks!by Tom Daigon 5 years agoHeres a question I forgot to ask yesterday at NAB. Can I run FCS 2 on my G5 (2 X 3.0 ghz , ATI Radeon 9600 XT, Tiger 10.4.5) This is my "learning machine" until we replace our Avid DS Nitris at work. | Re: Hardware Question for NAB Folks!
by George Loch 5 years ago
You should be fine except for Color, which requires more horsepower and a larger screen so, keep that in mind. I can tell you that Motion will be lackluster on that system but, it will 'work'. -gl
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| | | | | FCS upgrade cost -What does the COW think?by decloux 5 years agoI am a new Apple customer, having recently invested $8,000 into a brand new MACpro system to edit video. I spent 3 months researching products, bought the Mac and FCP Studio in late January, and now - | | | | |
| | | |  | CAD file conversion?by Brian Tetamore 5 years agoGot a client that I'm going to create a simple 2D 3D animation of their new machine. It is currently sitting on an engineer's computer in CAD format. I'm aware that CAD can export as Tiff files. Does | Re: CAD file conversion?
by George Loch 5 years ago
Ok, I was under the impression that we were talking about a 3D file and not 2D. Yes, Illustrator will open most versions of .dwg files so you should be fine. -gl
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| | | | | My Demo Reel for 2007by PwLadd 5 years agoHello everybody! I am a Final Cut Pro Editor with about 3 years of experience. This is v1 of my new demo reel. Most of my experience comes from branded corporate video and video game trailers, hence i | Re: My Demo Reel for 2007
by George Loch 5 years ago
Feels a little random in terms of content and none of them really show off your editing ability. A demo reel for and editor needs to illustrate how well you can assemble a story and this doesn't show
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| | | | | Online Jpeg codecby George Loch 5 years agoIs it possible to install the Online Jpeg codec on a machine without a BMD card -gl | Re: Online Jpeg codec
by George Loch 5 years ago
Thanks. I realized that after I posted. One more question though... Looking in the BMD options under AVI, I am seeing a "BMD HD 8bit 4:2:2 codec" and a "BMD 8 bit Mjpeg" codec. Which one is the "Onlin
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| | | | | RIP AE Standardby George Loch 5 years agoIt appears as though Adobe has finally killed the two versions of AE while creating two versions of Photoshop :) -gl | Re: RIP AE Standard
by George Loch 5 years ago
I agree. I do appreciate that Adobe is focused on making things work together more smoothly and consistently. As I have looked over the feature sets in these new tools it occured to me that you really
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| | | |  | HDV to DVCPROHDby Sergio Deustua 5 years agoHello everyone. I have some footage recorded as HDV 1080i 50. Looks OK, but my project is DVCPROHD 720p 60. What do you think is the best method to convert the HDV material into DVCPROHD Thanks. | Re: HDV to DVCPROHD
by George Loch 5 years ago
You will probably need to just recompress it using whatever tools you have available then. Just make sure you get the translation correct in terms of fields, rates ,etc. AE will do it but it will be s
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| | | |  | Motion-Maya or AE?by paolo mugnaini 5 years agoI am sorry, but I am thinking of moving towards motion graphics and I am lost as far as which one to spend money training on. could you please help thanks Paolom | Re: Motion-Maya or AE?
by George Loch 5 years ago
paolom "it seems that AE is almost a requirement" Yes, to a certain extent. It really depends on what you sell yourself as. If you are focused on motion design then you better be an AE guru. If you a
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| | | |  | Buying New CPUby Robyn Rhodes 5 years agoI am thinking of upgrading my system in the next five months. Was wondering if anyone could weigh in on what the best deals are PC MAC etc. I am planning on spending 5-6k. I know Mac will release a ne | Re: Buying New CPU
by George Loch 5 years ago
The MacPro is very competitive with high-end PC workstations so it's more an issue of preference. Granted, AE does not run natively on the MacPro at the moment but that will change soon. Also, conside
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| | | | | Mac vs. PC for After Effectsby Dups303 5 years agoI currently have a Apple G5 running After Effects. My problem is that the majority of the files I need to render need to be an .mpg or .m2v, Why does my mac version not have mpeg options I can't use m | Re: Mac vs. PC for After Effects
by George Loch 5 years ago
Actually, I have found the compression options to be better quality outside of AE anyway so, I am not sure why you would want to go directly from AE to Mpeg2 when you will get better quality from a de
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| | | | | After Effects and Windows Vista?by Manaxter 5 years agoHi guys. I am getting my new computer this evening, and need to decide whether to go for Windows Vista or XP. I would really like Vista, but I want to be sure that my Production Studio will work. Acco | Re: After Effects and Windows Vista?
by George Loch 5 years ago
I think that the concept of "No way" has been shared here in a bout every way allowed on the forums :) One thing I should add , however, is that Vista is very much a consumer OS right now. It's not fo
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| | | | | P2 w/ MacbookPro workflow?by George Loch 5 years agoWhat are the options for interfacting the P2 media with the MBP as of this moment -gl | Re: P2 w/ MacbookPro workflow?
by Shane Ross 5 years ago
The camera, P2 Store and the Panasonic AJ-PCD10 5 card reader. Using the camera halts production. The P2 Store ($1600) is really slick, as it is a 60GB hard drive that you dump cards to, then back up
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