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| | | |  | Best Mac computer for designer?by Jessica Chapman 9 months agoHi there, I know this question has been asked so many times, I've checked google, but I'm still not certain about what to get...I'm a little clueless when it comes to tech specs :( I am a graphic desi | Re: Best Mac computer for designer?
by Micah McDowell 9 months ago
For what you need, I'd consider a loaded 27" iMac. The IPS high-resolution display is wonderful for graphic design, and a similar quality monitor would probably run a grand if you bought it separately
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| | | | | Hitachi Z-HD5000... anybody use them?by Micah McDowell 10 months agoWe're looking to replace our old JVC DV500s and move on to HD. Right now, we're considering the Hitachi Z-HD5000; just had a demo and they looked great. Does anyone have any experience with these, or | | | | |
| | | |  | Possible Like Box Bug in Facebookby Ryan Hughes 1 year agoWhen I created a Like box for the page facebook.com chartertv3 - The only posts displayed on the stream is one check-in post (the only check-in on the page). Before this person checked in (2 weeks ago | | | | |
| | | | | Service: Micah McDowellby Micah McDowell 12 months agoJackson Missouri, United States Post Production Production Audio Micah McDowell Editing Full Service Video Production Musicians Mass Communication: Video Prod | | | | |
| | | |  | looking for good sound effectsby Scott McGregor 12 months agoI am producing a series of animated videos, with a lot of 3D text effects. I am having a hard time finding good sound effects. Most are so over the top dramatic, I am looking for more subtle, interest | Re: looking for good sound effects
by Micah McDowell 12 months ago
Yep, homemade sound effects are fun and cool to do. Another place you might find something is http: www.freesound.org . There's a TON of user-submitted free sound samples and effects that cover just a
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| | | |  | entry level camera and lens?by Matt Campbell 12 months agoI'm wanting to get into the DSLRs just like loads of other people. I looking to spend under $1000. I'm really interested in the Canon T3i and Nikon D5100. This is most for personal use, but will be sh | Re: entry level camera and lens?
by Micah McDowell 12 months ago
With pretty much any lens on a large-sensor camera, you'll have to practice your follow focus skills Of course, the more you stop down the iris, the wider your field of focus, regardless of which lens
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| | | |  | Shooting for the first time..by zeke meginsky 12 months agoHi, I'm doing some shooting later today with a camera I haven't used. I read a lot of the manual. Any quick general suggestions or pointers Thoughts on white balance and presets It's a regular digital | | | | |
| | | |  | Different type of lenses?by Zach Rohrer 12 months agoI should know more about lenses so I m kinda embarrassed to ask this. I'm a young film maker just making his way into the film world so I've seen a lot of cool stuff and I'm learning more each day! Bu | Re: Different type of lenses?
by Micah McDowell 12 months ago
One thing to remember; your comparison between the RED primes and Fujinon zoom is apples to oranges. A high-end zoom that would work on RED would be way more than 20 grand... from what I've seen, Cook
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| | | |  | fwiwby Sam Cole 1 year ago. . . . For What Its Worth This NEW FCP X forum is rather hilarious (in a positive way). I am wondering how Adobe Premiere users reacted when there was announced new versions . . . or Avid - who have  | Re: I heard FCPX may be radioactive?
by Craig Seeman 1 year ago
Ubillosium 10 has a half life that is double the time between paid Avid upgrades. Jobsium 35 half life is a function of Gatesum minus market share. Exposure is measured in MiliTunes which is downloads
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| | | |  | Canon 7D With Older FD Mount Lensesby Jim Biffle 1 year agoTo Everyone, Recently my father sent me a couple of FD mount lenses he had for a Canon FTQL camera that I want to use with my Canon 7D. I have an adapter that enables me to mount these older lenses to | Re: Canon 7D With Older FD Mount Lenses
by Micah McDowell 1 year ago
Nice look you've got going there in your sample videos. Just one note... you can't focus to infinity (distant objects) with the FD lenses and your adapter, correct They may work great for close-up mac
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| | | | | Canon 60D stuttering videoby Joseph Sierchio 1 year agoI just bought a Canon 60D and shot some video with it for the first time. The video stutters and lags. I'm using a Transcend 32GB SDHC card with a 10 rating. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong B | | | | |
| | | |  | Flipped outby Mark Suszko 1 year agohttp: blogs.wsj.com deals 2011 04 12 rip-flip-camera-cisco-restructures | Re: Flipped out
by Micah McDowell 1 year ago
On one hand, I'm absolutely surprised that they can't figure out how to make money from those little cameras, considering how many seem to have flown off the shelves. Flip has almost become a generici
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| | | | | AJa lhe/Adobe premiere/dslrby Joel Arvidsson 1 year agoHi is it possible to edit dslr footage and output with aja lhe without doing any rendering If I choose an aja preset in premiere I get the picture but have to render. If I pick the dslr 1920x1080 pres | Re: AJa lhe/Adobe premiere/dslr
by Micah McDowell 1 year ago
True that it's not fast to transcode, but it is faster than I anticipated, and easy too. I suppose it's render first on import, or render later... in my workflow rendering first seems way more efficie
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| | | | | Major audio video sync problem in CS5by Micah McDowell 1 year agoOk, we've got two brand new Mac Pro systems (8 core 12GB RAM RAID 5 AJA KONA LHi). Both machines have the same issue: Several 35 to 40 minute clips were captured from miniDV tape via Firewire with Pre | | | | |
| | | |  | OK - I'm Switching - What's Missing?by Richard Walton 1 year agoI shoot mainly macro (insects) in natural light. My previous production set up was based on Canon's XL H1, EF Adapter, and EF100mm F2.8 Macro. Post production using FCP 6.06 and Telestream Episode 5 w | Re: OK - I'm Switching - What's Missing?
by Micah McDowell 1 year ago
Your 100mm EF lens will be equivalent to a 162mm... roughly 1.6x crop factor, not the 7x (actually closer to 8X) that you had on the XL. Might need some new glass, or prepare to have to get way closer
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| | | | | Canon XLby Blade Cleveland 1 year agoWas giving a Canon XL and would like to know the best setting to use for a short film if any or will they pretty much work the same. | Re: Canon XL
by Micah McDowell 1 year ago
Could you be specific as to which Canon XL Could be an XL1, XL1s, XL2, XL-H1, or The first thing I'd consider for a "filmic look" is frame rate. The XL1 and XL1s have "frame mode", which is a lousy si
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| | | | | T3i Releaseby Zevie Tannenbaum 1 year agoI'm looking into buying a Canon T2i, but I wanted to know if anyone knows around when the T3i would be released Thanks, Zevie | Re: T3i Release
by Micah McDowell 1 year ago
Interesting... looks as if it has a ton of consumer-ish features added but no real improvements other than the articulating LCD screen, manual audio gain (which can be done on T2i anyway with firmware
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| | | |  | What is your take on this?by Tom Laughlin 1 year agoIt's actually been a while since I've been back on this site, so it's good to come back and see all the traffic. Ok, recently I've been in talks with a friend who is selling his DVX-100, which I've no | Re: What is your take on this?
by Micah McDowell 1 year ago
Sounds like that'd be a great deal at $600, as long as it's in great condition with no issues. You can use any MiniDV tape brand you desire (it used to be rumored that the lubricants of different bran
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| | | | | How does one make an MPEG-1 these days?by Micah McDowell 1 year agoJust upgraded to a new Mac Pro system, and I'm now in a quandary. I occasionally have to encode for some older presentation software that seems to like 720x480 MPEG-1 files at 3 megabits sec and balks | | | | |
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| | | | | Hardware Questionby Bill Reilly 1 year agoI am working more and more in the HD world. My problem is I have an older system. I'd like to know what I can do with what I have. What I have is the following Dual 2.3 Power PC G5 4.5 gigs ramm GeFor | Re: Hardware Question
by Micah McDowell 1 year ago
It might be worth it to max out your RAM if you find a good deal on it (though I'm fairly confident that your system only supports 8GB total... only the G5 Quad supported 16GB). I doubt that's your li
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| | | | | Dual Video Cards & Video Editingby jeff gedgaud 1 year agoI have a quick question about video cards and video editing. Can a computer system that you use for general gaming and other functions benefit from having two video cards in SLI or CrossFire for video | Re: Dual Video Cards & Video Editing
by Micah McDowell 1 year ago
Until recently, your graphics card made little to no difference at all in editing performance with Premiere. Now, with Premiere Pro CS5, it can use the CUDA video acceleration of a specific handful of
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| | | |  | A new job and new equipmentby Michael Lavis 1 year agoHi I have just started a new job as a cameraman and editor at a very good company (i will be required to be out on boats a lot). Before now they have always sorced there productions externally and now | Re: A new job and new equipment
by Micah McDowell 1 year ago
Sounds like some good choices for a starting point. What about all the "other" gear... good mics, lighting, etc. I'd rather have a last-generation camera and a good audio setup than the greatest camer
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