Work in a manage the video for a 15,000 seat Auditorium and Broadcast facility at Brigham Young University Idaho. I do it all from workflow to Live Event Multi-cam Directing. | | | | Member Since: October 16th 2008 | | | | |
Friends:  Luke Hale  Richard Sanchez | | | | |  | integrating various camerasby Rique Pagan 2 weeks agoHi:I'm going to shoot a live band (power trio) at a bar with a stage and minimal but lighting. I've got 3 GL-1's, 2 (two) blackmagic cinema cameras, canon D6,D60, Sony alpha 55 and 77. Lens for BMC: 1 | Re: integrating various cameras
by Mike Jeffs 1 week ago
Rique Pagan "I'd like some idea's and this one: downconvert everyone to SD " not quite sure what you are asking. Mike Jeffs Video Coordinator BYU-Idaho
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| | | | | crazy conspiracy theory for CCby Mike Jeffs 2 weeks agoHere is my crazy conspiracy theory. I think that with Adobe you have their bread and butter software, Photoshop, Indesign, and Illustrator these apps are quite mature and well developed, in that in re | Re: crazy conspiracy theory for CC
by Mike Jeffs 2 weeks ago
My point wasn't that premiere and after effects aren't used in their respective fields. They are, We teach both extensively here at our university. But compared to the amount of actually users of phot
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| | | | | Powergrade preset exchangeby Mike Jeffs 2 weeks agoIs there a Exchange or a website where Resolve users can post and download powergrade presets it seems like there would be something like this but i can't seem to find anything. Thanks Mike Jeffs Vide | | | | |
| | | |  | Old Question for new Cameraby Francesco Biagini 4 weeks agoHi All I am looking for video cameras for a set up at a local theatre within the 8k each budget. I am looking into the panny HPX250 for its 22x lens and SDI out. Any of you have used it in theatre Oth | Re: Old Question for new Camera
by Mike Jeffs 3 weeks ago
The hpx is a good camera, but what exactly are you wanting to do and why is the SDI out a requirement. Are you wanting to record to a external device Are you planing on doing a lot of panning zooming
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| | | |  | Carrying Case/Hard Casesby Nathan Rice 1 month agoHello All! I am planning a trip overseas and have been asked to cover some events while in the Philippines. I have never taken my gear with me before and am wondering if anybody know of any good cases | Re: Carrying Case/Hard Cases
by Mike Jeffs 4 weeks ago
+1 to carrying the camera as a carry on, but if your going international check and see if you going to a carnet accepting country. It will save you tons of headaches with customs. As for case. Pelican
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| | | | | Foot candle for infinite white cycby Mike Jeffs 3 months agoI am experimenting with a cyc wall painted white to achive the apple infinite white that is really popular now. But I'm trying to fiugre what the right foot candle or at least a ratio for lighting the | Re: Foot candle for infinite white cyc
by Bill Davis 3 months ago
Just as an aside, one of the things that makes this a whole lot easier is the trend for quality LCD small monitor manufacturers to build in "false color" algorithms. I haven't used a scope for setting
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| | | | | Usual export formatsby Mike Jeffs 3 months agoI'm curious what formats do you find exporting out of avid more any any others Also does anyone have a standard export for keeping finished project on hand Hopefully that make sense, I'm just trying g | Re: Usual export formats
by Mike Jeffs 3 months ago
So I find we end up exporting a lot of op1a xdcam 50 mxfs for delivery to our omneon play out server. Thing is its a far faster export then any flavor of mov. From my tests the mxf export is about rea
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| | | | | INVALID FILE NAME error on jpeg importby Jerry Levine 11 months agoHi Everyone, I am running Media Composer 6.01 on a new Nitris DX and have a problem that is driving me nuts because it is so basic. All I'm trying to do is import a simple jpeg image into one of my bi | Re: INVALID FILE NAME error on jpeg import
by Jerry Levine 11 months ago
I found the problem - there was a slash but not in the picture itsel - the slash was actually buried in the folder alias I was using "Getty Photos" used to point to the sub-folder containing the probl
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| | | | | Avid MXF XDCAM export and Audioby Mike Jeffs 4 months agoSo I'm a little befuddled and am hoping I can get a bit of info When I Export from Media Composer as a MXF xdcam 50Mbit all of my paned Right, left, audio tracks, and my stereo tracks all get exported | Re: Avid MXF XDCAM export and Audio
by Bouke Vahl 4 months ago
This is 'normal' behaviour. Direct out is not even needed. Track one ends on track one etc. So a mixdown is the way to go before the export. (If indeed you want to retain your normal mix) hth, Bouke h
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| | | |  | AMA vs IMPORTby Danielle Warren 4 months agoHi all, Despite reading and watching tutorials about ways to get media into MC, I'm still having trouble understanding the difference between AMA and Import. I come from a FCP background where you can | Re: AMA vs IMPORT
by Mike Jeffs 4 months ago
I just ran into a quirky issue I looks like to me no matter what when you AMA link in a Clip that has stereo audio, Avid does not preserve it. It brings in the Audio as center panned mono files. even
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| | | |  | Is FCPX gaining any ground?by Clint Wardlow 4 months agoI have been stalking this forum for awhile and not really posting of late. I did post a similar thread awhile back. What I am seeing in the Cow forum is that here a lot of the pros have adopted FCPX a | | | | |
| | | | | Jokerbug 800 and 400by Mike Jeffs 4 months agoDoes anyone know if i can use a Joker bug 800 ballest and power the joker bug 400 light with it. Thanks Mike Jeffs Video Coordinator BYU-Idaho | Re: Jokerbug 800 and 400
by Mike Jeffs 4 months ago
Thank you. we recently revieved two HMI joker bugs the 800 and the 400 but only one ballest. looks like we are going to have to spend the big money to get a second ballest. Mike Jeffs Video Coordinato
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| | | | | Isis 5000 and 7000by Mike Jeffs 7 months agoCan someone give me a high level idea of the differences between a isis 5000 and 7000. I understand 7000 is total enterprise class and offers more storage capacity. But are there other compelling diff | Re: Isis 5000 and 7000
by Mike Jeffs 5 months ago
Just for informational purposes for anyone in the future who may search and find this thread. We decided to go with a Isis 5000 two engines (32tb), with the possibility of adding a third in 2014. we w
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| | | | | Compression problemby Shiu Tao Tobby Kan 5 months agoHi I heard in the internet that there is a codec called x264. But in the main stream program,ie. premiere and final cut pro, i can only find the h.264. Is there any way for me to compress video in x26 | Re: Compression problem
by Mike Jeffs 5 months ago
From what I understand x264 is the open source version of the codec. But they are essentially the same. That is, any player, editor , ect will see a x264 just as it would a h264. The quality of a file
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| | | | | Facilis in the industry.by Mike Jeffs 7 months agoI have been assigned to do a little research by my administrators into who in the industry is using a facilis as their primary platform Primarily those in a mostly avid environment with other platform | | | | |
| | | | | Clips not coming in from a AAF from Avidby Mike Jeffs 7 months agoI'm not really looking for a work around, But I'm trying to find out if I'm the only one with this problem or what is causing it. Several projects shot with nanoflash recorders to XDcam 50 HD422 the A | | | | |
| | | |  | Question on Tripods/Heads.by Eric McCarthy 8 months agoHoping someone can point me in the right direction. This is a cross post that was originally posted in "Indie Film & Doc.", but I thought I might have luck in this forum. I recently was lucky enough t | Re: Question on Tripods/Heads.
by Mike Jeffs 8 months ago
Well I'm a idiot. I should have looked closer. Sorry. On the website you attached I looks like they have a whole heck of a lot of adaptor mounts. I'm guessing non of those will fit your current heads
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| | | | | $8k Full video set upby Michael Stuckart 8 months agoHello, I'm with a high school media program and we recently got 8K to spend on video equipment. As small as we know the budget is, the administration doesn't seem to think so, so we are gonna take wha | Re: $8k Full video set up
by Mike Jeffs 8 months ago
Telestream products are very good. While I have never used wire cast we do have quite a bit of there other products and they all work as advertised. Also there customer support is very good as well. G
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| | | |  | 3 camera simple timecodeby John Barata 11 months agoI have a 3 camera event that I'll be posting where I would like to have matching timecode. I am using 2 pdw-355 and a pmw-350 can I use 1 as a master timecode and connect the other two via a splitter | Re: 3 camera simple timecode
by Mike Jeffs 10 months ago
Can you get away with setting all your cameras to free run timecode, then just before the show take your 350 and plug a bnc from the time code out to the timecode in of your 355s that should jam sync
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| | | | | HMI equivelent to my tugsten kitby Mike Jeffs 11 months agoI'm am not a Lighting Desinger and I don't pretent to be. I have gotten pretty good at lighting indoor Interview set ups. But we now find our selfs looking at doing a job that involves shooting agains | Re: HMI equivelent to my tugsten kit
by Mike Jeffs 11 months ago
Tom Nelson "Also, you might be wise to bring some large ND or scrim to knock down the amount of light coming through the windows, if possible, so you might have the option to tone down your light on
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| | | | | field production switchersby carolyn entricht 1 year agoI am in the process of purchasing a remote switcher. I have narrowed it down to tricaster 850 extreme and the black magic atem 2. Has anyone else compared the two and can share their findings | Re: field production switchers
by Mike Jeffs 11 months ago
We have both a tricaster and a blackmagic atem switcher here at our university. Our students have used them both for creating they're newscasts. My opinion I prefer the tricaster. I can't quite nait i
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| | | | | Live performance recording adviceby Vince Dyer 1 year agoHi guys, I am starting up a live (namely music) performance recording business and am humbly seeking professional advice on a couple issues (there is a lot that needs to work together here, please bar | Re: Live performance recording advice
by Mike Jeffs 1 year ago
Short answer will it work, theoretically yes. long answer. Never buy gear for the sake of buying gear if your not sure what to get and use find a rental house, or a friend, or a friend of a friend and
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if you want to send me your workflow to my email send it to Jeffsm@byui.edu | | | | |
| | | | | Time extents doesn't matchby Dmitry Kitsov 1 year agoSo I am a new adopter of the DaVinci Resolve on Windows - ability to use powerful GPUs cannot be beat. Unfortunately any advantage of powerful system is undermined by the pipeline issues, particularly | Re: Time extents doesn't match
by Mike Jeffs 1 year ago
I get the same error. Im working on a Mac with avid. I did have mixed frame rates but I transcoded my sequence the exported the aaf. Supposedly the transcoded should have created all my media with the
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| | | |  | Dealing with picky bid specsby Todd Terry 1 year agoHey kids... long post (and partial rant). Wondering if any of you ever had this situation, and if so how you dealt with it. Our company lost a bid for a job today. Ok, a little backstory. We hardly ev | Re: Dealing with picky bid specs
by Mike Jeffs 1 year ago
I have been in the opposite position many times before (being the one to hire work). And for me I'm sometimes bound to play within the rules I'm given. Think of it this way. If I was a private company
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| | | |  | Essential non-camera must haves?by adam taylor 1 year agoIts a long time since i was out in the field, and back then it was my job to cart all the kit around - not easy when it was low-band video recorders, portable monitors, Hitachi Z1, etc. I recently got | Re: Essential non-camera must haves?
by Mike Jeffs 1 year ago
Gaffe Tape! I always need it and i always forget it!!!. The thought comes to mind that this is subjective to what type of work are you doing News, documentary, promos Al joked and said a van, but i wo
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| | | | | intresting issue with importing XDcam Mediaby Mike Jeffs 1 year agoOur Facility records all of its studio created media using a Omneon Spectrum, this records MOV files in XDcam 50MBit 422. The interesting thing is when I try and import them into FCPX I get a error me | | | | |
| | | |  | UK Filmmaking forums?by Chris Wood 1 year agoHi, I'm really not sure where to put this. Basically, I'd like to find some good forums for amateur independent student filmmakers where we can all get together and discuss and offer advice on filmmak | Re: UK Filmmaking forums?
by Mike Jeffs 1 year ago
there are a lot of UK shooters who visit the DVXuser forum that might be a place to start Mike Jeffs Video Coordinator BYU-Idaho
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| | | |  | Finding Workby David Busse 1 year agoHi, I'm sorry if I'm beating a dead horse, I couldn't find any good posts about this, but if there are any I would be happy to read the links. I just graduated college, have what I believe is a solid | Re: Finding Work
by Mike Jeffs 1 year ago
I want to add one more thing. A major stumbling block with most people coming out of college right now is the massive sense of entitlement they have. The World owes me a job, because I went to school.
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| | | | | is the f900 still a relevent camera?by Mike Jeffs 1 year agoAre college was just given 3 Sony f900s. They come with out batteries or lenses. which i'm not complaining thats for sure, but i am a bit curious. My question is in todays market with all of the Digit | Re: is the f900 still a relevent camera?
by Mike Jeffs 1 year ago
We don't have any need for the tape deck. we have external recorders (NanoFlash) it is a far more econimical then buying HDcam Tape. Steve Wargo "Is it a 900R or a 900H " it is the 900r what is the di
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| | | | | text renders blurryby Mike Jeffs 1 year agoI am trying to render out a project and the is weird blurness happening when it renders. it is not there when you ram preview or even just park the cursor. Here is a snap shot of my workspace and here | Re: text renders blurry
by Mike Jeffs 1 year ago
THATS IT it was the DOF setting on the Camera Layer. ARRRGGGGG thank you all for you help Mike Jeffs Video Coordinator BYU-Idaho
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| | | |  | Your New NLE ...by Franz Bieberkopf 1 year ago... is all automated, and free! http: www.magisto.com via macrumors http: www.macrumors.com 2012 01 10 ces-2012-swivl-motion-tracking-stand-and-magisto-automated-video-editing-app Franz. | | | | |
| | | | | What do you mean by Fast?by Mike Jeffs 1 year agoSO I have been reading a lot on how FCPX is fast. What I want to know is what do you mean by fast. There doesn't seem to be a cosenses; For some fast means you get your footage in to the NLE quickly w | Re: What do you mean by Fast?
by Mike Jeffs 1 year ago
Jeremy Garchow "So, surely you must know from using it, that there's an intangible quickness to X. ." I would say that when I first intially started testing FCPX in june, yes I thought there was some
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| | | | | useing bluray preset for Enocre?by Mike Jeffs 1 year agoI have a Large 2 hr Chirstmas Concert that we want to create a blu ray with. I'm a little confused at the settings to use. I took the exported native file into Media Enocoder used the h.264 blu ray pr | | | | |
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