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Friends:  terry brown | | | | | | Best virtual setsby Neil Myers 3 years agoWe are doing a end of year prediction video for a client (their predictions about the year to come). We're shooting green screen in HD and are looking for a good virtual set that looks professional. W | Re: Best virtual sets
by Neil Myers 11 months ago
It wasn't really made for outside use. The AE files are massively layered. It isn't alpha channel, just layers composited in. So, short answer, it is not for sale (only because it would take forever t
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| | | | | Compressing PPro footage on a Macby Neil Myers 2 years agoI use PPro on a PC, but one of our contractors uses a Mac. He prefers FCP. He has been encoding in Adobe Media Encoder. He has a preset that we use for a certain client to get the quality and settings | | | | |
| | | | | Tutorial on SLR video???by Neil Myers 2 years agoA few years ago I read an AWESOME article on Creative Cow about how to shoot video with a Canon SLR. My best friend is now trying to do just that and I cannot find the article (I did try, with about 1 | Re: Tutorial on SLR video???
by Neil Myers 2 years ago
Peter: Thank you, the third article is just what I was looking for. I appreciate the assist! Neil Myers Connect Public Relations CS4 Master Suite, 3DS
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| | | |  | RED Post Workflowby Matt Korshis 2 years agoHi there, I am about to edit my first short film and have a couple of questions regarding the post workflow. The film was shot on RED. I am editing it with Premiere CS5(Windows). I have 2-3 VFX shots | Re: RED Post Workflow
by Neil Myers 2 years ago
Matt: Interestingly, I have the exact same questions. I was disappointed to see no responses. My situation is almost identical, except my project is an industrial. Here is what I have found. Hopefully
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| | | | | Red Camera greenscreen shootby Neil Myers 2 years agoI hope I am not breaking any forum rules by doing this, but I just found out a green screen shoot we were doing in Seattle last week has been changed to the Los Angeles area. I posted a job notice her | | | | |
| | | | | Digitize Beta SPby Neil Myers 3 years agoWe just got a Beta tape from a client of standard def b-roll. I would like to send it out and have the whole thing digitized to a digital video file we can port right into Premiere. Does anyone know o | Re: Digitize Beta SP
by Stephen Smith 3 years ago
I would Google some of your local Post Houses and give them a call. Some of the local TV stations still will not take digital files so there is still a need for Beta SP decks. Stephen Smith Utah Video
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| | | | | Lighting for outdoor shootby Neil Myers 3 years agoFirst, thanks for everyone who helped me a few months ago -- based on your comments we assembled a great lighting kit and have had several successful shoots with it. My questions this time are for a p | Re: Lighting for outdoor shoot
by Neil Myers 3 years ago
All: Thanks -- a ton of food for thought. I loved the suggestion of renting experience from a real pro grip. Unfortunately, I am doing this gratis as a favor for a friend. He is a good friend, but dig
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| | | | | How to questionby Neil Myers 3 years agoOkay, didn't see this in the FAQ. I have what I think is a simple task, but I cannot figure it out. Here is the background ... My client wants a transition scene that will be in line with their overal | Re: How to question
by Neil Myers 3 years ago
Jason: Thanks! That works perfectly. Now I will go find some tutorials on track mattes so I fully understand for future projects. Also, great eyes on the typo. This was a stock video, so I will return
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| | | | | HD PDW-700 on CS4/CS5by Neil Myers 3 years agoI posted this also in Adobe Premiere Pro forum ... We are doing a video of a customer in New Zealand and are interviewing different videographers. One looks very good. He uses a Sony HD PDW-700. I hav | Re: response
by Neil Myers 3 years ago
Steve: Just want to make sure we don't do the shoot and then struggle to get the footage into Premiere Pro. I know that sounds paranoid, but we've had that issue in the past with other cameras. Sounds
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| | | | | Lighting kit ... comments?by Neil Myers 3 years agoSome quick background before I list the lights we're considering buying. We are a marketing company and do about 20 case study videos per year for our clients. In every case we do a talking head inter | Re: Lighting kit ... comments?
by Neil Myers 3 years ago
Thanks for your kind comments. This was an interesting job in a couple of ways. First, the premises were straight from the 1960s. Extremely drab. Worse, they constrained us to shooting in a HUGE secti
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| | | | | How can I make a specific item glow?by Neil Myers 3 years agoI have a project where I have video footage of a sign, shown here: I want to highlight the blue neon sign that says OBSERVATION DECK. I am guessing a glow might work, but I don't have enough experienc | Re: How can I make a specific item glow?
by John Fishback 3 years ago
If I were doing this with Apple Color, the first thing I'd try to do is create a mask based on the exact color of the blue lettering then apply a glow effect. IMHO, this approach is much easier with m
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| | | | | Blog taking the wind out of a new film?by Don Kimball 3 years agoI am almost finished with my indie documentary on australian wildlife. Specifically Australian parrots. If folks would care to have a quick look here is a 2 minute youtube preview http: www.youtube.co | Re: Blog taking the wind out of a new film?
by Neil Myers 3 years ago
Don: I agree with the others that blogging helps. But the reason for my response is not that, but rather to compliment you on your work. At the highest level it does what it needs to do ... made me wa
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| | | | | Submitting a corporate video for comment?by Neil Myers 3 years agoI am a relative newbie to Creative Cow. First, let me give credit where credit is due. This board has already seriously helped me several times. I am really impressed with the experience and intellige | | | | |
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| | | | | open GL not supported on quadro fxby dewan edwards 3 years agoNot sure whats going on, bought the quadro fx 380 as I thought it would help me out in AE but so far I am having problems. BCC for AE says open GL is not available and I get the error message. My avid | Re: open GL not supported on quadro fx
by Neil Myers 3 years ago
I just went through a video card search. I was focused more on Premiere than After Effects, but in the end I decided that a simple ATI Radeon HD 4870 would work as well as any, and for $150 I couldn't
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| | | |  | Best neutral settings: AG-HPX170Pby Fernando Mol 3 years agoHi, Does anybody have recommendations for achieving the best neutral look with an HPX170 I will tweak the look in After Effects and I want to get the best starting point (less noise, best gamma, natur | | | | |
| | | | | Case for HPX170by Neil Myers 3 years agoAny suggestions for a good travel case for the HPX-170 Most of my travel is by car or in my own plane (Cirrus), but occasionally I do fly commercial. I worry about the bag smashers. Neil Myers Connect | Re: Case for HPX170
by Neil Myers 3 years ago
Thanks guys! That looks perfect. The post with the list of items you carry was a nice bonus. Neil Myers Connect Public Relations CS4 Master Suite, 3DS
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| | | | | P2 Card Reader for Windowsby Neil Myers 3 years agoWe just bought a CardBus card reader to install in my Windows 7 desktop so we can load P2 cards directly into our NLE workstation. We have it working, but it seems slow (initial tests are about 5MB se | Re: P2 Card Reader for Windows
by Neil Myers 3 years ago
I did a bit more research and find that the CardBus spec is rated to a maximum of 132MB sec. That would be about 8.1 minutes to transfer a full 64GB P2 card. That's the maximum ... I am wondering what
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| | | |  | AE basic trainingby Roger Lansing 3 years agoI have been asked to provide some very basic AE training to a local Premiere editor who works for a health care company. I am wondering what sort of free-lance rates you guys and ladies have charged f | Re: AE basic training
by Neil Myers 3 years ago
Dave LaRonde "I'm not trying to lose a gig for you, but the basics aren't worth $35 hr or whatever for him, and lost time for you." I completely agree. Ditto for the Video Copilot reference. If he ne
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| | | | | Is the HVX200 the right choice?by Neil Myers 3 years agoI apologize if this has been asked and answered before -- I read all the posts back to October and didn't find it. What I did find after reading all those posts is that the members on this forum all s | Re: Is the HVX200 the right choice?
by Neil Myers 3 years ago
Dan: Thanks for your response. In fairness, I actually didn't use the word "cheap" in my original post. I did mention price. As a business owner I am concerned about ROI. To answer your question a typ
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| | | |  | music in corporate videosby David Conrad 4 years agoI just produced and edited a training video on investment swindles. Turned out great. Bossman liked it too, so that's a bonus. He recommended that I add music through the video. That got me to thinkin | Re: music in corporate videos
by Neil Myers 3 years ago
We use music in all of our corporate videos. What I have found is: 1. Start the music and then bring it WAY down to allow the voice over plenty of headroom. Bring it down more than you think. 2. Bring
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| | | |  | Videotaping Live PowerPoint Presentationby Clint Jackson 4 years agoI need to video tape a live presentation of a speaker using PowerPoint. Any suggestions on getting the best picture, especially the lighting It seems like either the speaker is too dark or the PowerPo | | | | |
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