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| | | | | | Editor/Animatorby Rich Rubasch 1 week agoOur established, expanding production company located in Madison, WI is looking for a seasoned editor that knows Final Cut, AE, & Photoshop. Must be able to create original motion graphics in AE, whil | | | | |
| | | |  | Any of you kids see any cameras at NAB?by Tim Wilson 2 weeks agoSorry to break in with something off-topic (hahahahaha!), but I've noticed that there hasn't been much camera chatter besides the obviously intriguing Blackmagic Cinema Camera. What else did you see A | | | | |
| | | | | What are you thinking about CS6?by Tim Wilson 2 weeks agoOne of the memes here is that Adobe Premiere is for many people the FCP 8 they'd been waiting for. I know that the release is around the corner - are you camping out in line already I assume that some | Re: What are you thinking about CS6?
by Rich Rubasch 2 weeks ago
We are a production facility with 5 FCP systems and 9 years of FCP projects backed up. We constantly open old projects, update them and output. It's easy. I suppose I will need a working Snow Leopard
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| | | | | Codec from Macby Rich Rubasch 2 weeks agoWe have a ton of H264 Canon 5D footage and converted ProRes 422 1080 footage on Mac FCP. Client uses Vegas. What is the best codec for editing on Vegas I have episode so I can convert clips but if the | Re: Codec from Mac
by Steve Rhoden 2 weeks ago
Worry not, they can be imported into Vegas nicely. Steve Rhoden (Cow Leader) Film Editor & Compositor. Filmex Creative Media. 1-876-832-4956
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| | | | | Audio setupby Rich Rubasch 2 weeks agoHi guys; Want to set up a small VO record area in one of our edit rooms. We currently use a USB mic but want to put in a better mic and run it into our KONA 3 card thru a mixer. What is good VO record | Re: Audio setup
by Rich Rubasch 2 weeks ago
Another couple of reasons why I love the COW and why it is an invaluable tool for our industry. Rich Rubasch Tilt Media Inc. Video Production, Post, Studio Sound Stage Founder President Editor Designe
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| | | | | Cable organizationby Rich Rubasch 3 weeks agoHmmm....where to post Anyone have a clever way of organizing hundreds of audio video cables in a facility We have organized them into boxes by type but it is not ideal. We have wall space but I always | Re: Cable organization
by Rich Rubasch 3 weeks ago
I had the idea of the plastic boxes as well...see thru is good so you get an idea of what's in there. But like John I have several methods to the madness but it remains madness. Post on good fellows,
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| | | | | NAB Sunday Nightby Rich Rubasch 1 month agoA lot of announcements seem to be made on Sunday night. Where are these announcements made At closed, invite-only vendor meetings At the convention center. Is there a "ground zero" for the announcemen | Re: NAB Sunday Night
by Lance Bachelder 1 month ago
I get in tomorrow - Smoke then the hall then Red party - busy Sunday :) See you there Bob. Lance Bachelder Writer, Editor, Director Irvine, California
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| | | |  | NAB 2012 Partyby Bob Zelin 2 months agoHi - I am pleased to announce the 9th annual 2012 NAB gathering at the Hard Rock Center Bar on Monday April 16th starting at 8pm. This is a sponsored event by Maxx Digital, ATTO Technology and GPL. Th | | | | |
| | | | | Captioning for YouTube and webby Rich Rubasch 1 month agoAre captions for YouTube the same as all web deliverable formats Can you have multiple language captions on the same movie Does MacCaption add captions to H264 movies that are uploaded to YouTube Any  | Re: Captioning for YouTube and web
by Jason Livingston 1 month ago
Ben is right, I would only add that YouTube can now also take a .SCC file and this gives you the caption positioning formatting info which .SRT doesn't support. Jason Livingston CPC Closed Captioning
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| | | | | Add a Topic?by Rich Rubasch 1 month agoBeen getting lots of requests lately for translation to different languages. It's not captioning but sometimes it is used as subtitles on DVD's. Sometimes we might want to translate a script to a lang | | | | |
| | | |  | FCPX or Not -- mini-meetup at NAB?by Walter Soyka 1 month agoAny NAB-goers from this forum interested in meeting up With all the evening events dominating people's schedules, perhaps a morning or afternoon get together might be easier (unless perhaps everyone i | Re: FCPX or Not -- mini-meetup at NAB?
by Rich Rubasch 1 month ago
I'm in. I arrive Saturday Morning. I am attending the opening session Monday morning but I can be flexible with whatever you guys work out. Glad to hang with anyone from the "herd" and talk shop. Rich
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| | | | | What to do at NABby Rich Rubasch 3 months agoOk, let's start populating this thread with some of your favorite things to do at NAB, from vendors and floor highlights to social events and parties....this is only my second one and I don't want to | Re: What to do at NAB
by Rich Rubasch 2 months ago
Forgot about the magazine area. Love it. And the USPS "if it fits it ships" box is a brilliant idea...now they just need to install a USPS drop box right next to the stand and we'd be all set. Rich Ru
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| | | |  | Larry Jordanby tony west 2 months agoIf you haven't had a chance to see Larry Jordan breakdown FCP X 10.0.3 at the last LA FCP User Group it's worth a watch. It's a two part deal on Youtube. http: www.youtube.com watch v=FA1HZdE85_k I li | Re: Larry Jordan
by Rich Rubasch 2 months ago
Just for the heck of it I went back and gave the Avid training videos on the ProMax site that David recommended another shot. Four minutes in they were still asking me to tell all my friends so they c
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| | | |  | Confession of a switcherby Richard Cardonna 2 months agoDave Dessel experience on switching http: tv.adobe.com watch moving-to-adobe-premiere-pro- confessions-of-a-switcher-with-dave-dessel rc | Re: Confession of a switcher
by Rich Rubasch 2 months ago
Yup...that one was a stinker. I think I took in about all of 25 seconds of it. Rich Rubasch Tilt Media Inc. Video Production, Post, Studio Sound Stage Founder President Editor Designer Animator http:
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| | | |  | Retaining CC after encodingby Michael Sacci 3 months agoI'm pulling my hair out trying to get this to work. Can yes even be done. The workflow is for ingesting and converting, no editing. I'm using AJA products, Kona cards and soon the new IoXT. I'm testin | Re: Retaining CC after encoding
by Rich Rubasch 2 months ago
Any chance you resolved this issue I am still using v5 Episode but am curious if there is a solution for this exact same thing. Rich Rubasch Tilt Media Inc. Video Production, Post, Studio Sound Stage
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| | | |  | cross platform archivingby Herb Sevush 2 months agoI'm about to buy an LTO-5 drive for backing up video media. Currently I'm using a Mac Pro and would probably use the BRU software to manage the backups. What would happen if I switched to the Windows | Re: cross platform archiving
by Rich Rubasch 2 months ago
Hey all this LTO talk sounds really easy. OMG...not sure LTO is quite ready for 2012...this is way to complicated to make major strides into our industry. Someone needs to really come up with a truly
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| | | | | Could it be...?by Rich Rubasch 2 months agoA bit off topic, but has anyone heard any kind of rumor that Apple might be rolling out Final Cut Pro 8 and sending X to the ranks of iMovie Anyone hear any whispers out there I heard thru a fragile g | Re: Could it be...?
by Aindreas Gallagher 2 months ago
Simon Ubsdell "One of the other key indicators is that iMovie 08 (onwards) was way, way too sophisticated in fundamental conception for its target market at the time." this. So we're inclined to thin
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| | | | | Camera gear as a tax write-off?by James Whittington 3 months agoHello! Here's my situation...I work for an advertising agency primarily as a video editor. However, I also shoot things for the agency on occasion. I really enjoy that side of things and want it to be | Re: Camera gear as a tax write-off?
by Rich Rubasch 3 months ago
$10k seems pretty high for a starter DSLR kit. And for the agency work that workflow might not be the best entry level solution. A simpler all in one camera package would allow for quicker setup and p
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| | | |  | Just a heads up for slow payerby Ty Ford 3 months agoFor the record; I had a difficult time getting paid from Leroy Morton Productions Radical Media, NYC. Sonia Malfa was the contact person. Fairly easy gig. Audio for an NFL promo video shoot for the Ba | Re: Just a heads up for slow payer
by Rich Rubasch 3 months ago
I'm seeing a bit more of that, but hoping an uptick in the economic outlook will speed things up a bit. It's getting especially important as we do more production with larger crews and they need to ge
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| | | | | Dealing with picky bid specsby Todd Terry 3 months 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 Rich Rubasch 3 months ago
I participated in a pre bid survey to determine how much the project would even cost. So we chatted about the project, how it might be streamlined etc. Turns out that even though the specs of the proj
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| | | | | Best Sata Drive for shelving.by Jake Zalutsky 4 months agoI work for a small production company with a few clients (go through maybe 500GB of data a month) Since currently we can't afford more expensive longer term archival solutions and we rarely need to ac | Re: Best Sata Drive for shelving.
by Rich Rubasch 4 months ago
I stick to Hitachi and Seagate and usually get the 7200rpm type because once in a while we edit off the backup for a quick turn. I do not buy Western Digital or Samsung. I have over 75 SATA bare drive
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| | | | | Native 5D footage with timecode?by Rich Rubasch 4 months agoWe use FCP and use log and transfer to convert our 5D footage to Prores and it sees the timecode metadata so it imports the time of day timecode we usually shoot. Our Zoom recorder also records time o | Re: Native 5D footage with timecode?
by Jeremy Garchow 4 months ago
I'd suggest using QTChange from video tool shed. http: www.videotoolshed.com product 42 qtchange Just know it will bork any future log and transfer options in fcp7, so work from a dupe of the media, o
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| | | | | 2012 Lawsby Rich Rubasch 5 months agoAnyone have links or info on new laws coming in 2012 to require closed captioning Any thing newsworthy about captioning in general, especially file-based captioning for broadcast, web and computer del | Re: 2012 Laws
by Ben Wilson 4 months ago
I finally found the Report and order on IP captioning published by the FCC on Jan 13. http: www.fcc.gov document closed-captioning-internet-protocol-delivered-video-programming-0 Ben Wilson Engineerin
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| | | |  | Article: Opening My Mind Has Opened Doorsby Richard Harrington 5 months ago Art of the Edit Opening My Mind Has Opened Doors Richard Harrington describes how he reached the decision to switch from Final Cut Pro to Adobe Premiere Pro and why part of his post-production depart+6 | Re: Opening My Mind Has Opened Doors
by Rich Rubasch 5 months ago
We are an all Mac shop but I am intrigued by a faster workflow on PCs. We have all of our Macs networked on a gigabit network. I can edit off video files on another Mac without issues. We all have int
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| | | |  | From one-man-band to... something else?by Jason Jenkins 5 months agoOK, so I'm a one-man-band and my business has gradually grown over the last 11 years. I started on this journey 13 years ago, with a Sony VX-1000, knowing absolutely nothing except that I liked making | | | | |
| | | | | Greek out logos in snowby Rich Rubasch 5 months agoShooting snowboarders and snowmobilers and wonder if there is a tried and tru product for greeking out logos in snow cold conditions on clothing and the snowmobiles. Thoughts Rich Rubasch Tilt Media I | | | | |
| | | | | Man, the holidays slipped up on us this yearby Todd Terry 5 months agoAs you get older, time sure moves faster. We're incredibly late this year, but the vintage aluminum tree (with useless thwacka thwacka thwacka sounding color wheel) has finally made its annual appeara | | | | |
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| | | | | Shooting on Iceby Rich Rubasch 7 months agoAnyone shoot on an ice rink We are planning a shoot on an oval track with actors skating around as if they are driving cars. They interact on the track...etc. Thoughts on shooting on the ice and catch | Re: Shooting on Ice
by Rich Rubasch 6 months ago
Hey guys; Thanks for all the tips...here's a link to a behind the scenes clip with the rig we used....First video in the list here... http: www.facebook.com pages Tilt-Media-Inc 179971158694315 Rich R
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