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| | | | |  | DaVinci Resolve 10by Peter Chamberlain 1 month agoWe are pleased to announce DaVinci Resolve 10. For those of you unable to visit us at the south hall of NAB here is a list of new features. This is a no charge upgrade for existing customers and will +2 | Re: DaVinci Resolve 10
by Rick Turners 1 month ago
There were some rumors that the panel would lower in price, or there would be a new mid range model. Anyone see anything like this at NAB
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| | | | | Avid workflow.by Rick Turners 2 months agoI have to say I'm not a fan of the Avid roundtrip at the moment. Using FCPs workflow I typically.. 1. Get an XML. 2. Grade entire image in Resolve. 3. Send back XML to FCP (2k or 4k files).. and then | | | | |
| | | | | Conforming a project with no Timecode.by Rick Turners 4 months agoI tried exporting an XML from FCP and bringing it into resolve, resolve is randomly selecting the in and out points. All media starts at 00:00:00:00. For example in one clip the inpoint would be 00034 | | | | |
| | | | | Codec not open yet errorby Rick Turners 5 months agoTrying to render some Prores 422HQ 1920x1080 material which is failing to render once it hits a couple particular shots. When I try to render those shots in the sequence, the X comes up and I have to  | Re: Codec not open yet error
by Sascha Haber 5 months ago
Yeah, Or Danish letters or and stuff ;) @&&! '!! Maybe Resolve could check it on loading A slice of color... Resolve 9.0.5 OSX 10.8.2 Colorist Aerial footage producer http: vimeo.com saschahaber
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| | | | | Decklink Extreme 3D not being recognized.by Rick Turners 9 months agoI just swapped out a RAID controller for another RAID controller in my mac pro. Once I turned on the MacPro I noticed the cord to the fan on the decklink card was rubbing against the blades of the fan | | | | |
| | | | | Exporting shots individuallyby Rick Turners 9 months agoI have a bunch of shots I want to use premiere pro to convert to ProRes 422 HQ for me. I want all of these shots to retain the same name that I've brought them in as. Is there a way to batch export th | Re: Exporting shots individually
by Dennis Radeke 9 months ago
Michael pretty much hit it on the head. We've gotten this request post CS6 and we're logging it as a feature request. You can create a watch folder with your convert preset and then drag the media to
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| | | | | Twixtor r3d workflow.by Rick Turners 10 months agoEditor has used Twixtor on every clip in project. I send project to Resolve, no R3Ds match up, I'm guessing do to the footage being heavily time manipulated with a filter that does no translate to Res | Re: Twixtor r3d workflow.
by walter biscardi 10 months ago
Rick Turners " I send project to Resolve, " We have a Davinci forum here on the Cow, best to ask in the appropriate forum. http: forums.creativecow.net davinci Walter Biscardi, Jr. Editor, Colorist,
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| | | | | 3d subtitlesby Rick Turners 1 year agoHow does one create subtitles (in .srt format) We are creating a DCP and need to put the subtitles down in srt form. The next issue is that this is a 3d film, so we'd need those subtitles in 3d as wel | Re: 3d subtitles
by Bouke Vahl 1 year ago
Subbits can import text from FCP XML, and export to SRT http: www.videotoolshed.com page=products&pID=12 (and a lot of other formats) But for DCP, i think you need a DCP compatible XML that adds the s
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| | | | | Dual Projector Stereo 3Dby Rick Turners 1 year agoI'm pondering the idea of building a 3D grading suite. One option is to get a single JVC RS65U, view the 3D in SBS. What would be the details of setting up a dual projection setup (say 2 RS65U's) Woul | | | | |
| | | |  | Aspiring Colorist's European Pipe Dreamby andrew smith 2 years agoHello, Not sure this is the right place to ask for career advice but I figure I can at least maybe get pointed in the right direction or get the names of a few places to send my portfolio to in order | | | | |
| | | |  | I'm back, same problemby Sean Sartori 2 years agoUh oh. This is what has been happening. Suddenly about 75percent through a job, the timeline stops playing. when i hit the spacebar, i just get a window that says "loading". this goes on forever, and | Re: I'm back, same problem
by Rick Turners 2 years ago
I've seen this with R3Ds but not 5D. You may have to bake the speed effects in before sending if its that extensive. Are there any strange filters on the clips being sent to Color (although that shoul
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| | | |  | On Order?by Danny Davis 2 years agoOk a bit of a silly question maybe..... but do you think it's now time to put that order in for Resolve 8 or is Apple going to pull it out of the bag I think not. Danny. | Re: On Order?
by Rick Turners 2 years ago
Ironically, to all of our benefit, it was too hard to learn... I wonder if Apple is selling the software the way Silicon Images sold it to Apple
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| | | |  | Agency for coloristby Charles Haine 2 years agoI know this might be an odd question, but does anyone know if any of the agencies out here in LA represent colorists Charles Haine Colorist, Professor ColorCorrection.Com | Re: Agency for colorist
by Rick Turners 2 years ago
In the future, because of an enormous surplus of talented and client touting colorists, there will be a lot of post houses with open suites willing (really, they wont have a choice) to take on freelan
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| | | | | Day rates. How do they work?by Rick Turners 2 years agoConcerning a freelancer on a day rate. Day rate is based on 10 hour day. If the freelancer completes the days task (creating and getting approval on a project) in 4-5 hours. Is it right for the freela | Re: Day rates. How do they work?
by Rick Turners 2 years ago
It's not for anything in particular, it's just so I know the lay of the land concerning day rates. Although I like the idea of always charging a full day rate when it only takes 4 hours, because, afte
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| | | | | HDV hellby Rick Turners 2 years agoI've got a short project here.. Shot in HDV 1440x1080 29.97 first issue, It was edited in a 23.98 Sequence, (1440x1080, Aspect Ratio 1440x1080) Of course, when I send this sequence to Color, there is | Re: HDV hell
by Rick Turners 2 years ago
Thanks for the info, I'll give all of that a shot. What weirds me out about all of this is that the sequence manages to look and playback fine without interlace issues in FCP despite being the wrong f
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| | | | | Interlacing issues!!by Rick Turners 3 years agoHello, I have a short film here, shot on an HV20. Footage was captured at 720x480 NTSC CCIR 601, 29.97 Lower field dominance. Edited in a sequence that matches those settings. However, there is still  | Re: Interlacing issues!!
by David Roth Weiss 3 years ago
It's interlaced video and you're playing back on a computer monitor, of course you have interlace, that's to be expected. Play the same material back on a video monitor or TV and you won't see the int
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| | | |  | Fair Compensation Questionby Sam Lesante Jr. 3 years agoHey fellow cows, I read through some earlier posts about this but wanted to get your opinion on my specific question. So I have the opportunity to do some freelance work over the course of 3 weekends. | Re: Fair Compensation Question
by Rick Turners 3 years ago
They are probably paying you less because 300 people with flips will be putting the marching band on youtube anyway, which would explain why they have less to pay.
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| | | |  | HR Requirements (Full of Crap)by John Grote, Jr. 3 years agoGood day all, Every time I read a posting for an editor, graphic designer, audio engineer, (insert creative position here) it really pisses me off that a huge majority of these listings ask for a two | Re: HR Requirements (Full of Crap)
by Rick Turners 3 years ago
And these managers wouldn't be wrong in doing so, right Running a business is running a business, not a charity for out of work industry vets.. If task X can be achieved to todays standards using chea
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| | | | | What are your terms for payment?by John Grote, Jr. 3 years agoGood day all, I am a trying to find out what is reasonable terms for payment, net 15 Net 30 Net 45 Net 60 Most of my smaller clients are better than net 30 with payment, but two of my larger (national | Re: What are your terms for payment?
by Rick Turners 3 years ago
I had a job recently, half up front, half upon finish. Done on a handshake. First check was fine, finished the job, He cancelled the second check while overseas screening the finished film!! (and my b
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| | | | | Soft and hard import?by Rick Turners 3 years agoCan someone explain the difference I'm trying to import a clip, I have the "soft import full res" box checked, as I'd prefere to not create a duplicate. (which, from my understanding, is what hard imp | Re: Soft and hard import?
by Rick Turners 3 years ago
Thanks Grant, figured it was a simple setting somewhere. While on the topic of just getting started with Smoke, I've tried to install the exercise files and have been getting this error when I run the
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| | | |  | Smoke w/ ATI card? or user error?by David Jahns 3 years agoI'm trying out the Smoke 2011 SP3 demo, and I'm seeing some strange behavior. Everything was going fine until the keying exercise, and after creating the matte, etc... whenever I went back to EditDesk | | | | |
| | | | | Distant blinking lightsby Rick Turners 3 years ago Does anyone have any recommendations on how to create the effect of distant blinking lights (IE. boats or planes in the distance ) Thanks! | Re: Distant blinking lights
by Michael Szalapski 3 years ago
This tutorial may help. - The Great Szalam (The 'Great' stands for 'Not So Great, in fact, Extremely Humble') No trees were harmed in the creation of this message, but several thousand electrons were
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| | | | | HD and SD output simultaneous? MXO2by Rick Turners 3 years agoI have an HD display (plasma) and a SD display (JVC TM-1375SU CRT) Is it possible to tell the MXO2 to send an HD signal to the Plasma (via HDMI) and a SD signal to the CRT (Y C) What can I do if I wan | | | | |
| | | | | a list of facilities that use smoke, etc.by Rick Turners 3 years ago I'm curious if there is some kind of list of facilities that use purchased smoke Particularly smoke on mac. Heck, it would be interesting if there was a database of all the companies and the differen | | | | |
| | | |  | The Art of Editing...by Shane Ross 3 years ago...according to Tyler Perry, is simply knowing when from the long shot, to the close up, to the medium shot, to the wide shot. I guess. If cinemotography is just pointing a light at the subject and tu | Re: The Art of Editing...
by Rick Turners 3 years ago
Editing is a hard skill to sell.. You cut things together and a story happens.. problem is anyone can do this to a level where it "works" well enough to pass. The only way to prove that you are worth
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| | | | | MXO2 causes Kernal Panic...by Rick Turners 3 years agoOut of nowhere, whenever my MXO2 is turned on while starting up my MacPro the system goes into a Kernal Panic (similar to blue screen of death on pc) and can't boot up.. as soon as I turn it off.. the | Re: MXO2 causes Kernal Panic...
by Andy Mees 3 years ago
Hey Rick Thats not normal at all .... What version of OS X, and what version of the MXO2 drivers are you running I'd second Shane's advice to uninstall and then reinstall (with the latest drivers, cur
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| | | |  | SMOKE Color Correctionby Todd Jaspers 4 years agoHello, I am watching the SMOKE evolution for OS X, and it sounds pretty cool. I have been in the process of evaluating and looking at other systems, from Speedgrade, Scratch and even Pablo. I have bee | Re: SMOKE Color Correction
by Rick Turners 3 years ago
I'm not completely familiar with smoke flame etc. What are the Batch and Action functions exactly It's starting to sound like these tools are what set Smoke apart from current finishing solutions.. Sm
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| | | |  | Smoke in a macby Nick Hasson 4 years agohttp: www.fxguide.com qt 1700 smoke-on-mac-yes-its-for-real Well, Smoke will now be on a mac. Good for some, bad for others. Nick Hasson www.niceedits.com | | | | |
| | | | | Old Editors vs New Editorsby Roy Schneider 4 years agoHi All: Over the years there has been numerous threads about Old School Editors vs New School Editors. The following is a link to an article that may sum it up the best way possible. Enjoy! http: www. | Re: Old Editors vs New Editors
by Rick Turners 4 years ago
It's a double edged sword. Software developers are helping current editors do the job better and easier. but at the same time making it easier for everyone and anyone, driving down the value of the ed
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| | | | | MXO2 - Extended Desktop, Calibration.by Rick Turners 4 years agoHello, Just upgraded from the MXO to the MXO2, for SDI and HDMI.. One thing I liked about the MXO was the extended desktop feature, is this not available for the mxo2, or am I missing something Also, | Re: MXO2 - Extended Desktop, Calibration.
by Andy Mees 4 years ago
Rick Turners "One thing I liked about the MXO was the extended desktop feature, is this not available for the mxo2, or am I missing something " Hi Rick The original MXO was a very different device an
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| | | |  | I'm just so mad!!!by Greg Burke 4 years agoHello all this is my Rant I apologize in advance... I payed 60,000$ to go school (I'm in debt) I bought a edit system for 5,500$ dollars, I have a bachelors, I have real work on my reel not just stude | Re: I'm just so mad!!!
by Rick Turners 4 years ago
I agree, It is a good idea to look at less competitive markets like Tahoe, Chicago (not as bad as LA), Louisiana (believe it or not) and Canada, all still growing.. now that post is done all over the
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| | | |  | College degree really necessary ?by John Frank 4 years agoHey, I'm wondering if it's really necessary to go to a college for post production, or anything other courses that involve video editing. I've finished high school and I've been editing as a hobbyist | Re: College degree really necessary ?
by Rick Turners 4 years ago
Honestly, no. No employer in the industry cares about your degree, unless the employer went to your school and feels the need to keep his peers alumni working, which can be beneficial. You have a bett
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| | | | | Online Editors Salary.by Rick Turners 4 years agoI know this is asked a lot about offline editors but I never see it asked of online editors. Does anyone know what the salary would be like in LA, at a medium size place, working on material for major | | | | |
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