Professional Musician, turned professional TV Producer, turned professional NASA geek. | | | | Member Since: November 6th 2001 | | | | |
Friends:  Ronald Lindeboom | | | | | | NASA Audio Files Resourceby Timothy J. Allen 7 months agoJust a quick note to let my fellow editors know that years and years of historical audio files from NASA missions have been digitized and are available free for your use. You can find them at: http: w | Re: NASA Audio Files Resource
by Mike Cohen 7 months ago
I love reading or listening to the less well known moments of well known missions. Everyone knows "Tranquility base here, the Eagle has landed", but not many people are familiar with "Buzz, this is Ne
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| | | |  | Client revisionsby Angelo Lorenzo 8 months agoNow I've worked with high end clients like car companies and they're no nonsense, send a few lists of revisions, deliver on the deadline and all is well. I've has a few instances doing commercials for | Re: Client revisions
by Craig Seeman 8 months ago
How revisions are handled in the contract must be either implicit or explicit. Personally I do not explicitly state a number of revisions because a revision can be as simple as changing a few titles t
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| | | |  | Should I use contracts?by Jason Bullock 8 months agoI am starting my freelance video production company in January. I am in North Carolina, about thirty minutes away from Raleigh but in a county with a lot of small towns and businesses. I am debating w | Re: Should I use contracts?
by Mark Suszko 8 months ago
A man I respect once told me: "With the right people, a contract isn't necessary. With the wrong people, it's never enough." There are people in this world to whom a word and a handshake is everything
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| | | |  | iMovie for iPadby Nick Griffin 1 year agoWhew! What a relief to know I can finally get rid of all this expensive equipment now that iMovie and a built-in HD camera will be on the new iPad 2. Or will it set off an even more intense round of " | | | | |
| | | |  | corporate gamesby Lucian Evans 1 year agoHi I'm working on a project currently where an animator has designed a board which incorporates a pie chart. The board game is recognisable as belonging to a popular game. Could anyone tell me looking | Re: corporate games
by Mark Suszko 1 year ago
I tend to look positively at restrictions like this, as they seem to stimulate my creativity. When you can literally do anything, the overwhelming number of options can paralyze you, but facing someth
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| | | |  | Trainee or Uber-experienceby Rich Rubasch 1 year agoIf you were a growing video production company looking for an editor would you opt for the entry level editor with some skills that you can train (lower salary, cost of training) or would you just neg | Re: Trainee or Uber-experience
by Walter Soyka 1 year ago
Rich Rubasch "If you were a growing video production company looking for an editor would you opt for the entry level editor with some skills that you can train (lower salary, cost of training) or wou
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| | | |  | Who gets producer/director credits?by Chas Smith 1 year agoI produced a video recently, a project through an ad agency for one of their clients. Long-story short: the end-user client wants to submit the video to a trade assn. video festival competition. Now t | | | | |
| | | |  | confused!!!!by Michael Lavis 1 year agoI am still relatively new to the filming industry and am in the process of setting up a studio at my work. The company has just bought a new Apple mac pro 8 core, dont have all the specks on me right | | | | |
| | | | | A studio is bornby Rich Rubasch 1 year agoHi all...a bit of self promotion, and at the same time a sneak peek into the process of building a studio out of an existing commercial building. We began with a 60 x 60 foot space which used to be a +1  | Re: A studio is born
by Patrick Ortman 1 year ago
Very cool, congrats and thanks for sharing- I "liked" it on FB :-). Patrick --------------------- www.patrickortman.com Web and Video Design
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| | | |  | Union Questionby Daniel Stone 1 year agoWe're producing a spot for an agency who is a union signatory which, I'm assuming, means we have to use union talent. Ugh. Can anyone tell me what's involved for us with hiring union talent I've heard | Re: Union Question
by Patrick Ortman 1 year ago
Agreed, Mark- but please be careful to make the distinction that being in SAG or AFTRA doesn't necessarily make one a professional. There's over 30,000 union actors in LA, and frankly a lot of them ar
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| | | | | How to get into "different" video work??by Jay Evs 1 year agoI will be looking for a new job in video soon, from scratch, in a new city. I've been through the process of applying to production houses and video jobs before. But Im wondering if anyone has any ide | | | | |
| | | |  | Are Software Certifications Worth It?by Jim Biffle 1 year agoTo all, Earlier this year I earned my ACE (Adobe Certified Expert) certificate in Photoshop CS4 and I'm currently studying for the After Effects CS4 exam. Then I plan to study for the Premiere Pro CS4 | | | | |
| | | |  | Surgical Videoby John Morfesis 2 years agoI am shooting a video in the operating room and I need to find out about placing of the cameras and if there are any procedures with regard to sterilization of the equipment. I will be shooting with a | Re: Surgical Video
by Timothy J. Allen 1 year ago
That's an excellent article, Mike. Even though it's been years since I shot a surgery, some of those same tips can be applied when working in research labs. Thanks for sharing it again!
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| | | | | Sally Menckeby Timothy J. Allen 2 years agoSally Mencke, the Editor who worked with Quentin Tarantino on "Pulp Fiction," "Kill Bill" and "Jackie Brown" was found dead this morning after she had not returned from hiking in Griffith Park. She ce | | | | |
| | | |  | production company vs freelancerby grinner hester 2 years agoMany of us are one man bands. Sometimes I find myself freelancing, not working as a production company. By that, production companies are always threatened by feeding competitors so I changed the whol | Re: production company vs freelancer
by walter biscardi 2 years ago
Jason Jenkins "They keep emailing me their dang resumes." When I feel like I'm getting too many resumes, I'll start emailing mine back to those folks. I figure I'm getting a ton of unsolicited resume
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| | | | | video format for .pdf?by Timothy J. Allen 2 years agoMy apologies if this has been answered lately... I didn't see the answer in a search of recent posts. I have a client that wants video files that they will be having another contractor embed into a .p | | | | |
| | | | | 326 ppiby Timothy J. Allen 2 years agoSo where's my video export settings for 960-by-640-pixel H.264 video at 326 pixels per inch. That's the display specs for the new iPhone 4. Looks like I need to do some math. ;-) | Re: Oh yeah, but one more thing...
by Timothy J. Allen 2 years ago
Craig, I do want the 1920x1080 support - and I want it to be displayed through a built in projector with at least 2200 lumens. ;-) I did have a senior moment about video size and screen size. Man, wou
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| | | |  | Image masking/bluring/replacementby Ryan Jarmon 2 years agoI have some video footage where a ring from a can of dipping tobacco is in someone's back pocket. In the footage, they start out facing sideways, then turn so that there back is to the camera. I have | Re: Image masking/bluring/replacement
by Timothy J. Allen 2 years ago
This sounds like a job for the new Roto Brush in After Effects CS5. ;-) Even in CS4, I'd probably still use After Effects to motion track it and cover it up, but it depends on how close and how long t
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| | | |  | Coolest Stuffby Stephen Smith 2 years agoWhat is the coolest stuff you have seen at NAB this year Stephen Smith | Re: Coolest Stuff
by Timothy J. Allen 2 years ago
The coolest thing I saw at NAB was Ron, Kathlyn, and Tim Wilson all in the same room at the same time. ;-) Oh, you meant equipment There were quite a few things that make my list. Adobe's CS5 improvem
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| | | | | 2010 NAB Show iPhone Appby Timothy J. Allen 2 years agoIf you are attending NAB and have an iPhone, I recommend downloading the free "2010 NAB Show" iPhone app. You can scroll through exhibitors and click the star next to them and it will highlight them o+1 | Re: 2010 NAB Show iPhone App
by Timothy J. Allen 2 years ago
I know a lot of wives that might pay 99 cents for that app, but they won't have to because I heard the Association of Divorce Attorneys is making it available free with their ad support. But in all se
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| | | | | 3D at the Masters?by Timothy J. Allen 2 years agoIs any one on this forum planning to watch Comcast's 3D coverage of the Masters that starts this afternoon I'm curious to hear your opinions. http: www.usatoday.com sports golf masters 2010-04-07-the- | | | | |
| | | |  | Video: SEVENTEEN - Matt Kreslingby matt kresling 2 years agoSEVENTEEN - Matt Kresling I made this video to correct a long-standing injustice: that there were not enough pictures of me in my high school yearbook. watch music video+72  | Re: SEVENTEEN - Matt Kresling
by David J. Carter 2 months ago
Just watched for the 1st time. WOW that was amazing and outstanding. Great work! Makes me not only want to open AE but actually try and learn how to use it. Editor hobbist
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| | | |  | What woiuld your dream room have in it?by Erik Abel 2 years agoHello to all. My name is Erik. I work for a moderately sized company. I was recently put in charge of supplying plans for a small production studio. I was recently told to give them a list of what I c | | | | |
| | | |  | Submitting a corporate video for comment?by Neil Myers 2 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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| | | |  | Awkwardby Carol Lane 2 years agoI am curious what folks think of this awkward situation: I currently provide complete video production services to a large educational client. Their communications department head emailed me asking if | Re: Awkward
by Bill Davis 2 years ago
Bob's got it exactly right. This is short term corporate thinking and most of us who've been around for a while have seen it before. Back in the early 1990s here in Phoenix, we used to have the corpor
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| | | |  | cs5by Eric Jurgenson 2 years agoSeems like this would be a logical month for Adobe to release CS5 - plenty of time to get the buzz going before NAB. This could be an exciting year with full 64-bit apps on both platforms, especially | Re: cs5
by Timothy J. Allen 2 years ago
I just got the email that I'm sure many of you also received announcing the CS5 Launch Event on April 12. I'll be at NAB and will miss the online launch event, but I hope the demo hosts will be out in
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| | | | | PIP - Avid or AE?by Ryan Jarmon 2 years agoHi there. I am just curious... which program handles PIP better, AVID Media Composer, or After Effects I am trying to superimpose a video onto a TV while the camera dollies in and turns. While were on | Re: PIP - Avid or AE?
by Timothy J. Allen 2 years ago
Ryan, The software works well with either choice. You can't really go wrong as long as you know how to use either of them. If it was a simple picture in picture, I wouldn't bother going into After Eff
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| | | |  | The Art of Editing...by Shane Ross 2 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 adam taylor 2 years ago
first off - who's Tyler Perry Never heard of him before. I'm guessing he's been presenting something in the States. And if its recently, then probably an expensive back patting exercise involving litt
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| | | | | YouTube Turning on Automatic Captionsby Timothy J. Allen 2 years agoWhat do you guys think about the announcement today concerning YouTube (Google) opening up automatic captioning to users http: news.cnet.com 8301-30684_3-10401170-265.html tag=mncol;txt As a contracto | | | | |
| | | |  | Back drop images - Green Screenby Dave Davin 2 years agoHi Just wondering if anyone knows any site that provides images for use as back drops when using green screen Thanks Dave Dave Davin Managing Director RAIC Productions www.raicproductions.com | | | | |
| | | |  | Onsite Avpby Justin Leyba 2 years agoWhat does an onsite AVP in wedding mean | Re: Onsite Avp
by Timothy J. Allen 2 years ago
I think you are correct, Nick... but titles are weird and it's not above some people to call the guy carrying their tripod an "Assistant Producer" just so they can bill more. But seriously, it's proba
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