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The Cloud: An Opposing View
by Michael Hendrix 11 hours ago
As I have been reading through this forum, I almost feel like the title should be changed to Adobe Creative Cloud: The Vent. That's okay because most do feel the need to vent instead of debate. So in
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Re: The Cloud: An Opposing View
by Gary Huff 11 hours ago
Michael Hendrix "How many of you would do it for $500 even if this does not fit in your new business model " But that's not quite the case. The better analogy is that you're still editing on a laptop
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It was fun while it lasted
by Todd Stowe 1 day ago
I teach computer graphics at the high school level. I started with a small lab of 10 computers running Photoshop 5.0 back in 1998. I now have over 20 machines with a half dozen scanners, Wacom tablets
Re: It was fun while it lasted
by Gary Huff 12 hours ago
Todd Stowe "We will be using CS5 for a few more years. I hoping by then there will be another alternative." Where there is will, there can be a way. I would suggest looking now for something to move
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From a happy CS6 owner - a question
by Joseph W. Bourke 2 days ago
As a CS6 Master Collection owner, I find myself weighing in here and getting a fair amount of heat. That said, I really do not like the idea of the CC subscription method, and in a safe place as far a
Re: From a happy CS6 owner - a question
by Gary Huff 1 day ago
Greg Andonian "I have Debugmode Frameserver, so I'm halfway there- but what do you use to encode to ProRes I have an app called Cinec that does this (with very limited encoding options) but Frameserv
An After Effects plug-in author calls it quits
by David Lawrence 3 days ago
Wonder how much more of this we'll see: http: www.3dcg.net journal 2013 05 17 end-of-life-announcement-for-after-effects-plug-ins _______________________ David Lawrence art media design research propa
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Jim Wiseman liked this 3 days ago
Re: An After Effects plug-in author calls it quits
by Gary Huff 1 day ago
Kevin Monahan "'d say, in time, the benefits will become more clear to average users." It sounds more and more like Adobe needed one more perpetual license version before making this move so that the
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Q: will the apps run in a browser?? Adobe: No silly. Mike Chambers: basically yes, and soon.
by Aindreas Gallagher 3 days ago
Quoting Mike Chambers, Senior Product Manager, Developer Relations at Adobe. "over time more and more functionality in the desktop app will be based on, and or require access to services made availabl
Re: Q: will the apps run in a browser?? Adobe: No silly. Mike Chambers: basically yes, and soon.
by Gary Huff 1 day ago
Juan Manuel "A model not unlike EA's new Sim City, which stores part of the game in EA' servers." That's not true.
Is this part of a much wider backlash against aggressive DRM?
by Simon Ubsdell 2 days ago
Adobe are clearly not the only company to have incurred the wrath of its user base by attempting to get a stronger hold over DRM. There does seem to be a general feeling that aggressive implementation
Re: Is this part of a much wider backlash against aggressive DRM?
by Gary Huff 1 day ago
Ben Mullins "Perhaps Adobe figured they now own a suite of products that people can't live without " There is definitely a set of price points where people can live without it. No one likes Motion (h
Adobe totally on top of their amazing amazing cloud stuff.
by Aindreas Gallagher 3 days ago
http: www.thinkdigit.com Software Adobe-shuts-down-Creative-Cloud-file-sync_14707.html Did anyone check twitter lately file sync was falling over in all directions. Seriously - this is the fig leaf th
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Re: Adobe totally on top of their amazing amazing cloud stuff.
by Gary Huff 2 days ago
Joseph W. Bourke "There are varying levels of discourse on this forum, ranging from calm and considered, to belligerent and whining. If you don't know the difference, then you have no way of understa
Premiere Pro says: I'm very sorry Dave, i can't do that.
by Aindreas Gallagher 3 days ago
Figure this goes more to just being able to actually open your edit bar the rights and wrongs of the cloud rental so maybe Ok to post here read this from the PPro forum and be somewhat very, very afra
Re: Premiere Pro says: I'm very sorry Dave, i can't do that.
by Gary Huff 2 days ago
Craig Seeman "Until May 24th at least which is when Avid explains to NASDAQ what their plan to remain listed is (including a schedule for delivering a report that calls off the class action law suits
Bold Statement Warning!
by craig slattery 6 days ago
Iam cutting a 1 2hour doco for television. 12 day edit, 18 contributors, actuality, over 700 clips EVERYTHING shot 3 cameras, even the PTCs shot 3 cameras. C300, Canon 5D MKIII, DV25 (stylistic choice
Re: Bold Statement Warning!
by Gary Huff 5 days ago
Andrew Kimery "2. How did you manage to only rant about changes that most people agree to liking in X ;)" Really, about the only thing I don't like about X is that magnetic timeline. But I think that
Has Adobe Creative Cloud changed the way you work?
by Sandeep Sajeev 2 weeks ago
Hello, I'm trying to figure out what the benefits to an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription are, and I'd appreciate any feedback from current users. I'm especially interested in hearing about any workfl
Re: Has Adobe Creative Cloud changed the way you work?
by Gary Huff 2 weeks ago
It's easy to install applications. That's all I've really done with it. Clients are primarily on Dropbox for file sharing, though if I stick with it, I may check out the storage to drop the $10 per mo
Is bootlegging really so bad?
by Clint Wardlow 2 weeks ago
Confession time. My first copy of Final Cut was a bootlegged copy of 2.0. My first copy of photoshop was a bootleg of 7. However, it was working in these pirated copies (which I was reluctant to try b
Re: Is bootlegging really so bad?
by Gary Huff 2 weeks ago
Brett Sherman "Do I like the CC licensing Not really. But, I don't think it would prevent me from going with Premiere if I chose to. I chose not to for other reasons. I do like Apple's licensing much
Crickets chirping in this forum now
by Andy Field 2 weeks ago
http: youtu.be K8E_zMLCRNg Turns our Adobe WAS the "or not"
Re: Crickets chirping in this forum now
by Gary Huff 2 weeks ago
Shawn Miller "Even if you don't use it lot, please support the cause! Competition in this space is sorely needed, and good, low cost options are a must." I completely agree.
Adobe clarify reverse compatibility for After Effects CC
by Aindreas Gallagher 2 weeks ago
Todd Kopriva: "There is a command in After Effects CC to save a project as a copy that After Effects CS6 can open. We intend to have that command in all versions going forward. (Of course, some featur
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Greg Andonian liked this 2 weeks ago
Re: Adobe clarify reverse compatibility for After Effects CC
by Gary Huff 2 weeks ago
Aindreas Gallagher "I didn't even realise 5.5 could go to 5. Wildly attentive I am." Yep, like Walter, I have done it before myself. Life saver.
C100 Kickstarter Campaign Video with Art Addams Arri Alexa 5500k profile
by Gary Huff 3 months ago
Shot in AVCHD with a Canon 85mm f 1.8 and a Nikkor 24mm f 2. Kickstarter Campaign Video with C100
Re: C100 Kickstarter Campaign Video with Art Addams Arri Alexa 5500k profile
by Patrick Ortman 1 month ago
Looks great, Gary! I shoot people. www.patrickortman.com
edit Canon 5D footage natively in PP CS6 on Macbook Pro?
by Danielle Smit 4 months ago
Hi, I am trying to make the switch from FCP to Premiere. I am so exited to edit Canon 5D footage natively without long conversion times first. But, it is not working: playback will freeze after 1 or 2
Re: edit Canon 5D footage natively in PP CS6 on Macbook Pro?
by Gary Huff 4 months ago
Danielle, I played it on my MacBook and it played just fine. No problems whatsoever. Straight from the Crucial M4 SSD that's the primary internal drive.
Canon EOS C100 AVCHD and ProRes 4:2:2 HQ Comparison
by Gary Huff 6 months ago
Had the C100 for a long weekend and did a lot of test shooting with it. Comparison Video
Re: Canon EOS C100 AVCHD and ProRes 4:2:2 HQ Comparison
by Gary Huff 6 months ago
Hey Al, just saw your post. I think you might be interested in this comparison.
Beware new Nvidia Driver 3.04
by David Chai 6 months ago
I have a macpro 8 core 2.8ghz, running 10.8.2 and 10.0.6. Nvidia card GTX 570, 2.5GB non flashed. I installed the latest Nvidia driver and lo and behold, my export from FCPX would quit the application
Re: Beware new Nvidia Driver 3.04
by Gary Huff 6 months ago
Not just OSX. The latest NVIDIA driver basically hosed my Windows box to the point where I couldn't render out of Premiere, and even saw my first BSOD in a super long time. I was worried my card was g
Is it best to use higher qaulity DNxHD formats on lower spec computers?
by Ben Edwards 9 months ago
It has just occurred to me it may be better to use the DNxHD 145 rather than the DNxHD 36 Avid format for lower spec machines (as long as your HDs are reasonably quick). My logic is that the greater t
Re: Is it best to use higher qaulity DNxHD formats on lower spec computers?
by Gary Huff 9 months ago
Ben Edwards "OK, had a quick look at 5DtoRGB and cant work out how it is different to mPEG Streamclip apart from its rather dubious claim to 'extracts every last drop of video quality from cameras'.
Is there a way to change the default export setting in adobe premier pro cs6?
by Ashley Craddock 9 months ago
I have been looking for ages on an easy way to export render the video in a custom present I made is there anyway I can make it the default to save me the hassle of finding my preset.
Re: Is there a way to change the default export setting in adobe premier pro cs6?
by Gary Huff 9 months ago
Ashley Craddock "mine does not remember it keeps resetting to avi." Yes, and it seems to reset more than it did in the previous version (I believe it would reset with each new project file in CS5-5.5
Exporting freezing at 4% - Still Sequence
by Samantha Weingott 9 months ago
Hi All I am having a very frustrating issue... I have compiled and exported as a Quicktime .mov file many still image sequences. However, with one clients piece the export freezes at 4% and wont go an
Re: Exporting freezing at 4% - Still Sequence
by Gary Huff 9 months ago
Hello Samantha, it definitely sounds like you were thorough in your workaround attempts. How long have you let the export sit at 4% before restarting What version of Premiere are you using Have you tr
Strange Behavior Part 1
by Lou Williams 9 months ago
About a week I ago I started noticing that when I started up Premiere Pro, the bin that was open when I saved and closed down the night before was not open when I started the project the next day. Thi
Re: Strange Behavior Part 1
by Gary Huff 9 months ago
You might want to go ahead and post part 2 as well, because both might be tied into the same issue. That said, I've never experienced Premiere or Audition moving files around where I didn't expect.
PIX240 1080p video quality lower than AF100 in-camera quality ???
by Tom David 10 months ago
Hello, Is anyone else having issues with their external data recorders when recording video from the HDSDI port on the Panasonic AF100 I am when recording ProresLT with my PIX240. I have contacted the
Re: PIX240 1080p video quality lower than AF100 in-camera quality ???
by Gary Huff 10 months ago
Tom David "My understanding of Prores LT is that it's data rate of 100mbps should be more than adequate to record a 50mbps HDSDI data stream with no quality loss issues - does anyone have any contras
5DtoRGB conversion corrupts GH2 footage into thermal cam
by Ramez Silyan 10 months ago
Every time I try to convert specific clips, the program completes the job, but the end result is this thermal cam black image with red light deal. When I use Clip Wrap, the files convert just fine, bu
Re: 5DtoRGB conversion corrupts GH2 footage into thermal cam
by Gary Huff 10 months ago
Michael Gissing "I suspect Shane might be right about the software not being desinged for that camera and it may be specific to that frame rate & frame size." No, it's not right. I use 5DtoRGB with G
Macbook Pro purchased Aug 2011 Keep having issues with 32gb SanDisk Ex Pro 95mbps cards
by Chris Lambert 11 months ago
Hi all I purchased a Mac running OSX Lion last year but recently it has started showing error code 36 with two memory cards (both Sandisk Extreme Pro 95mbps) everything else is fine but with these it
Re: Macbook Pro purchased Aug 2011 Keep having issues with 32gb SanDisk Ex Pro 95mbps cards
by Gary Huff 10 months ago
Craig Alan "code 36 is a detection of a corrupted file. Not sure but I think sometimes the detection gets it wrong or is just overly sensitive. have you tried copying the entire folder to the mac fir
Need professional advice: I've been sitting on my Mac Pro 1,1 , now what?
by Bryan Roberts 11 months ago
Hi all, I'm at a serious crossroads right now and can't seem to figure out the best plan of action. I'm a professional Final Cut Avid editor working in LA and over the past few years, have only edited
Re: Need professional advice: I've been sitting on my Mac Pro 1,1 , now what?
by Gary Huff 11 months ago
Bryan Roberts " sounds like I need to find a used 2010 Mac Pro for a decent price and then wait it out with that machine." I think that is a great idea.
Exporting to Comply with Pandora Video Ad Requirements
by Chris Good 12 months ago
I'm working on a Pandora video ad. The clip is 15 seconds. Pandora's requirements are listed as Quicktime Uncompressed 8-bit under 40Mb. When I export at Uncompressed 8-bit the file is 1.3GB. The tech
Re: Exporting to Comply with Pandora Video Ad Requirements
by Gary Huff 12 months ago
Chris Good " IS there something I'm missing, or are they out of their minds at Pandora " The latter...or it's a typo...or someone there doesn't know what the hell they're talking about.
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http://www.lwks.com/
by Erik Lundberg 12 months ago
I was beginning to think it would never show. But now that it's here, how does this change your view (if at all) on the NLE-scape of 2012 Where does it fit in, and how does it compete with the rest Fo
Re: http://www.lwks.com/
by Gary Huff 12 months ago
Herb Sevush "It is free as in free and open, free as in Linux is free, Wikipedia is free. It is not free as in sunshine is free." Wikipedia doesn't cost money if you want to read it in another langua
Blog: FCP X and it's launch: Blunder or Genius?
by Bret Williams 1 year ago
In light of all the NAB announcements regarding editing, I have to ask - "WHY is it going to take time for FCPX to mature " Apple is the biggest richest company in the world. I have to figure they've
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Re: Maybe Apple forsaw a Bleak future
by Gary Huff 1 year ago
Richard Cardonna "Now oufits in India,Philipeans,Eastern Euroupe... can offer great services at greatly reduced cost. Thats not to mention the clot of content searching for venues many of them pirate
$800 GH-2 Holds Up Well Compared to New $20,000 Canon C-300 Camera
by Guy McLoughlin 1 year ago
Holy cow! Wow! Philip Bloom Christmas Shootout: Part 1
Re: $800 GH-2 Holds Up Well Compared to New $20,000 Canon C-300 Camera
by Gary Huff 1 year ago
I just finished a short film on the GH2 using a very high-bitrate hack and didn't have any major issues. Here's some B-roll of Austin, TX that I shot with the Quantum Hack (v7).
OS X Lion / New Mac Pro - Slow Performance Issues
by Tim West 1 year ago
Hi, I am experiencing some speed issues with a brand new Mac Pro (2 x 2.93 GHz 6-Core, 8GB ram, 1TB hard drive) running OS X Lion (10.7.2). The machine is only a couple of months old and is used prima
Re: OS X Lion / New Mac Pro - Slow Performance Issues
by Gary Huff 1 year ago
It's possible that your hard drive is dying as well. If OSX can't easily read or write data to the disk, it would slow everything down tremendously.
Wedding videographers sued for music copyright violation
by Craig Seeman 1 year ago
Wedding videographers sued for music copyright violation http: daredreamermag.com 2011 12 07 the-music-licensing-chickens-have-come-home-to-roost-in-wedding-and-event-videography This topic comes up s
Re: Wedding videographers sued for music copyright violation
by Gary Huff 1 year ago
First, the headline is misleading. One wedding videographer was sued. And that one wedding videographer had created a wedding video for a sports celebrity and put it online. It got played on ESPN and
550D hdmi output fades when moving camera.
by Cal Thorley 2 years ago
Hi there. Now I'm 99% sure this will be operator incompetence so feel free to laugh at me. If you laugh while pointing out why I'm an idiot, then we'll both benefit! I've recently aquired a field moni
Re: 550D hdmi output fades when moving camera.
by Gary Huff 2 years ago
I can also attest that I run through miniHDMI-HDMI cables. Make sure you get them cheap!
so long big mac...hello mini and iPad
by kim krause 2 years ago
yup its official..seems the future is heading our way sooner than expected... http: www.appleinsider.com articles 11 10 31 despite_new_cpu_options_apple_reportedly_questioning_future_of_mac_pro.html
Re: so long big mac...hello mini and iPad
by Gary Huff 2 years ago
That explains a lot.
CS5 background workspace on a MAC
by Lynn Rich 2 years ago
Hi, Can someone advise about this: I just switched from a PC to Mac. I have Photoshop CS5 on my Mac. On my PC I could work in photoshop and the program had a constant "background" for lack of a better
Re: CS5 background workspace on a MAC
by Gary Huff 2 years ago
Welcome to the world of OSX! You can't change it.
COW Newsletter: Controlling FCPX with an iPad
by Creative COW 2 years ago
Controlling FCPX with an iPad
Re: COW Newsletter: Controlling FCPX with an iPad
by Gary Huff 2 years ago
How about you actually start editing projects via that method and then get back to us
Windows Live Movie Maker
by Shaun Gephart 2 years ago
Hello everyone, I have been using this video editing program now for awhile. I have completed nearly 1000 projects with it and have the latest version. Recently I have a problem when it comes to publi
Re: Windows Live Movie Maker
by Gary Huff 2 years ago
Really, Microsoft Security Essentials is just as good. And free.
Best Frame Rate/ size
by tim vanbrackle 2 years ago
Need to shoot a logo. I am using a Canon 7d and want to shoot it at 60 frames per second so i can catch alot of detail (glass shattering etc) and slow it down speed. The problem is that i am going to
Re: Best Frame Rate/ size
by Gary Huff 2 years ago
Twixtor's an OK solution, but has the best results when you don't view it full screen. More often than not, I can see the warping in the picture when viewing it in a larger window than just the defaul
Can I up the FPS when I'm shooting for slomo?
by Chris Barnes 2 years ago
I am shooting on a Canon T2i with the kit lens 18-55 and 75-300mm. I keep the FPS at 125 and shoot everything at 720x60FPS. I'm heading out to shoot a freeride MX clip and I'm planning to do allot of
Re: Can I up the FPS when I'm shooting for slomo?
by Gary Huff 2 years ago
Shooting a higher shutter than 1 120 won't help much with the slow motion.
Blog: Back into the fire.
by gary adcock 2 years ago
Hey, Yeah, me again. There is alot happening in the industry right now, here is an interview with MacVideo's Rick Young that I did at IBC. My thanks to Dean Cleary on Bcam and AJA for allowing us to s
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Jason Jenkins liked this 2 years ago
Re: Blog: Back into the fire.
by Gary Huff 2 years ago
Bill Davis You engage in sensibly offered arguments, you express them well. Then you descend into crap like " ... Your naivete continues to amaze me." I'm not sure what makes you need to attack a per
Service: Rusty Auto Productions
by Gary Huff 2 years ago
Austin Texas, United States Production   Cinematography   Post Production Rusty Auto Productions Full Service Video Production     Director of Photography     Editing Sho
GUI issue?
by christopher Griffin 2 years ago
Hello all, I am running Snow Leopard on a Mac Pro. Currently I am having a problem where my mouse will move around the screen, everything loads quickly on startup but I can not click on anything, righ
Re: GUI issue?
by Gary Huff 2 years ago
Can you be more specific Is your mouse movement normal and you cannot click on anything Or is it more jerky and it's hard to click on stuff
Psycho Mouse
by David Rowan 2 years ago
MacPro 2x3.2 quad core OS 10.5.8 Mouse has suddenly become very erratic. The cursor jerks around almost randomly. It skips way ahead of where I am moving it. It moves vertically when I am moving horiz
Re: Psycho Mouse
by Gary Huff 2 years ago
Switch over to one monitor and see if that solves anything.
Buying a Canon DSLR. 60D, 7D, or 5D Mark II?
by Josh Williams 2 years ago
I am looking to pick up a DSLR to add to my growing equipment collection and use on my commercial work. I have been doing a lot of research and am almost 100% sold on the 60D but I wanted to check the
Re: Buying a Canon DSLR. 60D, 7D, or 5D Mark II?
by Gary Huff 2 years ago
You are right it's not simply from AVCHD. The AF-100's sensor is primarily designed for video (unlike HDSLR) so there is no moire or aliasing like the Canons, plus a bit better on the resolution side.
Upgrade Macbook Pro or New Desktop Mac?
by Brie Dixon 2 years ago
Hi All, I bought my MacBook Pro 5 w 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor at the start of 2010. Since then I have taken a massive interest in Post Production, which of course takes a lot more out of the
Re: Upgrade Macbook Pro or New Desktop Mac?
by Gary Huff 2 years ago
If you need a new machine right now, I wouldn't bother with one of the new Mac Pros. Try to find a good deal on a used one. Apple is either going to refresh the line soon or drop it entirely. Anyone's
Starting a production company and need some advice
by jensen yancey 2 years ago
Me and two of my friends have decided to start a production company and we had a few things that we were hoping some more seasoned forum members could help us with. Our goal is to eventually make feat
Re: Starting a production company and need some advice
by Gary Huff 2 years ago
Scott Carnegie I am going to disagree with the folks that say "don't". Screw that, take a risk, jump out there, don't let fear of failure hold you back. Would you be willing to invest any money into
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Transcoding 5D H.264 to ProRes 422HQ
by Andrew Kmiec 2 years ago
Hey everyone, I'm posting all over the place today because there's some craziness going down. I've got 350GB of H.264 shot on the 5D (most of it is 720 59.94). I'm working on a 2x2.8ghz quad-core xeon
Re: Transcoding 5D H.264 to ProRes 422HQ
by Gary Huff 2 years ago
Andrew Kmiec I'm transcoding to ProRes 422HQ 1080 23.98 Is there a particular reason you are encoding it to ProRes HQ That is overkill for DSLR footage.
Blog: Thoughts on learning FCPX
by Jeff Greenberg 2 years ago
Day 45 of FCPX. Been teaching it and using it. Warning, I'm not trying to have an opinion on if I think the software is good or bad - I'm trying to understand what's going on. Really thinking through
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Re: Blog: Thoughts on learning FCPX
by Gary Huff 2 years ago
Mark Raudonis I'm afraid key words ain't gonna cut it at this level. I do a lot of short-form web work that includes a short turn-around time. I realize FCPX does some auto-keywording upon ingest, bu
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New Free FCP X Photo Album Effect
by Robbert-Jan van der Does 2 years ago
I have created a Photo Album effect. Here is a preview of the effect: Free FCP X Photo Album Effect example from robbert-jan van der does on Vimeo. You can download the effect here: http: files.me.com
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Ricky Dominguez liked this 2 years ago
Re: New Free FCP X Photo Album Effect
by Gary Huff 2 years ago
Good job, Robbert-Jan. Impressive.
The FCPX Personality Types
by Matthew Glasser 2 years ago
As the vitriolic attacks continue regarding FCPX, I would offer this suggestion for improving our rhetorical workflow. To keep from having to rehash our FCPX positions over and over again from thread
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Chris Walsh liked this 2 years ago
Re: The FCPX Personality Types
by Julian Bowman 2 years ago
Hang on. There is the techniques forum. It is apparent to most that this forum is about people's feelings of X. The 'cheerleaders' are just as bitter and snide and rude as the 'whiners' though from my
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Gary Huff liked this 2 years ago


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