Alan Lloyd
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[Andrew Stone] “could go the Canon 7D or 5DmkII route as far as weight goes but that has inherent workflow issues which I am sure you know about.”
I very much doubt that a DSLR will be able to go the distance without overheating and shutting down. Plus, battery changes for a DSLR take a while, as they require unmounting the camera, etc.
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You have some grunt work ahead of you.
That said, you can make it easier on yourself, presuming it’s the same intro for all of them.
1) Make the finished intro in a standalone project. Save that.
2) Import that project into your other projects and drag the sequence from it onto a new timeline, then drag the existing video on the same timeline and output that.
3) Lather, rinse, repeat.
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It looks like a moderately priced, decent tripod, but I don’t think I’d put a prompter rig on it. It’s a bit underpowered for that.
Look at it this way, it’s not just the weight of the additional rig, it’s the additional height above the tilt axis, and that much moving mass makes it harder to control. Also, consider adjustable drag as a very desirable feature.
A proper tripod should outlast the camera it supports. And no one ever grumbled about having purchased something that was too good or too durable.
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There are some issues with QT player and audio sync.
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I was on a festival judging panel several years ago, and a corporation had entered multiple issues of their internal employee “video magazine” for consideration.
They were wall-to-wall with things up to and including Sinatra and The Beatles. The responses from the panel to the first one were largely incredulity, but by the time we got to the third one, they had turned outright vicious.
And when I was freelance editing (different occasion) some years ago, a client wanted to use an easily recognizable pop song. I declined, citing potential liability. The facility owner concurred and backed me.
Don’t do it.
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There are options in the “perspective” effects folder and in the “transform” effects folder. Combine them with motion and distort and you likely have almost everything you will ever need in 3-D terms.
And there’s always After Effects.
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Can you find one that has an LCD monitor?
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I would not recommend putting a prompter on a 3066 head.
Look at the left side of the head. The tilt lock is on the tilt axis, and it’s on the left side. First, mechanically, having the lock on the axis is a bad idea in its own right.
Second, if it’s the tiniest bit front-heavy, it’s going to loosen by itself. (Lefty loosey and all that…) With a prompter, it’s way too easy – far too much mass on it.
Frankly, I loathe Bogen heads overall. They’re incredibly badly laid out from a user perspective, with that tilt-lock issue being just one of several reasons.
I’m not too crazy about their legs either.
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Yeah, I saw all that in the other forum after I posted my comment.
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From another forum I know you got one, but if you’re going to do more of it, do be sure to put it in a metal box and ground it.
Also, router speed controls are in metal boxes, rated at 1K, and sold by a local lighting/grip supply house here in MN as dimmers.