[Bob Bonniol]

Sometimes an effect will have several components. For instance some of the snow effects I am currently working on have very small, small, medium, and large flakes, each with it’s own velocity control. So in some cases you have to adjust things in multiple layers. Also, depending on the effect, what you might be terming the “speed” might have more to do with particle numbers, or birth rate, velocity over life, or velocity variation. Make sure to check out all that stuff.

Hope this helps.

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Bob Bonniol

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[Bob Bonniol]

Well duh… I figured out to turn off the particles in view in order to more efficiently do keyframing.

Still not sure if there is a 999 frame limitation on renders. Just FYI, I did do due diligence in searching previous posts on this. Sorry If I have been repetitive

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Bob

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[Bob Bonniol]

Alan,

Thanks… I had begun to use the Library Manager, but it WAS going very slowly, and I thought perhaps there must be a better way.

I love PI, it’s helped us through many a jam, but I’ve always been stymied by trying to find the right emitters. I guess I will content myself with the new HTML Emitter guide until 3.5 arrives.

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Bob Bonniol

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[Bob Bonniol]

We tend to favor the RGBHV approach. We see too much signal strength loss in 15 pin, and really extended lengths of it can be fairly costly.

-Bob

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[Bob Bonniol]

It’s hard to say that you are in the 1 to 5k a day range if you aren’t aware of the market value of edit/motion graphics… And let’s all agree that a figure like that is pretty much limited to the upper 10% (perhaps generous) of the whole industry. I work with a whole gaggle of tremendous, well respected editors, working on major projects (music video, network broadcast stuff, etc) who don’t make anywhere near that. A know a very few who do, but I can tick them off on one hand, and they all live in LA.

The broad middle of the market, folks who are working in the local/regional broadcast market, in most music video, and in project/event/corporate video seem to get billed out at between $50 and $175 an hour. Notice I say “billed out”. Some of them are freelancers who keep it all. Others take on projects for flat fees, maybe they are producer/editors “preditors” who get, say, 10k to concept/shoot/edit/composite and deliver a finished piece… And when you work out the hours they might be putting in, you may find it works out to a figure of like $30 an hour.

If you are an independent here’s the most important thing to figure out: How much does it cost you to work ? If you have a space, figure in rent, lease/purchase costs on gear amortized, insurance, transportation/gas, expendables, internet connection, and software/stock. That’s a good place to start. Now, take that figure, added up for a years worth, and divide by 355 (let’s assume you want some days off). Now divide again by 8. Now you have your C.O.B. (cost of doing business). Thats the hourly it takes to just make the bills. Now add 1/3 that amount back in (because EVERYTHING costs more than you think it does). Now you want some profit too, right ? OK, so add another 15 to 20%. For me, this hourly break even comes out to around $70 an hour. For me to make money to buy groceries and pay for my car, go on a date with my wife, buy a toy for my son, I need to make more than the C.O.B. So I add 50% to make all that AND put some away for a rainy day. As it turns out, my rate ‘billed out’ is around $200 an hour. I work at a farily high stratum of the entertainment industry, with clients that can bear that.

I’ve got editors working for me, young dudes just starting out, that I’m paying about $25 an hour, with benefits. And they are psyche’d to have the full time gig, I can tell you. This is in the seattle market. It costs me about $55 an hour to have them here (they’re salary, plus the cost of benefits, plus payroll taxes, disability etc). SO I bill them out at around $75 an hour to make some dough for the business.

So what you can take away from that, is if you get a gig with a small/medium shop in a secondary or tertiary market, your salary range might be between $25 and $35 an hour. If you are a big name with a smoking reel full of national spots or big time shows, then you can jump up to $100 an hour on up to anything you can imagine… But thats a rarity.

Hope that’s helpful.

Bob

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[Bob Bonniol]

Medialon Manager works great, Dataton Trax works good, Barco’s Encore controller is ultra cool (and would be way overkill), The Spyder from Vista Systems is a super good choice.

My suggestions anyway.

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[Bob Bonniol]

You know what Mike ? Maybe you’re right, and I am the buffoon. This is definetely a new thread. Either the Boomers made it that way when I wasn’t looking, or I am smoking too much bad cr@ck.

Apologies !

Best,
BB

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[Bob Bonniol]

Saw this today on boingboing.net

VERY funny.

Probably one of the best rider clauses I’ve ever seen.

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[Bob Bonniol]

I understand why you would post in the Live Events Forum… Certainly we do know of (and some of us use) the Edirol… Just as a general hint though, it is normal to start a new thread with a fresh question, rather than posting a question unrelated to the topic in a previously created thread. For instance this thread is about using or not using Alcorn McBride gear, while your post is about an Edirol manual. When you post a new question as a new topic, more people may see it and respond to it. Those uninterested in this debate about AM gear might have zoomed by your question…

At the moment, in this forum things are quiet, and it was easy to see your question… But in a faster moving forum, say After Effects, or Final Cut Pro, an OT (off topic) question in a thread can be buried quickly…

Just a little friendly posting netiquette…

Good luck with the Edirol !

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Bob Bonniol

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[Bob Bonniol]

Ummmm… Not sure what this post has to do with the thread but, hey, what the heck…

Edirol/Roland most certainly does publish a manual for the unit. If you purchased it new, it should be with it. If not, you should call them (call, don’t email, you’ll get a better response), and they would be glad (perhaps for a replacement and shipping fee) to send you one.

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Bob Bonniol

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