Chris Harlan
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[Bill Davis] “Uh, The article I quoted was from the front page of Gizmodo TODAY.”
I don’t know what you were quoting, but what you linked to is an article from Aug. 2011. See for yourself:
https://gizmodo.com/5833924/we-hope-apple-wins-the-patent-wars
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By “Apple Patent Victory” you obviously mean the one in the Dutch courts over a year ago, because that is what this article is about.
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[C. Park Seward] “From what I have seen, a circle test would be helpful due to all the aspect ratio mistakes I see on a daily basis.
“I’m amazed at the number of people who can’t see the difference within a few shots. I’ve had full promos turned into me for approval where the editor was unaware that he was working with anamorphic footage.
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[Keith Koby] “720×480”
Keith, 720×480 is the correct pixel count for DV.
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[Herb Sevush] “The standard procedure for cutting multicam pre NLE was to record a quad split of the field cameras, using one of those boxes used by apt. building security departments. I’d rough cut the show with those and then cover them over with the master shots once the cuts were tight – this is the same deal. It’s the way I cut on FCP before they had the multi-cam feature, and trust me I was not happy about having to use it after working with a real multicam feature for the few years before.”
Quad Split! Way back when I was a driver/post utility on Barney Miller, our Quad Split (which I believe was a Danny Arnold invention) was a fifth camera in a sequestered room pointing at a stack of four monitors (with camera feeds from the floor) and a timecode monitor positioned in the center. The editors used to make paper cuts which the AEs would assemble on a CMX. Ah, the memories.
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[Shane Ross] “You all need to listen to the THIS AMERICAN LIFE episode on PATENTS. When it comes to software patents…it’s a strange strange world.
Episode 441, When Patents Attack. Available on iTunes for free.
“Yeah, it was a great episode. The current state of software patents is quite Dickensian. You could set a modern version of Bleak House around the patent litigation. The absurdity of Jarndyce v.Jarndyce has nothing on the typical US infringement suit.
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[Andrew Kimery] “In 12 years we’ll have to remember to revisit this thread and someone will owe someone else a beer. Regardless of who is right I’ll even print up custom beer mugs for the occasion!
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LOL. In twelve years I’m guessing that they will be substantially better than the current crop of Shamrock Shot Glasses.
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[Andrew Kimery] “[Chris Harlan] “I hate to disagree, but the Internet threat to CDs and DVDs was pretty well understood by all at that point, and if you were anything more than a journeyman PC user, obvious a good five years before that. So, Bellevue, no.
So in ’97, when DVD players were over a grand, 56k modems were a year away and physical mail was still more popular than email it was obvious to anyone that was computer literate that the disruption from Internet sales and/or delivery services such as Amazon, iTMS and Netflix would happen in the time frame that it did? “
With respect, I didn’t say anything about online stores. The big fear then was (and still is) mass pirating. I don’t know about you, but I had WinAmp back in ’97. I was ripping CDs and turning them into digital files. Remember all of the online MP3 sharing on UseNet that began around ’96/97, and all of the fear that it would be the end of the recording industry? The DMCA in ’98. And then Napster? And the RIAA suits in 99? The download services you mention are the answer to THAT problem, not a direct attack on brick and mortar stores.
[Andrew Kimery] “Honestly I think that’s a little revisionist and certainly isn’t how I recall it. I was building x86 boxes and established a regular Internet presence around that time so I feel like I was sufficiently geeky to pick up on info like that.”
Maybe its just because I was around the entertainment business, and so, more acutely felt the anguish of others in that business.
As to the rest, I’m not in some sort of super-disagreement with you. Printers like that will certainly have an impact, but I think a printer will have to be as good as the Z printer is now to begin to have an impact. Generally, I think that they can change the way a lot of things are done. I even believe that Arthur C. Clarke’s printer will someday be available. We just disagree over the timeline.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “You can adjust the zoom level in filmstrip view. It’s just like any other NLE in that regard.”
Sorry. My fault. I wasn’t clear.
I, of course, get the zooming in. What I should have said was this:
When I put a whole show into a timeline, and make the entire show visible within the time line, and then skim across I find that I get a fairly good sampling of what is there, without going frame by frame. It seems to sample every ten or twenty or even thirty frames, depending on how fast I’m moving across it. Then, when in the ballpark, I zoom in and get frame accuracy. I can do this in MC and Pr, as well. (In fact, its one of the areas where MC excels because it has the source timeline) This is what I’m trying to compare my experience to.
I’m in a place, right now, where I can’t just pop X open and check it out, so I’m asking this and the above question from memory–always a dangerous adventure–and, I’m genuinely asking, not making a comparison. I abandoned X, at the time, for very different reasons, so I never really worked out my fumbling with the skimmer on very long clips.
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[Michael Gissing] “Chris, I think your pricing is a bit off. There are open source printers that basically self replicate. Starter kits around $600
https://www.reprap.org/wiki/Main_Page
And low cost semi industrial units like an Airwolf 3D around $1,600 built & calibrated-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing (about 2/3rd down the page)
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We were talking about the Z printer which is quite a bit more sophisticated than either the Airwolf or the available kits. As far as I can tell, it starts around 40 grand. The question is not whether these things are of value, but whether they can compete with or replace the current distribution system. The “Shamrock Shot Glasses” that you can make with the Airwolf don’t even begin to enter into competition with cheap, readily available alternatives.
I think there is a lot of value in 3D printers. I just don’t see them as a challenge to Target or Home Depot for many years to come.