Chuck Reti
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From the sketchy description it “sounds like” you might have a feedback loop somewhere along the path. What happens if you disconnect the audio that runs from the Avid’s audio output to the deck’s audio input (assuming your’re wired that way).or turn the Record level controls down all the way?
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[Matte] “I was an editor of 2” Quad videotape even before the days of Ampex “Editec”.”
Me too, though didn’t use the Smith block but once or twice. I do have a screwtop can with dried up Edivue in it.
[Matte] “I said there was no need for a 30-second pre-roll slate.”
Yes, You are Correct, sir. I failed to pick up on the distinction.
[Matte] “In the days before 1″ and 3/4” tape, there was no way to SEE ANYTHING as it “zipped by”.
The only clue you had was listening to the audio during FF and RW.”I was trying to forget about Quad spot reels 🙂
That’s why we used to put a LF, 50cycle (Hz, for the kids) or so tone under the slate. To HEAR it as it zipped by.[Matte] “30-secound COUNTDOWN on a COMMERCIAL, even back in the day on “ancient” commercials.”
The on-air directors drank more back then?
C,
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[Matte] “I can’t understand why a COMMERCIAL would need a 30 SECOND PRE-ROLL… EVER!”
Whoa. Chill!
“Back in the day…” a 5 or even 10 sec preroll was not uncommon, what with those coal-fired machines needing some lockup time. Not a problem now, of course. A reason for a 15 or 30 sec long slate, usually a fullscreen billboard with the actual countdown from 10, was to assist the operators who had to cue up spots on tape. The longer slate was helpful when fast forwarding and rewinding as it provided a short few seconds of readable information as it zipped by.
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In TextEdit, compose page in Rich Text mode.
Save As>xxxx. At bottom of Save dialog box is a File Format pulldown menu.
Select HTML from the list of 4 choices. The .html extension will appear in the title box.
Leave the “hide extension” box UNchecked.
Save to preferred destination.
Doc should appear with Safari or your default browser’s icon and open as a web page.
Selecting “view source” with browser will reveal headers, footers and tags as placed by
TextEdit.
Works adequately, with type size, color, bolds and italics rendering as composed.or, if you know basic HTML,
Open a new document, under top menubar “Format”select “make plain text” if TextEdit it is currently in RTF mode.
Compose document in plain text, manually entering all appropriate HTML tags.
When saving text document, you’ll have to manually append .html extension and override the app’s insistence on wanting to use “.txt”.
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Is the FW drive bus powered or externally powered?
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Intuos3. Comes in various sizes and aspect ratios.
Only thing you’d want to use for photoshop, compositing etc.
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TCPlus. Not a widget but a standalone from Belle-Nuit.
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I can also testify, after a few years doing them, that corporate video projects for Executives, Boards of Directors and especially HR are always “the gifts that keep on giving.” The axioms “never time to do it right, always time (and $$) to do it over (and over…), and, “We make our money on revisions” also apply.
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Chuck Reti
Video Editor
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Sebsky Tools. Free.