Colin Mcquillan
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You could give this a go!
https://www.maclife.com/article/iphone_buzz_kill
Other than that,, well,, you are plugging into the KRK’s unbalanced,, Make sure the wire going from your computer to the speaker isn’t running along side any AC cables, power adapters, so on… If you have to pass over an AC cable, do so at a 180Deg angle.
Also, try to use a decent cable. If you’re using a thin radioshack’ish mini-plug to RCA cable with thin to no shielding, you will pick up all sorts of ugly frequencies.
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[walter biscardi] “Bingo. Of course the “seems to be” thing went out the window a long time ago. It absolutely IS “guilty until proven innocent” with the current government of the U.S.
“Rather ironic how many freedoms must be given up in order to travel through the “land of the free”
On the other hand, the last work trip I took to the States was no trouble at all, even with my laptop bag full of cables, hardrives, ENG kit, deck, random electronic devices, so on…
I had more trouble getting back through Canadian customs!?! Perhaps a little power envy at Canada Customs!Colin McQuillan
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For all who like a good conspiracy theory:
https://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/main.htm
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Rather than an iMac and macbook combo, If a tower is out of the question, I would get the beefiest 15″ Macbook Pro you can afford and get a 23″Apple cinema display/24″Dell… or whatever other 1900×1200 display floats yer boat.
Get a fan pad for the MBP, they run super hot when put to the test, and when they get hot they can get a touch more unstable. Adding a fan pad keeps it running cool and better, longer.
Also, for your work station at home, pick up a full sized apple keyboard and mouse.
At home put the MBP on the left or right of the 23″ monitor, plug in the keyboard and mouse (and external harddrive!), and you have a very capable dual monitor work station (better than any iMac.) When you gotta go into the field, unplug the peripherals and away you go! A setup like this will scream through DV-NTSC/DV-PAL/HDV projects, Move up to FW800 or better yet e-SATA drives (with express card expansion) for even better performance.When your business grows and your clients require higher end formats and such, add a tower, then a raid, then a second display… so on….
If you get an iMac, your stuck with an iMac.Colin McQuillan
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I’ve had varying degrees of success with optical flow aswell. Usually works nice, But on some pulls and scans, and stuff shot in lower light conditions it can really give you a mess for a whole lotta’ wait!
Is the footage you’re working with tripod shot in good light?
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Also, If you notice actions starting to get jumpy or choppy, clear your ram preview. This has helped me in deep projects keep the user interface snappier when things slow down.
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Yeah! I had a roll of about 10 of these I had to create for a series I’m working on.
Started with the FCP freeze frame export.. then about 3 builds in I accidently sent only the moving clip,, Before heading back to FCP, I thought about it for a second and a light went off,, “why not freeze the frame in motion!?” Built the rest in Motion with greater ease.
Didn’t use the behavior though, but sounds like a great idea! I went into the keyframe editor and added a point where I wanted the freeze start, then added another 10 seconds down the timeline and set to the same frame.Motion does such a nice job of naturally changing parameters and blending from layer to layer. With the bezier curves I rarely ever need a feather on the mask either to get a good smooth cut out.
Do it all in one App with greater flexibility and effect control!
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Just finished this in motion on a project I’m currently working on,, and it couldnt be simpler and easier.
I’ve used AE and Photoshop for this before,, and find doing this with motion gives you greater flexibility with the end result.. for me anyway..
There are 2 ways to prep this:
1. In FCP find the clip you want to use, on the frame you want to freeze on go “Modify->Make Freeze Frame. edit the freeze frame into the timeline (so the video plays then freezes on the Freeze frame. Mark the clip and freeze frame (in and out around the moving clip and the freeze) and export a self contained quicktime reference movie. Open Motion and bring in the newly created clip.
(I still dont fully trust the “send to”, but you could to that instead of exporting)2. Don’t create a freeze in FCP and bring the original clip into motion and keyframe time to get your freeze.
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Duplicate your clip and trim the in point of the upper layer to the first frame of the freeze. Now you need to draw a mask around the person. Use the mask tool on the right (with the bezier handle.) When you add a point, don’t just click, click and and drag to add nice curves. This may take you a while if you haven’t done it before, but once you get used to the tool and learn the curves you will notice you use fewer and fewer points around your subject.
Once you’ve finished the mask, add a colour solid/gradient/generator/replicator/whatever below this clip, or manipulate the lower clip as you like (I like adding a 3rd party glow effect and blur.)
The main reason i prefer doing this in motion is that you have great control over effects and motion of the clip. Smoother movement and such.
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Nattress Film Effects is a great bundle of film look filters, with a great old film plug.
Others I have are from CHV, CGM, Eureka, and a few more that escape the top of my head..
Recently installed the Boris suite (BCC and FCC), haven’t played with the film effect filters in there yet, but the Boris effects I have used thus far have been thorough and full featured.I believe all are available on trial. So give em all a go. Be sure to tweak each one. The default settings on most plug-ins aren’t typically as cool as when manipulated.
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I’ve got a quite a few “Old Projector/film look” filters.. and don’t have time to go through them ATM, just waiting for a render.. then off to teh races to beat a deadline…
Anyway,, All of them do a good job of treating the video colour and adding scratches, flicker and all that, but one stands out for me ’cause it also adds a very realistic gate weave. The old projector/film look just looks fake as can be with out this.. If you are going to buy a plug,, be sure it has gate weave.
FYI Just a touch will do it! it also looks bad when overdone.Cant remember which one is the good one, as I have a few,, as i mentioned, waiting for a render so I cant look ATM..
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