Cory Petkovsek
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Oh My God! Is your white balance off or is your office really that yellow? 😉 Floor, ceiling, walls, and logo. Wow! I bet it’s hard to have a gloomy day there.
Cory
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Talk to your tax advisor or CPA. However this guy says no.
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Carla I was in IT for 15 years, both as a consultant and as a department manager. You are correct, the IT department will not be a video production dept as they do not have the requisite knowledge nor time nor staff to do so. However they should facilitate your website.
It is their job to supply the infrastructure for the needs of the business. If the business decides it wants to host its website (or just the training website) locally so that videos can be put on there, then it is their job to setup the server to make that happen. I would not expect them to do any video processing or web development. You’ll need someone to put together the web files or content management system. You’ll need another person to create the videos. You’ll need someone who can manage the whole thing because there will be a lot of people working in conjunction to bridge gaps in their knowledge.
If the above seems too much for you, then you are better off paying for a media management service which will do all of that for you.
Cory
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In music it’s called a motif. I don’t know if that term is used for a branded jingle.
Classic example: First four notes of Beethoven’s 5th symphony; used endlessly throughout.
Cory
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Sales principle: Charge according to the value to the client.
You must also consider the local and if applicable, global market. Finally the quality of your work, which is tied up in the value to the client.
You already have rates on your video production website. Why charge medical clients any differently than non-medical clients? Your work is essentially the same. If $1200 for the effort works for you, is fair for the market, and is within the client’s expectations, and the client likes your work, you have a winner.
However refer to the sales principle above. Depending on how good you are at marketing and sales, a medical client may very well pay a premium for your service over the price of a general video company because of your specialization in the medical community.
Look in any phone book and you’re likely to see a full page spread, “Mother’s legal services” with a picture of a mom and daughter. A few pages later you’ll see “Father’s legal services” with a picture of dad and son…. and they have the same phone number.
Then the last point is quality. I hope you are continually seeking how to improve the quality of your work; I am even though I feel our production quality is at a professional level. If this video represents your current caliber of work, then over the next several months of productions your output should greatly improve until it reaches a professional level. On this video I would look at how you could improve typography, white balance and color temperature, and audio. Oh and your copyright designation ;).
Cory
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You need the support of your business. Talk with your managers, explain your needs and have them talk to your IT dept to come up with a solution. Work with the system; not against it. IT serves the company, not the other way around.
I host my videos through a plain content management system (wordpress) that I’ve customized to allow me to easily upload and manage videos and have them play. I host them on a basic $6/mo 300gb storage web hosting plan.
Cory
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[Bill]
Should the licensing agreement be written within the purchase order, or separate?Written yes! Combined as one document, no. Just as long as the agreement specifies the footage, the parties involved, the dates and the amounts and is signed its fine. The PO is just the means to get you paid, to resolve the terms of the contract. They should come together. Though a PO is not a check! It’s just “proof” of order from one dept so you can bill their accounting dept.
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Hey Alan, I’m a beginning xpresso user, but I do have a computer science degree. 🙂
A condition is something like this:
if(test) then
do this
else
do something else
endTest must result in a boolean value; something true or false. “Do this” is executed if the result is true; “Do something else” is executed if false (or this may be omitted entirely).
C4D xpresso handles conditions in a rather clunky way, as shown in the file. “Test” is taken care of by the Compare node which tests if the value is >= 20. Originally I had another compare node to test if it is <25, but this is taken care of more efficiently by the modulo.
The Condition node works by inserting a boolean value into the switch input. If it is false (value=0) the first Input input is used. If true (value=1), the second input is used. Thus the additional radians are added if and only if the condition is true.
Technically Condition works more like a C switch operator, and is not limited to boolean values. You can put in inputs for different values that go into switch, 2 (3rd input), 3 (4th input), 4 (5th input)… However a boolean test is often cleaner to work with.
There is a spy node you can add which is pretty useful. Stick it in between any two nodes and it will display the value passing through it.
Cory
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Also be sure you’re in gouraud shading mode.
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I’ve given you enough. Learn to fish! Either go with Adam’s solution, or breakdown what I gave you until you understand it and can replicate it for yourself. It’s not that complex. Then you will easily be able to answer your own question.
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Cory Petkovsek
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http://www.CorporateVideoSD.com