[Craig Alan]

yeah apple key tab does not treat spotlight as an app. see help menu for shortcuts for spotlight. i wish it just treated it as an app. can’t remember all these.

[Craig Alan]

14. get a multi button mouse like an ms mouse and install software and customize it the way you like.

15. select file of a type. apple key-I. open with: choose your app. and then click apply to all of this type.

[Craig Alan]

1. column view: click on any file and this info is there.

6. good point. you can, instead, open side by side finder windows and in the target window use icon view which makes dragging any file into it easy.

7-8. apple key tab.

9. good point

[Craig Alan]

I’m still on 10.4.10.

If you have a save (save-as) dialog box open and want to make changes to the finder–renaming things, moving stuff around, etc, apple key-tab to finder. apple key-N will open a new finder window. You can, then, make what ever changes you want before saving. apple key tab back and forth between save as and finder.

also in save window you can create a new folder to put the item in or click on a greyed out item to copy the name of any listed file into the save as box and add to it anyway you want. that is a real time saver.

spotlight is useful once you click show all. Its primary purpose is to find any search term quickly and it does this very well. want more traditional search features use apple key-F. even in spotlight once you click show all: i did a search for flower then show all then clicked by type. there under images were all my flower jpegs. maybe not quite as powerful as you’d like but easy enough to find my flower jpegs.

[Craig Alan]

In summary, it seems the kino’s will give more coverage per lamp but the litepanels have the battery option which could come in real handy.

hmmmm.

[Craig Alan]

What type of support if any do you use? If none, check out https://www.spiderbrace.com. The heavier bricks mount on the back so act as a counterweight and therefore make the cam feel lighter. What exactly are you using the on cam light for? Is it to get the little reflections in the eyes for interviews or does it help the pana capture in general?

OSX 10.4.7; Quicksilver Dual 1 gig; FCP 4.5, 3.0.4; Sony camcorder vx2000/pd170; write professionally for a variety of media;teach video production in L.A.

[Craig Alan]

Thanks John,

I called Matthews. The part below will do the trick. It fits nicely into the grip head that comes with the gobo arm. The collar prevents it from slipping out. Now I just need a less powerful bulb for the light. 650 is too bright at that distance.

https://www.msegrip.com/mse.php?show=product&cat=298&products_ID=24096

[Craig Alan]

Thanks. This is being shot in a classroom. Last semester we were shooting against a flat wall. This semester I am shooting toward a corner with a large Muslin background wrapped around. I

[Craig Alan]

Copy over all the documents and apps from the internal to the external that you want to keep. Then clone the external drive to the internal drive using CCC. Erase the internal drive first. You might want to do a complete clone of the internal drive to another external drive just in case. or you could clone the internal drive to the external drive as a disc image.

[Craig Alan]

Thanks John,

I always add sand bags to the base of my c stands and light stands. I find if I put the handle of the bags over the body of the stands they then saddle bag over the bases really well without sliding off.

Do I need to use a counterweight on the opposite side of the arm and light?

Do I need to use a safety cable and if so where would I attach it?

Could you give me a link or part number for the slider with baby spud? The arm has a grip head on it. Do I need to remove the head first?

What about Matthews magic finger? Is that similar to the slider with spud?

I’ve looked through various catalogs and have been reading what I can on lighting. However, I would love to see illustrations of equipment in use with references to part numbers and details of how they are assembled.