Dean Brennan
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Cool. Just had a hands on demo with the ex-3 and the studio setup. Looks like everything is going to work out fine with the embedded audio. Thanks for all your help!
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Cool. I think the mini converter will do the trick. Thanks for all of your help!
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Yea you are correct. The reason I asked is because we had a company shoot an event for us because we were booked. They shot with the EX and I believe they captured it through the HD-SDI instead of just grabbing the native files from the cards and providing us with those. The footage really looks pixelated and I thought it might have lost quality. They rented the camera so we do not have the original files. If this were to happen again what do you think a good workflow would be to acquire the footage from them?
Again, I appreciate all the help.
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Have you really run 10.5.3? Not 10.5.2? Just asking as it was released yesterday and all that’s been available of this version before are developer betas.
Yes you are correct. I have been running 10.5.2 until yesterday. I actually noticed that after I wrote my post yesterday. Thanks for bringing that up!
I was compositing all day yesterday and did renders when I left the office and everything went smoothly (with 10.5.3). I will let everyone know if I have any problems.
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I have been running AE CS3 on my new Mac Pro OS X (10.5.3) for a month now and have had 0 problems (knock on wood). I have done a lot with multiple nested 3d comps and effects in high resolutions. So my machine has been working hard with no problems.
However, if I was working with a tight deadline I would be hesitant on upgrading. I would most likely wait.
Hope this helps!
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Sorry for not responding quicker! It’s been a busy couple of weeks at the office. A quick update. I introduced the process to everyone involved and it was taken really nicely and things have been running smoothly since then. The client seems a lot more educated on the production process and what it takes to make a successful video. Because of this they are more understanding of our needs and they also are aware it takes effort on both ends for something to work. Thank you everyone for all your feedback and suggestions. I just hope things continue to go smoothly.
Anyway, Mike I will send you a copy of the process I wrote up.
Gav, we do occasionally have project management modules but none have run since I have been here. I will definitely be going to them when they come up. Great suggestion.
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Yea it’s a bear trying to produce something when you don’t know what the client wants. There are solutions though and the more the client is educated about production the smoother things should go.
I just finished a rough draft of the process we should follow for these videos. Is this something I could e-mail one or a few of you to take a look at and maybe add some suggestions or comments? It would be greatly appreciated.
I think I have a good start on it but it is still rough and I know I might be missing a few things.
Thanks ahead of time!
Dean
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Tim and Ken,
I appreciate all of the advice and comments. It is important to ask questions to better yourself and/or your company at the same time. This website is incredibly helpful for me because I am not learning a lot of production skills from trained professionals on the job. I guess that is a downside for working in a University Production department. But I see it as a challenge and right now and, being early in my career, I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Again, thanks for your input. I will keep all of you updated on my progress with this client and job.
Thanks!
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This may seem like an odd question a little of topic but not really. I am just curious if any of you have thought about this.
What are your opinions with posts like this accessible through google? What I mean is..what if someone from the marketing department or whatever types my name into google with lets say “VIDEO” next to it. Maybe they are curious or what not on my qualifications or want to see some my other work. Anyway, this post comes up on the firs page with “workflow problem with client”. Is this something I should be worried about? Also, can you go back and delete posts?
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Thank you for all your input. I am going to use a lot of your suggestions as well as what Mark has given me. It’s also a weird situation because you have office politics involved. It’s not like this is an outside client. They, in a way, are responsible for you having a job. So you try to make them as happy as possible.
I will keep posting to keep you all updated.
Again, Thanks!