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Crop the the flashing white dots off top of the clips. That’s the Closed Captioning signal.
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To add…
It’s all relative.
My 17″ G4 PB is lighter than my husband’s 15″ HP notebook. I have a shoulder bag that was made for a 15″ PC laptop that the 17″ PB fits into nicely. When my PB is in it, it’s lighter than when the PC is in it. However, usually I use a wheeled pilot’s case to get from A to B. Weight matters not.
The 17″ isn’t as unweildly as many think. It’s less of a pain in the arse than a 15″ PC notebook! Yes, a 15″ Mac laptop is going to be lighter than a 17″, of course, but it’s not as heavy as folks think.
The only time I’ve ever felt that it was “too big” was once on a VERY packed airplane. My business doesn’t require me to actually work while I’m flying, so for my decision-making purposes, it’s not relevant. I have an iPod and a portable DVD player for my in-flight distraction. The laptop is in the overhed bin, and it generally stays there. The other bits are under the seat in front of me, easily accessible. Having a DVD player that’s a part of the computer is invaluable for checking burned DVDs while on-site, so I’d carry it regardless.
Having more screen real estate and not needing to lug around an additional monitor are benefits to me. When I replace my G4 PB with a MacBook Pro, I won’t hem and haw or even consider the 15″. When I can ship an second monitor, I certainly do, but that’s not always possible, so I chose the biggest screen I could get for the times I don’t get second monitor.
But I respect those who love their 15-inchers!
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The biggest complaint is the inability to add internal storage, or add an internal card so one can use external storage and monitor properly.
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Not too many people are going to take time to look at unsolicited materials, printed or otherwise. Actually, unsolicited media might be LESS likely to get viewed, because people have to do the extra step of putting in the computer. A piece of paper is there, in their hand, ready to read. If they are so inclined, they might read. They might be less inclined to go over to the computer, put the disk in, wait for it to spin up, and launch it.
It also really depends on your market.
Where I am, word of mouth and personal recommendations are what gets your foot in the door. Demos come after they’ve met you, have decided they like you and think they can work with you. After they’ve decided that, then they usually think that they should probably see your reel to make sure that you have done the caliber of work they are looking for.
A great demo doesn’t sell a good person. A good person sells a great demo.
There are a lot of impressive demos flying around my market. Many of them are made by people who are virtually impossible to work with. This is known. So personality and disposition come first.
I’d say it’s a really good idea to invest your time in meeting people who might be in the market for your services first.
My humble opinion. In 16 years in the business so far, virtually all of my jobs and clients came from direct contact, not from sending out resumes, reels, or marketing materials. Even when sent to people I knew were in the market for my services.
debe
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Is the clip already in your timeline? FCP doesn’t like that.
Try this instead. Load the original clip into the Viewer, change your speed, and edit the new clip back into your timeline.
An alternate option is pick up the clip in the timeline & drag it to the end of your timeline so there is nothing after it, make your speed change the way you tried to before, then drag it back into place.
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I took my old NEC 24″ to a recycling place to be rid of it when it decided it was time to start pushing up the daisies.
I paid $20 for the priviledge. At least it’s a deduction!
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Have you looked into Marware’s Project X?
It’s in Beta, but it won Best Of Show at MacWorld 2006.
I haven’t used it, so I don’t klnow if it covers all your needs or not.
Might be worth a peek!?
debe
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You might want to push up your timetable if you haven’t already purchased.
The deal on the upgrade/crossgrade expires on December 20th of this year. You might be very unhappy after that date if you wait to purchase.
Upgrade any time, just get it now!
https://www.apple.com/universal/crossgrade/
debe
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Hmmm. That is strange. Hopefully it was just an anomaly!
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You’ve got it correct. A professional VHS deck will (generally) not play back EP or LP VHS. (I make an exception for the one model made once whenever that might play back that most have never heard of or used, yet still might exist.)
What you describe is typical of a slow speed tape being played back in a deck that doesn’t recognize a slow speed.
Can you request that they always send you SP tapes, since it seems that none of the other issues matter if you have an SP tape? My guess is that they use different machines to record in the slow speeds that are set up differently than the machines that they use to record SP. That would explain the difference in the timecode bar and it’s location.
That last part is just a guess, though.
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