[Ed Dooley]

FFMpegx: it’s shareware and will do QT6 compatible files.
https://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/ffmpegx.html
Compressor will too. Sorenson 3 is good. If you can get Sorenson 3 Pro, the files will look best.

Ed

[Ed Dooley]

Yesterday I received a letter just like the one I posted above, but it’s supposedly a South African official
doing the plea. The postmark is from the Netherlands (I’m in Vermont, USA) so I’m thinking
it’s a joke from a Dutch acquaintance. Maybe I’ll never find out. 🙂
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

Are you looking at it on a real video monitor, or the computer monitor (a big no no)?
Is it legal red for video?
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

I edit on my 17″ PB when I’m traveling, but it is no substitute for a real
monitor. As a temporary solution until you can get a 20-24″ monitor,
it would work fine for HDV. The data rate is like regular DV.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

Bias Sound Soap on Mac. Soundforge uses all kinds of plug-ins for that on a PC.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

I have Studio.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

You don’t say what platform you’re on.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

The problem is, every time they start the voice-over, it comes out like this:
Ed 🙂

FIRST, I MUST SOLICIT YOUR STRICTEST CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION. THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF ITS NATURE AS BEING UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND ‘TOP SECRET’. I AM SURE AND HAVE CONFIDENCE OF YOUR ABILITY AND RELIABILITY TO PROSECUTE A TRANSACTION OF THIS GREAT MAGNITUDE INVOLVING A PENDING TRANSACTION REQUIRING MAXIIMUM CONFIDENCE.

WE ARE TOP OFFICIAL OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACT REVIEW PANEL WHO ARE INTERESTED IN IMPORATION OF GOODS INTO OUR COUNTRY WITH FUNDS WHICH ARE PRESENTLY TRAPPED IN NIGERIA. IN ORDER TO COMMENCE THIS BUSINESS WE SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE US TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT THE SAID TRAPPED FUNDS.

THE SOURCE OF THIS FUND IS AS FOLLOWS; DURING THE LAST MILITARY REGIME HERE IN NIGERIA, THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SET UP COMPANIES AND AWARDED THEMSELVES CONTRACTS WHICH WERE GROSSLY OVER-INVOICED IN VARIOUS MINISTRIES. THE PRESENT CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT SET UP A CONTRACT REVIEW PANEL AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A LOT OF INFLATED CONTRACT FUNDS WHICH ARE PRESENTLY FLOATING IN THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA READY FOR PAYMENT.

HOWEVER, BY VIRTUE OF OUR POSITION AS CIVIL SERVANTS AND MEMBERS OF THIS PANEL, WE CANNOT ACQUIRE THIS MONEY IN OUR NAMES. I HAVE THEREFORE, BEEN DELEGATED AS A MATTER OF TRUST BY MY COLLEAGUES OF THE PANEL TO LOOK FOR AN OVERSEAS PARTNER INTO WHOSE ACCOUNT WE WOULD TRANSFER THE SUM OF US$21,320,000.00(TWENTY ONE MILLION, THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS). HENCE WE ARE WRITING YOU THIS LETTER. WE HAVE AGREED TO SHARE THE MONEY THUS; 1. 20% FOR THE ACCOUNT OWNER 2. 70% FOR US (THE OFFICIALS) 3. 10% TO BE USED IN SETTLING TAXATION AND ALL LOCAL AND FOREIGN EXPENSES. IT IS FROM THE 70% THAT WE WISH TO COMMENCE THE IMPORTATION BUSINESS.

PLEASE,NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% SAFE AND WE HOPE TO COMMENCE THE TRANSFER LATEST SEVEN (7) BANKING DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE RECEIPT OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIOM BY TEL/FAX; 234-1-7740449, YOUR COMPANY’S SIGNED, AND STAMPED LETTERHEAD PAPER THE ABOVE INFORMATION WILL ENABLE US WRITE LETTERS OF CLAIM AND JOB DESCRIPTION RESPECTIVELY. THIS WAY WE WILL USE YOUR COMPANY’S NAME TO APPLY FOR PAYMENT AND RE-AWARD THE CONTRACT IN YOUR COMPANY’S NAME.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THIS BUSINESS WITH YOU AND SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENTIALITY IN THIS TRANSATION. PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF THIS LETTER USING THE ABOVE TEL/FAX NUMBERS. I WILL SEND YOU DETAILED INFORMATION OF THIS PENDING PROJECT WHEN I HAVE HEARD FROM YOU.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

DR CLEMENT OKON

NOTE; PLEASE QUOTE THIS REFERENCE NUMBER (VE/S/09/99) IN ALL YOUR RESPONSES.

[Ed Dooley]

Why don’t you export to Compressor and do an MPEG4 or H.264 for higher quality (the viewer needs QT 7 for H.264).
I think MPEG4 encodes faster.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

People don’t think like that (I don’t think). They want to know that you know the specific program and its
specific way of doing things, easier or not. FCP may be easier to learn than Avid, but it does some things
very differently than Avid, and the learning curve is still there.
I came from version 1.0 through 6 of Media 100 into FCP 3, and although they are both pretty straight forward
to learn, there was a learning curve that slowed me down for a while.
Ed