[Eric Christians]

Hey Joe,

Clicked on the link you included on your last post and got a pdf file of anatomy charts/posters like the ones I use to see in HS Biology class. Is this the correct link or am I completely losing it. The 2nd theory is very believeable if you ask my co-workers…ha ha ha

Thanks
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[Eric Christians]

Joe Womble;

Thanks for the reassurance. Personally I have been working with Adobe Products (Premiere, AfterEffects, Photoshop)for the last 10 years (yikes has it been that long) so wrapping my head around how the avid works is a bit new to me.

MHancock, gaspar, and Joe Womble;
Thanks you guys for answering all my questions, turning me onto free applications and putting up with my inexperience…I will post again if I have anymore questions.

Big Thanks
KTTC-Red

[Eric Christians]

Gaspar;

Thanks for the reply and clarification. I have another question(s) for you though…

After Copy/pasting the OMF files from an archive project back to the OMFI Media Files Folder and deleting the msmFMID.pmr and msmMMOB.mdb files in the OMFI Media Files Folder. Will deleting the msmFMID.pmr and msmMMOB.mdb files cause problems for the Avid Newscutter XP in loading/opening current projects that are still on the harddrive and have not been archived?

I guess what I want to know is if I delete the msmFMID.pmr and msmMMOB.mdb files will this affect the other projects on my computer? Or will Avid just scan & rebuild the database will no ill-effects to the other projects that we are working on?

Sorry for being such a pain in the backside with all the technical questions. But this is quite new for us and once I get the archiving technique all worked out our promotions department wants me to teach them how to back their stuff up too. Also the Avid machines I am tinkering with is not the NLE I work with, so I really don’t want to screw up my co-worker’s projects. -“Measure Twice and Cut Once Philosophy”

Thanks again for all the help, much appreciated!
KTTC-Red

[Eric Christians]

MHancock;
Thanks for the in-depth reply. So we need the original media files (mov, wav, tga, jpg etc) and the corresponding omf media files in order to resurrect an archived project? am I understanding this correctly?

I know in Premiere all I have to save is the original media files (avi, wav, tga etc) and the project file (ppj) to a DVD and then copy/paste them back to hard drive and open the project file (ppj) and Premiere will pop open a window asking where file shot#01.avi is located. After directing it to the new location, premiere usually finds the rest of the files and loads up the orginal project timelime flawlessly (unless I am missing/forgot to save media elements).
I am going to install the software you suggested and see if we can make it easier for my co-worker to archive and resurrect past projects.

One other question, you said
“After you’ve copied the media delete the database files of your OMFI MediaFiles folder….etc”
I am assuming you mean to delete the orginal media files (mov, wav, tga jpg, etc) and leave the omf files in the OMFI MediaFiles folder and then copy/paste the orginal media files to the earmarked folder in the Avid Projects folder. Open Avid Newscutter XP program and then open the bin in the earmarked folder that you just pasted everything into.

Again thanks for the input. It is all very much appreciated and very helpful. Now I just got to wrap my head around how the avid works and saves things.

Thanks
KTTC-Red

[Eric Christians]

Thanks to everyone for their input…much appreciated. Got our camera back from the engineering dept the other day, couldn’t find a thing wrong with the camera.
I shot with it yesterday and everything appeared to be operating normally. My only conclusion is that the battery was pulled off the camera before being powered down properly or the filter wheel wasn’t locked into position. Will keep a tighter reign on who borrows the camera from now on. It’s our camera but News, Promotions and Production Dept borrow it from time to time and with that many people using it problems tend to not get reported.

wuzelwazel;
Thanks for the technique you provided. I am anxious to try it out and see what results I can get with it. Hopefully my schedule will stay light and I can get a chance to try it out on friday. Thanks!

BKM;
Normally we take our ultra-stylish 1980’s 13inch 15lbs monitor on our indoor shoots especially for people who are appearing on camera, but this monitor is too bulky and ackward to be using for any kind of outdoor shoot especially when the nearest electrical plugin is over 150 feet away. I have petition management to get us a simple 5-7 inch lcd monitor that we can attach to the camera and can power it via the camera’s anton bauer battery. I am told this was put into the budget for this year unfortunately the budget this year has yet to get approval. Oh well, wait and see I guess.

Thanks again for all the input!
KTTC-Red

[Eric Christians]

Sorry for the delay…Got busy with shoots and court appearance yesterday.

Big Thanks to you Justin. I applied your post to the yellow video in AE and after some minor tweaking we got it to look rather good. I think what was tripping up my previous attempts was the luminosity factor…my own attempts in color correcting left the final image a bit dark/dull for my taste.

Again, Thanks Justin for the help…Nice to know when my brain isn’t firing on all 6 cylinders on Monday that there are people I can turn to for help.

Thanks
KTTC-Red

[Eric Christians]

Good Morning!

Well after a while of tinkering I think I came up with a solution to my optical lens problem. On my drive home after work I remember coming across a tutorial here on the cow by Colin James (Creating a Glassy Look) for making those neat glass panes as seen on the opening for CSI: miami. So this morning I dug up the tutorial and with it and the posting from Dave LaRonde I came up with a doable optical lens effect. Instead of going with two lens I opted for just one lens since this better fitted the script. Two or more lens are possible but I am limited on time to complete this commercial. Perhaps when I am less busy I will plutz with the effect again.

In a nut shell I made a comp called FINI with my usual dimensions and desired length. I took the footage I wanted and dropped it in the time line and then duplicated the footage layer. To the bottom layer I added a guassian blur of about 6. I then added a new white solid to the timeline and double clicking on the oval mask button got an oval of the solid. I made this solid layer 3D and then added keyframes for its animation. Keeping it simple I used the pan behind tool and move the anchor point off screen right and keyframed the z rotation to get the oval solid to wipe on.
I selected the oval solid layer and pre-comped it and called it Glass Setup 1. In the FINI comp I alpha track matted the non-blurry footage layer to the Glass Setup 1 precomp. Scrubbing the timeline I could see that the the footage started out blurry then the clear footage wiped on in an oval shape. -Thanks Dave
From there I followed Colin James’ Glassy Look Tutorial to achieve the beveled edges. Slight modifications of course so the beveled edges appeard correctly on screen and the I used two beveled edges instead of just one to seperate the lens from the footage. Striving for clarity I kept transparency I made the Glass Setup-MATERIALS comp low like 15-20%. Again if I had more time I am could have played around more with the settings. -Thanks Colin

Here is a link to a sample clip I posted on YouTube of the effect that I created with great help from Dave, Colin, Steve and Chris. You guys Rock!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj70FSdHM8I

Any questions, post to this thread and I will try my hand to clarify.

Thanks
KTTC-Red

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[Eric Christians]

Thanks Steve and Dave,

I will try your ideas first thing in the morning…Boss just popped his head in my office and said, “Go Home – No Overtime for you!”

Damn that soup nazi! ha ha ha

Thanks for the help…I am seeing clearly now the rain is gone…

Will let you know the results when I sit down again and play with AE in the morning…

Thanks
KTTC-Red

[Eric Christians]

Check out Prelinger Archives…They have a lot of public domain films and video. Remember those sex ed/driving ed films from high school (those black & white ones), sure bet they have them. These clips are available for download in mpeg1,2,4 formats and can be converted in AE to your native AVI format or converted with a mpeg to avi convertor.

Here is the website…

https://www.archive.org/details/prelinger

I have use a few clips from some of these films to illustrate the “back then compared to now” point in some local commercials and promotions. Very handy when you need a vintage look of bank, car dealership, school etc.

Be wary though…There are some shorts and cartoons that feature well-known characters…although those clips are public domain the characters’ images and/or logos-names are licensed and copyrighted (ex. Three Stooges, Betty Boop, Bugs Bunny, etc)

[Eric Christians]

I haven’t seen the movie but from the websites that Peter provided the look reminds me of AE Flame.
AE Flame is a plugin for AfterEffects and can create this wispy-organic lines. Best of all this plugin is free.

Go to http://www.andrewdavidson.com/aeflame/

They have the a couple of galleries to look at and I think of I can recall a tutorial page too.

Haven’t had a chance to do anything with the plug in yet (no down time) but the galleries are impress.

Hope this is what you are looking for.

Eric Christians
CSD
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