[Frank J. lozano]

Yup, that’s what I did but the effects I applied in Motion don’t show in FCP. I’ve seen my issue a lot around the popular forums and still no one has said good things about Motion titles.
Thank you.
Frank

[Frank J. lozano]

Did you resolve this? Try trashing all your render files, even the thumbnail ones.

[Frank J. lozano]

Thanks. What if you close all projects before closing FCP? Maybe then it will boot up faster?

[Frank J. lozano]

Great Tim. Can someone speak to working with freelancers from a producer’s or combined producer/director perspective? This is in the context of budgets between $5-$15K.

What are the hassles, benefits and important factors in independant producer/director and freelancer process?
What makes a good freelancer to hire?

Thanks,
Frank

[Frank J. lozano]

Tim – Thank you for a great response; full of nuggets! You provoked a major shift in thought regarding my direction so far. That is; What segement of the business am I best suited for? I see from your profile that you are a producer, among other things. Keying in on your statement, “Start your business with a stable of freelancers ready when you call,” could you please speak to what makes a successful producer?

Thank you,
Frank

[Frank J. lozano]

Thank you Nick – I will give it a shot here. I have read what there is available online and spoken with a couple small operators.

I want to create interactive media for small to medium size business. I wonder if this market segment can even support the cost of video to make it worth my time?

I read here that building a business around a client is one effective strategy, given there’s repeat business there. Thoughts?

What about training? There’s so much out there to choose from it’s mind numbing. Most of it seems to teach functionaility, what this and that button does, not what you can do with the software. What gives?

Is it the nature of video work that it’s going to be labor intensive for concentrated periods and there is a given degree of unpredictability to the process from beginning to end? Is this okay and does missed deadlines kill careers or can the unpredictability be mitigated?

Thanks enough for starters.

Thanks,
Frank

[Frank J. lozano]

Thank John, this helps. I like the colorization on Pretty Love. How’d you do that?

Frank,
Seattle

[Frank J. lozano]

Thank you. I’m planning on not always centering a single clip onscreen, sometimes I’ll have two 4:3 clips playing side by side.

Frank

[Frank J. lozano]

Frank again. Maybe my subject was misleading. I’m wanting to know how to remove the background, say on the butterfly.mov included with FCS, so all you see is the butterfly flying across the screen.

Does someone know the technigue or can I buy these type elements?

Thanks,
Frank

[Frank J. lozano]

Thank you Kerry. Have you used the service and what do you think?

Frank