Thanks Mads. Actually they never have to return to the dealer. As far as I’m concerned we are the dealer. Thanks for your help.

Hi Mads, typically I do it by a flat fee where I just mark up labor and custom items like a custom light grid and cyclorama.

Yes we are paid upfront for buying the equipment, as the equipment can cost well over $100,000

We tell the client what they need, or in rare instances they give us a wish list, but that doesn’t include additional items like…

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So one of the things we do is design and build studios. We’re currently working on finishing our latest studio. I try to be transparent by posting the individual prices for the equipment my subcontractor purchases. My subcontractor charges list price, and I’m sure he’s charged dealer prices. That’s not something I benefit from. I figure my client…

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Is it safe to update? Or should we wait for 10.8.1?

My experience since FCP 3.0 is that this is a very stable platform. As a matter of fact, I see more info about Apps like Premiere Pro crashing.

The COVID Jab does not prevent COVID. A person who has had the jab can still spread COVID to everyone else. So if a person is “vaccinated” that’s a personal choice, and should not be dependent on an employer demanding that you be jabbed.

I just saw your post and watched your trailer. Thank you so much for all you’re doing.

ALWAYS have a contract/agreement that specifies the scope of work, the fees, etc. Also for editing, always include revisions. For me, I include 2 rounds of simple revisions. Simple revisions are changing the order of clips, replacing a few clips, etc. After 2 rounds, my agreement says that we will charge (my hourly rate) until the client is…

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I agree with both replies. (for some reason, I can’t reply to the main poster). FCPX Multicam is GREAT for this!!! You’ll end up with one track where you can trim the edges to get the exact timing you want without touching the audio track. EASY!!!!!

I would take a look here: https://eshop.macsales.com/cart/suggest/?added=UACN1FS3XX110XI

You can get an iMac 2020 5K anf then buy your own ram to get to at least 32gb

Neil, your document does not open.

Unfortunately, your computer is very old and so is your OS. I also shoot with an EX1. I was on a mid 2010 Mac Pro Tower and Catalina. Like you, I rather keep what’s working. But eventually things stop working and are not supported.

So the time came to upgrade. I’m not on a 2020 iMac with 64GB of RAM. I changed to FCPX. FCPX was challenging to…

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That’s what I do.

I always output my videos straight from FCPX to MP4 with a .h264 wrapper. The quality is excellent.

John,

I have no idea what you’re talking about. I believe you posted this in the wrong spot.

Good day to you.

Hi All,

I’m wondering if you can help me or point me in the right direction.

I working for a large corporate client who needs to drop their executive photos on to other bodies that are dancing. So I would need to attach the cut-out heads, size them, and track them.

Do you know of any plugins that I can use to do this? I know there’s Emoji Pop where…

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Nope. That does not work.

I have to agree with Craig. What does your contract say? Does it specify the length of the edited videos? Does it specify how many revisions are allowed? Does it specify how long a client has to request changes or approve what you’ve done? Does it specify what your rate is for changes outside of the revisions you mentioned? Does it describe the…

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Thanks. That helped. Any idea why I can’t trim an adjustment layer? When I go to the end of the layer and try and drag in left. Nothing happens.

I would really appreciate some help here. I’m a PP newbie, but a FCP editor for over 15 years. A Cow member forever!!

I can’t for the life of me figure out how to use preset transitions that I’ve downloaded in my sequence. I’ve downloaded the presets and they show up in the Effects browser but I can’t drag them in between 2 clips!!! The clips… Read more

As a follow-up. I had a negative result yesterday. Duh…I’m so surprised.

Patrick. I can’t believe one person can have so many incorrect statements in one post.

First., I was asking as an independent contractor if their house, their rules apply. It’s not a given. I was not sure about this, thus my original post.

Second, I am not “terrified” of getting the virus. I actually believe I had it in 2019. It was horrible. I…

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Patrick shame on you for not knowing the facts. Are you aware that jabbed people can still spread the virus?

Going to get tested while you do not have the virus, but many others do, leaves you susceptible to catching the virus and spreading it on your production sight. Since it takes a couple of days for the virus to affect you, you are spreading…

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Funny how my client was just on a shoot out of the country, but because she had the jab, everyone should feel safe around her. She doesn’t need to be tested even though she’ll be around everyone on my shoot, and my team must be either jabbed or show proof of a negative test to be around her!!! Crazy….

Thanks Ed. My feeling is what a company mandates to their employees is up to them, but I am not an employee.

Mark, I’m not sure why you have made this political. but what goes into my body is indeed my choice, not yours. Are you saying that people with the jab can not get the virus or transmit it? Then you’re wrong. Do you or your doctor know the long term effects of the jab?

Are you aware that data suggests 1 in 317 boys aged 16 to 17 will get…

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So I have a client I’ve worked for for about 3 years, mostly editing, but I did a shoot when COVID first started. I have a shoot scheduled in a week.

Today the client notified me that “their office requires that I must be vaccinated or show a negative COVID test within 48 hours”.

I’m not vaccinated, and quite frankly I pretty much stay isolated.…

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It may be quicker, but many people have searched Google before posting a question. Telling someone to search on Google on an FCPX forum is not helpful.

Correct. Here’s mark’s video that he sent me:

Thanks Eric. I was hoping someone here would be able to tell me.

Don’t you think I Googled it first?🙂

Luckily Mark Spencer answered my question on Facebook.

Hi Everyone,

I had a video translated into Spanish for Subtitles. I imported the SRT file into FCPX and it works great, but when I export it, I do not see any of the subtitles!!! They play great in the project, but they are missing in the export. I would really appreciate your help. Thanks so much!

Thanks Oliver. I typically edit on ProRes 422. Any specific media drives you suggest?

Thanks. I’m already quite pleased with FCPX. But many people out there hiring freelance editors want you experienced with Premier

Hi Everyone.

I have an iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020), 3.8 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i7, with 64 GB 2667 MHz DDR4 RAM, and a AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT 8 GB graphics card. I currently edit in FCPX 10.5.3. I’ve been a editor for 19 years.

I’m thinking that I should learn Premiere to make my skill set more sought after. Can PP run well on my iMac?…

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Thanks for the detailed approach Mark! I really appreciate that.

I don’t see any pin markers. Do you John?

That’s a great idea! Thanks!

Hi all,

Do you know of a plugin that includes a animated USA Map and also has the ability to drop in pin markers in various states? Something similar to the image I’ve attached.

I know I can probably build this by hand, but the part of my script where this is mentioned is only 1 line. It’s not worth the hours needed to create this from scratch.…

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Thanks Scott. I really appreciate your advice.

I’m not low balling myself. I never do that. I’m just trying to be their go to guy for everything, and make it worth their while.

Ricardo,

Actually I suggested it, not them.

Hi Mark,

None of the above. The person signing off is just too busy to deal with day to day $600-$900 projects. They do want final approval which is understandable.

My feeling is retainers are a good thing. Why else do other service providers offer that?

A video retainer is an agreement between a business and Ball Media that allows them access to…

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Hi Mark,

As always thanks for the detailed response. So far the “urgent service” is something I can handle. What’s difficult is being at their beck and call for last minute editing jobs.

Right now, for each job, I send them an agreement and they sign the agreement and pay for the job. With rush jobs I’m adding in 25% rush fees. This becomes a…

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Hi all,

I’m hoping you can help me. Sorry for the long post.

I have a corporate client that I’ve been working with for over a year now. For the most part I’ve been taking their footage, still images, etc., and editing videos for them. Several of these projects have been last minute rush jobs.

As a full service production company, I’m t…

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In the future you can contact me. We translate videos into any language and we can either provide you with a timed .srt file, or a dubbed voice track. You can easily lay those back into your project.

I just did that today. We translated 4 videos into Chinese, and I inserted the new Chinese voices into the videos.

Here’s a link to my webpage :…

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Try Rev.com. You can send the video and script to them, they’ll create the .srt file.

I’m using the audio to sync all 5 cameras. But the problem is that during the shoot, the GoPro needed a new battery, and later on, the overhead cam also needed a new battery. So all of the other 4 angles run for 25 minutes, but the GoPro stopped at around 10 minutes in. It took some thime for the crew to notice that the GoPro stopped and then…

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Hi All,

I’m editing a surgical video with 5 cameras. I have the following angles:

1. Master Wide shot

2. Close Up Cam

3. Overhead Cam

4. GoPro mounted on surgeon’s head

5. Live X-ray camera

I have an audio clap of hands to sync everything, but the issue is the X-ray cam was a very late addition to the shoot and had to stop periodically. So that one will…

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Hi Everyone. I have a client with AVI video files. Is there a way bringing them into FCPX so I can edit them? Thanks so much!