[Haydn Nelson]

anyone? go on, you’ll be rewarded in heaven :p

[Haydn Nelson]

Hi Dave/Mark,

Thanks for the words of advice/caution, and I take your point(s).

In spite of the apparent vitriol of first post, I am capable of some tact and am fundamentally a solutions-oriented (yuk) kind of guy.

Im certainly no tech-head, but video production is a technical process, I think you gotta live with that or find another profession. And I completely agree with you on training of non-tech staff; theyre willing and enthusiastic and it doesnt take too long to pick up these basics but, without going down Rumsfeld lane, if you dont know your knowns and unknowns its difficult to address them; that “appropriate person” of whom you speak is not doing his job and the knock on consequences are debilitating.

I guess sometimes, when all avenues have been explored, bases covered, processes implemented, proposals written and concepts explored… you realize that the solution is for the workers for to seize control of the means of (video) production…

…and yes, be ready with your resume if it all goes wrong 😉

Thanks again, ill keep you posted,

H

[Haydn Nelson]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for that – I guess I new the answer anyway; start at the beginning:

define who are, what you do and then match tasks with skillsets and arrange training to plug the gaps.

Re. Installing printer drivers et al.

Fair point, and i too would rather have the IT dept take care of those kind of woah’s, but my point was rather that I question the wisdom of leaving someone who doesnt know how to change their monitor resolution in charge of what is basically a a purely desktop/IT workflow…

The consequences are not hard to imagine; no clear workflow, acquisition of innapropriate or incompatible materials, costly & inefficient processes which put a strain on other areas of production (creative/editorial)…

..but then I guess that brings us back to the beginning; horses for courses, clear allocation of responsabilities based on competence and skills,

Ta

H

[Haydn Nelson]

Thanks Adam

[Haydn Nelson]

Hi guys,

In the end was a 3D layer problem – my layers were in 3d space but for some reason when rendering the layers changed position – this was corrected by simply moving the layers within the timeline…. I think this is an old bug no?

Any thanks anyway – Im pretty new to AE so im sure ill need your collective brains again soon…

🙂

[Haydn Nelson]

Thanks a lot guys…

Will be making a start soon so will be back with any problems to pick your collective brains 😉

N