[Jeff Kelley]

Thanks for taking an interest. I am on a brand new maxed out intel imac running OSX.6.4. Premiere is 5.0.2. Bought it new a 6 months ago.

It crash while loading the data. The file opens up and it looks like it is about to be ready to work, there is still messages at the bottom letting me know it is loading all the files and them Opps – gone!

I do Save As’s to protect myself in case of corrupt files, but in this case, all versions crash. I am working on 3 similar projects that I haven’t used the project manager to collect, and they are fine, so I think I will not be using that function again.

I even tried the Auto save version and that didn’t work either!

Update-I used one of the auto save versions that was looking for missing stuff. instead of linking them p, I just said “Skip all” and the file opened. How odd? This file is a week old so I may still have to redo a bunch of work.

Thanks!!!!

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[Jeff Kelley]

Thanks Jon. Very good information to know. In fact, it might go a long way to get my company to upgrade my system!

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[Jeff Kelley]

Thanks all. Let me explain a little.

We are an educational toy company so we do have places the resemble play rooms. Also, we have our photographer whom we have a very good relationship with that will help if we needs sets, such as classrooms and such.

Things like, hiring a professional and such is out of the question. We have a creative director who insists on doing everything himself and a CEO who is pushing to do everything in house. (He is even trying to get us to bring Photography in house for Packaging and catalogs, which is a story for another day).

I’ve already got the go ahead to purchase Adobe Premier and they are just waiting on my recommendation for the camera.

Sound is what I’m worried about the most. Poor sound on video ruins the whole thing.

PLEASE keep you advice and suggestions coming. You probably can tell I’m in a bad spot, the company spending a lot of money on my suggestion.

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[Jeff Kelley]

Ok, I do understand everything that was said. Here is what I did.

I told my boss (and his boss) that the cost of such as set up could vary anywhere from $2000 to $200,000 depending on what we have to do. If we just want to shoot web stuff, a hi end consumer camcorder would be enough. What was needed it a definite plan, goals, a solid idea of what we hope to do and accomplish and than figure out w budget to accomplish these goals.

So, after some serious talk, we have decided that for the time being, the web is what the company is most interested. So what I recommended was a nice camcorder and Adobe Premiere. Start there and see were that takes us.

So now, anyone who has any information that might help me in purchasing a camcorder, I’d appreciate that. I am NOT asking you to tell me which one to buy, but some idea of the type of things I should look for in a camera. I would also like it to be known that the more I can justify all this, the more toys I will have to play with, so I need to really talk it up.

Hey, thanks everyone.

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[Jeff Kelley]

I knew this was going to be the problem and I 100% understand what you are saying. I am not asking you for costs or anything like that. Assuming I want to research the subject so at least I don’t look totally stupid in front the high ups, I just needed to be pointed in the right direction.

I Understand you are all professionals and I am a fool, but it is not my choice. I was asked for some idea’s of a simple studio. My guess is that, as I said, demos of educational toys, probably for the internet. You know, like kids playing with toys, or how-to type things. I would guess that mostly they would be for the internet for now, We would like it to look a little better than just a cheap hand held camera with bad lights and sound. My guess it that eventually they would like to expand this to more than the internet.

Keep in mind that we have workers children come in a play with the toys so we would need to be able to have something available in-house.

Let me put it this way. I’ve got 3 kids and they are going to play with a Mr Potato head (Not our product but for example). I want something that looks nice. I want to be able to edit. I want the sound to be good. Now, if you were going to do this, about what type of camera, lights and mics would you be looking at. Do you know of any website that might help? Maybe someone makes a basic set up?

Look, I REALLy appreciate all the comments and what you’ve said is a help but doesn’t help me for the immediate problem.

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[Jeff Kelley]

Thanks Mark,

You bring up some very good points and I will include that in my presentation, however I am still going to need to write up some idea of cost.

Any camera & microphone recommendations? I just need to come up with a simple, basic set up.

Any good site to help me understand basic set ups?

Thanks much

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[Jeff Kelley]

If you have SC4, you can make contact sheets. That is the way to automate it. I use it everyday.

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[Jeff Kelley]

Are you using Photoshop or Photoshop Elements? Check to see if you have Contact Sheet under File/Automate, that should do all you want.

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[Jeff Kelley]

Why does it do you no good. Just drag the handles until you image is straight.

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[Jeff Kelley]

While I’m not sure why this happens, I do know that you can drag and drop from IL to PS and it seems to work. I’m going to try a few things and I’ll get back to you

Another thing that works is export to Photoshop.psd

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