[Jeffrey F. krepner]

Thanks for the reminder Mike. It is risky having one client account for too much of your income. If nothing else it makes you feel stressed that this one big account could go away and you’d be down over 50% of your income. I’ll keep that in mind as I consider some other options.

-jeff

[Jeffrey F. krepner]

Hi Bob – thanks for the thoughts. From a current financial calculation, no it wouldn’t make me more money by setting up elsewhere. However, I have one client that keeps growing and growing and having some more room (an additional office to keep a 2nd/3rd fully equipped editing system working burning, rendering, encoding, etc) would really help me. It’s hard to think about looking for new clients when you *feel* like you are working at capacity already.

I’m still kicking this idea around.

Thanks everyone.

Jeff

[Jeffrey F. krepner]

Mark, thanks for taking the time to write such a detailed reply. I think the co-op is a great idea. I know a few people that I could work with, but there is a fine line between going in with someone too established (as in, you’d be working for him or butting heads over the way he wants it done) and working with someone that you have to drag along. I’d want paper good solid paperwork before hand, and I think I’d like to know I can make “ends meet” for a few months on my own since I’ve learned that you can’t always count on other people — even if their intentions are good.

Thanks a mill.

Jeff

[Jeffrey F. krepner]

Cool. So the HVX is basically works like a 16mm Bolex. Okay, a Super-16mm Bolex. One that has a motor… nevermind.

Thanks.

Jeff

[Jeffrey F. krepner]

Thanks guys, nice footage. I feel like shooting machine guns at computer equipment – will shooting in undercrank mode always cause such violence?

There was a post a few weeks ago on the HDV board (I’ll link it below) that detailed an option of shooting 1080i (of course it was SDI out the new canon XL-H1 into a Kona card, so obviously not a cost effective way of getting the effect) and then converting it to 720/24p. Price aside, is that basically what is happening with the HVX2000?

Thanks.

https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?univpostid=859709&forumid=162&postid=859710&pview=t

[Jeffrey F. krepner]

Does anyone own their own studio, as in, buying, not renting?

[Jeffrey F. krepner]

What about something like this? (USB to PCMCIA)

https://www.synchrotech.com/products/card-rw_22.html

That site has PCI to PCMCIA adapters as well. They sell some that have an adapter that mounts in the front of the PC (not sure how that works for MAC) – because otherwise, you have to reach behind your computer every time.

[Jeffrey F. krepner]

Try a single frame (or 2) of a lens flare on the barrel. I’ve done that before and had some success. If you want it to work – and this goes for all effects – keep it short. Show something else and just keep the sound of the gun fire, showing only a few frames of muzzle flash. At least that is what I did.

[Jeffrey F. krepner]

Mike, the biggest difference is the interface. On paper, they both do the same thing, Premiere might even “do” more. The Vegas interface is very free form, as an example. You can park the playback head and then grab a clip (called event in Vegas) and move it back and forth and see the preview. This comes in handy when synching up stuff. Also, since Vegas started life as an audio app, you can solo each track – thus muting all of the others. Audio and video tracks can be placed in any order, the last time I checked Premiere dived the timeline in half, bottom for sound and top for picture. Vegas allows sound to stay with the video (or moved way down below if you like them separate) which kicks butt when you are trying to add something with sound to a large complex project.

The trimmer window is really cool, you just highlight the section you like then drag it to the timeline. There’s just so much. I can’t edit on anything else anymore.

Also, the forums over at the Sony site are good too and this question comes up pretty often there as well.

Jeff

[Jeffrey F. krepner]

Well, I’ll say that it would be a good move.

First, there is bragging rights when an app runs on a Mac (don’t ask me why – I’m not a Mac fan).

Second, I think FCP is gaining ground in the “industry” and people need to buy Macs in order to use FCP. Once they own the Mac, they will never get to use Vegas. At least with Avid and Adobe, there is a chance they might download a demo and play around with it and then make the switch from FCP (or, just use Vegas as DAW). If someone buys a G5, they are not interested in buying another platform just to try “this program I keep hearing about, called Vegas.”

Third, it would give Vegas a chance to get into the schools – Apple’s FCP turf. FCP is an example of this. Kid goes to school. Kid learns Mac. Kid learns FCP. Employer needs editor. Employer buys FCP in order to hire editor. Most people I talk to under 30, are all about FCP. Apple has that power, the Kool-Aid power. I’d be all over FCP… except I hate the interface and I love the Vegas interface.

I think Vegas and Mac would make a great pairing. Just my .02

Okay, I’ll get back to work.

Jeff