Jonathan Ziegler
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I’m not sure you would want to: you would need to at least double the focal length just to get an image (or it will barely register on your sensor). Might have luck converting to M43, but no promises. I just bought a set of FD primes for my Canons and I absolutely love them: $400 for 4 lenses (28, 35, 50, 85) plus converters and they’re all reasonably fast lenses. Maybe you can sell your old 16mm lenses and use something else? I hear the new digital bolex takes c-mount lenses, too.
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Sounds like it might be a preferences issue with photoshop. Not sure where to trash prefs on PS on Windows, but I’m sure it’s the usual places (https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/preference-file-names-locations-photoshop.html). As for printing, confirm which print profile you are using in CS5 and make sure you’re using the same one in CC:
Check Color Settings (Edit >> Color Settings)
On screen, check your proofing: View >> Proof Setup (look for the one you want). Here, if you are creating with RGB and printing to an inkjet printer, try using the CMYK proof, but for web, try the Internet RGB or Monitor RGB. You need to recalibrate your monitor first, tho.
Double-check with your printer manufacturer that you are using the correct driver for Windows 8.1 (this can have a HUGE impact on color). If you haven’t already, make sure to recalibrate your monitor (if the monitor isn’t calibrated, your colors will look fine on screen, but won’t print or display on other systems correctly). Also, if you have a second monitor, see how it looks there, too (yes, you will need to calibrate that, too).
Effective color management can be one of the biggest challenges on your machine and everything must be correctly calibrated in order to work. Also, always remember to never trust the color on screen without proper calibration. When you make ANY CHANGES to your system (especially hardware and any type of graphics software, OS changes, new drivers, new monitors, new scanners, new printers, etc.), recalibrate everything. I recalibrate my monitor, scanner, and update my adobe suite at least every 3 months and more often with more use. I also have color profiles for dark room, backlit, interior light, outside light, fluorescent, my Ott Lite, bright colors, dark colors, etc.
If you rely on color a LOT, get a calibrator.
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Honestly it really depends on you, what you’re trying to accomplish and what you’re gonna do with it. If you’re just playing around, I’d say just experiment with different things: try masks, layer styles, various filters, etc. If you want to do it as HDR, then try making midtone adjustments and then save and use the midtone one for HDR. I think with 2, I’d try placing one or the other, then drop the second right on top and erase to reveal or remove.
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It shouldn’t – the cache is just temp files not meant to be stored or used other than to speed up things. Once the cache is cleared and you start using files, the cache will be recreated with new preview images. It’ll take some time.
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Cool, look at all this free marketing data! 😉
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Okay so you are looking for a way to use them versus a comparison to other track systems. Let us know how they work out. I would take some time and compare with other pro and semi-pro track systems. You can rent them for not much for a weekend. Try indie dolly, too: https://www.indiedolly.com/ – found them at NAB a few years ago and they have a nice, versatile, inexpensive track system that I’d put against your PVC rails any day. 😉 either way, let us know how it goes! 🙂
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By now, you’ve heard from a lot of people on a lot of things. I’d be surprised if you haven’t already met your “team.” I’m a little biased, but hire an art director or production designer with a writing background (or who can effectively brainstorm). Make up a title if you have to. You say you don’t need to stimulate ideas, but you wouldn’t be asking if that were the case – sounds like you want to offload it on to someone else. In other words, it sounds like everyone wants to focus on their respective areas and leave the rest to the new guy – or create a job that the new guy can fit into. Sounds perfectly normal, too.
What have you already tried?
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Looks like it would be good for simple shoots, but repeated use will show that the bend and flex of PVC (no matter how good they are) will just not work for any camera setup with any appreciable weight. I’ve build lots of dollies and I find PVC usually only good for small items or non-weight bearing things. A camera, like a DSLR by itself, is fine, but when you add rails, a mattebox, follow focus, mic, video, etc., you need a far more solid rig. If your camera slowly bounces along, dipping and rising as it goes along the rails, you need a solid (non-pvc) rig. Now, for simple shoots with only a camera and a minimal crew or just a camera operator, I’m sure it’ll work.
What are you going to use it for? I suggest spending the extra cash if you plan to use it on a regular basis.
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Hey there, I was flipping through my Photoshop CC prefs when I came across the Adobe Cam Raw settings:
Photoshop >> Preferences >> File Handling >> Camera Raw Preferences >> adjust settings, clear cache, etc.
I completely forgot about these.
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Well, it could be that it’s still catching up. Are the changes showing when you open the file? If so, its just a matter of waiting for it to catch up to all the previews it has to generate. No, I don’t know how long it takes, but it takes a while. If the changes aren’t showing when you reopen the file, then it’s not saving the file and its another issue entirely.
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