Joseph W. bourke
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You just have to make sure that whatever device you’re using to back up your critical files goes is completely disconnected from the network after the backup is finished. In my case, the ransomware plowed across the facility network and found and encrypted every single bitmap file in the place. You have to have backup which is physically disconnected from the compromised network, or you’re screwed.
Joe Bourke
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And a fourth possibility – Red Giant Planespace:
https://www.redgiant.com/products/planespace/
Joe Bourke
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Bourke Media
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I have direct experience with ransomware, and it’s very scary. A little over a year ago I was hired as a contractor to set up and run the graphics department at a new News station here in New Hampshire. It was a six month contract. About three months after they began airing, I suddenly received a panicked call from the newsroom saying that they couldn’t access any of the graphics for the newscast (of course, blaming me). When I took a look at our server, I noticed that every one of our graphic files (.jpg, .png, etc.) had been replace by a graphic saying something like “All your files have been encrypted”.
Upon doing a bit of digging and online searching, I found the same graphic, and it was indeed ransomware. We immediatly called our IT guys, who tracked down and purged the virus/malware which had encrypted the files, but, alas, the files were all now encryted. Fortunately I had made sure that I had a 2TB external drive which I backed up daily, and which was always kept in a drawer, offline. We ended up losing only that day’s graphics, mostly those saved by the Producers (who don’t back up anything), and the newscast was able to limp its’ way through the day. It was pretty harrowing.
Joe Bourke
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Bourke Media
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And don’t forget, a backup that you keep in your primary facility is not a backup at all should the place burn or have an otherwise destructive event.
Always build in an off-site backup of your critical stuff.
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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Here’s some more info from a WIKI on the song:
The video was filmed in as many authentic locations as possible: Penny Lane was made by Pytka’s art department to look as it was in the 1950s, and other locations filmed were The Liver Building, and Liverpool Docks (as a reference to Lennon’s father Alfred Lennon).[30]
Although Pytka fixed the ideas on a storyboard, he abandoned it as soon as filming began, and followed ideas based on what angles and perspectives the steadycam camera produced. One instance was the filming of the car crash, which Pytka filmed for hours from above, but realised that a steadycam shot on the ground was a much better idea.[31] Archive footage was used by imposing it on scenes shot by Pytka, who utilised a greenscreen stage to digitally blend it into the finished film, such as Paul’s Old English Sheepdog in the graveyard, and the elephant in the ballroom procession scene.[32] The elephant was put in last, as Aspinall phoned Pytka and said that Starr liked the scene, but insisted an elephant be put in it, which Pytka later did, as he had already put a sitar in at the request of Harrison.[33] Apart from the steadycam shots, Pytka used a Russian-made Akil-crane for sweeping overhead shots, such as the Abbey Road zebra crossing shot at the end, as well as a remote-controlled toy helicopter with a camera added to it for intricate aerial shots.[34] To make it more interesting, two Blue Meanies make cameos.
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_as_a_Bird
Joe Bourke
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If you really need the controlled shape of the line from point A to point B, you may want to look at morphing the line using Illustrator. Here’s a good, quick tutorial on how it’s done:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npZLbyZTJe8
It’s really pretty simple once you get it, and it gives you complete control.
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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I don’t remember whether this creates a solid underneath the text layer, but it is quick, plus it’s free:
https://www.motionboutique.com/textbox/
Joe Bourke
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Here’s a bit of broad perspective on it – at least good for a chuckle:
My granddad, viewing earth’s worn cogs,
Said things were going to the dogs;
His granddad in his house of logs,
Said things were going to the dogs;
His granddad in the Flemish bogs.
Said things were going to the dogs;
His granddad in his old skin togs,
Said things were going to the dogs;
There’s one thing that I have to state –
The dogs have had a good long wait.– anon.
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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That should be pretty easy to remove, since it’s a sharp, short noise, rather than a sustained one. Take a look at this video:
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/mcmahon_frank/Audition1.php
Also take a look at this Spectral Frequency Display tutorial – this is probably where you want to go for the fix:
https://helpx.adobe.com/audition/how-to/audition-spectral-frequency-display-cc.html
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com