Karl Soehnlein
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Thanks, Todd & Mark. I appreciate it.
Karl Soehnlein
Reel Wave Media, LLC
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Thanks, Danny. I plan on using the Intensity card for both capturing and previewing. I think it should do the job well.
Best,
Karl Soehnlein
Reel Wave Media, LLC
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Thanks for the reply. I was never able to recover the footage and will be reshooting later this week.
From everything I can tell, it was a bad tape. I had the heads on my camera and deck cleaned as a precaution. A couple of shooters with the same camera recommended switching to Panasonic HDV tapes, too.
Karl Soehnlein
Reel Wave Media, LLC
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John,
Consider joining MCA-I (Media Communications Association International), especially if you have a local chapter in your area. MCA-I is an organization that offers a variety of benefits to its members (programs, competitions, discounts, etc) and will allow you to meet professionals face-to-face. I joined in 2007 and have met dozens of business contacts and clients through it. The annual fee for individual membership is $160/year. It’s worth every penny.
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Before importing into Vegas, transcode the footage with CineForm Neo Scene (which uses a lossless AVI codec). You can download a 7-day trial on their website. It’s worked great for me.
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If that’s the case, then it must be something new with Vegas 9. Vegas 7 and 8 don’t have this issue at all. I need to encode QT files that are under 10mb in size.
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The more I troubleshoot this problem, the more I’m convinced it’s an issue with Vegas 9 and not QuickTime. I uninstalled and reinstalled QuickTime (7.6.2) and still have the same issue.
To clarify the problem I’m having: When I encode a two-minute video QuickTime file (using the 512kbps template, for example), the file size should end up being about 7-8mb. Vegas 9 encodes every preset template (256kbps, 512kbps, 1mbps, etc) similarly and they end up all being roughly the same file size (25-30mb).
I tried encoding the same file on another computer using Vegas 8c (with QuickTime 9.6.4) and it works fine.
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Social media continues to play a huge role in the Madison market, with more professionals joining every day. One of the larger production companies created a pretty substantial Facebook page last month with pictures, staff profiles and multiple videos.
Our MCA-I chapter put out a survey three weeks ago to see what topics people were interested in learning more about. Out of the 25 options, social media tied for third.
I continue to use my Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages to supplement my website. One of my clients uses Facebook exclusively to contact me. I’ve had a couple other sucessful (although small) projects that started with Facebook posts.
The jury’s still out on whether you can attract new or additional business using these sites, but it definitely doesn’t hurt to have a presence on them.
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To clarify a couple of things: I consider my Facebook & LinkedIn pages to be a supplement to my website. I agree that social media pages by themselves aren’t sufficient enough for online marketing.
I think social media sites are “good for business” because they keep me connected (as a freelancer) to my clients and staff at other production companies. Instead of hoping that “Production Company A ” will visit my website to watch my latest demo reel, I can post it on my Facebook page, which will then channel that link into others’ news feeds. Since most of the people I know visit Facebook or LinkedIn at least once a day, there’s a good chance of them seeing it on their home page.
I use these sites as more of a tool to connect with those professionals I already know and keep them aware of what I’m doing (big projects, awards, etc). There have been several times where producers or business owners will come up to me (at MCA-I meetings, for example) and ask about my latest project. They didn’t hear about it from others or see it on my website…they saw it on Facebook.
I’m not saying these social media websites are as beneficial as something like the COW. But they are a lot more popular and people are surfing them constantly (at work and at home). Businesses (even local and national video production companies) are starting to pay for advertising on these sites. I wouldn’t go that far myself, but setting up a free “fan” page on Facebook or profile on LinkedIn seems like a no brainer.
Just my two cents…
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Fantastic!
Karl Soehnlein
Reel Wave Media