Kenton Vannatten
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Avid codecs do not support Alpha.
So, set up your AE to Render out to Animation with Alpha, then in Avid set the Import options to Invert Existing and RGB color space.
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When you say: “When I do one thing on my keyboard the system does something else.”
What exactly do you mean? Sounds to me as if you just need to double-check you keyboard mappings.
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I should add that we’re using Avid Media Composer v3.0 on IntelMac
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What do you mean by “considers”?
Do you can it work with those media and project files?
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“- mark in to out on the clip you want to move on the timeline.
– press alt + c to copy it to the source window
– press x to delete the clip from the timeline
– then insert it to it’s new place with the sync locks on “You can actually save a step if you press ALT+X instead of C. It will combine step 2 and 3 in the process outlined above.
and FYI, ALT+Z will Lift it and place it in the Source monitor
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“will these little micro payments every so often help her in SCC if it goes that far?”
Absolutely, and she probably knows that.
If she is paying “all that she can when she can” and can prove that, then I don’t think that any judge will rule to make her pay more and more often.
I got behind on a car payment a number of years ago and couldn’t come up with the minimum monthly payment for a few months – the collections/loan officer told me, “if all you have is $100 pay that because it shows that you’re attempting to pay off the debt, they are less likely to go into collection/repossession if you can show that you’ve been attempting to make payments.”
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I can’t believe the irony of my reading this thread today – maybe it’s the time of year?
I’m in a very similar situation with a client that I’ve done a number of projects for in the past. I have always billed my clients at the end of the week for the work performed during that week and have only ever asked for a deposit/Contract from new clients. So, the first invoice for the latest project came due on 7/20 – no payment was received. So, I waited another week, and sent a reminder on 7/27. 8/3, still no payment. Now it’s over 14 days past due and I emailed again. The client responded, that money is a little “tight” for them right now and that the sooner we finish this current project, the sooner I get paid. Needless to say, I was very frustrated with that.
So, now I’m wondering at what point does one start billing late charges for long-standing clients? On my invoices I say that “if payment is not received by the due date late charges may be applied to the overdue balance”, and I’ve only once ever had to resort to actually charging late fees to a deadbeat client who went incommunicado and took over 6 months to pay.
To make the situation more complicated, this same client who’s money is tight (who’s money isn’t tight?) has booked me on another project already. I certainly don’t want to turn down the work (well that is, if I’m to be paid for it – lol)
Regarding DeAnna’s situation (to avoid my question from appearing like I’m hijacking the thread): It may be better actually to keep the communication via email that way (as others have stated) you have a document of what was said and when. Just remember to keep your responses professional and fact-based at all times. It’s easy to want to vent and finger-point the client’s faults, but it would be in your best interest to maintain your position of what is owed to you in as professional manner as you can. Most times, the client knows that they are stiffing you, hence the avoidance, if you keep stating the facts of the project (what was done, when, how much was billed/paid), then eventually (hopefully) the client will realize that you are serious and you’re not going to back down.
A couple of years ago I started working on a project that quickly went south with the producer/client. He had 75 hrs of footage that he wanted cut into a documentary, we agreed on 8 weeks (for rough cut) and I quoted an amount. I got a deposit on that one and started digitizing all 75 hrs of unlogged material. After two weeks of digitizing, I had enough material that I thought maybe I’ll cut a scene together and send it to him. I got a frantic call within minutes saying that he wasn’t sure what I was doing the past two weeks and that he thought that I would’ve been much further along than just a 3 min segment (he also made sure to tell me that the segment I cut had nothing to do with the piece he envisioned – nice) So, he tells me that he wants me to stop work and that he’s going to find someone else because he’s already missed deadlines for two film festivals, etc etc. I said, “I told you 8 weeks for the rough cut – you would’ve missed those deadlines anyway.” He wasn’t having it.
So, I sat down and calculated a pro-rated amount for the 2 weeks I had done based on the original contracted amount minus the deposit. I invoiced him and agreed to deliver his tapes back to him. He called me and very angrily told me that there was no way he was paying “$xxxx” for just capturing. I explained the contract terms, that he chose to terminate the contract and that I was pro-rating him for 1/4 of the total amount. He didn’t get it and was refusing to pay. Eventually he emailed me and I just kept the tone serious and stated facts and terms of the contract. After about a week or two, he agreed to pay the amount – I’m assuming because he realized he was obligated to via the Contract. The kicker is that he tried to screw me again when I went to go meet him in person to pick up the check (I wasn’t having the “check’s in the mail” story from this guy) – He tried to say that the amount of the invoice was a considerable amount lower than what it really was…. luckily, I had printed a copy of the invoice and contract prior to going to meet him. It was a very nice victory.
Sorry for the long diatribe there – the point is stick to your guns if you know you’re right, keep it professional (even if they stoop) and hopefully it will all work out for you. Good Luck.
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If you press CTRL+ALT+U you will be prompted to add a track and you can choose where it will be added. (CMD+OPTION+U on Mac)
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Yep, In the end I suppose it really comes down to how organized the person who is handing it off was when setting it all up.
There’s a million scenarios for doing it, but only a few will work depending on the previous due diligence
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I am trying to capture footage from a Beta SX Deck (SDI) via an AJA I/O HD.
the only SDI I/O capture device that works with Avid MC is MojoSDI, MojoDX, or NitrisDX.
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