[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

Sorry Greg,

There are no “ifs” or “buts” about it, getting vaccinated helps save many many more lives, than not getting vaccinated.

For objectivity, here is the advice from my health authority:

How well do the COVID-19 vaccines work?

Anyone who gets COVID-19 can become seriously ill or have long-term effects (long COVID). COVID-19 is usually mild in most children, but it can make some children unwell.

The COVID-19 vaccines are the best way to protect yourself and others. Research has shown the vaccines help:

– reduce your risk of getting seriously ill or dying from COVID-19

– reduce your risk of catching and spreading COVID-19

– protect against different strains (variants) of COVID-19

A 1st dose should give some protection from 3 or 4 weeks after having it. A 2nd dose gives stronger and longer-lasting protection.

If you’re at increased risk, a booster dose helps boost your antibodies and give you good protection from becoming seriously ill or needing to go to hospital if you catch COVID-19.

There is a chance you might still get or spread COVID-19 even if you have a vaccine, so it’s important to follow advice about how to avoid catching and spreading COVID-19.

The COVID-19 vaccines can cause some side effects, but not everyone gets them.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/covid-19/covid-19-vaccination/about-covid-19-vaccination/

As a kid did you get vaccinated for:
Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Whooping Cough, Diptheria, Polio, Pneumococcal, Meningitis B and C, Hib, Hepatitis B and Rotavirus?

Would you refuse those vaccinations to kids around you?

How about ebola; would you work alongside someone returning from an area with that awful disease, but whom would refuse an vaccination that could potentially heighten protection for their family, and you their co-worker, from catching it?

There is no doubt that the world was in a race to roll out protection for COVID, which in place allowed corners to be cut. But it did much more than just protect the individual, it protected a lot of other people + it reduced pressure on hospitals and high-dependency-bed units.

I respect your right not to be vaccinated.
Likewise, you’ll have to respect an employer who will not let you in on their premises.

Sorry, there just isn’t a nice way to communicate it.

However, in my end of the industry, during COVID my clients was more than happy to let me work from home, thereby keeping both them safe, and my family and me.
Maybe you need to look at how you can continue to offer your services remotely to those who would be happy with that solution?

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[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

Hey William,

Welcome to the COW!

Can you share a clip with us + a bit more background information?

Like, why do you need the music to be removed?
Is the music on the original footage, or was it added later?
And, there are ways of reducing the loudness of the music, or masking it, but it will be more complicated if you want to completely remove it.

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[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

Hey Mary,

Yes, is the short answer.
Although be careful whether you are working in a multicam sequence, inserting the multicam edit into a “normal” sequence (the latter would be my preference).

One consideration is the balance of multicam v single cam in the sequence, how tight is your deadline, and how long is the final project?

I often only use “multicam” to sync my cameras. Then open multicam in timeline and copy and paste to my master Sequence, where I then do the “multicam” edit manually.

Hope this helps.

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[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

Hey Tom,

Sounds like you need to trash your cache:

Clear Media Cache on app launch

Before updating to a new version of the app or identifying and resolving app problems, use reset options in Premiere Pro at launch to do routine maintenance and cleanup on your system.

Press and hold Command (macOS) or Ctrl (Windows) while Premiere Pro launches to activate the reset option. When the Reset options dialogue opens, select Clear media cache files.

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Inside PPro:

Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) > Media Cache or Premiere Pro > Settings (macOS) > Media Cache.

To remove media cache files, click the Delete button next to Remove Media Cache Files.

[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

Hey Neil,

I have never worked on CANVA, but if you get it included then it is a good place to start + many Social Media Corporate Content creators uses that package over that of the bigger packages from Adobe and others.

However, if you read the fine print, your account will allow you to store 5 GB of files, but when it comes to video, sorry:

Videos

• MOV, GIF, MP4, MPEG, MKV, or WEBM file format
• Less than 1GB in size: Canva Free users will be asked to compress the file if it’s between 250MB to 1GB

Question is when you are still only doing edits in Zoom calls, then unless it is an all-day call, it is difficult to push that file over 1 GB?

Although I would still encourage you to have something bigger and meaner that can handle 4K out of HD-SLR and/or small pro-sumer (consumer) video cameras.
Also, consider using a software that can access your files locally, as opposed to doing large up/down-loads.

If for charity, you can get good rates on Adobe (which your graphics person might already have, including Premiere Pro – it normally allows you to install on 2 different machines).
There is also Resolve, which is free and so forth with other packages.
You mention Zoom editor, which I suspect limits you to Zoom recordings. YouTube also have a very basic editor, question with that is whether you are allowed to upload content to third party platforms?

Question is whether your employer is best served getting you to learn to use video editing software, or find a professional who will work at a reduced rate (I do that for my charity clients that are not in a rush – not pitching to you, just offering options).

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[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

Hey Mario,

That does sound like a Windows notification of a program closing, or crashing.

Sometimes it is worth running through your Task Manager and “end tasks” on anything that is not in use. You should also check the “Startup” tab and deactivate any program that you don’t need running when starting up the PC.

There is always on my PC a number of software packages that stays open, even if I have closed them. And you might have to scroll through “Background Processes” to find them.

You mention Zoom, could it be that your PC is trying to close the Zoom desktop application in the background, and that keeps starting? (Sorry in advance, I have literally no idea whether or why that would ever happen)

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[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

Hey Victor,

Great initiative.

However you are asking too many personal questions upfront.
Normally I am happy to share anonymously, but with what might be deemed commercially sensitive information, I could not or wouldn’t want to be identified.

Can I suggest that you consider doing a version of the survey where one can leave personal details out of it, and/or that you explain how the data will be used and stored?

Thank you.

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[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

Yes, buying a video camera is often like buying an ink-jet printer – it is not the camera in itself that cost the money. It is all those other small things like batteries, tripod, sun-gun, microphones, maybe even a viewfinder, and not forgetting the glass to put in front of it. Which, depending on set-up, may need two handle bars on tripod for Zoom and focus control + wheels.
By the time you’ve got all that, you are prepared to forgive the person that sold you a cheap ink-jet printer….

Sorry, Brian, I got all nostalgic 😀

My only add on comment to Hector, is that from what I can read:
Your current tripod can handle a 12 Kg payload on top of it.
Where as the Vision Blue 3 and Flowtech 75 system that you are considering, according to Vinten, will only be able to carry up to 6.60 Kg.
https://www.vinten.com/en/vinten/system-vision-blue3-flowtech75-gs/c-1033/p-2087

According to Canon, your C200 for the weight for the body only, is approx. 1430g (3.2lb).

Suddenly the list of “extras” above becomes important (Sorry, I forgot to add recording media / drive to it…).
It is only if the tripod collapses and you have to make an insurance claim that this might be important, but certainly worth considering.

Also, do consider finding a local dealer or dry-hire company where you can test the tripod, or several different versions of them. Just to see if you are happy with the sliders, release brakes, balance and so forth – and if you’re paying top dollar for it, you’ll want it to be the right model for you.

Although, like inkjet printers, you can go deluxe on the tripod – one of my local dealers will sell you a Miller 3404 Skyline 90 HD Tripod System for £ 22,275.00 + tax and delivery… – maybe not.

Have fun – as I am about to go on a similar journey, I would like to hear what you settle for, please.

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[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

Hey Diego,

You might want to find a producer and a publishing outlet/broadcaster/VOD or similar first.

Then you put together a script, followed by a story board and art direction/character development.

When all that in place, you”ll need money, and loads of it, if it is a commercial project.

If not, start looking around in places for animators who wants to break into the industry.

But, you have got a fair bit of road to travel before you can engage a “team of animators”.

You can always post for crew on the COW job-board in the menu above. Please do state if you have a budget. And do be prepared for an avalanche of CV’s if there is funding for the project.

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Mads

PS: Intended as friendly advice: You should never share your synopsis in public, unless you are happy for others to “borrow” your idea.

[Mads Nybo jørgensen]

Hey Patrick,

Not always so, although innovative, Apple was a nightmare to work with back in the days. And, it appears, that Apple might be returning to those days.

I recommend reading Jim Carlton’s book “Apple”, in case you haven’t already read it.
(I am trying to give my copy away – it is print only, but free to collect).

There is also a academic paper written which includes a paragraph on the treatment of third party developers:

The fall of a Silicon Valley icon:
Was Apple really Betamax redux?

By
Joel West, Ph.D.
College of Business, San José State University

Final draft:
December 12, 2002

On page 15:

“Other Factors
Errors in Execution and Operations

From the beginning, Apple had suffered from a dysfunctional organizational culture that hindered its execution (Moritz 1984; Malone 1999). Within the company, it was expressed by a joke: “What’s the difference between Apple and a Boy Scout troop? The Boy Scouts have adult supervision.”

Its numerous failures to deliver major OS revisions killed its credibility and support from third-party software developers; as one executive said, “In the last few years it was impossible for any developer to work with them. We couldn’t rely on anything they said. … We were absolutely convinced they were going to die” (Kirkpatrick, 1998). In hardware, it was late to enter the laptop segment. While its PowerBook models were eventually successful, they lost momentum after a 1995 fire in one model was caused by a faulty battery.

The company also faced a chronic mismatch of supply and demand, with too few of popular products and bloated inventories of unpopular ones. One reason was that in 1991, the head of Apple’s sales laid off five of seven demand forecasters, raising the margin of error from ±5% to
±50% (Carlton 1997a: 329).”

Reference:
Joel West, “The fall of a Silicon Valley icon: Was Apple really Betamax redux?”
in Richard A. Bettis, ed., Strategy in Transition, Oxford: Blackwell, 2005, pp. 274-301.

Hopefully Apple will listen better this time around, and work faster to help make third-party plug-ins work on FCPX.

Adding that most of the mainstream developers have already migrated to the M1, and that my understanding is that this is mainly to do with the new Mac-OS.

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