Michael Munkittrick
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Do a search for a tool called “ReVersion”. There is a beta program going on now. I dropped out due to other competitive obligations, but I am sure that it’s near complete. I truly don’t know where to tell you to search however as the original developer was one guy in San Diego, California and the buyer was rumored to be the folks at Automatic Duck.
It’s for the PC only at present and it’s not completely bug-free yet but I’ve seen it open AE 7 Pro files in AE 5.5 with the obvious non-inclusive effects absent in the older version of AE.
Michael Munkittrick
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That’s a standard MPEG2 stream save for the -17dB audio level. Just output your file as an uncompressed stream for AE and use Vegas to compress it to an MPEG2 file. make certain to have bars & tone for at least 30 seconds, a readable slate with all of the production info including your contact info and a countdown with a 2-pop in a single video file so that the loader can get everything he needs. That way, he can balance audio to their needs with your tone, caculate accurate colors from your bars, get all of the client and spot title information and have a countdown so that he can do an accurate capture into their Odetics or media pool player.
The specifics are all there. Even if you adjust something slightly different from what they expect, and unless thy are real hardasses, you’ll be right on target for an acceptable delivery.
If you have access to it, take your raw file to a dub house and how them put it onto an acceptible tape format. DVDs are acceptable, but not preferred by most broadcasters.
Michael Munkittrick
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I’ll preface this message by saying that we’ve just done the same EXACT thing with a very small self-prescribed community access channel this year and this is what we found worked for our endeavors with respect to building our community volunteers and our community viewership. At the same time, I understand that our market is vastly different from any other and we are far less dependent on volunteers than some might be, but we found a path to meet our goals and it might help you too.
First, we realized that the word “community” has heavy implications, but sadly the term was being misunderstood. We began an image campaign that helped create awareness of the problem and reached out with flyers, press releases, imaging events and as much publicity that we could bring to our cause. We designed a nice flyer and distributed it to high schools in our area, a vast and almost completely untapped resource. In less than 30 days we had 15 SOLID volunteers who were interested in learning about video production, master control, marketing, media relations and so on. Our board formulated a way for each of these people to work where they wanted so long as worked a minimum of 4 hours a week. We had the regional universities and community colleges reach out to their student bodies to incite young and free thinkers to get involved with the problem solving of a station like this. In return, each volunteer had a handwritten letter from both our president and the university speaking on the student’s behalf that would be a stellar reference letter.
Next, we went into our communities and asked people what they wanted to see on “their TV station”. Many said game shows, others said reality TV shows and a few said community interests
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I forgot about that being DM’s sign-off. What a hoot…Dennis Miller as “the man”.
Michael Munkittrick
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Actually, the introduction of the consultant idea was mine, so the 30 days was a factor that I kind of gave them a “take it, or leave it” position to take. In any other business that is being sustained within the same industry and with the same clientele while using the same moniker, I felt that putting a recognizable face to the deal for the clients who will notice the changing of the guard would ease the transition to some extent. They initially turned the offer down as they have their sights set ahead of where I’m presently at, but the buffer or easing into the market made them reconsider and I decided to honor my initial offer as a good faith gesture
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Thanks Bob. Actually, I made a similar mistake last time around. I accepted a pay-over-time option that included half now and
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I think that in the “read me” that it says that there might be an issue on certain machines using the TT material AND the application at the same time. I have tried running both on my dual 3.6 Xeon with a lag that is a surprise to me…but even the fastest have faults.
Michael Munkittrick
Gainesville, Florida USA -
This is true. Smooth 29.97fps from 25fps isn’t going to happen without Twixtor or Magic Bullet. I’ve been there too many times to have not found a solution.
Michael Munkittrick
Gainesville, Florida USA -
Nick, I thought that you were “the man”. When you said “like the man said”…you threw me a bit.
I REALLY liked your piece in the magazine’s premiere. Thanks for being a genuine dude!!
Michael Munkittrick
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[Mark Suszko] “I would be curious to know if the deal also included the use of your name on their new business.”
Yes, the name is the major factor as we’ve amassed a pretty good list of magazine credits and awards over the years. Our direct relations with places like The Golf Channel, Turner Broadcasting, New Screen Broadcasting and other regionally based media-savvy companies in need of our service (and all too happy to pay for it) are a driving factor in this sale and are directly relative to the asking price. Our old name, Spiral Design Studios was not only a means to allow the purchaser to start with about three years of solid profitability without even the slightest investment in marketing. That, in effect made them competitive right out of the box without the need to explain what they stood for.
As for your suggestion that they might use “my” good name for adult videos or even worse wedding videos, I have built the company to be successful in the direction that it travels. I’d be disgruntled to find that the business went that direction, but once it’s sold it would be no fault of my own should the new owners not be able to produce work in the fields that we so often succeeded. Furthermore, my personal name, while loosely mentioned in a lot of the media would be completely absent in ANY future publicity unless there is a collaboration between them and myself independent of them