Mike Cohen
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I am trying to embed a video on this blog:
https://blogs.creativecow.net/blog/3554/sales-marketing-networking-and-audiovisual-support-a-winning-combination-now-with-videoAll I have been able to do it make it a link to the video.
If I paste the embed code, it appears as code of the url followed by a text link to the url
I left both intact for now so you can see what I mean
If you paste a YouTube link, it appears embedded
Please advise
Mike
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[Scott Rachal] “We are perfectly aware that any fresh college graduate will have to be re-taught from day one. The buttons change so fast, no 2 or 4 year program can keep up.”
I agree with this. You should not go to school specifically to learn software/hardware etc. You go to school for the fundamentals and to learn how to work hard.
When I had an opportunity to do some editing at my new job, I had never used an Ampex online bay, but I had used a Sony 9000, a CMX 3500 and a variety of decks and terminal equipment. It was enough to get started, but I had to learn the operation of the new suite from scratch.
But I had the fundamentals. That is what got me my job and allowed me to keep it.
Mike Cohen
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[Sam Lesante Jr.] “Is it me, or does something not add up?”
You answered your own question. There are two adages to always keep in mind:
If it sounds too good to be true, it is too good to be true.
If it sounds like something is not quite right, someting is not quote right.
Was this job offer on Craigslist? Because these are Craigslist rates.
Is your local Subway not hiring?
If you need the money to avoid foreclosure, certainly take whatever job pays you some bread.
Mike Cohen
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Much anger I sense in you.
Frustration is obvious in your post.
A good employer should recognize talent and work ethic regardless of a degree. Of course, HR departments, which do the initial screening at tv networks and large organizations have requirements they need to check off. You might try to get in touch with someone who works for one of the companies to which you are applying and get their opinion on this issue.
We have discussed many times on this forum the value, perceived value, or lack of value, of a degree of any kind (AA, BA, BS, Full Sail, Film School, Maine Workshops, etc). To each his own opinion.
I have a 4 year degree. Out of the 124 credit hours I took, 12 were internships, 10 were actual production classes, 15 credits of other Communication requirements, and the rest were a combination of history, arts, sciences, music, math, literature. In addition to the classes, I spent about 20 hours a week at the campus tv and radio stations, several on-campus AV jobs, reporting assignments for the campus newspaper and a lot of hours in the library.
So in a nutshell, the production classes taught me the basics – technology has changed 500% since then – the rest of the classes taught me to be a critical thinker and made me a more well rounded person. But it was the internships, paid work and extracurricular activities that really let me learn and immediately apply what I had learned.
Can you get similar experiences on your own, without college, on the job? Absolutely. As you have obviously learned over your career, you need to apply yourself and work your bazooka off. And as Bob Zelin always reminds us, you need to keep learning because the 22 year olds trying to get your job know a lot.
Does that help?
Good luck in your continued career success.
Mike Cohen
Medical Education / Multimedia Producer
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It has been over a decade since I had to use a switcher on a daily basis, and that was in our online bay. What I do recall is what you said – manuals have lots of engineering schematics and confusing directions written by folks who speak Japanese better than English.
Grass switchers used to use the knobs for setting the LED displays, selecting colors, etc. not sure they have knobs at all but i would imagine there is a dial or set of buttons that cycles through the alphabet for setting labels.
We used to use a macro for setting up input timing, like you described. I won’t even try to guess at this because there were no digital switchers in my day.
Perhaps your Grass Valley rep can give you the name of another user in your area you could make friends with. I will ask around.
Mike Cohen
Medical Education / Multimedia Producer
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Jared,
As a frequent visitor to the DSLR forum, and a 7d user myself (I use it about 80% for stills and 20% for video), I agree that much of the emphasis around here is on motion video. However there are many creative people here – chances are those with the knowledge to answer just hadn’t gotten around to your post yet. You see, we all have pretty busy jobs.
So please don’t give up on the COW – there are many here who are out standing in their fields and happy to help.
FWIW, when I am shooting stills during a video shoot, I use the 7d for stills and a video camera for video. With tungsten, I do a lot of color correction on the stills. If shooting video with the 7d, I just do extra takes for stills.
Mike Cohen
Medical Education / Multimedia Producer
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oh, you mean the videos are all progressive download? That explains the need to load the whole video before watching, especially the reels including my own.
We started using Wowza for our streaming. Contact me offline if you want a sample link.
Mike Cohen
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When I have to deal with a tape glitch, I edit it out and close the gap. If it is only a frame or two, most people will not notice. If it is longer than say 4 frames, you will have a noticeable jump. Either cover with b-roll, or cut out more than a second and do a dissolve, making sure the dissolve does not go into the glitch.
In the future, may i suggest the Premiere or Art of the Edit forum.
Mike Cohen
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do you mean you logged the video once it was imported/captured, and made named subclips in your bin? Those names are stored within Premiere, but do not affect the actual file names on your media drive.
I do not recall if Project managing will save new files with the names you made or the original file names.
Mike Cohen
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Thanks for the feedback and the exciting news about future display options.
Mike