[Mike Smith]

Thanks Jeff – that’s fixed my problem.

I tried renaming the Encore-made image file to .iso, but somehow ended up with discs that play fine on computer but not in standalone players. Couldn’t see what setting I was missing in InstantCD (if any) – so tried imgburn.

And, I’m delighted to report, that looks like it’s done the job!

Again. many thanks for the help.

Mike

[Mike Smith]

This query reminded me of a project I saw on the Forge Freeform site recently … though a question was raised over whether freeform plays nice with late / current versions of AE …

Link:
https://www.forge.net/flwr_tray.htm

[Mike Smith]

You might also want to look at the range of offerings from Avid.

[Mike Smith]

If you check out this link
https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/onlocation/#head2
and select the “features” tab there’s an answer.

[Mike Smith]

Quite likely the channel you are using for mike input into the mixer is not set up to receive “mike level” rather than “line level” – can you find settings for this somewhere on the mixer? Could whoever lent you the mixer help with this?

At a simpler level, what are the sound levels like if you plug your mike directly into your computer’s microphone in socket and capture in an audio app (Audition?)

[Mike Smith]

Would you do better to feed the mic into an appropriate pre-amp or mixer, which could then give you firewire out to feed to your computer or a signal you could input to the canopus?

Isn’t firewire audio in a straight digital copy – any adjustment at that stage won’t put back whatever detail was lost in the sound before or when it was digitised …

[Mike Smith]

Thanks Steve.

[Mike Smith]

In lots of ways, if you’re trying to sell “video” as a concept you may have a long hard struggle – and at the end, the client may then just choose someone else.

Maybe you need to look more at customers who know they want / need video, and give them a reason to choose you over others.

Are you sure your business guru is the right one for you – did s/he give you stats on how much s/he improved other people’s business ? !

[Mike Smith]

What happens if you paint out the wires first, maybe in a nested comp, and then apply the time stretch to that ….

[Mike Smith]

Your post has lots of alarm triggers in it!

Why does a business person want you as a partner – you, who by your own account know nothing of the subject area. More, to guess from your post (apologies if this guess is wrong) also have little experience in video production ..?

A cynic might wonder whether your potential partner is looking for someone to cover most of the costs and time in producing an ambitious project s/he can’t otherwise fund – and for which, as is pointed out above, there may be a limited market.

Really, you’re not being offered partnership. Partners don’t do things like “My partner is looking at paying me a low salary & giving me a stake (%) of the company’s profits.”. Partners are in it together.

You are being offered high-risk, low-paid employment with a potential profit share (Shakespeare in Love skewered that one beautifully) by – who? Someone you know well, trust, love? Or a “business person” who chose you – why exactly?

Your posting here suggests you may harbour doubts.

To me, it seems those doubts would be well founded. I’d want to be very clear about what time and money (is he asking you to fund the video kit hire / purchase?) you invest in this project.

In the (unlikely?) event profits do come through, you’d also want to know in advance what rates both your contribution and hers/his would be valued at in calculating your “real” project costs … your partner would want to make up your low wages to fair wages before calculating any profit, right ?

Hope it works out!