[Richard Allen]

So if you had a pretty quiet room and the pick up was focused you may be able to salvage the audio. Have you tried inverting the phase. There’s a button on each audio track to reverse phase. Even if it doesn’t seem to do anything, start there, then add your processing (EQ, Compression, ect)

The “tunnel” discription can come from many things, so maybe a more detail discription of what your hearing or even posting a sample my get you specific suggestions. You can still see the major audio influence in Vegas and people use it for its audio capabilities but as far as restoration you may look at Adobe Audition.

I havn’t worked with a Zoom but depending on the Rode mic you have I know you can select it to be hypercardioid which will help you focus the mic, but an on-camera mic (meaning it sits at the camera position) my not be the best placement. Even if you have a quiet set and do all the right things to mic your subject, ADR sometimes is unavoidable.

[Richard Allen]

Glad to hear it.

That’s why I love this site.
I don’t post very often but when I need it it’s great to have access to everyone’s knowledge.

[Richard Allen]

Long story, short

I’m a PC and I trying to find out if Vegas 7 can deal with one project, before having to upgrade.

[Richard Allen]

Apple came in to the market after the AVID money (and got it) Now instead of competing with Adobe for professional market share, seems like there turning there attention over to the home user that wants to be the “I do this on the side” professional.

Tough break.

I bet after you get over the inital shock of being dumped by Apple, you’ll realize your closer to your next editor than you think.
Keep using the version you have, you were going to have to upgrade anyway. So the next time somebody else will be getting your money. You get use to it.

Even through FCP or Premire are not my first choice, everyone, at one point or another has to come back to Adobe. If nothing else for Photoshop and After Effects sake. But if you know After Effects your not that far from Premire and Premier and FCP uses the same aproach systematicly.

If your livelihood is dependent on you staying current with the industry, I’d bet on Premire filling the void. If your in high demand and choose when and where, I’d find what ever makes me feel the most creative and stick with it. If you like FPC7 keep cutting with it nobody will ask or care as long as it looks great.

[Richard Allen]

Thanks,

HD: 720p or 1080p/i any frame rate

[Richard Allen]

Any way you can send me a 10sec anonymous clip to try it out. I could send you ftp info.

[Richard Allen]

I actually closed my FB page because I was finding out stuff I didn’t want to know about people.

I think this is totally up to your company make (type, size, the position your looking for) but I believe private should be private and it starts with us all respecting that. On the other had there’s a reponsibility for the individual to make sure there is such a thing as a private life. These days I have a hard time finding people who know how to keep there personal life private. I see business and private lives becoming one and I’m not liking it.

Though it’s made some of you all a small fortune, I think reality TV has a lot to do with it (along with myspace, youtube and Facebook, not to mention the dumbest waste of company time-Twitter). Everybody wants everybody to see “Me”.

I know I sound like an old fogie, but let people play on Facebook. Just tell’em not to bring that crap to work the next day.

My 2¢

[Richard Allen]

Really interesting post.
My career is a lot different than others that responded. My job start as an inhouse AV guy (like an AV janitor). I grew my department into a In-house multimedia production department. Things where growing great until funding became an issue. It became: “Hummm… You know the most about computers, you can be the IT manager as well, Oh by the way you are now the department of one”.

I use to think I was working hard, not taking vaction or being accessible during, so I could command my boundries later. Boy was I wrong.

I had to learn the hard way…Set your limits early and never let anyone set them for you. If you can handle emails and check voicemails while on vaction great, maybe that’s what got you to the top. But if you need that “He fell off the face of the Earth” time, make sure you get it and it is understood by all. You got to protect your you time, if the world can get it from you cheap they’ll take it.

One thing I’m trying to do is take my vactions the same times every year. This makes it so everyone knows what to expect and has to deal with it as a condition of being in relationship with me. It also makes me accountable to myself and family. I have to be gone at that time no matter what.

[Richard Allen]

I agree with John about ADR with what’s already shoot.

For the future, I hope you’re not depending on your on-camera mic as your all-in-one go-to.

When the mic didn’t pick it up or there was too much other stuff it picked up (like room reverberation that can give you a tunnel sound) you will never get it as goods as if it was direct mic’ed with a good mic to begin with.

It doesn’t even have to be that good, just choose one with the right pick up pattern and get it as close to the sound source with out being in the shot.

[Richard Allen]

Look in File>Properties look at the “Template” section you may have it set to NTSC DV which is 720X480 or something with a less than idea frame size. I haven’t posted to youtube in a while but I’d be willing to bet you can change the defult templete (make sure to make it default when you find the one you like)that will be more compatiable to youtube.

Also make sure you’re outputing formate is set to same frame size you chose, most default to “project size” but if you have a “go to” preset you hand select and not a general standard like HD1080i or 720p it might get a little hairy.