Richard Van den boogaard
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Hi Todd,
You misunderstood my strategy. I quote 14 days and usually get paid within 30, which is fine with me. However, once they’re running late after that, I can point them to a longer overdue date than if I would have given them 30 to begin with. An invoice which is 45 days overdue makes more impact than one that’s only 30 days late.
True, these days a lot of companies are stretching their cashflows. Some even go upto 90 days. I make a habit out of chasing them as soon as they’re running late. Not only through my automated billing system, but also by calling them. They don’t like that.
I still find it strange that some of you mention fear of clients going elsewhere. I am not afraid that clients will walk because of too stringent payment terms from my side. If and when they do solely for that reason, they’re not the type of clients I want to work for, because then obviously I’ve not given them enough added value from the work I do for them.
Richard van den Boogaard
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Check the second part of the tutorial – if features exactly what you need: https://cache.redgiantsoftware.com/_assets/uploads/file/community-tutorial/gs_psunami_part2.mov
Richard van den Boogaard
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Red Giant’s Psunami is probably a good solution: https://www.redgiantsoftware.com/products/all/psunami/
It would probably mean that you’ll have to redo the bottom part of your composition with this plugin, but animating water probably is a lot more complex.
Richard van den Boogaard
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Michael – sorry, I misread your comment.
I think you may be absolutely right. Correct me if I’m wrong, but due to the line skipping technology (how they downsample a full frame sensor image to FullHD), DSLRs do have rolling shutter issues, right? I can imagine this becoming worse if you record at even lower resolution, such as 720p which comes down to higher on-the-fly downsampling…
Richard van den Boogaard
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Yes, if you use it without having a license on the Pro version of Google Earth, it is illegal. Check Google to find out more about this version.
Richard van den Boogaard
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@Michael: I don’t see how scaling down your footage in the edit (my 67%-rule) makes any difference in terms of the occassional moire or rolling shutter the Canons have. If it’s there, scaling down will not make it worse, right? Only smaller. If so, I have yet to discover an example of that being true.
The benefit of having some ability to reframe (re-applying rule of thirds) a hastily made shot by far outweighs not having that ability at all, I think. For most output destinations 720p is very acceptable; it looks perfect on most any FullHD TV set, as well as Vimeo or YouTube.
Richard van den Boogaard
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Not being able to read .mov files could be the result of a combination of several things – improper codecs installed, software and/or hardware. Remember that .mov is only a container format, probably you mean that these files actually contain h.264 compressed footage, like that from the Canon DSLRs.
If anything, CS5 works miracles if you combine with the right hardware, like an array of fast HDDs (at least 7200rpm), fast CPU, at least 8GB of internal memory and an nVidia Graphics card (3800, 4800 or 5600).
If you depend on your workstation for your income, don’t go cheap on the specs. But that’s my philosophy.
Richard van den Boogaard
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If you edit the project at 720p 60fps then there is no need to go back and reshoot it at 1080p 30fps. Just leave the interpretation of the file at 60fps in your NLE, edit it and render it out.
You achieve slomo by conforming the 60fps to 30fps, but if you skip this step the footage will be just fine.
Richard van den Boogaard
Freelance cameraman • Editor • YouTube specialist -
I use 14 days as payment term. I do this on purpose. Remember, YOU are the supplier, so YOU and only you set the payment terms.
If you do groceries, you can’t expect to pay for it after 90 days without a penalty (e.g. paying interest on your credit card), so why should we be any different? Sometimes your clients say that they have to wait for their clients to pay – yeah, like that helps me when I have to pay off my mortgage!
Most of my clients actually pay within 30 days, if only because my online invoicing system starts sending them reminders when they’re running late. For legal purposes it’s always better to have the necessary correspondence if you ever need to get the money by other means (e.g. factoring company or even a lawyer).
Nonetheless, some of my clients state upfront that they can only pay after 60 or even 90 days (“It’s company policy”) and then I’ll explain to them that the invoice will feature an interest charge (1% per month), with a complementary clause that they can deduct a comparable fee if they pay within my terms.
You may loose a client or two due to strict adherence to payment terms, but these are not necessarily the clients you deserve to work for anyway.
We provide services, but we’re not banks!
Richard van den Boogaard
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Hi Andrea,
Test, test, test. That is the only way to find out if it’s reliable enough for you. Again, I’d rather have the in camera sound for back-up/syncing purposes and rely on properly monitored and recorded sound on the Zoom H4N.
Nonetheless, for certain assignments I am waiting for more camera bodies than the new Panasonic to come out with proper XLR inputs, but I find the 4/3rd concept too big of a deal for my existing Canon EF Glass (2x crop factor). Sony, Canon, anyone?
Richard van den Boogaard
Freelance cameraman • Editor • YouTube specialist