Ron Lindeboom
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You will also find a new feature added to Creative COW very shortly that will include most all plug-in vendors and products. We have hired a new team member to help us get it done quickly and part of his job description is to help Creative COW build one of the most definitive plug-ins gateways/systems online.
Expect it quite soon.
Best,
Ron Lindeboom
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[beenyweenies] “One of the things that will sell this shot more than anything is convincing sound FX. You should look around to find a good bat-hitting-head “ping!” sound effect to use. Even if people don’t see the bat hitting the head, hearing that sound on cue will really go a long way. Just be careful to mix it in with the audio properly, if it’s too loud in your mix it will be obvious that it’s a sound effect. Subtle is good.”
And to add to what Brandon has said here: Good audio beds/sfx are usually done with more than one effect. Sometimes, depending on the scene, you might want to place a very low-frequency sound very subtly into the mix to make it “feel” like someone has been struck. Do not make it obvious or oversell the effect as it will then draw too much attention to itself. Other things might include a quick shoe shuffle sound, as if the guy has lost his balance and his feet are reacting to the blow. Again, don’t overdo it but keep in mind that a good audio track is usually made up of much more than a single sound.
Keep it real…
Ron Lindeboom
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Hello Dave,
Over the years you have been a great guy, and one full of ideas and answers. It has been great to have you here at the COW.
All of us get those days when we go beyond where we probably should go but that’s part of being human.
Thanks for your understanding, Dave.
Have fun,
Ron Lindeboom
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Okay Dave, this has gotten just a bit too out there and I am not going to let this one slide without a bit of “slappage” of my own…
You are entitled to your opinions. You are NOT entitled to bitch slap a guy as you have done to Andreas. Period.
You don’t like his codec? Fine. That is your opinion. But there is a whole article, for example, in the new issue of Creative COW Magazine on why Mac users, in particular, would want to use it in cross-platform production environments. Can you spell “ProRes can’t function in a cross-platform environment but Sheer can capture and create great looking images that *are* instantly available to their PC counterparts (and even other Mac users) who are working in the same production chain but don’t have FCS2 on their machines”???
In our tests we found the Sheer codec was as much as 50-times faster than other lossless codecs. Our tester, David Battistella, found it to be nearly twice as fast as uncompressed. For a lossless codec that beats the crap out of many of those out there.
Is it perfect? No. I have yet to see anything that is.
And no, Andreas didn’t buy an ad or ask us to do the article. We did the story as when we saw ProRes, it became clear to us that only those with the latest revision of FC Studio 2 were going to be able to read it — other machines in the studio that may be running After Effects or older versions of FCP but don’t have FC Studio 2, per se, and so can’t use ProRes. Period.
Again, as I said earlier, there are no perfect solutions and I have yet to see one. But I have had it with people wanting to insult others and think that they have some god-given right to do so.
Think what you want but you hardly have all the answers, Dave. You may think you do but that is hardly the case…
And if you wish to insult me, then feel free but take your best shot because it will be your last…
Ron Lindeboom
creativecow.net, co-founder
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Angie can disappear from time to time when she’s very busy and/or client issues/deliverables become pressing.
I wouldn’t worry just yet. ;o)
Ron Lindeboom
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iMovie or Premiere Elements, those are my two recommendations. Sony also has a dumbed down version of Vegas but I’ve never seen it. Oh, and Corel now owns the old Ulead product line.
Those are the main contenders.
Ron Lindeboom
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[dupsta] “As for Nuke: Did I hear right , DD sold that app to Discreet, AKA Auto Desk? (terrible name)”
No, Nuke was sold to The Foundry, makers of AE and Discreet plug-ins.
In fact, Ron Brinkman (of the original Shake team at Nothing Real) has joined The Foundry as the product manager for Nuke.
Ron Lindeboom
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Premiere Pro 7 is a crack, not a legitimate release.
We really do not support illegitimate users as we are a site dedicated to media professionals who make their living with these tools and therefore, buy them.
Sorry to be so hard on you but…
Ron Lindeboom
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[Tim Wilson] “he only feature I’m aware of cut with Media 100 is The Blair Witch Project. (Other folks, please correct me if I’m wrong.)”
There was another feature that was cut on a Media 100, the first one actually — Dean Cundey did it on Disney’s “Honey I Shrunk the Kids.” In a phone conversation that I did with Dean back when it was happening, Dean said: “I will NEVER do it again.” He was quite emphatic that he wouldn’t — laying out a list of reasons — and he never has. (Even though he’s worked on many films since.)
If I had shot a film like Blair Witch would I use a Media 100? Quite readily, yes. If I had shot a large multi-camera major feature like a Disney project, would I? Not on your life.
Using a screwdriver to drive nails is counter-productive. Using a hammer is much preferred. Avid excels at managing major projects but Media 100 excels in its ease of use and simplicity to operate. It is easily the quickest system to learn to cut on, bar none. That’s why something like Blair Witch, which was quite atypical of industry production convention, was perfect for Media 100. It was just some guys telling a story; one shot on a VX-1000 or two as I remember the tale. No need to worry about cameras syncing in a multi-cam edit, as there weren’t really those kinds of concerns.
Best,
Ron Lindeboom
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There is a Panasonic P2 forum here at the COW and there are many HVX experts there that can help you with P2-based camera issues.
You might want to check it out…
Best regards,
Ron Lindeboom