Terry Mikkelsen
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The “bonsai” method sounds interesting, but I am skeptical. I will try a few scenes tonight and see what it does. Usually, for HDV footage, I edit as HDV, export a reference movie, and then transcode with Compressor. (Notice I said edit as HDV, not compositing.)
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This may help. I often use a firestore firewire recording system along with a tape in the camera. However, when I use the camera start/stop button and the firestore is already recording, it will cause a 1 frame glitch in the firestore’s video. If I don’t edit this 1 frame out, FCP will post the error you are getting upon output. (If the frame does not need rendered and you select “reference movie” it will export. However, then when you transcode in Compressor, it will fail with a general error that is not very helpful.)
So, all this to say, see if you have any funky frames and edit them out, then try the export again.
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Now we’re talkin’!! Fantastic!!! Thanks for the great, quick and smooth implementation.
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According to Tim Wilson, that option is not currently available. It seems to be a recurring request though. Hopefully, it will be implemented. I think that it would only encourage more participation, being able to easily see new posts and its subject line. If it were too overwhelming for some users, I guess they could simply not use the feature. There are quite a few features that we all don’t use on a daily basis, but to some individuals these features are vital.
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Check out Auralex:
https://www.auralex.com/aoc/They have a room calculator. Obviously, they want you to buy their stuff, but it should give you some rough ideas. Only your ears will be the best judge. Get yourself a few pieces hung (like your side walls that you suggested for first reflections), then get an assistant to move various pieces to your liking.
Square or diamond should not have much effect, so do whichever looks good to you in that place (but don’t let pretty pictures override your ears).
The ceiling, even though will eventually get lighting, should get some attention. A super cheap solution is to build rectangular frames and fill with roll insulation. Staple a cheap fabric cover top. Then when you get lights, just drill and screw right through your custom sound panels. Just hang the lights low enough to not cause a fire.
Finally, diffusion is justly suggested. Auralex will probably show some in their “calculations”. You can make them yourself though. Simply 2″x2″ various length pieces of wood tightly fitted together in a random pattern. Stain or paint any color you wish, not going to harm anything.
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Nice home page (that’s all I could devote time to). Effective Business Video is nice too. “…we make digital tools for your business”, does that include custom computer programming, web site databases and integration? The marching mouse was distracting – one march to the TV = kind of cute, march back off screen = “ok, now what?”, march back and forth again = distracting / annoying. Lastly, who said business was supposed to be fun?? I want to find that guy and punch him in the nose. How about, “business is supposed to be profitable, and with EBV we can provide the effective tools to help make that happen.”
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InDesign does not alter your elements (for the most part – effects, flattening, and outlines can cause some problems), in that text is still text, vectors remain vectors, and tiffs keep all of the original resolution – even with placed pdf files. The postscript file that gets sent to the RIP still contains vectors and text. Everything gets turned into a dot at some point in the chain – even text. It is the job of the RIP to process this information and turn it into the dot representation appropriate for the selected press.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raster_image_processor
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Output resolution and lpi are determined upon output. You can only down-sample the resolution when exporting to pdf. So if you “print” to a RIP, you can select lpi/dpi in the print/output/screening dialog box. But it should match the RIP settings, since it will have ultimate control over the plate/negative.
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Indy would be useful for your DVD packaging. Not really a great tool for web page creation though. Dreamweaver would be much more appropriate for web. (Just like Premiere can make a DVD, a dedicated DVD authoring program would be much better.)
If I were in your shoes, I would just grab a copy and then sell it. (or get the production suite, and sell your CS3 version)Tech-T Productions
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