Todd Perchert
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I should have added that I’m thinking that the transmitters and receivers will also be swapped out, not just the lavs.
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If you want to have the best signal going into the converter, then that would be DVI.
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Sean – definitely, I don’t see this as something that I, or the TV station, has to worry about. Any spot that comes in is assumed to be legal. I don’t think we can do business any other way, not with the number of spots that come in each week. It’s up to the producers to make sure that it’s all kosher. Since we are the only station this client is airing on, I don’t want to see them get into a mess with copyright issues. This is more of me trying to keep a client, than just turning them in. Plus, I’m hoping it reinforces the fact that they really should get their commercial done professionally with us. Although, it will probably just upset them, since I told them I couldn’t do what they wanted in the first place, because of copyright issues. And what they wanted didn’t target the right people for their company, but that’s a whole ‘nuther issue. :^)
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Thanks everyone for the help. I know these songs are provided on a payment basis from either the cell phone provider or a 3rd party provider, and they are provided for personal use. This will be an issue for my management to deal with. I am always having to bring up copyright issues – I even had someone mention that “Todd was going to have a problem with this.” Well, yes, I do. And quite frankly, everyone in this business should.
Anyhow, thanks for the replies!
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Thanks Dave! I feel like the copyright police sometimes. But it’s like I’m the only one that cares about it. It is amazing some of the crap that people try to push onto TV. I can imagine how a Julia Roberts mask would go over in this market – did she sell her house in Santa Fe yet? ;^)
I think it is about time to get management involved. Even though the spots are produced out of house, they end up on our air.
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This site has some pretty good still images.
https://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/
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Hanselblat – I’m confused, are you seeing the interlace lines on your video monitor or your computer monitor?
And what will you be showing your project on?
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LOL! I like that – a lot! Unfortunately, my bosses and sales staff look at the buy time and see dollar signs. Without a concern about the quality. Which is why I am putting together a tech specifications sheet to send out to these clients.
I just got a spot on MiniDV from a client. The video was soft, muddy, and not shot well, the audio was echoing, and the graphics were hard to read. They saw it on the air and didn’t like the audio. I told them I could put new audio onto it for cheap ($50), but they just went with it as is. This is a TV station in a top 50 market! I’m surprised this is allowed on the air.
TC[tony salgado] “$499.98 of that is to put up with the stupidy of the client thinking they could produce professional broadcast quality work and the remaining 1 penny to cover overhead.
All of a sudden they might start to figure out it would be cheaper to hire you in the first place to deliver “broadcast quality” material from the start.”
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Thanks Chuck. I was working on simple explanations myself. I like some of yours better.
The leader index is a great source. I think that will be my main link. It seems easy enough to understand.
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Place your matte on V1 and your fill on V2, control click on V2, select composite mode as Travel Matte-Luma.
You can place a QT with Alpha directly in your sequence and it will key. Transparencies will be where they should be.
TC[neil Young] “A producer just handed me a QT for fill and a QT for matte. I need to get a luminance
matte, and haven’t quite figured it out with this matte filter.Also, f I import a quicktime with an alpha, will FCP automatically work with the alpha,
so that there is transparency where it should be? The way After Effects works?”