[Wayne Orr]

I guess I’m not explaining this very well, Abraham. There are no “images” but rather a video, which is apprx 34MB in size, so it will not be imbedded in any email, but rather I want to include the URL where the video resides presently, and by “click to play” the reader would connect to the video. Hence, I say I want to imbed the URL in the email. Can I do this? This email would go to a number of people, rather than to one “client.”
Thanks again.

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[Wayne Orr]

I read David’s original post, and went to the smartdigital site and ordered Squeeze. The order went through, but I received no follow-up instructions for the download of the software. I chalked it up to the New Years holiday, and gave them an extra day. Short story is, I have not received any communication from this site, despite three emails to both the administrator and sales. I just called AmEx and put a stop on the transaction. I’m not accusing anyone of anything improper – but feel I was at least due an email from the company. You’re all welcome to make what you will of my experience. I’ll let you know if I ever hear from them. They may be more responsive to the inquiry they will be getting from AmEx. (Always cover your ass with a reputable credit card)

Wayne Orr

[Wayne Orr]

My wife and I just returned from a week of R & R in Maui, and there are a ton of locally produced commercials plugging everything from resorts, to snorkeling excursions, to “adventures in dining,” and the quality runs the gamut from stunning to numbing. The competition must be quite keen in such a lovely work enviornment.

One particularly lovely ad for an exotic resort hotel had audio levels so low, I missed the first few lines of copy. As usual, audio bites you in the a$$.

Wayne Orr, SOC

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[Wayne Orr]

Whoa. Got. Opened a copy in the autosave vault. Hey, that’s what it’s there for, Wayne. Doh.

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Gino meet Nino
New lighting forum has some good examples using a three softbox light kit that you (and others) may find helpful.
https://efplighting.com/
Wayne

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[Wayne Orr]

Hi Gino. The usual guys here are probably pretty burned out answering this question, which is the most asked question on any lighting site, and will yield almost as many different answers. Since I’m familiar with the companies you mentioned, I’ll give you my take. But please search the previous posts here for other opinions.

I was an early fan of the JTL kit, having found it at a local photo shop, and thinking it might be just what “newbies” on tight budgets were looking for, I picked up one and pretty well ran it through it paces. The one line review; the JTL is sort of the Kia of light kits. It will get you where you want to go, just not in style. That’s not a bad thing if you can save some dough, and the three light softbox kit for around $500.00 is a pretty good deal. This kit will not take a lot of heavy abuse, and is not a quick set-up/tear-down, so if time is tight, or you are rough on your gear, you might want to look at the Chimera or even the Lowel softbox, which is their best product in the line, IMHO.

What do you do with three softboxes? Leave one at home for a spare, but take the stand with you. Buy another light, preferably a professional light, like an LTM Pepper. They come in various sizes, and the smallest is a 100watt, which is quite adequate for hair light or a kicker. Its a true fresnel, which means it is focusable, which is great for putting it some distance from your subject and still being able to puch some light on your subject. And since the JTL stand accepts the 5/8″ standard spud, the Pepper will slip right on it. With a four-way barn door, and a bulb, it will run around $250.00, which will take you a bit over your target dollars, but you will be able to do a lot with these two purchases. You can use one softbox for the key light on your subject, and the second to light the background, if it needs it, and your Pepper for the hair or kicker light. If you want a bit more fill on the off-key side of your subject, you can bounce it with a white card, or get a flex-fill. You’ll need an extra stand if you want the bounce.

Other items are stingers (extension cables), a dimmer or two, C-47’s (clothes pins), gaffer tape, and later some colored gels. A stand with a boom arm is nice to help position the back light. There is an “egg crate” available for the softboxes, which is nice to have but not necessary. I have a kit similar to this that I pack in a hard shell golf case that wheels around and weighs in at the airline fifty pound limit. Works great.

You can save set-up time if you can assemble the softboxes at home, and load them into your vehicle, rather than at the location. BTW, don’t believe the ads that you can use 1000 watt bulbs in the JTL lights. No! Only with the lamps that use a fan, and you absollutely do not want the units with the fans! (Use the 750 watt with good ventilation)

You can see some work I did just after I bought the JTL kit (I also used a Pepper 350 and a bounce board) here: https://www.digitalprods.com/LSmontage%20copy.jpg

Good luck and don’t forget to search the old posts.

Wayne Orr, SOC

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[Wayne Orr]

OK, now we’re getting somewhere. Tom, is it possible to insert a text file into Boris, or do I have to manually type out my credits, jumping from column to column? Also, should you click on the “center text” icon? And once you start using the gutter, is it possible to switch to plan centering for the next category, such as “Crew”?
Thanks again for the help, and is this in any instructions somewhere? Or, are you just this damn clever?

[Wayne Orr]

OK, now we’re getting somewhere. Tom, is it possible to insert a text file into Boris, or do I have to manually type out my credits, jumping from column to column? Also, should you click on the “center text” icon? And once you start using the gutter, is it possible to switch to plan centering for the next category, such as “Crew”?
Thanks again for the help, and is this in any instructions somewhere? Or, are you just this damn clever?

[Wayne Orr]

Uh, sorry, but I don’t get it, Shane. Is that a joke or a real solution?

[Wayne Orr]

Good response, Mark. You might have mentioned that often follow spots are “warmed-up” for video shooting. A normal follow spot is around 5200K and plays bluish to the live audience, which is not a bad thing, but when recorded it is definitely the wrong color, so a color correction filter is added to the spot to bring it to the more proper 3200K temperature. Why not just balance the camera to 5200K? Because almost all the other lights are 3200K, with gels added to provide color effects. Balancing the camera to 5200K will “cool” these lights somewhat, so the preferred method is to color correct the spots, although often news shooters will balance their cameras to uncorrected 5200K spots, so at least the skin tones look correct.

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