Zane Barker
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I don’t quite think you under stand a few things. If you convert the HD files down to SD sizes, you will be loosing image quality. If you then take that down converted image and enlarge it, it will not look as good as the original file.
Think of it like taking a 8×10 picture and then photocopying it and making a nice wallet size picture. THen you go and take that wallet size image and photocopy it and enlarge it back to a 8×10 image. The end result will not look as good as the original in any way.
Hard drives are cheep these days, I would sagest getting a more drive space.
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What are you viewing the video on?
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[Chris Babbitt] “With the demise of the HD-DVD format, it seems only a matter of time before Apple adopts Blu-ray drives in their machines.” “
I think it is more likely that Apple is not offering BlueRay drives yet because they haven’t yet updated DVD SP to support BlueRay burning.
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Chill out Ryan,
There are a LOT of factors that go into what you are charging. And one of those factors is LOCATION. Some one in L.A. or new your is going to be charging quite differently then someone in Bosie ID or Topeka KS.
As for my thoughts on the question. Some of it also depends on if I was the one who was hired to do the original production and edit. If I was then I would most likely do it for free. Also if it is a client that you do work for often then just do it.
To compress a 30 Sec spot for the web only takes minutes.
Now if it is just a complete stranger off the street, then sure charge him. And I would say that charging 1/4 to 1/2 your regular hourly rate should be fine. If this person os going to be coming to you often with 30 sec spots that need to be compressed , then you could work out a better deal.
The price of a nice lunch sounds good.
And yes Ryan the price of a nice lunch is going to be different in New York then in Topeka KS.
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Capture your HDV as SD and edit the entire thing in SD.
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[Mary Ann McClure] “Seems like HD might be overkill”
Most HDV cameras will actually shoot SD video also as well as give you the option of having the camera down-convert the HDV video to SD on playback. Most likely within a year or two you will be wanting HD anyway, so why not equip your self now, especially when the price of HDV and SD cameras is so close if not the same price.
Also most people will agree that DVD’s that are created from video that was originally shot in HD actually look better then DVD’s that where shot in SD.
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Jeremy originally suggested a MacBook Pro NOT a MacPro.
A Macbook Pro has a express slot that you can add a eSATA card to to use eSATA drives with. That will keep your media drives completely separate from your camera.
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What others are saying about dpi is completely correct. Another issue I see is that you say you are working on a DV time line. DV is highly compressed. I suggest working on a DVCPro50 or even a uncompressed 8bit time line.
Because your entire video is made of still pictures, you will be able to get it done 10 times faster if you use a program like Fotomagico, that way you don’t have you don’t have to do a TON of key frames like you would in FCP.
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[Jeff Scott] “dreaded Leopard”
Leopard is by no means dreaded. I actually prefer it by for over any other OS I have ever used.
[Jeff Scott] “Could my non-Apple RAM be the culprit?”
Most definitely it could be, bad ram can cause all sorts of problems. Also your ram my not be installed properly, there are vary specific ways ram needs to be installed on Mac Pros, ant it can be different depending on the model of Mac Pro.
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[Kevin Hamm] “The bigger reason, tho, is that the 15” uses an LED backlight, where the 17 still uses a CCFL (fluorescent bulb) “
Not any more the new 17″ that were just released last week have LED back light, even the high res version now how the LED backlight.
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