My 5 COW Posts
Welcome D. Eric Franks to the forum team here in Sony Vegas
by Ron Lindeboom on Nov 10, 2009 at 3:23:24 pm
in the Sony Vegas Forum
We are delighted to welcome D. Eric Franks as the latest member of the forum team here in the Sony Vegas forum.
Eric is the newest member of the Creative COW Team and many here may remember Eric from his work...
Re: How do you bill for iTunes downloads?
by Ron Lindeboom on Nov 6, 2009 at 8:49:12 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
[Milton Hockman] "im working freelance for a production company and i had to download an iTunes song for the project. they told me to add it to my bill. how do you all charge for that? should i...
Re: They're just not that into you....
by Ron Lindeboom on Nov 6, 2009 at 5:39:30 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
John,
Looks like some people disagree with you and that was probably to be expected, huh? ;o)
But I agree with you, in principle, and I also think the key to what you were saying was in the words "If...
Re: Shooting a pilot: need advice
by Ron Lindeboom on Oct 7, 2009 at 10:32:57 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
[Mandy Mastromanico] "The clients are in the Far East, and I am their only connection to the US therefore they are coming to me. I have no prior experience in this field."
Not to be cruel, but this...
Re: Film, TV and Voice Over Blog
by Ron Lindeboom on Aug 22, 2009 at 4:16:16 pm
in the COW - User Announcements Forum
Too funny, DC. I had no idea that Edie McClurg was the voice of Mrs. Butterworth. She is so funny.
I remember the first time that I saw the one with The Pips in it. I exploded in laughter because it...
Re: To Buy or Borrow
by Ron Lindeboom on Jul 20, 2009 at 1:21:55 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
[Lisa Koza] "I want and need my footage to look great for this gig because it's an important one because the middle guy will prob give me more jobs like this in the future. I guess my question...
Re: Hiring an editor
by Ron Lindeboom on Jul 10, 2009 at 3:25:12 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
[Todd Terry] "Hope Ron doesn't mind the cross post here..."
Oh no, yet again have I been forced to don my El Hombre Malo costume...
[Scene cuts to camera angle looking over man's shoulder into...
Re: Information Overload
by Ron Lindeboom on Jun 4, 2009 at 1:24:49 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
EMAIL PROBLEMS: I tried the "dump it all and the important ones will get through" approach a while back. In my case, it didn't work at all. Everyday I get new mail from people writing with ideas, feedback and...
Re: I guesss it's just me
by Ron Lindeboom on May 28, 2009 at 4:04:40 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
[Tom Scott] "I don't blame the "noobs", I blame the current layout of the After Effects forums (or, more precisely, the links configuration)."
Tom,
Do you know anything about human nature or do you just jump to conclusions based...
Re: Changing the Standard
by Ron Lindeboom on May 19, 2009 at 3:09:14 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
[Franklin McMahon] said: "The creative people who have this desire become very successful, it does not even depend on skills often, its tenacity and drive."
to which [Chris Blair] replied: "I just don't believe this...
Re: Please!Please!I need your help,I can't find my video
by Ron Lindeboom on May 2, 2009 at 12:02:56 pm
in the COWmunications feedback Forum
Hi Xu Kun,
This is a brand new feature that we just added the other day and you are one of the first to use it.
In the next day or two, we will add the feature link to the PROFILE page...
Re: Cool viral marketing campaign
by Ron Lindeboom on Jul 25, 2008 at 7:28:41 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
I am thinking of making a video of how the new 3G iPhone not only pops corn but also butters it and creates the bowl. If you get the 16gig model, it even cleans up after you.
Imagine!
But wait, there's more!...
ADMIN: Classifieds Forum Policies & Legal Statement: Please read before posting -- Thank You.
by Ron Lindeboom on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm
in the Classifieds, For Sale Forum
Please note that CreativeCow.net, its officers or employees assume no liability arising directly or indirectly out of the use of this forum for any transaction. Please be aware that all transactions are conducted directly between the buyer and seller and...
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Re: Should I change careers to 3D animation?
by Mike Cohen on Oct 26, 2009 at 11:32:55 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
What I am wondering is what professors in 3D animation courses are telling their students about job prospects.
3D Animation is very broad. Find a niche, be it medical, industrial, biological or commercial. It is easier to approach potential clients with...
The 10-sec. Email & The Principle of Counterproductivity
by Tim Wilson on Aug 25, 2009 at 2:53:43 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
These are general business principles, and apply broadly to your communication with clients, bosses, and colleagues.
Because they are general, you may believe that they don’t apply to YOU. This belief is likely inversely proportional to the truth.
+++
1) Email is not...
Re: Frustration with new-age communication being ignored *whinge*
by Bill Davis on Aug 22, 2009 at 10:12:09 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
David,
If you mis-read this you're going to find the tone harsh.
It's NOT supposed to be. I'd like it to be more like a good exercise at a high level customer service seminar you've paid a lot of hard earned...
Re: client not paying - need advice!
by Mark Suszko on Aug 5, 2009 at 10:26:59 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
You won't have the time to waste on this in small claims, plus the time spending on the collection end if the judge finds for your side.
If the client posts to youtube, you can protest it as not legally belonging...
Re: client not paying - need advice!
by Nick Griffin on Aug 5, 2009 at 10:08:02 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
DeAnna-
Sounds like you've already learned a few valuable lessons, although one not mentioned was the importance of getting a deposit. So... let's look at how to move FORWARD.
Stop calling her, or for that matter having any contact at all for...
Re: Training DVD estimates
by Simon Stutts on Jul 7, 2009 at 3:45:09 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
Template contracts...
http://tinyurl.com/lwh9hy...
Re: Contract Wording
by Arnie Schlissel on Jun 23, 2009 at 8:53:19 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
You should insist on a 50% deposit before the shoot. No deposit, you don't show up. This is common in many industries, not just video and film production.
Anyone who balks at a reasonable deposit is probably...
Re: Invoice Issue
by Tim Kolb on Jun 18, 2009 at 10:03:39 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
[Aaron Cadieux] "If nobody ever bothered to blow the whistle on a company for bad business practices, then there would be no such thing as a company with a bad reputation. $650 may not seem like much to...
Re: Help lighting a chroma backdrop
by Bill Davis on Jun 9, 2009 at 10:58:59 am
in the Lighting Design Pros Forum
Ian,
I still don't think you're quite understanding the essential elements of setting up a workable key.
If I had to put a single aspect at the top of the list of what makes a good key easy to pull, it would...
Re: Another Ethics Question
by Simon Stutts on Apr 24, 2009 at 1:06:19 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
Bitterness is a messy thing. It's doubly dangerous because it doesn't come out of nowhere - it starts off with a legitimate reason. I've been dealing with it myself. It can and more than likely will ruin EVERY good thing...
Re: Showing work from past employers
by Nick Griffin on Apr 9, 2009 at 10:11:04 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
Legally it's likely that they can prevent you from showing their work in any kind of public way, ie. - online, mass mailing, etc. It's also likely that they may be willing to invest more in...
Re: Sticking to rates when you're poor and desperagte
by Mark Suszko on Mar 17, 2009 at 7:56:06 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
Stick to your guns, Alison. Once you get a rep for low-balling prices, it is very hard to change that perception, and it becomes self-fulfilling; people won't consider you for bigger and better things, and the lowball stuff is all...
Re: door to door
by Bob Bonniol on Mar 11, 2009 at 10:16:06 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
ABSOLUTELY know what your targets do, who the principals are, and what your service is going to bring. I get 5 to 10 cold calls a month from folks who want to work for us. I'll bet if...
Re: Your employees: Rock stars or sheep?
by Mark Suszko on Mar 9, 2009 at 12:52:29 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
Based on empirical evidence in my life I think the 80-20 rule applies to any "voluntary" group endeavor: 20 percent of the people in the organization get 80 percent of the work done, 80 percent of the donations contributed,...
Re: Question of ethics
by Mark Raudonis on Feb 26, 2009 at 8:19:37 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
Ok. I went back and read your original post.
You are an idiot for having posted it! That's not personal... it's business!
Any employer reading this thread has now been warned about what kind of employee you'd be.
Good luck...
Re: The value of time
by Franklin McMahon on Feb 26, 2009 at 8:17:23 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
Yes rush jobs should incur an extra fee. Is always best to provide a choice, such as, I can get it done on Monday for XXX or I can have it done Saturday by 5 for XXXX. That way the...
Re: Ideas Pricing
by grinner hester on Feb 21, 2009 at 7:55:59 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
I suppose the reason we cannot copyright ideas is because ideas are worth nothing. Brain-storming great content is the easy part. We all know what would be really cool and the question is who among us can make it happen.
Take...
Stop it
by Steve Wargo on Jan 28, 2009 at 10:22:38 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
STOP charging by the finished minute. This was an idiotic practice from many years ago and it makes no sense. Charge by the project using any formula but that one. I guess this means that you charge $400 for a...
Re: Social Media
by Timothy J. Allen on Jan 21, 2009 at 9:31:51 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter... there's one major mistake that I think most people have when they plan to use these sites for "marketing".
The sites are intrinsically designed to make it easy for you to tell people about yourself ......
Re: Social Media
by Bob Zelin on Jan 19, 2009 at 8:13:02 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
I find it funny that someone is trying to compare Creative Cow to MySpace or Facebook - or even LinkedIn. Creative Cow is a specific forum for professionals in our lovely industry. I dont' think anyone has ever...
Re: Social Media
by Mike Cohen on Jan 17, 2009 at 2:13:14 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
Social Networking = a buzz word. Buzz words such as "green", "energy independence" and "change" are fairly vague and only time will tell if their is some use.
I agree with Ron that focused networking sites like this one are useful....
Re: Inspiration Board
by Bob Zelin on Jan 9, 2009 at 7:16:00 pm
in the COWmunications feedback Forum
what a great idea. Lets post pictures of all the manufacturing plants in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Thailand that acutally MAKE all the products that we use. This should be a good "kick in the pants" to all...
Re: How important is a capture card?
by Brendan Coots on Dec 21, 2008 at 6:03:33 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
"I don't know on what you are basing this claim. I know of many people, both personally and from forums, that share my experience of not having issues."
It can't really be disputed - After Effects, FCP and virtually all...
Re: Marketing & Promotion for Beginning Video Artist
by Mark Suszko on Dec 12, 2008 at 8:12:59 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
I liked your one art gallery commercial for Chasens, and it gave me the following thought.
If you are looking for some kind of overall direction, my initial impression is skip music videos and law commercials: you could do more youtube...
Re: OT: Need advice on budget for tax write off
by Nick Griffin on Dec 9, 2008 at 8:00:54 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
Sorry to be a wet blanket, and... I'm not an accountant, nor a tax attorney, BUT... I don't think you can write off your own labor when donated. You can write off things like mileage, tape costs, etc....
Re: Waiver for technology shortcomings?
by Bob Zelin on Dec 10, 2008 at 12:51:36 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
Sebastian writes -
"Let's say that you had really bad luck one day at an event and technology failed you."
REPLY -
Sebastian, is this a joke, or WHAT ? I was hired in May 2008 by Nickelodeon Television to...
Re: Astonished so many of us miss the REAL point...
by Bob Zelin on Nov 29, 2008 at 5:41:13 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
Mark Alexander writes -
"The other day I had a very successful business person tell me that video was all "fluff" and not necessary in the corporate world".
REPLY (and this goes to the few of you that agree with...
Re: Xraid
by Bob Zelin on Oct 9, 2008 at 11:30:52 pm
in the Apple Xsan Forum
No disrepect, but Jordan is out of his mind. A mint condition Apple XServe RAID with nothing on it could maybe do 220mb/sec tops, which will give you one reliable stream of uncompressed HD. As the XServe RAID...
Re: audio synching, sound keys, render issues
by Dave LaRonde on Aug 14, 2008 at 10:58:32 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
[Daniel Potthast] "no shift in timing and once converted to DV, timing is still good...
any ideas why this shift happens in the first place? I have noticed a few other posts with similar issues using quicktime... "...
Re: Poll: Teleprompter tricks?
by Todd Terry on Jul 30, 2008 at 1:52:21 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
Hi Bruce...
I've been surprised at how well the average Joe off the street can be at prompter reading... not always , but pretty darn often.
I've never had any problem with shifty eyes... and I think size is the key....
Re: some help with poorly lit blue screen
by Brendan Coots on Jul 30, 2008 at 1:47:24 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Most of the really good keying apps look at the difference in color values between two adjacent pixels to determine the key. When you select your green background in Keylight, it compares the RGB values of that selected color to...
Marketing the stop sign
by Timothy J. Allen on Jul 24, 2008 at 8:41:12 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
This may have belonged in the Cowmedy forum, but if you work in marketing, you need to see this...
Marketing the Stop Sign......
Re: I wish Discreet / Autodesk would sell to Apple
by Paul Dickin on Jun 26, 2008 at 9:28:05 am
in the Discrete Edit*ors Forum
[marisu fronc] "That would be my 35mm splicing block... "
[rueful codgery]
Hi
Long ago, as a youngster, I started out as an (assistant) Film Editor, my choice of which craft skill to earn a living from movies (and TV)...
Re: trouble with framerates
by Chris Wright on Jun 19, 2008 at 8:55:30 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
1. apply a reverse telecine to all the clips manually because it will have to be applied on each individual clip instead of in a batch if you didn't black stripe your timecode to tape first.
2. wrong pulldown in interpret,...
Re: Bat Signal (Batman Signal)
by Chris Wright on Jun 19, 2008 at 8:53:43 am
in the Motion Graphics - How Do I? Forum
buy a $100,000 spotlight and weldcut a batman logo and screw it to frame, then record with camera. or..make a mask in batman shape and have light effect glow through another layer behind it....
Re: What Combustion can do that After Effects Can't
by warren BONES on Jun 1, 2008 at 10:59:18 pm
in the Autodesk Combustion Forum
[Pablo Hill] "Combustion has what, excellent integration with Maya, Rebit and 3dStudio. Who uses Rebit other than architects anyway?"
Actually, Combustion has superior integration with 3DS Max, not Maya. And the other product is called Revit, and I'm...
Re: Keylight and Shadows
by Adam Welch on May 23, 2008 at 10:42:43 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Are you able to key or mask out the shadows and then add your own shadows?
Duplicate the animal layer, apply Hue/Saturation and turn the lightness down to -100, and position/rotate it where appropriate. Then apply some blur and turn the...
Mocha vs SynthEyes -- How the two programs differ
by Lars Bunch on Apr 10, 2008 at 8:46:51 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Hi,
I use both Mocha and SynthEyes, although my experience with either program is only in the past few months. The major difference is whether you need to track in 2D space or 3D space. Mocha exports tracking data...
Re: On the Air Video
by Mike Skibra on Mar 24, 2008 at 10:02:36 pm
in the Softron Forum
Most likely the file that you are using has some temporal compression or no audio. Either that or HDV. SMS crrently does not support HDV but they are working on it. What OTAV is looking for is - files...
Re: INVIGOMANY Now Available
by eri-videocam on Mar 15, 2008 at 9:26:07 am
in the Zaxwerks Forum
I would add my cent to Invigomany vol.1.
Invigomany it's a gift for me that i'm not a 3D guy, no time to learn a full 3D program, models, mapping hard to grasp... it worth much more than $89.00 for sure....
Instant Sports Objects
by Zax Dow on Mar 15, 2008 at 9:25:37 am
in the Zaxwerks Forum
You know how difficult it is to make a perfect map for a baseball, football or soccer ball, right? The map pinches and squeezes and if you're lucky you can make something usable but it takes you a day...
Re: Norton
by Ron Shook on Feb 27, 2008 at 11:31:00 pm
in the Discrete Edit*ors Forum
Tim,
Another vote for AVG. The free version is just great but just virus protection, or you can go for the whole security suite. They don't try to take over your machine or bombard you with constant "helpful" marketing.
Ron...
Re: Dance Recital Question
by Mark Suszko on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
Look, by no means do I claim the title of professional ethicist or legal counsel.
But a major rule of thumb to look at that has always worked for me is: "did any money change hands at any point?"
If it...
ATTN Advertisers...Ron is on the money, save yourself a pile of $$$
by bill Campbell on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
Great opinion by Ron.... I was on the fence about NAB and Apple's departure made the decision easy...I'm going to take the money I was to spend on my team at NAB and buy some new equipment....that I shop for...
Re: Does FCP have "easy-ease" keyframe capability?
by Chris Poisson on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Michael,
Another vote for AE. FCPs keyframing is just awful. and not just for the easing method.
We need to hammer at Apple to fix this, instead of adding glitz to the Studio that is just cosmetic. Let's have some basic functionality...
Re: COW Articles: NAB Apple Bows Out of NAB 2008
by Tim Wilson on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
I'll add that millions of buying decisions by pros in our industry have been made without going to tradeshows. They're made in the much closer contact provided by road shows, and in the MUCH closer contact provided by VARs, many...
Re: Contemplative Cows
by Randall Raymond on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
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my longform workflow
by grinner hester on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm
in the Art of the Edit Forum
I am often asked how I approach longform reality shows as an editor. With no other content is there MORE content. We often shoot several hours and wind up with a good 6 minute piece and there is no way...
Re: Avid says No to NAB 2008
by Tim Wilson on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
[Proper Modulation] "Avid is taking YET ANOTHER step to remove themselves from the future and dig themselves deeper into the ESTABLISHED market that thinks Avid can do know wrong and would never fathom FCP as an alternate."
That's...
Your Own Business, Part 3 uploaded
by walter biscardi on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
Hi all,
Part 3 of my 4 part trilogy on "Your Own Business" has been uploaded to my blog. In this installment I offer my thoughts on "Running and Building Your Business." Enjoy!
http://blogs.creativecow.net/node/300 Walter...
Re: Seems like it might work, but...uh...hmmm
by Zak Mussig on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm
in the HDV Format Forum
Quimbey,
Do you just have a Mac mini sitting around? If not, I'm confused by your choice. It's a lot bigger than a firestore and needs to be powered.
Also, if you're going to edit on a PC, then why...
Re: Chroma Key with HDV
by Tim Kolb on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm
in the HDV Format Forum
[Bob Cole] "I'm planning to use a minus-green backlight to minimize any green spill on the edges."
i do not advocate counter-color backlights.
From a post point of view, greenscreen usually employs something called "spill suppression" to handle any...
Re: making text bounce
by Mike Clasby on Apr 24, 2008 at 9:54:16 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
I found the no-creeping version for when you have an initial x velocity (thanks to the cow for tuning up the Search engine). If you change the last line of Dan's to this:
[position[0] + Vx0*(-Math.pow(2,-time) +1), floor - y]
Then you...
A compelling reason to get out of the business
by Ross Hansberger on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
I recently stumbled across this post on craig's list (atlanta).
I'm still shaking my head.
"I am looking for 2, very professional (important), highly qualified videographers to film for 8 hours next Friday and Saturday, Aug 31st-Sept 1st. Qualified applicants...
COW Tutorials: After Effects CE Pixel Sampler
by COW Articles on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
CE Pixel Sampler In this video tutorial, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates how you can simplify the keying process, trigger expression events to control layers of your choice, and even do an automatic collision...
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