My 5 COW Posts
Re: Quick question about where to save Motion files
by Stephen Smith on Jul 30, 2009 at 3:11:11 pm
in the Apple Motion Forum
Peter,
Thanks for watching my tutorials, I appreciate that.
All of the tech guys that I've talked to recommend that you only have your applications on your boot/systems drive. With the Mac Pro you have extra slots for internal Serial ATA drive...
Re: Quick question about where to save Motion files
by Stephen Smith on Jul 28, 2009 at 3:29:01 am
in the Apple Motion Forum
What do you mean by big files? Motion plays everything in real time so it is not generating any files. If you are talking about the Cashe files Motion generates when it does say a Ram preview the default it...
Re: Mapping effects to gradient in FCP
by Stephen Smith on Jun 9, 2009 at 3:07:54 pm
in the Art of the Edit Forum
To create a Gradient blur:
Top Layer- Video Clip
Mid Layer - Gradient ( This can be found in the Viewer, Click on the A in the Filmstrip button, Go to Render, Choose Gradient.)
Bottom Layer - Same Clip with a Blur.
This...
15 Free video clips
by Stephen Smith on Jan 23, 2009 at 5:33:51 am
in the COW - Free Stuff Forum
I found this thanks to an ad on the main page of the COW. Thought Equity will give you 15 free clips just for signing up. And they are awesome clips. I don't know how long this offer is for...
New features for Motion
by Stephen Smith on Jul 22, 2008 at 3:05:28 pm
in the Apple Motion Forum
If Apple asked what features you would like added to the newest version of Motion what would you suggest? Stephen Smith
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Check out my DVD Money Making Graphics & Effects for Final Cut Studio...
Free video, photos and audio elements
by Stephen Smith on Jul 19, 2008 at 9:32:28 am
in the COW - Free Stuff Forum
Looking for free high quality video, photos and audio design elements? Check out this article I wrote called Free Elements. It will point you in the right direction for great freebies.
Stephen Smith
Lone Peak Producitons...
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Re: Awards for Corporate Videos
by Timothy J. Allen on Sep 10, 2009 at 2:21:56 pm
in the Corporate Video Forum
I've won multiple regional Emmys and a few silver Telly Awards. I'm more proud of the Emmys, but I still enter the Tellys from time to time. Why? Simply because I produce a heck of a lot of non-broadcast...
Re: Where do I find the web designers?
by Matt Smith on Sep 3, 2009 at 8:46:59 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
Very interesting thread. I will have to agree with Chris though, he makes some great points on how to hire a great web designer. However, I wanted to offer a more inexpensive alternatives to hiring a full blown web designer...
Re: Free Office Software
by Micah McDowell on Aug 31, 2009 at 3:13:24 pm
in the COW - Free Stuff Forum
Don't forget about NeoOffice... a version of Open Office for Mac.
I've used it for years and I'm NEVER going back to Microsoft Office, ever. NeoOffice does the same stuff and it can use the same file types if desired....
Re: Tips for an interview
by Mark Raudonis on Aug 25, 2009 at 9:40:43 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
Bruno,
I interview alot of prospective employees. Frankly, I really don't care what you wear... only that it be in
a "range" of appropriateness. Meaning: I wouldn't wear a three piece suit... or shorts and flip flops....
Re: How to simulate a very basic talking mouth??
by Noah Kadner on Aug 5, 2009 at 7:26:09 am
in the Apple Motion Forum
Try the audio behaviors tied to say scale or something like that. Easily done, cheesy but easy.
Noah
Check out my book: RED: The Ultimate Guide to Using the Revolutionary Camera! . Unlock the secrets of the 24p, HD and Final...
Re: Hide layers in Motion
by Paul Rehel on Jul 31, 2009 at 12:30:02 pm
in the Apple Motion Forum
I've only been using motion for a couple of weeks, but have found the following useful.
select a layer or layers in the project pane right click, and select solo, this will hide the other layers when playing the project and...
Re: Edit Suites
by ben on Jul 17, 2009 at 2:21:32 pm
in the Art of the Edit Forum
you need lots of action figures. i prefer ninja turtles. i cannot edit without an action figure. I cannot stress this enough. when you have a crap director or producer over your shoulder, sometimes its easiest to explain things using...
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...
Ultimate sample typical contract for newbies
by Mark Suszko on Jul 13, 2009 at 11:02:58 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
Template contract for typical beginners. Modify to your specific needs.
I, (name here) henceforth to be referred to as "the dummy", will contract to work on your ill-defined project for an unspecified amount of hours, with no limitations on how many...
Re: Montage editing
by Jason Diebler on Jun 24, 2009 at 4:45:27 pm
in the Art of the Edit Forum
I worked on a very similar "inspirational" video about teaching and learning while I was working at a university not so long ago. Same dilemma, we had images but not much else to work with. We decided to incorporate famous...
Re: Music for client--Pulling Hair Out.
by Mark Suszko on Jun 2, 2009 at 10:41:45 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
My guess about the delays to decide is that the project has too many bosses and none of them can agree, or none of them wants to take the responsibility for the choice if it turns out to be unpopular...
Re: Down Convert HD to SD
by Alex Elkins on May 19, 2009 at 3:19:47 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Hi Stephen,
Compressor does a really good job of frame rate conversions as long as you turn on your frame controls and set your Rate Conversion to 'Best (High quality motion compensated)'.
Your Resize filter set to 'Better (Linear filter)' should be...
Re: Low barrier of entry
by Craig Seeman on Mar 18, 2009 at 8:01:26 am
in the Corporate Video Forum
Personally I don't find the low cost of entry the problem. It means I run a business profitably with much lower overhead.
You have to sell something different. It may be skills, it may be experience. You'll have to explain the...
New MacPro's Motion performance
by Peter Wiggins on Mar 3, 2009 at 8:00:43 am
in the Apple Motion Forum
Scroll down to Graphics Cards and then hit the Motion tab
http://www.apple.com/macpro/performance.html
Peter...
Re: LinkedIn Group
by Tim Wilson on Feb 25, 2009 at 7:58:41 am
in the COWmunications feedback Forum
Just a few off the top of my head:
--The combination of groups you belong to gives a more complete picture of you than your resume alone. I intentionally joined some groups waaaay outside my business interests, that tell you things...
Re: Hack Amateur Vs. Seasoned Pro
by Craig Seeman on Feb 23, 2009 at 7:29:25 pm
in the Corporate Video Forum
One can run a fast food joint or a gourmet restaurant. Both reach a target market and both can be profitable.
The problems are:
when someone charges fast food prices for gourmet food
when someone charges gourmet prices for fast food results
when the...
Re: Avid vs Premiere vs FCP, legit question...
by Mark Raudonis on Mar 2, 2009 at 10:08:34 am
in the Art of the Edit Forum
Tracy,
I'll try to give you as unbiased, straight explanation as I can.
Since Avid was the first NLE to really achieve dominance in the marketplace, it was able to establish itself as "THE" brand. Unlike any other NLE, AVID focused...
Re: Editor's Resume
by Mark Suszko on Feb 13, 2009 at 4:35:28 pm
in the Art of the Edit Forum
Two main resume formats are chronological and functional. Of the two, I prefer and recommend functional, meaning a resume that gathers like tasks together regardless of their chronology. It also tends to hide gaps or other quirks in employment history.
A...
Re: Avid vs. Final Cut Pro
by Bill Davis on Feb 13, 2009 at 8:09:19 am
in the Art of the Edit Forum
No, you're not acting crazy at all.
I think it's amazing that FCP has done what it's done. It's become essentially an "equal standing" competitor at EVERY level of video content editing - from monster budget network TV to micro budget...
Re: OT: Wonder what's cooking?
by Noah Kadner on Dec 8, 2008 at 12:09:44 pm
in the Apple Motion Forum
I wouldn't read too much into that, Apple hires QA folks all the time. Now if it said- tester wanted for upcoming amazing top secret brand new application with the following attributes... I'd get a little more piqued.
Noah Check...
Re: Awards
by Mark Suszko on Dec 1, 2008 at 12:47:52 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
That's a brutal over-generalization, IMO. You're tarring all the awards with the same dirty brush. I've entered some before, paid my money and NOT won, so it is NOT automatically "buying" an award every time, in my experience. OTOH, you...
free fonts
by bob haines on Sep 16, 2008 at 12:57:18 pm
in the COW - Free Stuff Forum
Check out this site for some cool fonts
www.dafont.com
bob...
Re: Music for Corporate Video
by Steven Bradford on Sep 15, 2008 at 7:32:29 am
in the Corporate Video Forum
A great response is to tell them you'll consider letting them use their music choice if THEIR lawyer writes a letter saying it's ok.
We just went through this with a big accounting firm which fortunately has a legal staff, and...
Re: The Star Wipe
by Chris Bové on Sep 12, 2008 at 8:19:49 am
in the Art of the Edit Forum
by Stephen Smith on Sep 11, 2008 at 10:59:21 am
[Chris Bov...
Re: Music for Corporate Video
by Ken Summerall on Sep 11, 2008 at 2:15:41 pm
in the Corporate Video Forum
[Vince Becquiot] "I will probably get some angry answers for even mentioning it, but here goes:"
Vince,
Not an angry response just one of shock and disbelief. I don't know why this shocks me, but it still does....
Re: Things I learned from a film student
by Mark Suszko on Sep 4, 2008 at 7:09:23 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
This is how it really went down...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5058529870025933880...
Things I learned from a film student
by jon agnew on Sep 4, 2008 at 7:08:32 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
First of all, I know this doesn't quite fit this forum, but I thought you all might enjoy it.
I had a conversation with a Film Student today who clued me in to a few things about cinema of which I...
Re: How to make $114,000 producing 4 web videos with no experience
by Matt Smith on Aug 21, 2008 at 11:06:33 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
You know I may be new here but to be honest with you it is all about who you know and the connections you make. I wouldn't be half surprised if someone at the company were related to McCain or...
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!...
Re: Rename layer with drag and drop
by Matt Gerard on Jun 5, 2008 at 7:14:44 am
in the Apple Motion Forum
Well, I, aaaah..
Its because I, uhhh.....
Any normal person would, ehhhh....
Shite, I don't know. Fingers were probably moving faster than my eyes. Or it could have been 3am at the time. Same reason I come in in the morning...
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