Brendan Coots - Creative COW

Re: How do you bill for iTunes downloads?
by Brendan Coots on Nov 6, 2009 at 8:49:17 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
Ignore this at your peril. Seriously, you CAN NOT just download songs from iTunes and use them in a commercial production of any kind, internal OR external. The owner of the copyright can (and will) sue you and the production...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Jeff Bonano

Re: Advice on rate for corporate video
by Brendan Coots on Sep 22, 2009 at 10:19:33 pm
in the Business & Marketing Forum
I think you're probably in the right neighborhood price-wise IF you can deliver. Since you are subbing out the work, you just better hope your shooter knows what he is doing. As for margins/markups, I think most people here would be...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Jason Jenkins

Fight Back! You are NOT a doormat
by Brendan Coots on Aug 6, 2009 at 12:16:53 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
"I was thinking of sending her a letter - stating that her final disc will be released upon final payment; AND that any use of ANY graphics I created for her is forbidden until final payment is paid. " That...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Christopher Hill

Re: Workflow from FCP to AE back to FCP
by Brendan Coots on Jan 11, 2009 at 4:21:23 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
Subcomp the footage into a DVCPRO HD 960x720 1.33 PAR comp. Nest this "footage" composition into a new 1280x720 square pixel composition. Apply any effects, keying etc. to the nested comp (call the comp raw_footage or something). Once you're done,...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by John Corbett

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...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Ron Lindeboom

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