http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: video editing - Recent Posts en Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:49:27 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/older-mac-book-pro-needs-upgrade#post-74127 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:26:45 +0000 kirlo 74127@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I do have all my media that I use on the project on HD Lacie firewire 800 external and, I have set FCP rendering folders and so on to it as well....</p> <p>is this what you mean?</p> <p>or.. you meant I should clear any other media I have on my computer's Hard disk a part from appilcations even if not related to my project? </p> <p>Thanks Rob </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/older-mac-book-pro-needs-upgrade#post-74124 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:20:46 +0000 kirlo 74124@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi Kenkyusha-  thanks for your help!!! :)) yes I will try to increase to 4 GB, and have all the footage on PRO-RES if this will help, I never really thought about it..I normally sets sequences and projects at the same format of the rushes.</p> <p>Any particular Russian novels to advice me. ;) eheh</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/older-mac-book-pro-needs-upgrade#post-74107 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:42:50 +0000 robGRAUERT 74107@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Upgrading to 4GB of RAM might help, but I doubt it will be noticeable. FCP doesn't utilize RAM for much.</p> <p>I'm more interested how you manage your media. If your video clips are all stored on your computer's system drive - the drive with the OS and applications - that will drastically slow down any computer's performance.</p> <p>All your media - photos, videos, music, etc - should live on an external drive(s). Your video products and the media associated should live on a RAID. </p> <p>If you're not already managing your media in this manner, I suggested moving all your media and projects to a G-RAID (and always have a backup too). Then do a fresh re-install of the OS and your software. The ONLY things that should be loaded to your system drive should be the OS and software.</p> <p>There are better RAIDs out there too, but the G-RAID is affordable and reliable.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/older-mac-book-pro-needs-upgrade#post-74103 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:15:59 +0000 Kenkyusha 74103@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Increasing your RAM will help, but FCP&nbsp;6 is a 32bit program, meaning that it is limited to using a maximum of 4GB.&nbsp; For editing HD material in FCP 6/7, you'll want (or need if it is h.264 or AVCHD) to transcode your footage to ProRes.</p> <p>Even with&nbsp;a RAM upgrade, you&nbsp;will still want to schedule your projects to render while you can work&nbsp;on something else... like reading a Russian novel...&nbsp;</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/older-mac-book-pro-needs-upgrade#post-74101 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:40:11 +0000 kirlo 74101@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hello everyone, </p> <p>I am new in this forum even if I have been reading you since a while...</p> <p>I need a little help and advice regarding my equipment.</p> <p>I am editing videos and when I manage HD or HDTV is really impossible with my old MAC BOOK PRO 15" </p> <p>here is the details of my old mac:</p> <p>Model Name:    MacBook Pro<br />  Model Identifier:    MacBookPro4,1<br />  Processor Name:    Intel Core 2 Duo<br />  Processor Speed:    2.5 GHz<br />  Number Of Processors:    1<br />  Total Number Of Cores:    2<br />  L2 Cache:    6 MB<br />  Memory:    2 GB<br />  Bus Speed:    800 MHz<br />  Boot ROM Version:    MBP41.00C1.B03<br />  SMC Version (system):    1.27f3<br />  Serial Number (system):    W883213AYK0<br />  Hardware UUID:    29ED50A5-EA39-5E4D-9FA1-707C3B809B3E<br />  Sudden Motion Sensor:<br />  State:    Enabled</p> <p>I believe I can upgrade the memory, would that be helpful enough to run FCP 6 and HD files in decent way?....or......?</p> <p>I am working on shorter formats so just need a little kick for now.</p> <p>Thanks in advance for your help...(I am girl and not techy much just can't do it myself)</p> <p>cheers</p> <p>:):)</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/looking-for-videographers-for-occasional-video-editing-work#post-72618 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:37:12 +0000 Shaun 72618@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I started off in this work fixing audio for video as I run a small audio recording studio that does mostly spoken word work.  I'd be interested in this.  </p> <p>A few q's that others might like to know:</p> <p>What's the pay/hour?</p> <p>How will files be delivered?</p> <p>How often (per month) do you have these jobs?</p> <p>Thanks for putting out the opportunity!</p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/looking-for-videographers-for-occasional-video-editing-work#post-72616 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:21:22 +0000 tylerknight 72616@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I am definitely interested! Hit me up next project you have!</p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/looking-for-videographers-for-occasional-video-editing-work#post-72554 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:23:16 +0000 Simon 72554@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I'm looking for a couple of videographers.</p> <p>From time to time we get asked to do video editing work. It would normally consist of simply stripping out an English-language voice over from a digital video and adding a new language VO. Because most of this work is for corporate videos (as opposed to television or film work), it does not need to be lip-sync'd. We paragraph-synchronise the audio during recording. There may, however, be a<br /> little audio (or video) tweaking to be done (by you) to some of the start and end points for each phrase / paragraph / scene (eg. time-stretch, tiny cuts).</p> <p>Work would be on a per-project basis, from your home / studio</p> <p>Pay per-hour.</p> <p>We usually do not give much advance notice, so you would need to be generally available on a day-to-day basis for an hour or two at a time. If this is not the case, please do not apply.</p> <p>Is this kind of work something you are capable of, are available for, and would be interested in doing?</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Simon</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/intensity-pro-and-dual-monitors#post-71930 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:49:19 +0000 composite1 71930@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>King,</p> <p>Depends on what you mean. If you mean 2 monitors out from the Intensity card, that would be no. You only have one HDMI out. The second HDMI slot is an input. If you mean from your graphics card, that depends purely on the model you have. On average graphics cards up to two monitor outputs.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/intensity-pro-and-dual-monitors#post-71929 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:16:50 +0000 VideoKing 71929@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>When using  Black magic-Design ,Intensity pro for video editing ,Is it possible to have two monitors.I only need 1 HD monitor and the other one can be DVI or VGA.</p> <p> </p> <p>VideoKing</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/comments-critisisms-please#post-68253 Wed, 25 May 2011 22:20:41 +0000 Digital Media Moments 68253@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi guys,</p> <p>Thank you so much for your feedback. I'll certainly take your comments<br /> onboard and get to work on those errors :)</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/comments-critisisms-please#post-68248 Wed, 25 May 2011 20:50:41 +0000 myniztan 68248@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>&nbsp;From a purely visual design standpoint, I love the color scheme. The only thing that looked a little odd was the bullet points not being aligned with the text that follows on the "How it works" and "Order" pages. Maybe there could be a way to do those without bullet points to keep everything lined up nicely. The other thing is maybe centering the row of links at the bottom of each page. Since the graphic behind it has a centered hot spot, it seems like the links text should be centered to line up with it. Aside from those two little things, I think the site looks beautiful.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/comments-critisisms-please#post-68216 Tue, 24 May 2011 06:18:20 +0000 Moab Man 68216@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>About Us</p> <p>Creative video editing is an art form in which our team <strong>has</strong> (not <strong>have</strong> unless this is U.K. English vs American slaughtered English) many years of experience.</p> <p> </p> <p>The website looks good, but it really needs every nook and cranny crawled over. The dead link, the wording I mentioned above (there was another wording item somewhere on the site I passed by glancing through the site), just little details that need some housekeeping. </p> <p>Love the whole idea of your service.</p> <p>&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #cccccc;"&gt;  </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/comments-critisisms-please#post-68215 Tue, 24 May 2011 06:08:07 +0000 Moab Man 68215@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>You have a dead link at the bottom of your pages "Order"</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/comments-critisisms-please#post-68211 Tue, 24 May 2011 03:37:04 +0000 Charles Schultz 68211@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>DMM, I really like your site and believe it should be successful for you as long as you included meta tags and some SEO. The one thing that caught my eye was the testimonials on the lower right of the page. Nice job.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/comments-critisisms-please#post-68210 Tue, 24 May 2011 00:52:08 +0000 Digital Media Moments 68210@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi guys,</p> <p>Having spent all my life working for fat cat corporations and lining<br /> their pocketsI've, decided to have a try at going it alone and in the<br /> process of setting up my new venture in video editing Digital Media<br /> Moments. </p> <p>I'm looking for feedback on our new website <a href="http://www.digitalmediamoments.co.uk/">Digital Media Moments</a></p> <p>Any comments or critisisms are more than welcome and I really appreciate your thoughts.</p> <p>Johnny</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/roobyroo2004?feature=mhee">YouTube Channel</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hd-writer-ae-15-disk-copy-failure#post-66614 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:59:30 +0000 Brian 66614@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I tried a 'trial run" with a shorter (23 minute) video and it actually worked (although it still took several hours). The HD writer program will save the entire file to the PC relatively quickly. It combines multiple segments without any obvious drops (it will drop segments that it doesn't like such as accidental floor or sky shots). I am not editing them right now, just trying to burn the files to a DVD from the PC to make copies. I can burn a disk right from the camera using the DVD burner, but my camera only holds 16 GB and even with a 32 GB memory card i still need to delete them after copying to the PC to free up space.  I think I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and upgrade to a more powerful computer.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hd-writer-ae-15-disk-copy-failure#post-66544 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 16:09:41 +0000 Charles Schultz 66544@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Brian, were the other videos as long as this one? I know that in using Premiere Pro to edit and Encore to burn the DVDs and it is best to copy the whole AVCHD file for those programs. If I just copy the AVCHD segments Premiere Pro will drop frames but copying the whole file makes it seamless. Are you editing these or just burning to disk?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hd-writer-ae-15-disk-copy-failure#post-66542 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 14:09:20 +0000 Brian 66542@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Thanks for the replies. </p> <p>Cshultz314: they are DVDs for viewing. The manual emphasizes to never, ever use windows explorer to copy AVCHD files. I am copying very large HD files (90 min+ soccer games) but I am using double-layered disks which have enough storage capacity. (The HD writer program will actually split the recording to multiple disks if necessary).</p> <p>Signmax: My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 9400 with Intel T7200 @2 GHz, 998 MHz, 2 GB RAM so it lacks the power you suggest. I bought the recommended Panasonic DVD burner that has been working up until today but now it too is giving me errors. Interestingly it's actually quicker to copy the AVHCD format than to convert it standard MPEG. I will try turning off the virus checker and other programs running in the background to see if that helps. I have checked for updates but cant find any. There is no "check for updates" link in the program itself that I can find.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hd-writer-ae-15-disk-copy-failure#post-66524 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:45:31 +0000 signmax 66524@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Hi,</p> <p>First rule to work wth HD you need a good machine with 16 gig memory Pentium I3 to I7 and a good video card. Preferably use a 64 bits Windows 7.</p> <p>Second rule if the manufacturer release an update, update your version because box software are made much before the user install and use it.</p> <p>When you use the software turn off your anti-virus, also close programs non necessary to run.</p> <p>REgards</p> <p>YR</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hd-writer-ae-15-disk-copy-failure#post-66506 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:42:44 +0000 Charles Schultz 66506@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> A few questions for you, are you trying to make it a DVD that is playable in a player or just a data disk? How big is the file? DVD's can only hold about 4.7 gig of information and CD's about 720 mb. If it is a data disk, just copy and paste it to the DVD. Unfortunatley, I have not played with HD writer.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hd-writer-ae-15-disk-copy-failure#post-66503 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:31:56 +0000 Brian 66503@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>When I try to copy a video from my PC to a disk I get a "failed to copy" error message after several hours of processing with no further explanation. I can copy from the camera (Panasonic HDC-TM15) to the PC with HD writer with no problems. I have the same problem with my PC at my office that is brand new. Should i upgrade to HD writer AE 2.1? The Panasonic website suggests that the versions are camera specific.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-much-should-i-charge-1#post-66085 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:34:49 +0000 Scott Memmott 66085@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Ronzig, please note that we do not tolerate disrespectful communication. Thank you to those who have made an effort to respectfully answer @filmer77's question.  This topic is being closed to avoid any additional disrespectful comments.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-much-should-i-charge-1#post-66084 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:28:49 +0000 vid-e-o-man 66084@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>filmer77, enjoyed watching your video. There was a number of different types of video work shown, commercial, ultimate sports, wedding, music etc. plus lots of video effects. I found all the different parts entertaining. I assume that this is designed to be a promo for your video work. Before deciding what to charge a customer, you must first get a customer. How you promote yourself and your work should be designed with the type of customer in mind. If you are targeting corporate busines, your video should exemplify this type of video. A promo for wedding work should show wedding/love/romance etc. Perhaps separate videos for each division of your work, although it involves additional effort, could produce the opportunities for more work. Targeting your customer can produce additional work, revenue and the repeat business that allows you to increase revenue/hour. If you search these forums you will find more information about a targeted approach to find business. I know that EarlC and other experienced videomakers have posted on this subject. As for your original question about what to charge, everyone on this forum has wrestled with this and come to their own conclusion. The more video that you sell the more confident that you will become and the more comfortable you will become charging more. Unfortunately you probably won't get an exact dollar per hour figure answer to your question but hopefully all of our posts will head you in the right direction with your decision on how much to charge. Keep shooting.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-much-should-i-charge-1#post-66075 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:15:37 +0000 Don 66075@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p><strong>"Hey birdcat, WTF??? You didn't say a thing to help with Bruce's dilemma. You sound like a politician. Lot's of verbiage with no substance. <em>If you have nothing meaningful to say, don't say anything.</em>"</strong><br />followed immediately by:<br /><strong>"Sorry I can't help you Bruce. I have the same problem"</strong><br />says a lot.<br />So, to quote the person I'd nominate for @#$%%$ of the month:<br /><strong><em>"If you have nothing meaningful to say, don't say anything.</em>"</strong><br />If you don't know what to charge, I'd suggest you write a business plan. There are resources in your area that can assist. The best shooter does not always come out on top in the business world, but the guy with the best business plan usually does well. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-much-should-i-charge-1#post-66074 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 06:43:54 +0000 grinner 66074@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Just stick to your hourly rate. If offering flat bids per project, just do the math... multiply your hourly rate by how long you think it'll take you, rounding up a bit for revisions and such.</p> <p>If you don't know what you are worth per hour yet, you are not ready to freelence. Staff until ready to freelance then freelance until ready to own a business. Strangers on the internet can only guess at your worth. You know the average rates in your market and you know know if you are above or below average. You are the only one that knows your overhead and your clients' budgets.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-much-should-i-charge-1#post-66060 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:56:42 +0000 composite1 66060@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Ronzig,</p> <p>You will find the usual 'Dodge City' style of posting doesn't fly around here. Strong opinions are welcomed and expected. However, we keep it very civil around on these forums and give noob's, hobbyists, intermediate and professional videographers the respect they deserve. The gentlemen who have given their responses have all given solid advice. Take it or leave it. </p> <p>Filmer,</p> <p>If you are in the US the best place to start for determining the base hourly wage for your profession (i.e. videographer, editor, cameraman) is to go to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and look up the average wage for those jobs in your state. Yes, you must take your equipment in mind but that's just one factor. You must also include your current level of expertise and what is the maximum amount your area of operation will bear. That means if you live in California where production is common and the expectation is higher, you may be able to charge more than say a mid-sized town in rural Mississippi. The price you charge will initially be what you expect will compensate you for your equipment usage, time, labor and what will render a profit after all the bills get paid.</p> <p>When you have built a solid reputation as a proven production professional, you will be able to increase your fees. But in the current economy, you'll have to be worth the expense yet affordable at the same time. That's a fine and strange line many of us who've been at this a while are walking as well.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm">Bureau of Labor Statistics</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-much-should-i-charge-1#post-66056 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:27:22 +0000 EarlC 66056@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Professional courtesy and respect are key to a successful Videomaker forum experience. Learn to tone down the disrespect and show a modicum of maturity (age and maturity are not always relevant) and you can say pretty much whatever you will. Overdo it and find yourself in further jeopardy.</p> <p>Please, I urge you, keep further posts in line with the quality and consideration that the vast majority here maintain and focus on the actual originating post and/or subject. It would absolutely be in your best interest. Attitude doesn't always work out, trust me.</p> <p>That duck feeding footage, hand-held, right?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-much-should-i-charge-1#post-66054 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:30:57 +0000 CraftersOfLight 66054@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>As to who the original poster is, Youtube list the uploader as kdydk. The reel is listed as that of Juan Martinez. Don't know if they are one in the same. Quiznos and Red Bull stand out in the video so there was some serious work there.</p> <p>As the others have said, the questions asked in response were help form a more appropriate answer for the original request.</p> <p>Ronzig</p> <p>As for ruffled feathers? Moderators were doing there job. Being a free spirit does not allow one to treat others with disrespect. This greatly reduces the respect others would return to you. It seems you are the one that had the feathers tussled. Consequences are the reaction of choices so choose wisely.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-much-should-i-charge-1#post-66045 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:50:58 +0000 robGRAUERT 66045@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Ronzig, there is a difference between "ruffling the feathers" of someone with a "delicate ego" and showing such disrespect. Granted there are certainly arrogant people in this industry, but not nearly as arrogant as you, and they at least have skills to back it up. Judging by your Youtube, you are not worth $100/hr. Not even $20/hr. You'd be lucky to get a non-paying internship.</p> <p><strong>"I think I tend to under charge because I appreciate each opportunity to practice and treat each as a learning experience"</strong></p> <p>Exactly why you fail to see why Bruce's questions were relevant. Providing your skills and expertise is WORK, not just a learning experience. Clearly you're an amateur who doesn't understand the industry.</p> <p><strong>"if the effort that has been put into chastising me had been directed towards answering Bruce's question, we'd all be much further ahead."</strong></p> <p>Nope. He didn't give us enough information to answer the question. And I don't know why you still think the original poster's name is Bruce.</p>