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Posted by Bob Ford on 09/26/08 11:56
On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 01:48:30 GMT, Gary Eickmeier
<geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
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>Bob Ford wrote:
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>> Gary, I'm an old fart, in the business since 1983, before anyone
>> dreamed of editing on a computer. I learned editing tape to tape (even
>> with Sony 1" open reel VTR's) and I still edit tape to tape. One very
>> good reason is that a typical finished project for me is 5 tapes with
>> average TRT of 150 minutes.
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>Very strange. I've been cutting film since 1965 or so, but I'm not too
>old too learn computer NLE. And WHAT a difference! Please try to learn
>it, it is a world of superiority.
I know, I am just venturing into this now. When I finally retire I
plan to do some fun video stuff and will definitely go NLE with it.
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>> I route my cameras on location through a digital switcher and cut on
>> the spot so when I walk out I essentially have a finished product. It
>> only has to be transferred to master tapes and add subtitles of
>> winners names plus titles and credits.
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>Wow. Well, that would be live switching, not real editing.
Yes sir and I am pleased to say that thankfully I make very few
mistakes.
On the rare occasion when I do, all of my cameras are rolling iso
tapes for back up. Any mistake fixing requires very small amount of
footage so I determine which camera I need the images from for the
fix-it and then dub that chunk of iso'd tape directly following my
live switched master. Makes it very easy to then fix it in post.
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>> I produce my DVD masters in a Pioneer PRV-LX1 and use it's built in
>> menu and chaptering functions. For the type of work I do it produces a
>> very acceptable product.
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>I wish I knew how DVD recorders do their bitrates. They do seem to be
>reliable.
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>> All of my DVD burners are Pioneer with max speed of 4X.
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>> As regards TY I buy from only one reliable source and I think they are
>> made in Japan. I did buy one spindle from another source and it came
>> in consumer type shrink wrap with product labels etc and they were
>> made in Taiwan. I currently buy white ink jet printable and they come
>> 600 per box, shrink wrapped in bricks of 100 and the only labeling is
>> on the carton.
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>I guess the route to go would be the Amazon site that is in this thread.
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>> The R200 is very easy to use.
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>Is that the same as the 220?
Yep just a newer model.
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>> The software it comes with is easy to
>> learn and does a fairly good job. You will find it is painfully slow
>> and very much of an ink hog. Advantage is you only replace the color
>> that is empty. My R300 is a very early model and I had problems with
>> it after awhile because of the adapter tray. I use it very little now
>> and ordered a couple of replacement adapters and saw that Epson has
>> changed the design on it so maybe that problem is resolved.
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>My main question was whether I would be able to still use the graphics
>that we have been using from Fellowes MediaFace to print paper labels. I
>think I will be able to import any graphics from any source to print on
>the DVDs - is that right?
I can't remember which file formats the Epson software will handle but
I have been able to use any of my graphics files that I needed. I had
to do a file conversion on a few of them but it works fine for my
needs.
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>Thanks,
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>Gary Eickmeier
Bob Ford
Images In Motion
www.imagesinmotion.com
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