http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Forums Forum: User Groups en Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:43:31 +0000 http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/agenda-announced-for-1st-fcpug-supermeet-at-ibc-2008#post-39323 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:23:31 +0000 MichaelHorton 39323@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> </p> <p>The agenda has been announced for the 1st Annual IBC FCPUG  SuperMeet to be held Sunday, 14 September, 2008 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands at the Culture Park Westergasfabriek, Gashouder as part of the giant trade show, IBC 2008.</p> <p>This event is expected to be the largest gathering of Final Cut Pro users and digital filmmakers on the planet during IBC week.</p> <p>Scheduled to appear, and this is subject to change, are:</p> <p>From Apple in Cupertino CA., Paul Saccone, Director of Technical Marketing in Apple's Applications Marketing group, will provide the latest news on Final Cut Studio.</p> <p>Darius Fisher, who co-edited and co-produced “Fields of Fuel,” a documentary that won the Audience award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival will show clips from the doc and show how Final Cut Studio was used to make this complex and important documentary work.</p> <p>“Traitor” is a film set to be released August 27, 2008 and is written and directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff (screenwriter of The Day After Tomorrow) and edited by award winning Film Editor, Billy Fox (Hustle and Flow, Black Snake Moan.) It stars Academy Award nominee Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda, Crash) and Guy Pearce. (Memento, L.A. Confidential) </p> <p>Jeffrey Nachmanoff (subject to availability) and editor Billy Fox will discuss how Final Cut Studio helped bring this taut international thriller to life.</p> <p>From Spain, Director of Photography, Miguel de Olaso will show clips from his work utilizing the Red Digital Cinema Camera and talk briefly on workflow with Final Cut Pro.</p> <p>Adobe’s Simon Hayhurst and Jason Levine will show how Adobe Production Premium’s suite of applications can compliment the Final Cut Pro workflow.</p> <p>Final Cut Pro Guru and filmmaker Rick Young, who is editor of Macvideo.tv and founder of the UK FCP User Group will share his "Top Ten FCP Tips and Tricks."</p> <p>Grass Valley/Thomson’s Director of Marketing Scott Sheehan will show a short video of high quality JPEG 2000 shot on the Infinity Camcorder and edited with Final Cut Pro. The video will be followed by a short demonstration of the file-based workflow between the Infinity and FCP. This includes a full 10-bit, 4:2:2, JPEG 2000 workflow that uses the recently released I-J2K Suite from CineForm as well as MPEG-2 HD workflow using the Telestream Flip4Mac solution.</p> <p>Finally, and throughout the evening, there will be presentations from Independent Filmmakers and digital video artists from throughout Europe. </p> <p>In addition to the above agenda there will be twenty vendors from all around Europe showing off their wares. Many of these companies will not be on the show floor at IBC. The SuperMeet will be the only place you will see them.</p> <p>There will be food and cash bars and rounding out the evening will be a raffle with prizes totaling into the tens of thousands of dollars.</p> <p>Doors will open at 5PM (17:00) and the show will begin at 7PM. (19:00) Tickets are on sale online only for Euro 10.00 each and this event is expected to sell out. Historically every SuperMeet for the past seven years has sold out.</p> <p>Complete details, including daily updates on the agenda as well as a link to where to buy tickets can be found on the lafcpug web site.</p> <p><a href="http://www.lafcpug.org/ibc_2008" rel="nofollow">http://www.lafcpug.org/ibc_2008</a></p> <p>The SuperMeet will be the only place you need to be at IBC</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/movie-edit-pro-users-group#post-39257 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:59:54 +0000 Aspyrider 39257@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>We will be back in the chat room again tonight, 8pm cst.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/tampa-florida-user-groups#post-39095 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:43:56 +0000 innfocus 39095@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>One place of interest might be the Tampa chapter of the Florida Motion Picture and Television Assoc. you can find them at <a href="http://www.fmpta.org/">www.fmpta.org</a></p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/movie-edit-pro-users-group#post-39053 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:10:09 +0000 Aspyrider 39053@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Reminder: Tonight at 8:00pm Central Standard Time. MEP users, please drop by if you can! :-)</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/movie-edit-pro-users-group#post-38981 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:00:20 +0000 Aspyrider 38981@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Boycalgery has set up a new chat room for all of us at his forum ! He and I have been talking about a MEP users group. What we would like to do is form a Users Group much like what some of the other NLE's have. It would be a place where MEP users can meet, talk, discuss video and issues with MEP plus also socialize and get to know each other.<br /> His forum is the core of that group. There MEP users can ask technical questions and get answers.</p> <p>To start the group we thought it would be a good idea to have a chat room where we can talk and discuss video. So Boycalgery set up the chat room there.</p> <p>Thursday Night (USA 08/07/08 8:00pmcst) we will have our first chat session. We would like to <strong>invite you</strong> if you can be in the chat room at that time! :D  :D</p> <p>If we can get some folks to come then we will have a regular chat room meeting Each Thursday Night! If there is interest then we plan to expand on the idea and set up a Showcase area to feature your videos and some other things. Of course all of this is free.</p> <p>So, we'd like to see you in the chat room Thursday Night!!! Just come to the forum and click on the Chat Room link at the top of the page. We will be there to greet you!</p> <p>This is a bold idea and we would like you to come and participate, Perhaps we can build a core group to keep it going!</p> <p>We hope to see you in the <a href="http://www.newdogdigital.com/Support_Board/viewforum.php?f=5">Chat Room</a> Thursday night!!!</p> <p><a href="http://www.newdogdigital.com/Support_Board/viewforum.php?f=5" rel="nofollow">http://www.newdogdigital.com/Support_Board/viewforum.php?f=5</a></p> <p>Thank You,</p> <p>Aspyrider</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/adobe-premiere-elements-038-premiere-pro-compatiblilty#post-38736 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:04:03 +0000 jerronsmith 38736@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> afveteran,</p> <p>Premiere Pro can in fact open Premiere Elements projects. You would use the open command and not the import command, but it should import the project file and then the media used in the project.</p> <p>What versions of the programs were you trying it with?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/adobe-premiere-elements-038-premiere-pro-compatiblilty#post-38729 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:16:53 +0000 afveteran 38729@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hello !</p> <p>A talented friend (worked in TV Commerical industry -20 yrs) is helping me with my documentary project. When I started in Nov. 2007, little did I know that I would have file format compatibility issues using Premiere Elements &amp; Premiere Pro.</p> <p>Much to my dismay and annoyance ! Premiere Pro does  NOT SUPPORT  Adobe .Prel file formats. Lesson learned if your serious about NonLinear Editing, don't use Premiere Elements!</p> <p> Adobe Online Support for Elements and Premiere Pro do not make any reference in either programs online or in Manuals.  With this said I  would not use Premiere Pro because exporting the finished (final rough cut) to Final Cut Pro there are several issues related to creating an EDL.</p> <p>However, I admit this is my limited experience. Use CAUTION AND AVOID UNCESSARY FRUSTRATION.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/user-group-in-des-moines-area#post-38643 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:51:01 +0000 BarefootMedia 38643@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Yeah, I live near the airport and love getting a coffee (or maybe a beer) and B.S.'ing about production.  But be aware, I'm knda Sony crazy.  So I'm using Vegas to do my editing.</p> <p>If you go to my profile, you can link to my home page with my business phone &amp; address.  Give me a call and we can chat.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/user-group-in-des-moines-area#post-38634 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:34:25 +0000 comatoad 38634@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Barefootmedia is from the Des Moines area. I live in Johnston and shoot for the Iowa National Guard.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/fs-5-blackmagic-design-and-norman-hollyn-at-lafcpug-june-18th-2008#post-37440 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:44:21 +0000 MichaelHorton 37440@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> The next meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will be Wednesday, June, 18, 2008 beginning at 6:45PM at the Gallery Theater in Hollywood, California. It will be “Happy 8th Birthday lafcpug Night.</p> Join us as we celebrate the eighth anniversary of the lafcpug. It was just eight years ago that lafcpug held its first meeting in a small post production room in Burbank, CA. with Approximatly 30 people attended that watershed event. Now, with a membership of over 5000 people worldwide, lafcpug has grown into the single largest and most infulential Final Cut Pro User Group in the world. To help us celebrate will be veteran film editor and Associate Professor and Head of the Editing Track at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, Norman Hollyn. Norman will speak on the “craft” of editing. In addition to Norman Hollyn, Matt Stoneking will debut the brand new soon to be shipping Video Recorder/D.264 encoder from BlackMagic Design. Plus, the brand new Focus FS-5 Portable DTE Recorder from Focus Enhancements will wow all of you who hate tape. Not enough? FCS Guru Larry Jordan returns to lafcpug with this months FCP Tip/Trick of the Month. Plus we will have our monthly editions of Stump The Gurus, Show and Tells and of course, World Famous Raffle. A $5.00 donation will be requested at the door. Doors open at 6PM. lafcpug meetings are open to the public. First come, best seat. For complete details and directions to the Gallery Theater in Hollywood, please visit the lafcpug web site. <a href="http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html</a> </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/video-compression-is-not-working#post-36360 Wed, 07 May 2008 09:55:34 +0000 Johnboy 36360@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>what format are you attempting to capture to?  dv to windows avi files are roughly 13 gigabytes per hour, so 15 minutes would be roughly 3.3 gigabytes.  If you are trying to capture to the computer and simultaneously compress to mpeg2, the computer may be overheating because of the huge load you are putting on the processor.  If you haven't opened your case and blown out the dust bunnies, do so, and ensure that your cooling fans are working properly.</p> <p> John</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/free-film-school#post-36323 Mon, 05 May 2008 18:49:36 +0000 GreenScreenCinema 36323@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I sure hope that all this great, free information helps prevent young filmmakers from wasting their time and money at traditional film school.  I really wish I could get back the money I spent at USC Film School but since I can't get that money back, I thought the next best thing would be to give away all the knowledge I picked up while at USC film school.  You can read my articles, called Free Film School at <a href="http://greenscreencinema.com/index.php?topic=filmschool">http://greenscreencinema.com/index.php?topic=filmschool</a></p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/video-compression-is-not-working#post-36314 Mon, 05 May 2008 10:50:05 +0000 KiwiSri 36314@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Dear Members</p> <p> I have a new problem while capturing video from my DV video camera. Usually 15 minutes of capture by windows video  maker will generate about 250 mb size file. Recently windows video maker started malfunctioning - the programs hangs off after 10 seconds capture. Possibly due to the fact video compression is not working I guess. so I have downloaded and tried so many other softwares. All of them are generating huge file size of about 60 to 90 mb per minute. So it appears to be something wrong with one of the drives of the computer. Can any one advise me what could be the problem and how to fix.  Or suggest some Video Capture software that can handle the video compression more effectively. Thanks &amp; regards, Kiwisri</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/mississippi-area#post-36209 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:58:28 +0000 Aspyrider 36209@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Bump </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/final-cut-server-and-burning-blu-ray-dvds-at-lafcpug-april-30#post-36206 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:10:23 +0000 MichaelHorton 36206@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> The next meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut pro User Group (lafcpug) will be Wednesday, April 30, 2008 beginning at 6:45PM - at the Gallery Theater in East Hollywood, CA.</p> <p>Scheduled to present will be Apple’s Luke Tristram who will debut the recently released Final Cut Server. Also Adobe will show how to create and burn a Blu-ray DVD using Encore. Philip Hodgetts will debut what may be the scariest "editing" tool you will ever see, The Assistant Editor. Plus, Stump The Gurus, Show and Tells and of course, World Famous Raffle.</p> <p>A $5.00 donation will be requested at the door. Doors open at 6PM. lafcpug meetings are open to the public. First come, best seat. </p> <p>For complete details and directions to the Gallery theater, visit the lafcpug web site.</p> <p><a href="http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html</a></p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/free-footage#post-36173 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:21:37 +0000 rc21 36173@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I'm looking for free video footage of a construction worker with jackhammer / drill.</p> <p>Does anyone know where I could find this? </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/there-will-be-blood-dvd#post-35855 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:06:59 +0000 Xyn1407 35855@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Amazing Movie! I loved Daniel Day-Lewis. He did an excellent job. This is now my new favorite movie! The music was awesome, Very Suspenseful!</p> <p>I just got the 2 disc DVD for There Will Be Blood and it is a must have. The packaging is made recycled material almost like parchment paper. Kind of ironic if you think about it.</p> <p>Two Disc which is the one I ordered. The Extras include 15 Minutes of pics, research, ETC., Trailers, Fishing sequence, Haircut/ Interrupted Hymm, Dailies Gone Wold and THE STORY OF PETROLEUM (ea 1923)</p> <p>This is a must have for any Dainiel Day-Lewis Fans out there. Very well acted and very dramatic. From what I read the story is very close to the 1920's oil industry.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/fcpug-supermeet-at-nab-agenda-set#post-35738 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:09:33 +0000 MichaelHorton 35738@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> The agenda is nearly set for the 7th Annual NAB FCPUG SuperMeet which will be held at the MGM Grand Hotel's Grand Ballroom, Wednesday, April 16 beginning at 7PM. (doors open at 5PM)</p> <br />Tickets are only $15.00 per person and include 3 raffle tickets and are on sale now. Here are the particulars if you are gong to NAB</p> <p>Where? MGM Grand Hotel &amp; Casino <br />Grand Ballroom<br />3799 Las Vegas Boulevard South<br />Las Vegas, Nevada 89109</p> <p>When? Wednesday, April 16, 6:30M till 10:30PM (doors open 5:00PM)</p> <p>Why? - Because you need to get out and learn something and then PARTY!! <br />What's on the Agenda? <br />- Apple - Richard Townhill - "Latest about Final Cut Studio"<br />- JVC - Craig Yanagi and Tim Dashwood - "What's new from JVC and Filming for a Music Video"<br />- Adobe - Steve Martin - "How CS3 Production Premium can compliment your FCP workflow"<br />- Blackmagic Design - M. Dot Strange - "We are the Strange"<br />- Red Digital Cinema - Ted Schilowitz and the Red Team - Footage from Red shooters from around the world will be shown<br />- Wounded Marines Careers Foundation - Inaugural Class<br />- Phantom High Speed Camera - Noah Kadner<br />- “The scariest “editing” tool you will EVER see”- Philip Hodgetts<br />And MORE!</p> <p>How much? Just $15.00 for online purchase (includes 3 raffle tickets). $20.00 at the door (includes one raffle ticket).</p> <p>Any Raffle prizes? Over $72,000.00 worth! For current list of raffle prizes, visit the lafcpug web site.</p> <p>- This event is open to the public. Seating is first come first serve.<br />- Free Food and Cash Bar will be available<br />- 30 Vendors showing off their "toys."<br />- Everyone gets a copy of the SuperMag, Magazine filled with 100 pages of feature articles and tutorials.<br />- 250 SuperBags will be handed to first 250 people through the door</p> <p>Apple is supporting the User Group Network by co-sponsoring this event.</p> <p>Tickets are on sale NOW for only $15.00 each (includes 3 raffle tickets) and this event is expected to sell out. "SuperMeets always sell out.</p> <p>For complete details on the SuperMeet including directions, current list of raffle prizes and a link to where to buy tickets, visit the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) web site at:</p> <p><a href="http://www.lafcpug.org/nab_2008">http://www.lafcpug.org/nab_2008</a>.</p> <p>Hope to see all of you there. The SuperMeet will be the only place you need to be at NAB. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/ipod-iphone-zune-psp-apple-tv#post-35706 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:52:21 +0000 happyall 35706@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hello all , I hope these messages can help you :</p> <p> </p> <p>Share : how to rip DVD and convert Video to iPod at <a href="http://www.oursdownload.com/convert-DVD-video-to-iPod-video.html">http://www.oursdownload.com/convert-DVD-video-to-iPod-video.html</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Share : how to rip DVD and convert Video to iphone at <a href="http://www.oursdownload.com/dvd-to-iphone.html">http://www.oursdownload.com/dvd-to-iphone.html</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Share : how to rip DVD and convert Video to Zune at <a href="http://www.oursdownload.com/Zune-Video-Converter,dvd-to-Zune,dvd-to-Zune-converter,Zune-converter.html">http://www.oursdownload.com/Zune-Video-Converter,dvd-to-Zune,dvd-to-Zune-converter,Zune-converter.html</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Share : how to convert dvd and video to PSP at <a href="http://www.oursdownload.com/PSP-Video-Converter,dvd-to-PSP,dvd-to-PSP-converter,PSP-converter.html">http://www.oursdownload.com/PSP-Video-Converter,dvd-to-PSP,dvd-to-PSP-converter,PSP-converter.html</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Only one software to convert DVD and video to iPhone,iPod,Zune,PSP at </strong><a href="http://www.oursdownload.com/dvd-video-converter.html">http://www.oursdownload.com/dvd-video-converter.html</a></p> <p> Share : how to convert dvd and video to Apple TV at <a href="http://www.oursdownload.com/dvd-to-apple-tv.html">http://www.oursdownload.com/dvd-to-apple-tv.html</a> </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/aperture-20-promise-xmil-and-hdv-at-lafcpug-march-26#post-35619 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:00:20 +0000 MichaelHorton 35619@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Aperture 2.0, Promise, XMiL and HDV at lafcpug, March 26</p> The next meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will be Wednesday, March 26, 2008 beginning at 6:45PM at the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood CA. Join us as we welcome Promise Technology and Aperture 2.0 and the world debut of XMiL Sequencer to lafcpug. Many of you have heard that Apple dropped their Xserve Raid and suddenly this company named Promise Technology and their VTrak E-Class RAID Subsystem shows up on the Apple site seemingly taking it's place. So who is this company? What is Vtrak? Does it have blinking blue lights? Paul McLeod, Senior Marketing Specialist from Promise will show and tell. Aperture 2.0 just shipped and features over 100 new features for the still photographer. What you might not know is that Aperture should be in every Final Cut Pro editor's toolbox. Apple's Kirk Paulsen will show you why. XMiL Sequencer. converts an XML file exported from a Final Cut Pro timeline and turns it into an Avid Log Exchange (ALE) file. This file can then be imported into an Avid nonlinear editing system, turning the segments used in the FCP timeline into Avid master clips. Editor and author Rainier Standke will demo. This will be the world premiere of Xmil Sequencer. Plus, Converting HDV to ProRes 422 - and why you want to with Larry Jordan, Stump The Gurus, Show and Tells and of course, World Famous Raffle. A $5.00 donation will be requested at the door. Doors open at 6PM. lafcpug meetings are open to the public. First come, best seat. For complete info and directions to the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood visit the lafcpug web site. <a href="http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html</a> </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/videomaker-people-in-the-virginia-beach-virginia-or-tidewater-area#post-35406 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:47:45 +0000 11384eb 35406@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi there,  I'm not sure if this is the right thing to talk about on this blog, but I am looking to meet videomaker people in the Virginia Beach, Virginia or Tidewater area. To share ideas and help out or maybe help me out. Just to see who's in this small area. I'm an independant filmmaker of course who isn't. If anyone is intrested and please drop me an e-mail.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/call-for-entries-toofy-film-fest-boulder-co-usa#post-35301 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:01:46 +0000 toofy 35301@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>For more information, please visit:<br /> <a href="http://www.toofy.com"><a href="http://www.toofy.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.toofy.com</a><br /> </a></p> <p>The Toofy Film Fest takes place in beautiful Boulder, Colorado and exposes the raw untapped talent that exists in the independent world of cinema, fashion, art and music. Toofy provides audiences with the freshest independent content available.</p> <p><strong>Exposure for filmmakers goes above and beyond the Toofy Film Fest. The Fest reaches a broad audience of over 50 million people annually</strong> via nationally televised programming on TV, RSN, and Altitude Sports and Entertainment.</p> <p>Toofy Film Fest also helps filmmakers distribute their short film by compiling DVD collections of the best films that have played at Toofy. Filmmakers receive a percentage of sales.</p> <p>The Toofy Film Fest 2008 will be taking place from Sept. 12-14, 2008.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/videowebsite-owners#post-34886 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:49:17 +0000 JohnCrawford 34886@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi Keith, and thanks for the timely and on-topic reply.</p> <p>You certainly have an impressive and professional-looking videowebsite to your credit and I thoroughly enjoyed browsing through it. Compared to the high quality of your videosite my first attempts to post video on <a href="http://www.mydvdnyc.com/">www.mydvdnyc.com</a> must look positively amateurish. However...</p> <p>The purpose of my post is to communicate with other videographers on the idea of creating and establishing a website network of videographers for the purpose of increasing our visibility and sales on the Internet. I want to do real estate videos in order to augment my income and towards this end have purchased the domain name of The Real Estate Video Show. You can link to it now under the domain name of <a href="http://www.listyourrealestatefree.com/">www.ListYourRealEstateFree.com</a> and click on the Videographers Forum to get a feel for what I am trying to create for an association of videographers in the field of real estate.</p> <p>The potentials and possibilties for this sort of Internet organizing by videographers are topics worthy of discussion in themselves.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/videowebsite-owners#post-34859 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:01:40 +0000 KBVP 34859@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>WOW!  There is so much info to accomplish all the above, I don't think the server could handle it. ;)</p> <p>I have been hammering away for about 8 months and still have about 2% digested.  Here's my site that started as a way for broadcasters to screen footage to buy. </p> <p><a href="http://www.kbvp.com/">http://www.kbvp.com</a> </p> <p>Some of my footage has been used on the major networks, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, and a ton of reality shows.  The hardest part of keeping the web site going is keeping it fresh with new content.  I have hundreds of hours of resource material, but to make the web site visible to the world, you need to develop written content that is to the point and has enough wording to enable search engines to point to your site.  The better you do this, the higher you are on the search results. search: Northern California Video Production </p> <p>One of my productiuons was on the F-22 Raptor.  ( search: F-22 Raptor video )When people search for a video of it, I ussually rank within the top 5 of a Google search.  I get between 150 and 600 hits a day just on that one video.  The site is getting enough traffic to enable basic Google advertising.  This more than pays for the site expenses.  I manage all the video and still content, but my webmaster keeps all the nuts and bolts tight. </p> <p>  It's not an easy task if you are serious about starting up a new site.  Get a web master that is local and save a lot of time in communication delays.  Some of my clients have web sites maintained in South America and have real issues when material needs to be mailed to a foriegn country.  Above all else, you must be willing to spend the time and enjoy your work, otherwise it's counter-productive.</p> <p>Keith Breazeal</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/videowebsite-owners#post-34857 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:12:48 +0000 JohnCrawford 34857@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>This users forum is dedicated to videographers who have their own websites or wish for and intend to get one.  Possible topics for  exciting, enlightening and instructive discussions may include:</p> <p>Advantages (pros and cons) of owning and hosting your own website</p> <p>Difficulties encountered in acquiring and maintaining one's own website</p> <p>Help (recommendations) with obtaining a domain name and a professional hosting service</p> <p>Referrals to website self-creation programs or inexpensive website designers, website creators and webmasters</p> <p>Compessing (convering) video files in order to upload them to your website</p> <p>Using bulletin boards and forums on your website</p> <p>Linking up with other videowebsites for purposes of establishing a national association and network of video providers</p> <p>Creating and establishing a Videowebsite User Group in your state or local community for whatever purpose you intend</p> <p>Benefits of networking with other videographers on a national or international level</p> <p>Expanding your horizons and going after the lucrative real estate video market</p> <p>Exploring and expounding upon your own interests in the video market (host discussion groups on your own site)</p> <p>Advertising and promoting your own video services</p> <p>Advantages of joining a videowebsite User Group for the purpose of advancing your own interests</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/looking-for-video-work-non-paid-in-the-glenview-area-northsuburb-of-chicago#post-34741 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:19:39 +0000 CloudProductions 34741@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I am a retired electronics and software engineer who is looking for a position in the video industry.  Pay is not a consideration.  Recently I worked as a volunteer (non-paid) for our local village television station, GVTV cable channel 6 and 17.  During the past 3 years I have worked as director, producer, editor and cameraman.  I produced a series of 3 restaurant review programs called Great Eating In Glenview.  These programs were about 45 minutes long.  My last program was a Civil War re-enactment about 55 minutes long.  I was the producer, director, and editor, one of cameramen and wrote the script for a good portion of the program.  The actors who had volunteered were participants in the re-enactment.  This program was videographed and edited from a very unique viewpoint.  I spend approximately 175 hours of my time producing this program.</p> <p>As a teenager I started with still photography and then moved to 8 and super 8 movies.  At that time I was frustrated at not being able to produce the kind of movies that I wanted because of the technologies of the times.  But, now I can make the kind of movies that I want because of digital video cameras and computer editing software.</p> <p>At GVTV I used a Sony Digital Handycam DCR-VX2000 video camera and did editing on Final-Cut-Pro.  Since then I have installed Adobe Premiere Element on one of my computers so that I can do editing at my home office.</p> <p>Can you use my help?  I would like to work in the video industry not for pay but for fun.  Being an engineer I have worked with many different software programs and can easily adapt to all kinds of video software.  Likewise I can learn how to use different cameras and support electronics.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/jvc-at-lafcpug-jan-23-2008#post-34715 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:30:29 +0000 MichaelHorton 34715@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Next lafcpug meeting will be Wednesday, January 23, 2008 beginning at 6:45PM - till we drop at the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood CA.</p> <p>&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;</p> <p>Join us as we welcome JVC to lafcpug for a look at the 200 series of Camcorders and HD Monitors and FCP workflow. Also on the agenda will be a demo of the very cool lights from "Litepanels." Also Steve Martin will show us how to use 3D in Motion. Also FCP tips and tricks, show and tells, Stump The Gurus and World Famous Raffle.</p> <p>&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;</p> <p>A $5.00 donation will be requested at the door and lafcpug meetings are open to the public. Get there early if you want a good seat.</p> <p>&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;</p> <p>For more info including directions to the Gallery Theatre visit the lafcpug web site</p> <p>&lt;br class="khtml-block-placeholder" /&gt;</p> <p><a href="http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html</a></p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-to-make-an-85min-horror-film-for-a-100-pounds-2#post-34401 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:25:59 +0000 PMiddy 34401@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I've just finished authoring to DVD, a full length feature film that I made for a 100 pounds!</p> <p>If you would like any free help, advice or have any further questions in regards to how I achieved this, including any pre-production or post production problems, email me at:</p> <p><a href="mailto:internationalpictures@fsmail.net">internationalpictures@fsmail.net</a></p> <p>but please subscribe to my films via youtube, if you find any of my advice useful!</p> <p>See the trailer:</p> <p><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=wRQhcpDab8w" rel="nofollow">http://youtube.com/watch?v=wRQhcpDab8w</a></p> <p>See an extract:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDVDy0JBayU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDVDy0JBayU</a></p> <p>My full channel can be found at the link below and features making of documentaries, etc.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com?PMiddy001" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com?PMiddy001</a></p> <p>Cheers,</p> <p>Pete Middleton - Director</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/user-group-in-des-moines-area#post-34260 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:48:11 +0000 crosstheroad 34260@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I am using Adobe Pro....love it.  Would love to chat with others in the area.  I am retired and do wedding videos - having fun making short stories videos.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/mississippi-area#post-34255 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:15:08 +0000 Aspyrider 34255@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>This sounds great! I'd love to be a part of a users group in Mississippi.</p>