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I'm budgeting a film and a couple lines are missing. A character is holding a photo of two Bolivian Cholita women wrestling.

I have some ideas how to develop this photo, but I…

Thank you all. I have contacted the photographer.

I'm looking for something that will produce a professional result but is not insanely complicated. I'd like it to have a decent 'pan and scan' capability so I can use stills too. …

Peter, thank you so much. That is a completely awesome answer, I really appreciate you taking the time to offer so much great advice and information. I shall study your showreel, …

I'm about to sart editing a 3D TV series on a system that's not my own, and where the only way to feel secure about the data is to take my own drives in.

It will be a FCP based s…

Thanks again. That's really useful. In fact, you've made me realise something. I'll be using FCP to do the main edit, but will likely finish on a Mistika http://www.sgo.es/ so I n…

Hi Shooters,

Would be great if someone could tell me how to convert Sony EX3 files to Quicktime so that I can read them on a mac and edit. At the moment there are 4 metadata fil…

Note that in order to edit or convert XDCAM on a Mac you will need to have a professional editing program installed, in which case you can just use whatever transfer/import method…

Hi Shooters,

I’m looking for a Blu-ray duplication service to run off a small quantity of Blu-ray discs. The only snag is that I don’t have the software or burner needed to creat…

Hi Matt.
I can get the BD-Authoring done for you, we are based in Central London in Kings Cross area and we can also offer a high quality printing on the discs also. If you do nee…

I'm used to fcp7 but I am seriously considering fcp x for my first feature-length doc. I understand that it's good for organising and searching through footage, of which i will ha…

More RAM would certainly be helpful. Also, think about breaking the show into "reels." In the film days, a reel was about 1000 feet, or around 11 minutes. Do the same digitally, k…

Hello, I've been editing for the last 12 years in São Paulo, Brasil. I moved to London recently and I haven't got any answer on my job enquiries, neither the ones I offered collab…

HI,

Does anyone know how to make the sound quality in a film the same, i have a case of up and down volume setting in the film the editor cant adjust it fully , is there a softw…

Just to clarify what people have said above a compressor will bring down the loud parts of the sound (above a set threshold ) and then make up the level by boosting the signal aft…

I am making a documentary about British Blues man Billy Jenkins and would need some of this material. Thank you.

you can get Captain Zip at captainzip2000@yahoo.co.uk, 020 8221 1622, Phil's got some great stuff, John