Sep 6, 2016
Elvira took on Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park this spring.
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Elvira took on Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park this spring.
Conference Video Services
Nicolettecinemagraphics often works with companies in Columbus, Ohio to provide audio/visual services. Over the next few days we will be spending time at the Ohio Attorneys for Justice working for Armstrong & Oakley providing presentation video coverage.
The OAJ conference is a large conference providing attorneys in every type of law practical advice on new trends in office management to new…
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Slow Ascent at Sahar International Short Film Festival
Slow Ascent at Sahar International Short Film Festival
Last night our film Slow Ascent showed at the Sahar International Short Film Festival. Although we were unable to be at the festival we are honored to have been selected. For more information on Slow Ascent follow the blog at https://slowascentfilm.wordpress.com/blog/
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The Current State of DVD and Blu-ray Authoring
Encore may no longer be part of the Adobe Creative Cloud, but that doesn’t mean that it is completely obsolete. I still get calls for authoring DVDs and Blu-Rays; they are necessary for festival submissions and display loops. People still have their DVD players and they feel comfortable with the format. Even I can’t resist the control with menus and chapters. Some other codecs and formats will now allow embedding that control, but until we have a standardized format some people will still want their DVD or Blu-Ray.
While Blu-Ray has not become as popular as DVD, it is still a format that some people want for their memories. Although, it has been out for a few years there are still some kinks that are slowly being worked out. The discs seem to not be as reliable before burning – I’ve bought spindles that were over 50% coasters. Sometimes Encore will not export to Blu-ray, when this happens I build an ISO and use CDBurner XP to bypass the issues with Encore. Overcoming the growing pains of a newer media is always tricky and one has to learn tips and tricks to make their software work with their drive and their discs.
As for what I would call intangible formats or digital files, yes they will replace discs, but they are not there yet. The videographer would have to learn the format that the customer needs. My phone needs a different size and format than my TV or photo frame and while my computer will handle anything, I can’t guarantee that my client will have the software to play the footage. Does the client want their video online or downloaded to their portable device? There are many possibilities to navigate at this time. Recently, I added a Western Digital Live device to my entertainment center. This box will handle multiple formats, including ISOs. That’s right, I can author a fully functioning DVD and export an ISO that my box can read. It functions like the disc, without the hassle of the disc.
While the physical disc may be on its way out, a packaged digital file that functions like a DVD is going to be the future. The future may not be ISO files, but the only way to replace the disc is to create something similar.
Home Work
You wake up in your footie pj’s and you don’t have to exchange them for the good ol’ business casual. You can shuffle across the hardwood floors in your hot pink argyle socks, who cares that you’ve paired them with mint colored shorts? Don’t lie you even have Risky Business moments when your spouse is at work. Every day you save the planet by sparing the world from yet another commuter. Yep, these are the joys of working from home. You are a motivated self-starter; you have to be to get everything done to be able to pay the bills.
Yet, there are always pit falls, you leave the house less than your peers. If you want an extra job outside of the house you’re always questioned about your ability to integrate back into society; as if staying in your house means that you have checked out of civilization and signed up for the hermit club. Ok, ok so you socialize and you know it, your income relies on it. But the rest of the world doesn’t believe it. There’s another problem; you live where you work and you work where you live, you have to either learn to turn off the job or you’ll find yourself working 24 hours a day. You know what it takes to balance life and work.
I’ve been working at home for 4 years now, all that time in a small 700 sq ft house. There are comforts here, there are draw backs here, and some days I flee the space. My Netflix, Pandora, Spotify, and Openlibrary keep me company when social interactions are lacking. I can work on the floor, I can work in the hall, and when I’m sick – I can work from bed. My fridge is full-sized and holds a variety of choices for my lunch. My coffee pot is my friend, and when it stops being faithful I can end its contract. Most of all, my dog has constant company (because it is all about him), although I think he ignores me from 9-5. I’ve read about shared spaces, but I need solid internet and a customizable desk/chair setup. I need a powerful desktop because a laptop doesn’t always work for video. I’d be adding an extra expenditure for the space in addition to the commute and thus I’d contribute to the planet’s destruction. Now this isn’t to say that I’d avoid the commute if an office job found me. I mean, the stability of the 9-5 or comfortable warmth of lovely, lovely argyle socks… what’s a girl supposed to do?
GoPro and its Additions Pt 1
I’ve had my GoPro since November and I’ve struggled with what to write. I mean it is a GoPro – what is there left to write. Within the first day of owning it I submerged it and chased my fish around his tank. That worked, as I expected. I attached it to…
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Accounting Software for a Small Business Revisit
A few months after I decided to put all my bills in Managerand go with it for billing the software went cloud. Which was fine – I didn’t need to upgrade, that is until I reformatted and realized I didn’t have the installer. I caved and went with their…
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