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Re: Black Friday Sale & Giveaway 2019

gabstero — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 08:46:26 -0000

Whohooo!

Re: Building a GTX 1080 Ti-powered Hackintosh: Installing macOS Sierra step-by-step [Video]

gabstero — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:30:21 -0000

Curious to know how would you go about adding a RAID array to this configuration. I am working with 4k video footage using daVinci Resolve which as you probably know is processor (and memory) intensive. Trying to figure out a way of maximizing speed without an external storage.
But if I have to go via external storage would you choose a firebolt connection?
Thanks for your time.

Re: Building a GTX 1080 Ti-powered Hackintosh: Installing macOS Sierra step-by-step [Video]

gabstero — Sun, 17 Sep 2017 16:05:11 -0000

Ugh - they discontinued the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition at B&H. Do you have a similar performing graphic card suggestion?
thanks

Re: How to speed ramp and 5 questions to ask yourself before you do it (video tutorial). /July 20, 2015 by Michelle DeMers

gabstero — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 18:37:19 -0000

Hey gang - Were the privacy permissions changed on this video on vimeo? I am asking because I'd like to read the comments there but the video page gives me an access denied... thanks

Re: How to speed ramp and 5 questions to ask yourself before you do it (video tutorial). /July 20, 2015 by Michelle DeMers

gabstero — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 15:36:19 -0000

got it. Thanks a lot!

Re: How to speed ramp and 5 questions to ask yourself before you do it (video tutorial). /July 20, 2015 by Michelle DeMers

gabstero — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 14:48:28 -0000

Hi gang - just curious to know if anyone is reading the comments here. Thanks!

Re: How to speed ramp and 5 questions to ask yourself before you do it (video tutorial). /July 20, 2015 by Michelle DeMers

gabstero — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 20:56:31 -0000

Ok, I'll ask my questions here also (I did so on the vimeo video page, but there was no reply.

Valuable video - thanks so much!

If you don't mind, can you please explain what you mean at 2:30
"calculations to know how much to speed up your footage so it plays
back as normal". I thought ramping is generally understood as slowed
down.

thanks!
Also when you have the clip in your time line, looks like the default
normal speed is 1000% as oppose of 100% as you mention it. Do you mind
elaborating on that? Thanks!

Re: Walimex Pro Universal Cage Down to $300

gabstero — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:39:41 -0000

Thanks Caleb! Do you know of a rig that has a focus pull within the same price ballpark?

Re: Walimex Pro Universal Cage Down to $300

gabstero — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 10:39:09 -0000

Hi Caleb! Question - do they offer also a pull focus that can be mounted to this rig? (btw - I am in Arlington Heights and know a good friend of yours - Guy).
Thanks!

Re: Private: Animate hand-lettering without actually animating it

gabstero — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 10:47:48 -0000

Thanks so much for the reply! It sure paid back to do it this way. The effect is amazing and brings the human aspect into it. I wish After Effects would do a better job at animating this kind of stuff. I wish they would add onionskinning with which you can see the previous frame for reference.
Nevertheless - thanks again for the tips!!!
Cheers!

Re: Private: Animate hand-lettering without actually animating it

gabstero — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 23:47:50 -0000

I would be very curious to know what method you used to align the strokes with certain features in that video at 0:10 and beyond.
I am having difficulty coming up with a feasible method to do this in After Effects.
I think the problem I have is having the movie clip be a visual guide on where I want those strokes applied, if I am making sense.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!!

Re: Private: Animate hand-lettering without actually animating it

gabstero — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 13:40:02 -0000

Thanks much for the reply!! Yes that makes sense for the masked layers. Thanks!

And it also makes sense for the duplicating layers. I ended up adding a loopOut("cycle") to a subcomp containing a succession of 3 different drawing layers.
It worked, although there's a quirky blank frame introduce by the time remap effect, but I came around it.
Thanks a lot for the help and post!!
cheers!

Re: Private: Animate hand-lettering without actually animating it

gabstero — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:24:06 -0000

Thanks for the update. That makes sense. For aligning the drawing, are you using the 50% opacity trick so you can see how things line up? (more like onionskinning in animation).
Also I would be curious of your final rendering/exporting settings. Like what if you want the animation to loop for 10 seconds. Would you sub-comp, add time remap with looping expressions?
Thanks a lot!

Re: Private: Animate hand-lettering without actually animating it

gabstero — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 23:07:35 -0000

Thanks much for the tutorial. I am confused a tad at step #6. Not sure by what you mean "6. Duplicate the layer, remove the mask, and align the next drawing with the previous one."
Not sure what mask you mean. Thanks!

Re: Photographers: Why DNG?

gabstero — Tue, 20 May 2014 12:30:55 -0000

Love it, Terry! Thanks a lot

Re: Black and White Photo Contest

gabstero — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 19:49:33 -0000

hi Gang! Here's mine for Black and White. Cheers!

Re: Cinematic Shooting Principles: Advanced Long Lens

gabstero — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:19:04 -0000

link broken to the .mp4 file!

Re: 10 Bad Habits to Break in Photoshop

gabstero — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:38:55 -0000

Hey psdtuts - can the author take a look at some of the issues and questions addressed in the comments? Thanks.

Re: 10 Bad Habits to Break in Photoshop

gabstero — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:37:20 -0000

Martin - For some reason the Field, Iris and Tilt-Shift options are grayed out on my Ph CS6 extended even if I do have my layer as a smart object. Those only seem to work on normal layers. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks

Re: Founder of iStockphoto reveals real reason he left & why he's started a new stock photo company

gabstero — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:57:01 -0000

Right on Bruce! Way to go Stocksy!!!

Re: It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring Rob Sylvan!

gabstero — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 12:38:21 -0000

Thanks for the article, Rob! Love the fact that I can resonate with you about photography, stocksy and... bees!!
Precious advice - thanks!!

Re: Quick Tip – Create a Simple Typewriter Animation

gabstero — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:20:56 -0000

very clever! Is there a way you could sync a typewriter sound to each character as they are revealed? Thanks!

Re: Win a Gura Gear Backpack, Case, Pouch, and Wallet Collection Worth $600+

gabstero — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:31:17 -0000

Bingo!

Re: SURPRISE!! New Workflow Set + Recorded Webinar + 24-hour SALE! | Pretty Presets for Lightroom

gabstero — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:03:10 -0000

Amanda or Lisa. At 10:00 where you are talking about layering presets on an image, and if you don't want the one you are applying to overwrite the existing one -- you are mentioning exporting the image in the same folder, etc.

Wouldn't it be easy to simply create a virtual copy of the image with the preset you are at, then applying the newer one? Or will this still modify my existing preset? You need to "freeze" the image in a JPG in order to apply the new preset?

Re: Rethinking Media E-Commerce & WordPress

gabstero — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 22:45:54 -0000

Thad - any news on this plugin's status! thanks!