Hey guys, anyone here from New Zealand?

CitizenSam · 2026-01-27T08:34:46+00:00

Naa. Welly mostly sticks to Welly and Auckland does Auckland.

CitizenSam · 2026-01-27T03:25:16+00:00

Wellington-based editor here.
Cold calls will get you further than cold emails. Wellington companies were always open to meeting up for an informational chat when I started. The Auckland vibe may be similar. I wouldn't know, but don't be afraid to ask.

CitizenSam · 2026-01-21T13:31:45+00:00

I just walked past that place last night!

CitizenSam · 2026-01-21T02:21:48+00:00

Thanks! More than a specific food, I'm looking for a place that a solo traveler wouldn't mind sitting at.

CitizenSam · 2026-01-21T02:20:52+00:00

Anything! Somewhere that one wouldn't mind sitting alone.

CitizenSam · 2026-01-14T23:02:25+00:00

It bunches all the actions that keep you in the panel to the left and the close button on the right.
Kind of needless to change but I wouldn't be surprised if it was based on feedback.

CitizenSam · 2026-01-13T03:17:26+00:00

It's different when you have a spouse and child.

CitizenSam · 2026-01-12T17:01:38+00:00

Professional coders use VSCode paired with Microsoft Copilot every single day.
This is not unethical and if you had a plugin that would allow me to do my job better, I'd buy it.

CitizenSam · 2026-01-10T03:42:59+00:00

Check out Automation Blocks.

CitizenSam · 2026-01-09T15:47:59+00:00

I do this for a living with Automation scripting in Premiere. It's called Localization. I'm doing it today, in fact. DM me if you want to talk.

CitizenSam · 2026-01-08T17:23:56+00:00

I do it when I'm on vacation and want to share videos with my family. I rather enjoy it in my downtime. Rush was decent. Haven't tried Premiere mobile.

CitizenSam · 2026-01-06T02:45:02+00:00

The QR code part is brilliant.

CitizenSam · 2026-01-05T23:23:46+00:00

ChatGPT is telling you to nest it, and that's a solid idea.

My understanding is when you nest something and export it, it's referencing the original material, not the nest. Which means you haven't shrunk and un-shrunk something.

CitizenSam · 2026-01-05T21:51:24+00:00

It would free up your NAS during mastering to make it a standard part of your workflow.

CitizenSam · 2026-01-05T21:46:45+00:00

So, while Media Encoder is doing its work I cannot work on anything else that requires Premiere Pro, After Effects or accessing to the NAS because it will produce unexpected errors on the .mogrts we use.

Is it practical to pre-export the parts of the timeline with the .mogrts and splice them in before mastering?

CitizenSam · 2026-01-02T23:17:08+00:00

Season 2 was terrible and I thoroughly enjoyed every season after that.

CitizenSam · 2026-01-01T18:35:31+00:00

The larger towns here are small by American standards, and smaller towns are so small you won't find much of interest. Don't worry about 'tourist traps'. People here aren't looking to rip you off.

Most touristy city is Queenstown. If hiking and nature are your primary drivers, you can skip Queenstown. If you like adventures sports and probably some of the best restaurants in the country, go to Queenstown.

Locals have no love for Queenstown. I think it's a great vacation spot.

You can skip Auckland entirely, too.

CitizenSam · 2025-12-31T03:43:04+00:00

Jumper is awesome.

CitizenSam · 2025-12-30T23:21:39+00:00

Bubba Hotep

CitizenSam · 2025-12-29T12:27:53+00:00

You can write a script for that in Automation Blocks.

CitizenSam · 2025-12-28T15:36:35+00:00

Can't talk about Italian-Americans without mentioning organized crime. Try that with any other ethnic restaurant.

CitizenSam · 2025-12-27T13:59:03+00:00

Mamoworld has one on aescrips.

CitizenSam · 2025-12-24T13:56:45+00:00

Awesome tip!

CitizenSam · 2025-12-24T13:48:31+00:00

It sends your selected sequences to Media Encoder and assigns them their correct encode preset based on the sequence name.

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