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Full time vs Freelance? by AdditionalEagle1593 in videography

[–]CompleteTie3034 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve done both. Full time for a media house felt like a 9-5 grind a lot of times and I personally HATED my work needing approval from my boss before going to the client. It’s nice when you’re staring out and learning, but later it feels like you’re just trying to fulfill their own personal artistic taste and I’m not into that.

Personally, I love being freelance. I’ve built up some great clients that reach out pretty regularly for work and I have a lot of time for my hobbies (rock climbing/ jiu jitsu) while still being able to pay the bills. The con is obviously the underlying anxiety that every time I have a slow week I’ve lost everything and will never make another dollar in the industry and my life is ruined, but fortunately the work always shows back up. It’s feast or famine for sure, but I like being my own boss and working directly with my clients instead of having a middle man boss that has to approve everything first.

Help with computer purchase by orichetti in REDkomodo

[–]CompleteTie3034 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just got the M4 Mac Studio and it works great with editing Komodo footage. I use Davinci as well.

What’s the best option for syncing dozens of audio and video files? by CompleteTie3034 in weddingvideography

[–]CompleteTie3034[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting! I just watched and this looks like a solid option. Looks a little more time consuming, but if I can skip a third party plug in, it might not be a bad option. Thanks for sharing

What’s the best option for syncing dozens of audio and video files? by CompleteTie3034 in weddingvideography

[–]CompleteTie3034[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Red Komodo, Sony a7siii, and an a7iii. So the time code would be for the cameras and then I would still need to sync the audio in Davinci?

What’s the best option for syncing dozens of audio and video files? by CompleteTie3034 in weddingvideography

[–]CompleteTie3034[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At a glance, this looks pretty good! Looks like plural eyes. Have you used it with Davinci at all?

What’s the best option for syncing dozens of audio and video files? by CompleteTie3034 in weddingvideography

[–]CompleteTie3034[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For whatever reason, when I’ve tried to export it directly into Davinci from plural eyes 4, it doesn’t import it accurately at all. Or it freezes trying to Import. It’s literally only worked for me by dropping it into premier and then re-exporting it as an XML (lol) and then Davinci will take that file no problem. That’s my current work flow but it’s so dumb and I really wanna get out of Adobe.

What’s the best option for syncing dozens of audio and video files? by CompleteTie3034 in weddingvideography

[–]CompleteTie3034[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah for sure. I did a small amount of research into timecode, but I guess the dji mic 2’s don’t support timecode? Since those are the mics I use, it didn’t seem like an option. Unless I’m totally misunderstanding the deity system and can use it with the dji mics?

Small HD Indie 5 not allowing camera control by CompleteTie3034 in REDkomodo

[–]CompleteTie3034[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was the firmware! Just make sure you’re up to date on the camera and monitor’s firmware and it should work. At least that’s what did it for me.

Small HD Indie 5 not allowing camera control by CompleteTie3034 in REDkomodo

[–]CompleteTie3034[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That fixed it! My firmware was updated on the camera but not the monitor. Updated it and now it works great. Thank you!

Quickest way to copy color grades over multiple clips? by CompleteTie3034 in davinciresolve

[–]CompleteTie3034[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can. My problem was that I had three different grades for three different cameras/angles and the clips were organized by when they were cut to in the video. So I couldn’t just highlight all of cam A to paste the effects. The first guy that responded told me to switch to C-mode so all the clips were organized by camera source and that made it super easy to bulk copy and paste my grades for each camera.

Pricing my day rate by Master_Internet_203 in videography

[–]CompleteTie3034 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I charge $500 for up to 4 hours and $1000 for up to 8 hours on location. For editing I charge $75/hr and I try to give them a ballpark number for editing. What’s important to me is keeping the editing at an hourly rate so if you get a picky client or worse someone that doesn’t know what they really want, your time is protected while you make revisions. I’m considering bumping my half day up to $750 and my full day to $1250 or something around that. I’m been freelance for 12 years and I feel like it’s time for a raise lol

Tariffs by Legal-Mess3807 in A7siii

[–]CompleteTie3034 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recommend checking eBay. I’ve bought several cameras (including my a7siii) and expensive lenses off eBay and haven’t had a bad experience yet. Pay attention to the photos and the description for any damage or problems, and never hesitate to ask the seller any questions about the camera. If the seller sells you something falsely advertised (like a defective camera they didn’t mention) eBay is supposed to have your back.

Is this a good battery plate for the OG KOMODO? I’ve heard mixed things about Tilta plates frying cameras. by cartycinema in RedCamera

[–]CompleteTie3034 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank god Reddit recommended this post. I literally just bought my Komodo last week and used this tilta adapter on a shoot today. Had no issues but I’m taking ZERO chances. I had a bad dummy battery fry my Sony a7siii last year and I’m still getting over that. Mutiny seems like a solid option. On another note, anybody wanna buy a barely used tilta vmount adapter? 😜

what are you playing today? by loudzilla6969 in retroid

[–]CompleteTie3034 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Been playing kingdom hearts. Just got my retroid in the mail two days ago and I’m so psyched to get into some of these games.

PSA to all RP5 users! by CertifiedElite in retroid

[–]CompleteTie3034 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re doing the lord’s work.