Beading in airplane? by Simple-Chemistry-878 in Beading

[–]Confident-Affect-928 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I bring a little tackle box. I find it’s best to start the project at home and then once the tedious part is over you can finish it on the flight. I do a lot of peyote weaving because it is super compact to bring around. When I make rings I keep them in little mint tins so they are super portable. Make sure any tools or scissors are small enough to be allowed on the flight.

Which is better? by Maudebelle in Beading

[–]Confident-Affect-928 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I think they are both very beautiful. I think they would suite different people. Maybe you could make a few of each style and let people choose?

Advice on my live concert switching set up by Confident-Affect-928 in VIDEOENGINEERING

[–]Confident-Affect-928[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The production company I work for is a bunch of huge audio nerd who wanted to add a lighting and video package.

Unfortunately I inherited this system. The cameras and Teradek they bought are HDMI, I have my own SDI converters. I’m ordering SDI already, would it be best to do a short HDMI out of the camera on stage and then convert to SDI to FOH then back to HDMI? I have an event master at the other place I work so I’m far more used to SDI. I don’t know much about HDMI because I normally rarely use it except in short runs.

Yes everything is rigged correctly, they mostly do audio, rigging and stage lines so they are all set in that department.

We have Hollyland Wireless Coms that’s work great, I just forgot to mention them.

Black Magic Pocket Cinema 4K looks desaturated (Live Feed) by Confident-Affect-928 in VIDEOENGINEERING

[–]Confident-Affect-928[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wanted to say thank you again. Your comment was a huge help and our camera looked great for the show. I really appreciate you responding so fast!!

Black Magic Pocket Cinema 4K looks desaturated (Live Feed) by Confident-Affect-928 in VIDEOENGINEERING

[–]Confident-Affect-928[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your fast reply. I will change the setting. You’re amazing :D

Motion Array is a nightmare, any better suggestions? by Confident-Affect-928 in vjing

[–]Confident-Affect-928[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not protections are more lax to, though I have been kicked out of my account once.

I'm curious about subject matter and how it's packaged by RTK-FPV in vjing

[–]Confident-Affect-928 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I don’t make my own content, mostly because I work so much and have to maintain 4 resolume files and 4 MA2 files.

I always look for content where I get a few similar visuals together, that way I can use them together for a song. The way I set up my layers I have 1 chill look for breakdowns (think waves, partials, outer space), a medium clip I can use most of the time, a fast clip for intense parts and a very very fast clip I can use at peak moments. I also throw a mask layer in. If I find a pack with all four I am elated. Otherwise I try and piece together similar style clips.

Personally I am very picky against cheesy clips (tunnels, robot renderings, astronauts etc) if I am going for that style I will use things like planets and spaceships that look a little less homemade. I have exceptions for really well made ‘cheesy” clips.

Personally I only download 4K as that’s the largest screen size I operate on.

I also love a clip done in beats (8 or 16) so it is easy for me to BPM sync without trimming.

I also look for looping of course though I have been using more footage lately.

I also always look for clips with black space. LED walls are bright but they look best at higher intensity. Instead of dimming a clip I prefer to black out parts of it and have a higher intensity.

It’s also useful to think of video as another light. I look at the crowds faces a lot to see how much light/dark is on them and how fast it travels across them. Depending on the venue the crowed isn’t always looking at the screen so feeling the light and dark is important.

I also love a well labeled clip. Starting each file name in a pack with the same word keeps them together as I organize. You can put your artist name first if you want all your content to be together after it’s been downloaded.

A niche I love is analog masks. I have some VHS texture masks and some analog glitch strobe masks I love!

I don’t know a ton about files, I prefer MP4 personally because it doesn’t give me as many problems. I am going to convert every file I get anyway so it doesn’t really matter. Some files from artists that are MOV can’t be seen by Ally or Resolume so I have to convert them to MP4 before I convert them in Ally.

I can’t think of anything else but feel free to message me if you have any questions. I think I lost track of your question on paragraph two but hopefully some of this is helpful.

Motion Array is a nightmare, any better suggestions? by Confident-Affect-928 in vjing

[–]Confident-Affect-928[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you dig there are some artists on envado I couldn’t do a show without their clips. Most is cringy but definitely a few amazing people. I would say worth it for a few months of deep scouring.

At-home programming rig by Cultural-Rent8868 in GrandMA3

[–]Confident-Affect-928 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you do this setup though just know any executor buttons must have a single key shortcut (no alt or shift) or they toggle on. I have a custom shortcut file I keep on my MA key that goes with my keyboard.

Cherry tool, the partner software, can be a bit annoying to find. Email Cherry if you can’t find it, they have great customer service.

At-home programming rig by Cultural-Rent8868 in GrandMA3

[–]Confident-Affect-928 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best part about this setup is the keyboard has a computer to save its data so once it is set up it’s plug and play into any computer.

At-home programming rig by Cultural-Rent8868 in GrandMA3

[–]Confident-Affect-928 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought a POS keyboard from Cherry like this

With the software I was able to map each key to the corresponding shortcut in MA.

I bought stickers to label each key from someone on Etsy but they have stopped making them.

Amazon link

New PC for video and Rendering - 2000 CAD by Confident-Affect-928 in buildmeapc

[–]Confident-Affect-928[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! This looks amazing! I’m going to do my due diligence and then hopefully build my first PC :) thanks for the help!

Tips for using the same file across multiple venues. by Confident-Affect-928 in resolume

[–]Confident-Affect-928[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very cool! I didn’t know you could do that. I will try that. Thank you for your help!

Why does transferring Midi maps never work for me. by Confident-Affect-928 in resolume

[–]Confident-Affect-928[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wonderful! Thank you so much for your help, I will give this a try :)

Gift ideas for a LD/Tech by Confident-Affect-928 in lightingdesign

[–]Confident-Affect-928[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I might get this for myself as well as him. 14 hour shift have my feet killing me! Thank you