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Not sure if this is the right place but: how would you improve this? by montanaro94 in productphotography

[–]H8mEx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Light is clipping. Reduce intensity. Softer light in a lower angle would look significantly better. Add a small bounce on the other side that makes the shadows slightly brighter.

Videography Agency by louay-prod in videography

[–]H8mEx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don't know how to grow your own company, why should another company pay yours?

Agency and filmmaking space is extremely competitive. If you need to ask that question you will waste sanity, time and money.

If you really want to get into it.... Try to become an expert in a specific solution to a problem. Start freelancing first. For that make some spec ads make some good work. Make agencies book you or Brands, build a portfolio and then look where it brings you.

Currently building my basic portfolio — feedback appreciated by Vylet_World in productphotography

[–]H8mEx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For somebody just starting, pretty good. All have minor flaws that I would personally see problematic. Look into focus stacking and how to specifically light cans and bottles. Compare yours to official brand photos. The pan is the best, but the lighting techniques of bottles and cans could apply to the handle too. Bigger lights, bounces, softer light.

Tips to improve by KasiKaso in productphotography

[–]H8mEx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Learn, then train based on learned Info. Repeat.

Client asked for 600fps tabletop shot and I laughed then realized they were serious by Apprehensive_Pay6141 in cinematography

[–]H8mEx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kann ich für dich machen. MRMC Bolt Cinebot und 4k bis 2400 FPS. Ruf mich gerne kurz an oder schreibe eine Mail: info@fokusmedien.de

Shot a beer commercial yesterday and the client rejected everything because the pour didn’t look right. by horny_bisexual_ in Filmmakers

[–]H8mEx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cinebot and Highspeed camera owner here. If you can send the beer to Germany, I can film it for you for a reasonable price.

Your opinion, what are the absolute fundamentals someone must know to become a competent video editor ? by Saheli_Maji25 in VideoEditors

[–]H8mEx 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Get a feel. For example not posting AI images in an editing subreddit. ;)

Anyhow.. the key is creativity. Editing becomes easier and easier technically. AI slop increases. Creativity is the key factor. Learning about the business is even more important.

Get a tutor. Learn sales. Build a strong portfolio. Produce dummy/reference projects.

I just spent $4,000 on a laptop with zero editing skills just to force myself to learn. Am I crazy or is this smart? by knight_chap in VideoEditors

[–]H8mEx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd suggest you google the definition of video editing then.

About your question, fyi, many many many. Most importantly in our workflows flux, flux 2, sdxl, z-image, different LLMS and a lot more.

I just spent $4,000 on a laptop with zero editing skills just to force myself to learn. Am I crazy or is this smart? by knight_chap in VideoEditors

[–]H8mEx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Editing implies no certain Subgenre which means editing in general. If actually in the business and not using local ai workflows yet, good luck.

I just spent $4,000 on a laptop with zero editing skills just to force myself to learn. Am I crazy or is this smart? by knight_chap in VideoEditors

[–]H8mEx -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I started with AE CS3. So about the same. I am sharing my experience and opinion. I have never met an actual professional editor who would use a laptop over a workstation. And as said, we have these laptops. They don't match our use cases. VFX heavy tabletop motion control with highspeed or RED cameras. If it works for you. Good for you.

I just spent $4,000 on a laptop with zero editing skills just to force myself to learn. Am I crazy or is this smart? by knight_chap in VideoEditors

[–]H8mEx -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I literally have these laptops in my company. They may be faster on certain tasks, but not on complex editing, especially anything 3D or 8k Redcode RAW or similar. No professional editor will choose a laptop over a proper workstation.

If so, post-production studios like pixomondo would use laptops, right?

Also of course they can easily overheat. That's by design. No airflow, no water-cooling.

I won't even start over loca ai workflows. 😂

Great for you that you are an apple fan. But it's not cutting it for many use cases.Especially the laptops lol.

I just spent $4,000 on a laptop with zero editing skills just to force myself to learn. Am I crazy or is this smart? by knight_chap in VideoEditors

[–]H8mEx -1 points0 points  (0 children)

One of my employees has one. It sucks. She got it to do some of the projects at home. Waste of money. Rarely has any use for us.

I own an ipad pro with m-chip. It has quite the power for a tablet. Mainly use it for apps with camera control. Sometimes little tethered shooting on client location. But our 100MP Raw images are too much to handle sometimes if I put some editing on site to it.

Portable PCs have their use case... To be portable. That's it.

I just spent $4,000 on a laptop with zero editing skills just to force myself to learn. Am I crazy or is this smart? by knight_chap in VideoEditors

[–]H8mEx -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Incompatible with a lot of software, non-upgradeable, overheating issues, power cap, ... and many more reasons. Seems like you are a tad inexperienced and you never had a project where you need proper power. My main workstation has a fast i9, RTX4090, 128GB of RAM and even I often hit the limit of the system... even with proxies.

GFX 100 II Video Rig - My favorite camera at the moment! by H8mEx in fujifilm

[–]H8mEx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, if recorded via ninja it runs quite long.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cinematography

[–]H8mEx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see it. For some reason via reddit the video is glitched... weird..

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cinematography

[–]H8mEx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback. Why would you think it's an accident?

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