professionalism question

Maxter wrote on 10/16/2003, 8:58 PM

I have a PIP clip with a photoshop frame over it. I split both the frame and the clip in the middle and add the 3D spin transition.

It looks great when playing back normally.

But if I stop and look frame by frame i can see where the clip and frame seperate in mid spin.

would it be too unprofessional to put that in a movie?

Comments

GaryKleiner wrote on 10/16/2003, 9:11 PM

>It looks great when playing back normally.<

That is your bottom line. If every frame of every movie had to be perfect, there would never be any finished movies.

Gary

TheHappyFriar wrote on 10/16/2003, 11:20 PM

Give it the "vidiot" test. Find someone who isn't looking for mistakes, then have them watch it. If they see it, fix it.

I follow a different rule though: if i see a mistake i fix it.

Erk wrote on 10/17/2003, 11:42 AM

Maxter,

If you haven't gone this far with your test yet, you might preview it out or otherwise watch it on a TV. It may be that the momentary imperfection is unnoticeable even to someone looking for it - ?

I've tried to get in the habit of previewing anything that has me wondering: "Is that acceptable?" Between proper display of interlacing, subtle differences in color, safe areas, watching it from normal distance away from the boob tube, etc., I've often found the TV much more forgiving than watching it a foot away on my PC monitor.

This of course assumes TV is your final ouput destination.

G

Oh, and looking at it the next day often leads me to conclude, "close enough."

BillyBoy wrote on 10/17/2003, 1:07 PM

1. Always check on the intended final medium. A DVD for example should be checked on a set top DVD player, several types if possible (not on your computer) and not necessarily viewed alone on one of those 60 inch monsters unless that's for sure what its going to be played off of.

2. When checking on a TV, view NORMALLY, meaning from a normal distance, in typical room lighting.

3. Don't be too much of a nitpicker. Have a critical eye sure, but don't try to crawl into the screen by sitting a few inches away and looking for minor imperfections. A sure way to always find them.

4. Once you're finished with your project put it aside for at least a couple days. Don't look at it, don't even think about it. Then take one last look several days or a week later. Often you'll decide that's as far as you can take it without getting into 'gild the lily' type errors. Part of being 'professional' is knowning when to stop fiddling around.

5. Have someone else that has no finanical interest in the project critique it. A friend or associate's opinion is only good if they tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear to inflate your ego.

6. Stop trying for perfection. Not it this world pal. Get as close as you can, but if its taking your a week to do a project that should be done in a day or a month for what should take a week, you're probably overdoing it.

7. Don't be afraid to make a mistake. You learn more from mistakes and your next project will be better because of it.

8. Listen and learn from your peers, but do your own thing. If you only do what others do, then your work will look like their work but usually only a bad copy.

9. Special effects are "special" only if used appropriately. Avoid typical amateur mistakes of too many transitions, too many close ups, too much panning, zooming, too much gee-whiz look what I can do in one project type of effects.

10. Never stop learning.