Sugar coating's for kid's cereals. I prefer to tell it like it is.

DGates, I'm a wealthy self-made millionaire. I am world-published in the stock trading and other arenas, and my client list looks like this:

http://www.kencalhoun.com/clients.htm

I'm glad that tens of thousands of people worldwide have valued my contributions. I'm sorry for you that you are so unsuccessful, that you'd have to attack someone of my status and fame in public. My fame is well known. "Tell it like it is", is that I'm successful. Have been for many years.

And just one of my latest video productions made over $450,000 in sales in less than 24 months: http://www.CopywritingUniversity.com/proof2.gif

My newest one is on track to triple that in sales. So my video production is world-class. At least according to my customers, who I value.

http://www.KenCalhoun.com/clients.htm

What's YOUR client list look like? Thought so.


Ken Calhoun, President
http://www.SellingUniversity.com
http://www.DaytradingUniversity.com
http://www.Sitefomercials.com
http://www.TradingVideos.com
http://www.WinningChartPatterns.com
http://www.CopywritingUniversity.com
http://www.WinningAdwords.com
http://www.MegaSeminar.com

P.S. And to my friends who've emailed me in support, thanks!

Ken, you're nothing more than a third-rate Carlton Sheets or Kevin Trudeau wannabe. However, most people can see through your delusional hype. But congrats on all the web sites that you've set up, like that's hard to do (roll eyes).

And yes, I quick check on the internet does seem to come up with a lot of hits, with quite a few referring to your anger-management issues.

..."So my video production is world-class."... Uh, yeah, sure Ken. And I'm married to Cindy Crawford.

People who attack me, reap the consequences. People who help me, reap the rewards. So does that mean you're going to reward me for trying to help you improve your videos? Like when I said you shouldn't cover people's faces with text, and that when you give people a wireless mic, you should actually turn it on? Is that the help you were referring to? Hope so.

Ken,

I'm impressed with your creativity, as well as your sites. Do you do all of your own production?

Your Sitefomercials site is really sharp. How did you edit your presentation on your home page? The aspect ration is a very nice and sleek size for web viewing and spacious for your presentation unlimited to common video as.

I also have another question for you since you are using both Vegas and Flash....... I'm trying use some flash purchased transions and backgrounds in my Vegas. I have tried all ways to output them for Vegas. I don't have a problem with vector animation exported to swf v5. But, the transitions and backgrounds that I'd like to use in my editing are graphic jpeg sequential animations. They don't view in Vegas when I export to swf v5 and when I export it to avi I only have a short shot of the first jpeg image. Have you had any experience with this?

Keep up your continued success for the rest of us aspiring entreprenuers. Thanks.

Scott Curts
www.curtsong.com
www.chameleonentertainment.com
www.idiotgeniuses.com

We haven't heard from Kenny in a while.

He might be busy practicing his Exaggerated Infomercial Hand Gestures.

Hi Scott, thanks for the kind words.. I haven't used jpg sequences in my videos, primarily doing my own production and keying in a basement greenscreen studio with JTL softboxes and a 3-CCD panasonic prosumer camcorder.

Re homepage video editing, I just set the size I want using Vegas, and adjust the pan/crop accordingly, so it's the correct 4:3 aspect ratio.

I'm in a good mood, because my latest 14-DVD product launch at http://www.StockTradingSuccess.com just did over $183,000 in sales in it's first month of release. Vegas rocks! Took me from March-October to do the editing, but it was worth it. Ca-CHINGO baby.


Ken

Congratualtions Ken!

Ya know, when I lecture I always point out that we are all in Show Business...
I then say, "If you don't do the Business, you can't do the Show. You must make money on every job you do, with the exceptions of "personal projects" and "shot for the reel".

This Vegas site generally deals with the "Show" side of the project, but it's encouraging to hear of "Business" success, as well. Further, Ken proves (once again) that "Concept is King" and yes, Vegas is a wonderful editing platform for professional (meaning you get paid for what you do) editing.

Very inspiring, Ken. Keep it up.

v

Hey Ken,

You are welcome. And great job. I learn everytime I'm on this forum. There's a lot of creative people here and it's very inspiring to see other's successes. Judgement of other's successes only prevents our own.

Victor,

You are correct, there is a show business quality to anything we do when we put it out on the public stage. It is wonderful to be compensated for our talents. Creativity fascinates me and I enjoy watching other people as it inspires mine too. I'm a musician performing in a dance band, as I work in my studio writing and producing commercials, film score and original music. As I am the leader of this band, I'm the marketing guy too. I never stop trying to improve on that image, and sale. Thank you and Ken for sharing your work. I will keep striving.

Scott Curts

Thanks, Vic! Your great "Light it Right" DVD (vasst.com) really taught me a lot about the artistry and professionalism of lighting, so thanks for that, and for the kind words. Your techniques are critically important, I've never learned as much about the artwork, and the technicals, of lighting successfully as I have from your video - so thanks for sharing your knowledge/tips/expertise.

You're one of the industry pros out there (like Spot, and Jeff Fisher) whose knowledge has made a significant difference by training me in how to do things more professionally with vegas and video lighting/shooting/pre/post production. I couldn't do it to this level, without your folks' knowledge - so thanks a million.

So much to learn! Key is leveraging it all in the service of others, of customers and clients, for shared success.



always a student,

Ken

I've recently gone the HDV route, and have a Sony HDR-HC3. Vegas 4 will allow use of m2t files (although it doesn't recognize the extension), but it is extremely painful trying to drop one of these on the timeline. Playback? forget it!

So I downloaded the Vegas 7 trial and let it go an entire month before actually using it. Can't uninstall or reinstall either to get a fresh trial period.

I really need something to handle HDV, so I tried the Vegas Movie Studio Platinum trial, which I thought may handle similar to full-blown Vegas.....but I can't preview anything with better than 1/2 fps. EDIT: Dynamic RAM previewing is obviously the way to go for this.

I bought Vegas 4 academic as a student, and as I am still a student, I naturally priced Vegas 7 academic costs...but they aren't any cheaper than the $250 (any version) upgrade! Is Vegas 6 anywhere near OK for HDV editing? Is it worth an upgrade from v4? I know BH is still selling it for $99, but that is at the top of my budget at this point.

I would be happy with something that half-plays previews but can import an HDV file without choking.

My PC Specs: Athlon 64 3200+ Venice, 2GB RAM, 2xSATA2 in RAID 0.

Thanks in advance.