Re: [FCP-L] Rant: Presumptive Clients

Most clients are Pricks

whoops, did I type that?

On Nov 12, 2009, at 7:04 PM, Bob Zelin wrote:

> Hey, this must be my client too !
>
> Bob Zelin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick
> To: FinalCutPro-L@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [FCP-L] Rant: Presumptive Clients
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> My limited experince with PBS and HD was a season of Chefs A Field (http://www.chefsafield.com
> ). The hack owner of the company I worked for wouldn't pay an extra
> $35 per episode to have them run through a legalizer while the HD
> captioning was being done. The first 6 shows failed QC, due to gamut
> errors. Yes, we were using SD scopes on an HD system and monitoring
> the downconvert. After he assured the clients that it was all my
> fault (in front of me), he spent $6000 on an HD legalizer. All
> thirteen episodes passed after that. So instead of spending $455 on
> having 13 episodes legalized during the HD captioning dub, he spent
> $6000 on a box that hasn't been used since. Did I mention he is a
> prick and an idiot all rolled up into one?
> Rick Emery
> www.rickemery.com
>
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> From: Steve Hullfish <steve4lists@veralith.com>
> To: FinalCutPro-L@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thu, November 12, 2009 10:01:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [FCP-L] Rant: Presumptive Clients
>
> I've delivered numerous projects to PBS - long and short form - and
> have never gone through a legalizer and have never gotten kicked back.
> Knock on wood. But never without external scopes. But also never HD.
>
> On Nov 12, 2009, at 8:55 AM, Rick wrote:
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> > My experience with HD deliveries to PBS, is that if it isn't run
> > through a legalizer, good luck getting it past QC unless you suck
> > all the chroma out of it.
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