Recently I have been refurbishing my short films with my production logo at the beginning and sometimes at the end for artistic protection and branding. Unfortunately some of these shorts have been made on a different generation of mac and or made in HD as opposed to my usual DV formats and therefore, I need to add the logo which means I need to make sure I re-compress in the right format. It is not new to me that there are a million different variations on how to properly capture and compress video but it would save me a world of trouble and online research to figure out how to do this without error if the world decided to have three key formats and leave it at that. While compressing several wrong versions I realized this trial and error process reminded me of some life philosophies. These are a few I can come up with from the top of my head.
Compressing1: Just because you captured the video properly it doesn't mean that it will look high quality until it is fully compressed.
Life1: People hide the deepest part of themselves in labyrinths of personality,degredation, arrogence etc. But as they grow and mature into men or women, we see their true colours. Whether good or bad.
Compressing2: There are several different video formats, and two different ways (on my mac [compressor and FCP] in which to compress a film. Not all of them work for the type of format you captured in and must be careful to keep track of previous trials.
Life2: We go through so many phases as we grow, and are exposed to so many options, some of which we choose that can hurt or help us. Try to look at the history of those close to you or a past experience to lead your heart in the right direction.
Compressing3: Compressing something in high quality or HD takes forever just hope its worth it.
Life3: (No Dali Llama stuff here) make sure you did it right or all your work will just be another "I told you so" from the parents, or the big man upstairs.
Compressing4: Don't click cancel before something is done compressing, unless it freezes, because you may have been doing it right.
Life4: Never take the easy way out of a situation, unless it is stopping or slowing your life in a negative way. Working harder to get things straight is always worth it.
Compressing5: burn the good copy to DVD
Life5: Get the best of yourself out there and don't sell yourself short.
I may be reading too deeply into this but waiting for hours and compressing things as trial and error makes you think about more interesting things than the task at hand. I think my video is still going, down with deceptive mac loading bars. 5 minutes my foot, just jumped to 2 hours. Great
Christian A.V. Petrozza
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