Universal Somewhat Vid Friendly (On Youtube, At Least)

[bstro.livejournal.com]

So, I found this rather interesting. On a mailing list I'm on, another member posted an e-mail he'd just gotten from Youtube. The gist of it was that their filtering system figured out that one of his videos uses music owned by UMG (Universal Music Group).

The kicker is this: The message also said that the video would stay put because UMG has an agreement with Youtube to allow users to upload videos that have UMG-owned music. The catch is that Youtube will forward to UMG the video's view stats (big deal) and that the video's page will have ads (I presume for UMG -- again, big deal).

Maybe this is old news for some of you, 'cause I did a guick Google and found this press release from 2006 that implies such an agreement.

So...if you want to upload vids to Youtube and not have to worry about them yanking them, you're probably safe using something from UMG. Granted, I don't suppose the same is true for their film division.

Premiere Pro CS3: how to turn off frame blending?

[marycrawford.livejournal.com]

I've had to upgrade from Premiere 6.0 to Premiere Pro CS3, which is kind of like going into your somewhat grubby but pleasantly familiar bathroom and suddenly finding a giant array of high-tech knobs and spouts and mystery tubing where your old shower used to be.

Question for vidders: how the hell do I turn off the Frame Blend option for all clips in my project file/on my timeline? There's a Frame Blend choice in the Clip section of the main menu, but when I select more than one clip, that option greys out.

I'm not even sure what Frame Blend does, but I strongly suspect it's blurring the clips unnecessarily. Right now the only option I can see is turning it off on every single clip by hand, which is not good for my RSI or my mental health. Help?

Sony Vegas Video question

[arabian.livejournal.com]

I just got Sony Vegas and can not bring up the video portion of projects. I hear the aduio, but see no video. I've never used it before, and I've tried poking around, reading the help index and stuff, but am having no luck. Has anyone had this problem and then solved it?

Life on Mars - Run For Your Life

[lee-fragilidad.livejournal.com]

 
Title: Run for Your Life 
Fandom: Life on Mars
Music: The Beatles - Run for Your Life
Vidder: Sharona Lee a.k.a. lee_fragilidad 
Category: humor; slash
Pairing: Sam/Gene
Summary: Sam's a little girl, Gene Hunt is a "wicked guy who was born with a jealous mind".

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