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Login
Problems
I can't
open up my webpage from either using the traditional way "Talent
Log In" and I can't log in using "click on Talent
Pro..etc. Nothing happens.
Most likely,
Internet Explorer has "Pop-Up Blocking" enabled.
Open Internet Explorer (IE7) and return to the Talent Login
Link. When you get to the page with the link to open a new
window...
You should see a yellow bar activate at the top of the Web
page, just under the "File Edit etc." menus.
Click on it and choose "Always Allow Pop-Ups From This
Site..." It will ask you to confirm allowing pop-ups
on HeymanTalent.com.... say Yes.
The Talent Control Window should open... but you might have
to "Refresh" the page.
I
can't log in to my bookmarked page at...
https://www.SharonSmithTalent.com/mtm/db/TalentAdmin/MemberHome.asp
This link
is no longer valid. Thank you Internet Explorer 7.0 for giving
us this ugly message.
The security certificate is signed from our TalentPro Server
at "www.TalentProServer.net" and IE7 now throws
an error page because the domain name does not match.
It's okay... the Internet can be a scary place... so they
have to close certain loopholes that us honest guys use in
developing smooth web sites.
That is why we changed the login process altogether and use
the Pop-Up window to connect directly to our root server for
encryption without throwing the nasty error page.
Registration
Questions
My son
is 16 - should he register as an adult or a child on the website?
Also, what restrictions are there on people viewing my son's
profile? Is his contact information freely avaliable, or only
available to verified clients?
Thank
you for your questions regarding the Web site.
First...
contact information is restricted to the agency only. No phone
numbers, email addresses or any type of contact information
are available from the Web site. We feel it is important to
keep everything working through a trusted agency for professional
negotiations and accountability... so the last thing we want
is for our clients or the general public to know anything
about our talent. We don't even give contact information to
our registered clients.
Our clients
will see the talent's first and last name when they are logged
in to the search engine. That is it. Everything else on the
Web site uses the "TalentPro Id" as the unique identifier.
Usually it is the first name and some numbers.
All information
should be filled in for your son and put your contact information
in the Parent/Guardian fields at the bottom of the application.
16 is technically a minor and requires adult supervision and
verification of all communications. You are, essentially,
his manager until his 18th birthday.
As for
payment... there are PayPal buttons on the Portfolio Upgrade
page for each different age group.
One more
note about privacy and security... we use Secure Socket Layer
Encryption on the Talent Control Panel and the Agency Administration
Tools. Be sure to look for a "closed padlock" somwhere
on your browser (usually bottom right next to the scroll bar).
Our software is hosted by www.TalentProServer.Net and the
security certificate will say so, instead of the individual
agency name.
Payment
Questions
Q:
Why do I have to pay to appear on the galleries, search engine
or to clients who use your your Web site?
Portfolios,
when not paid for by the Talent, are available to the agency
only. Your picture may be submitted electronically by
the agency to their client, however only your picture and
comp-card information are visible to the client. If
you choose not to pay for portfolio hosting, the client will
not be able to click on your picture to see your other pictures,
video clips, audio demo or resume.
Clients
are only able to view your portfolio if you pay for the portfolio
hosting. Also, the "MyPortfolio" features
of our web site are only available to paid members of the
Web site. This is not an "agency fee" and
we are not forcing people to join the Portfolio Hosting program
to be represented by our agency. The Portfolio Hosting
program is an expensive feature, and we do offer a generous
price t
As the
software developer and service provider, we have negotiated
fees and pricing with the agency to account for the usage
of our software, our hard drives and our bandwidth...
Our software
provides their internal database via Intranet solution...
therefore all talent are visible to the agency. However...
to appear in the Galleries, the Client Search Engine or the
Electronic Submission System... you must pay for the service.
This is because every time your pictures or resume are viewed,
it represents usage of our bandwidth, electricity to power
the servers, management of storage, database overhead... and
many more components which represent costs to my company...
plus you are utilizing the agency's human resources to manage
your account and work with our database.
I understand
that many people feel they should not be required to pay fees
to their agency. But keep in mind that agency fees from bookings
only cover, and only barely, the salaries and wages of the
booking agent. That is why you have always had to pay for
your own head shot and comp card printing and any fees related
to being published in books.
Your agency
and many others in the country, have engaged in a "technology
venture" with my company, Kinetic Media called the "TalentPro
Network. " Which will soon become one branch of my vision,
launching in January, 2007... the Production-Matrix.com...
which will be a complete project management, booking and invoicing
system that works for talent, agencies, casting directors,
producers, unit production managers... it will provide unparalleled
accountability and communications to all who use it.
I understand
that not everyone understands just how much cost and energy
is involved with our system. That is because we strive to
make it easy and uncomplicated... and are always working to
improve the system... did I mention Programming hours, database
management hours, graphic design hours?
I only
wish to impart to you a better understanding of why there
is a fee to be on the Web site and why it would be great to
take advantage of the opportunity we are providing. Your Portfolio
Hosting Fee also gives you appearance on Artist-Spotlight.com
and ActorsSpotlight.com which my company will be promoting
to Casting Directors and Producers next year and give increased,
national exposure to all the talent represented by our agency
clients.
Thank
you so much for your time and I hope this helps you understand
why fees are required.
Sincerely,
William M. Fantini
President
Kinetic Media Engine, LLC
The TalentPro Network
will@kineticmedia.com
615-557-3583
Image
Upload
Q. I'm
trying to upload an image, but keep getting an error that
the file size is too large... what can I do?
We have
instructions here on how to use Microsoft Paint to resize
your images... usually installed free with Windows.
You may also wish to try another highly recommended tool called
IrfanView... which can be downloaded for free from http://www.download.com
and then search "Irfan View". You can
also try this link to go directly to the download page...
http://www.download.com/3000-2192_4-10021962.html
Below
are helpful hints and instructions for Microsoft Paint.
File
Size
Please
have a look on the CD from your photographer for a folder
called, "email and Web" or "Web Gallery"...
you should find another copy of your images at a more appropriate
size, but don't go under 25k because they could end up grainy.
If you have any image editing programs, like Photoshop or
Paint or another software which came with your digital camera
or scanner/printer, you can resize your image to about 800x600
pixels and "Save As" a JPEG (.jpg).
Resizing
Your Images with Windows Paint
- On
the PC, please open the pictures in "Paint"
which can usually be found in your "Start Menu"
[ Click Start - All Programs - Accessories - Paint ]
- Open
your image from your hard drive.
- Use
the window handles to crop in to the picture (please
no frames or borders around the picture).
- From
the top menus, select "Image" and then "Stretch/Skew"
- You
can then put an equal percentage for "Horizontal"
and "Vertical"
- Click
OK
- Choose
"File" - "Save As" and resave as
a "JPEG" image (Ending with ".jpg").
Hint: you may wish to rename the file so as not to save
over the original.
- Then
check your file size. The ideal file for uploading will
be around 150K (Approximately 1200 x 800 pixels.)
If these options don't work for you still, please email your
images to me and we'll take care of it for now.
FILE
NAMES
Before
you upload your images, please rename the documents on your
hard drive (or save another copy on your hard drive with the
new name). The best way to name your image document for our
system is to use your Stage Name or First and Last Name with
no spaces, commas, apostrophes or any other punctuation. For
example, "JaneDoeHeadshot1.jpg"
If
you try to upload a file with punctuation, you will encounter
errors... so if your image file name looks like this -->
"john doe's headshot.jpg" please rename it "JohnDoeHeadshot.jpg"
You
may upload as many images as you wish.
On
each image, you may select to mark that image "Visible."
You may wish to upload your images to our server for easy
CompCard and Portfolio Print ordering and also for building
online portfolios, but not wish that image to appear on your
main Talent Page. If so, upload the file, but mark "Visible"
as "No" on the upload form. The file will be visible
to you and your agency manager as you access your account,
but not to anyone else using the system for searching or casting.
Blurry
Images
Q:
Today I was looking at My Son's picture on the website's
"on line gallery". When I pulled his picture up
it looks grainy and not clear. I looked at several other pictures
for different people and their pictures were fine. Is there
something we can do to clear his picture up?
I
have noticed that when I use the disk that the photographer
gave me with his pictures and send the picture via email it
is not clear. Got any suggestions?
A:
On the disk which Heath or other photographers give you...
there are several folders with the same pictures in different
sizes. It can be confusing, and we'll work with photographers
to make it easier.
For
now, take a look on the disk and find the same picture's "file
name" and a file size of about 100 to 125 kb. The on
on the web site now might have ben a "thumbnail"
used in the web gallery. There should be the same file in
a higher file size on the disk.
You
can upload the new image and delete the old one. The file
on the server is: Matt_Simmons_Headshot.01.jpg , but might
be different on your disk.
My daughter
was recently in the Jouneys Kidz shoes catalog. I notice that
my friend's daughter, who was another model at the same shoot,
has very nicely scanned in her pictures from the printed catalog,
and I would like to do the same for my daughter. When I have
scanned pictures before they haven't looked nearly so nice
and clean. Any advice?
Scanning
printed materials can be tricky. The reason is that printed
materials are not "continuous tone" color.. an image
is comprised of millions of little color dots (you can see
them by looking at the printed piece with a magnifying glass).
Scanning printed materials often results in what is called
"moiré pattern" (pronounced moray) which
causes the image to have lines all over it or to be blurry....
or other unpredictable results. Especially when the images
is resized.
Most scanning software have special settings for scanning
printed materials. You might check the software to see if
there is an option to correct the image as it is scanned.
Other tips... try scanning the image at 72 dpi at 100% size.
Over-scanning and resizing can exaggerate the moiré
pattern. Also... if you are using Photoshop, you can use a
slight "Gaussian Blur" on the image.... not so much
to blur the picture, but enough to soften and blend the scanned
dots.
If you still have no success... you can send a copy to me
by mail and I'll take care of it for you. No charge... in
appreciation for your business on both sites.
I hope this helps. You can also consider Googling "moiré
pattern" for a bunch of tutorial web sites... here's
a good one with a different technique than I've mentioned...
http://photoshop911.typepad.com/questions/2006/01/scans_produce_m.html
Image
Size/Type
Q:
I tried to upload my headshots onto my talent profile on your
Web site, however, it said the files were too big. I also
tried to upload some other pictures that I took with my own
digital camera, and it still said they were too large. What
kinds of pictures aren't too large, or am I just making some
erorr that I don't see?
A:
Our goal is to minimize confusion, however we also have
to maintain some method of standardization with images and
video and such.
When you upload images to the Web site, they need to be less
than 1.5 MB in size and of file type ".jpg"
Generally, when you get a disc from a photographer, there
will be one folder with all "high-rez" images in
it, and another folder will be marked, "for viewing"
or "emailable" or "For Web" or something
like that. Those images should already be sized down for use
on our web site.
The best thing to do with your images from your camera is
to open the image in Photoshop or PaintShop Pro or any other
image editing software and resize the images to be smaller
than 800x600 pixels and save them as ".jpg" files
with a compression/quality setting in the middle (between
5 and 8 usually is fine).
If you still have issues, please email a few picture samples
to WebSupport@SharonSmithTalent.com so we may investigate the issue.
Edit
Image Detail Information
(Change caption, photographer name, etc.)
Q:
Hi... I was just at your workshop and I saw my photo on the
gallery page and i like it. I like it but I am wondering if
you could help me to change the caption under the picture?
A:
You can change the caption and other information by logging
in, clicking on the "Images" button, and then click
on "Edit" next to the photo.
Resume
Section
The
Resume section of our Web site allows you to upload your current
resume as a file and to build an online resume on our system
that you can print.
Resume
Upload
Uploading
your current resume is the easiest way to make your experiences
available to our clients.
Before
you upload your resume, please rename the document on your
hard drive (or save another copy on your hard drive with the
new name). The best way to name your resume document for our
system is to use your Stage Name or First and Last Name with
no spaces, commas, apostrophes or any other punctuation. For
example, "JaneDoeResume.doc"
If
you try to upload a file with punctuation, you will encounter
errors... so if your resume filename looks like this -->
"john doe's resume.wps" please rename it "JohnDoeResume.wps"
Resume
Builder
We
highly recommend you use our resume builder application and
start print your resumes from our Web site, even replacing
your document on your hard drive with our online resume. It
will be very easy for you to keep your online resume up-to-date,
while ensuring it is searchable through our Web site and through
various casting Web sites to which we subscribe.
You
may create more than one resume if you have experiences you
would target for specific casting directors. (For example,
you might build one standard talent resume and another for
behind the scenes crew positions if you've had any.)
Your
Online Resume is a collection of Resume Sections, Resume Items
and Skill Sets.
Your
"Special Skills" are taken from your Talent Bio
and are automatically updated when you update your Bio.
The
Resume Builder lets you choose two ways of building your resume.
- First
Method: Enter all of your experiences at one time by "Adding
Resume Items." Then Add "Sections" to your
resume and choose "Section Items" from a drop-down
menu on the builder. This will also work for your second
resume as all previously entered items are available for
other resumes.
- Second
Method: Add all of your ":Resume Sections" first
and then add "Section Items" to each section.
This may be easier if you already have a previously printed
Resume document and would like to enter it into the Resume
Builder.
Either
way, the result will be the same. You will see on your Resume
Builder a "View Printable" button which will present
you with a Web Page formatted for printing your resume on
the back of an 8x10 photograph or on a piece of paper. You
could also save the printable document as an HTML document
and reformat it in your word processing software (such as
Microsoft Word).
Audio
Upload
If
you are new to audio recording and editing, the first thing
you need to know is about the types of audio files you can
use on the Internet. The most common types, and therefore
the most available to our clients, are Apple Quicktime (.qt
or .mov), Windows Media (.wmv) and MPEG (.mpg).
Most
software, however, use their own audio compression standard,
so the original files you create will more likely be Microsoft
Wave (.wav) files on the PC and (.aiff) files on the Macintosh.
You
will first record your audio with a suitable audio software
program and then convert the file for use on the Web.
If you already have files on your computer and wish to convert
them for use on the Web, please skip ahead to "File Conversion
and Upload."
First
things first. The Microphone. Do not use the microphone
that came with your computer. We're going to take our
audio through many steps to get it on the Web and you will
find that you have greater flexibility working with your file
if the original is the best quality recording, and that requires
a quality microphone. For the best results, search the
web for "Professional Voice Recording Microphone"
and include the quotation marks when searching as the search
engine will give you matches first that include the exact
words you used. You can expect to pay between 50 and
200 dollars for a quality microphone. If you are going
to do voice work, you'll need it anyway.
There
are several utilities that let you record audio from your
microphone... you can use Quicktime Pro, or advanced audio
editing programs like Adobe Audition or ProTools or you can
use the "Sound Recorder" utility included with windows.
Keep
in mind that when people listen to demo audio... they expect
to hear 30 second clips at most. Do not include an entire
narration or record an entire commercial where you only speak
five seconds.
For
demo purposes, you can easily mimic radio commercials or television
commercials... just slightly change the name of the product
so you don't violate any copyright laws. Of course,
if you have professional samples of previous work, you are
encouraged to upload them.
When
you record:
Somewhere
in the preferences or settings of your software, you will
find a way to state the properties of the recording.
The settings generally include "stereo or mono,"
"bit rate (KB/s or MB/s)" and "KHz."
CD quality audio is Stereo, 16 bits/sec and 44.1 KHz.
You can use these settings for capture if you have a very
fast computer. You will resample later, but the better
the quality at the beginning the better the quality at the
end. (The glass half full interpretation of "Garbage-In
/ Garbage-Out")
For
older computers, set the Audio options to Mono, 16 bits/sec
and 22.1 KHz. This would be your best target output
for the final sample. You may find recommendations to
move down to 8 bits/sec and/or 11 KHz.... but the final audio
quality is not acceptable for our Web site. Our clients
tend to have high-end computer systems and quality speakers.
File
Conversion and Upload
You
can use a variety of toos to convert your audio for the Web.
If
you have prerecorded audio on CD you will need to "rip"
the CD which imports the actual audio files and converts them
to MP3, WMV or MOV format. You cannot select the files
on a CD and upload them (nor from a DVD) if the CD is designed
to play on a standard CD player. If you have data files
on CD already in MP3 format, they are suitable for use.
The files your computer sees on an audio CD are reference
files, so anything named .ifo or .cda are not the actual media
files and cannot be uploaded.
We
accept .mp3, .wmv, .wma and .wav files of a certain type and
also realaudio. Audio files need to be able to play easily
on client computers, which is the reason for our file size
and file type conventions.
Two
common and free utilities for "ripping" audio are
Apple iTunes and Windows Media Player.
iTunes
Open
iTunes first and open your "Preferences" from the
"Edit" menu.
Make
note of the folder identified as your iTunes Music Folder
as this is where your files will be saved.
Click
on the "Advanced" tab and then cilck on the "Importing"
tab on the "Advanced" screen.
Change
the "Import Using" selector to "MP3 Encoder"
and set quality to "High". Our upload file
size limit is 2.5 MB which will be enough for about three
minutes of MP3. We do recommend, however, keeping
your demo clips to 30 seconds to 1 minute in length as that
is what a client expects to hear and we have to be mindful
of how much time we expect them to wait for a file to download
and play.
Apply
your changes and close the preferences window.
Put
your CD in the CD drive. Let iTunes recognize the CD
and display the files.
Create
a new Playlist in iTunes for your audio demo by selecting
"File" and "New Playlist."
Drag
the files listed for your CD into the Playlist.
iTunes will convert your audio to MP3 format and save them
in the iTunes music folder. Your files may be in a sub
folder called "Untitled."
Double
click each of your audio files listed in your Playlist to
open the file properties. You should add your name,
the date recorded and any other information you wish.
This information will be stored in the Meta Space of the MP3
file so when the file is opened by the client, your name and
information will be displayed.
iTunes
will rename the "Untitled" folder to match whatever
is listed as the "Artist Name" in the properties
of the files.
Your
MP3 files should now be perfect for uploading and available
to any client computer.
Windows
Media Player
Open
Windows Media Player from your Start Menu click on the "Rip"
tab.
Set
your import preferences by selecting "Options" from
the "Tools" menu across the top of the player window.
Click
on the "Rip Music" tab of the "Options"
window.
Your
options inlcude several flavors of Windows Media and also
MP3. You may wish to do some experimentation with your
files and try both Windows Media format and MP3 format to
see what the difference in file size and quality are.
Is some cases, the Windows Media file will be smaller and
in others the MP3 will be... generally depending on the complexity
of the audio, including vocals, music or sound effects.
A
safe place to start and very likely your best solution, will
be to choose the first Windows Media Audio setting (uses standard
compression).
Leave
the checkboxes unchecked so you can manually control the process
and ensure the audio can play for anyone.
Adjust
the Audio Quality slider to 128Kbps. If your file is
just slightly too large, you can try moving the Audio Quality
slider to 96Kbps but double check the output file for quality
control.
Uploading
Your Audio Files
Once
you have created your final render of your audio file, you
can upload it to the Web site by logging in to the Talent
Control Panel and choose the "Audio" button.
You will see a list of any audio clips you already have uploaded
and at the top of the page you will see a link for "Add
Audio Clip".
The
required fields appear first followed by optional description
fields. The more fields you give information, including
key words, description, recording information, etc... the
more findable the file will be on our Talent Search Engine.
We therefore encourage you to take a few minutes to fill in
the upload forms completely.
Video
Upload
If
you are new to video capture and editing, the first thing
you need to know is about the types of video files you can
use on the Internet. The most common types, and therefore
the most available to our clients, are Apple Quicktime (.qt
or .mov), Windows Media (.wmv) and MPEG (.mpg).
Apple
Quicktime. This is the industry standard for video professionals
and a player is included with every Web browser, so this is
a safe format for our Web site. Quicktime is available
as a player for free and included with iTunes, for both Mac
and Windows. To edit and convert Video, you will need
to upgrade the Player to the PRO version and you will see
additional menu choices on the application. Visit Quicktime.Apple.com
to download the player for free. Once you install the
player, open the application and you will find an "Upgrade"
choice under the "Help" menu. Quicktime
does not Capture video... so you will need to use another
program to get the video into the computer. Most applications
on Windows will capture files as Microsoft AVI (.avi) and
most programs on the Mac will save video as Quicktime (.qt
or .mov) and then you can recompress your video and change
the screen size and frame rate from Quicktime Player Pro when
you "Export" or "Save As".
Windows
Media
You
probably already have Windows Media Player installed on your
computer, which can play video and music and can record music
or audio files. The Player does not capture Video or
convert video. You need to visit Microsoft.com and do
a search for "Windows Media Encoder." Here
is a link, but because of the way Microsoft's web site works,
we never know when links change. TRY
HERE.
Once
you install the Windows Media Encoder, you can select your
digital camera as the video source and record movies directly
to .wmv format. You can also use the Encoder to recompress
other movie files you may already have.
MPEG
MPEG
stands for "Motion Picture Experts Group" and the
files are generally named ".mpg" or ".mpeg"
or ".mp4" which is just a different standard than
the Audio MP3 we all use on our iPods. The name is not
a coincidence... MP3 was created for audio on the way to MP4
by the same consortium.
MPEG
movies are played in all sorts of media players, including
Quicktime Player and Windows Media Player. If you get
any type of video editing software, it will most likely have
the ability to save your files as (.mpg).
You
can get much smaller files with MPEG... however... the price
is quality and this is the least reliable of the three choices
because the compression codecs are different on just about
every piece of software with different versions out there.
We are not saying not to use this format... but encouraging
you to work with Quicktime or Windows Media.
Most
of the digital cameras that record audio on the market record
as MPEG. This is a very easy method for you to record
your video and copy it to the computer. However, we
recommend that you re-convert the MPEG file using Quicktime
PRO or Windows Media Encoder. The reason is that your
camera may have a different standard of MPEG for saving its
files than are available in other software players.
You would hate to go through all this work just to find out
the file did not play correctly on the casting director's
computer!
None
of these programs are meant for editing video, but they do
allow you to trim the beginning and the end of the clip.
Quicktime Pro does have editing capabilities, but only basic
manipulation.
If
you have a Mini-DV or DVD camera, you can use the "FireWire"
connection from the camera to the computer and should have
instructions with the camera's user guide for proper use.
To
capture video from a camera that does not have "FireWire"...
you need some hardware, some software... and obviously, a
camera. You should also consider getting an extra hard
drive. External USB 2.0 hard drives are relatively affordable
and for about a hundred dollars you should be able to get
a 100GB or more drive. Video will capture better to
a different drive than your system drive, and you will definitely
need the storage space.
The
easiest hardware solution is a USB to Video box like the Pinnacle
500-USB or the ProPix EVE, either of which will cost between
50 and 100 dollars depending on which model and included software
you get.
Pinnacle
is owned by Avid and works with Pinnacle Studio. If
you have a DVD burner, Pinnacle Studio has a utility which
will burn video directly to DVD.
Video
your audition or demo scene with adequate lighting.
If it is going to be indoors, do it during the day, near but
not directly in front of a window and turn on every light
in the room and bring in others from another room. Your
camera will adjust to compensate and there is generally no
such thing as too much light. Too little light or light
from only one direction will cause your camera to have problems
staying in focus and your image will either be too high contrast
or grainy.
Connect
your camera to the USB/Video box, launch the software and
select the camera as the Source device. You should see
settings on your software for adjusting the size of the image,
the frames per second (fps) and the data rate (MB/S) and audio
settings.
When
you work with images, video or audio on the computer, it is
always best to get the best quality file as possible.
If you have a very fast computer, you can capture the video
at "full-motion / full-frame" quality. That
will be relatively 640x480 or 728x462 pixels at 30 fps.
Unless
you have a state-of-the-art computer system, don't expect
to capture anything longer the ten minutes at full quality...
the audio could drift and the video become jerky. It
is best to "digitize" several smaller clips than
one big one. If your video is less than ten minutes,
you should be okay, but five minutes seems to be what a normal
computer can handle.
You
then use Windows Media Encoder or QuickTime Pro to resize
and resample the video clip to the specifications for the
Web site (see below).
If
you have trouble or know that you have a slower computer...
you will do better to digitize your video at 320x240 pixels
at 24 fps.
As
for audio, you will find settings for stereo/mono, bit rate
and KHz. CD quality audio is Stereo, 16 bits/sec and
44.1 KHz. You can use these settings for capture if
you have a very fast computer. You will resample later,
but the better the quality at the beginning the better the
quality at the end. (The glass half full interpretation
of "Garbage-In / Garbage-Out")
For
average computers, set the Audio options to Mono, 16 bits/sec
and 22.1 KHz. This would be your best target output
for the final sample. You may find recommendations to
move down to 8 bits/sec and/or 11 KHz.... but the final audio
quality is not acceptable for our Web site. Our clients
tend to have high-end computer systems and the audio of a
video is as important if not more important than the image.
(See "Gestalt" principles of psychology for more
information.)
Your
final rendering settings, after capturing and editing... the
file you will upload to our Web site should be...
- 320
x 240 pixels
- 24
fps
- 512
KB/s up to 1.2 MB/s (data rate)
- Windows
Media (.wmv) or Quicktime (.mov) - be sure to
add the file extensions to your file names. People
with Macs in particular have problems on the Web because
Mac OS does not require filename extensions and everyone
else does.
- If
you use Quicktime... check your compression settings and
use H.263 with Hinted Streaming.
For
more information, please visit our affiliated web site, Artist-Spotlight.com.
Uploading
Your Video Files
Once
you have created your final render of your video file, you
can upload it to the Web site by logging in to the Talent
Control Panel and choose the "Videos" button.
You will see a list of any video clips you already have uploaded
and at the top of the page you will see a link for "Add
Video Clip".
The
required fields appear first followed by optional description
fields. The more fields you give information, including
key words, description, filming information, producers, photographers,
etc... the more findable the file will be on our Talent Search
Engine. We therefore encourage you to take a few minutes
to fill in the upload forms completely.
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