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Basic Lessons

Free Wireshark Training

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Which is what Laura Chappell figured out and has dealt with. It isn’t for everyone in your organization, but someone in your organization should know this tool well enough to be certified in the use of it. DCinema networks are getting more complex as the shift to IMBs and more reliance upon TMSs and outside resources like satellites.

Chappell University – Online Wireshark Training

Wireshark · the world’s foremost netowrk protocol analyzer – Go deep.

That said, when I saw FREE on one of the training pages, I said, “Color me there.”

Chappell University – Training Schedule

 

2012 COURSE LIST

[Register] FEB 15 10am PST Wireshark 202: Coloring Rules free

[Register] FEB 16 10am PST Filter with Snort Rules [AAP Event]

[Register] MARCH 14 10am PST Wireshark 101: Introduction free

[Register] MARCH 15 10am PST Filter Expression Button [AAP Event]

[Register] APRIL 25 10am PST First 5 Troubleshooting Steps [AAP Event]

 

There is so much more to the Chappell website of course. On this page (Chappell University Online Portal) is a DVD ISO image with a Lab Kit, just the thing to get your techs launched into the concept of being a professional in the art…instead of knowing how to thread a film in the projector, they have to see how the movie threads through the network and which parts need a little lite oil, which might need a touch of the hammer.

One could always go with An Idiot’s Guide…oops, the Network Monitoring and Troubleshooting for Dummies book, available for download from another network consulting group. Go to Riverbed’s page: Network Monitoring and Troubleshooting for Dummies | Documents | Media & Downloads

Good luck to us all. One way or the other, the ideas and techniques of training the cinema tech support staff in the tools of their trade will prove worthwhile. Outsourcing seems so year 2000.

 

Basic Lessons

Free Wireshark Training

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Which is what Laura Chappell figured out and has dealt with. It isn’t for everyone in your organization, but someone in your organization should know this tool well enough to be certified in the use of it. DCinema networks are getting more complex as the shift to IMBs and more reliance upon TMSs and outside resources like satellites.

Chappell University – Online Wireshark Training

Wireshark · the world’s foremost netowrk protocol analyzer – Go deep.

That said, when I saw FREE on one of the training pages, I said, “Color me there.”

Chappell University – Training Schedule

 

2012 COURSE LIST

[Register] FEB 15 10am PST Wireshark 202: Coloring Rules free

[Register] FEB 16 10am PST Filter with Snort Rules [AAP Event]

[Register] MARCH 14 10am PST Wireshark 101: Introduction free

[Register] MARCH 15 10am PST Filter Expression Button [AAP Event]

[Register] APRIL 25 10am PST First 5 Troubleshooting Steps [AAP Event]

 

There is so much more to the Chappell website of course. On this page (Chappell University Online Portal) is a DVD ISO image with a Lab Kit, just the thing to get your techs launched into the concept of being a professional in the art…instead of knowing how to thread a film in the projector, they have to see how the movie threads through the network and which parts need a little lite oil, which might need a touch of the hammer.

One could always go with An Idiot’s Guide…oops, the Network Monitoring and Troubleshooting for Dummies book, available for download from another network consulting group. Go to Riverbed’s page: Network Monitoring and Troubleshooting for Dummies | Documents | Media & Downloads

Good luck to us all. One way or the other, the ideas and techniques of training the cinema tech support staff in the tools of their trade will prove worthwhile. Outsourcing seems so year 2000.

 

Basic Lessons

Lesson One: Who’s on the Network

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The beauty of this tool is that it is free. Here is what they say the highlights are:

PRODUCT USAGE:

  • IP Address Tracker Highlights:
  • Track an unlimited number of IP addresses for a unified, at-a-glance view of your entire IP address space
  • See which IP addresses are in use – and which are not
  • Eliminate manual errors while ensuring that IP addresses are listed in the right place
  • Determine the last time an IP address was used
  • Pre-populate key statistics like DNS and response time

The Solar Winds IP Address Tracker can be downloaded from the Solar Winds site at: SolarWinds-IPAddressTracker-v1.zip For pro or beginner, it is a good first tool to use as the week turns to next week and the administration of your system hasn’t been done.

It is simple enough to use straight after download, but you will find an email in your inbox that will give you links to several courses of materials. Except for those who make IP their daily business, we’d recommend them all.

As you would expect, since everything in digital cinema seems to change every year, IP is going to change this year. Early in June the first official day of IPv6 will come and go. Nothing will change since so much of our equipment has been developed for this day to come and go. But it would be a good thing to have a handle on the situation well in advance. Who knows what switch or router is so old and the firmware so grey that it might freak on the new larger numbers.

On the more practical level, new projectors are going to have IMBs as well as SMS units. One more set of IP addresses to track. Why not train a few people on this in your organization?

Basic Lessons

Lesson One: Who’s on the Network

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{youtube}95om-Mr3Af0{/youtube}

The beauty of this tool is that it is free. Here is what they say the highlights are:

PRODUCT USAGE:

  • IP Address Tracker Highlights:
  • Track an unlimited number of IP addresses for a unified, at-a-glance view of your entire IP address space
  • See which IP addresses are in use – and which are not
  • Eliminate manual errors while ensuring that IP addresses are listed in the right place
  • Determine the last time an IP address was used
  • Pre-populate key statistics like DNS and response time

The Solar Winds IP Address Tracker can be downloaded from the Solar Winds site at: SolarWinds-IPAddressTracker-v1.zip For pro or beginner, it is a good first tool to use as the week turns to next week and the administration of your system hasn’t been done.

It is simple enough to use straight after download, but you will find an email in your inbox that will give you links to several courses of materials. Except for those who make IP their daily business, we’d recommend them all.

As you would expect, since everything in digital cinema seems to change every year, IP is going to change this year. Early in June the first official day of IPv6 will come and go. Nothing will change since so much of our equipment has been developed for this day to come and go. But it would be a good thing to have a handle on the situation well in advance. Who knows what switch or router is so old and the firmware so grey that it might freak on the new larger numbers.

On the more practical level, new projectors are going to have IMBs as well as SMS units. One more set of IP addresses to track. Why not train a few people on this in your organization?

Tangential Art and Science

Free International DCinema Business Directory…How To…

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Pull down any menu to “Business Directory”. The new window has an “Add New” button which you should click.

The new window has a Select Category button, which you should click.

Here is the not so User Cuddly part…at least for Apple people…click on the “+” sign of the main category, then click on the category that you choose to identify yourself with. Click “Add Category”. You can add multiple categories by repeating the selection process. Good luck and yes, it is Darwinian. When you are ready, click Close.

The rest of the form is somewhat obvious.

Again with the registered and logged in issue. If a registered and logged in PR person adds your account information (for example), only that PR person will be able to modify the information. Yes; the editor can do it also. Contact me. In fact, let me know how this worked out and how to make it better.

Thanks,

[email protected]

Pull Down to Business DirectoryClick On Add EntrySelect Category 1Really Select the Categories

Tangential Art and Science

Free International DCinema Business Directory…How To…

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Pull down any menu to “Business Directory”. The new window has an “Add New” button which you should click.

The new window has a Select Category button, which you should click.

Here is the not so User Cuddly part…at least for Apple people…click on the “+” sign of the main category, then click on the category that you choose to identify yourself with. Click “Add Category”. You can add multiple categories by repeating the selection process. Good luck and yes, it is Darwinian. When you are ready, click Close.

The rest of the form is somewhat obvious.

Again with the registered and logged in issue. If a registered and logged in PR person adds your account information (for example), only that PR person will be able to modify the information. Yes; the editor can do it also. Contact me. In fact, let me know how this worked out and how to make it better.

Thanks,

[email protected]

Pull Down to Business DirectoryClick On Add EntrySelect Category 1Really Select the Categories

Video Processing

Effect Lessons

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Tutorials

After Effects Basic Training – 10 Free Lessons

VIDEO COPILOT | Professional After Effects Tutorials, Plug-ins & Pre-Keyed Stock Footage
            Free Stock-Pack Appreciation Day

From Forum Post: Effects availible for Lightworks

Revisionfx primere effects
Pete warden after effects 
Top Video Editing Effects According to About.com
144 After Effects Plug-Ins
New Blue Cartoonr effect
Free Frame effects
The Plugin Site – might be very out dated
StevenGotz Plugins
Tool farm<-pretty much a big list of links to plugins for effects

Video Processing

EditShare, Lightworks Open Source Proceeding

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Avoid the PR link: Lightworks

Early release loading errors are being shaken out, and it looks like a bit of a community is being formed.

The store isn’t opened yet, so pricing on additional codecs isn’t openly available.

Here is a nice list of free plug-ins to go with the open source software: Effects availible for Lightworks

Boston, MA – November 30, 2010 — EditShare®, the technology leader in cross platform collaborative editing and shared media storage, is pleased to announce the first step in the roll out of Lightworks Open Source. Today, the free Lightworks 2010 Public Beta download will be available to all interested participants. Now anyone can familiarize themselves with the Lightworks editing system and view the new features and enhancements that have transformed Lightworks into the industry’s most advanced editing solution. “Since our initial announcement at this year’s NAB Show, we’ve had over 25,000 editors and 1,700 developers sign up to become a part of the Lightworks Open Source community. The unified support and constructive feedback has driven the initiative and helped bring our developers one step closer to finalizing the most creative editor on the market,” says James Richings, Managing Director of EditShare EMEA. “We look forward to the phase two release of Lightworks Open Source in the new year.”

Academy® and Emmy® award-winning Lightworks was introduced in 1989 as the first and most advanced professional editing system on the market. Its intuitive controls, real-time synchronization, and editing features remain unmatched by top industry alternatives. “Lightworks has been a far superior editing tool since its inception, and I am very happy to see EditShare’s aggressive development of the new Open Source platform. I look forward to Lightworks’ continued growth and seeing it take center stage in the post-production community,” says Tariq Anwar, Editor, “The King’s Speech.”

Lightworks 2010 Public Beta – Free Download Features 
Since EditShare’s acquisition of Lightworks in August 2009, developers have been working around the clock to perfect new and improved software and hardware features to bring a higher quality product to the end user. 

Capture and Playback
• Edit While Capture, Firewire, SD (analogue and digital), HD-SDI with optional I/O cards
• Full-screen, real-time SD, HD, and 2K preview playback on desktop display, Dual HD-SDI and DVI for Stereoscopic playback

Editing
• Resolution, format and codec independent edits
• Edit at 23.976, true 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, or 60 
• Advanced multi-cam editing with unlimited sources

Effects
• Real-time effects in SD, HD and 2K
• Field or Frame based varispeed
• Key frame graphs 
• Effects Layers with node-based layering tool
• Multiple real-time Primary and Secondary color correctors

Tools
• Multi-track Audio Mixer with full bus routing and multiple mixes
• Customization templates for Avid® and Final Cut Pro® shortcuts
• Voice Over tool for adding narration directly to edit
• Shot Sync – sync two sources for playback comparison 
• Customizable BITC timecode and film footage overlays

Film
• Support for 35mm 3-perf, 35mm 4-perf, and 16mm-20 and mixed film formats 
• View feet and frames in edit
• View keycode and ink number
• 24-fps EDL import, export and conversion to and from 29.97 fps 
• Import ALE, FLX, and CSV files
• Cut list, Change list, Optical list, Pull list, Dupe list

3rd-Party Support
• Inscriber Titlemotion®, Boris, Combustion®, After Effects®, Premiere® Plug-ins, Sapphire™, Digital Fusion
• Support for any application that can exchange AVI, MXF and QuickTime® files 

Collaboration
• Advanced Shared Projects with real-time review*

I/O Support
• Avid DNxHD*, Apple® ProRes®*, RED® R3D*, AVC-Intra*, AVCHD*, H.264, XDCAM HD*, XDCAM EX* DPX*, DV, DV50, DV100, P2, Uncompressed, OMF, AAF
• QuickTime, MXF Op-Atom, MXF Op1a, AVI
• Telecine 29.97i to 24p pull down removal 
• 30fps and 25fps import to 24fps project
• Stereoscopic support for independent Left and Right files*

New Features
• New and intuitive User Interface
• Avid and Final Cut Pro keyboard shortcut preferences
• New Style ‘Bins’
• On screen console controls
• Full screen video on single or secondary displays
• Advanced Project Sharing*
• Native support for ProRes, Avid DNxHD and AVC-Intra*
• Native support for RED R3D files and RED ROCKET™ cards*
• 10-bit and 16-bit DPX support*
• H.264 and AVCHD support for DSLR cameras*
• Stereoscopic import and editorial support*
• Stereoscopic output through SDI and DVI (dual stream, side by side, anaglyph)**
• Native 2K resolution support
• Output through DVI in different resolutions up to 2K
• New project browser
• Windows® Vista® (32-bit), Windows 7® (32-bit and 64-bit) and Windows XP® SP2 (32-bit) support

*Options available through the Lightworks Store
** SDI Output requires optional I/O hardware

For further information on the Lightworks Open Source project, please visit: www.editshare.com/lightworks

About EditShare LLC
EditShare LLC is the pioneer of a new category of collaborative editing solutions designed for digital media workgroups and production companies. The EditShare system fuels the collaborative creative process for digital media artists by delivering high-quality, high-performance, and cost-effective networked collaborative editing solutions. For more information, please visit: http://www.editshare.com.  

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