Return-Path: Received: from mout.perfora.net ([74.208.4.194] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4862475 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:27:41 +0200 Received: from [10.1.1.22] (71-13-195-18.static.eucl.wi.charter.com [71.13.195.18]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus3) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MHHIp-1TFw0D1HjH-00DcxW; Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:29:35 -0400 From: Steve Oakley Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_E5798ED2-7CFF-4C91-AE8B-1A8C2E23A3B0" Message-Id: <7F14E394-C94E-4516-9205-EEC0B4D6AF47@practicali.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.1 \(1498\)) Subject: Re: [AE] New to the list - question on rotoscoping Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 14:29:33 -0500 References: To: "After Effects Mail List" In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1498) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:dJEAFxz57F5JlJjCMbBX3P2N8Ot0SANrEJOoBW+hX21 UZlHz3ZWyZzq8ihgO0ZK8fwkYF3tBwBujKfKyBsJEhzW7YZfE1 dQLQ5P53Xu7csq9dPnbczMM66MxVM7y5qnDtzaL/I0b69nwhdq YNSgugRJ8AQe+dlKaSyLg5zsJJuHWLOTxNLXOIiWhaRy1/1xdl GoC2DCIbrgpLpzyr1v4Tty6Qnm0n20w/YRjUFRIJJtA0IBPa6E 63RP2Mg12EZdC1f/WN0fZMs0emQpunAn8Nq1g3V+2e17ZkBzzM GaVI9LO02cVtDrRXMseET3IJiPqCDdHhGinmfwjM9vfppHl99a EFr6FlJuxnFcn0yhwV297DsZx1XRjOi+mcH+Sfhs8OxOJntAjt BvhCoAAP5S5aw== --Apple-Mail=_E5798ED2-7CFF-4C91-AE8B-1A8C2E23A3B0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Oct 3, 2012, at 2:12 PM, Sam Carter wrote: > This is my first post on this list. If posting contract work is not = appropriate, please ignore or delete this post and my apologies in = advance. its perfectly fine to post about offering work.=20 > am looking for a contractor willing to audition for the job of = rotoscoping these videos to a satisfactory quality. For the audition, I = will provide a single 15-second video. I ask that part of the video be = rotoscoped and returned so the quality can be evaluated before = contracting the job. IMNHO this is pretty unacceptable. asking people to do work for free as = an "audition" ? hmmm... get 15 or 20 responses, send each person a = different clip. ...asking people to work for spec is wrong. good roto = can take time depending on the material and asking for that time for = free is wrong in the guise of an "audition".=20 there are plenty of qualified people on this list who can do a great = job. you are dealing with some of the best in the biz. if you want to = see samples of previous work ? sure. to do the work ? no. S= --Apple-Mail=_E5798ED2-7CFF-4C91-AE8B-1A8C2E23A3B0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
On Oct 3, 2012, = at 2:12 PM, Sam Carter <samckayak@gmail.com> = wrote:

This is my first post on this list.  If = posting contract work is not appropriate, please ignore or delete this = post and my apologies in = advance.

its = perfectly fine to post about offering = work. 

am looking for a contractor willing to = audition for the job of rotoscoping these videos to a satisfactory = quality.  For the audition, I will provide a single 15-second = video.  I ask that part of the video be rotoscoped and returned so = the quality can be evaluated before contracting the = job.

IMNHO this is = pretty unacceptable. asking people to do work for free as an "audition" = ? hmmm... get 15 or 20 responses, send each person a different clip. = ...asking people to work for spec is wrong. good roto can take time = depending on the material and asking for that time for free is wrong in = the guise of an "audition". 

there are = plenty of qualified people on this list who can do a great job. you are = dealing with some of the best in the biz.  if you want to see = samples of previous work ? sure. to do the work ? = no.

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