wrote: >=20 >=20 > 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. > =20 > its perfectly fine to post about offering work.=20 >=20 >=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. > =20 > 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 > =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. > =20 > S --Boundary_(ID_HkVaPnyrFBetm3xOHUTrKg) Content-type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Why does it need to be rotoscoped? Wouldn't a = decent chromakey get the job done? Or at least get close enough if you = have a tight budget?

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On Oct 3, 2012, at 2:35 PM, Sam Carter wrote:

The alternative, = contracting out the work without an audition, can lead to only to find = an unacceptable end result?

I=92ve just done that with another contractor and = have nothing to move forward with. It seems reasonable that = submitting an incomplete fraction, (part of), which results in an = unusable clip of one video would be acceptable as an audition to get the = job.
From: After Effects Mail List = [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of Steve = Oakley
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 = 3:30 PM
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Subject: Re: [AE] New to the list - = question on rotoscoping

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.