Photoshop World Movie

[ThomasT]

I dont know if anyone here has seen this yet but I was just listening to photoshop radio and heard them talk about it. I was cracking up!!!!

http://www.photoshopworld.com/nocutkelby.html
http://www.photoshopworld.com/nappgrill.html

Worth Taking a look at!

Thomas

[Mary]

Thanks for the links Thomas - they are FUNNY and I loved the Barbershop tag at the end of the second one! :)

[ThomasT]

Yea I was cracking up in my chair I nearly fell out!

[Pauline]

Thanks for the link Thomas. Pretty funny. Gee I didn't know Dave as a movie star. :lol:

[tfry]

Pauline,

Dave wears many hats..... :wink:

For more Wackiness from us go check this one out :)

http://www.layersmagazine.com/press/ipodflea.php

[bwolford]

Photoshop radio???

Brice

[tfry]

Yes,

We do that too :lol:

[Pauline]

Boy Dave's kids really get around!! I was worried that they would be mad at him for using them for the retouching lessons, but it seems like they get quite involved and look like they enjoy it! :wink:

[tfry]

Yes,

They get roped into all sorts of things :)

It's good they have a really great sense of humor :wink:

[Wendy]

Well I would have like to have watched it ... but it loaded for a while played for a few seconds then caught up with itself, stopped again ... whilst it carried on downloading again ... in the end I just had to give up. :( :(


Wendy

[tfry]

:( I'm not sure what the problem would be Wendy.

It's a flash movie and should run fine for web viewing.

[GaryK]

I had the same problem as Wendy. I don't think to the extent that she did, but it would drop out for a 5 or 10 seconds then pick back up.

The one on the Layers site was horrendous..I did stop watching that one.

I couldn't get them to play in Firefox. I tried the first one and it hung up, so I updated my flash player and then they wouldn't play at all. couldn't even get the play/pause button just a blank area on my screen.

[Wendy]

I do hope that this format doesn't become the standard ... :(


Wendy

[GaryK]

Wendy

I was thinking the same :cry:

[Dorrie H.]

Go figure....I didn't have any problems watching any of these movies, yet the Elements Portrait Class sure has been.

You WIN some and you LOSE some. :P :P :lol: :lol:

Dorrie

P.S. They were pretty funny.

[tfry]

Hi Guys,

I'll talk to the webteam in the morning and see if there is something going on.

Wendy mentioned she thought the whole site had been slow today and if it was then that could have something to do with the problems viewing things.

We can check the traffic and stuff so that will be a place to start.

Sorry everyone is having issues with things today :(

I'll repost after I talk to the guys :)

[Wendy]

Tami ...

Maybe its quieter now ...

I just tried the Layers site video and it only stopped 4 times this time.
No cut Kelby on the other site stopped 3 times ... yesterday it was unwatchable due to the number of times it stopped.
NAPP site retro beach ... quicker than it was before. Intro is fine but the loading of the individual modules is painful and it is playing stop start stop start ... I still haven't viewed it all the way through its just too frustrating.

Even though some of the ones I looked at were better than yesterday the stop/start is irritating ... I would drive me up the wall to have tutorials do that.

Hope this helps :)

Wendy

[tfry]

Wendy,

Thanks, as always you give great details that I can forward on to the webguys :)

[tfry]

Ok,

Just spoke with our webteam and a couple of different things could have been going on.

We could have been experiencing a slow connection from our servers to the internet, which would cause a slowdown. Or we as users could have been having the same issues from our end. Or it could have been a combo of both the servers and the end users having issues at points along the way.

The internet is a vast network of hops and hubs and other technical stuff,
and if there is a problem anywhere along the way then the end user is going to have issues.

In order to continue to test and monitor the situation could you guys go to the following sites and let us know if you are able to view them now with no problems, or if you are having problems can you let us know with a quick post here in the forums?
Just a quick yes I can see them fine or no I had the following issue (fill in the issue)

Thanks for everyones input :)

http://www.photoshopworld.com/nappgrill.html
http://www.layersmagazine.com/press/ipodflea.php
http://www.photoshopworld.com/nocutkelby.html

[Wendy]

Tami

...:(

Napp Grill ... paused 7 times (at seconds 30, 49, 1.04, 1.19, 1.28, 1.39, 2.16)

iPod ... paused 9 times (at seconds 49, 55, 1.01, 1.26, 1.33, 1.57, 2.05, 2.17, 2.25)

Nocuts .. paused 13 times (at seconds 23, 33, 1.08, 1.46, 3.25, 3.36, 3.57, 4.08, 4.17, 4.28, 5.34, 5.44, 6.29)

Pauses varied between around 3 seconds and a mind numbing 12 seconds :(

Wendy

[tfry]

Thanks Wendy!

[Mary]

NoCuts paused twice about half way through (I did not take note of the exact time) Voice and video not synched after first part of the movie.

Yesterday NoCuts stopped completely about half way through.

I am on a cable modem - Download Speed 4,164,184 bps Upload Speed 488,480 bps

[richs]

Ran the 3 videos at 11:00 am /10-18.
NAPP Grill.....noticed 1 small video and 1 separate audio glitch

Ipod Flea......split second download interuption.

No Cut.....ran smooth

Video and especially audio lack quality on all three.

I am on Charter Cable.

[tfry]

Thanks for the input guys, I'll forward to the webteam :)

[ThomasT]

hmm see I think you all are crazy because mine are working fine I haven't had any problems wat so ever.. are you all on quicktime or something else...

Thomas

[Dorrie H.]

Yesterday I played all 3 Flash Videos with no problem. Today they kept starting and stopping. Real bummer.

Dorrie

[virgo1]

I tried and got a black screened player. I still use dial-up, usually it's not that slow. Nothing was happening.

Eva

[pwilder]

When posting comments about streaming video problems, please include information on your Internet connection... Cable Modem, DSL, etc. Please note that the three video clips Tami mentioned are streaming Flash video, not downloads or progressive download video as we've been using, so they will not work properly (pausing, stopping, etc.) for anyone using an Internet connection slower than 300k or so (Such as Dial-up connections, ISDN, cellular, and some types of satellite based Internet). Also, it is a good idea not to have any other downloads, video streams, or audio streams running at the same time you're watching the video to make sure that it can use the full bandwidth available on your Internet connection.

For those that were speculating our server was busy, a slowdown on our side should be a non-issue. These are the first videos on a new high-end dedicated video server. We are averaging somewhere between 1% to 5% of our existing bandwidth capacity on that server, and we have plans in place with our hosting company to expand the existing capacity about 900% within a matter of minutes in the event of a huge traffic spike.

Paul Wilder
Systems Administrator
KW Media Group

[virgo1]

Paul,

Thank you. You answered questions I had.

Eva

[RonH]

All three videos stalled at numerous points. I am running G4 1.5 ghz, 512 ram, 10.3.9 OS, cable modem, no other activity on my machine or on my modem and all other sites are screaming.

I have also noted Flash issues when I am at work on the network (windows based) because of our internal security, windows media and quicktime are the only things that work consistently.

I must admit I prefer the older Quicktime format because it was dependable.

[GaryK]

Tami

All between 5:30 and 6:00 (Toronto)

Grill 1 hiccup at 3:01
Ipod flea stalled at 50 sec for about 5 sec.
no sound at 1:45 for 2 seconds
No cut Kelby ..ran fine today.

All were VERY jerky last night could not watch Flea.

Bell sympatico High speed.. suppsosedly 1mb-3 mb.
IE........could not get it to run in Firefox yesterday or today. Just got white area on screen, no buttons along the bottom.

[Wendy]

OK then I am using BT Broadband ASDL ... High speed .. 2 mb

... just glad I'm not on a slower connection !!

Tried the first one again and it made its first pause at 16 seconds ... gave up as I have lots of other things to do :(


Wendy

[bwolford]

http://www.photoshopworld.com/nappgrill.html - Pauses every 4-5 seconds. Would never want to use anything delivered that behaved this way.


http://www.layersmagazine.com/press/ipodflea.php - Paused after 45 seconds. Then every 4-5 seconds. Forever to load.

http://www.photoshopworld.com/nocutkelby.html - Paused every 10 seconds.

All 3 unusable.

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 11 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~1132 Mhz
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 171.20 MB
Total Virtual Memory 1.72 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.11 GB
Page File Space 1.22 GB


Brice

[michoumisalade]

I think that I was very lucky: I could watch all 3 with no problems at all.
I found them so funny. Rocky has to be aware: a better hero is born: Scott no cut Kelby! ANd I will send to my teenage daughter the one of ipod: sure that she will be interesting to get it!!!!
Thanks for the links.
:D

[lindajay]

I've tried the ipodflea one a couple days in a row. It's excruciatingly difficult -- stops many times, and the pauses are long, a minute or more sometimes. The other two have short pauses, but nothing that causes me concern. They start back up after a second or two.

I'm using an iBook G4 and we have cable modem.

--Linda

[Carbone]

I could not watch one video, it stoped so many times, I lost interest.

Videotron - High Speed (5.1 Mbps).

Ray

[tfry]

Thanks everyone for all the input.

The webteam has all of your information for review.

I think part of the problem might be the size of the files..(you win Jim) They are huge by web standards. (As my favorite webteam guy keeps telling me, it's too big, it needs to be smaller...) I take him a file..he says "too big" I say "but it has to be big to look good" he says, "doesn't matter how good it looks, if no one can see it..." Guess there's a reason I'm not a "webteam guy" :wink:
As always, we'll keep looking for the best way to bring you the best quality, in the best formats in the biggest size I can get away with :)

[Pauline]

And that Tami, is why we love you. It's great to have such a concerned team thinking of it's members. This is not the kind of place where you take the money and don't care and that is exactly why you will keep getting the subscription money!

I think we all set the tone for what kind of community we want to have and because everyone is helpful rather than critical and nasty, we all work and play well together!!

Thanks from us all.

:lol: :D

[Wendy]

I agree with everything Pauline said :)

Wendy

[Dorrie H.]

Ditto, Pauline's comment..

Dorrie

[Pauline]

:lol: :lol: :lol: Finally I've found somewhere where what I say others agree with!! No wonder I like this place!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Carbone]

Amen to that !!!!!


:D :D

Ray

[tfry]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: