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Author Topic: New Film Calculator program on my web site Stewart Anderson Expert Film Handler Posts: 105 From: Sandy, Utah /United States of America Registered: Aug 2003 posted 01-30-2004 09:33 PM                        Hi everyone, I got board in the booth a couple weeks ago so I upgraded my film calculator program and now here I am board again in the booth so I decided to make this thread. Anyway here is the link and a screen shot: Download  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 01-30-2004 10:15 PM                        Ummmmmm.... aren't there a few more frames per foot than 4???? Now, frames per cue mark...  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-31-2004 11:25 AM                     He has the calculation prefrences set up for 15/70. He runs a 15/70 booth. Mark  |  IP: Logged Travis Hubrig Expert Film Handler Posts: 175 From: Minot ND, USA Registered: May 2003 posted 01-31-2004 04:53 PM                     Good, I've been waiting for this. Now I can list total frames instead of running time on my performance schedule.  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 01-31-2004 05:35 PM                        quote: He runs a 15/70 booth We're going to need bigger platters!  |  IP: Logged Stewart Anderson Expert Film Handler Posts: 105 From: Sandy, Utah /United States of America Registered: Aug 2003 posted 01-31-2004 05:56 PM                        I was really just pulling numbers out of thin air for the screen shot... This program is mainly intended for people who have to add or remove large format trailers and do all of those conversions and calculations for synchronizing sound and picture.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-31-2004 06:13 PM                     When I tried running it on win98 it came back with a error of incorrect Java package  |  IP: Logged Stewart Anderson Expert Film Handler Posts: 105 From: Sandy, Utah /United States of America Registered: Aug 2003 posted 01-31-2004 06:20 PM                        Interesting, I wrote it using Windows XP, but then I did test it on Windows 95. You might have had a fault in the download from angelfire.com, or it could also be your Java VM. You can download a new Java VM for free from Microsoft (I think)...  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-31-2004 06:37 PM                     tried re downloading it and it says there is also a size mismatch  |  IP: Logged Stewart Anderson Expert Film Handler Posts: 105 From: Sandy, Utah /United States of America Registered: Aug 2003 posted 01-31-2004 07:30 PM                        Very very weird...  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-02-2004 12:42 AM                        Downloaded fast & easy & works fine here! Kewl. Ya oughta make one to calculate silent film fps rates from feet per minute references & overall running times!  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 02-02-2004 08:35 AM                        The Kodak website also has an on-line "Film Calculator" for all current formats: http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/support/index.jhtml  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-03-2004 12:40 AM                        quote: The Kodak website also has an on-line "Film Calculator" for all current formats: "Film Calculator Calculate how much time you have left " There's a Twilight Zone episode in there: the film calculator which tells a guy how much time he's got left.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 02-03-2004 07:26 PM                        Why on earth would you write that in java! Java, along with cable select, is the root of all evil! You must have had to much java.  |  IP: Logged Stewart Anderson Expert Film Handler Posts: 105 From: Sandy, Utah /United States of America Registered: Aug 2003 posted 02-05-2004 11:25 AM                        Java is easy, and I was going to need the program the next day...(I was adding/taking away trailers on one of our 15/70 films). I actually prefer "old school" C (Win32 API) when I have time...  |  IP: Logged

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