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Set up email accounts on iPhone, to read (not consume) emails to me at various addresses.  Being no expert at this, I record my experiences for possible future reference.

• The phone should have WiFi disabled and be in range of a cell-data connection.
• Notes:
  • “Username” entries must include the domain  e.g. “xxx@yyy” not just “xxx”.
  • Depending on email service, email account client (e.g. phone) configs may offer IMAP or POP.
    • Choose IMAP if available for your email service.
    • IMAP copies emails to client (e.g. an iPhone) whereas POP moves them.
• 1&1 Email client account config info is at http://order.1and1.co.uk/links/email-hosting.html
• Virgin Email client account config info:
  • http://help.virginmedia.com/system/selfservice.controller?CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=37902&CURRENT_CMD=SEARCH&CONFIGURATION=1002&PARTITION_ID=1&USERTYPE=1&LANGUAGE=en&COUNTY=us&VM_CUSTOMER_TYPE=Cable
    • Incoming: imap4.virgin.net
    • Outgoing: smtp.virgin.net
    • In both cases, SSL can be enabled - allegedly - but for me there was no config option to enable it for smtp, and imap4 didn’t like it…
• HotMail default setup is POP3, but can get IMAP as follows:
• • Add Account > Microsoft Exchange
    • (sic)
    • Enter full email address in both Username and email fields
    • Leave Domain field blank
    • Enter Password
    • Enter Description
  • Click Next
    • Under Server, enter m.hotmail.com
  • (May wish to leave Contacts and Calendars disabled

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Movie★Slate is a slate and clapper board— traditional movie-making tools for syncing picture with sound, and photographing shot/production info at the start and end of shots.  Movie★Slate also provides an easy way to log footage and take notes as you shoot— saving you time during capture and edit.

• Documentation:
  • http://www.pureblendsoftware.com/userguides/MovieSlate/English.lproj/help_web.html
    • e.g. Starting a Take
      • To start a take, tap the clapper at the top of the slate.
        • Timecode IN, all production info, and camera optics data are automatically saved in History when you start a take. This data can be emailed from the History tab (see instructions below).
        • The clapper’s behavior can be customized from Settings -> Slate Behavior. Choose to play sounds, freeze the timecode briefly, show credits leader/end roll animation, and more.
      • Video/Audio Quality ★-rankings can be set during the take.
      • Circle Take button marks good takes by circling the take number in the History log. This practice is an old Hollywood tradition.
      • End the Shot button saves a Timecode OUT marker with the shot history.
    • e.g. Starting a Take - Shot Markers
      • (Log footage and take notes as you shoot— saving you time during capture and edit).
      • Add Shot Marker/Notes button saves timecode-stamped notes during a take. When shooting interviews, this is a useful way to document what remarkable thing was said, and when.
      • Build notes from Snippet phrases by tapping the Content/Shot/Movement buttons. You can also enter text with the keyboard. Use the Snippets tab to customize your phrases.
• FAQs/Tips:
  • http://www.pureblendsoftware.com/support
    • “Movie★Slate is a slate and clapper board— traditional movie-making tools for syncing picture with sound, and photographing shot/production info at the start and end of shots.
    • Movie★Slate also provides an easy way to log footage and take notes as you shoot— saving you time during capture and edit.”
    • Link: MovieSlate Help
    • What does M.O.S. stand for?
      • The term “M.O.S.” generally appears on a slate when a scene is filmed without sound.  Hollywood legend defines the term as “Mit Out Sound”.
    • MovieSlate’s optional PRO Sync (TimeCode-Sync)
      • (Normally) You’ll need a camera or timecode generator that’s capable of sending and/or receiving LTC (Longitudinal Time Code) over an audio cable.
      • My cameras are old DV units or are consumer models with no LTC support. Can MovieSlate’s optional PRO Sync module still help me sync a multi-cam shoot?
      • Yes, through additional software available from VideoToolShed.  Here’s how:
        • Set MovieSlate to output timecode through one of the audio channels and connect from the headphone jack to your camera’s AUX/MIC audio.
        • Shoot your footage with MovieSlate running and Sending sync through the headphone jack. The LTC audio signal will be recorded on on one channel of your DV tape. (Please note the obvious: If this cam is handling your main sound then you will not have stereo audio).
        • Import the footage into Final Cut Pro or Avid.
        • Use VideoToolShed’s FCP auxTC reader software to create an AUX TC track in FCP/Avid and sync your footage with your other cams and audio. http://www.videotoolshed.com/?page=products&pID=26
        • Disclaimer:
          • We do not have any relationship with VideoToolShed and also cannot attest to the function of “FCP auxTC reader”.
          • Please visit the VideoToolShed.com website for more information and 3rd-party websites like Creative Cow for more information and workflow tips.

To open the iPhone’s “Task Manager”:

• From “Home” screen, double-tap the Home button.  This brings up a mini dock / task manager at bottom of screen.  It is a slidable band of icons, only four of which can be fitted on screen.  Slide left to see other icons.  Slide right to see media player transport controls and volume level slider.  Press-hold any icon to get them all wiggling and with a red “X” on them. In each case, the “X” force-quits the task associated with the icon.

If an app is misbehaving or is exhibiting unusually sluggish performance, you could try quitting tasks for apps not currently in use as they each tie up some portion of memory, even while in a suspended state.  If that does not work, try a power-off/on reboot.  After that there is Hard Reset (though when I tried it, it didn’t reset everything).  To Hard Reset, press and hold both the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button for about ten seconds, then you should see the Apple logo indicating reboot.

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• http://filmmakeriq.com/2010/07/22-filmmaking-apps-for-the-ipad-iphone/
  • 22 Filmmaking Apps for the iPad & iPhone
• http://appfinder.lisisoft.com/tag/final-cut.html
  • All Final Cut Apps for iPad-iPhone
    • (Is not only relevant to Final Cut)
• http://www.chrisjonesblog.com/2011/05/why-every-film-maker-should-have-an-iphone.html
  • Why every film maker should have an iPhone
• http://www.chrisjonesblog.com/2011/05/why-every-film-maker-should-have-an-iphone-part-2.html
  • Why every film maker should have an iPhone: Part 2
• http://www.theblackandblue.com/2010/03/22/toolkit-useful-iphone-apps-to-have-on-set/
  • Useful Cinematography iPhone Apps to Have On a Film Set
• http://www.theblackandblue.com/2010/07/08/toolkit-useful-cinematography-iphone-apps-to-have-on-set-part-2/
  • Useful Cinematography iPhone Apps to Have on Set (Part 2)
• http://www.videomaker.com/community/videonews/tag/iphone/ (December 2010)
  • All manner of software and hardware, including the OWLE bubo (steady mount for iPhone, has wide-angle lens)

How get photos & movies out of iPhone:

• Mac (Mac OS):
  • Plugged-in my iPhone (4) to MacBook via USB.
  • The iPhoto app auto-launched, displaying thumbnails of all iPhone’s photos & videos in iPhone’s Photos section (though not those taken by the PanaScout app), and offered  to Import All or Import Selected.

Where the iPhone photos/movies go (on the Mac):

• Macintosh HD > Users > davidesp > Pictures > iPhoto Library
  • Get Info:
    • Size 738 MB
    • Opens with iPhoto

How to get iPhone photos into a document:

• Mac > NeoOffice (3.1.1): Tools > Add-Ons > Show media browser
  • Can’t simply insert an image file - no such file exists, they’re all in the iPhone library/database file.

How to get iPhone photos into Gimp:

•  iPhoto > Menu > iPhoto > Preferences > General > Edit Photo: Select Applicaton: Gimp
  • Can’t simply drag it in, not even by using desktop as a “stepping-stone”.
• Warning: Gimp can “Save” an image back to iPhone’s library, but that image is not then displayed in iPhoto.  Possible risk of corrupting iPhoto library?

How to get photos/movies out of PanaScout (an iPhone camera app for cinematographers):

• PanaScout saves images/movies to its own space (library/whatever), but can export to iPhoto library and to other places.
• PanaScout has a Send To button (an outline-box with arrow emerging).  Options are:
  • Send Email
    • Sends using the email account you configured for your iPhone
  • Save to Library
    • The iPhone Library, that is…
  • Upload
    • FinalCut, MobileMe, SmugMug

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 I want to synch my iPhone with Outlook, but the standard way, via iTunes, …well…, involves iTunes (that I don’t want).  Is there an alternative?  The answer seems to be that you can synch but it has to be via another server, be it Google Mail or a specialised third-party product.  The simplest way to synch Outlook to Google Calendar is by using a downloadable app from Google.   Further details and options are given below (under “More” or whatever).

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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2506486?start=0&tstart=0

• Suppose you shot video on an iPhone and want to edit it in FCP:
  • iPhone records to 720p24 h.264 with 44k aac audio+
  • FCP can part-handle the H264 but not any kind of compressed audio.
    • It will play H264 video but not any Real Time (RT) effects.
• Transcode it e.g. by using Compressor:
  • Drag your video file into Compressor
  • Under Settings type LT into the search box.  The top hit should be for Apple ProRes 422 (LT).  Select it.
  • Duplicate it (since only a duplicate can be altered).
  • Fix the audio:
    • Select the duplicate in the top window and the inspector will light up.
    • The first Inspector tab is for the Summary - we need to press the second one to get access to the encoders.
    • On the Encoder tab, switch the audio from Pass-through to Enabled.
    • Then, to its left, press the Audio: settings button.
    • Change the Format to Linear PCM, Stereo (L R), 48kHz, sample size 16 bits. Press Okay.
• How to make a Droplet to do this conversion:
  • In Compressor’s Settings window, Clear the Search field.
  • Open the Custom Group (not essential)
  • Select the iPhone to FCP (ProRes LT) and press the button at the top left of the Settings window that looks like a video file with a down arrow.
  • Save the droplet to your desktop (say).
• Now you can drag your iPhone movies to the droplet (no need for Compressor to be open), it’ll throw up a dialog box, press submit and Compressor will transcode them to a ProRes format suitable for FCP.
  • The original article at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2506486?start=0&tstart=0 provides a link to a ready-made Droplet app that allegedly accomplishes this.  But I had no need to try it out.

The idea of the OWLE Bubo is to get better video from your iPhone. You place the iPhone into the provided silicone case; pop it into the Bubo and go. You now have wide-angle optics on your iPhone as well as a more stable grip.  Can also (reporte

• http://filmtools.wordpress.com/2010/04/02/owle-bubo-iphone-housing-includes-camera-mount-lens-and-mic/

The wide-angle is especially desirable since the inbuilt camera lens is too zoomed-in for most filming purposes.