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Which Software Will Prepare a Student for College and Industry?
I am writing curriculum this summer for the Television Broadcasting Production and Technology program for my school district. For the past 5 years we’ve been instructing with Final Cut Studio and prior to that I was teaching Adobe Premiere. I learned Autocad in high school and have been made aware of Autodesk Smoke in the recent short “Fix it in Post”:
https://provideocoalition.com/cmilby/story/filmmaker-jeremy-hunt-fixes-it-in-post#When:01:37:00Z
I would appreciate any feedback on which software you think would be best to prepare a high school student for college and industry. Here is a quick 2 question form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xfr9xcjLApfQN5tJhuBOg2vJu0BrBw4Fp_gJeejkiZA/viewform
or if you’d like please respond here.
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Any editing system is – by and large – the right editing system, as mostly editing is in the head. Personally I would keep to mainstream professionally used software and that means mostly Avid or PPro at the moment, though Edius is also a good choice. We use Premiere at our university, as the educational cost of the software is low.
Bernie
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[Bernard Newnham] “Personally I would keep to mainstream professionally used software and that means mostly Avid or PPro at the moment,”
Here in my experience, I see AVID when an NLE is requested, then Final Cut, then Premiere, then FCPX.
I’ve seen Smoke once or twice as well.
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I’d note that “the industry” is not a monolith.
There a many professional niches in which an NLE dominates and others where other NLEs are quite serviceable.One really has to think more about tool kits than just an individual tool.
One also should realize that some tools are developing so fast that key features may be added in just a few months.
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[Craig Seeman] “One also should realize that some tools are developing so fast that key features may be added in just a few months.”
That’s legit, but at the same time there are plenty of people who have gone through school and never even touched an AVID, and that should not be the case.
When someone says “the industry” to me, I think of the broadcast/production houses who will typically post an ad looking for an editor with specific NLE experience.
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If you define the term “industry” you may be able to define the commonly used NLEs within it.
A college may realize that number of jobs in broadcast and film is only a subset of all available post production jobs.Those involved with corporate post production may be using different tools for example.
Someone starting their own business with limited funds might be looking for cost effective tools for example.
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[Craig Seeman] “If you define the term “industry” you may be able to define the commonly used NLEs within it.”
[Brian Pistone] “I am writing curriculum this summer for the Television Broadcasting Production and Technology program for my school district.”
Television Broadcasting, per the OP’s original text. So I’d recommend Avid and Edius, maybe Premiere.
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Michael Hancock
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I think at the high school level people may use the term “Television Broadcasting” as a catch all. If you’re preparing students for the job market, most of the jobs are probably not in Television Broadcasting. The use of video in online marketing seems to be growing much faster for example.
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[Bernard Newnham] “We use Premiere at our university, as the educational cost of the software is low. “
Bernard, does your school use CLP licensing, and maintenance contracts? If so, what is your plan going forward, given Adobe’s killing of maintenance licensing and large price increase?
Professor, Producer, Editor
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I would endorse Edius from Grass valley. Although it is a 32 bit application it has been my experiennce that it is a rock solid performer that copes with most all formats. Its real time performance equals or betters that of FCPX and it has some of the best colour tools available. The current version also incorporates the necessary tools to ensure that audio levels may be monitored in accordance with the latest loudness recommendations that are now being implemented by the broadcasters. The package includes DVD and Bluray burning software if that is important to you.
For what it is worth, I know that Edius is making significent inroads into the broadcasting environment.
I would suggest that you download the 30 day trial version, but note that it is Windows based, but it runs well under Boot Camp. Also, look at the various GV Edius tutorials – they will give you a good insight.
I might add that I use both FCPX and Edius and this is not an FCPX bashing posting.
Geoff.
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If broadcast TV is the goal, then Avid is the main player. FCP was #2…but with the death of FCP 7 and birth of FCX…that’s going to change. Adobe Premiere Pro is the best suited app to fill that gap. But in the meantime, while it gets ready to do so, people are falling back on Avid, and still using FCP 7.
Edius is mainly used in news organizations and some live TV with packages. If it’s feature film, network TV, cable TV…Avid is the key player.
Shane
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