2017

[Bill Davis]

For the past year my editing life has been pretty much rock-solid.

All I want in 2017 is for that to continue.

My hardware and software was quick, stable and extremely dependable throughout 2016.

I’ve enjoyed concentrating on the work – rather than the tools. That’s been extremely satisfying. Yes, there were minor issues and occasional bugs particularly with the huge FCP X 10.3 update. – but they were all in the realm of “it could be better – but nothing’s broken for my workflow” stuff.” and I never stressed out about missing a deadline and was often able to take more time polishing the content and still have things ready to deliver early.

All in all 2016 was a really great work year.

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[David Mathis]

Getting a film camera
Seeing if there is another significant update to FCPX
Waiting for the next debate regarding software
Waiting for a new Mac Pro

[Shane Ross]

Finally learning Windows. But hoping that Apple releases a genuinely pro machine that is intended for NLE’s OTHER THAN only FCX…so that I don’t need to really learn Windows…

Hoping networks will stop leaning on ProRes as a deliverable.

Would love if more editors would prep their footage properly (ADD REEL NUMBERS) so that I could import an XML and have it link properly to all the media they supplied in Resolve…and not need to rely on a textless export chopped up as source. Also…if they would flatten their cuts so that only the footage used in the sequence gets sent to me (I still see this with FCX and Avid editors…FCP 7 does this automatically, oddly enough).

Learning FCX a little so I can properly export bits and pieces of editors cuts to separate stills and video (FCX does export with alpha pretty well in these cases), and special text effects with alpha. And export sections where text was still included because it was part of a compound clip.

Shane
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[Daniel Frome]

And when are you going to update your blog to “Little Frog in 4K” ???? ?

I too am beginning to consider the fact that Apple computers may simply not be an ideal video editing solution for anything but FCPX. Just like you, however, I’ve spent some time refining my FCPX editing chops, mostly just for enjoyment sake.

[Eric Santiago]

[David Mathis] “Getting a film camera”

Ive had my RED Scarlet since fall of 2012.

As a CG artist (started my career as one), the ability to shoot anytime you possibly can is priceless.
Plus the fact it got my foot in the local scene without having to shlep lighting gear for years (for free) ☺

This year I want to do my first short film.
Something I wrote and can live and die by ????
Its tough doing this for others and half of them dont finish the damn thing 😛

[Andrew Kimery]

Happy New Year!

My professional goal this year is to work on more documentaries. I worked on three last year (two features and one ‘short’ that was a TV-hour) and I’d like to cut docs 100% of the time but I’m finding that a difficult position to get into.

On the more technical front, I think I’m finally going to get around to really learning X this year. My chops on the other NLEs used in my area or solid so, time permitting, X will mostly likely my professional development hobby this year (of course I said the same thing last year but work kept getting in the way so we’ll see how it goes this time around).

[Shane Ross]

[Daniel Frome] “And when are you going to update your blog to “Little Frog in 4K” “

RIGHT! I do need to do that.

And I’ll say that I’ve installed Windows and played around with it…and wondered what advantage I have to using it right now, really. I can’t think of any. My Hack runs the MacOS just fine. But it did take a bit of effort to get it installed…Windows was EASY. It’s mainly the ProRes delivery need that’s keeping me Mac…well, that and all the third party apps I use that are Mac only….

Shane
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[Charlie Austin]

[Steve Connor] “Happy New Year to you all, what are you looking forward too this year?”

Good health, steady work, peace on earth. ☺ After reading this thread I thought I too should learn another NLE!
Hmmm… good with X, Pr, 7, MC and R12 so… dove into this!

And promptly gave up… I’ll probably read the docs and revisit it at some point. HNY!!!

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[Shawn Miller]

Looking forward to a machine upgrade. I shot a lot of HD content on the 4.6k Ursa Mini for my day job last year, I think I’m ready to shoot personal projects in 4k this year… I just need a workstation that can handle the larger 10 and 12 bit files. I’ve also gotten to the point where my 3D renderers are starting to feel sluggish, so investment in more compute power (CPU and GPU) is a must!

[Shane Ross]

[Shawn Miller] “Looking forward to a machine upgrade. “

I wouldn’t look at Apple. They are too busy making things smaller and adding cute emoji bars. Making computers that can’t even connect to their own iPhones without an adapter. Haven’t updated the MacPro in over 3 years…and consider the iMac their “top of the line” desktop…and I’m sure they’ll keep pushing that.

Apple is losing a LOT of trust in me…a mac only user since 1990. Only thing keeping me on the OS is the need to encode to ProRes.

Shane
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