2nd part of new Walter Murch MacVideo Interview

[Franz Bieberkopf]

Mark,

Thanks again for the link.

Those two videos (pt 1 and 2) are a reminder of the quality of the forums here – because the issues and perspectives feel pretty worn for anyone following here.

“What we need for editing now … [is a bible of] standards for the display and manipulation for the edited image and sound.” (Walter Murch)

… a thought I’ve shared (and I’m sure I’m not the only one).

I was also glad to hear him express intrigue with the Lightworks project – an experiment that is at least as interesting as FCPX.

Also funny to hear Rick Young call FCPX a “full featured editing system” even though they have discussed exactly that it is not.

Franz.

[Jamie Franklin]

[Franz Bieberkopf] “Also funny to hear Rick Young call FCPX a “full featured editing system” even though they have discussed exactly that it is not.”

Absolutely made no sense in the context of the entire interview.

Came across as a Stockholm Syndrome talking point as it was just a throw away….

My god! Spielberg still uses a moviola? I thought Munich was the last film he used that for…talk about ‘old hat’

[Thomas Frank]

Year wie are Looking at lightworks also it feels a bit like a Linux os.
Looks cool but it does not feel well organized.

Question is why did it took that long to get the second part out?!

[Ted Irving]

I haven’t had a chance to view the 2nd part of the Murch interview. I do agree with his assessment of FCPX in the first video, which was about Apple designing software that they can move away from and allow 3rd party company’s to alter and MOD if you will for their products and clients. This is an old strategy, one used by Adobe with the 5.0 to 6 series of Premiere. I remember buying a Bravado video capture card and they customized the code for Premiere to work with the Bravado. But I like that strategy and I think it will work for Apple. I”ve been editing on the first version of FCPX and it works great for me because I”m more into ENG & EFP. However, I can see why it’s just not there for those working on long form projects and need to share over a LAN, exchange metadata, etc.

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