China? Yeah, China for gods sake.

[David Cherniack]

ERic, I’m assuming you’re on CC but correct me if I’m wrong.

There shouldn’t be any problem syncing if your audio files have matching timecode. Pr does that in a snap.

If you’re trying to sync using only audio waveforms it would need properly selected tracks with clearly defined signals to find the matches. But it typically works well.

It’s a longstanding problem about importing some Red folders. Clips with multiple 4GB segments are created created correctly but with duplicates. The Media Browser imports folders with single segments without problem.

David
https://AllinOneFilms.com

[Neil Goodman]

Bill, that’s the model a lot of us stake our career on and it works out quite well for the most part.

I think you forget hundreds of thousands of editors don’t get to choose what they cut on.

For me, my most lucrative years of editing have been in T.V., and if that means someone else gets to pick what I cut on, and outfit my room the way they see fit, then so be it. Have at it. My career stays intact, I get to work on fulfilling and creative projects, and I’m able to carve out a nice life for myself with this model. You went another route and that’s great for you.

So far I’ve never been disappointed with the hardware/software I’m given to work on.

[Scott Cumbo]

Hey Andrew,
Thanks for the offer, but it’s ok. I spoke to a bunch of different people, plus been using it on some side gigs. We’re going in that direction, the hard part is finding that downtime to make any kind of switch.

Scott Cumbo
Lead Editor
Bellator MMA/Spike TV

[Scott Cumbo]

[Bill Davis] “All I’ll say is that if you wait for the demand, you risk that if a demand does develop, you may be way back in a line behind thousands of editors who did not. “

I don’t really believe in that. Just a little history about myself. Never went to college(so excuse my spelling), was a musician for a long time which lead to my interest in video. Got into the industry at 30 yrs old as an unpaid “intern” on a dup floor, 2 years later was full time editing at a pretty well known post house in NYC. been working 10 years strait, never a day without work. always staff or permalance. My latest client I’ve been working with for over 4 years with no end in sight. In fact our biggest show ever will be on Spike TV tomorrow night(6/19/2015) 9pm, If you like fights check it out. (end plug)

I feel software is just a tool, relationships is what moves this business and keeps you employed above all else. first 6 years I worked 100% on Avid, Learned FCP on the fly with the client in the room with me. He was fine with it because he wanted to work with me, and the whole show had moved to FCP. only took a few days to get back to the pace i (and the client) was use to.

Plus when you break it down, you really only need to know where those 15 to 20 key functions are on any software. It’s all feel and timing, not rocket science. Most of the bells and whistles you don’t need to get a nice clean cut together. Those things you figure out as you go.

We’re Editors, we get paid good money to think on our feet, think fast, improvise with what we have and make it into something better than the client ever thought it could be. For me, that’s the fun of it. That’s why i love my job (plus the money) Any schlub can learn what buttons to press, the skill is when to press them.

Scott Cumbo
Lead Editor
Bellator MMA/Spike TV

[Andrew Kimery]

[Scott Cumbo] “We’re going in that direction, the hard part is finding that downtime to make any kind of switch.”

I know what you mean. When I was working there in Santa Monica we were almost always 8-10 months behind on software upgrades. Between waiting for the initial bugs to shake out, kicking out content on a daily basis and tent pole events ever 3-4 months finding down time was never easy. It always ended up being like a 48 hour, Friday night to Sunday night marathon session for our IT guys to get all the computers upgraded.

[Scott Cumbo]

Andrew,
you ever work on any of the bellator stuff? were you with digital?

Scott Cumbo
Lead Editor
Bellator MMA/Spike TV

[Andrew Kimery]

[Scott Cumbo] “Andrew,
you ever work on any of the bellator stuff? were you with digital?”

I was with digital but I didn’t work on any Bellator. I was there from ’06 to early ’12 so I left around the time Bellator was starting to spin up. Did some things for The Ultimate Fighter though. I was originally hired on as part of GameTrailers (which got sold off last summer) so most of my work centered around that site and TV show though I did end up working on a variety of things from red carpets to original web series to online show support (recaps, web promos, short fighter bios for TUF, etc.,).

[Oliver Peters]

[Bill Davis] “But if you choose NOT to add FCP X into that mix for whatever reason – that’s a choice that will have ramifications I believe. Of course I may be wrong. And so may you. We won’t know for years. “

Except that by Apple’s usual timetable, you have about 6 more years for that to be true or not.

– Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com

[Darren Roark]

On the feature I’m finishing up right now that was cut in X there is a Spanish and an english version cut by two different editors.

It was required by the producer that they cut in FCP X. The english version editor has been cutting movies since the film days, the other is one of the most respected editors in Mexico. The 30 year vet was cursing at the computer for about a month until she realized she had the hang of it.

Now she is on a TV show back on Avid, she texted me “I thought I would never say this but I really miss working in FCP X” The Spanish version editor told me he isn’t looking back and is going to cut in FCP X from now on.

I can say that by cutting in this saved the production a lot of time and extra steps. The color facility tried to charge a lot of money for two conforms, I told them I had done them already, many condescending were said by them until I sent them a screengrab of a fully conformed reel in Resolve complete with a reference quicktime.

Once producers find out the time and money advantages, it will start to take off.

[Bill Davis]

I suspect that once again you’re overstating the importance of the your niche in editing. It’s easy to do. In the US it’s under 25,000 according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes274032.htm) yes maybe a couple of hundred thousand world wide. So with X at a Million seats plus – and with AVID and Premiere and the rest figured in – its no wonder our industural development is so frustrating. I’m still pleased that at least a few companies are still trying to improve it. FWIW.

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