FCP/ Avid/ Premier for doc post producion houses?

[Walter Soyka]

[TImothy Auld] “Absolutely agreed. But the other fifty percent don’t care what you cut on if you can satisfy their deliverables. So I guess that makes my “no one cares what you cut on” comment about fifty percent wrong.”

There are plenty of markets where you’re 100% right and I’m 100% wrong, too.

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[Timothy Auld]

Indeed. Took me a long time to come to terms with giving them my project files. That used to be considered (until about a year ago) intellectual property.

Tim

[John Rofrano]

[TImothy Auld] “That used to be considered (until about a year ago) intellectual property.”

Don’t kid yourself… that’s still intellectual property and if you are giving away your intellectual property make sure you are being compensated accordingly. If you are just an “editor for hire”, you might not even own the intellectual property in the first place but your project file is still intellectual property. The only thing that is different is do you own it, or does the person who hired you own it and that is a “contractual” consideration up front that may change from job to job.

~jr

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[Timothy Auld]

And that question is usually answered in the contract you sign. Bottom line is in most cases even when I’ve given up the project file contractually, no one knows what to do with it. And then it comes back to me.

Tim

[John Rofrano]

[TImothy Auld] “Bottom line is in most cases even when I’ve given up the project file contractually, no one knows what to do with it. And then it comes back to me.”

You are lucky then. The alternative is that they get you to do all the hard work and then they have someone internal make all the small tweaks and you never see another penny from them. That’s why I say make sure that you are compensated for the project file because you can easily get cut out of future change work.

~jr

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