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[Steve Eisen]

[John Kaley] “Newtek Video Flyer (1992)”
The Toaster 4000 came out in 1992.

I saw a demo of the Flyer in December of 1994 and the company I was working for purchased in January of ’95. Version .9

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Alan Okey]

First NLE: Adobe Premiere running on an SGI (Silicon Graphics) O2, 1998

First FCP: v3, 2002

[Bret Williams]

Ok, that’s weird. I edited the spelling on my post and it changed the subject. Ah well.

[Rafael Amador]

A Quantel NewsBox, around 1.992/3.

The first time I tried to edit in a computer was in 1.996 with PP (3?) on a Mac.
After that experience I gave up on trying to edit in a computer till 2.002, when I met FC 2.5.
rafael

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[Shane Ross]

[Tom Wolsky] “That’s an interesting question. How many here went through a Media 100 phase?”

I used it in corporate video…between times I was on the Avid. Cheaper and yes, FAR BETTER compression for full quality use. Avid at the time seemed to be designed only for offline workflows (their online codecs were muddy and VERY digital), and it cost like $90,000. Media 100 was in the $30,000 range, and VERY clean.

But, I went back to Avid when I moved to HOllywood. Well, NORTH Hollywood.

Shane

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[Deleted User]

D-Vision Pro 1992
Discreet Logic Edit 1997
Leitch VelocityQ 2002
Leitch VelocityHD 2006 – present
FCS3 2010

Lee
SAMDOG Digital Post
Calgary, Alberta
Mac Pro 2.66 12-core 16gb ram • FSI LM1760W Monitor • Matrox MX02 • Caldigit HD One 8tb Raid • Euphonix MC Transport • Final Cut Studio 3 • Premiere Pro CS5

[Walter Biscardi]

[Don Walker] “Accom was by far the best of the linear editors”

The Axial 2010 was AWESOME!!! My favorite editing controller of all time. Would love to get my hands on one so we can display it at the new offices.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
HD Post and Production
Biscardi Creative Media

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[Michael Gissing]

I am surprised no-one has mentioned Lightworks yet. My first contact was with a Lightworks and an early AVID.

First audio system was dSP an Australian company who were in competition with Fairlight. Audio non linear was ahead of video for obvious reasons, but I am still perplexed at the poor ergonomics of editing with a mouse and keyboard, a problem that most audio DAWs worked out more than ten years ago.. At least Lightworks had a controller like a Steenbeck.

[Tom Wolsky]

That you’re the first one to mention it is probably one of the reason it’s about to be open source software.

All the best,

Tom

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[Jerry Hofmann]

Avid Composer 1. Spring of 1989. FCP Version 1.0. 1999…

Jerry

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