Happy 1 Year Birthday for FCP X

[David Eaks]

Agreed, and if you can enjoy using your tool all the better! FCP X fits my workflow nicely, not all the way there yet but I’m optimistic about its future.

[Andrew Kimery]

[Joseph W. Bourke] ” I have neighbors who still do logging (and I don’t mean video) using work horses and oxen. Imagine the laughs that gets from the corporate farmers who use combines and GPS. Whatever tool gets your job done.”
I’m assuming that your neighbors are selection cutting as opposed to clear cutting though (or clear cutting a very small area). If they were trying to clear cut a large area I could see that being a source of amusement for large, mechanized logging companies but for selection cutting draft animals are still best, and many times only, way to get into and out of the woods w/o leaving a giant swath of destruction in your wake.

That’s completely beside your point, but for some reason I felt the need to chime in. I’m not a logger, and I didn’t stat at a Holiday Inn last night, but I have seen reality TV shows about logging.

[Tim Wilson]

[Andrew Kimery] ” draft animals are still best, and many times only, way to get into and out of the woods w/o leaving a giant swath of destruction in your wake.”

You raise a great point. One of my pet-est of peeves is when people say “the tools don’t matter, it’s the editor,” or something similar. TOOLS MATTER. People SHOULD be talking about this. If you need a new ox and all your oxen breeders are now breeding armadillos or rhinos — wonderful animals (hey, a rhino is 4 times bigger than an ox! Awesome), but not what you need.

I don’t need to actually write out the rest of the metaphor at this point in the festivities, but I think that talking about tools that are suited to the specific job that you in particular need to do is very much on topic.

It’s also worth talking about the right way to do things without leaving a trail of destruction in your wake.

Tim Wilson
Associate Publisher, Editor-in-Chief
Creative COW Magazine
Twitter: timdoubleyou

[Rafael Amador]

[Tim Wilson] “It’s also worth talking about the right way to do things without leaving a trail of destruction in your wake.”
This is why here they still using elephants for selective login.
They result more expensive than machines but do not destroy the forests.
Corporate loggers/wood dealers may laugh about, people that appreciate precious woods don’t.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Joseph W. bourke]

You are correct in your assumption, Andrew. This is selective cutting, done so as to minimize the collateral damage to the surrounding forest, and to maintain a forestry plan which might include maple sugaring, cord wood sales (and personal use), as well as the occasional large saw logs for sale to the local mill. You don’t need a nuclear warhead to swat a fly.

Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com