L.A. Freelancers, Learning FCP X might be a good idea…

[Chris Conlee]

Of course they’ll be working inhouse, because nobody else is using it. /snark

I think if you’re in Los Angeles you’d be far better served in the long run by learning Avid and learning it well.

Chris

[Charlie Austin]

[Chris Conlee] “I think if you’re in Los Angeles you’d be far better served in the long run by learning Avid and learning it well.”

I think if you’re freelancing, knowing all of ’em well would be your best bet. Not learning X because “nobody uses it” just lost some of folks at least one gig… 😉

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~”It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools.”~
~”The function you just attempted is not yet implemented”~

[John Davidson]

Wait till the fall. It’s going to get crazy.

John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.

[Chris Conlee]

Fair enough. I’ll put my snark away for a while.

Chris

[Charlie Austin]

[Chris Conlee] “Fair enough. I’ll put my snark away for a while.”

🙂 If you’re staff, you use what you need to use. If you’re freelancing, looking down your nose at an app that does have some traction is moronic. That holds true for all of ’em btw. Unless you like someone else getting your work…

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~”It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools.”~
~”The function you just attempted is not yet implemented”~

[Charlie Austin]

[John Davidson] “Wait till the fall. It’s going to get crazy.”

< munching popcorn >

😉

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~”It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools.”~
~”The function you just attempted is not yet implemented”~

[Chris Conlee]

Okay, I’ll bite. What’s supposed to happen in the fall?

Chris

[Bill Davis]

Nobody’s going to tell you.

The world has always been divided into those who wait until the “conventional wisdom” is developed before they make a bet and start playing.

And, yes, sometimes those souls live safer and get less banged up.

But there are also those who aren’t afraid to buck the “conventional wisdom” and who seem to be able to sniff out trends early enough to be in the game – with the necessary hard won experience – things begin to change.

The only one who can tell you which kind of player you’re happy being is you.

The only thing I WILl say with some firm conviction is that if you’re going to add FCP-X to your personal toolkit – you will most likely NOT be fully competent at operating it very quickly. It looks tantalizingly easy on the surface. But down deep – it’s actually pretty darn deep.

Read the history right on this board.

Highly competent editors who dove in many months ago and who are comfortable today – but who had to literally force themselves to find the time to spend adapting to the new tool – over a process that took whole lot longer than many of us expected – no matter how many “in the seat” editing years we had racked up prior to X.

Know someone who teaches video editing in elementary school, high school or college? Tell them to check out http://www.StartEditingNow.com – video editing curriculum complete with licensed practice content.

[Chris Conlee]

Uh, huh. Which is why I use Media Composer, and very happily at that. Always works, no matter how complicated the project.

[Neil Goodman]

there goes bill again. Yea buddy, your the only who can figure it out! Its not that different. Its a matter of do editors WANT to edit differently. Not CAN they. Anyone can figure out the app, lots havent deemed it worthwhile yet. Your condescending tone toward those who havent jumped in fullforce is old and stale. The only time it seems you post is when theres a success story, ansd you just want to say i told you so. How old are you again?

That aside. I pick up at least one job a month on the freelance tip, as i have a staff job, but like to keep things interesting and earn a little extra dough. I personally think the freelance world is where X will get its shine. Especially with the trend these days going much much cheaper, its only natural X will come to play. Ive done one job on it already. Did i hate it? No.. did i love it, no. Was i able to finish, Yes. Did i get paid Yes. If i had achoice i woulda picked Avid top to bottom tho, but that just me. As things keep getting cheaper, and people want things faster, X will get its time, but i dont see it taking off in broadcast markets or film anytime soon. Not saying never, but def not soon.

Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – The Esquire Network – NBC/Uni