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

[Charlie Austin]

[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.”

Jeez Bill… ever heard the old saw “You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar”?

I’ll bite, and I have absolutely no idea what John’s talking about. This may be the only FCP X gig ever posted but… It’s for the Discovery Network. One of Johns clients is Discovery. They produce a lot of shows. John has said they started using X because an unnamed client of his was thinking about switching. ??? If not Discovery, look at Johns other clients.

Maybe it’s nothing to do with John. Whatever it is, New show production starts in the fall. A new Mac Pro and (according to Apple’s website) a new version of X along with it. Who knows. In any case, there’s at least one freelance gig for an X editor in L.A. available right now. Woohoo! lol

Or… nothing will happen and everyone will cut on MC and Pr. 😉

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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, if we’re getting all hot and bothered because one show, or even one network, is going FCP X, I guess that’s each person’s prerogative. Honestly, the thing I’m most excited about is Lightworks coming to Mac in September. I even bought my console on a 1 day 1/2 price sale.

I’m seriously going to cut my next feature with it, just to get my feet wet. Once you get past it’s kinks, it’s pretty slick. And I really LOVE the fact that the whole installer is only something like 80Mb. That’s amazing to me.

Chris

[John Davidson]

You know, I leave you kids alone for 10 minutes so I can play xbox…

I just mean that with new mac pros and the hinted update to FCPX that pretty obviously is being tailored to it, fall should be a pretty interesting time for FCPX. Ironically, I had no idea that Discovery LA was doing this so it’s pretty cool to see that development.

In terms of the network we work with that’s switching, it’s still on hold – perhaps they’re waiting for this new mac pro. I think that most networks are holding back to see x ‘get there’, especially with shared storage. Probably all that really needs to happen is for X to start incorporating a variant of sparse disks and event manager x from within the program, make the project icons dark gray, and then call it something like ‘film widget’ and it’ll take off like hot cakes.

Gotta run – it’s double xp weekend on COD!

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

[Charlie Austin]

[John Davidson] “Probably all that really needs to happen is for X to start incorporating a variant of sparse disks and event manager x from within the program, make the project icons dark gray, and then call it something like ‘film widget’ and it’ll take off like hot cakes.”

Dude! Didn’t you sign the NDA?!? You’re in big trouble…

🙂

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

[Paul Neumann]

I see two areas for this new mac pro for apple to focus on. Media post production and personal media delivery. By that I mean for your house. The muscle behind an apple 4k display in every room of your house could be a new mac pro.

Pure speculation on my part. Now taking that speculation to another level I can see the folks at apple getting all hyped about some new features inside FCPX that make YOU the DIRECTOR of your NETWORK.
Just guessin’.

[Charlie Austin]

[Chris Conlee] “Okay, if we’re getting all hot and bothered because one show, or even one network, is going FCP X, I guess that’s each person’s prerogative.”

True, it’s just one gig in a sea (or pond) of gigs. The reason I stuck this up is that I know a lot of folks who are freelancing these days… guess it’s the new normal. And some of these folks, who are very good, really need work. And when I hear of freelance gigs I try to pass them along. But, because “nobody uses X” none of them have bothered to get up to speed with it.. They probably should, that’s all… 🙂

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

[Bill Davis]

[Neil Goodman] “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. “

Well wow. I’m impressed. You’ve done ONE job on it. Congrats. I’m sure you went really deep and plumbed everything from a great keywording strategy in the Event Browser to sussing out how to share out of X directly into a 10 station mixed network buy without sticking your client with an unnecessary bill for DGFastchannel.

I’ve also done projects in X. About fifty to sixty to date. And oddly, I’ve also gotten paid for all of them. And just as oddly, I’m still learning more and more about how to operate the software efficiently after 18 months and all those gigs.

Strangly, I was recently offered a modest gig proctoring an FCP-X L1 3-day training and certification test taking place in a couple of weeks and in flipping through the course syllabus, I’ve seen more than a dozen areas where X has capabilities that I haven’t even really investigated very closely yet because they simply aren’t areas where I regularly do work.

Oh, and how old am I?

Old enough to know that there’s always more to learn – and decades past the point where I was so arrogant as to think that I can be as good as I want to be at anything – until I put in the time and effort necessary to do my best to learn it really, really well.

My standard is simple. If I have to think about the software to operate it, I’m not good enough at it yet. I need to get to the point where the work I’m doing is the only thing I’m concentrating on – not the operation of the tool I’m using to do the work.

If you can get to that point after ONE project, more power to you. You’re clearly a hugely better editor than I am.

Heck, maybe you’re truly the Mozart of NLE editing and you’ve “grokked” the software at a level beyond all the rest of us after doing a single FCP-X project?

Wouldn’t that be something?

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[Bill Davis]

[Charlie Austin] “Jeez Bill… ever heard the old saw “You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar”? “

Ah, but am I trying to “catch” anyone?

There’s a quiet little voice inside my head that wants to constantly provide grist for the haters. The more I can keep them riled up and angry about how mean and dismissive guys like me must be thusly proving that FCP-X is just a toy used by by bile-filled old grumps – the more time I have to advance my secret plan to use FCP-X to take over all of the modern editing universe … (cue thunder SFX and maniacal laughter) “BWWWAAA ha ha ha!”

BTW, if you keep disagreing with me – the farther back I’ll be forced to move you off the short list Chancellor of Magnetism in my plans for world editing domination.

(a bit too megalomaniacal ya think? Naw, That’s an oxymoron!)

wanders away practicing… bwahhh ha ha ha ha. (nope, too wimpy) BWAhh Ha Ha Ha Ha! (better but needs more condescension) BWa…

; )

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.

[Charlie Austin]

[Bill Davis] “BTW, if you keep disagreing with me – the farther back I’ll be forced to move you off the short list Chancellor of Magnetism in my plans for world editing domination. “

Too late! While you were pissing people off, I’ve been cleverly luring them in with my siren song…

“X is really good… you should not use anything else… forget all the other NLE’s… you’re getting sleeeeepyyyy”

Meanwhile, I have secretly stopped using X, and cut only in Pr and MC. And soon… all the work will be mine!!!!!

Or not…

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

[Shane Ross]

[John Davidson] ” Ironically, I had no idea that Discovery LA was doing this so it’s pretty cool to see that development.”

Discovery AGENCY…not discovery CHANNEL.

It’s been two years, and the only jobs I see FCX listed for are casting editors and YouTube channel jobs. Still seeing FCP 7 jobs listed (I predict we will for 2-3 more years) and Avid….with some people switching to Premiere. I haven’t seen FCX broadcast/film jobs listed yet.

Shane
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