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

[Oliver Peters]

When you are talking about network level decisions, there are two concerns. The first is money – not just who is cheapest. Rather, where is the least downtime in lost work, retooling and retraining costs. Second is sharing. Can I put a group of editors on a single production and freely mix and match segments, episodes, etc.? So far no product has fit either of those criteria as well as FCP “legacy” or Media Composer.

Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com

[Herb Sevush]

[Bill Davis] ” 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. “

Bill, I’m still learning new features on FCP7 after working with it for almost 10 years. What on earth makes you think your experience with X is unique?

Other than self absorption I mean.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

[Jeremy Garchow]

I really like the language in this job posting.

It seems to be professional work, they seem to be looking for a professional editor, and they are ever so slightly telling professional editors to get over it.

I do believe that this is a Discovery Channel posting.

[John Davidson]

I’m NDA free, baby.

-Sent from my iWatch.

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

[Bill Davis]

[Herb Sevush] “Bill, I’m still learning new features on FCP7 after working with it for almost 10 years. What on earth makes you think your experience with X is unique?

Other than self absorption I mean.
“

Of course, Herb.

What’s the possible use of openly touting the value of a tool offered by a leading company as their roadmap to the future of editing – when it’s so much more useful to keep promoting one that’s been formally discontinued and has no future ahead of it.

The truth is that I think that my position arguably is LESS self-absorbed than yours is. Legacy is comfortable for YOU – so you’re willing to overlook that it’s dead software walking. And apparently promote it as a better tools than X, even tho anyone who follows that path will be losing ground almost daily in not adapting to where the industry is moving.

You can defend a move to MC, or Premier or even Vegas and get no pushback from me.

But defending on-going Legacy dependence as a viable strategy – is a way less than a marginal call in my estimation.

But keep doing it if you must.

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.

[Aindreas Gallagher]

good. sweet. jesus.

find one job in LA after two years and the lot of you go bananas. Bill starts delivering multiple sermons, people are ripping their clothes off and speaking in tongues, “look to autumn, then the truth will be revealed…”

my good god. that was a funny thread. seriously. what happens if three jobs get advertised in six months?
people’s brains will explode or something.

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[Charlie Austin]

[Aindreas Gallagher] “good. sweet. jesus.”

What took you so long? I thought you might need a distraction from the CC diatribes. 😀

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

[Herb Sevush]

[Bill Davis] “What’s the possible use of openly touting the value of a tool offered by a leading company as their roadmap to the future of editing – when it’s so much more useful to keep promoting one that’s been formally discontinued and has no future ahead of it.”

I wasn’t touting anything Bill. I merely said that anyone editing on any decent NLE will always be learning something new, and your continued instance that this is somehow unique to X betrays your lack of experience editing with other NLE’s.

So often what you find amazing with X is something replicated in any number of other NLEs. This does not diminish X, it merely places it in context.

What I was trying to do was admonish you, but somehow you have so fused the two entities that any criticism of X becomes a criticism of you and any criticism of you becomes a criticism of X.

I assure you, this is not the case.

[Bill Davis] “Legacy is comfortable for YOU – so you’re willing to overlook that it’s dead software walking. And apparently promote it as a better tools than X, even tho anyone who follows that path will be losing ground almost daily in not adapting to where the industry is moving… But defending on-going Legacy dependence as a viable strategy – is a way less than a marginal call in my estimation. But keep doing it if you must.”

At the moment I must, but I do not overlook the fact that FCP is dead software, which is why I will be using something else by next year. I was hoping to switch this year but there were too many unknowns for my comfort. Time, and Adobe, are now making the decision easier.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

[Gary Huff]

[Aindreas Gallagher] “good. sweet. jesus. find one job in LA after two years and the lot of you go bananas. Bill starts delivering multiple sermons, people are ripping their clothes off and speaking in tongues, “look to autumn, then the truth will be revealed…”

Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!

[Aindreas Gallagher]

[Charlie Austin] “I thought you might need a distraction from the CC diatribes. :-D”

cheers. and yes actually.

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