Opinions on what NLE to teach on a new BA in Film & Screen Media Production

[Richard Cardonna]

What ever you teach I belive PPro should be included its not just an app its part of a system that takes you from adobe story all through finnishing plus you can make your print campaign with it also.

RC

[Andrew Kimery]

One thing that seems to get overlooked with FCP’s beginnings is how flexible and scalable it was. Sure, it welcomed DV with open arms but invest in a capture card and faster storage and you could be cutting uncompressed SD (and later HD) with the same system. Avid had a tiered system for DV, SD, HD and even Media Composer for TV and Film Composer for film. FCP’s one-stop-shop for formats and frame rates had a huge impact on its popularity. Price did as well but the price differences we are seeing today are no where near the differences of yesteryear.

I don’t see the same standard being set w/FCPX. Tapeless acquisition is obviously its strong point but Firewire tape I/O is severely gimped and non-FW tape I/O was ditched out right. I know Apple is playing the long game but I wonder if they showed their hand too soon (I’ve wondered this since FCPX was launched). With how long it takes the industry as a whole to transition I think Avid and Adobe will have time to more gracefully bridge the gap that Apple abruptly jumped over. Time will tell though.

[David Roth weiss]

[Andrew Kimery] “One thing that seems to get overlooked with FCP’s beginnings is how flexible and scalable it was.”

Not by me Andrew. I’ve been saying the same thing since June 22nd, 2011.

BTW, in addition, there is no easier NLE to use in a collaboative shared storage environment unless you’re using Avid Isis in an all Avid environment. This is one of the primary reason why facilities continue to hold on to FCP legacy. If that weren’t the case, I doubt there would be as many indies holding on as well. It’s because the ecosystem in the bigger markets is dictatated by the bigger players, and the indies follow along because they have to remain conversant with the bigger players in their market if they want to remain viable, though they may not even realize it.

David Roth Weiss
ProMax Systems
Burbank
DRW@ProMax.com

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David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.