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The Real Menace of FCP X
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[Scott Witthaus] “You are looking at speed in terms of a race. That’s not correct. What speed does is allow time for more creative options to be tried. In the advertising world, I never found NLE’s made the rough cut phase shorter. Agencies still pushed to limit to air-date as they did in the linear days. What the “speedy NLE” did, however was allow us to try more ideas and versions. So they still booked the same amount of “Avid time” as they always had in pre-Avid days but we just got to try more things because of “speed”. In my mind, the inspiration comes out of the work. You don’t sit there with your feet up on the console waiting for the great idea to hit you like a bolt of lightening. You get material on the timeline and start crafting. The more efficiently you can do that, the better. If that’s speed, that’s better.”
Sure – but a-lot of threads on here are about I can do this operation this much faster with this many less key strokes. That part of “speed” is the one I dont care about. If your bragging about shaving seconds or even milliseconds of an editing operation than our goals as editors are very different.
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“If your bragging about shaving seconds or even milliseconds of an editing operation than our goals as editors are very different.”
That speed is good only if the accumulation of time savings allows you to do more creative editorial for your client. My goal is to give my client the best possible product they can get. If the time savings allows me to try a few more options for them, then yes, it is important.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Visual Storyteller
https://vimeo.com/channels/1322525
Managing Partner, Low Country Creative LLC
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
Hmmm, looks like a couple of folks here might be on the Adobe “dime”? One thread after another on the “mencace” of X….hmmmmm
Just saying (totally kidding of course. Adobe uses third party emissaries to pay…).
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Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Visual Storyteller
https://vimeo.com/channels/1322525
Managing Partner, Low Country Creative LLC
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
[Scott Witthaus] “Just saying (totally kidding of course. Adobe uses third party emissaries to pay…).”
Speaking of insulting.
Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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I was kidding….geeez….
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Visual Storyteller
https://vimeo.com/channels/1322525
Managing Partner, Low Country Creative LLC
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
[Simon Ubsdell] ”
I’m just going to knock this piece of ad hominem nonsense on the head once and for all and then leave. I was here enthusing about FCP X before most of you showed up – within days if not hours of the launch to be exact.While that may be true. I think that is largely irrelevant.
[Simon Ubsdell] “I do not believe I have ever been dismissive of FCP X nor do I have the intention of ever being dismissive of it now or in the future. I will continue to use it and enjoy using it for as long as it’s still around. And I will reserve the right to be as critical of it as I would be of any other piece of software.”
No one is saying that there should be no criticism of FCP X. But I think if this is what you’re trying to communicate, you need to revisit your tone. You are not coming across that way. Saying you’re with Andreas, who( regardless of the entertainment factor) is clearly dismissive of FCP X – well that actually communicates something. And what actual specific criticism is in this post? I don’t see any specifics. Look, we’ve all had our rants. But by and large rants are not positive interactions. And do little to further good discussion.
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MEGA – Make Editing Great Again!
[Personally, I keep coming back to this forum for the entertainment. …just when I think threads can’t get any more silly, they do.]
Anyway, back to my serfdom.
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[James Culbertson] “.just when I think threads can’t get any more silly, they do”
Exactly!
Did you hear that FCPX is the main cause of global warming?
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Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Visual Storyteller
https://vimeo.com/channels/1322525
Managing Partner, Low Country Creative LLC
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
Simon-
I hope you don’t leave for good. Your contributions to both discussions on this forum, and to the greater FCPX ecosystem are great.
I hope to see you in future threads.
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I hope Simon will stay as well. I may not agree completely with his opinions in his original post in this thead but I respect both his opinions and him. A healthy debate is always good. Simon, please continue to contribute here!
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