What to DO??? FCP, Premiere, still mad after all these years

[Steve Connor]

[Andrew Kimery] “I feel like we are heading towards a Monty Python skit.”

Oh yes we are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFKtI6gn9Y

[David Mathis]

Brilliant! That skit ironically and aptly describes the very nature, the very essence of this forum. Conicedence? I think not! Let the arguing and slapstick comedy carry on mate.

[Laurie Pepper]

Thanks Scott, and I do understand what you’re saying. But right now I’ve got some time constraints and it is SO WONDERFUL using FCP7 because it’s all so automatic and easy for me, even tho I’ve been away from it for 3 years.
When I brought my fcp project files into Premiere and looked at the files in the browser my heart sank, because they made no sense to me. (Actually importing missing files was an enormous problem for me—seemed like it had to be all of them or none!. And It looked as if individual assets that had had alpha channels had somehow paired with their composites and were stuck with them. But you don’t need to hear this.) I simply couldn’t face a crash course in premiere even tho I use all Adobe software otherwise and lean heavily on After Effects. So my current problem is solved, and I’ll do a course in Premiere after I complete what I need to complete in order to present it. Meanwhile, I wonder if Walter Murch has returned to Avid. I’d be willing to bet money he’s not using X! Anyway, thanks for what I realize is good advice.

[Scott Witthaus]

[Laurie Pepper] ” I’d be willing to bet money he’s not using X! Anyway, thanks for what I realize is good advice.”

Actually, you would be surprised how good X is, and I have shifted over all of my short form work to it from FCP7 and Avid. But, that is for each individual editor to find out on their own. These forums rarely convince otherwise! Good luck!

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Oliver Peters]

“Meanwhile, I wonder if Walter Murch has returned to Avid. I’d be willing to bet money he’s not using X! Anyway, thanks for what I realize is good advice.”

His last released film (“Particle Fever”) was cut on FCP 7. Sometimes these decisions are made by the studio involved. He’s done Avid when the studios have dictated or when starting on a job partway in, like he did on “Wolfman”.

Oliver

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