[Bob Woodhead]

[Jeremy Garchow] “Please post your edit plane pictures for verification by the Edit Suite Authoritiarians (ESA).”

The American Coffeeshop Editors Guild is accepting nominations for the 2013 ACE Awards. Pending approval by the ESA of your venue, your coffeeshop-edited video can be entered in the following categories:

– Best Edited Turnaround: for those films that were supposed to be a comedy, but due to the cute barrista at the counter, resolved into a “Memento-esque” reverse unfolding dramatic storyline (likely caused by misplaced keystrokes). A photo of the barrista is optional, but enhances your odds of winning.

– Best Edited Picture of Mary Magdalene created by Coffeecup Rings on a Script

– Best Edited Half Hour Series that Should Have Been an Hour But The 2nd Drive had a Double Latte spill on it

– Best Edited Story to the IRS How Your 72 Hour Stay at a Starbucks is Indeed Tax Deductible

Good Luck!

[Bob Woodhead]

Mmmm… I do these all the time for L cuts, and I think I prefer having hidden as default. Almost always (for me) it’s a SOT, so it’s obvious it goes with the lipflap that’s just around the corner. So it’s not confusing where the audio is coming from, and keep the timeline condensed, which is much more of a constant concern. Even with clips as “whatever the tiny bar icon is called” setting, the timeline still sometimes needs more vertical scrolling than I’d like.

[Bob Woodhead]

[Jeremy Garchow] It went from A-Ha moment while drinking coffee in a situation that was obviously beyond Bob’s control, to you must edit in a pristine bordello with a cleaning service while trying to avoid getting your eyes plucked out to be a professional.”

Lol… thanks Jeremy.

Yes, I don’t know how people interpreted my post as saying it was BETTER. Of course it’s not better (or even as good)! Sheesh.

I said it was “as efficient” – that I felt I could not have completed completed the edit significantly faster sitting in my edit suite. Until now, my editing on a laptop always incurred some undesirable overhead in terms of productivity; render speed, edit speed, access to files, etc. I felt none of those limitations in the coffeeshop this time. And it wasn’t because of “lightweight” content – this was all ProRes 1080. Had I been in the suite, yes, I’d have had assets to ensure that the product was as perfect as possible, but if I had been in the suite, the product would not have been delivered!

[Bob Woodhead]

Well, the screens (2) were…. really big… don’t know size, but there were over 500 people in the room, and the projectors getting the ProRes 1080 signal were Christies. And the sound was… well, loud. As was the applause at the end.

So…. ummm…. I guess I failed?

[Bob Woodhead]

Yeah, editing on a coffeeshop table is absolutely NOT a replacement for a professional monitoring environment! And if I could insist to only work from 9-noon on Tuesdays & Wednesdays, I would, but unfortunately, some jobs require otherwise. The aha! moment was that in what used to be a compromise in terms of efficiency was no longer there. Yes, I fully expect clients to continue to request that in some circumstances. And I will be glad to charge them accordingly. (By that, I do not mean less!)

[Bob Woodhead]

I do, but it’s a wicked PIA to keep the point sharp enough to only hit this bit and not that byte.

[Bob Woodhead]

Chronosync will do TimeMachine-like backups of specific folders INTO specific folders. Have cake / eat too.

“Constituo, ergo sum”

Bob Woodhead / Atlanta
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“What a long strange trip it’s been….”

[Bob Woodhead]

Isn’t this the point in the edit where a black-clad, Kevlar-wearing dude fast ropes in from the sky and announces, “I’m from the Government, Trust Me.” ?

(getting back under my tinfoil)

[Bob Woodhead]

You know, I knew some are using Compounds as “sequences”, but didn’t really see a need for my workflow to date. Were that “modular project” come up again, I might have realized that Compound renders operate as Legacy renders. Which is indeed a good thing. Thanks.

A shame though Dupe Projects don’t reference renders as Legacy does, with the OPTION of making a dupe with it’s OWN render files.

[Bob Woodhead]

FOUND IT!! Wow… it was an old phone left over in Bluetooth preferences! Haven’t had that one for maybe 3 years.

Digital mice in the wainscoting.