Chris Conlee
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[Shane Ross] “Because testing might reveal that they need to fix a lot…or a little.”
But at least they still support the professionals… 😉
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Yeah, the overwrite trim is a ridiculous idea that drives me batty, and I can’t think of a single reason to use it.
Chris
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[Brian Vedholm] “It can be learned. Everything is just a little more complicated. “
Actually, I’m not sure this is 100% accurate. It’s just different. That alone does not make it “more complicated.” Generally speaking there are probably a dozen ways to accomplish any one thing in Avid. Once you pick the one that you like, you’ll most likely find that it isn’t “complicated” at all, but in fact very flexible and efficient. I feel the same way when I’m forced to use FCP 7; everything feels complicated and unintuitive. Hang in there.
Chris
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Agreed wholeheartedly. I learned Avid by jumping into a small feature film editing gig, without ever having touched it. Believe me, I learned fast. I had a few days of dailies to cut on my own and then when the director first showed up and started asking for changes, whew! I had no idea what I was doing! Thankfully, back then, he was new to the NLE business as well and we muddled thru together. But by being in the hotseat, I realized the things I NEEDED to know and I went to the manual and called friends and did whatever I needed to do to figure those things out first. Then, over time, I expanded my knowledge to the point where Avid is second nature.
Chris
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It’s not even ‘clumsy,’ once you get used to it. It was and still remains extremely well designed for doing one thing: editing. The trick is to let go of your old way of doing things, and simply adopt the Avid way of doing it. I wasn’t always an Avid fanboy: I came from many other systems on the Amiga, PC, and Mac and it took me a good couple of months to get used to Avid too. But now I wouldn’t cut with anything else unless somebody puts a gun to my head. It’s just rock solid, and it now feels like an extension of my hands.
Chris
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Yeah, I was thinking the same thing; I can’t remember the last time I made a “mistake” in my NLE. It works the way I expect it to, so I get the results I’m looking for. What’s the surprise in that?
Chris
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That’s kinda how I read it too.
Chris
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[Shane Ross] “there’s good reason Avid is done this way. Just difficult to move media from one project to another.”
I spent the $100 on Automatic Duck’s Media Copy and it’s well worth it. Allows you to make a copy of all the media accessed by a sequence, bin, or project, and it works very well.
Chris
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Uh, that’s mighty disturbing. Unless Apple fully intends to unveil a two-up display, this smacks of fraud to me.
Chris
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That’s exactly how’d I’d do it.
Chris