Chris Harlan
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[Andy Neil] “People always seem to point out Avid’s trim tool as its saving grace and sure, it’s nice. But in the nearly 15 years I’ve been cutting on Avid I can count the number of times I’ve needed it for a trim I couldn’t do in FCP7 or Premiere, on one hand.”
I don’t quite understand this statement. People don’t point to Avid’s “trim tool;” they point to Avid’s overall abilities at trimming. People like Media Composer’s approach, complexity and overall feel when it comes to trimming. Or not. Really, it is taste. And, of course, the degree to which you inhabit all the options available to you. Personally, I love the way Avid trims, and it is still–marginally–my preference over its competitors. And, I’ve come to the modern Avid fairly late–in just the last few years–so its not because its an old habit that I’m not willing to override.
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I sat through the demo and was very impressed.
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[Oliver Peters] “The folks who actually attended the Connect event came away feeling positive about the experience. “
Yes. Having talked to a few of them, I wish I had attended.
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It was a cool looking camera. tried to heft it today but the line for it was a little long.
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I just marked my calendar, because YOU just said something nice about Avid. Almost knocked me over.
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[Bret Williams] “It was decent. But I remember going through the list of new features for CC and thinking “that wasn’t there already? That’s been in every NLE since 1997!” And sadly I think some things on that list are still missing from X.
Truly the only reason I’m using X is I just like it. I don’t know if I’m faster or whatever, but it’s just more enjoyable. I also resist getting in too deep with rental software. I’ll always be able to open my psd and il files with 3rd party apps, but can’t do that with premiere or AE. Sigh.
“Totally understand. I go back and forth on the CC thing. I use both it and Media Composer pretty much every day. My CC yearly is coming up soon, and I haven’t really decided what to do. I’m doing a lot of writing/producing right now, so I’m working with a lot of low-res offline files. CC is very convenient in the way that it works directly with the proxy from CAT DV, but has a timecode bug that won’t let me switch TC to NDF so I can match TC to window burn. Media Composer is solid with the TC, but I have to transcode the CatDV h.264 because AMA doesn’t recognize it. So, if I have to turn around a script fast, I end up using Premiere, and have to hand log the shots I’m calling from Window burn–something I don’t think I should have to do in this decade of this century.
Right now, I’m only actually editing and delivering a promo or two a week (as opposed to writing and producing them), and I’ve been rocking back and forth from show to show between Media Composer and Premiere. I’ve been using Media Composer on the last 17 episodes of the show I’m on, and should–on the next show–flip to Premiere. I don’t know if I will. Don’t know that I won’t. Maybe I’ll figure it out at NAB.
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[Bret Williams] “The difference between CS6 and CC put it over the hurdle for sure.”
I thought 6 was a pretty impressive comeback, but yes, CC DID put it over the hurdle.
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[Lance Bachelder] “Stop by AJA and say hello Chris – enjoyed meeting you last year – I’ll be in the booth all day Mon/Tues. I’ll probably be on a FCPX pod lol!”
Already planning on it! Had fun last year. Don’t know my schedule yet, but maybe we can some coffee or lunch work as well. But, I’ll stop by, no doubt.
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[Jim Giberti] “And unless you’re comparing 4k and 1080 side by side, I don’t think it’s nearly the most important factor.
“Other than for future-proofing your content, which does count for something.
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ROTFL!!!