I think that an editor job is 90% feeling (talent) and 10% the tool he chooses to work with so if you are good it’s becuse of you. It’s not important if you use Avid, FC or Adobe, this are just tools to make our life easier.
The same aplies to other branches of filmaking, you are not a best writer if you use Final Draft or a best AD or Producer if you use Movie Magic (or EP or whatever is called now) you just might work faster.
I agree with you that it’s a thought business and that big part of it is about contacts but if you feel that you are good at it then you should be patient and you will break in.
Good luck. 🙂
That´s true, you can edit them in FCP with the plug in now, 🙂 but it´s extremely slow and I am guessing that it has a lot of issues if you have a large final project.
1920×1080 is 16:9, I guess the problem is that he is watching it from a laptop that does not has a full hd resolution so in order to fit it the computer puts black bars in the top and in the bottom.
I am using a 13″ macbook pro and the video has the black bars but it´s full screen in the iMac.
The only issue you might have is that thoes files don’t play specially smooth since they are really compressed. It’s ok if the action is still but at the first camera or actor quick movement it’s going to look bad.
Do a log and transfer on FCP to Prores LT and your client and your computer will be happy. 🙂
I am working in a TV series, we are shoting with the ag af100 with pl mount and converting it to Prores LT. It’s mainly people talking and from time to time we use a dolly for travelings and so far I haven’t seen anything wrong with the convertion. We made tests before we begin and could not find diferences betwen LT, 422 Prores and HQ. Maybe for a lot of action and keying you need HQ but if not stick to LT and save money on hard drives.