David Cherniack
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[Daniel Frome] “I’ll chime in here too. I work in Toronto, and just like David says about LA — it’s becoming an “all Avid, all the time” place once again. Premiere Pro is not being used anywhere.”
I also work in Toronto….on PPro.
I was recently in the DV Shop and was told they’re selling more CS5 than MC…so there you go. Maybe you should qualify your comments a little more carefully.
I expect that most of the big shops will go aVID at keast for the time being, because it’s the tried and true safe choice. I don’t expect that to hold exclusively true in the future as PPro comes in as a test seat or two, and demonstrates it’s advantages.
David
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Sounds like hedidn’t have max render quality checked on export of if he had effects on the clips, that “Render at maximum bit depth” wasn’t turned on… Or he had “Use Previews” turned on.
David
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If this is the best of all possible worlds my optimism just got diminished. Oh f***! 🙂
David
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[kim krause] ” i can’t stand the arrogance of some of these people. they are so shit scared of change and losing jobs to the new generation of up and comings! an open mind is all that i am asking.”
Do you have any idea how malformed and simple minded this argument sounds? Nobody here is scared of change. You can’t be in this industry without embracing change. It’s a constant because it’s the nature of the tech the industry is built upon.
Instead of whinging about the lack of open minds (and demonstrating exactly the opposite) you may try reflecting on the old adage: “Build a better mousetrap…and the world will beat a path to your door.” Not exactly what’s going on, is it? So I guess resistance to change is really not what this is all about.
David
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[Reed Black]
“Thanks Kim! Finally! I said this about him, directly to him, when FCPX was first released. I was criticized for saying “although FCPX had its flaws its still an AWESOME program.” And he immediately attacked me for it.”Actually, Reed, he wasn’t doing that at all. He was responding to the part of your post where you stated you hadn’t even used FCP-X:
[Reed Black]
“…I gotta say, having read through the manual and watched videos on what IT CAN DO (haven’t bought it yet) its AWESOME!……This is coming from someone who’s been editing professionally since 1996. I started on a movieola, move to a flatbed KEM, then to AVID, then to FCP…..This new version has left some things out (which I understand will be back) but for now its NOT ready for primetime but when it is BOY… its going to dominate the industry like never before.”And he replied:
[David Roth Weiss]
“Reed,You’re brand new to this site, and by your own admission you neither
bought or tested FCP X, yet you’re suddenly qualified to influence
readers by characterizing this new product as “AWESOME!”?Wading in on this or any other subject on which you have zero
experience is not a good way to establish yourself here, nor does it
do service to anyone.With all the experience you claim, it would behoove you to reserve
issuing advice to others on FCP X and anything else until you have
gained at least some firsthand experience with the product.”To claim that he was taking you to task for calling FCP-X “Awesome” is disingenuous. He was merely pointing out that your opinion of its awesomeness and industry-dominating future was an opinion without the foundation of any first hand knowledge. In other words, pretty much worth ziltch.
You then go on to advise Mr. Weiss:
[Reed Black] ” DRW learn how to conduct yourself professionally here, seriously. Because you come across as a total A–HOLE! Not just in this thread but others where I’ve seen you post”
If any derogatory epithets are going to be slung around here you’re doing a good job of getting more than few running through my head. However, this list is best served by restraint, advice I have to take myself in this thread, and if you stop to think about it, advice which David was giving you in his post.
While David may not share your opinion of the glowing future of X, he stands in the company of the great majority of high end users, some of whom are even fanboys. People who’ve been around for a while see through puff and pretense, not to mention wishful thinking. So if you’re going to take him or anyone else to task for not sharing your point of view do it honestly. And have more rationale than “I read through the manual and watched videos.”
BTW if you really started editing on a Moviola in 1996, it doesn’t serve your professional credentials to tout it. Just say’in.
David
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Try Adobe, Vegas, (& Lightworks) out. It depends on your needs. I found that 64 bit Vegas didn’t have the speed or stability that Premiere has.
I’m extremely doubtful that running Vegas under Parallels will be the same as running it on a native Win7 box. But if you go for Premiere that’s not an issue.
David
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Wow David. If you tell’em you’re not drinking their Koolaid they do seem to turn into a bunch of c***s, no matter what their sex. Props to you for maintaining your beleagered integrity. It’s not easy when silly fanaticism runs rampant.
To those critical of DRW’s objectivity: grow up. It’s software not a religion. The man is as neutral about FCX as anyone here.
David
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My experience is give a ten-year-old just about any piece of software and they’ll be using it inside of a hour.
It’s about as meaningful a test as giving a hungry rabbit a carrot to see if he’ll eat it.
David
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Another very useful technique when trying to volume balance a number of different interview clips is to Render and Replace, and then in the Project Panel select the replacement clips and Edit in Audition. Once in Audition select the clips and then drag them into Effects/Volume Matching (I think it’s called). This batch effect will level either the RMS or Perceived Loudness of all the clips. Save them in Audition and they’ll have the new levels in the Premiere timeline.
This has saved me many hours.
David
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[Sam Cole] ” Preciously I was Premiere Pro and I am not going back there; it was a nightmare!”
Sam, it’s good you’re going somewhere which works for you. However it shouldn’t be because Premiere Pro was previously a nightmare. It was indeed that for me at times, as well, but it’s been a delight since 5.0 with 64 bits giving much needed stability for long form and Mercury/CUDA providing terrific codec and real time effects. IOW because the past was painful the present may not be…and it may suit your needs.
David
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