Franz Bieberkopf
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[Brett Sherman] “Sometimes I wonder if those who can’t handle the FCP X timeline have difficulty learning new things. Or they’re just impatient. It really was no problem for me.”
Brett,
This doesn’t really add to the conversation.
If you are genuinely interested in why some don’t want to use X, ask. You’ll get answers.
Franz.
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[David Lawrence] ” I’ll see about getting permission from my colleagues to post some photos and screen shots and write it up.”
David,
… encouragement to post what is possible.
Franz.
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[Andrew Kimery] “I was going to suggest using Evernote help keep everything organized.”
[Jason Porthouse] “Post-It notes are my favoured analogue metadata … I can’t see any software or e-device replacing them.”
Andrew, Jason,
Scrivener is ideally suited to electronic organization of this sort – it has a “corkboard” mode (with index cards) but you can also view the same information as a “script” (ie linearly) and freely pass from one to the other.
I’ve tried it – I just don’t seem to be able to leave the physical world behind.
Franz.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “Do you edit mostly narrative pieces?”
Jeremy,
I like to edit different forms, but most of my work would best be described as long form non-fiction.
There are narrative elements in almost everything I do.
Franz.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “First, at what stage do you create your index cards?”
Jeremy,
My use of cards shifts from project to project depending on how a director likes to work, but broadly there are two ways I use them.
While screening and logging I use them to identify scenes, sequences, or other structural elements as I go. This first use is purely descriptive and really just another aid for me to get a grasp of the scope of material. I’ve also used printed screen grabs, though as you can imagine this is a much more involved process.
As the edit develops, the cards tend to shift from descriptive to functional – identifying more the way a scene works or its function in the big picture, rather than identifying expository elements.
I don’t go as far as Murch seems to in terms of codes and visual cues:
https://www.chrisportal.com/2011/10/28/walter-murch-at-the-boston-supermeet/#prettyPhoto%5Bslides%5D/6/
… but I do use some colour coding (for example) to make certain structural strategies more apparent.Franz.
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[James Ewart] “Do you people use Logic for audio post much?”
James,
My anecdote comes from the single Logic user that I’ve handed off to over the past 15 years (all others used Pro Tools).
He was quite a devoted Logic user and runs a local user-group. He’s started using Pro Tools in the past few years out of a need for compatibility and a concern for the direction that Apple is taking its software.
Franz.
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[Walter Soyka] “As a logician, I know it must have pained you to write that.”
Walter,
Yes, but as an epistemologist I’m tickled pink.
Franz.
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[Walter Soyka] “”Destructive” is probably almost undefined here, because all image editors would have been de-facto “destructive” at their inception a couple decades ago. “Non-destructive” is frequently used to refer to the newer workflows which accomplish the same thing as the original raster-based workflows, but with greater flexibility.
But non-non-destructive is an awkward construct…”
Walter,
Yes, but I think we are both interested for the same reasons here – the history of the lexicon.
I just think that the careful non-use of “destructive” contrasts with widespread use of “non-destructive”. It suggests they’re not comfortable with the label and probably for reasons that David has outlined.
Or, to put it another way, not non-destructive doesn’t necessarily mean destructive.
Franz.
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[Bill Davis] “With the strong “global” nature of the market for X …”
Bill,
This seems to have been a conversation I missed.
Franz.
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[Walter Soyka] “That’s a list of non-destructive workflows, so we should consider the so-called “destructive” workflows with which they stand in contrast.”
Walter,
Well, maybe.
I don’t travel in enough image-editing circles to know. But as I point out below Adobe.com seems pretty specific when it uses the term “destructive”.
Franz.