Franz Bieberkopf
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[Chris Jacek] ” But even at $20 a month, my costs have more than tripled.”
Chris,
I also see that the “institutional” rate is different (39.99 as you stated) from the educational rate (students and teachers).
One thing to consider – do you need year round licenses? Have you investigated only licensing for the months you need?
I’m very intrigued by Lightworks, but I’ve no experience to offer on that.
Franz.
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Chris,
I’m not sure about your information (or whether this impacts meaningfully on your budget) but I easily find “Student and Teacher Edition” postings for Creative Cloud at 19.99 / month.
Also, I wouldn’t be surprised at price shifts before you current contracts end, but that’s purely speculative on my part.
Franz.
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“[Walter Graff] “It’s basically a pulldown”
[Oliver Peters] “Hmm…. Not sure I would say that. Again, “pulldown” implies doubling and that’s not the case.”
I’ll just jump in to state that I’ve always lamented the vague uses of the term “pulldown”, which is interchangeably used to describe the doubling (and attendant cadence) of fields (and frames), and also a speed variation (and often both).
Post production does seem to collect many half-understood and poorly labelled concepts and terms which get perpetuated …
Franz.
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[Bill Davis] “So on the whole, the big issue is that some people are just naturally unwilling to change their thinking.”
I’m pretty sure this the highlight.
Franz.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “According to Franz, it has to be the most pristine location ever, …”
Jeremy,
If you’re offering to throw in cleaning services, I like it.
Franz.
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Jeremy,
Reductions in cost and size, and increases in power should enable more people to choose their ideal editing environments.
For me that would include quiet seclusion, screen size, audio monitors (and even acoustic treatments), screening conditions, tech resources, a quiet place outdoors near at hand, and possibly a pleasant mountain stream.
I’m sure the cafe is ideal for some, but facilities may well play a role for others …
Franz.
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[Craig Seeman] “.iCloud and these services are weak even as consumer tools let alone the professional who might need to share files or documents.”
Craig,
I think you’re talking about niche needs. iCloud will likely be “good enough” for most people, most of the time …
Franz.
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[Bill Davis] “many extremely talented reductionist editors have more problems becoming comfortable with the two stage process since it interrupts their typical editing approach.”
Bill,
I don’t think it’s a case of “becoming comfortable”.
It’s an issue of choosing a tool which fits my methods and workflow.
I see real value in what I’ve called sequence-based editing, as against clip-based editing. I want tools that support that (quite aside from technology workflow questions). If I see potential, I’ll make the effort to “get comfortable” with whatever adjustments are necessary. I’ve done it before (when I switched from primarily Avid-based editing to FCP), and I’ll do it again.
FCPX seems designed to support two-stage, “clip-based” editing as you’ve outlined many times. I think editors that work in that model see its strengths right away.
Franz.
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Bill,
Though I take exception to your labels, I agree this is very much the case.
FCPX seems to be developed on the “bins then timelines” approach or what I’ve called “clip-based” editing model. (This doesn’t mean it can’t be used differently, but as Herb has pointed out, a lot of the appeal will be for those who work in clip-based approaches.)
That major design model, and the A/B model are very apparent to me (as I don’t really base my approach on either).
Franz.
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[Charlie Austin] “Explain how that works.”
Charlie,
I certain won’t speak for all here, but sequence-based editing tends to be subtractive rather than additive – at least in the initial stage. So selects are made by removing the unwanted rather than adding the desired.
It’s different than using the viewer – because it’s all in one place at the same time.
Franz.