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[Oliver Peters] “But, if the employer hires contractors to edit and there’s a choice of someone who comes in versus someone who doesn’t, then that’s where the dilemma comes in. Especially knowing that the one who doesn’t come in represents a higher business cost. OTOH, if you are a valued employee or contractor, then certainly allowances will be made during this time.”
And that’s why this issue is so complicated.
[Oliver Peters] ” I’m talking about what it looks like down the road, when Covid is no longer a factor “
And while I certainly hope we can get past this pandemic quickly, it seems essential to keep in mind that the fastest a vaccine has ever been created is four years for the Mumps. Talk of everyone going back to a normal world in the near future may be very optimistic but not realistic.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “Why would an employer insist that you put your entire family at risk when you can have the same meetings virtually (again, industry dependent)?
“Yes, thanks Jeremy. You eloquently lay out the many issues involved in returning to office locations. And you raise the number one issue – childcare. There’s simply no way any employer can expect employees to return to offices if there’s no childcare solutions in place.
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I’d create proxies of all of the 4k media in Resolve.
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[Oliver Peters] “While it may be the future, I don’t see it happening anytime soon and being SOP. Outliers? Sure. The norm? Color me highly skeptical”
I hear you in terms of skepticism. There’s still a lot of infrastructure that needs to be built out for this remote workflow to become the norm.
I’m looking at this through the lens of silicon valley where I work. The tech companies are small cities that aren’t easily adaptable to social distancing. These campuses are built to bring people together in close proximity and so they are faced with quite a conundrum. So in the short term, it makes much more sense to allow their employees to continue to work remotely.
In addition, for many of us in the Bay Area a 3-hour roundtrip commute each day is not uncommon. That is a large amount of wasted time. But I realize the reality here is not the same elsewhere.
I do think though that there will be a continuing shift away from dedicated office work and a transition into part-time remote work.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “There needs to be a managed central server where everything can be stored and accessed (or you can assign access).
And then, you need a tried and true proxy workflow.”
Working remotely from a centralized server that stores the raw media and automatically creates accessible/downloadable proxies from the Raw for editors to work on is the future of our industry. And it’s available now. There are a variety of Digital Asset Management Systems out there and frame.io is about to enter that area as well.
Michael Cioni’s frame.io web series about remote workflows has been a fantastic resource explaining in detail how remote workflows can work for a variety of areas of our business. Even remote color correction sessions are possible .
And all of these new workflows are possible without requiring the workforce to get fiber in their homes.
From a liability perspective, there just isn’t a viable reason to go back to an office workflow. Remote workflows are going to develop very quickly and the processes that are put into place over the next few months may very well become permanent.
Post Covid, I can envision going into an office a couple times a week but there will be no need or desire to work in a dedicated office setting all of the time. As a society it’s becoming abundantly clear that there’s a large amount of wasted time in the commuting process. And so it will be very helpful to think in terms of partial commuting instead of full-time commuting.
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And before you buy the RAM, take a look at this video to learn how to buy the fastest RAM for that Mac. This is a Windows 10 tutorial but the same general process would hold for Mac as well.
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[Joe Marler] “I’d be interested in what H264 codec you were using, what hardware and what operating system.”
I’m running a custom built PC. I have an i7-6900k CPU and a GTX970 that I’ll be upgrading to an RTX2060 later this week. My media is on nvme so my thru put is 2600/MB/sec read and 1800/MB/sec write.
I’ve tested the hardware acceleration on a variety of media – sony mxf 4k, xavc, etc. I see equal speed gains on every type but I also transcode all media to cineform before editing.
[Joe Marler] “At least on the iMac Pro I don’t see any further improvement with ver. 14.2.0. Playback performance at 1/4 resolution remains quite laggy, esp. response time to JKL commands. FCPX and Resolve are much more responsive on the same hardware.”
If you’re working from H264 4k media you won’t see any improvement. Transcode all H264 media to an edit friendly codec and any lag issues should disappear.
Here’s a clarifying document from Adobe:
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And much more importantly, hardware acceleration for H264 rendering has been turned on. This is a huge development for those of us who export everything from rough cut to final delivery in H264. On my system, H264 renders are now 70% faster.
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[Tom Sefton] “If this was skimming over the actual 8K red rushes it might be acceptable, but this is 2K ProRes LT proxies – created in media encoder and stored in the root project folder called PROXIES.”
If you’re setup correctly, Premiere can be just as fast as fcpx. I’ve worked in fcpx enough to know what the real speed is and I can say that my workflow in Premiere is equally fast. Premiere is different than fcpx though in that you must have your system optimized.
All media cache needs to be on a separate drive from your main media and edit friendly proxies are essential.
What you’re describing is not normal.
[Tom Sefton] “Skim your play head around the timeline in premiere – it sticks to random sections like (molasses) and when you hit space bar it thinks. “
Nope, it doesn’t stick at all if your system is operating correctly. It’s like butter with cineform, pro res or dnxhd media.
Perhaps it would be more helpful if you’d post your system specs. There’s definitely a problem in your setup.
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The show is a joy to watch and it’s been apparent from the start that the homemade feel and look is just a facade. Fantastic producing and editing is contributing greatly to it’s success.
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