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the process can be prolonged as much as a producer wants to prolong it.
heck yeah, send it to the protools dude and have him bill by the hour while the graphics guy does the same and while your cuttin away if the budget permits. I’m a one man band and am not programmed that way. I do it as good as it can be as fast as it can be. For that reason, I have never needed a protools dude.
Now, when I worked for a network, we had a graphics person and an audio person in each session. That was the linear days though and honestly, not required then either.
looked really cool tho

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I use the force, I guess. I just grab what I like best. Sometimes some ambiance is cool, other times a cleaner mic is cool. Somtimes the decision is based soley on time… how much sweetening I will have to do to one over the other.

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I apply no rules. I just use what sounds the best.

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Valid points fer sure. I do find point of view interesting.
I find the question itself very interesting. To me, modern art is abstract art and that’s not being phased out in the least. Neither is ‘conventional’ art which is what I think he meant. Flavors don’t have to cancel each other out. I have found a wide variaty of spices in cooking, art and life that greatly compliment each other. A pencil and a mouse do that well, imo.

You mentioned craftsmanship falling by the waistside in regards to todays wide distrubution of home creations. I think all thats happening here are more people are sharing their cuts. Doesn’t mean they are a craftsman or an artist. Just means they have a free NLE at home. To me, this increases our worth because more people are seeing poorly done stuff. They know more now than ever what crap is and if they know nothing else, they know what they don’t want when seeking an artist.

I have seen lots of bad story telling covered with bells n whistles. This is not a reflection on the craft.. just the artists. Without new wizbang button pushin fools flyin stuff around all the time, there would be no old school kickass story tellers… just a big pool of plain vanilla cutters.

I think whats happened is a whole new hybrid kind of editor. A best of both worlds kind of person forced to hone a side of the craft otherwise fled from in the name of job security. Man, that’s awesome no matter how ya look at it. Thats like a runnin back that can throw, man and it really wouldn’t be that way if not for today’s digital playground. Didn’t use to be. Use to be an editor looked to the back of the room as much as he looked forward, waitin for somone to rattle off a timecode or some direction. Now, by in large, it’s more of a gimme a flavor and hold on for the ride kinda thang. real time effects, quick renders and multiple undos paved that way, allowing us to be more artist and less media processor.

as for where it’s heading… well, a producer will simply tell the computer to do some bad ideas and via voice activation, it’ll do it without a second opinion or even “are you sure?” As a result, editors will be hired as producers and since they know how to edit, voice activation will be turned off until surfin youtube.

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😉
glad you got somthin out of it, man.

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you may also wanna try saving png files from photoshop.
You can keep PS drop shadows, bevels ect that way.

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If your are making the final piece, not offlining it, you could try just making a video mixdown over that section. It kills lots bugs but is a major no no for off lining.

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80% speed is 24fps but if your film lookin’ a talkin head that won’t work.
I have had ok luck with a strobe at 2 frames.

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check your media settings. If your doing a 1:1 project and rendering at DV25, you’ll see it.
Also, make sure you render and audio dissolves in that same area. I have noticed playpack hooha from what I guess it sees as unrendered effects.

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Hi Phil.
My honest opinion of what you buy with the Avid package is the buzzword of Avid. This was a big deal when producers sought out places only with the A word. Now, they often don’t care or know or the dude pushin the buttons is the producer. With that comes looking hard at the budget and in looking at that, it’s easy to see more bang for the buck is in the FCP system. From being able to tear into HDV projects for a smaller amount of money to being able to upgrade that same system to an uncompressed HD suite with the greatest of ease and
…well, I’d go with the FCP system.