[Herb Sevush]

Bill,

That was a very articulate answer to a question that no one has asked. You answered the question “what specific features do you see FCPX having that FCP7 doesn’t have?”

The question Marvin asked was:
“Exactly what specific features do you see FCPX having that no other NLE has?”

As far as I can see your San Diego shoot could have been edited on PPro just as quickly and easily. So unless there was something specific about either the keyword tagging, the auditions, or some other feature of the magnetic timeline that sped your edit up more than cutting in PPro’s more traditional interface, then the question again is what is the advantage of FCPX over all the other NLE’s. Comparing it to the corpse that is FCP7 is not really the point.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions

[Herb Sevush]

Along with Shane’s excellent advice, make sure you do not put sequences into bins. Putting multiple sequences into bins might seem a smart way to organize your browser but for some reason bloats and then corrupts projects in FCP.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions

[Herb Sevush]

Leaving aside the idiocy of trying to edit on an Ipad, I don’t see why you fear editing away from the office so much. Over the years I’ve edited at home for most of the time, it’s terrific. You can’t beat the commute.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions

[Herb Sevush]

This is a glamor business. There are always a ton of people trying to break in. It only pays well for a few. If you are not compelled to stay in it, then change jobs, especially if you don’t have family connections that can give you a start. I have a son and I never wanted him to enter this field — so what did he do, he got into a tougher one, sports. He works 80 hour weeks at a major university for, get this, 6K a year. One day he will have to decide if it’s worth it. Only he will know. Only you will know. Good luck.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions

[Herb Sevush]

“i’ve had to evolve after 30 years…”

That was from a previous post. now I see you are up to 35 years of experience. That’s a lot of growth in the course of one day.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions

[Herb Sevush]

The question isn’t whether it can do something FCP7 can’t, the question is whether it can do something that PPro can’t. Does anyone know?

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions

[Herb Sevush]

Didn’t know that about Starbucks, I had always thought they were simply a Seattle coffee shop that turned malignant. Lewis Black once said he knew the end of the world had come when he saw a Starbucks opening across the street from another Starbucks.

A friend of mine, a “renowned” producer to quote a recent article I just saw, often conducted his morning meetings in fancy midtown hotel lobbies, even though he had a perfectly nice office of his own; somehow it lent a special air to the event. We used to joke that the perfect NY office would be an RV that he could have customized and driven to wherever his clients office was so that all they had to do was take the elevator down and, presto, let the meeting begin. Even with the cost of a driver thrown into the mix, as an option to the cost of keeping a NY office, this was more than just an idle concept.

I’m all for mobilized, decentralized workflows. I’ve been working that way for most of the last 25 years. I use Ichat to remotely collaborate with editors a continent away. My favorite VO guy is someone I’ve worked with for almost 15 years and I’ve never met him in the flesh, the same with one of my favorite composers. I was pushing the edge with using personal computers for video editing back when Steve Jobs was getting ready to release the first 128K B&W Mac.

However there are certain functional limits to the projects I now work on, and the body I inhabit. I need large screens, and many of them. I prefer keyboards as an input tool. I prefer not to work with headphones. I need fast raids to handle mutli-cam editing. None of this is going to change for me as long as A) I need to deliver for broadcast B) I don’t reverse time and start getting younger. Until either I start getting “smaller, simpler, more agile” or people’s home TV’s do, then editing on an iBook or Ipad is irrelevant to me.

And your right, it is worth thinking about.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions

[Herb Sevush]

Bill –

I’m jumping in here but x264 files act just like h.264 files in terms of playback. Nothing new is needed.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions

[Herb Sevush]

This guy has nothing to say but he says it funny. It’s nice to see someone striving so hard for his 15 minutes.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions

[Herb Sevush]

Great. Appreciate it.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions