[Herb Sevush]

Along with the Murch and Reisz books I would recommend –

When The Shooting Stops … The Cutting Begins: A Film Editor’s Story
by Ralph Rosenblum

Which is less about theory and more about the working lifestyle of a feature film editor. Rosenblum cut most of Woody Allen’s films up through Annie Hall along with The Producers, The Pawnbroker, Goodbye Columbus and many others.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
\”Deciding the spine is the process of editing\” F. Bieberkopf

[Herb Sevush]

When your creating your multiclips which audio setting are you using – One Camera, All Cameras, or Switch Audio ?

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
\”Deciding the spine is the process of editing\” F. Bieberkopf

[Herb Sevush]

[David Mathis] “I wonder what Aindreas thinks of this. Should be an interesting and worthy post to read.”

Don’t tug on Superman’s cape, don’t piss into the wind …

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
\”Deciding the spine is the process of editing\” F. Bieberkopf

[Herb Sevush]

[Robin S. Kurz] ” Pointing, once again, to X’s superior speed.”

That was a very impressive demo. Thanks for posting.

About a month ago there was a very long thread (disclaimer – started by me) with the title “What is Editing Speed?” that you might be interested in.

https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/335/85798

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
\”Deciding the spine is the process of editing\” F. Bieberkopf

[Herb Sevush]

[Robin S. Kurz] “All his reasons for switching sound pretty much like everything that’s been said here and elsewhere so many times before (by people that actually use X), but of course shrugged off as biased, fan-boyish yadda yadda…”

Unless I’m missing something he said he switched because he could export much faster from X than from Ppro. I don’t recall him talking about any other aspect of editing.

“Even more significant is the reason why he switched—Final Cut Pro X results in quicker turnaround time—it allows him to export videos much faster, which allows him to keep his subscribers updated with new content more often.”

So if your mac only, and if speed of export is a significant factor in your workflow, then X seems the best choice. For those of us who edit longer pieces where export speed is not foremost on our minds – this is interesting but not compelling.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
\”Deciding the spine is the process of editing\” F. Bieberkopf

[Herb Sevush]

In my position as forum “alta cocker” I will simply say that finishing to tape is paradise compared with finishing to 16mm film. If you’ve ever experienced the joy of seeing your first check print from an inter-negative come back laced with scratches only to find that your original has been mishandled by some drunken neg cutter and the film that you thought was totally finished 2 weeks ago has to be recut – then the minor inconveniences of outputting to tape seem a positive joy.

There is also the fact that when my assistant lets me know there is a drop out on a frame at 1:11:17:23, I can punch in the fix in a lot less time than it takes to export and qc a half hour show.

I’m not saying I don’t prefer tape delivery, I’m just saying …

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

[Herb Sevush]

[Oliver Peters] “older products are now “vintage” or “obsolete””

That’s OK, I like to think of myself as “vintage” but not obsolete.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

[Herb Sevush]

[Tony West] “I don’t really get the problem, because to me, Game 7 is seen by millions so it’s a bigger “event” than a person’s wedding.”

What about a job that’s composed of stock footage and graphics – what “event” is that event? The concept of “bin” or “folder” includes everything, the concept of “event” includes a lot of things, but not everything. Why, when one is already an industry standard, would you opt to change to a newer term that is less accurate in some instances?

It’s not a deal breaker, but it’s annoying for no purpose. If it weren’t annoying, people wouldn’t still be complaining 5 years later. The fact that this thread exists is proof of the problem.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

[Herb Sevush]

[Joe Marler] ” I find the deficiencies in FCPX’s multicam are hugely irritating and time-consuming to work around. It is amazing to me these are not more widely discussed.”

Yes, the silence is deafening.

For some this is no big deal, for myself it’s just another reason I’m happier to be on Ppro. Maybe this will be addressed in future updates, right after color coded roles and Motion round tripping.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

[Herb Sevush]

[Bill Davis] “So a feature like Match Frame has what I’d call an evolving constituency. In one group, it’s needed daily and absolutely mission critical. In another, it sits on the shelf most of the time.”

But isn’t that true of most edit functions? Sometimes I need to copy and move entire scenes within a timeline, sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I need to color correct, sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I need to nest timelines, sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I need to export to multiple formats, sometimes I don’t. Other than the top 10 or so most essential commands for editing, everything else is dependent on the nature of what you are working on. So what’s the point?

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf