[Jeff Raskin]

Erik,

Thanks for your post. That makes perfect sense, and gives me something to work with in the DVD machine audio options setup.

Anyone care to tackle the closed captioning issue I am experiencing?

Thanks,
Jeff

[Jeff Raskin]

Interesting thread, and I always join the party late.

Nina, I agree that formal edit training is rare. I learned a lot about editing when, like Mark S., I stared at those open reels going round and round in my first job in the biz, in radio. A grease pencil, splice block and splicing tape should make all of us thankful for the advantages we have with the current technology, but those advantages only make our job a little easier to do. How well an edit works and why is the issue (agreeing completely with Tim K.), not what NLE software, platform, tape format or whatever are employed, and the answer to that question is not absolute. That is why many of us, hell, all of us that take this forum seriously consider what we do an ART.

After well over 30 years editing, I trust myself to know when something works, even if I arrive at that point:
A) Completely by accident (happens more often than I like to admit)
B) Through client intervention (see parenthetical comment to A))
C) With the skillful manipulation of all the elements I have at my disposal

I learn something every day that informs me as an editor. Most days, it is easy for me to remember that I love this business.