Jerry Hofmann
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Man does your post sound familiar!!! LOL!!!!
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski. My Blog: https://blogs.creativecow.net/Jerry-Hofmann
Current DVD:
https://store.creativecow.net/p/81/jerry_hofmanns_final_cut_system_setup8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX – Cinema Displays I have a 22″ that I paid 4k for still working. G4 with Kona SD card, and SCSI card.
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Any more, we’re all mostly “online” editors. Mostly gone are the days where an edit is “offlined” then “onlined” by a specialist. Maybe my definition of this is different from your’s, but pretty much I’d guess that well over 90% of the work is finished or “onlined” by the same editor.
That said, to become a working professional, what you need to do is edit, then edit some more.
I say to my students always that what makes a career isn’t talent. I believe that talent is cheap. There’s lots of that around. Rather, it’s perseverance, and a strong positive can-do attitude that makes careers. Talent keeps you there, but it doesn’t usually get you there.
Study the craft by finding a job in a facility is a good way to start. Take any job they’ll give you and work your way up.
Another way is to simply start your own company. That’s how I started any way. If you have the ability to sell, you can get going that way. In fact, if you have the ability to sell production, then in effect, you hire yourself to edit. That’s what I did. I produced, directed and edited. Of course this means smaller jobs to begin with, but it does mean that you have a lot of control over your own destiny. Further, if you over deliver on projects you’ve landed, your business will grow. This industry is based on repeat and referral business, which is why it’s not really clear how to get started. You can’t get repeat and referrals if you’re just starting out. Persevere my friend… it’s those first jobs that are the hardest to get I think.
I think the majority of the industry is sort of down sizing. More people in it for sure, but smaller groups of people are working together. Case in point: Alpha Dogs is a popular posting facility in LA. There a group of editors joined together to create a shared facility full of high end gear. They all work together and their collective “repeat and referrals” keep them all busy. It’s an employee owned company. This is what’s happening all over the country these days. So starting your own company isn’t out of the ordinary don’t think.
Another direction to take is to freelance. Build a strong demo reel of what you can do, and make time-honored rounds to facilities and entities who might hire you to edit their projects. Figure for every 15-20 calls you make, you can land one interview. But after a couple of years of this, your “repeat and referral” freelance life perks right up, if your can-do attitude is present and you have the talent you likely have already or you wouldn’t even be interested in the career… right?
My 2 Cents.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski. My Blog: https://blogs.creativecow.net/Jerry-Hofmann
Current DVD:
https://store.creativecow.net/p/81/jerry_hofmanns_final_cut_system_setup8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX – Cinema Displays I have a 22″ that I paid 4k for still working. G4 with Kona SD card, and SCSI card.
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Good read indeed.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski. My Blog: https://blogs.creativecow.net/Jerry-Hofmann
Current DVD:
https://store.creativecow.net/p/81/jerry_hofmanns_final_cut_system_setup8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX – Cinema Displays I have a 22″ that I paid 4k for still working. G4 with Kona SD card, and SCSI card.
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I have to ditto that sentiment.
I have a G5 running FCP 6 on OS 10.4 with a Kona 2 card in it (works just as it did 8 years ago), and a 8 core intel running 10.6.8 on two partitions – one for an Io HD, and the other for a Matrox MXO 2 (JEST in case…) and a “play OS” on yet another drive inside that’s a testing OS (Lion at the moment). External storage will
On the laptop, Lion with FCP X, and another partition with 10.6.8 running Studio 2009.
iCloud makes all this REALLY Cloudy! LOL…
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski. My Blog: https://blogs.creativecow.net/Jerry-Hofmann
Current DVD:
https://store.creativecow.net/p/81/jerry_hofmanns_final_cut_system_setup8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX – Cinema Displays I have a 22″ that I paid 4k for still working. G4 with Kona SD card, and SCSI card.
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Is this problem the same on all sequences from other projects etc?
Jerry
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Try exporting a self contained QuickTime movie using QT conversion. Change the format to ProRes 1920X1080. Don’t change frame rates. Try compressing that file to the file you need to deliver.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski. My Blog: https://blogs.creativecow.net/Jerry-Hofmann
Current DVD:
https://store.creativecow.net/p/81/jerry_hofmanns_final_cut_system_setup8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX – Cinema Displays I have a 22″ that I paid 4k for still working. G4 with Kona SD card, and SCSI card.
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My Bad… I meant reSEATing… open the mac after you turn it off, take the card out, blow in some compressed air if you have it, and then put the card back in.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski. My Blog: https://blogs.creativecow.net/Jerry-Hofmann
Current DVD:
https://store.creativecow.net/p/81/jerry_hofmanns_final_cut_system_setup8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX – Cinema Displays I have a 22″ that I paid 4k for still working. G4 with Kona SD card, and SCSI card.
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Looks right to me… might try resetting the Kona Card, and triple check the cables so that you know they are tight.
Jerry
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That’s a data rate you can select from Compressor’s MPEG video settings. Look in the Inspector once you’ve selected a preset to start with.
Chances are they want a program stream, and not what would be made for a DVD SP project… That you can select from the Inspector as well.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski. My Blog: https://blogs.creativecow.net/Jerry-Hofmann
Current DVD:
https://store.creativecow.net/p/81/jerry_hofmanns_final_cut_system_setup8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX – Cinema Displays I have a 22″ that I paid 4k for still working. G4 with Kona SD card, and SCSI card.
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Post your sequence settings and the Kona 3 control panel settings.
Also post the source material’s properties. MP3’s in there? or? Video was shot what format etc…?
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski. My Blog: https://blogs.creativecow.net/Jerry-Hofmann
Current DVD:
https://store.creativecow.net/p/81/jerry_hofmanns_final_cut_system_setup8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX – Cinema Displays I have a 22″ that I paid 4k for still working. G4 with Kona SD card, and SCSI card.
