Kim Krause
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you missed my point…i was in no way comparing photoshop to fcp or any other program. i was simply stating that in the good old days before there was photoshop, people created images in a different manner and with different skills and techniques…(real photo techniques done in the darkroom like dodging and burning and cross processing and real airbrushing and all kinds of other imaging methods) photoshop brought these creative tools to the masses in much the same way fcpx is doing for video…..love it or hate it, it is the way forward and anyone who doesn’t want to change will soon be left out…..just check out the new version of avid composer..the thing looks exactly like fcpx…right down to the newly designed controls and dark grey backgrounds….i totally agree that fcpx is not the best choice right now for the pros and maybe thats a good thing…we can still keep using our old outdated software…but to listen to the pros carry on about having to do things different is like listening to some grumpy old man who is so set in his ways that he refuses to change…..i never thought that i would see the decline in film productions during my 35+ years as a telecine op/colorist, but i’m sure grateful that i made the switch when i did…..if i hadn’t i’d be sitting outside starbucks with my empty cup begging for quarters, but instead i embraced the new way of doing things and have managed to carve out a brand new and exciting career for myself…and thats the real power! you should always be open to change! now everyone stop bitching and get some work done or retire and leave it to the next wave of brilliant minds to take over!
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but over time all the old tools were replaced by more efficient, cheaper and simpler tools…look at the ball point pen…the ink is already inside so you dont have to dip into the well all the time. and now you dont even need a pen or paper because you can just write on a computer or iphone or ipad screen, then send it to everyone in seconds…no waiting for ink to dry or typesetters to layout your book or postal system to ship it…it’s called evolution and it changes the way we work……i for one cant wait to see fcp x on an ipad in all its glory…then we will really have something that will change lives! i can still remember the first time i sowed an avid edtotr with his huge system and interfaces and beta machines how a simple fire wire enabled laptop and a dv tape could change his life…he scoffed, telling me it would never catch on because it wasnt professional and only cost a fraction of a “real” edit system so it must not be anygood…i watched over the next few years as his clients all left him for the new guy with the super quick and cheap fcp suite. i remember he even told me that mini dv would never replace beta sp and 3/4 inch umatic tapes…that was the “professionals choice” of course a few years passed and he sold all his old expensive analog gear and old beat up tape machines and binned his aging mac for a shiny new system and fcp version 3. he was able to open 3 edit suites with the same amount of money he had spent on just room 2 years earlier…as a result he now could turn out 3 times as much work and could wean himself off the post houses and finish his projects on line himself. i did the same thing when i saw that it was now possible to grade in a somewhat professional manner from home…..i havent looked at a roll of film since and that was 5 years ago..
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exactly my point….they all do basically the same thing, so make your choice based on what your comfortable with…if you wanna use a quill and ink, go for it, but dont expect to get that book out anytime soon….
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if i may draw a comparison…when i first started to use logic i found it a bit daunting, especially the earlier versions….so i ended up using garage band cause it was so much easier and had the basic functions i needed….when logic gained the ability to import garage band projects i was hooked and now hardly ever go back to g.b. i see the same thing happening with fcpx…first off i have to say i never liked the new imovie (i still don’t) but it seems to me that any program that can import imovie projects is going to open up a lot more doors for people who were intimidated by the original fcp and are now finding that imovie doesnt offer enough features. i learned fcp and still love it but i really think people should give fcpx a chance. i think it is great that we can do a rough cut of some sort in imovie…even on an ipad from footage shot on our iphones or ipad2. having the ability to import that project into a more “professional” program surely must be a good thing. i can just see all those field reporters sitting in the coffee shop with their ipads after interviewing someone on their iphone then heading back to the shop to do a final cut on fcpx…..it’s just a new way to work and i believe one that is ahead of its time! now if only they would figure out a way to get that footage out of fcp and into color or resolve so i can continue to make a living!
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new avid interface looks alot like fcpx…who’s copying who?
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there arent many of us that are freelance…i would guess around $350 per day but the season is only 8 months long so if you average it out over the year you would be lucky to make around $200 per day or around $4000 a month if you’re good. obviously some jobs pay more but many pay way less….
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it’s all about change……when i first saw garage band on an ipad a while back i could hardly believe that it had the same functionality at 1/10 the cost of cubase and logic had running on an old mac some 8 or 9 years ago……a multi track recorder with a sound canvas and a sampler on a ipad for a few bucks! no way i thought…then i tried it….yup, technology had caught up with convenience. now i face the same dilemma as i ponder my future without color. of course i’ll have to switch to davinci like everyone else but i can’t shake the feeling that very soon we’re gonna be cutting and grading on ipads and wondering how we ever managed in the bad old days when we had to have a huge powerful workstation and a mouse and 3 monitors…come to think of it has anyone noticed how many news interviews are shot in HD on iphones now? just watch cnn when you see the shot of someone being interviewed by the media…..not too many camera men lugging around huge video cameras anymore!look around people…that funny feeling you have that someone or something is lurking around in the shadows or around the corner is called change and it will bite you in the ass if you aren’t ready!
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i was told the end of july…probably after everyone is finished upgrading to version 8…….i imagine there will be a lot of traffic on their site when it is released to the public!
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i just got confirmation that the free version will be out near the end of the month….i’m sure they’re just waiting for the traffic to die down on the servers with all the upgrades happening right now. imagine if everyone was downloading the free version at the same time as others were upgrading to version8…that would be a real meltdown!
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how do you color correct with that huge distracting rainbow thingy on your backwall…..yikes!