Marcus Umstead
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Often, people who see my work will ask, “What did you cut that on? Final Cut?” When I reply that I used Premiere, they often have that “spit-their-drink” reaction, followed by a pronounced, “REALLY?”
However, since the release of FCP X, I haven’t had that reaction. Instead, I’ve been offered a job cutting their upcoming movie. That’s my real-world situation with Premiere Pro.
I bought FCP X, tried it a few times, but just haven’t been able to stay with it yet. A friend of mine, however, has committed herself to only using FCP X, and she hasn’t given up yet. I’d like to work with her sometime when my schedule opens up, just to see if I can “get it.” I guess it’s similar to when I forced myself to ride my bike by sitting backwards on the handlebars, just because I saw some other kid doing it. It took a while and it was a ridiculous waste of effort due to the huge reduction in control and efficiency, but I enjoy a challenge and the chicks loved it. 🙂
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Knowing what to charge can be tricky. I just charged a Very Large Company $50/hr for a masssive job (over 1000 hours so far) and they are happy to pay it. In fact, one of the big-whigs said my work is what they have paid $100/hr with another vendor. They no longer use that vendor, so what your worth is something you might have to juggle with what you can get away with to secure the job.
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Wow, I used Media100 back in 1995 or so… I didn’t know it still existed. I have to say that I LOVE Adobe CS5, and I’ve considered 5.5 just to get Audition instead of SoundBooth.
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You say that FCP 7 (and 4.5 for that matter) still work, and “great” at that, but do they? Being limited by old tech like the 32-bit walls and such do not allow progress or even keeping up with the rest of the industry, who will take advantage of the new tech that comes along.
It seems like the still-believers are hoping that by having their car explode mid-race will turn out okay, because Apple will pull a rabbit out of a hat and *poof*… in drops a new super-car that suddenly speeds past the rest of the track. In the meantime, they’re just expected to get out and push the car down the track while others pull away with every passing second.
This isn’t ok. It’s unrealistic to keep pointing out that you could still edit on an older system, because so much of this industry is about pushing the limits, inventing new ways of storytelling, and getting others to notice and ask, “How did they pull that off?”
This is the same reason US Armed Forces attempt to destroy their secret high-tech aircraft when they crash, before the enemy arrives. Sure, they might still have guns that fire bullets, but it’s no match for what DARPA-DAVE and “Q” just invented. It’s about keeping ahead of the pack.
What Apple did to their fans was tell everyone to take a fifteen minute intermission, then switch reels and start a new show as soon as the audience left the theater. Some will hang on and try to get immersed in the plot of this new picture, but meanwhile in the other theaters, everyone is enjoying the show.