Neil Goodman
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[Bill Davis] “but let’s imagine, say a full third (600,000) of the X base just wanted to toss their money at Apple with no expectation of a monetary return, it would probably be equally interesting to determine the percentage of the Adobe Subscribers base who pay their monthly $XX and never edit a frame of video for money.”
I bet it would be pretty even.
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Totally agree with you, all my DP friends edit some of their own stuff (for better or worse), and director friends, etc.
I just think people throw these numbers around too often without thinking of all the variables.
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[Bill Davis] “Well, technically *I* am a one-man-band editor working out of a bedroom.
I’m currently working on 5 videos for 4 clients with operations stretched from the east coast to the west coast as well as my own small personal global initiatives.
And I AM very particularly making money doing it. “
Bill,
My post wasnt a dig at people working from home. Wish I could do it too. Not sure where you took that from my original post and wasnt directed at anyone here.
I was just pointing out, that lots of people buy editing software – who aren’t editors or have no interest in doing it professionally for money.
Im talking about your neighbors kids making skateing videos, the youtube v logger with 20 subscribers, etc. People wanting to make a picture slideshow for their friends wedding. Will a handfull of them eventually get into editing…maybe?
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[Tony West] “As far as freelancers over all, if X has sold 2 million seats how many of those people use it to freelance. I would say just about all of them. I don’t know many people in the biz that don’t do some type of freelancing.
“Id have to imagine a good portion of those reported seats of any NLE come from one man band bedroom type editors..lots of people not particularly making money off editing. With the cost of entry these days I dont think its too far fetched t think a good chunk of sales goes to hobbyists.
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[Gabriel Spaulding] ” wonder why so many Avid and Premiere users are so obsessed with the development of FCP X if it does not affect them? Six years in it feels like Apple could add every possible feature and it still won’t sway anyone’s opinion of FCP X. This isn’t a problem with FCP X, it’s an emotional problem. Too many people can’t let go, and don’t want to share the same playground.”
I’m interested because I’m an editor. Simple as that. If one day FCPX can become my main tool it will. I hold no affection for software, no emotional attachments.
What’s more curious to me, is why after 6 years, X users still feel the need to overly defend X and justify their reasons for using it. usually with the same argument over and over again. If you lovei t -thats great for you, let us people who teter on the edge debate about how and why it could be better.
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Awesome upgrade to the color tools, definitely wanting a little more since I have no idea what to do with 360/VR – but a welcome addition non the less.
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Id take it for free, but its overkill for what I do (all offline)
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I meant more along the lines of people not liking the way this guy talked about time and editing, and that they too thought that was a horrible way to start of the article just as Shane and myself and others noticed.
Again nothing to do directly with X.
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R editors
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Edit..nobody in this thread ragged on fcpx, quite the opposite really.