[Richard Herd]

[Clint Wardlow] “Yet all of these things that you mention do tell a traditional linear story of sorts. They provide a storyline that progresses from A to B (pre-planned or not).”

A quick bone to pick but not too seriously…
All stories proceed linearly (traditional and avante garde). Non-linear diegesis is a metaphor for complexity in the narrative that forces the audience to use their intelligence and memory, but the playback of the narrative must proceed linearly. That is, even if the tape is cut (like the beatles did famously) and stitched back together randomly, during playback it proceeds linearly.

In any case, X handles well the construction of any narrative. The databasiness gives the editor more “non-linear-ness.”

Oh yeah, “P” turns off the magnetism and puts X in “place” mode.

[Richard Herd]

[Bill Davis] “they have a zillion hours of reality TV “

And edited in Avid!

[Richard Herd]

Shift-F

[Richard Herd]

[Bill Davis] “new and really interesting things that have caused me to question how my entire workflow might change to take advantages of new opportunities that X makes it easier to explore”

Please write these down and share them.
Thanks!

[Richard Herd]

[Clint Wardlow] “It is the complex layers of image and audio that I use so often, that worries me”

Not so stuff to learn either. The really difficult part for me has been abandoning “capture scratch” mentality.

[Richard Herd]

[Bill Davis] “wicked fast general cutting tool”

Word.

[Richard Herd]

will you need to or want to share media?

[Richard Herd]

Bunim-Murray and other big purchasers have big corporate concerns too. Not just editing tech. Those purchases are 60 month depreciation schedules.

I can remember installing a $1.25 million system and the only thing my boss’s boss’s boss was worried about was how expensive it was because the perception was “the more you pay the better it is.”

[Richard Herd]

[Jules bowman] “And I mean top end names who the world hears about, …. I bought into FCP because of that”

A fashion industry! “Does this NLE make me look good?”

[Richard Herd]

There’s a lot of details to wade through:

A list of all the preference details is needed and also all the media types and audio types.

Sometimes X will create the file based on the first clip you dropped in the timeline and if you don’t have the proper preset chosen then it will think you want to make a low-end mp4 or something similar because it was the first clip you put in the timeline, even though you really want APR422.

Hope that makes sense.