Scott Cumbo
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I say train them. If they’re looking to have an “in house” guy, they
probably will do it if you help them or not. So pick a day you have nothing else going on and take their money. $1000 per day, $200 per follow up phone call or something like that. It’s easy money.The “i don’t want to train my replacement” thing is just fear of being replaced. Thats like working in a post house and not showing
any of the assistants anything because “they may take work away from you in the future”. Their is always someone who is better or will become better at what you(me, us, we) do. Why worry about it?Scott Cumbo
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As of now, you need a Mojo.
Scott Cumbo
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I’m assuming it’s because your avid is showing the clip in 601 color space on your RGB computer monitor. how does it look on your external monitor?
Someone please correct me if I’m wrong though.
Scott Cumbo
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In NYC it’s in the 100k range. but it all depends on your skill set
and clients. and by online I assume you mean finishing work.Scott Cumbo
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https://www3.softimage.com/index.htm?section=download/utilities.htm&sub=utilities/All.htm
The link above is to some Utilities avid has… it should do what you need
Scott Cumbo
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Are you keeping your Avid running at the same time?
Not sure about the new versions, but in the past it caused issues.Scott Cumbo
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Remember that “creative cow” is mostly mac/final cut place.
The Avid user base is over at Avid.com forums.I use mainly Avid but have worked on final cut and Like Avid better if I’m just editing.
If I needed to do everything myself (like Audio, GFX, author DVD’s, etc etc) I would go with Final cut.
I feel Avid is a more stable editor. And 1,000 times more stable and reliable when coming in or out with pro VTRs.
Going firewire and file based stuff Final cut kills avid.
Price wise, I could care less because my employer pays for the gear.
Both Avid and Final cut have their own headaches. Neither is even
close to perfect.In the end it’s about you feel comfortable. They’re just tools
and neither won’t make you a better editor
Just my random 2 cents.Scott Cumbo
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Most college kids/fresh out of school will shoot and edit for
pretty much nothing. The clients will get what they pay for.
I use to do it too. When i first got into editing, I would
cut videos and DVDs for bands. Hours and hours of work
for a couple hundred bucks or less. In hind site, I had no
clue what i was doing. But is was more about the experience than
the money.On the flip side, there is plenty of work in NYC.
Plenty of clients willing to pay real rates, for quality work.
You just got to find it. Wish i could point you in the right
direction But I’m lucky enough to have a staff editing job.Good luck!
Scott Cumbo
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Can premiere handle quicktimes with the Avid codec?
That may be your fastest solution. Export QT’s “same as source”
out of the avid.Scott Cumbo
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Avids real time downconvert is a little soft also.
We found that we get the best results outputting to HDcam
(or HDcamSR)then running a down covert dub from the HDcam to a digibeta. We’ll just keep the hdcam as a back up master.Usually we’ll use the realtime downconvert only for screeners
or non-broadcast stuff.Scott Cumbo
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Broadway Video, NYC