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I budget in a USB3 drive or equivalent to each project. At the end of a project I copy and archive all the assets to that drive and hand it over to the client. For smaller jobs, multiples may be put on a single drive.
I tell them I will keep the project active on my system for 3 or 6 months, depending on client, and then will delete. It’s their responsibility at that point. I can’t afford to be, or want to be, the archivist for my clients.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
Wow, that is a pretty camera and very flexible. Is that $8995 number for body-only?
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
Exactly. Just did it on a job I finished. Select all clips in timeline and changed to dual mono and loudness. Easy as pie.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
[Oliver Peters] “There are plenty of folks that I ran into whose main focus is non-broadcast video (corporate, training, publishing, etc.). Shared storage is definitely of interest to these shops. The cost has come down so much that a 4-5 suite shop can easily move into a shared storage solution.”
My thought is that I can find out about that locally and not have to deal with the madness that is NAB. Same with cameras. So when I travel, it’s to a better learning environment like that Southeast Creative Summit. And I hope there will be more FCPX/Resolve there this fall.
And NAB is really targeted at broadcasters, but there certainly is overlap. Not enough for me, however.
After you’ve been to Vegas 15 times, the “charm” wears off! 🙂
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
[Mark Raudonis] “You want another opinion? “
Sure enough. We all got ’em! However, like with Bob, yours is just another one and I have been around long enough to make my own.
I stopped going to NAB several years ago and now have been focusing on better learning environments like the Southeast Creative Summit (which was great) and SXSW (although SXSW is getting too large too). NAB is mainly broadcast which I do little of and care little about. What folks do when cutting reality or news has little bearing on my spot and longer-form work. MHO of course! 🙂
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
Agreed. You can take his advice or leave it. Bob is a wise and respected guy, but it’s just one opinion. I like to make up my own mind.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
[Mitch Ives] “Everyone that was around me at the booth liked the idea of being able to locate timelines without having to wade through all the media clips.”
Maybe I am missing your point; You can’t locate your timelines in X? Sounds like a simple organizational problem versus a software issue. I really like how X organizes Big buckets of footage (Library) and then Projects that are related to more organized sets of footage (Events). To each their own; I get it.
From what I hear from other forums and folks who have seen Resolve 11 (Avid folk, not X) they feel the product is still very alpha and has a long way to go. Lots of potential, but a long way to go. I think the combo of X and Resolve, (when ready) holds some very interesting potential. Tracks or not!
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Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
now THAT’S funny.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
[Daniel Frome] “Still, I remain hopeful that they will allocate some resources into this space.”
Nice thought, but I can’t see that happening. Nothing Avid is doing speaks to people like me, one-man show with MC on a laptop and a desktop. Nor do they speak to the small, 2-3 suite shop. Those guys have all gone to Premiere (from FCP7) or X, and will seriously consider Resolve. Avid simply isn’t in the conversation. I can’t even find an Avid suite to four-wall anymore. They made this bed many years ago and this is simply the result.
But, I think what Avid is doing to solidify it’s core market is probably the best it can do at this time. Let’s hope it works.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
[Lance Bachelder] “It’s what most of us wished FCPX was…”
IF you were hoping for FCP 8….many of us like where FCPX is heading. And the interplay with Resolve looks very nice if you need it (or just have to have tracks back).
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter