Scott Witthaus
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[Uwe Klimmeck] “AVID is changing things deep inside the OS and causing conflicts with FCP and other applications.
They don’t like each other.”umm, not really. I have both installed on several platforms and all is well. Of course you can’t run them at the same time, but having them on the same system will not present any problems.
Bee –
I made the same switch about 2 years ago, and now FCP feels as comfortable as Avid. I have been doing a lot in FCP recently, and now back on Avid Xpress, and Avid is the software that feels old and clunky. yeah, the media management is not as automatic as Avid, but as long as you know this and are organized, the transition will be smoother. good luck.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
Greybox, LLC
Richmond, VA USA
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coulda, woulda, shoulda….
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
Greybox, LLC
Richmond, VA USA
http://www.greybox.cc -
does this need to be a keyframed effect or can you just right click on the cut point and use the standard cross dissolve to a slug or empty space? Why make things more complex when they don’t need to be?
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[NICK B] “he problem as i see it for the ‘lone freelancer with kit’ is the lack of back up that he needs, hire companies should look at that side of the business ie looking after the needs of freelance editors. “
Nick – this is a good point. In the ad world, almost every one of my agency clients has at least 1 FCP system in-house. What used to be good revenue for us in business ptiches, animatics, etc., is now all being done in the agency by agency producers. So, what do we do? What does the ‘lone freelancer’ or agency need?
Infrastructure. Machines, scopes, decks, replication, etc.,. So now, instead of getting revenue off of the boring biz ptich and the like, it has shifted to up rez, ingest, DVD’s, etc. The expensive part of the business these days is in the ‘goo’ that goes around the cheap editing systems. That is one avenue that established companies can still leverage into revenue.
my humble 2 cents.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
Greybox, LLC
Richmond, VA USA
http://www.greybox.cc -
hey Dull –
yeah, go back to QT6.5. Never make a major change like that in the middle of a huge (or any) project.
I was getting general error warnings on a recent project and found it was a problem between my AJA and DV deck hooked into the FW ports. I reset the settings, refreshed media devices, and for some strange reason the errors went away.
But try the QT backgrade first.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
Greybox, LLC
Richmond, VA USA
http://www.greybox.cc -
[Samuel A. Martin] “end stations) on offer?
Will I find more difficult to bring new clients by offering FCP instead of Avid/ discreet?
What’s the general perception of FCP as a high end system?
Will I be considered a low budget facility?
How many serious budget productions would consider doing post on FCP compared to Avid/ Discreet?”Samuel:
Offer the talent and the box is secondary.
In the spot world, FCP is readily accepted and equal in Avid in stature by clients (editors are a different story)
Discreet is a different animal. AE can do a lot, and getting better and faster, but I would never compare FCP to a smoke or flame. FCP and Discreet is a nice combo if you can swing it.
Low budget facility? Again, talent will decide who you are.
We are finishing regional and national spots straight out of FCP suite (AJA to Dbeta) all the time.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
Greybox, LLC
Richmond, VA USA
http://www.greybox.cc -
Samuel –
The shop I own is going throught the EXACT same discussion. We are a spot, music video, promo shop as well, so I know what you are talking about. I am an Avid editor from the time they hit the market in about 92, but have been cutting on FCP (and enjoying it) a lot recently. I also have an Xpress Meridien and a FCP 4.5 suite.
We just had our demo Adrenaline unit in for the last week for evaluation. The list price on the Adrenaline was over $50,000 US (street price is less). The MCA is a good machine, no doubt. But in the end, it is a very expensive Media Composer, limited in its feature sets, and does not integrate with other software nearly as well as FCP does. And its on a PC, which would be the only PC on my network. Again, its a good machine, but I saw it as overpriced and potentially limited in its advances (avid can’t take away Symphony sales by giving MCA too much).
So I went for a quote on a turnkey FCP5 Studio system, and for less than half the (street, not list) price, not only did I get a very solid system, but it also included storage, and a 23″ Cinema display. For my shop and workflow, the ROI on the FCP system seems much better! For the differences in prices, I can live with any shortcomings that FCP has compared to MCA, and there are many things that FCP5 does far better. In my market/workflow, I charge the same for Avid as I do FCP (it really is the editor, not the box, right?), so the ROI equation is a no brainer.
My 2 cents, hope that helps. Feel free to contact me off list at scott@greybox.cc
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
Greybox, LLC
Richmond, VA USA
http://www.greybox.cc -
Dont think Xpro is the main competitor to FCP. I recently had an Avid rep tell me that Avid now considers Media Composer Adrenaline as the main competition to FCP5. He put a demo in my shop and the list on it was $57,000. I said thanks but no thanks.
Xpro is a great little machine, but as I have been discovering more and more about FCP, I would choose FCP. Bang for the buck, FCP is all over Xpro, and FCP’s integration with other software is far superior to any Avid product. Both have thier problems but more and more, if I were to decide again on Xpro and FCP (I have both), I would have just gone with FCP. There is just not a big enough difference in the softwares to justify the price that Avid charges.
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Avid is in a real quandry. FCP is its first ‘real’ competition to its core product line it has ever had. I had an Avid rep place a demo Adrenaline system in my shop when he heard I was looking at another FCP system. I played on it, got the pitch, but honestly could not see the value over FCP5 when looking at the toolsets and prices asked. Avid now feels that Adrenaline is thier answer to FCP5, where 2 years ago, XpressPro was the company’s answer. Of course the list on the Adrenaline was over $50k. I have put in a request for a new CP suite and will be interested to see the price comparison.
Avid will not go away any time soon. It is a great product, and has a huge installed user base. But for the postproduction industry, Avid has a real problem dealing with the competition Apple is throwing at them. At NAB, Avid had no consistent message, and seemed to be stuck in the mud when being compared to what Apple was doing.
All in all, its good for us editors!
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
Greybox, LLC
Richmond, VA USA
http://www.greybox.cc -
shouldn’t you be able to do this by deleting render material via the media manager? Find the render files in the folder and delete? Kind of like deleting pre-computes in Avid?