[Scott Witthaus]

[Andrew Kimery] “For another example, currently I’m doing some AE work on a doc at a small shop (4 people including myself) and they have 32TB of shared storage. I’m on two computers ingesting, prepping, exporting, etc., and an AP is on another computer logging footage. If I had to guess I’d say the shared storage is going to pay for itself inside a year or two due to increased productivity and because there’s no need to but a ton of drives so create multiple, local storage copies of all the media.”

I have 21 computers together using a 32Tb Terrablock storage system where the main NLE is X. Teams can spread out to multiple computers and do the same work you mention above (I think). Some are doing grfx, others are pulling music from DeWolfe, and others are keywording footage in X. All are accessing the same partition and adding material at the same time. Is this similar to what you describe above or are there folks actually cutting the same footage in the same project at the same time?

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Scott Witthaus]

[Andrew Kimery] “Avid going to have the best Until X, PPro, Resolve, Lightworks, etc., create a multi-editor environment as good as Avid’s “

But isn’t the multi-editor environment just a niche at the top of the pyramid?

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Scott Witthaus]

[Oliver Peters] “I do a number of corporate on-site edits that are Avid-based”

And if they were buying today, would you say Avid would be the choice again?

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Scott Witthaus]

There is an article from 2014 linked in the Boston Globe piece that stated Avid was being forced to the “top of the pyramid” catering to a small group of high-level professionals in film or aspiring to be there. Interesting analogy.

Here is the link: https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/04/05/can-avid-technology-make-comeback/E8UjuEitg6js3aqQI72AtK/story.html

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Scott Witthaus]

Oliver may have a point. But I really don’t see any growth opportunities for Avid unless the “whistling in the dark about Avid Everywhere” comes true. While we debate here about X, Pr, and Resolve, rarely does the name Avid come up. Hey, it’s got its place and I have made money cutting on Avid back in the day, but it seems to be out of the picture sans the broadcast and film industry. But if they build it from ground up, does that alienate the precious user-base they count on?

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Scott Witthaus]

EECO Emme (or something like that). An almost uncontrollable linear edit system (the one I worked on controlled MII decks!).

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Scott Witthaus]

[Herb Sevush] “Time has shown me that it is rarely if ever a good sign when a fully formed product is bought up by a larger company.”

Yup. When Avid bought Softimage, nothing good came out of that!

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Scott Witthaus]

Softimage|DS

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Scott Witthaus]

[Simon Ubsdell] “I was just quoting selectively for journalistic effect “

tsk, tsk, tsk….shame on you! 😉

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Scott Witthaus]

[Jeremy Garchow] “According to this forum, by the hour is invalid!!!”

ok, how about a day rate, restricted hours and overtime hourly (with a multiplier) after the set hour limit?

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter