[Tae]

GO GET ‘EM DENNIS!

😉

[Tae]

[i]

I hate to agree with you…. but I do. 🙂 I think a lot of people think this, but don’t want to say it.
In a world where computers and high technology squeeze jobs out of the market place in favor of high school internships and lower budgets, fewer and fewer skilled people get a chance to shine.

This is not to put anyone down of course…please don’t take it that way… but the industry of production/post-production probably suffers the most from technological advances.

In the same breath we also have to except that this is where technology is now…and people have to start somewhere. [/i]

I appreciate what you are saying, and I mostly agree. It is a reality we have to accept, it’s just a bummer that some kid fresh out of High School who’s parents bought him/her an iMac can “get th job”.

Not that I don’t think it’s an excellent oppertunity for the kid, but it’s all gotta get done correctly SOMHOW. There has to be a point when this trend levels off.

[Tae]

[i]
How do I read the waveform???? to read those values?
level of black screen 7.5 IREfor example?
[/i]

This is my problem with FCP. It creates a market where people with no idea how to read a waveform/vector are getting work. I apologize if I sound harsh, but there is really no excuse for this. You should know this. Nobody should have to tell you what the basic broadcast specs are. You should know how to create a mix-minus master. You should know what an L cut is. You should not have some music on tracks 7+8, other music on 1 and 2, other music on 4 and 5, and so on. You should only put Bars and Tone on the tape if they MEAN something. You should know the difference between Drop and Non-drop. You should know what VITC is.

Rant over. I don’t hate FCP, it’s a fine program that is still getting better with every release. My problem is with the effect is has on employers who see it as a means to be cheap.

[Tae]

[i]
First you must understand that Avid is not keyboard based. Avid excels when you use keyboard shortcuts.[/i]

I think you mean Avid [b]IS[/b] keyboard based, to which I agree. I also think it’s a much more efficient way of doing things. In FCP’s defense, it is perfectly CAPABLE of keyboard operation, but for some reason, people want to use the mouse for everything, which is amazingly inefficient.

So, learn the keyboard. Map it however you are most comfortable with it. Make Avid your bitch, and you will be much faster AND happier for it.

[Tae]

I too prefer Avid over FCP, but as someone mentioned earlier, that is what I learned on. And FCP is a great tool, I just know I personally prefer Avid.

The color scheme argument holds more water than it is given credit for. I have 3 or 4 diferent timline presets, all with different colors for most of the tracks. This is very helpful, especially with audio. It’s not a deal breaker, but it is something I wish FCP would incorporate sooner than later.

I agree the drag and drop nature of FCP is “more intuitive.” That doesn’t mean better. In a professional environment, with a short deadline, my money is on AVID to get the job done faster. And as far as finishing goes, FCP falls FAR short. It’s an aggravating tool for that. Great for offline cutting, but the onlining process still has a loooooong way to go.

Still, overall, for the money, it’s a great tool.

[Tae]

I’ve used a wacom with a mac based symphony, no problems.

[Tae]

Which product are you on?

[Tae]

[R. Hewitt] ”
DV25 4:1:1 is the DV standard for the NTSC version of DV and not a limtation of Avid. For PAL countries it is 4:2:0.

There is no degradation.”

…Unless you are applying all kids of effects to the video, in which it is recompressed. It’s minor, but it’s there. DV is naturally a compressed format, so 1:1 will ALWAYS be better (much better, IMHO).

[Tae]

[Paul Kyte] ”
The superior value of the FCP Studio package may offset the savings of going with a beige box PC”

Actually, the value of Adobe’s package is pretty good. Especially if the rest of the company is all PC based, switching to Mac wouldn’t make much financial sense.

If the company is all Mac based already, the combality issue is a good point. Otherwise, I don’t see the necessity to go FCP/Mac if he’s actually found a decent PC solution for less.

Out of curious, which PC NLE does he want to use?

-T

[Tae]

[Oliver Peters] “I believe “Sin City” which was referenced was conformed on Quantel products for a variety of reasons, the least of which was probably 4:4:4.

Sincerely, “

I can only tell you what I read in Film & Video magazine. May 2005 issue. I don’t see why they would lie about that. It’s a quote from Carl Walters of the Orphanage.