Tom Laughlin
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Craig,
Is this correct, using Squeeze 8:
Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Digital Chop House
Salt Lake City, Utah -
Could you send me a screen grab of what you’re settings would be set up inside Sorenson? Thanks, Tom
Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Digital Chop House
Salt Lake City, Utah -
I captured the tape, exported a same as source 720×480 QT file, letterboxed. QT player says it is 640×480… It also doesn’t look a clear and clean, as when i export using QT conversion and change it to a true 720x480p .mov, but it looks about 10-15% wider than the 640×480 and though slightly wider, the detail is sharper, help?!!
Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Digital Chop House
Salt Lake City, Utah -
Are there any others out there who are or have developed a 1-2-3 for their organizational workflow with high volumes of media, short turnarounds?
Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Digital Chop House
Salt Lake City, Utah -
Daniel, like how you’ve situated all your windows into a compact layout. It’s cool that you’ve color coated certain bits of footage. I’m heading very much in that direction, using colors to divide things up, so see things or ID them better. Is that middle window, showcasing clips with script sync?
Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Digital Chop House
Salt Lake City, Utah -
That was exactly what one of the engineers I talked to at Avid has confirmed, the code is very very old. This is REALLY alarming, if you think about how much longer they will want to stay in the same mold? How many more years will we stare at 90’s font with a 80s/90s architecture? Eventually, like the other NLE companies who constantly are innovating and changing, they will need to “over-haul” this code.
Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Digital Chop House
Salt Lake City, Utah -
Yea, August, I can understand your perspective a little more in that Avid is more of an “adult” NLE, that’s kind an interesting way of putting it. Many features have been cut on FCP, and Walter Murch was a huge advocate of Final Cut. In many of his interviews, he liked how it worked. Experience on, familiarity with, and personal preferences are all over, but basic improvements are needed regardless what tools are or are not already there in Avid. Feels like a Pepsi vs Coke conversation. But taking off our editor lenses, Avid is missing some efficiency tools that were very useful in FCP7 and that are in Adobe Premiere today. We look at Adobe Premiere, not as a fan or a follower, but seeing what they are doing. It’s like at NAB, when shopping for a camera. Is bigger better or smaller better? In the end they all do the same thing right? They all record the same way or look and feel the same way? It’s like when we went from VHS to digital then to 2K to 4K. It’s like when you hear people talking about how awesome consumer 4K cameras are vs the Red Epics or whatever. Avid as an editor being compared to like the Alexa of cameras? I’ve seen some really beautful footage come out of the Canon 5D MII. Do I need an Alexa or a 5D? Questions, questions, thank for everyone’s comments, they’re are great.
Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Digital Chop House
Salt Lake City, Utah -
Thanks guys for the comments, I’m going to purchase “Avid Agility” for sure.
Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Digital Chop House
Salt Lake City, Utah -
Yes, I’m probably going to look back here in 6-8 months, after having MUCH more “consistent” and editing experience with Avid, and laugh at this posting!
But it is nice to hear from everyone about their current needs and wants with Avid and other NLEs at large.
Merry Christmas Creative Cow,
Tom
Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Digital Chop House
Salt Lake City, Utah -
Shane,
I totally agree with you, the right tool for the right job. I’m only sharing some of my initial thoughts based on a 1st year FCP switcher. I know we’ve all had to switch back and forth numerous times, and that there are strengths and weaknesses to every NLE. I love Avid, I do. So it’s not meant to be a rant, this is simply a wish-it-had list. Avid has implemented many things that FCP7 had, like “Smart Tools”, so it’s nice to see some of that trade-off. The other issue I’m fearing is that again, the idea that this is the ‘kids’ vs the ‘big boys’. This all comes from Avid culture, so I want to continue to edit using and learning Premiere, Avid, and FCP X, this was mostly observational wants, and I’m sure more will come as times flies. But I also don’t look at this list as a huge deal. It’s not like asking Avid to move a mountain. These are functionality items, not preferences from tradition. I use the same efficiency tools in other NLEs, some ones Avid lacks.
I failed to mention being able to work on and have multiple time-lines open. Not a big deal, but in Avid you can only work in one sequence at a time. Yes, I know you can load a second in the source monitor, and I’ve rarely actual worked on 2 time-lines at once, but something very small like that, can’t be done in Avid. Not a big deal. Not a big deal.
Thanks for sharing!
Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Digital Chop House
Salt Lake City, Utah
