[Tony West]

[Richard Herd] “X gets through the organizing process really fast”

Indeed Richard,

I am loving the organization of X for my doc work. I group subjects into folders and drag them in and let it tag them all.

To me, the bigger the project is (more elements to keep track of) the more I’m drawn to X

But with the doc, I’m also constantly moving huge chunks around the timeline as I discover new things.

That timeline is perfect for that.

In my town the CBS, NBC and PBS affiliates are all using X in some fashion. I see a couple of post houses that have gone Pr and one I know of that uses X and Pr

[Tony West]

[Justin Crowell] “I still think, however, that the biggest problem is that I have to favorite, stop playback, grab the mouse, click the favorite and hit enter, title it, and then restart playback”

I hear you, I have been looking for a way around that for a while hahaha

I might end up stopping the playhead anyway because I’m not that fast of a typist : ) but it would be cool to have the option of letting it roll as you type for folks that can type fast.

[Justin Crowell] “are you able to unfavorite multiple ranges at once?”

Yeah, I believe if you select one of the favorites and then hold down shift and hit the up or down arrow to select multiple items, then hit “U”

[Tony West]

[Justin Crowell] “The problem with the Favorite approach is that it means I have to review ALL of my footage twice: “

Justin, it’s a good topic.

Here is my approach to logging long interviews.

I use Favorites, then I type a couple of words in the Favorite space to describe what the person is talking about.

Then I type exclamation marks behind those words. 4 for a bite I know I’m gonna use and one for a bite that is kind of interesting. (or two or 3)

That way at a glance I can see by those ex marks right where I need to go.

the best part for me is I can then go to the library and type in lets say “airport” and I have every person that is talking about the airport, all b-roll for the airport and all pics for the airport (because I have key worded those pics and b-roll).

I will admit that the initial logging this way may be slower then how I was doing it but when it comes to editing I more than make up the speed.

I find the bites fast and I know how good they are without re-watching them by those ex marks that I put there and the description.

I think if I could do this and have the playhead keep moving while I’m doing it, I would like it even
more : )

[Tony West]

People were actually using X like this before they added multi-cam when it first came out.

Since X syncs through sound, some would just sync up the clips and stack them in the timeline
(I guess the way you do) and then just blade them.

The sound syncing seemed to make quick work of it.

While Mark makes a good point, at least X gives you the option to do it more than one way.

[Tony West]

[Lillian Young] ” but not before a heart attack.”

hahaha this line made me smile : )

I have to say though, I have had X crash many times on me and when I bring it back up it’s all there to the last edit. I have to give it to them on that.

I have not used PrP, but have worked in Photoshop for hours and had it crash and lost all my work.

Grrrrrrr

I had a rough transition with the whole Mavericks deal to 10.1 and was on here complaining loudly abut it, but things seem to have settle for me.

[Tony West]

[Darren Roark] “3D capability of a TV doesn’t hurt the 2D at all. In many cases the 3DTVs are better in 2D as some models need stronger processors to display twice the frames for the ‘active shutter glasses’ type.
“

Yeah, that’s all good if you got extra money laying around for that type of thing.

Things are tight for many in this country. When things are going well us sometimes we forget what’s going on with the rest. I didn’t think people would spend their money on it.

[Darren Roark] “Nobody wanted to wear the stupid glasses.”

they don’t seem to mind wearing them when they go the theater, but again, they aren’t spending that much cash to do that.

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[Jeremy Garchow] “As a consumer, you have to replace a fairly new TV with a brand new 4k TV. Besides Seiki, 4k TVs are typically $5,000 – $20,000+. Of course this price will change, but for now, the one guy in the neighborhood who had a laserdisc/projector setup will be the guy who has the one 4k TV in the neighborhood streaming 4k YouTube videos.”

This is why I think 3D fell flat. I never believed people would toss out their nice new HD TV for a 3D one.

And they didn’t. At least, not enough did to keep it going. it just wasn’t practical.

I don’t see streaming 4K all that viable either to tell you the truth.

1. I don’t see enough folks buying a 4k TV

2. Nobody wants to wait 3 hours for a movie to download.

[Tony West]

[Gary Huff] “Of course, getting 4K 60p in the first place requires a helluva lot of bandwidth.”

Yes, and do they lack the will to even give up that much bandwidth?

Do they want to spend the $ after 3D fell on it’s face?

We don’t even do games in 1080 60p (only i for some) let alone 4k 60p

I could see some great sports shots coming out of it like you said but there are some hurdles.

We use the Phantom cam on certain shows now and everybody loves it, but with a large sensor cameras and prime lenses, tracking action is a little difficult some times. (We usually pick a spot and let action come into it)

Prime glass is great for a sit down interview and certain set up shots, but for covering moving action it’s almost useless.

I find myself shooting with a f3 for certain things and the trusty EX1R for a press conference or run and gun.

I guess I would need 2 4K cameras, one for sit downs and one for action : )

[Tony West]

[Steve Connor] “not because the customer pays for it “

Speaking of spot on, they certainly won’t pay for it.

It’s amazing to watch camera manufactures cannibalize themselves.

How many will pay almost 30k for an f55 now that a two thousand dollar 4k is out there.

How does that drive down the day rate slowing down the paying off of an expensive camera.

interesting times.

[Tony West]

[John Heagy] “7 of 9 best picture nominees shot with the 2K Alexa.
“

Great, I will use this line when someone starts chirping at me for 4k : ))

FOX broadcast in 720

I always shoot 1080 30p to for a little more frame size.

When I think about how many stations and multi million dollar remote trucks I do sports out of that would have to toss their cameras out, I feel like it’s gonna be a while for the networks.