Tony West
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I think Justin short sales himself a bit. He is very smart and talented. He’s also a good instructor. There are no wasted words in his presentation, just straight to the point and clear.
He points out one of the “real” game changers and that’s plugins. 20 years ago you had to make all those effects yourself from scratch and it cost more to do it. (He even had a plugin to straighten a shot. I didn’t know such a thing existed: )
The second game changer is of course there are tons of people like him on YT explaining how to do production for free.
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[Scott Witthaus] “Can there be such a thing as too MUCH content?”
I’m going to go with no on this Scott. There is a lot of stuff out there but we are all not watching everything. It just means that now everyone has their own tailored viewing if you will.
More outlets means more jobs, more opportunities to make money. Also more opportunities to get your work to the public if you are a filmmaker. One says no, you place it with 5 others and keep stepping.
[Scott Witthaus] “Sling was the first to go with Netflix being examined next. Amazon stays because of my Prime account.”
I totally agree here because Netflix has been cutting their content like documentaries where as Amazon is brining in more docs and people can watch them easier because they shop on there with their membership. I liked a few of the Netflix shows but the ones I like have gotten kind of out there.
[Scott Witthaus] ” HBO never was”
Got to disagree here Scott, some of the best TV I have ever seen has been on HBO. “The Wire” alone was worth the cost of admission for me and “True Detectives”? Come on Scott, that first season was a flat-out masterpiece : )
HBO has had plenty I enjoy over the years with “Game Of Thrones”, “Westworld”, “Big Little Lies” recently. “Curb Your Enthusiasm” was one of the funniest series I have ever seen. “I’m a surviver, no, I’m a surviver”
I work so much that I use my Apple TV to watch HBO and other shows on my own schedule.
Those are my thoughts, my brother : )
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“What I’ve found with everyone who has moved to it, including myself – there were always a few little hooks that keep people coming back, even if you don’t like the whole app initially. ”
That’s one of the best descriptions I have seen of X.
X has a bunch of things that are cool and fun even if you don’t like the concept of the timeline, that peak the interest of many editors.
When I’m showing the tools of X to people for the first time they will often say, “Well…….I do like thaaaat part” : )
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[Walter Soyka] “Thought experiment! “
Not really big on “Thought experiments” Walter. I think too many people already have too much trouble figuring out what’s real and somebody’s thoughts.
[Walter Soyka] “How would you feel about the industry relying on a proprietary codec then?”
My point wasn’t about me liking it or not not liking it. I could name a million things that corporations do that I don’t like.
“Some corporation is trying to dominate the marketplace” Ah……………yeah. That’s pretty much what they are all trying to do.
Ironically he was pointing out that Apple didn’t expect ProRes to become what it did. He was saying the marketplace decided that on their own.
I’m just pointing out the reality that I’M dealing with in the market place and addressing some of the points that he was making. He made a lot interesting points that I agree with and are hard to challenge.
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Thanks for posting it.
He spoke about one thing that hit home with me and that was longevity (people still using 10 year old macs).
I tened to spend more for products that will last longer. When I bought my first Mac it never went out on me. Never quit running. When I drop 3k on something I want as much as I can get out of it.
It’s funny, if someone buys another say, Toyota, because their last one lasted for a decade with no problems I’ve never heard them called a Toyota fanboy. People just say “I don’t blame you. I had one of those also, there’re FANTASTIC!
He was right about ProRes also.
Amazon Prime which has maybe the best deal for feature filmmakers, asks for ProRes and of course iTunes does. Those are the platforms I care about having my film on.
Somebody might take other formats along with ProRes, but that’s different from saying we won’t take your ProRes.
I will be waiting for that new Mac Pro and hopefully cutting on my old one until it comes out.
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[Michael Hancock] “Especially if you have an NLE that allows you to color code your clips. At a glance you can see all of your red clips, which are beauty shots, green clips are sports, blue are good emotional moments, etc… I do all of this in FCPX using favorites and keywords and smart collections, but being able to color code and string things out would be very welcome and useful. “
I find the X timeline much easier to see what’s what after the 10.3 update and the list of color codes for the clips and the addition of lanes. (added even more in 3.3 update)
Vashi had one timeline with a lot of tracks and two with not very many tracks. If you were working from 3 or more timelines that had say, 20 tracks each the ccs would be way easier for me to deal with, without a bunch of scrolling up and down(which of course was the whole point of ccs). Breaking the clips apart in the timeline would be one click for me after remapping my keyboard.
It’s an interesting way to work but I wouldn’t give up my 10.3 timeline for it. I would use my browser like he did in that second video.
Being able to make a DCP file is something I would like to see Apple add to X.
I also agree with Steve, bring back the skimming of projects as soon as possible grrrrrrrr
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[David Lawrence] “So what’s more efficient? Markers or metadata?”
For me it isn’t either or, but both.
I use the metadata in the browser as I log and create favorites. I then write into the favorites notes about the clip and why I chose it.
I use markers in the timeline for notes like “get rights to this photo” and check them off as they are completed. I can search those out in the timeline index quickly.
I really enjoyed his presentation. He is old school with those hand written notes.
I prefer as much of the clients notes in email form as possible. Them “I don’t remember saying that” Me “here is your email” : )
I can paste their email right into a marker in the timeline. I prefer it there, instead of on my desk. I don’t like clutter.
Like he said, when that client wants to see something as long as you can get it fast it doesn’t matter how you do it.
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Does the crash follow a pattern,
Like when you are playing a certain clip?
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[andy patterson] ” FCPX’s titling tool sucks ass. “
How did THIS comment not get flagged by Tim.
I’ve seen a lot less not get through.
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[Andy Neil] “the most annoying bug I’ve encountered is that occasionally when working, the play (spacebar) and play forward (L) keys stop working in the timeline. I have to select a different window like the event browser”
I have seen this