Tony West
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[Jeremy Garchow] “But what if someone could be editing while you are organizing? “
They could be, but how would they know what to edit? I’m not done with the footage yet : )
All joking aside, I would welcome it also and agree it would go a long way for groups like yours Jeremy, I was just speculating on why I think it hasn’t been a top priority for them.
I think their aim has been empowerment of individuals first, and so much of what they do points to that. Hopefully they will add it, but like you, I’m going to keep on with it either way.
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[Tangier Clarke] ” If I were working in teams more regularly”
When I look at Apple marketing, to me they are all about empowering the individual. When it come to film, music, or art. Making the person who is an outsider and lacking the support of a huge team feel like “You can compete on your own”. “Don’t have super big money and means?, We got you”
They used Billie Eilish last year and I don’t think that was by accident. She speaks publicly about making her album in a bedroom in her house and now she is on top of the world. It’s, you can be like her……from your bedroom to record Grammy wins.
I think the whole collaboration with a bunch of people almost goes counter to that on it’s face. I agree with the points Oliver made when he wrote about the marketing team.
When I collaborate with people on X, I’m on the front end. I start the library and bring in the footage that I shot. I tag and organize things and sometimes set up grades and sound work as option in events. Then I hand that library off to the editor in another location and I’m done. Works great if you are not trying to have the same library open at the same time. I think most people work that way anyway. Someone preps footage and organizes and then someone cuts, then someone grades then sound. I think people do that all the time with X. Do your part, get out and then the next person comes in and so on.
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[Oliver Peters] “FWIW – speed of the software is rarely an issue with feature film projects.”
I don’t know about an “issue” but it’s likely a preference. I guess it depends on the filmmaker and what type of film it is.
I saw the film last night. What really stood out to me was the story and the performances. I love how it was shot also.
Joon Ho being a skilled editor himself shoots for the edit so there is not a great deal of free styling in post because he shoots mainly what he needs. When you watch the film you can see that style in the way it all comes together.
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Thanks Nick. I was just curious because there is so much focus on speed these days.
” How fast is the new Mac Pro” ” How fast is this or that”
He obviously wasn’t concerned with speed using that old program. He seemed more concerned about getting things just as he wanted them. Food for thought maybe.
We sometimes think of top talent using top gear and better than most folks can get their hands on but that’s not always the case.
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[Oliver Peters] “Films like this are generally not cut with native, full res media on the edit system. Usually lightweight edit files are created beforehand and that’s what you cut with. Then the finishing is handled by the facility doing color correction. “
Thanks Oliver, but I already know he used proxies, the article covered that. This article isn’t about CC it’s about VFX and I want to know if he did all those VFX on an old computer or a new one. Not what other people do, what did “He” do.
I’m just curious.
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I would have liked to have seen more about his workflow.
Did he use an old slow computer also or something like an iMac Pro with the old software?
He said that he found 7 “simple” to use. Not better than what’s currently out there, just “simple”
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[Joe Marler] “This is an excellent question, also with regard to the iMac Pro vs Mac Pro. You must consider the resell value of your iMac or iMac Pro when every 3 yrs you upgrade to a new one, and compare that to the upgrade cost of the Mac Pro. “
I would also consider the time involved in doing all that. Trying to sell your computer and moving all your information from one computer to the other. I’m excited about the nMP but not so much the time involved in migrating everything I have over : ) Don’t really want to do that a bunch of times myself.
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[Bernard Newnham] “Removing all the cables seems a pointless exercise, unless of course you are trying to lock your customers in to a rigid system.”
He really didn’t appear locked in though, in the video. He added that gaming card (that I don’t really care about) along with cables to attach it and he said it worked “flawlessly”.
When you add modules without cables into this machine they are going to just slide in there and click easy. Seems like less to go wrong when doing it. Btw his added cables looked tight and bent around to me but I’m guessing they will be fine.
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I’d like to know if their engineers went cableless to make it more durable in that less parts to go wrong with it or for style.
Not many people are going to be looking at the inside of the box for very long.
Makes more sense for that to be a longevity move. Does anyone know for sure?
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[Oliver Peters] “Must have good business to be able to drop $6K just to see how it works ☺”
I thought the same thing.
I did enjoy the inside tour though.
I also don’t think it’s about doing 8k at this point. Maybe down the line, but you know if it can go through 8k like butter it can fly through graded 4k even faster and that’s a format many work with a lot.