Walter Biscardi
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The upcoming updates to Premiere Pro will allow PPro to use some effects from After Effects directly in PPro including tracking.
https://blogs.adobe.com/premierepro/2014/04/thenextpremiereproccrelease.html?sdid=KLDNF
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[Mike Cohen] “Are you all saying that when the CC server went down you could not use your local software? I thought CC only had to re-authorize once every 30 days.”
If you were completely logged out of the software, you could not re-authorize it to use it. As in our case, we have 10 systems, 5 licenses and we log out / log in as needed on the various machines.
In that case, you could not log in to use the software. Once your system is logged in, it stays logged in until you log out. Regardless of how many times you turn on / off the machine or whether you’re connected to the internet.
So if you were among the unfortunate who were completely logged out of the software, you could not log in for an entire day until Adobe released the Trial workaround.
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Net 30 is standard though we put Net 15 on all our invoices.
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[Mads Nybo Jørgensen] “an Adobe employee have dared to venture in there and tell the forum that the issues have been dealt with and that the problem should now be fixed – can’t remember any other major supplier/manufacturer doing that?”
Adobe has actually been a very active participant in that forum as well as all the Adobe forums. They are among the most open manufacturers I’ve dealt with to date. That’s one of the main reasons I have confidence in the products.
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[Mark Suszko] “But my view is that our choice of tools for doing our business is a valid subject in a business forum. As is the over-arching theme of how subscription-based services relate to our business. “
You’re very correct that this is worth of a rational business discussion.
I’ve been very direct with my Adobe contacts that they need to develop a fail safe, local authorization mode that goes beyond the “trial mode” workaround. Honestly what happened this week was completely unacceptable. So long as you were logged in, the software was useable. If you weren’t logged in, for a full day it was unusable until Adobe released the trial mode workaround.
That has a definite impact on business. You know that a server failure or a hack is going to happen at some point no matter how many safeguards are put into place. It’s common sense that absolutely NOTHING is 100% fail safe.
So what I’ve requested is some sort of a code that a user would enter into the CC Panel that allows the local user to log into the software so we can work while the server is down. The Panel already recognizes that it cannot connect to the server. So in this instance, it would alert you that the servers are down and prompt you for a code.
That would be a very simple fix that doesn’t involve a lot of moving parts. This was definitely a wake up call, though will not shake my use of Adobe at this time. The tools and integration are just second to none and the engineers are really listening to us.
But all the listening and improvements in the world do not detract from the fact that loss of access to software at any time during the production process is wholly unacceptable. That has a direct impact on the bottom line of any business. With the wealth of tools out there and the universal “plug and play” aspect of all of our gear, it would be a very easy business decision to simply switch to a different tool.
This is a good discussion so long as we keep it rational and to business. Otherwise, the other forum Mads mentioned is a good place to vent.
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[Mark Suszko] “So you’re still committed.”
Yep, the outage did not affect us, thankfully. If were on Teams, it might have been different.
[Mark Suszko] “Going forward, is this going to hurt CC sales in the short term?
“I can’t answer that. That’s up to the market.
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[Mark Suszko] “The users need to make some rain. CC use is locked up due to some glitch at Adobe. Apparently worldwide.”
That’s over, fixed last night.
Adobe also came out with a workaround to allow users to go into Trial mode to keep using the software.
I’ve been speaking directly to Adobe to propose a fail safe option in case something like the re-occurs.
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[Osama Ommey] ” It’s a very sensitive job which needs full concentration and full body energy and perfect mental state to give the best creativity you have … , so you might not be tired physically , but such activity makes your will to work very low !”
This is also a job that requires you to get out of the office and the edit suites multiple times per day to stay fresh. That’s why we have four different types of coffee makers, oversized kitchen / game room, 1 acre backyard and so on. To allow our creatives the opportunity to take a 5 – 15 minute break to re-fresh their mental slate.
Cleaning the office is part of that. My employees take ownership of the facility and they take pride in just how well the facility shows to our clients, both new and old. The weekly cleaning re-enforces that we are a family, all working together, all helping to keep each other’s back.
Editors and Creatives are not prima donnas, they can pick up a broom and a mop if need be.
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[Osama Ommey] “Question : Do media creativity firms apply different workflow plan because employees there need a creative environment where they can’t spend their energy on tiresome activities like cleaning ? Thus : Do I have to hire a professional cleaning stuff to maintain my staff creativity energy ?”
In my case, staff of 6, we clean the offices ourselves. Generally Friday afternoon. My Production Manager and Media Specialist take care of the “big floors” (hallway / kitchen) and the bathrooms. The general staff clean their rooms and the other creative spaces. That includes me.
The appearance of the space is the first impression a client has when they walk in the door whether they’re a new client or returning client. The space HAS to look good. If a cleaning is required any morning before a client arrives, it’s all hands on deck to clean up.
For the outdoors we have a landscaping crew that comes in every two weeks to take care of the lawns, but inside, it’s all us.
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There is a multi-rotor community similar to Creative Cow that has a lot of first hand knowledge coming from within the industry. The guys from Yonder Blue Films have been in there quite a bit answering questions for folks looking to get into the industry.
[Rich Rubasch] “.it’s only going to take one serious crash and a lawsuit and all the craft that were sold at NAB will be grounded…”
These types of generalizations are completely unfounded. What’s the nature of the crash? What was damaged? Was anyone hurt? Where did it crash? What were the weather conditions? What were the skills of the flying team? And so on.
A camera assistant was recently killed in Georgia on the set of “Midnight Rider” due to the negligence of the Director for putting the cast and crew on an active railroad bridge. It inspired the #SlatesForSarah campaign and she was briefly recognized at the Academy Awards.
Should that one incident have shut down the entire movie industry because an innocent woman died doing her job due to the negligence of the Director? Does this Director’s actions speak for the entire industry? Is this Director representative of the entire industry so the government should step in and shut down all TV and film production across the country?
That Director and the Producers of the film should be charged with some sort of a crime for the death of that camera assistant but to date, nothing has happened. In fact the Director is still trying to get the film made by moving it to Los Angeles and away from Georgia.
So making a generalization that one incident (of which there have already been multiple) will ground the entire industry just sounds a bit unfounded.
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