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Posted by doc on 02/02/06 05:34
that sounds great. i know what you mean about losing an operator. my wife
is reaching the point where the standing is taking it's toll on her ankles
(she has diabetes) and so we're going to have to put someone else on the
scene. i have a continuous wireless intercom system and headsets and that
helps a lot. i'm able to tell the camera operator what i want and even
instruct them how while we're shooting if there's question. also, i run a
camera and direct the show so the day of the shoot it's a pretty taxing day
:o(
it takes me about one entire work day to capture and edit all three cams,
edit for content, title, and put the leaders and tails for the broadcast
industry and then another couple hours the next day to reproduce the various
media that each of the specific stations and networks need. o well, not
complaining, just a lot of busy stuff.
we're trying to get up to speed because the same client wants to start
making a movie sometime this fall or next spring. we're currently writing
the script from the book he authored and even that is a task (for a new
scriptor) but by that time we may move to avid's xpress pro. not sure just
yet, since AL7 will output the metadata files apparently for film
production. we'll start to search that then, not now :o)
i especially like doing weddings and just like the tv shows, their tasking
for sure. and the editing is far more challenging.
i do hope that AL7 is updated soon so that we can upgrade. have you heard
any word?
drd
"TonyP" <arpierre@hooptown.net> wrote in message
news:44UDf.759$K37.163@fe12.lga...
> doc wrote:
> > we were doing all this on studio 8 but when we upgraded to 9 it was a
>> disaster. 9 was hopeless and pinnacle ended up authorizing the return of
>> my $$$ for the product. the boards are filled with disasters with 9.
>
> I had 8 then went to 9 and now 9Plus. I originally bought Studio 8 for the
> MovieBox DV bob for LE. I needed to also have analog i/o. I toyed with
> Studio and thought it was pretty good for a quick "down and dirty"
> editing. It worked great. So.. the upgrade to 9 was cheap enough, then
> then 9plus. It still works fine for me. I stayed away from 10 for the fact
> that early reports were not good. On paper, the product was awesome, but
> what good is "awesome" if it doesn't work? So, since Pinnacle was no
> longer going to support LE and Avid was going to carry the ball, I
> upgraded to AL7. I wanted SmartSound (although I have SonicFire Pro). The
> Commotion compositing is a bonus. Being able to toss in just about any
> format on the timeline is great. And now, with AL7, you don't have to wait
> for imported video to have the audio and video separated.
> People have reported problems with SmartSound. It works great for me.
>
>> what kind of work do you do with AL7?
>
> I used to video the "event" stuff, but it got to be too much for me. My
> best camera person (my daughter) moved to Florida, and to even thing of
> training someone else was out of the question. So now, I basically do
> editing from independent videographers. They have seen my work, and trust
> me to do the "right thing". No one has complained yet!
>
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