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Posted by nappy on 10/05/25 11:48
"Steve King" <steveSPAMBLOCK@stevekingSPAMBLOCK.net> wrote in message
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> "nappy" <gospam@yourself.com> wrote in message
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>> "doc" <doc@anywhere.com> wrote in message
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>>> interesting synopsis as this was exactly what we found. the little guy
>>> were using FCP because that is what they learned on . . and they were
>>> all working for peanuts, however the 11 bigger houses we visited used
>>> avid, let alone the NAB nyc meeting i spoke of in an earlier thread that
>>> was avid.
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>>> i also watch the credits a lot and see avid continually although i have
>>> yet to see a FC anthing or even apple in the editing credits. but i do
>>> keep looking.
>>>
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>> Typically the system used to edit doesn't matter much to credits unless
>> it was part of the post deal with free gear or something. Tons of movies
>> are cut with FCp. Lots of people have problems with it. I would argue
>> that most FCP users are first time editors who have never cut with any
>> other system. Or they used to cut linear and now FCP is their first NLE.
>> Hence their tendency to think it is the cats meow.
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>> There used to be a guy here who, I won't name for fear he'll get on his
>> soapbox again, who proclaimed that the shit NBC series "Scrubs" was cut
>> on FCP and that was a big deal. I think he assumed that everyone has
>> respect for episodic TV from the big three. Episodic TV shows are cut on
>> everything and at the same time are some of the very worst shit there is.
>> I don't care what it is cut on if it is pure shit.
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> Three editors that I work with regularly now edit on FCP after moving from
> linear to Avid (various iterations) to FCP. They made the move after
> their clients moved from BetaSP to DVCAM digital formats. They seem quite
> happy. Maybe wouldn't fit the rarified stratosphere you seem to occupy,
> but for the rest of us unwashed....
I would be interested in seeing any posts I made which assert that no one is
happy with their FCP systems. I still hold that most of the FCP user base
are first timers. As for the rarified stratosphere.. you're reaching a bit
Steve.
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