What great days, I had completely forgotten about the BBS system, now I remember Scott Glorioso, who was the admin. Great days being involved in building the MC while still earning a living being an editor. For a craft that has been around for well over 100 years, we have lived through its most important transformation. And Hullfish, sorry about any ripping, I'm sure you can tell me exactly what I may have said but please spare me!
Basil Pappas
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Shirley Gutierrez <guanacaa@...> wrote:
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> It is indeed very interesting, and I actually didn't come away with the impression that you were claiming to one of the first editors anyplace to be introduced to Avid. I would also assume that you would have known enough about the history of the product to know when it was launched.
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> Thanks for the article. I really hope Avid works out for you.
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> Best,
> Shirley
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: walter <biscardi@...>
> To: Avid-L2 <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thu, Nov 10, 2011 2:14 pm
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: AVID kept their promise. - Biscardi blog.
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>
> Hi Steve,
>
> If you read the article I clearly state that I last edited on Avid in 1995 at
> CNN and that I was in the first class of editors in 1993. I thought the
> connection to the first class of editors and "at CNN" would be obvious to the
> reader, but apparently not. Avid was introduced to the company in 1992 / 1993
> and quite frankly, none of the editors were very excited about it. I always
> like playing with new things so I was in the first class of I believe 10 editors
> to take class in CNN Center to learn this "Avid thing."
>
> I know for a fact that I delivered the first piece to air on CNN that was cut on
> an Avid. Of course it wasn't finished in Avid since the quality was too poor
> for broadcast, but EDL to CMX and we delivered the piece on Network Earth.
>
> 1995 was the last time I touched Avid or even wanted anything to do with Avid.
> Now we're on the edge of turning our entire shop over to Avid pending more
> testing. I thought that was pretty interesting.
>
> Walter Biscardi
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Steve Hullfish <steve4lists@> wrote:
> >
> > Nice article, though I have to laugh at Biscardi's claim that - like some
> secret cabel of special editors - he was "one of the first group of editors to
> be introduced" to Avid in 1993.
> >
> > I'd say that 1993 puts him solidly in the MIDDLE of the curve, since it
> launched in 1988, FIVE years earlier than Biscardi discovered it. I believe
> Avid was at version 6 in 1993... the FIRST version 6... not the one we're back
> to AGAIN now.
> >
> > I founded the Chicago Avid users group in 1992 and there were at least a 100
> people at that first meeting in Chicago alone.
> >
> > I'm sure Alan Miller would choke on his coffee to hear about the "beginnings"
> of Avid in 1993. I wonder how many 100s of projects he'd cut on Avid by then.
> >
> > Steve Hullfish
> > contributor: www.provideocoalition.com
> > author: "The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction"
> >
> > On Nov 9, 2011, at 5:53 PM, paul.hartel wrote:
> > > http://library.creativecow.net/biscardi_walter/Avid-Media-Composer-6/1
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