Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Smoke on Mac update

ouch..
you didn't just bring up iMovie as an NLE...

that was a good one..

the more tools the better. i don't want to be a jack of al trades, but
i would like to not be limited in my capabilities. RR and cineX would
definitely limit me as a finishing editor in that respect. Smoke on a
mac means i have that more capabilities than FCP alone.

It also means that, like the college kids who learned FCP for no $$
investment, i can now learn a new interface/system to expand my
possible income.. (i have 15yrs as an editor and VFX artist, so yes, i
know there's a huge difference in a college kid and a vested veteran)

I agree with OP, that RED should get out of this Beta cycle, get the
cameras done first. let the NLE to the folks who've been doing it. who
have a leg up on them already. think of it, another NLE to compete
with Avid MC, or FCP now.. hey, isn't premiere hiding around here
somewhere too? Does the industry really need another? Would it be as
Game changing as the RED One was? me thinks not.

just my 2¢.

marc

On Nov 13, 2009, at 8:23 PM, oliverpetersvidy wrote:

> Ian,
>
> > So Oliver, what are RED thinking? they must be thinking about
> stepping
> > into the space if there are no takers. REDCineX gets closer and
> closer
> > to being such a solution.
> > Ian Wilson
>
> I don't doubt that RED might have such ambitions. On the other hand,
> I think they would be better served to actually finish the cameras
> first. This mantra of a never ending beta program is getting a bit
> old, don't you think?
>
> So OK, you might be able to edit with it. But what about formats
> other than RED? What about audio? What about effects? What about
> reliable playback at a constant speed? What about over and
> undercranking, mixed frame rates and mixed frame sizes? Assimilate
> Scratch is not an NLE either, nor do they claim to be.
>
> There's more to an NLE than stringing together pictures from a
> single format. You can cut pieces with iMovie, too, but it's not
> what most of us would consider a professional NLE.
>
> - Oliver
>
>
>

Marc Fisher
cav2ya@sbcglobal.net

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