He'd been cutting on FCP and had had the ed. version of Avid MC for six months and hadn't made much progress in working with it.
I was thinking about the total hell that all film schools and colleges with film and TV programs must be going through right now.
You can't possibly teach kids on FCP 7. Not only can't you GET a copy, but what's the use of training on something that's EOL.
Even if you had the pathetically misinformed view that FCP X was professional, you need to get an instructor up to speed to teach a completely new software tool over the summer and design a new curriculum around this new software.
The only answer is Avid. If someone was INCREDIBLY intelligent at Avid - actually, only semi-intelligent - they would do a Summer 2011 only educational discount on MC5.5 down to $100. To institutions, I'd make it FREE. Why the heck not? You would recapture an entire generation of editors in a single summer! That's got to be worth a fortune. Make it INEVITABLE that institutions teach editing THIS YEAR on Avid. This is a MAJOR opportunity and THIS IS THE WEEK TO DO IT.
I think I will take this case directly to the marketing department.
Steve Hullfish
contributor: www.provideocoalition.com
author: "The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction"
On Jun 28, 2011, at 9:56 AM, Alan Miller wrote:
> Here's one I hadn't seen yet. A response to Pogue.
>
> Sticking with the old Final Cut Pro 7 for a few years is not a solution for thousands of us.
> Apple has every school in an impossible position.
> We need to train students for professional news and video environments.
> Thus, thousands of students need to buy Final Cut Pro for all of their classes.
> Since Final Cut X will not be professional for years, we need to continue to teach them FCP 7. This requires incoming students to purchase Final Cut Pro 7.
> However, Apple will not sell us Final Cut Pro 7.
> Now every student is faced with this dilemma: Only the professional version is installed on every machine in the university, yet Final Cut X is installed on her personal machine. This is a crisis because projects are not sharable. There is no way that students can begin a project at home and continue it in the classroom or visa versa.
>
> Incoming students will not be able to buy Final Cut Pro 7 on eBay or Amazon forever.
>
>
> From: Benjamin Hershleder <Ben@ContactBen.com>
> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 9:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: The FCPX thread
>
> Apple begins refunding unhappy Final Cut Pro X customers:
> http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/06/28/apple-begins-refunding-unhappy-final-cut-pro-customers/?awesm=tnw.to_19e67
>
> Benjamin Hershleder
> http://ContactBen.com
> http://Hershleder.com
>
> Wear It In Post!
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> On Jun 27, 2011, at 10:01 PM, Benjamin Hershleder wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Some more satire on FCPX (fake advert):
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/raberco/5875834724/in/photostream/lightbox/
> >
> > Benjamin Hershleder
> > http://ContactBen.com
> > http://Hershleder.com
> >
> > Wear It In Post!
> > Fun T-shirts, mousepads, mugs & more
> > for Post Production Professionals
> > http://www.WearItInPost.com
> >
> > On Jun 27, 2011, at 2:53 PM, John Heiser wrote:
> >
> > > Ah yes, I saw that earlier today. Impressive.
> > >
> > > ----
> > > *john heiser | senior video editor*
> > > *o2**ideas*
> > > birmingham, alabama, USA
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Dylan Reeve <dylan@dylan.wibble.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >> **
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> It got moved to YouTube
> > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXepNCs_iZo
> > >>
> > >> It's actually a really impressive piece I think - has a strong narrative.
> > >> Unfortunately it uses a commercial music track, which Vimeo took issue
> > >> with.
> > >> Apparently YouTube isn't so fussed about that sort of thing :)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Dylan Reeve
> > >> http://dylanreeve.com/
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:19 AM, John Heiser <jpheiser@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Deleted.
> > >>>
> > >>> ----
> > >>> *john heiser | senior video editor*
> > >>> *o2**ideas*
> > >>
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> > >>>> Oh my...
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