On Mar 8, 2012, at 9:51 AM, Erik_Freid wrote:
> That is if you do not mind editing cat videos for youtube.....
Well here's one company taking advantage of that phenomena. Definitely worth watching if you're not up on the latest in Catvertising (or if you just want to watch a rather clever video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkOQw96cfyE
> But seriously since the internet has no real standards, and editing equipment is getting cheap, you really do not need a post house, which is why they are dying slowly.
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> But if you are a talented editor your skills cannot be replaced and will always find work, and get paid well for it.
Maybe. Something like that happened before with typesetters, audio guys, and hell...newspapers and magazines. In all those fields, skilled practitioners were able to leave their discipline's equivalent of a post house and strike out on their own...without big leases to service. At least for a while.
But I know lots of good typographers-cum-designers, journalists, photographers, text and picture editors and others who have less work than they once did. "Good" as in "pay the mortgage and keep clients/bosses/audiences very satisfied."
Maybe it's just the current economy, or maybe the world today doesn't need as many well-paid people in these fields as before.
Jim
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