This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Resolve update from Editor's Lounge event

Sunday, May 1, 2016

Re: [Avid-L2] Resolve update from Editor's Lounge event

I'm happier than most it seems to just bounce between systems so to me it's almost irrelevant how or if resolve becomes the base app of my workflow. The resolve conform is a huge plus but I think an offline / online workflow will need to be used for 4K and 8k production so it's all about pipeline and so long as the tools talk to each other I doubt the exodus will be instant.

Avids problem is the same as autodesks with flame it's user group is aging - both companies need to find a way to excite the kids, Connect with the next generation of editors or perish as we retire. Free software is a big part of that as is power, if you feel empowered you want the software.. The bmd packages are empowering and that's appealing to young minds.

Mike

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On May 2, 2016, at 4:30 AM, David Dodson davaldod@gmail.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Can you imagine how excited BMD must be reading all us "elite" editors enthusiastically waiting for the Resolve NLE to mature? That's a lot of us ready to jump ship off Avid and paddle over to Resolve..,

David Dodson
davidadodson@sbcglobal.net
818-523-0905

On May 1, 2016, at 2:06 PM, john beck jb30343@windstream.net [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I totally agree with you, John. Of course when Resolve has better and
faster editing tools than MC plus all the other stuff... I don't think
it's a question of "if" but when. I wonder if the Avid_L is renamed the
Resolve-L if some of the old names will reappear. --J.B.

bigfish@pacbell.net [Avid-L2] wrote:
>
>
> ---In avid-l2@yahoogroups.com, <mikeparsons.tv@...> wrote :
> "Meanwhile editors complain that avid hasn't changed the color
> corrector or title tool!"
>
> We complain about these things because they are an integral part of
> our everyday workflow and if they were improved no one in my world
> would be contemplating round tripping to resolve from an Avid
> offline. Sure there are a lot of great tools that have their
> strengths and weaknesses but as a bundle Avid does most everything I
> need for the basic offline online workflow a
> reality/documentary/variety/comedy show needs. Could I track my ID
> blur better in Mocha or Boujou? I assume so but at a big hit in time
> and efficiency.
>
> Adding links to 3rd party software from within Avid or Resolve is a
> better approach to getting someone like me to try out these other
> tools but as you say, "and fusion isn't a short learning curve for
> most editors.." This is a main reason I would like to see
> improvements to Avid's Color Corrector and even Title Tool. Bottom
> line is they work for so much of the work I do if Symphony Color had
> noise reduction and power window capabilities there would be little to
> no reason to use Resolve and I would continue to have the benefit of
> the efficiency of Avid's Relational Color Corrector. Now the Title
> Tool is sparse in features but easy enough that my offline editors can
> use it and I don't have to do major tweaking or rebuilding of their
> titles. Again Photoshop and the Adobe bundle can do much more refined
> titles etc... but at a hit in efficiency and time for an Avid
> workflow. There is nothing like opening a title tool to correct a
> spelling error etc... as opposed to having to go out to photoshop
> etc... and then re import. For Avid to abandon Title Tool in the 4K
> world is just plain stupid and a real slap in the face to the user
> group. It's the devil we know and have learned to live with.
>
> In the surgical world of Online finishing I'm the guy that will take
> out your appendix and not leave too big of a scar. For that Avid
> works well and the color corrector and title tool are adequate. If
> you need a plastic surgeon then it's probably better to find a
> specialist in that field.
>