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| | | | |  | Non Video Questionby Aaron Cadieux 7 months agoHey guys, I am a multimedia specialist and am in a bit of a bind as to what to do about family leave time. I know this isn't really a video question, but I figure since I am in the same line of work a | Re: Non Video Question
by Scott Cumbo 6 months ago
Yes family comes first, but kids are expensive and taking more than 2 or 3 weeks off is asking to get fired. Having a nice steady income is also putting your family first. Scott Cumbo Editor Broadway
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| | | |  | Screen Share with Clients?by Grant Wilber 1 year agoI do a lot of videos where the client wants to see the footage or interview. Right now I'm either throwing huge timecode number on the video and they just give me a list of the bits timecode. But I've | | | | |
| | | |  | Tips for interviewing a new editorby Adam Fischer 1 year agoIm looking to bring on a new contract editor who I hope to keep busy at least 30 hours a week. So I want to make sure I'm investing my time into someone I can trust and depend on Looking at demo reeks | Re: Tips for interviewing a new editor
by Scott Cumbo 1 year ago
codecs I know guys with emmy's, who been cutting for 30 years and don't know a thing about codecs, nor do they care. That has nothing to do with editing. Though it is usefull to be well versed, but en
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| | | |  | New-ish to the game. Need advice.by Erin Rakestraw 1 year agoI do freelance editing, but still have a long way to go until I consider myself fully skillful. I have to cut together a sizzle reel for an event company. I have a rough together and would love a crit | Re: New-ish to the game. Need advice.
by Scott Cumbo 1 year ago
my 2 cents: won't comment on the script or shot selection cause you said it's their script and i have no idea what you had to work with but... everything needs to be tighter, Vo needs to be faster, yo
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| | | |  | What did I do wrong in this sequence?by Anthony Atkielski 1 year agoIn a video I made I have a short sequence of about 30 seconds that is especially bothering me, which you can see here (it starts at 13:12): The sequence shows some traffic starting and stopping at a t | Re: What did I do wrong in this sequence?
by Scott Cumbo 1 year ago
To me it's that pole on the left that makes it jarring. your eyes go right to it. the second time isn't as bad because you've seen it already. I would use another shot or zoom in a bit and try to get
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| | | |  | Plugin Update for Media Composer 6by Daniel Warvi 1 year agoSince I think Avid Marketplace is complete BS, here's a breakdown of the plugins that are ready to go with Media Composer 6: *Digital Film Tools (everything.) (ReFine and PhotoCopy are WAY COOL!) *Gen | Re: Plugin Update for Media Composer 6
by Scott Cumbo 1 year ago
I doubt it was intented for larger post houses. Where typically engineering is keeping tabs on everything. I think it was more designed for smaller 1 man show kind of places Scott Cumbo Editor Broadwa
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| | | |  | FCPX Trumps Avidby Jason Jenkins 1 year agoTrue Story: Potential Client (via Email): I found you on Creative Cow. Can you do some editing for me I do rough cuts in iMovie and I need someone to polish them up. Me: Sure! I use FCPX and I can imp | Re: FCPX Trumps Avid
by Scott Cumbo 1 year ago
David Roth Weiss " Nick Toth "There are editors outside of LA after all. :)" Of course there are. I sure their are some editors in NYC... haha, couldn't resist. But really, The talent has nothing to
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| | | |  | Working Over the weekend...by Greg Burke 1 year agoHey all I just picked up a gig that has me booked all weekend, I just got a email explaining the work were doing. Were packing and shipping all Macpros out of the Facility. (are are 30 towers) We'll b+15 | Re: Working Over the weekend...
by Scott Cumbo 1 year ago
easy there tiger, when did i say avid's business model is great or they will survive I'm saying the 2 companies don't compare to each other. If HP came along and bought Avid then you can compare them
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| | | | | MC 5.5 Keyframing not workingby David Powell 1 year agoI'm using the Boris Extruded Text. When I keyframe a rotation it doesn't seem to work. I tried in the advanced key framing as well as the record window. This happened to me before and then I got it to | Re: MC 5.5 Keyframing not working
by Scott Cumbo 1 year ago
David, I'm not knocking creativecow, cause i like this site a lot. But the fact is that their are only a few avid guys who answer questions on this site. It's always been a pretty FCP centric site. I
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| | | |  | How to speed up my workflowby Olly Lawer 2 years agoHi, I am looking for some tips on speeding up my edits. I started my production company a couple of years ago and had some fantastic feedback on my work. I'm now full time (due to redundancy) and I am | Re: How to speed up my workflow
by Scott Cumbo 2 years ago
I never watch all the footage before i cut. I always just cut as I go and the edit evolves. but if i'm looking for a certain shot and i see something i may like for somewhere else i'll usually mark it
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| | | |  | Article: Media Composer 6: Avid kept their promise.by walter biscardi 2 years ago Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate Media Composer 6: Avid kept their promise. Walter Biscardi has been beta testing Media Composer and gives his "Avid from a Final Cut Pro" point of notes in thi+2 | Re: @Jesse Glucksman
by Scott Cumbo 2 years ago
As someone who is use to using avid hardware, that's been my major concern with avid opening up to new cards. I always hated capture or layoff in fcp.... It's just horrible where in avid I would inser
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| | | |  | The world is a tough crowd right now.by Bill Davis 2 years agoWas anticipating today's "big 3" announcements (Avid, Canon, Red) and found interesting advances in each area. Then I started surfing to the various discussion boards and checked the prevailing thread | | | | |
| | | |  | What would it take?by Oliver Peters 2 years agoClearly a lot of us have beat this thing to death, but what's really at the heart of this, is what would it take as a tipping point to get FCP X more widely adopted among pros I think you have to appr | Re: What would it take?
by Scott Cumbo 2 years ago
Sorry Chris, I def took it the wrong way. In fact i was kind of surprised because these forums are usually pretty mellow. Sorry again. Scott Cumbo Editor Broadway Video, NYC
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| | | | | After Careful consideration...by Greg Burke 2 years agoAfter The release of X-FCP, I was upset, and so were many others, but this last month I took it upon myself to use all 3 editing platforms. I had 3 projects coming up so I decide to randomly cut each | Re: After Careful consideration...
by Scott Cumbo 2 years ago
I use Avid and FCP. Not here to argue or go back and forth, but you really have no idea what your talking about in terms of what Avid can do. You can pretty much do anykind of effects, Color correct,
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| | | | | video editor: What to charge?by Danielle Smit 2 years agoI know this topic already appears a few times on this forum, but I think my situation is a bit unique and I would love some advice! I have played around with video editing for years and slowly this sk | Re: video editor: What to charge?
by Scott Cumbo 2 years ago
In NYC, an edit room at a post house will run you anywhere from $150 - $350 an hour (that's for a room with system and editor, avid or fcp) fcp tends to be a lower rate, but not always. Rates vary dep
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| | | | | Now I remember why I left avid.....by larry tempesta 2 years agoI'm relearning avid so I can expand my client base and I can't for the life of me figure out how to import mxf files with the media tool It's making me nuts, final cut is sooooo easy (log and transfer | | | | |
| | | |  | Blog: THE AVID EVENTby Shane Ross 2 years agoI will summarize to the best of my ability, what I heard and experienced at the Avid Event held at the Warner Brothers studio, Stephen J. Ross Theatre, July 13, 2011. To the best of my ability because+4 | | | | |
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| | | | | Article: Kevin Smith @ NABby walter biscardi 2 years ago NAB Expo Kevin Smith @ NAB Thousands of members of Creative COW were at the 2011 NAB Show, and we are pleased to bring you some of their reports. In this entry, Walter Biscardi found that Director Ke | Re: Kevin Smith @ NAB
by Scott Cumbo 2 years ago
Noah Kadner "Still not sure what Avid gains by presenting him as their poster child" Saw him at NAB, he was really good. As to why Avid is pushing him, I feel like they are trying to appeal to "His"
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| | | |  | Music issuesby Josh Paulson 2 years agoI made a commercial for my company using music from Killer Tracks. I know they license their music for around $200 a pop for most songs, and I thought this was reasonable. Cheaper than getting a recor | Re: Music issues
by Scott Cumbo 2 years ago
did you tell him $200 for a song is not a Ferrari, more like a 1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera. Scott Cumbo Editor Broadway Video, NYC
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| | | |  | bachelors degree worth it in this field?by Ty Yachaina 2 years agoHello, I currently have an Associates degree in Film Video production and have been working in the field for about 5 years. I find that most jobs i find and apply for ask for a bachelors degree. Thoug | | | | |
| | | |  | Panny pro vs. consumer?by Charlie Kosheff 2 years agoIs there any reason I can't buy a consumer model (with a tuner) instead of this one: http: www.bhphotovideo.com c product 686607-REG Panasonic_TH_42PF20U_Full_HD_Professional_Plasma_Display.html I can | Re: Panny pro vs. consumer?
by Scott Cumbo 2 years ago
If your going for close enough, get the consumer panny, and spend some cash on a probe calibration software. A properly setup consumer monitor is better than a pro model thats plugged in out of the bo
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| | | |  | Putting yourself in the viewer's seatby Vince Becquiot 2 years agoI guess I wanted to hear from some of the seasoned editors out-there. How do you maintain an objective opinion on a piece you've worked on for a while How do you seat back and put yourself in the shoe | | | | |
| | | |  | Giving away your productby Simon Roughan 2 years agoHi everybody, first time I've posted on this forum, but I read it regularly, and can't think of a better source of advice for my situation. I am a producer at a regional tv station in Europe. When I s | Re: Giving away your product
by Scott Cumbo 2 years ago
If it's both than it's easy... If your as good as you think you are. than you'll have no problem finding a new gig if you boss turns you down when you give him the old "I want more money or I'll have
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| | | |  | Copyright...who owns the footageby Kevin Gonzales 2 years agoI do a ton of corporate video where I am the producer director editor. If a client hires me to make a video for them and those are my roles, I technically on the rights to the video, correct Is there | Re: Copyright...who owns the footage
by Scott Cumbo 2 years ago
You also need to consider if you want to work with the client again. If i hired you than was told no if i asked for the source footage that i paid you to shoot. I would simply never hire you again. No
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| | | |  | Why is HDV still around?by John Gallino 2 years agoI'm a current film student and have been starting to look into saying farewell to renting camera equipment and buying a professional video camera of my own. Having only a budget of around $3500 I star | Re: Why is HDV still around?
by Scott Cumbo 2 years ago
As an editor I could care less what people shoot on, The assistants do the loading anyway. But the 1 positive about tape (any tape format) is that Hard drives fail much more often than tapes get damag
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| | | |  | What Am I Worth?by Jason Griffith 3 years agoHello fellow cow members, I was contacted about a couple of job offers in LA recently and need some quoting advice. I've done alot of charitable work in the past and would work for less because I want | Re: What Am I Worth?
by Scott Cumbo 3 years ago
Your worth what you can get someone to pay you. I know that's not the answer your looking for, but it's the truth. Dosen't matter what your skill set is. If you can get some to pay you $60 hour than t
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| | | | | Being Pimped Outby Harry Benson 3 years agoGreetings, I work for a video production company. I was hired to edit. I am paid salary, and not hourly, but my salary is based on M - F, 9 - 5. Recently, my employer got a call from a client asking i | Re: Being Pimped Out
by Scott Cumbo 3 years ago
right or wrong doesn't matter, Just do the gig and give them their cut. BUT remember these are the kind of people you work for. It's up to you if you want to work somewhere else or not. Scott Cumbo Ed
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| | | |  | How do I make a "Pal" DVD?by Steve Martin 4 years agoI'm in the US and have a client from the UK who will be in the US and wants us to shoot and edit video of a corporate event. In the end they want a DVD that play in the UK. I get an occasional questio | Re: How do I make a "Pal" DVD?
by Scott Cumbo 4 years ago
your best option would be to rent pal cameras then shoot, edit and author in pal. or shoot and edit in NTSC and have your final video converted to pal then author in pal. It may cost you a few extra b
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| | | |  | Avatarby Mike Cohen 4 years agoAfter over a decade without a blockbuster movie, James Cameron has been teasing us with news of his 3D epic "Avatar." Today the first trailer appeared on Apple's website, no doubt elsewhere, and I hav | Re: Avatar
by Scott Cumbo 4 years ago
I thought the trailer looked pretty cool and I can't wait to see the movie in 3D. I haven't disliked any of his movies yet and i know he wouldn't spend 4 years on something that was just eye candy wit
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| | | |  | Avid or Final cut?by Marta Salas 4 years agoHI, I'm film editor, I'm going to edit a tv movie that it has been filmed with the red one, What is better for editing: Avid or Final cut Thans. Marta | Re: Avid or Final cut?
by Scott Cumbo 4 years ago
not sure which is "better" they both have their hoops to jump through. Guess it depends on which system you feel like cutting on. I suggest to do some research and decide for yourself. here is some in
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| | | |  | Any REAL alternatives to FCP for Windows?by Chris Fisher 4 years agoHey Final Cut guys... I know this seems odd.. But maybe some of you can tell me what (if any) my best chances are of getting close to (or better ) Final Cut Pro level on Windows So I'm starting to fee | | | | |
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