Mark,
We love to see you up there:-)
You have rise a very interesting matter: Digital Video expertise.
[Mark Suszko] "
The way I figure it, the men and women on the top line are there because they are recognized experts with long lists of impressive credentials to point to and a credible professional background, so you can take their word on a subject as "gospel"."
When I started on this business, almost everything was on the books; everything was standard; the information was open. Remember the Betacam's manuals and maintenance books: You could build your own desk with these schemes.
Digital Video has become the realm of the "proprietary format" and the secrets.
Manufactures can do whatever they want inside their boxes, as long as they output the promised standard.
We end up being "operators" of a technology that is locked to us:
- I have questions about SONY's MPEG-2 processing but probably the answers are considered "Classified" by SONY.
- I have questions about QT processing, but that info seems out of reach even from Third Part QT developers.
- etc,etc..
As a FC editor, the answers to most of my questions are not on any SMPTE document but on the Safe Box of a corporation.
I understand they have to protect their investments (and the, some times, questionable internal processes), but as a professional is absolutely frustrating and limiting.
The results are that there is NOBODY with all the answers. Reading and posting some of the best known Video-Gurus (Nattress, Wilt, Jordan,..), I found that they have some of the same basic questions, (as this humble-jungle video editor) unresolved.
Cheers,
rafael
PS: I just felt the same embarrassment than Mark when I saw my picture showing up on the RED Forum.
I've posted just to make a question. I've never worked with a RED or his footage.
http://www.nagavideo.com
