Re: How many of your are Certified AVID or FCP

Thank you for all your responses!!! Bill is correct, this was a Craigslist posting.

I've been an AVID editor for over 16 years and it amazes me how many people say they have taken AVID training, but have no clue or experience editing what so ever. I got burned a couple of times in the late 90's when I had to hire some freelancers to pick up some of the overflow work. Needless to say, I would up finishing half the sessions, because they were clueless other than pushing buttons and no client skills.

I would imagine that we have all encountered people like this and with how cheap it is to buy a system they are here to stay. But I have a saying that maybe a little brash, "You can hire me now and pay once or go cheap and pay twice." Funny thing is it has happened many times over and the last time it happened, the client lost most of his footage over the person he hired incompetence. Cost him more in the long run. Oh well.

That is why you hire a professional!!!

Cheers,

John

J. Grote, Jr.