@David Lawrence

HI David,

Thanks for your response. I guess what i find frustrating is that there seems to be no real "consensus" on which way to go, Premiere or Avid. I don't know much about Avid, as I've never worked with it, and it seems like a ton of dollars, which i don't have. Also, even if I had the money to invest, I'm not a company or editing house. I'm just an editor, not necessarily looking to learn a whole new animal. I've got a bit of that with Premiere already, though it's pretty similar in many ways to FCP, with no rendering time, native raw footage, etc.

I'm not an exp[ert editor, though I'm getting back to it. I spent several years opening a company called center for New Media and the Arts, which was a performing arts center and art gallery. I then went on to to serve as the artistic director of a 2000-seat theatre in CT. I've worked on Final Cut Pro for ten years, but never (unfortunately) had the chance to move into an edit house. Currently I'm working on a documentary film, tentatively titled SUNSHINE REBELS: Gotham's Lost Tribe (see my site, http://www.dv-arts.com for more on that). My dilemma - at least one of them (hardeehar) is that I'd like to be in the "mainstream" and employable, should i find the opportunity. I just feel a bit stuck, as at least with FCP it was fairly ubiquitous. As to Evan's presentation, he may be a bit biased, and perhaps a bit cocky, too. I don't know about the bias part. But he seems to make a good argument to the pluses, especially if XML is coming. Would you agree with him that there are really only two or things missing in FCPX now? Or are there things he left out? If so, what are they? I have to say that after watching the presentation I began to wonder if it's possible that Apple is actually - once again, they've done it before - ahead of the curve, and our response is more to the change in workflow, which we've gotten used to for so many years now. Change does come, after all, and time savers and functionality are a plus, if the "goods" and power are there behind the conceptual shifts and workflow changes. David, what are you editing on? I'd be very curious - and would certainly appreciate - to hear what other folks are doing. Premiere? Avid? What?