Re: What does FCPX teach new editors?

Hoo, boy Walter. You ask the $64,000 question and then some. I guess I'll start with how I approach editing. I'm looking to serve the story. I know that sounds a little bit pompous but I feel it is as valid in a web video about putting a slipcover on a chair as it is in a feature. I look at all editing systems from the
standpoint of how I can make them do what I need them to do. FCP X seems to be designed with many
powerful features (which may or may not be developed in the future) but also with an eye toward serving people who are not remotely interested in accessing those powerful features. If in the future I am forced
to work on FCP X (and I may well be) my focus will be on how I can get it to do what I need it to do and not
on how it wants me to work. I could be wrong (no, really - it has happened ) but I'm guessing that is how it will play out for most editors.

Also, I can't tell you how many times I've had people with no editorial experience whatever look at a scene and tell me what they thought was wrong and they were exactly right. In my view it's not about the hammer, it's about the house.

bigpine