Re: Working Over the weekend... NOW: Back to Mac Pro speculation

[Bill Davis] "Sorry, I got distracted.

I stumbled across a Katie Couric Special interview on ABC with Beyonce Knowles.

What stopped me was hearing Beyonce say: "I've learned to use Final Cut Pro so I can edit my own projects."

Yeah, nothing's changing out there."

Bill, you are such a card!

A) There is nothing new about a performer/celebrity using Final Cut or Avid to work on their projects. Actually, that's been going on since well before NLEs, back with Convergence systems. Of course, usually it is offline. Many actors do go on to be fine directors and sometimes editors, as well. Nothing new there.

B) Beyonce claims to have been using FCP for at least 9 months, so if you do the math, you'll know which version of FCP she is talking about. It ain't X. She also says that she likes someone else to do the physical editing, but she can if she has to.

C) I say claims because there seems to be some serious allegations flying around about her credibility on the matter. You might enjoy this:

http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/54237356.html

I have no idea who is right or wrong here, other than you being right, of course, that "nothing's changing out there."