Re: The Fog Thickens

It seems like no niche is safe from having its ego deflated. I can only imagine how a colorist who climbed the ladder and 'earned' the right to fly a DaVinci must feel right now seeing it included as a freebie w/a $3k camera. Has to be a kick to the nuts on some level.

But that's just the way it goes and it's been going like that for a long time. At some point we'll totally bottom out, people will say that no one will ever need an editor, colorist, VFX artist ever again and we'll all wonder why we didn't listen to our parents and become doctors or whatever.

And then something odd will happen.

People will go, "Holy crap. This editing/VFX/coloring thing is hard. You need like talent and knowledge and stuff. I didn't realize it could be so complicated and time consuming. Screw doing it myself I'm just going to hire someone." All will be right in the world again.

Pretty much anyone can get their hands on a soccer ball, guitar or pencil & paper but that doesn't mean anyone can play in the Premiere League, become a successful musician, or pen a best selling novel.


-Andrew

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