Final Cut Pro Workflows

In the book, we talk about the Sneaker Net concept quite a bit: using a FireWire drive to physically move media from system to system.

We make the point that “we still use this method all the time,” and even as Xsan shared storage becomes more common, the sneaker net still seems as popular as ever.

This week, I started new media archive drive for two clients, and we are preparing protable drives for each of my 48 undergraduates to use for their editing all semester.

At the same time, have been doing some training  with Channel 2 in Baltimore who are switching (get this) from linear editing to an FCP Xsan environment.

So I guess my point is that the new does not eliminate the old in many cases, you just have more people doing their thing in different ways.

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Final Cut Pro Workflows: The Independent Studio Handbook

Originally by robbie from Robbie Carman.net » FCP Workflows on August 5, 2007, 5:59am

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Amazon

Focal

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Originally by robbie from Robbie Carman.net » FCP Workflows on August 5, 2007, 6:05am

Just created a new site to support the book:

www.finalcutproworkflows.com

Still a work in progress to be sure, but I expect to be adding to it soon.

Originally by admin from Media Soup on July 31, 2007, 11:22am

See the Amazon page for Final Cut Pro Workflows: The Independent Studio Handbook.

Pre-order now and get a whopping 34% discount! : )

Originally by admin from Media Soup on July 20, 2007, 10:48am

Last night we sent our manuscript of Final Cut Pro: The Indpendent Studio Handbook to Focal. This was rather satisfiying, We wrote a book! However, I do have some fears, mainly based on two things. 1. Professional acceptance 2. Length. Let’s take a brief look at each.

During this process many people have said that the stuff you really worry about is the stuff that is really good. I think probably more then anything having the book accepted by peers as technically correct and I think more so as an good read is my biggest fear. It’s funny that our goal is to sell the book to lots of strangers, but its almost more important to me have it accepted and liked by the people I respect the most.

So, we might have written a lot. Is that such a surprise coming from me and Jason? It’s not like we’re verbose or anything right? Well we have been trying to find ways to have the book come in on at the correct length. Before our submission we thought we’d try, but we found this to be a non-starter. After all thats why we have editors right?

Originally by robbie from Robbie Carman.net » FCP Workflows on July 4, 2007, 3:33am

We now have a page up for the book on the Focal web site with pages on Amazon and the other on-line booksellers to follow.

We are about 95% done the first draft of the manuscript.

Final Cut Pro Workflows: The Independent Studio Handbook will be available in November!

Originally by admin from Media Soup on June 23, 2007, 10:20am

So, there is one thing we are not crazy about with the icons below, and I thought I might put it out there as a question:

What is a better symbol for creativity than a light-bulb?

Originally by admin from Media Soup on June 19, 2007, 1:38pm

I have to say that the process of writing our book has been one of the most difficult tasks that I’ve taken on in my professional career. I find that it is more challenging then a complicated online session, or trouble shooting an Xsan install. For me, besides trying to make the content of the book good the most challenging part is ensuring that the material is technically accurate.

With two weeks to go before we have to submit the manuscript we have only 2 more chapters, both of which are case studies and both of which should go pretty quickly. Then its on to a week or so of nothing but preparing images and making corrections/fixes from our tech edit. Its a lot to do but I think we can probably get there.

Originally by robbie from Robbie Carman.net » FCP Workflows on June 18, 2007, 10:04pm