Final Cut Pro X: A Look From Past to Present to Future (Complete Footage)

[draven4]

f64manray said

I'm a still photographer, and I've never had a client choose me because of the tools I use. They chose me because of reputation or after seeing my book when I was doing that sort of thing. My choice of tools never came up. I would imagine editing would be the same.

It's not the same. The process is completely different. Part of film making happens in the editing room while spending hours sitting next to someone editing a feature. They in effect along with you use the tools that are in front of you to shape the film.... for hours and days on end.

When you take a photo the process is similar (kind of) to production on a film but only very slightly. Moving images adds a whole other element of the creative process along with dialog and more. So very different worlds.

you also said

As a client, I don't care how we get there as long as we get there.

This is somewhat true but I will tell you if the editing system gets in the way of the flow, or fails to do a certain thing well or prohibits a client from getting what he or she wants then this can start to be pain to the client. They would hire someone else with the tools that can do what they want.

I'm not talking creatively but technically, so don't get into a theory discussion with me.

 

[David Saraceno]

Not really a jump at all. Acceptable can mean anything from "worthy of being" to "barely adequate".

How about yourself David, do you enjoy the challenge of working with clients that have high expectations or do you prefer to work with clients that accept work that is "good enough" ?

We always produce to the best of our ability, and go the extra time and effort to retain clients.

A dictionary definition means nothing to me.

Acceptable to me means meeting client expectations within a budget and consistent with good value.

That's what I take it to mean, and that what I believe the original poster meant.

We can argue semantics here, but to what end?

We had a client many, many years ago who wanted a business card that he kept changing to include more and more text. Eventually, both sides read like an encyclopedia.

It certainly met his high expectations. But it was garbage.

Kind of taught me that meeting "high expectations" doesn't always produce good quality work.