architectural renderings are one thing- but imagine multi-cam live performances.

... says the guy who has never watched someone work with oil paints. It is much more time-consuming than cell-filling.

I hire a lot of roto-slaves for work, and roto would not work for this.

It’s the apple cartel, man. Every small -mid sized media house runs on Apple hardware, and all of that hardware is dependent on thunderbolt.

Way more apparent now.

there are a lot of free tools that do.

Is fast.

You work in IT! The voicemails you get are probably total gibberish and useless!

I would say that in your case, the most efficient solution would be to transcode your source video to an off-line format (like prores LT) and reconnect to that media. Then when you’re ready for finishing, reconnect to the source video and take it from there.

Every single person I work with signs every email with their cell number. It’s real.

You sound like you don’t work in a stressful field with fast turnaround, and I’m happy for you.

I know. Just like every person in every line in the 90's.

Unless we get to a future where I don’t have to carry a driver’s license, and my office building ID, and my health insurance card, and my coffee shop punch card, I’m going to be carrying a wallet. If I have a wallet on me, WHO CARES ABOUT THROWING 2 CARDS IN IT. Every coat has a pocket for a wallet.

This is why the american economy is moving in herds to service. Small retailers (like you, I assume) have to rely on value-added. It’s very difficult to achieve.

That’s also how it works here.

The only business that has a cash/credit price differential is the gas station.

I run a small video production outfit. We currently run on a 50TB RAID5 server setup. We often have to edit in 5-camera multicam on a tight turnaround. So that means streaming 5 1080p prores streams over a 10gb ethernet connection from the RAID.

Great movies don’t “say” things. They “show” things.

The British have a remarkably Trump-like cadence when they use twitter...

Decrying people who want a little bit more specificity by going totally over the top with nit-picky specificity doesn’t solve anything.