Return-Path: Received: from [208.97.132.177] (HELO homiemail-a60.g.dreamhost.com) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5066614 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 10 May 2013 20:58:15 +0200 Received: from homiemail-a60.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a60.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 541CA3BC071 for ; Fri, 10 May 2013 12:07:06 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=influxx.com; h=mime-version :in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id:from:subject :date:to; q=dns; s=influxx.com; b=qwnMYbN3Pa1JHY5BLX9TfHgiCnBtd8 KRCmTiaUWmSeji/2FQQzgNyEf+W6bCvJLaoLQrlYbfNaI2ZNrS6VRdXjiwK9lqAE uWBSCtxSpNFBAKTvgppcO6zrUpz6ypeGo39zM1TtJC1muOVR53zkzCvBkLXD9ceA uTjW5mYWBGAhs= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=influxx.com; h= mime-version:in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id:from :subject:date:to; s=influxx.com; bh=oV8LHT87QT4dqQTjxWvV+O7WxVg= ; b=WePLYp2xHDZY914sE/uD0Shj9/uspT3DL54VMmJSbKuv92dvuAPWd10+IPnI ozhC1fmrFFAep6tycyOyiY+CyFcP4E8xIDF/IVuanLj1NOGxDCi16MMK7LbS66hE oB3m+fdl6KKcrxnC8nyiIXhfS3igV4ozLWDmEFmzOaFf2Ew= Received: from [192.168.0.16] (cpe-98-148-138-81.socal.res.rr.com [98.148.138.81]) (Authenticated sender: adam@influxx.com) by homiemail-a60.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 0A64B3BC06A for ; Fri, 10 May 2013 12:07:05 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-3--936399602 Message-Id: From: adam mercado Subject: Re: [AE] CS is DEAD Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 12:07:04 -0700 To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) --Apple-Mail-3--936399602 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Worth noting that High Schools (and Elementary Schools these days) =20 are not teaching professional video editing. They are whetting the =20 feet of students to the world of visual communication. Spending and funding in education has never been tighter and I can =20 see how CC might not work for them Adam Mercado Influxx Media Production Fullerton, CA Moving Images. For Business 714=B0928=B09896 http://www.influxx.com http://www.twitter.com/influxx http://www.linkedin.com/in/influxx http://influxx.tumblr.com/archive http://www.flickr.com/photos/influxx On May 8, 2013, at 1:13 PM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote: > > FCPX ($300 per 5 seats) or Lightworks to teach editing. > > FCPX to teach professional editing is a terrible, awful idea of the =20= > worst kind. Okay, maybe a bit melodramatic, but I have a new intern =20= > helping out here who learned on FCPx and can=92t translate much if =20 > anything to any other editing app. Plus you need almost no upfront =20 > video knowledge to use it (frame rates, pixel aspect, interlacing =20 > etc.) so they don=92t learn that either. > > I assume most smart schools will wise up to that at some point. > > stephen van vuuren > 336.202.4777 > > http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ > http://www.sv2dcp.com/ > http://www.sv2studios.com/ > > A film is =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It =20= > should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s =20 > behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. > =96Stanley Kubrick > --Apple-Mail-3--936399602 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Worth noting that High Schools (and Elementary Schools these days) are = not teaching professional video editing. They are whetting the feet of = students to the world of visual = communication.

Spending and funding in education has = never been tighter and I can see how CC might not work for = them

On May 8, 2013, at 1:13 PM, Stephen van Vuuren = wrote:

> FCPX ($300 per 5 seats) or = Lightworks to teach editing.FCPX = to teach professional editing is a terrible, awful idea of the worst = kind. Okay, maybe a bit melodramatic, but I have a new intern helping = out here who learned on FCPx and can=92t translate much if anything to = any other editing app. Plus you need almost no upfront video knowledge = to use it (frame rates, pixel aspect, interlacing etc.) so they don=92t = learn that either.

I = assume most smart schools will wise up to that at some = point.
stephen van vuuren
 

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