Return-Path: Received: from mail-pd0-f171.google.com ([209.85.192.171] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5188046 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 26 Aug 2013 04:54:42 +0200 Received: by mail-pd0-f171.google.com with SMTP id g10so2887566pdj.2 for ; Sun, 25 Aug 2013 20:06:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=o7Iw8fbURlA52QhMXm/ZAv38ypBaGyBpYhJzxkmu9cg=; b=H6QfdPt7Xi5/ZLvf2j2mJAj/AxdnFvEvVk/QYXh00Gech4qhYLvox1pjiy/PeKHtWt nWyCSU1lfDhy4XwpZHZ8+WC3Q1IHxQNsLMv6AT7OjlqKvLm8/pWSCtmUK/jIufDHVTeb tCXskb/rBKgWRo3hs2+PSGr5gwU6VbYA4w43XLok/zVioTFjRpfnYD4ZlpjsPN9qeT+/ NUsnLmymgob7qr0qZh2A8tsHkBcHRNEMx927+8GF5SbY16negHQDr7PfGIoLcz2iIiju WIitngtIExwETHsr7JtrZReV/cRi5+OIRzYgrwzFAlNsdXBaYVxY3NEmLWDolPtz6eeg 9p4A== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.68.222.99 with SMTP id ql3mr5856874pbc.132.1377486419086; Sun, 25 Aug 2013 20:06:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.185.4 with HTTP; Sun, 25 Aug 2013 20:06:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 23:06:58 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] USA and the emerging 'Software Piracy Gap'!! From: Jim Lang To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b2eddc1b152a204e4d10c8c --047d7b2eddc1b152a204e4d10c8c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 green AE users are the last thing you should be afraid of . . . unless you hired one. On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 11:20 PM, adam mercado wrote: > I don't know about right out of school, but what I'm seeing and hearing is > that some very green AE users are doing jobs for $20 an hour that I just > can't compete with. Whether they live at home with mum and dad or they are > using bootleg software to make ends meet, these guys are impossible to > compete with. It's obviously not on the scale of large VFX or broadcast > studios cheating by stealing but the principle and the effect is the same. > > Interesting discussion BTW > > > Adam Mercado > Influxx Media Production > Fullerton, CA > > > > > > > On Aug 24, 2013, at 5:30 PM, Brian Higgins wrote: > > No actually one hires After Effects artists straight out of high school, >> do they? >> > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > --047d7b2eddc1b152a204e4d10c8c Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
green AE users are the last thing you should be afraid of = . . . unless you hired one.


On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 11:20 PM, adam mercado <adam@in= fluxx.com> wrote:
I don't know about right out of school, = but what I'm seeing and hearing is that some very green AE users are do= ing jobs for $20 an hour that I just can't compete with. Whether they l= ive at home with mum and dad or they are using bootleg software to make end= s meet, these guys are impossible to compete with. It's obviously not o= n the scale of large VFX or broadcast studios cheating by stealing but the = principle and the effect is the same.

Interesting discussion BTW

Adam Mercado
Influxx Media Production
Fullerton, CA






On Aug 24, 2013, at 5:30 PM, Brian Higgins wrote:

No actually one hires After Effects artists straight out of high school, do= they?


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