On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 01:12, Jason DeRose
<jderose@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Jason,
>
> well, this is what i've been waiting for all along:
> professional post production software for Ubuntu!
Music to my ears. :)
For anyone who missed earlier emails, discussion is about this pro
file import UX design:
In your pro audio work, are you typically importing from cards, or
recording directly to your workstation?
Direct HD recording with realtime DSPs in the monitoring chain.
File and session transfer via USB media or temporary file hosts such as
sendspace.com etc.
We need to support both, but right now we're trying to make the most common HDSLR hardware setup
work very smoothly... which pretty much means recording on a Zoom H4n
or similar, importing from SD cards.
yeah, my colleague got one of those (Zoom), and he's not used to having disk space issues on his recording device..
Archiving the imported material in an orderly and accessible way would help a lot with this.
Out of curiosity, have you used any of AVID's Media Asset Management
software? If so, what do you think of it, any features stand out as
especially worthwhile?
no, i don't use the extra software, since i'm good with files and folders myself, as are most of the studio people i work with, and extra software costs extra money ;)
What i DO use is the file>import dialog, because it sports some features an ordinary file chooser wouldn't have:
* convert sample rate
* preview file with seek bar and volume slider/meter
* unsupported files are automatically filtered
* work on copy vs work on original file
* import to project folder
ProTools also has an "file>import>session data":
* import an entire channel with all regions and audio files on it, settings, plugins etc.
and i use the "file>save a copy of session as.." feature:
* duplicate the whole session with all related files and subfolders
"Region List" offers the possibility to remove unused files from a session:
* select unused
* remove from session
* remove from session and delete from disk
and for exporting audiofiles:
* select and consolidate
* Region List: "export regions as files.."
That's my thinking... why shouldn't creative professionals have some
first-class DE features just for them?
IHMO, there is a *huge* opportunity right now to bring creative
professionals to Ubuntu, especially in the big-data, compute-intensive
areas of pro video and audio. Like what already has happened with
super computing, I think Linux will become the preferred platform for
creative professionals.
the only purpose my Windoze has is to run ProTools.
I do all accounting, webstuff, watching movies, emails, filetransfers and what have you in linux.
I feel free, when using a free OS, i feel "cheated", bargained with, limited, compromised, when using proprietary software.
It's much easier to live with a bug, if you know you can do something about it yourself.
Proprietary systems do not handle bug triage so transparently, so you never feel reassured about whether a problem will ever be fixed.
Hollywood special effects and 3d animation
have been done almost exclusively on Linux for some time, and from
talking to a friend that works in the industry, production shops are
foaming at the mouth to move to a *fully* Linux-based solution... they
just need a suitable video editor, suitable Media Asset Management.
ILM too, right?
I personally think Apple sees the writing on the wall already... I
think there is clear evidence that Apple isn't making further serious
investment in its pro content creation software. It's all about iOS
and content consumption. And that has opened the door for Ubuntu to
provide a new home for a lot of creative professionals.
to me there is Art and there is Entertainment.
Art is when you make something truly outstanding.
Entertainment is when you get paid to do something that is not necessarily unique, but can entertain for a moment.
The ideas and philosophy behind Free software are much more scalable, than concepts grounded in making profit.
Sustainable and scalable software will evolve, provided its creation stands above the need for revenue.
> keep me posted as the software becomes available for testing, i for one
> can't wait to get professional post production work done in desktop Linux.
So the features described in this UX design should almost all land in
dmedia 0.2, which will be released on December 30th:
https://launchpad.net/dmedia/+milestone/0.2
Although the content of the RenderMenu will still be quiet rough and
cards wont automatically be formatted yet.
I'll let you know when it's available! Thanks again for the feedback!