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[quote user="VGUK2"] I would've turned this sort of work away in the past as it was "not my kinda work" and missed out on a lucrative little sideline. [/quote] Its all "Art and Commerce". Art goes on our reels, commerce pays the bills. Simple as that.
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[quote user="VGUK2"]http://smokeosx.blogspot.com/[/quote] This is a blog by my friend Scott Malkie, an incredibly talented and smart person (we worked at the same company in the past). Autoscreet should hire this guy ASAP. Note that he puts the price at a full set-up at around $40k all in, plus the $2k annual/mandatory support fee for a cut
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[quote user="AndrewAction"]And what you seem to miss Scott is that for a freelancer to be viable they need relatively continual work. Working continuously often curtails the freelancers opportunities to seek potential future work.[/quote] "Relatively" is the key word here. The normal freelancer usually will make more on an hourly
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[quote user="NICKB"]The problem will be for individual freelancers they are the labour and the labour has to get cheaper.[/quote] What you are missing is that today an individual freelancer can do about 75% of the work needed on his or her own system, laptop, etc. This cuts a huge amount of revenue from facilities that the freelancer used
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Welcome to the real world, Walter. Most of us switch between systems all the time...we just don't hold a conference about it! :-) However, it will be interesting to hear what he has to say. I bet its all been said on these forums multiple times....
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[quote user="NICKB"]Is the learning curve that steep for people who have used Symphony, After Effects and Final Cut Studio?[/quote] Its a different beast. Go check out one in your local market. [quote user="NICKB"]This new market is for the guys in the middle, the vast part of the pro post business, an established workflow for Avid
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beat me to it, Terry - Simple supply and demand.
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[quote user="VGUK2"]I don't subscribe to the notion that my skill and expertise are in some way linked to software & equipment costs.[/quote] Not your skill, of course, but you did say your rates are, correct? [quote user="VGUK2"]I'm sure this is the market that Autodesk is aiming for.[/quote] Good for them. At $15k for
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[quote user="TCurren"]As I understand, it will be sub 5K.[/quote] ....and you have to get it to keep the license active...no choice.
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[quote user="VGUK2"]It won't belong before Avid have to drop Media Composer in favour of Symphony as their entry level product.[/quote] The "race to the bottom" has been going on for years and Autoscreet realized they had to be involved. A handicapped smoke is the first step, but they will realize they need to do more. So this