(I posted this on the blog too). Great Video Michael,
I've been teaching this digital media class the last three semesters, and technology is a huge barrier to creativity. First, we only have PCs, so we can't go with FCP, so we go with Premiere Pro, which is functionally find, but has all sorts of issues dealing with different types of files/codecs. I had to teach stuff like, if you have an .mp4 file, you must first convert it to .mov with quicktime, and sometimes the audio won't import so you have to export separately - etc. This doesn't even cover the always pragmatic issue of compression, disc space, and problems with the university's secure network and new adobe programs not working etc. It's so frustrating, and it would be so cool if there was one "video engine" as you describe, because, at least there would, hypothetically, only be one set of issues to deal with. I look forward to continuing this conversation. ...peace...richard p.s. If I want to subscribe to all Verdi videos, how would I do that? On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Michael Verdi <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Thanks Chris. That's a good focus. My plan for the conference is to > have much of the presentation focus on examples - kind of like these > imagined future web browsers > <http://www.vimeo.com/1450211?pg=embed&sec=1450211> > I'm forever encouraging people to get a Mac but that's unrealistic and > also not the ideal solution. As much as I love my Mac, Apple is > frustratingly slow to add specific functionality that I would find > useful. And often when a 3rd party jumps in with a solution it's often > Mac only (so much for collaboration). We really need a set of tools to > use that are not delivered at the pleasure of one particular vendor. > > - Verdi > > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Chris Hastings > <[email protected]<chris3306%40yahoo.com>> > wrote: > > this video helps me focus on why the open video conversation is > > important. Verdi links us to the key root question: How can anyone > > make a video? What are the tools that will allow anyone to make > > video ? I think he should talk more about the other side of > > Neverland.. what does this type of system enable. What are some > > examples he can show? > > On Jun 1, 2009, at 10:49 AM, Jay dedman wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> > I've been working on some ideas for the Open Video Confrence (NYC > >> June > >> > 19 - 20) and could use some feedback. > >> > http://reports.graymattergravy.com/2009/05/29/open-video/ > >> > >> its been very difficult to verbalize what we mean by "Open Video". A > >> video like this goes a long way to at least setting the right > >> boundaries for discussion. > >> > >> I hope there's a lot of people here who can come to the Open Video > >> Conference. The biggest challenge we have is connecting the developers > >> with the creators. i see a real disconnect in how developers think > >> about what they're building for video creators...and the way video > >> creators actually work. > >> > >> FCP, Avid, Premiere are such good video editing systems because they > >> did years of research and user testing. So that's what we need to > >> start doing. > >> > >> Jay > >> > >> -- > >> http://ryanishungry.com > >> http://jaydedman.com > >> http://twitter.com/jaydedman > >> 917 371 6790 > >> > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://michaelverdi.com > > -- Richard (Show) Hall http://richardshow.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
