[Tig] FC Color query

[Stuart Fyvie]

What will be interesting is how the next generation of colorists will  
evolve in a career. A lot of them will come from
a 'Color' FCP background and will be more conversant with the  
technology as they migrate to
'Professional' tools.

  Much the same as in the audio field, access to this technology is  
much easier, They 'get it' a lot quicker.

This will be interesting as to how more competitive this will become.  
Will it drive down salary's?

  I think the telecine  assistant as apprentice/future colorist is  
disappearing. A lot don't even handle
film anymore. (Although the ones that do will be I hope more valued  
in the future)

Kids these days, don't know their born. Sheesh!


Stuart Fyvie, Senior Colourist

LipsyncPost London

On 27 Jun 2007, at 08:33, Dick Hobbs wrote:





> Thanks to Punch Post Production for support in 2007.
> TIG portal: http://tig.colorist.org/wiki3
> 2007: 15th year of the TIG.
>  ====
>
> Hooray for Craig! Sense at last!
>
> Apple have done an astounding job with Final Cut Pro, and I am sure
> they will do an astounding job in time with Color (although it needs
> a lot of work at the moment).
>
> Final Cut Pro brought real, professional quality editing tools to the
> masses. They are so good that actually quite a lot of professionals
> use it, but the main aim of Final Cut Pro is to bring professional
> quality editing to the masses - 800,000 licenses sold. At the NAB
> event launching Color they explicitly said that they wanted to do for
> colour correction what they had done for editing. Which is bring it
> to the masses.
>
> Apple's interest is in delivering Color to those 800,000 Final Cut
> Pro users, and if that sells them a few eight-core Macs along the way
> then it will pay for the development. If professionals find a way of
> using Color that is a bonus, nothing more.
>
> Dick