[Tig] color

[Joe Owens]

The risk, though, with just under a million fiddlers (where does that  
statistic come from anyway, and how likely is it fact?) now getting a  
crack at it, even with its somewhat daunting hardware requirements  
is...   FCP is, has become, or was designed for auteurs who choose  
the 'one-man band' path.  Maybe a fully landscaped gospel choir plus  
symphony (maybe a poor choice of metaphor) is just too hard or  
expensive or maybe not even appropriate for all projects, which do  
have to find their own levels.  Two things:  its exhausting to carry  
all those instruments and play them all (well) simultaneously, and at  
the end of the day all the audience does is throw a dollar in the  
guitar case (on a good day).  A working business case is going to  
require some very low overhead.  Maybe that will be possible -- the  
low entry point for the software alone is tempting --  but more  
likely what may become evident is that the Color application does  
require infrastructure -- at the very, very extreme least a reliable  
colour environment -- or the consequences of working blind will  
become very apparent.

Its a bit like the super-duper golf clubs that are now available.   
Par 5's are shrinking to chip shots in the right hands -- but if  
you're a slicer -- the ball will be in the next county, not just on  
the next fairway., Like me....  ;(   Golfing, that is... once a  
year...  stupid game... mutter, mutter...

Joe Owens
Presto!Digital Colourgrade
302-9664 106 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T5H0N4
+1 780 421-9980
jpo at prestodigital.ca