[Tig] Remote client supervised color sessions (was "Color")

[Patrick Inhofer]

On May 2, 2007, at 9:21 PM, Bob Kertesz wrote:

> To answer Bob Friesenhahn's question of "Should those in the  
> industry be
> worried?", I suggest that if what's happened to production and  
> editing in the
> last five years are any indication, they should be scared shitless.

I guess I fall into the category facility owners should be *really*  
worried about - experienced professionals using these low-cost tools  
to open their own shops.

IF you're the guy responsible for the financing of operations whose  
business model is built around scarcity of resources, you should be  
very nervous.

If you're the talented, well-paid creative - the future is bright so  
long as you don't mind taking that future into your own hands.

> "Do you realize I can
> BUY a full up editing and color correction system for what it costs  
> to use you
> and your room for two 8 hour days?"

I get these too. These folks quote me the price they *think* it'll  
cost to build my suite, spec'ed out from BH Photo.

If you spend a few minutes on the phone with these people, most of  
the projects they're trying to finish/salvage/color correct have been  
an 18 month odyssey of terror. They're not a threat, not really. 5  
years ago those projects wouldn't have even been attempted. IMO,  
they're more an example of the expanding universe of projects being  
attempted rather than an example of existing projects being dumbed down.

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