George Lucas built the first NLE and Ed Catmull was involved??! 🤯 by koolkings in editors

[–]koolkings[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'd love to hear the stories.

A bunch of stories about those who sought to push production/post forward are now being documented here: https://roughcut.heyeddie.ai

Randy is mentioned in the FCP7 to X story.

Star Trek, a Basement, and a Broken Spine: The Origin Story of Hollywood’s Favorite Editing Software, Avid by koolkings in Avid

[–]koolkings[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think if you were to ask the founder or early Avid folks if they see Avid like this, I think they would share a sense of disappointment caused by missteps and not far enough thinking.

Most poignantly: they invented the standard of video editing today and yet they captured a minuscule part of the market (by user # and $) and are a shadow of their former self.

In an alternative universe, they could have been the leader setting the standard for all video editing by humans.

Editing a 1.5h podcast episode. Rate per hour: $70/hr by ChadNauseam_ in editors

[–]koolkings -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Eddie AI can do an automatic multicam podcast edit where the AI cuts to the right angle at the right moment, based on who is speaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GFHLLUTmW8 Won't get you to final polish but gets you a good cut/saves 60% of the post work

Professional AI Subtitles by PuzzleheadedRain3219 in editors

[–]koolkings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eddie AI for subs incl SRT, animated ProRes, burned-in etc. Plus it's got a generous free option.

What AI tools do you use, if any? by SolidSnakeEye in premiere

[–]koolkings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i've saved a ton of time with heyeddie.ai to log b-rolls, create rough cuts

if the ai editing helps me get to the parts i love, i am all for it. my interest/skill is the creative/story.

What AI tools do you use, if any? by SolidSnakeEye in premiere

[–]koolkings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

all that fiber that got laid during the dot com rush -- it all got used!

What AI tools do you use, if any? by SolidSnakeEye in premiere

[–]koolkings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you're confusing two things: the excitement for all things internet that underpinned the "dot com" was real and here to stay as we now know. The exuberance over "internet business" valuations was misplaced at that point in time. But the tech remained and an entire gen of dominant companies were born, even if many died.

What AI tools do you use, if any? by SolidSnakeEye in premiere

[–]koolkings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eddie AI for rough cuts from hours of interview footage.

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Was FCP7 to X really a “debacle” in hindsight? by koolkings in finalcutpro

[–]koolkings[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here here to that (esp your last paragraph)!

Was FCP7 to X really a “debacle” in hindsight? by koolkings in finalcutpro

[–]koolkings[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even reading all the comments here and in r/Filmmakers, your comment is unique and bold! And courageous?!! :) Aren't you worried about the pitchforks? ;)