Learning a completely new programme is a painful experience. It's like the first months of learning a new language where you know what you want to say but simply lack the tools to do so.
Day 1 of Avid was a lot like that since I just didn't know how to perform the tricks I've learned in FCP but by Thursday I'd picked up quite a bit of fluidity, remembering the grammar and vocabulary of the system.
We also learned a lot of IT maintenance - as important as how to use the programme - some of it enveloped into the lesson plan, some of it incidental as the computers in the DTU freaked out and stopped working quite frequently.
What I found was that most of the difference was with how you drive - FCP is very much mouse-driven whereas Avid depends far more on either buttons or, if you have the knowledge and you're being efficient, keystrokes. Pretty much everything on FCP has an analogue on Avid, it's just a matter of finding it.
With limited (four days) experience I can say that the most noticeable benefit is that audio editing is far simpler and more in-depth but both have advantages. The real boon is that being able to use both means I can edit on whatever is to hand.
Friday sound was very interesting and I enjoyed our small class size - I only learn techy stuff efficiently when I can touch and engage the kinetic memory. As well as refreshing our memories on how to use the kit and the principles of location sound recording we (myself, Harry, Julia and Amelie) were entertained with a story from the front line of filmmaking where Cammy had ... interesting ... experiences having to stand with a boom for three hours.
I'm more confident now that I could record some sound for a film but for it to be any good I think I'll definitely need more lessons, which I look forward to.
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