Vegas Poll

Logan5 wrote on 6/15/2005, 2:52 PM

Pro Poll

I’m curious to how Vegas users break down.

1. Full time for any broadcast, industrials, marketing, DVD for 500 + distribution.
2. Part time for any of the above listed + wedding & photo montages.
3. Full time for wedding videos.
4. Part time or sporadic paid work – or hobby video.

Thank you for your participation.

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rmack350 wrote on 6/15/2005, 10:45 PM

Simple definition of a professional would be someone who does something as their profession.

If editing is your profession (the thing you make a living doing) then it seems you'd be a professional.

Of course many people have broader professions and editing is only a part of the bigger picture.

Then there are people like me who use Vegas every day in the course of work but do not actually edit. (Profesionally, I use Vegas to review footage and extract stills for the web. Any editing I do is as a hobby.)

Rob Mack

FrigidNDEditing wrote on 6/15/2005, 11:21 PM

#2 - unless of course I have to work full time to get the bills paid =)

Dave

Fleshpainter wrote on 6/16/2005, 1:34 AM

Sort of #1 'ish, mostly for independent producers though.

dhill wrote on 6/16/2005, 1:35 AM

#2

playing music bought my house, but editing video for dvd distribution (yes, more than 500 units) bought my new floors, ceiling, and plumbing! :o) I just finished a new hour and a half long project tonight (for dvd dist.) that I have been working on for some time.

Also, the company that I have used for years to master and replicate my dvd's just swiched from Apple FCP/DVDSP to Vegas/DVDA!

Paul_Holmes wrote on 6/16/2005, 3:32 AM

#4
Sometimes paid, sometimes free weddings -- don't have the right equipment to really charge anyone.
Love the process of filming and editing however. When I was a kid I used to borrow my Dad's 8MM windup movie camera and it's been an on and off hobby ever since.
Among the extended family I'm the "movie-maker." They're all into stills -- stills bore me!

B_JM wrote on 6/16/2005, 6:01 AM

dand9959 wrote on 6/16/2005, 6:20 AM

Thomas wrote on 6/16/2005, 6:53 AM

PierreB wrote on 6/16/2005, 7:09 AM

# 4... hobbyist.

Thought I'd consider documentary film making to make money but got laughed out of the class ;-)

Pierre

EdBee wrote on 6/16/2005, 7:37 AM

Logan5 wrote on 6/16/2005, 3:06 PM

Interesting so far, the tally with out the ones not selecting a vote number follows.
I did a quick count so I may be off a little.

1. 9
2. 4
3. 0
4. 16

Avanti wrote on 6/16/2005, 4:18 PM

#1 + weddings when my arm is twisted.

ibliss wrote on 6/16/2005, 5:22 PM

None of the above.

Audio editing and recording for Stage FX playback (theatre).

PeterWright wrote on 6/16/2005, 5:44 PM

#1 - not sure about distribution numbers - I generally leave that to my clients.

MichaelS wrote on 6/16/2005, 5:51 PM

Tattoo wrote on 6/16/2005, 10:00 PM

#4 - purely hobby.

RichR wrote on 6/16/2005, 10:28 PM

#1 and #3

Lingo wrote on 6/17/2005, 5:20 AM

3. Full time for wedding videos

Chanimal wrote on 6/17/2005, 5:54 AM

#2. Mainly corporate videos.

Yoyodyne wrote on 6/18/2005, 12:10 AM

Mikeof7 wrote on 6/18/2005, 10:31 AM

I'm a two for now...retirement around the bend...then plan to be a modified three or full time two.

ushere wrote on 6/20/2005, 4:53 AM

i'm a hooker - i'll turn cartwheels (or pages) for cash

1 and anything else that comes along or takes my fancy. but usually independent productions

ps. mikeof7 - i tried to retire! the bastards still ring my doorbell five years on, and a 300km trip for them!

BrianStanding wrote on 6/20/2005, 5:41 AM

4. -- although some of my "hobby work" has made it onto broadcast, and some of my paid work has been for industrials and video features.

Wolfgang S. wrote on 6/20/2005, 10:16 AM