Frames, disc space, and Video editors

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FRAMES PER SECOND

So I am understanding the best way to shoot for TV Broadcast. Either 24 frames per second (fps) for a cinematic look, or 30 fps for another type of look. 

OUT OF DISC SPACE

It's been some time since I've updated my hard drives. The truth is, all my five or six hard drives are 98% filled with graphic design and photo files--I shoot from 1 to 100 photos per day (doesn't everyone?) and have been managing a massive 30,000+ image photo library with aperture. So now it's time to slow down on the photos and dust off the video skills. And it's time to bust out a new 4 Terabyte hard drive--thanks to my partner, it arrives Tuesday. The drive was just delivered to my house Friday, but Amazon vendors shipped a tiny two terabyte drive by mistake. So they fixed the order the same day and promised overnight service to Illinois, but it shipped to Leroy's house in Maryland. What fun. 

AFTER EFFECTS

OK, I've finally ramped up After Effects learning, for animating video graphics and titling. Not as tough as I thought, there's just a lot going on with an app that is far more complex than Photoshop. The other complicated thing I'm trying to keep straight about After Effects is it's spelling. I would hate to spell After Affects (sic) wrong in a blog about how we are gearing up for a pro shoot, even if it were a pro-sumer shoot. 

VIDEO EDITORS

My intense AVID Media Composer training, compliments of the Defense Department, won't last forever. Especially since I don't use it daily. But shortly after that training, I quickly attended a couple other editor trainings, including Premiere, and iMovie HD (wow that is really a unique experience, although I really loved editing with it--but man it's different than what the industry is used to--Apple has already started a video editing revolution--the competitors just don't realize it). 

With all the YouTubing out there, the world has to edit video with something other than pro software or Google's YouTube editing tools (LORD bless them). When iMovie catches on, the industry will notice 50,000,000 million consumer users, proficient with its new feel, and then the industry will feel old and out of touch.