The Great Smoke 2013 Summer Challenge of 2012
The Great Smoke 2013 Summer Challenge of 2012
This is my adventure into Smoke 2013 (aka Smoke on a Mac 2013). I have no experience with any Autodesk programs and am only slightly familiar with FCP 6, 7 and Avid Media Composer 3 – 6.
While I have a production company, my personal editing skill I would say is at the level of pretty good student editor.
Not having edited 10,000 hours of videos, I’m no expert. So, let’s see how I fare with this new program. I am giving myself about 60 days, give or take a few days to complete my basic training and demonstrate on a public stage what I have accomplished with the pre-release trial 1 version of this software.
My plan is to present Sept 5th at IFIE* and Sept 26th, at LAFCPUG**.
I am going to be watching the Autodesk Smoke 2013 tutorials channel on YouTube and you can play along at home, if you wish. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB876B082326C2124
I expect to get through these 14 videos today.
Tech Specs:
I am using a 2011 13″ 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 MacBook Pro with 4 GB of RAM, running Mac OS X 10.7.4. I am using a 750 GB G-Drive Mini FW800 external drive as my media drive. It’s not the recommended setup but I feel it’s somewhere in the what-the-average-consumer-can-afford realm.
My goal is to see what a general student should be able to comfortably accomplish in this program. I feel that if a company wants to conquer the future, it better make its programs accessible and understandable at the student level.
I can be reached on Twitter.com/quintessential if you want to interact.