I guess I am curious about people's experiences. Did you learn (Adobe, Maya, Davinci, Blender, Final Cut, Nuke, Avid) at school? Did you teach yourself? Follow a tutorial online? Or did you just wing it on the job?
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Kapow! The Youtubes and experience. May the force be with you
From learning Logic Pro, Audio / music -
I started with GarageBand and had some knowledge of Mac while at Belmont University.
When I bought Logic, It’s actually a big brother to GarageBand, with more features.
I had some classes / minor in Studio at Belmont, so some of the knowledge transferred to this program. I did see learning software on the iPad for Logic, which I bought for $15, though the iPad had problems. The software was great, though never finished it; the concepts were great
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I’ve been learning Logic Pro on my own, though with some help from my Mastering Engineer- small adjustments for recoding / working with tracks, etc.
I’ve been with Sibelius for many decades, and switching to Dorico l- both Music Notation, some
Features/ parameters are used in both software packages.
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Great question Michael Olderr I started with adobe at school and used it at my studio for a number of years, I learned Blender from tutorials going back to the 2.49 days (it was rough), later we moved away from subscription based software and started using Davinci Resolve. In school I learnt Final Cut Pro and Logic and used them side by side. I would say most of my current toolset is self taught and tutorial based, but the foundation of where to use those skills was built in university.
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Premiere Pro for me and their in-software tutorials have been really helpful.
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Sam Sokolow - I remember seeing Premiere on an iMac 27 in Mac Lab at EKU; it's pretty user friendly; Looked like it has great Video and Audio components.
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Kerry Kennard - it does. I'm a true novice editor and I am amazed at what I can accomplish on Premiere.
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Sam Sokolow - I’ve used iMovie for my drum videos; it’s good … but think Premiere is better handling the Video and Audio together. !!
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Started with Final Cut, editing my kids' sports videos, then segued to Premiere Pro and had a talented Editor friend give me a bootcamp-style 2-day training to get underway with a feature film. (I also edited TV news on Beta SP machines back in the day so knew the basics of narrative continuity). For me, hands-on with a notebook for more detailed instructions is best!
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Hey! I learned some of the software I know in film school, but a bunch of it I actually learned on YouTube! Here’s the link to my free filmmaking guide, free creativity podcast, 50-page free Adobe Creative Cloud eBook, and free filmmaking tutorial videos on video editing, photoshop and more. I hope they help :) http://eepurl.com/iuGSUY