On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 09:02:54 +0200, Matt Sandstrom wrote:

>Neuman - Ruether wrote:
[...]
>> I find this method more
>> direct and intuitive than using the dual (tiny)
>> windows

>tiny? what layout are you using? and what screen res? ok, whatever...

Dual 17" monitors - there is no possibility for an on-top dual display at 720x480 for the windows...

>i see what you're saying, but i'm about 100% percent sure your method is
>slower

It is slower, but more intuitive for the beginner, and
results in handling most editing operations in the same
manner, rather than using the dual-window system for
cuts, and the timeline for other things, like transitions,
filters, effects, etc. Handling all these editing operations
directly on the timeline, using the single full-sized
preview window (and a TV), makes more sense to me...

>and results in more mistakes, no matter how intuitive it is.

That is not correct. All operations are performed in a single location, with a single operating method, with
to-the-frame accuracy and accurate preview of all operations...

>one
>hand on the playback control keys and one on the in, out and insert keys
>gives you a rough cut in very close to real time. try it sometime.

"Rough" is not what I'm after...;-)
Preference depends on working methods and output
characteristics. If you are banging out a quick
piece for the evening news, or a documentary in
which color matching and continuity is not important
(they would be to me...;-), your method is superior.
For beginners, and for those who view editing as not
just the arrangemnt of parts, but the integration
of the process to produce a seamless, consistent-looking
product (and also for multi-camera editing), the timeline
editing method works better. I think Adobe made a mistake
in making the dual-window method the default - it simply
baffles most beginners (me included...;-). Fortunately,
it is easy to change...

>premiere can be controlled by keyboard, right? i only use fcp, and
>sometimes avid, except when people send me premiere projects.

Yes, but I'm a "hunt-'n'-peck" typest, and controlling
Premiere with a keyboard would drive me more nuts than
I already am...;-) I prefer to get in there on the
timeline and work directly with the tools and clips
available...