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Published inMar 2024
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781804614921
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Bruce G. Macbryde
Bruce G. Macbryde
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Bruce G. Macbryde

Bruce G. Macbryde, a Final Cut Pro trainer with 20+ years of experience, spanning from the original release in 1999 to the latest version. He served as a sales manager for Australian Authorized Apple distributors (1998-2004) and later as a training manager for Apple-developed software through 2009. He established Wedding Media Productions in 2004, a wedding video business in Sydney, Australia. Bruce is a YouTube creator for the VideoTutors channel, with 500+ video tutorials. He began teaching marketing at NSW TAFE in the early 1980s, specializing in technology and business software such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Pagemaker, and Photoshop during a 7-year stint in New Zealand.
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Should you be a freelancer?

As a reader of this book, you are likely employed in some type of video editing enterprise, either on a full-time or freelance basis. Starting out as a freelancer is a big risk and can be expensive to set up. Most people who are new to the video editing field are already in some employment related to video editing, and they may have progressed from assistant editor status to being a video editor.

The question is, should you continue to work as a full-time employee or are you better off venturing into freelancing?

It’s great to have the stability of a full-time job, but you may feel that the company you work for puts their own interests ahead of yours.

On the other hand, to become a freelancer, there is a considerable investment in equipment and the risk of an erratic workflow from many clients. The decision is much easier when there is one main client that you can focus on. However, don’t be dragged into a scenario where one client...

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Edit without Tears with Final Cut Pro
Published in: Mar 2024Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781804614921

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Bruce G. Macbryde

Bruce G. Macbryde, a Final Cut Pro trainer with 20+ years of experience, spanning from the original release in 1999 to the latest version. He served as a sales manager for Australian Authorized Apple distributors (1998-2004) and later as a training manager for Apple-developed software through 2009. He established Wedding Media Productions in 2004, a wedding video business in Sydney, Australia. Bruce is a YouTube creator for the VideoTutors channel, with 500+ video tutorials. He began teaching marketing at NSW TAFE in the early 1980s, specializing in technology and business software such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Pagemaker, and Photoshop during a 7-year stint in New Zealand.
Read more about Bruce G. Macbryde