Quote:

---

Quote:

---

It would seem to me that Using Vegas to cut video wouldn't be that difficult. I would think it was more about having a good sense of knowing what to cut, rather than how. But again, I'm not a pro, or an Industry Insider. It's possible there are things I could be overlooking, given my inexperience with pro editing. Is it more complicated than that, Bishop?

---

How difficult an editing job will be is directly proportionate to your level of experience, the quality of the footage, having the right tools for the job and the style of editing that the job calls for. Some jobs will expect only removal of the part where the chick vomits during the blow job slapping the cut with a simple wipe transition. Another employer would want it cleaner. You would be required to remove the vomiting and then match the footage before vomit, to a point after vomit, which matches as seamlessly as possible with a very small transition and with an audio loop to cover the missing audio. Still another employer would want you to get file footage from his archives and match up some footage of his wife drinking from the toilet that you would have to brighten and tone down the audio in order to cover the vomit footage. Depending on the skill of the shooter.. Does he give direction on camera(because he isn't the one who has to clean the audio every time he opens his big mouth )Is he unstable with the camera and the boss is going to want you to cut everywhere his hand shakes? Do you have 15 mins. where you didn't see the big glob of spit on your lens? Still others want to create "art" in post. Grand sweeping transitions and all type of video effects(some of which I firmly believe can induce seizures in epileptics).I have seen porn with enough zooming in and out ,wild camera angles and special effects that it not only did not turn me on in anyway, the zooming can actually make me nauseated
The biggest pain in the ass for me is the audio. I understand why some companies choose to just slap music and a loop of "oooh oooh ooohh yeeeeeaaaah" over and over because it's just easier that way
Once you learn how it works it is easy but can be time consuming. Once you know how it works and you have good footage it is a breeze.
I think the best editors in porn don't distract you from your stroke with unmatched shots, gaudy transitions and special effects, but to each their own...

---