Replying to Editing TIme tracker
Hey guys I need your help on this one, please give a serious read, Im thinking about starting something that would seriously benifit editors.
If your in a rush at least start reading at the point form part.
In video editing we often charge clients according to the time it will take to edit a project or by the minute of final video. However, the time spent on video editing is often estimated or poorly timed manualy or with help of time tracking software. Manual tracking is a distraction and completely lacks precision. Time tracking websites need to be manualy activated and still require action from the editor in order to track time. The result is that editors very rarely track time and as a result, they have very unprecise estimations of the time it takes to edit.
Here is where my program or plugin would come in and become a serious tool for editors.
-it would open during every project and track every time
- selectable project types (wedding, videoclip, sports) can provide refined pricing according to the project
-multicamera average time would give you a simple way to price an extra cameras editing costs
- The ability to include or exclude internet use would seriously refine the precision of editing time by taking out wasted time
-the ability to exclude or include rendering time for pricing
- the ability to calculate your rate according to your average time in a certain category.. ex: average time for wedding:40h times 20$/h=800. this is done simply by entering editing rates per hour or per minute of final video. by entering rate, every category is then automatically calculated and you have a list of how much to charge for every type of video.
-the ability to track your improvements.
Now this is the idea, what I need to know from you guys is first of all, if this is something that you would be interested in using as an editor. would you see the benifits?
Most importantly I would like to see how much people would be willing to pay for program or plugin like this in order to have a good pricig strategy if I move forward with this.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU WRITE WHAT YOU WOULD PAY FOR THIS
thanks guys!
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