I am an Associate Video Editor at CinematicProductions, a medium-sized production house. Our team recently migrated from a traditional editing software suite to Avid Media Composer. This decision primarily arose from our need to better handle the 4K video content that's increasingly becoming standard in our industry. As expected, the transition period brought about several challenges as it required us to learn new workflows and adapt to a whole new system.
Specifically, I had to reinvent my edit list creation process and find a workaround for the absence of some familiar tools from our previous software. I tackled these roadblocks by spending extra hours learning the new suite, regularly interacting with other users on Avid communities, and keeping constant communication with my team throughout the transition process.
Owing to our collective efforts, the transition was relatively smooth and we noticed a significant enhancement in our productivity and quality of output. This experience has further strengthened my capability to adapt to new technologies while maintaining a high level of efficiency.