Used to be a video editor, and what he said about just having to "abandon" the edit at some point is so true. However, that job did help me learn about balancing how to reach "good enough" and not chase perfection. I would calculate how many hours I edited, and compare that to much the client paid us, and constantly calculate the hourly rate in my head (e.g. paid $2,000, then I've spent 20 hours at the event filming + editing time so far = $100/hr). If I got lower than $25/hr I would wrap it up quick and stop obsessing, but the goal was always to keep the hourly rate higher yet still produce a quality creative work (Context: This was back in 2005, so $25/hr was killer awesome, lol)
Used to be a video editor, and what he said about just having to "abandon" the edit at some point is so true. However, that job did help me learn about balancing how to reach "good enough" and not chase perfection. I would calculate how many hours I edited, and compare that to much the client paid us, and constantly calculate the hourly rate in my head (e.g. paid $2,000, then I've spent 20 hours at the event filming + editing time so far = $100/hr). If I got lower than $25/hr I would wrap it up quick and stop obsessing, but the goal was always to keep the hourly rate higher yet still produce a quality creative work (Context: This was back in 2005, so $25/hr was killer awesome, lol)
Perfectionism is a beast, especially for us creatives.. 😅 - @acharich