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One Sequence Per Project?
I’m I crazy? Can I really only have one sequence per project? This whole events vs project thing is seeming kind of convoluted.
Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
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There are no sequences. Only projects. You are not crazy….just thinking this works like other NLE’s…it doesn’t.
Read this…it explains the new paradigm better than I ever could…
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/fcp_x_first_look_martin.html
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[Russell Lasson] “I’m I crazy? Can I really only have one sequence per project? This whole events vs project thing is seeming kind of convoluted.”
Yes, it’s one sequence per project. And because clips are organized in the Events window, a project basically is a sequence, and nothing else. I’m surprised they even still call them ‘Projects’ and not just sequences.
There are a couple of things to keep in mind here. One is that you can open projects directly from the FCP X interface, so if you do need to work with multiple sequences, this doesn’t mean you have to keep going back to the Finder. You can also organize projects into folders directly in Final Cut, if you need to group related sequences.
The other thing to remember is that FCP X has far more powerful support for what are, effectively, nested sequences, in the form of Compound Clips. Between this feature and Auditions, a lot of the things that were best done by organizing clips across multiple sequences in FCP 7 can easily be done within a single sequence in FCP X, once you wrap your head around the new organizational tools.
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Maybe I’m missing something, but i never heard of this being on any editors FCP wish list. Organizing sequences in projects makes sense to a lot of people. I like being able to organize my bins however i want to…
Can i drag a folder of images into my events? or stock footage from another drive? it just seems that what used to take 1 single step now takes a ton more time!
george manzanilla
rundfunk media
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[george manzanilla] “Can i drag a folder of images into my events? or stock footage from another drive?”
Yes.
[george manzanilla] “it just seems that what used to take 1 single step now takes a ton more time!”
Not as far as I can see. And organization in general should be much faster. There’s well thought out tagging, you can search for clips within events, etc.
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Honestly this is not one of the things that worries me. Compound clips seems to be the new method of nesting sequences, and I actually like that. Honestly, I think I would be happy at this point if Apple added multiclip editing and XML/OMF support. I think I can work around everything else.
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You can always create a new compound clip directly inside the event browser. That’s the closest you get to FCP7 sequences.
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Chris, you’ve been making very good explanations.
I think people are confusing old language/nomenclature with new functionality.
Also a lot of the new methodology has a lot to do with how AV Foundation works. A basic understanding can help with the understanding of the superficial appearance of “one sequence” per “project” and even why there’s a “gap” function. People have to break away from their understanding of what a “sequence” and a “project” is and grasp how “events” work. A “project” is really something very different’ than what a “project” used to mean even though it’s the same word. -
[george manzanilla] “Maybe I’m missing something, but i never heard of this being on any editors FCP wish list. Organizing sequences in projects makes sense to a lot of people. I like being able to organize my bins however i want to… “
If I asked my customers what they wanted they would have said a faster horse—
Henry Ford (?)
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[Craig Seeman] “A “project” is really something very different’ than what a “project””
Isn’t this all just a confusion based on some things having changed their names?
A “project” is to all intents and purposes identical to what we used to call a sequence – there doesn’t seem to be anything more mysterious going on here.
Simon Ubsdell
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Simon, you’re generally correct but Apple is changing a lot of nomenclature and that’s causing some confusion. In this case I wish Apple used another term but the nature of AV Foundation is that it’s not a “sequence” at all. In many respects
it’s kinda/sorta like creating a file with parts linked together. It’s “stuff” in a wrapper so to speak. That’s why Apple now uses the term “Storyline” since sequence implies something it isn’t. Basically FCPX is a database managed from metadata in which one puts the data together to create a “file” of sorts built around AV Foundation functions.
The problem people are having is they’re trying to translate previous ways of understanding to a new language (new technical way of putting together media) that doesn’t necessarily translate directly.
In some ways it reminds me of the use of the term Grok in Robert Heinlein’s “Stranger in a strange land.” Describing the new word can be very complex because there’s no English equivalent and to say the Grok means to know or understand would be entirely inadequate and that’s what people are trying to do and I think it’s resulting in a lot of frustration.
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