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Did some more real editing today
On a not real job, and I have to say, I like it.
I had layers and stacks and SFX. Filters, text and dissolves. Composite modes.
It is really nice to make small adjustments to timing on the front of the timeline, and when I get towards the back, everything is in place. It’s quite sweet.
I found a lot more preadded p2 metadata is present in the files when I thought it wasn’t. The only problem is that only some of fields are searchable in the browser, but I found more of them are than I originally thought. There’s some cool automagic clip renaming that can be done too.
Smooth keyframes moves are still kind of stupid in X, I can’t see why they have to make it so weird.
Audio filters and video filters are very real time, it’s really fun.
The clip index is very cool, I hope that gets plussed out with more features.
It crashed once, I didn’t lose anything though.
Sharing/qmaster is weird, but that might have to do with a SAN. If everything was local, it didn’t hiccup and was normal.
There’s still lots of work to be done, but I was enjoying myself.
A client called with the updates I was waiting for so I restarted back to 7. I had a stream of 1080p23.976 HQ and a transparent PNG title, and FCP dropped frames. This is coming from a 650+ MB/sec fibre channel raid.
It’s crazy how old fcp7 feels in such a short time. I hope X can grow up and live to it’s potential.
Let the flames begin. That is all.
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No flames just “thumbs up” 🙂
I use Avid MC every day and teach FCP at a local college part-time.
This fall I get to teach FCPX and so far its been a blast learning and working with it.
Did it convert me? Yes it got me thinking that Avid and Adobe better start stealing and moving forward with their tools cause it does feel old and stale when I go back to Avid.
I purchased FCPX an hour it was released because I believe in what I can do in it.
From where Im from, my deliverables are all file based anyway.
We have a few BetaSP decks and even an XDCAM/DVCAM (decks and cameras) collecting dust at work along with the Sony SVHS.
Ever since RED/DSRL came in, I’ve yet to touch anything tape based (its been almost a year).
Maybe were not pro enough but I sure feel like one when I can fire off projects super fast in FCPX and without the drama of Avid MC 🙂 -
Thanks Jeremy,
another thumb up here.I pretty much had the same ‘old’ feeling going back to FCP 7 🙂
Hope they will get it right and are not to under staffed.Carsten
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Ditto over here too. The top and tail trim features are shockingly good. Ripple edits are effortless. L & J cuts have never been so efficient.
However the software is not yet a joy to use. I’m not really as much concerned with missing features as I am with the buggy, unoptimized state of FCP X. On my Mac it takes a good 5 minutes for FCP X to launch and load all the projects. Once editing it doesn’t respond like a well fashioned tool in the way that FCP 7 does on the same machine. Dropping in a simple music cue seems to bring the editor to a halt for a few seconds.
An edit system should feel like you are playing a responsive instrument. This is what I felt like doing tape to tape editing and where FCP was in the last few years. It just felt good. With FCP X however, I feel like I am playing the piano and loving the sound, but sometimes it doesn’t play some notes and there is a half a second delay from when I strike the key to I hear the note.
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[Timothy Payton] “I’m not really as much concerned with missing features as I am with the buggy, unoptimized state of FCP X. “
No question, it’s quirky. There is definitely some more work to do.
Thanks, Timothy.
Jeremy
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Thumbs up Jeremy,
Once you are in there for a while, there is a lot that happens that you forget about until you go back. Then you can really feel the difference.
Everyday, it’s faster, smarter and smoother.
XML, OMF and some tweaks it’s a hands down, tight, createive tool.
David
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On my system it crashes quite frequently, but to be honest it’s not the worst build of FCP I’ve ever used in terms of stability.
It does feel like there is some memory problems occurring the longer your edit session lasts. I just restart two or or three times a day to speed things up
I’m enjoying editing with it as well, I’ve just finished a 100 minute show for DVD release and I’m just about to brave another one.
Steve Connor
Adrenalin TelevisionHave you tried “Search Posts”? Enlightenment may be there.
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I hate waiting for the projects to load as well. Hiding them in a different folder when you don’t need them works well.
I forget who suggested this… may have been Apple, but next to my Final Cut Events and Final Cut Projects folder, I’ve created a Final Cut Projects Hidden.
You can drag project folders back and forth and they will be “hidden” and never load until you need them.
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I’m calling it FCX. They took the “pro” out, so I will too.
I’ll reconsider after the first upgrade.Mark Morache
Avid/Xpri/FCP7/FCX
Evening Magazine,Seattle, WA
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There are utilities that aid in this process as well. One is $5 called EventManagerX.
Jeremy
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It’s good to see some editors actually diving into the software to see what it can do. I’ve been saying since April that in time FCP X has the potential to be a great application. Right now it’s not the best solution for our multi-seat company, and it lacks broadcast monitor support, but these are issues that will be addressed.
I recently cut a project on FCP X.
I shared my thoughts here: https://creativeliquid.com/news/archive/2011/08/final-cut-pro-x-actionAnd yes, it does feel strange going back to FCP 7 or Avid for that matter.
Ryan Pratzel
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Just give me multicam and baseband video output and I’m all in! Until then back to FCP7 ;-I
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