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An editors two cents
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[Chris Kenny] “Tracks are merely one way of doing this. They are, perhaps, the most obvious way, but the most obvious way to do something is frequently not the best way.”
How is the FCPX better in your opinion?
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Fair enough. Aindreas here has been articulating the why’s much clearer than most. And has made some exceptionally valid points.
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Have you downloaded and tried FCP X yet? I find the more I work with it and wrap my head around a different way of doing things the better it looks.
Best,
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Quick question: Why does Photoshop have “layers”?
Alex Hawkins
Canberra, Australia -
I am just learning FCPX. I got stumped with what I think is the simplest of tasks in FCP7.
Try this at home and see if you can figure it out.
Goal: a segment that has a talking head interview with a cutaway to another shot of the things he is talking about. The trick is that you want to fade into the shot of the cutaway items and crossfades between the items and crossfade back to the talking head. Remember the talking head continues to speak under the cutaways.
Figure this one out in FCPX. I can do it in FCP7 in a heartbeat.
Jeff Wingo
http://www.jwingo.com -
It’s late and I just got home from an early 4th of July party. But.
You should be able to drag the b-roll and place it where you wish over the soundbite. The b-roll audio should appear under the soundbite clip. Once you get the b-roll placed highlight it and make it a compound clip, then add dissolves to your hearts’ content. Easily move the entire compound clip or step into it and easily adjust individual items.
There are at least 2 other ways to do this, I think. Working a few of the free tutorials on the web can help get you up to speed pretty quickly.
Best,
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That was a great idea, but what I got when I tried it was a cut to black and then a fade at the beginning. It was a fade to black at the end of the b-roll clip.
What then worked was having no transitions at the beginning or end of the b-roll clip, but instead using keyframes and opacity to accomplish it.
Thanks for the tip on composite clips. I am still working through the tutorials.
Jeff Wingo
http://www.jwingo.com -
That was a great idea, but what I got when I tried it was a cut to black and then a fade at the beginning. It was a fade to black at the end of the b-roll clip.
What then worked was having no transitions at the beginning or end of the b-roll clip, but instead using keyframes and opacity to accomplish it.
Thanks for the tip on compound clips. I am still working through the tutorials.
Jeff Wingo
http://www.jwingo.com -
Hi Jeff
You would be better off making the cutaways into a secondary storyline (Cmd/G) rather than a compound clip – that way you can quickly apply fades to either end (Cmd/T) and you can create a dissolve in between your two cutaways just as easily.
Simon Ubsdell
Director/Editor/Writer
http://www.tokyo-uk.com -
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