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[Jeff Markgraf] ” Though I know the famous Hollywood Hostility ™ toward anything new or different, so prevalent in your world (and, to a lesser extent, in mine) will never really go away.”
Well…I’m mainly like “why fix what wasn’t broken?” Although FCX is perfect PERFECT for many workflows, it doesn’t really fit what my needs are. I’ll see if it does, now that it has LANES and I can find my ROLES more easily on the Project. But dunno…Again, what I use works, and works well, so…
[Jeff Markgraf] “OT: are you still on the Oak Island show? “
I wrapped out two weeks ago. Final episode aired last week. But there is a DIGGING DOWN airing tonight. Didn’t cut that, but a couple co-workers did. I need to watch that.
[Jeff Markgraf] “How is that to work on? “
A TOTAL BLAST! One of my favorite shows. REAL reality, not fake made up stuff. They do stuff, we follow. Reality and Doc and legendary.
[Jeff Markgraf] “I assume it’s Avid? “
Yes, totally. 6-9 editors at a time, shared media, offline-online workflow…need access to media for all of the seasons at the same time, PLUS lots of archival. Something that large would cripple FCX.
[Jeff Markgraf] “And are they ever gonna find that dang money pit?”
I hope so, and I hope we are there to capture it! Thanks for being a fan.
Shane
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[Shane Ross] “OH…BTW…I was dragged kicking and screaming into cutting on FCX today…emergency situation…so…”
[Shane Ross] “What it does is fine…we all need that. But for an application that people say is so forward looking…that us dinosaurs need to move to the future…it has a VERY old icon and VERY old terminology. That’s all I’m saying. As Simon said, even Avid calls it ADD EDIT.”
Blades cut things!
If blade is such an antiquated term then why call editing cutting? ????
(for the record, I don’t agree with all the naming conventions of any NLE)
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Man this thread was fun to read ????
I’m teaching a class at the moment and bored to death (students are working on their projects).
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[Darren Roark] “If blade is such an antiquated term then why call editing cutting?”
I myself am PERFECTLY FINE with old naming conventions. Calling it “cutting” based on actual cutting of film is still fine. That’s tradition, and I for one like tradition. I don’t mind if containers or folders or whatever that holds individual clips are called BINS, nor that the stringing out of our footage to tell the story is called a SEQUENCE or TIMELINE. Those work, they are perfectly acceptable names. And tradition is a good thing.
I’m poking fun at Apple renaming things simply to rename them, or to “look to the future.” But then somehow still be in the past with a razor blade icon and the term BLADE used to make an edit to digital media. That’s all. Ironic. Should be in that Alanis Morrisette song.
“It’s like using a razor blade, to edit a digital file,
Oh isn’t it ironic?”(I’m no lyricist)
Shane
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With all the hullabaloo about “Blade” why are they still referred to as “Clips” for that matter?
To quote Monty Python, “This isn’t an argument!”
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What do we call it? I dunno. How ’bout Speed Razor?
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I dunno. How ’bout Speed Razor?
Also, personally, I like “splitty thing.”
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I call it the “Super Duper Slicer Dicer”. It slices and it dices. Unlike the other blade tools this one never needs sharpening. It’s patented design helps prevent nicks, cuts and scratches unlike other blade tools. It also has a stick free surface, no amount of film cement is a match. Just rinse with water! Safe for the careless user yet tough on those pesky clips. It now comes in three neon colors. ????
Sorry, just could not help myself. Need to stop watching those paid advertisements.
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FCP X also has film leader, filmstrips, clapboards, sprocket holes, analog clocks/watches, keys for 18th century locks and magnifying glasses fit for a minimalist Sherlock Holmes. It’s almost like these icons are close to being universally understood and it’s more trouble than it’s worth to ditch and have to teach people a new visual vocabulary.
Yay pragmatism!
My partying linguistic gift “Farmok and Jalad at Tanagra”
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[Chris Harlan] “Also, personally, I like “splitty thing.””
The Splitty McSplittyface Tool would be even better…
Creator of XinTwo – https://www.xintwo.com
The shortest path to FCP X mastery.
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