Blade

[Simon Ubsdell]

I use this which lets me do two edits at the same time!

Simon Ubsdell
tokyo productions
hawaiki

[Bill Davis]

[Simon Ubsdell] ”
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Which gets us to…

How I usually see myself as an editor… (top image)
verses how others likely see me. (bottom image)

Self delusion – the friend I can always count on.

; )

Creator of XinTwo – https://www.xintwo.com
The shortest path to FCP X mastery.

[Douglas K. dempsey]

I know we’re done with this silly thread, and thanks to Shane – it was a lot of fun.

I want to say … SOME interface metaphors are delightful, and I am thinking of the FCPX “head” and “tail” icons of a clip, to indicate first frame and last frame, when seen in the Viewer. I love the FCPX “film sprocket holes” graphic, running down the left (head) or the right (tail) side of the window. It makes no literal sense — “Oh, I’ve gone over as far over as I can, there’s the edge of my piece of film” — something an old optical house operator might say, while enlarging or “blowing up” a frame. It’s the adoption of an anachronistic image for a different purpose … but it just looks cool. Absolutely as silly as a blade, but to younger users, maybe it’s an welcome call-out to analog: Celluloid film, vinyl records, tube amps … neat!

Doug D

[Scott Witthaus]

[Shane Ross] “The Blade tool should look like a sword, and be animated as it cuts the clip in two. THAT would be a futuristic tool!”

Like the little weight lifter guy that used to be in Media Composer…

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Mike Parfit]

I see mention of “Speed Razor.” Who remembers Speed Razor? Does anyone know what happened?

I was using it, there was talk of a new version, then poof! Gone.

Does that ring a bell? Anyone?

[Chris Harlan]

[Mike Parfit] “I see mention of “Speed Razor.” Who remembers Speed Razor? Does anyone know what happened?

I was using it, there was talk of a new version, then poof! Gone.

Does that ring a bell? Anyone?”

Oh, yes. I used to own one. For the time it was pretty cool. I had it paired with a Matrox digisuite LE. I was in some contact with the company at the time. I think they just didn’t have the users. They were early out as a “broadcast” NLE, but it quickly became a crowded field, and things started to tip towards Mac. They just didn’t have enough market share or development staff to deal with a quickly changing market. I sat in on one about a decade ago and was shocked at how sluggy it was. Fun for the time though!

[Mike Parfit]

Hi, Chris,

Yes, I really liked it. It was quite stable, as I remember, more stable than everything else I’d tried.

Thanks for answering my question!

Cheers,

Mike

[Chris Harlan]

For the time it was a really excellent compositor, too.