COW Reviews: Final Cut Pro Getting Organized in Final Cut Pro

[Mark Maness]

The workflow is exactly the same no matter the media imported, whether it be Log & Transfer or Log & Capture.

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Schazam Productions
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[Shane Ross]

No update needed. This DVD is still relevant for the version of FCP that is out today. It is all about organizing your footage, not how to import. If you want how to use Log and Transfer, THAT tutorial I keep updating. The third revision, dealing with FCP 7, can be found here:

Tapeless Workflow for FCP 7 Tutorial

Shane

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[Vanessa Lynn]

Hi Shane,

Thanks for the tutorial. I’m editing my first documentary and need help figuring out the workflow. I thought the tutorial had some useful pointers, but would like more info on how to manage with 5D footage, synced sound and merged clips.

– For syncing sound I’m doing it manually and using Pluraleyes. Pluraleyes makes all these sequences (synced, synced Replaced) and “merged files” bins. Gleaning info from your tutorial, would you suggest making a separate project for merged files? Do you keep the merged interview files separate from the Broll of the interview or put them together on the same timeline?

– The tutorial gets glitchy in the Narrative Section (in both QT and the alternate player) when you talk about how to organize the footage “all the footage from the dallies bin, everything that’s scene 11, I would highlight and drag into my scene 11 bin.” Ok…would this be another case of making a separate project for Dallies (to keep the original file structure) and then make a new project organized by scenes/recreations? Since the video glitched-out when you moved the files, I was confused as to why you’d move all the clips to the scenes folder, leaving the dallies folder empty. I could be thinking too hard.

– I liked how you dropped the timecode on a nested sequence, do you do this for each interview? I have transcribed most of the interviews but have to be mindful of which sequence/file I got the audio from. Any suggestions?

– Also, why is the “Descriptions” column not searchable?! Do I really have to copy and paste everything from the “Descriptions” column to one of the “Master Comments?” Is there a quicker way to do this rather than cutting and pasting?

I hope my questions make sense!

Thanks again for the tutorial and any input you may have.

Cheers,
Vanessa