Cutting a major Hollywood Feature on FCPX

[Andrew Kimery]

[Jeremy Garchow] “I apologize, it’s very hard to explain over the interwebs, and it’s also hard to explain without diving in to X.
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No, I get it. I just have a very low amount of faith in most people doing an ounce of ‘extra’ work even though it will save them and/or others a pound of extra work down the line. Part of me chalks it up to a cultural thing in America where prior planning of any sort is treated like some sort of burden.

[Jeremy Garchow] “Right, but what if you had music AND dialogue on the same track? You’d have to rearrange it.

Right, it’s all contingent that the track assignments have been followed just like Roles wouldn’t work if someone labeled music as Dialogue. And, yes, changing a Role is easier than finding all the instances of DIA being on the wrong track and moving them to the right track.

I’m not doubting the software, I’m doubting the human using the software.

[Chris Harlan]

[Charlie Austin] “I agree that some sort of visual cues (other than clip names) like color coding would be great. “

This would most likely do it for me. If I could see blue sfx, red vo, green dialog, mauve music I could get a similar structural sense at a glance. It would take a bit of adapting to, but the same amount of info would visible, so I think I’d be fine with that.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Chris Harlan] “mauve music “

How fancy! 😉

[Mitch Ives]

[Charlie Austin] “Presenting info, as you have in this thread, about how X can work for someone is great. Pontificating about the inner workings of software you didn’t write, and denigrating anyone who “doesn’t get it” is counterproductive. Again… my opinion…”

FWIW, I’ve known Bill for what must be 15-20 years now. He is a genuinely nice person… helps anyone who has ever asked, and actually has a very good sense of humor.

He and I have tangled quite a bit on this forum in recent years, which is odd, since we never have in person.

Bill is clearly very passionate about FCP X and I think it has affected his tone at times, but unless he has changed considerably, I don’t believe any of it is malicious in nature. I believe he truly respects others, even when he’s in complete disagreement with them.

Just my $0.02…

I’m Mitch and I approve this message…

Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” – Winston Churchill

[Charlie Austin]

[Mitch Ives] “FWIW, I’ve known Bill for what must be 15-20 years now. He is a genuinely nice person… helps anyone who has ever asked, and actually has a very good sense of humor. “

I don’t want to get into personalities here, I think it’s again the law of the cow, but that is really very clear. As an early adopter and current fan of FCP X, I also understand the frustration one can feel here when confronted with, sometimes irrational, and often misinformed criticism. Especially when it seems like one’s “professionalism” is being questioned. I guess I was giving advice I give myself from time to time. I suppose my point was basically “you catch more flies with honey”. 🙂

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~ My FCPX Babbling blog ~
~”It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools.”~
~”The function you just attempted is not yet implemented”~

[Mitch Ives]

[Charlie Austin] “I don’t want to get into personalities here, I think it’s again the law of the cow, but that is really very clear. As an early adopter and current fan of FCP X, I also understand the frustration one can feel here when confronted with, sometimes irrational, and often misinformed criticism. Especially when it seems like one’s “professionalism” is being questioned. I guess I was giving advice I give myself from time to time. I suppose my point was basically “you catch more flies with honey”. 🙂
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And I totally got that… wasn’t directed solely at you…

Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.

“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” – Winston Churchill

[Charlie Austin]

[Mitch Ives] “And I totally got that… wasn’t directed solely at you…”

What’s the “thumbs up” ascii emoticon? d= ??? Yeah, that’s it… OK… Nevermind 😉

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~ My FCPX Babbling blog ~
~”It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools.”~
~”The function you just attempted is not yet implemented”~

[Andrew Kimery]

[Mitch Ives] “He and I have tangled quite a bit on this forum in recent years, which is odd, since we never have in person.”

The Internet changes everything. If everyone was talking at a bar I doubt there would be any flare ups. I try and keep that in mind whenever I feel like someone is getting on my nerves.

[Steve Mcgarrigle]

A teaser trailer for Focus has just been released. Here’s a link:https://youtu.be/A1PqBFHoeTA

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