FCP to PPro – teething Problems 1

[Julian Bowman]

Cheers Alex.

Ok, have to admit to being a tad confused and I’m guessing because FCP (perhaps) offered less in terms of Audio, but yep, I have created new audio tracks (tested mono and stereo) and it seems i can drop multiple clips on different ones, so a good step in the right direction.

I think I need to use google more than creative cow as i’m only trying to ascertain if i can do what I do on FCP without too much hassle and if 5.5 is enough of a step up for me from FCP7 to invest the time and money in it now (or wait until CS6 and muddle on). I know I have to learn it at some point because X feels more and more like a bad dream with every post/review I read.

At the moment capturing from my sony deck is the main focus (though I can capture through FCP7, but eventually that simply won’t work when Apple get round to updating the OSX enough to kill it off).

Thanks for the support Peter. I already changed to the FCP7 keystrokes (thank you Adobe!!!) which brings a degree of familiarity). As for the rest, as I said above, probably best I use tutorials.

Mostly I want to know I am able to and comfortable with editing the way I edited before (which ironically I cannot with the recent FCP ‘upgrade’ 🙂 It’s a bit like house sitting for someone. I know they have all the stuff I have in my house, but god knows where they put it and how their complex TV set-up works 🙂

[Pete Peterson]

[Julian Bowman] “Thanks for the support Peter. I already changed to the FCP7 keystrokes (thank you Adobe!!!) which brings a degree of familiarity). As for the rest, as I said above, probably best I use tutorials.”

I actually found with a little experimentation that I integrated most of the FCP 7 shortcuts and also changed some to match what I wanted to create. Really nice feature. I subscribed to the Creative Cos tutorials in Itunes and then watched the ones that I wanted to. Some you dont need, but others gave a lot of tips.

https://avpguam.com

[Todd Kopriva]

Regarding resources to help you get started with Premiere Pro:

I collected these resources specifically for folks coming over from FCP.

One of the items listed there is the Editor’s Guide to Adobe Premiere Pro, which others have mentioned on this thread. It’s terrific. (OK, so maybe I’m biased, since I edited the book.)

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[Cody Walters]

Thanks for the book suggestions Tom. Some of us still find value in reading material.

Cody Walters
JW Studio LLC
Houston Video Production
Houston Wedding Videographer

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[Tom Daigon]

Glad to help, Cody.

Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
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[Tim Kolb]

[Julian Bowman] ” I know they have all the stuff I have in my house, but god knows where they put it and how their complex TV set-up works :)”

I think the initial challenge with answering your tactical question is that the answer wouldn’t be useful without trying to put the concepts in PPro into context…and that’s not really a one-post task.

One of the largest hurdles moving from FCP to PPro is that they look so similar…yet under the hood, they’re working quite differently. Once you really understand what’s under the hood, you’ll feel more confident that 1. It’s a significant step from FCP without a doubt and 2. a lot of these procedures will be far more intuitive.

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

Adobe Certified Instructor

[Alex Udell]

https://tv.adobe.com/watch/adobe-evangelists-karl-soule/mapping-audio-channels-in-premiere-pro/

Karl Soule talks a bit about audio channel mapping in PPro

Alex