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FCP Updates wish list from a one week edit
Seems like a slow weekend, so thought I’d post this…
A few weeks ago I decided to make a list of every want or need as I came across it during a one week edit. Since these are quick notes roughly categorized, I apologize if they don’t completely make sense. I don’t remember what I was talking about in a few of them. There are of course many other things I’d like to add or change, but the exercise was to only take note of what I needed on a fairly standard one week corporate edit. It was motion template heavy, but not color correction heavy or audio sweeting heavy. I’d post it but it was an internal piece.
I’m sure I could come up with a similarly long list in Premiere or Legacy. Without further ado-
FCP Update wish list from a one week edit:
TRIMMING
Trimming/Sliding on client monitor
Trimming/Sliding 4 UP display
Trimming/Sliding same features in keyboard entry mode as mouse mode
Trim multiple layers at once
Dynamic TrimmingMATCHFRAME
go back to keyword collection it came from
make it OBVIOUS which clip it is. Hard to see in thumb mode
Don’t constrain to in/outBROWSER
Multiple Browser windows
“Thumbnail” as a column choice in list viewEFFECTS WINDOW
Add a list view to effects window
Favorites and or Project fx
FX saved with project somehowCOLOR CORRECTION
Mask tracking and custom shape
on/off toggle on every boardINSPECTOR-
VIDEO
Leave the blend modes and opacity at the TOP
(and for that matter, put them back in the timeline with a right click)
Copy/Paste/Drag filters and settings right in/from the inspectorTRANSITIONS
Need start on edit, end on edit, center on edit optionsPASTE ATTRIBUTES
Add back “paste content”SELECTING
Let me marquee a group of secondary timelines
Select/Marquee select multiple trim/transition points (for adding transitions or trimming)SAFE GUIDES
Should be shown on client monitor
Snap to grid/rulersFX
Basic X and Y rotation added to Z rotation
Drop Shadow FX heads up controls shouldn’t be shown if clip not selected – ditto with all fxTRANSFORM TOOLS
Better shift to lock X/Y
Proper ease controls
Nudge position in viewer with arrows (like option + arrows in legacy)INTERFACE
Tabbed Projects (sequences)
Ganging
Turning off connections visibility should also compress vertical space
A mode where all clips are expanded all the time so you don’t have to expand each clip as it’s place in sequence
Clip height hot keysSNAPPING
Allow shift to be held to snap to vertical when option is being held to duplicate and clip is being dragged up or downCOMPOUND CLIPS
Double click into clip takes you to same frame from external sequenceEVENT VIEWER
Scrub bar/thumbs in window
Ability to drag from window
Ability to show a clip/frame from the sequence with all effects applied, for color correction reference or edit into separate sequenceTIMECODE
Copy and Paste TC
Need a “counter” mode instead of just TC.Caps lock to disable rendering/animation while moving things around
PREFERENCES
Playback offset adjustment to keep external monitor in syncSOUND
Sound should be routed to the output device. Shouldn’t have to select it in os prefs and share with os system soundsAUDIO TOOLS
Give me a keyframe bar/line to pull up/down volume in thumb/list view on audio to adjust in event – why not adjust/keyframe audio here?HAND TOOL
Moves the sequence the wrong way vertically, but correctly horizontally WTF?SYNC MARKERS
Show where detached audio is out of syncSCOPES
Multiple scopes at onceMOTION
Open in Motion for templates already put in timeline
Send to motion for sections of timelineTITLES
Should add the effect to titles, not the title to the effect (not holding my breath) IOW you make a text, then apply an animation to it like in motion or LiveTypeKEYFRAMES
Delete key should delete highlighted keyframes, not the clipEXPORT
Show the background process window even when FCP X is just a background windowMEDIA MANAGEMENT
Have a “consolidate files” checkbox anytime you duplicate a library, or create a new library from a project -
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Can really disagree with what you have here except for a few that I think are unnecessary and a couple I think are extremely unlikely due to how the GUI is designed. So, I’ll add a couple that I’d like to see as well.
Proper playhead to playhead replace edit.
Multi-tiered matchframe. IE: Matchframe a multiclip and it takes you to the multi clip in the browser. Matchframe from there and it takes you to the original source clip used in the multi clip. Same with compounds.
Sort by Unused clips.
When you clear an IN/OUT from a clip in the browser, I’d like the playhead position to NOT be reset to the beginning of the clip. If I want to start from the beginning, I’ll hit the HOME key.
Project scrubbing in the event browser.
Project to project editing. IE: project treated like a clip in the browser.
When a clip is selected (C) and you blade that clip, the clip to the RIGHT of the playhead should remain selected, not the LEFT. I don’t know what they were thinking with that.
Ability to put overlapping connected clips into a secondary storyline.
Andy
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All excellent adds. My list was just an exercise in what came to mind as I came across them over a week. Certainly a few are unlikely, and had it been a multicam project the list would’ve been different.
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Regarding your “apply effect” to text request. That’s one of those that I doubt will ever happen due to how Motion and FCPX interact with one another. However, you can customize some animation by using the basic title. And personally, I built a title effect in Motion that contains a drop down menu of my most used text animations so I can apply a single text element and animate it a number of ways. Might be an adequate solution.
Andy
https://plus.google.com/u/0/107277729326633563425/videos
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Playhead resetting at the head of the clip is one of the most annoying behaviors in the software!
Matchframe to orignal clip from multi clip. Allow CC grouping of multi clips. Allow Optical flow and stabilization of multi-clips!
Trimming:
A real extend edit that doesn’t require clicking on the edit point first. Premiere stole it from Avid. Please do the same Apple! Select nearest edit trim.Media Management:
Used media only consolidation.
External Render, proxy, and trascoded files from the library. -
Good thoughts all. If you’re not aware of them, CoreMelt’s SliceX and TrackX (both powered by Mocha) are tremendous tools and not too expensive. They each paid for themselves the first time I used them.
John
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That’s one of those I wasn’t sure what I had meant. But I think you got it. And yeah, not holding my breath.
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