FCP X – Export selection from timeline sequence

[Greg Burke]

[james carey] “Good lord, did you guys just read the advice you have given to what right now is so simple to do in FCP7. Are we to expect work around like this for all such simple tasks?”

I know, the program has some neat ideas, but at its core its a joke…

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[Noah Kadner]

Didn’t say it was the best workflow just one that works with what is there in FCP X right now….

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[James Carey]

understood, and wasn’t criticizing the advice, just the idea it must be given for such a simple tasks. CC is the best place to go for advice, and has saved my ass numerous times.

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[Chris Kenny]

[Greg Burke] “I know, the program has some neat ideas, but at its core its a joke…”

At its core it’s extremely powerful. It’s missing some workflow features and some relatively trivial (in terms of implementation) features in the interface.

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[Ben Lithman]

Thank you all for your help. It’s very much appreciated!

Such a shame that the product was launched lacking these simple features. It seams counter intuitive to me to launch a piece of software lacking such a simple feature.

[Ana Leon]

What is CC?

[Craig Seeman]

CC probably Creative COW. Most of us stick with COW which is one more letter than CC and more easily understood.

[Adam Chesbrough]

I render the project in the timeline; set the in/out points, “export media” then encode that file in compressor. Although a two step process, encoding this way is 3X faster then “send to compressor”. Below is a link that discusses this process:

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/344/9418

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[Steve Connor]

[adam chesbrough] “I render the project in the timeline; set the in/out points, “export media””

You don’t need to render the project before you “Export Media”, rendering doesn’t save you any time on export, it’s actually quicker to NOT render it.

Steve Connor
“FCPX Professional”
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[Adam Chesbrough]

I have tested this in the past (and then just now) and rendering prior to “export” saves considerable time. With my workflow I usually create a project and then render so that I can watch in realtime to make sure that everything is all set. When exporting your computer computing is using all of its resources ie you can’t work on anything else (at least with the macbook pro); therefore my time is better spent letting it render while I am away, coming back to export, and then encoding overnight (especially if I have multiple projects to encode)….to each his own. That being said, “send to compressor” is not normally a viable option for me (I also like to have the uncompressed, contained, project to use in the future.

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