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FCP-X for documentaries (with details)
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Back in the day when using photos in FCP7 the timeline was sluggish when using a lot of photos. I was told to make sure my photos were 72 dpi. Once changed to that dpi it was much faster. I think the same goes for other NLEs today.
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[Bret Williams] “The shift is just to keep the bezier handle in line with the straight path, correct?”
That’s right. Otherwise you might bend the path, and things get weird. And convoluted. 🙂
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[Andrew Kimery] “One thing that I have seen though is commercial stock footage/image sites taking material that is public domain and charging for it like they own the rights.”
Yeah, I have seen that also. I think in some cases you are paying for the convenience. They feel like they did all the hard work of organizing and finding this stuff and they want to get paid for that.
I’m OK with it sometimes.
BTW I will be out your way screening the film Dec 3 at the Laemmle in Encino
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[Tony West] “BTW I will be out your way screening the film Dec 3 at the Laemmle in Encino”
Sweet, that’s not too far from me. I put it on my calendar. Hopefully I’ll be able to catch and we’ll be able to shoot the breeze in person.
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No no. let’s really dig in here jeremy, let’s really taste the flavours.
I just opened up the app and played with setting positional and scale keyframes at the same time.A couple of things:
first – I said a small prayer that i’d never have to do that again. please god never in a client situation.
second – can you see positional and scale keyframes in separate context at the same time? It seems you can’t. So that’s interesting.
third – is it actually impossible to set ease on scale? things just bounce up and down like ping pong balls with scale?
Did they actually build it like that? Am I missing something? You right click on the scale keyframe and you only get the option to delete it? Tell me that’s not happening. Jeremy, for the children, tell me that’s not happening.fourth – that keyframing system was built by someone whose dog was killed by an effective keyframing system, because they really hate the idea of keyframing. How could apple crash the plane with keyframing that badly? How critical is subtle positional and scale shifts lately?
fifth – did I mention that keyframing system is a nightmarish bombsite?
sixth – when you set the keyframe timeline to show all you lose the ability to select smooth on position only keyframes? You just get the delete option? Oh the humanity, the endless awfulness of this thing. Apple may have made the worst keyframing architecture ever made – because it really has to be in the running. It’s jaw dropping.
seventh – so that keyframing system really is vengefully bad. Like the joker in Gotham built it bad.
man that’s a worrying keyframing system. it’s just so weirdly terrible. What to do. We need an image of deep competence for a moment of peace..
ah yes – here it is – keyframing from the elder gods of keyframing. Annnd relax.
https://i.imgur.com/Tafmo0G.jpg
https://vimeo.com/user1590967/videos http://www.ogallchoir.net promo producer/editor.grading/motion graphics
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I don’t really want to get in to it. I was answering a specific question to Bret, as user of FCPX, about how to adjust velocity on position keyframes, and gave an example.
FCPX’s keyframe and weird and convoluted, just like FCP Legend. This is now the third time I have said that, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get some work done if you need it. I rarely drift flying boxes, so it’s not a big deal to me. I composite in After Effects if I need it, and it’s easier than ever to get there with Automatic Duck. https://www.automaticduck.com
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That’s the best sliding still I’ve ever seen, I give up, I’m switching to X immediately.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los AngelesDavid is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “I rarely drift or scale type, or perform sneaky push moves on shots, so it’s not that big a deal to me.”
And that’s absolutely valid. I totally get that.
https://vimeo.com/user1590967/videos http://www.ogallchoir.net promo producer/editor.grading/motion graphics
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[Andrew Kimery] “Hopefully I’ll be able to catch and we’ll be able to shoot the breeze in person.”
That would be awesome.
I don’t know if you have been following the news out there lately with the Santa Susana site, but that’s pretty much the topic of my film. It really couldn’t be more timely. I picked that theater because it’s close to that site and the former workers.
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[Tony West] “I don’t know if you have been following the news out there lately with the Santa Susana site, but that’s pretty much the topic of my film. It really couldn’t be more timely. I picked that theater because it’s close to that site and the former workers.”
Oh, wow. I don’t really know the history of it, but I do know the clean up is a hot button issue in the area. The people living by it obviously want it cleaned up but the surrounding ‘hoods (including my own) are worried about the hazards of trucks hauling toxic dirt through the area for years on end.
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