FCP X Time Savers

[Jeremy Garchow]

I like how you have turned in to a super hero, by the way.

[Bret Williams]

My son was Darth Vader for Halloween so I figured I should be Lord Sidious/Palpatine. In person you can see the wrinkles are coming in nicely.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Bret Williams] “so I figured I should be Lord Sidious/Palpatine.”

Ah! I thought maybe David Dunne:

[Bret Williams]

Ahhhh. Remember when Shamalan made good movies?

I always thought your avatar looked a little like…

[David Mathis]

[Andy Neil] “As far as straight time savers in FCPX, most people are unaware that you can save color corrections as a “look” that you can apply later to other clips as or in other projects.”

Something that I completely forgot about. For those that have LUT Utility and Resolve, you can save looks from Resolve and send them over to FCP X. Pretty straightforward workflow. What would be nice to see is custom built effects from Motion translate over to Resolve as well.

Thanks to everyone who contributed their thoughts and perspective here. This is why the COW is awesome! Feedback is always appreciated whether positive or constructive criticism.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Bret Williams] “Ahhhh. Remember when Shamalan made good movies?”

I do not mind Mr Night’s movies. I think they are sometimes too weird for people. Of course, After Earth doesn’t count.

[Bret Williams] “I always thought your avatar looked a little like…”

Ha! I wish my dear ole pooch could host comedy bits. I keep asking him if he’d like to edit for me, but he just looks up, and wonders if there’s more food around.

The avatar doesn’t do him much justice, he looks like this:

[David Mathis]

Would be an interesting poker match against him. 🙂

[Simon Ubsdell]

[Andy Neil] “Speaking of masking, I built my own personal mask that conforms to various Academy specs like 1,85, 2.33, etc. to mimic certain frame resolutions.”

I’m sure yours is great, Andy, but the amazing Alex Gollner released the mother of all matte plug-ins:

https://blog.alex4d.com/2011/07/22/fcpx-widescreen-matte/

Very nice!

Simon Ubsdell
tokyo-uk.com

[Dave Gage]

[Bret Williams] “Publishing the strobe effect.”

Funny you mention the Strobe effect, I’ve been meaning to ask this question for a few weeks now:

I see on cable news where they use a few frame transition between talking head quotes which is enough to show that a cut has been made between two different thoughts, but not long enough to cut off any audio between the two shots in an awkward way. I’ve seen this done with the Strobe or Flash transition, but my FCPX version strobes the whole frame whereas on the news, the strobe is merely on the subject and the background remains the same.

1. Can this transition be modified in Motion to make it like the cable news version?

2. What other transitions are typically used for this kind of very quick cut that leaves the audio intact and is not too visually jarring?

Thanks,
Dave

[Charlie Austin]

[Dave Gage] “whereas on the news, the strobe is merely on the subject and the background remains the same. “

Maybe because the BG is keyed in, so there are 2 sources. Strobe the talent, not the key.?

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