FCPX Dogs, New Names

[Steve Connor]

[Nicholas Kleczewski] “Anyone still debating the validity of FCPX needs to do us all a favor and go crawl back under the rock they came from and get on with their miserable sad existence.”

I think we all agree that no-one is doing that anymore (well on here anyway!)

[John Rofrano]

[Jeremy Garchow] “I would imagine that you would read some of the questions already posted in the forum and get a good sense of what people are asking about. Basically, you will asses and gather the context because we are naturally inquisitive creatures.”

I did, and it looks like the same types of questions are being asked in both forums by FCP X users which is why I question the need for both. Sometimes less is more and an appropriate forum name saves a lot of wasted poking around by busy people with deadlines. 😉

~jr

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[Herb Sevush]

[John Rofrano] ” and it looks like the same types of questions are being asked in both forums by FCP X users which is why I question the need for both”

That’s interesting because I just looked at the Techniques forum and i didn’t see a single thread that overlapped in anyway whatsoever with the threads of this forum. So to edify us, why don’t you give an example of a thread written in the past few weeks where there is overlap?

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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[John Rofrano]

[Herb Sevush] “That’s interesting because I just looked at the Techniques forum and i didn’t see a single thread that overlapped in anyway whatsoever with the threads of this forum. So to edify us, why don’t you give an example of a thread written in the past few weeks where there is overlap?”

Sorry if it wasn’t clear. If you read my previous post. I was talking about the Final Cut Pro forum and the FCPX Techniques forum, not this forum. There are questions about FCPX in both forums. I understand that the “Techniques” forum was meant to be people sharing tips and techniques on FCPX but now it’s people just asking questions like any other forum. This is why I suggested that we just rename it “Final Cut Pro X” so that people will know that FCP 7 questions go in the “Final Cut Pro” forum and FCPX questions go in the “Final Cut Pro X” forum (without the “techniques” word). I just thought it would be clearer for new folks coming to the COW. The “techniques” designation doesn’t quite fit the content anymore.

So am I correct that FCPX questions belong in the FCPX Techniques forum and these posts that are now in the Final Cut Pro forum should be moved because the Final Cut Pro forum is for “legacy” FCP users?

Current FCPX threads in the Final Cut Pro forum
Highest Quality Export w/ mpeg-4 container & H.264 Codec FCPX
Aspect ratio in FCPX
Using FCP X on Mavericks with Final Cut three
FCP 10.1.3 & Yosemite Ruining My Positive Outlook On Life

BTW, I see links at the bottom of those threads that say “Move to FCPX Techniques Forum”. Is that because I’m a moderator on another COW forum? Should I move them when I see them?

~jr

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[Jeremy Garchow]

[John Rofrano] BTW, I see links at the bottom of those threads that say “Move to FCPX Techniques Forum”. Is that because I’m a moderator on another COW forum? Should I move them when I see them?

Those links are for everyone and they are there so you, as a user, can help to curate the content of the forums and direct people to the proper place.

Yes, please use them.

[Andre Van berlo]

How about:

NLE’s and the X factor

Whatever it should be, i do agree with a name change but also see it is hard to give up an old name, some get used to it and that can be hard to let go

Andre

[John Rofrano]

[Jeremy Garchow] “Yes, please use them.”

Awesome. I voted to move the posts and even answered one of them (now that I found it). 😉

~jr

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[Tim Wilson]

[John Rofrano] “Awesome. I voted to move the posts and even answered one of them (now that I found it). ;-)”

Ha! That’s awesome!

We actually added that feature to help move questions between the “main” and “basic” forums within a topic, but the needs around this topic are admittedly a bit more extensive.

There’s also no getting around that some people aren’t quite paying attention. Me, I wouldn’t ask a question about a product that isn’t referenced in the forum name AT ALL. It’s rare to get FCPX questions in the wrong FCPX forum — no kidding, just a couple a month — but it’s apparently MORE common for FCPX questions to wind up in the FCP forum! There’s not a thing we can do about that.

It’s actually even broader. We pretty regularly have people respond to a PRESS RELEASE with a tech support question, and sometimes only barely related. (New NVIDIA card just released? Supports a lot more polygons? Great, now why can’t I get Cinema 4D to display my textures correctly?) We try to catch as many of these as we can, but we appreciate all the help we can get from you guys.

Do note too that we have a little flag logo in the lower right of each post, with all the other little symbols and such. We sometimes get emails from folks complaining about a post or a poster, but I have a feeling sometimes that we could still use more guidance from you on this. If you see a post that needs attention for any reason — for example, abusive or inappropriate language — do us a favor and click that flag to let us know.

In the meantime, thanks to all of you for helping keep us on the rails!

Tim Wilson
Creative COW

[Andrew Kimery]

[Andre van Berlo] “NLE’s and the X factor”

That’s actually kinda snazzy sounding. Like a post production Boy Band or a Hollywood nightclub I’m not cool enough to get into. haha

[John Rofrano]

[Tim Wilson] “Do note too that we have a little flag logo in the lower right of each post, with all the other little symbols and such. “

Wow, I never saw that flag until you mentioned it. Very “discrete” 😉

~jr

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