FCPX proving to be very fast

[Don Scioli]

Duh, i could have told you it was fast 6 months ago,

[Craig Seeman]

[craig slattery] “I turned to the director and said, ‘why do YOU think we have achieved so much in such a short time?’ He said, ‘I think its because its so visual, you really fell like you are in it’. “

So many people are challenged by others to explain why they feel FCPX is faster. I like this answer.

People are often put in the position of “keystroke counting” to prove speed. For many people it’s more about being able to process information faster.

One might even proffer that it extends to some of the design decisions that went into FCPX. People will argue the technical merits of a trackless magnetic timeline but I suspect, for some of us, we can process the information faster… and that can’t always be measured in “keystroke counting.”

[Craig Slattery]

[Craig Seeman] “So I guess this makes Oliver’s description of “what happens when they can’t afford to hire me back?” more likely.”

Apparently, there are not many skilled FCPX editors about, and these skills don’t come cheap!!!!

[Craig Slattery]

[Craig Seeman] “One might even proffer that it extends to some of the design decisions that went into FCPX. People will argue the technical merits of a trackless magnetic timeline but I suspect, for some of us, we can process the information faster… and that can’t always be measured in “keystroke counting.””

You said it much more eloquent than I could.

[Craig Seeman]

[Don Scioli] “Duh, i could have told you it was fast 6 months ago,”

Unfortunately when people say that, the skeptics may be pondering what hallucinogens the editor might be using or what’s in the Kool-aid they’re drinking. Granted that may not be indicative of people on this forum but it’s something I see.

If you take a quick gander a the #FCPX hashtag on Twitter the nastiness is still rampant and IMHO reflects more negatively on the poster than FCPX users.

[Craig Slattery]

[Paul Jay] “Awesome! System/storage specs would be nice.”

We use a Mac Pro 2.66 Ghz 6-core with 24GB ram and ATI Radeon HD5870 graphics card. Latest Mountain Lion OS and FCPX 10.0.7. We also use Event Manager and X2PRO. We have two Apple LED Cinema Display, 27″ flat panels. Not sure what we use to get to the external HD Monitor either AJA or Kona. We are standalone at the moment not connected to the Xsan. We transfer rushes from the xsan to the standalone via Thunderbolt drive. I will post my workflow a little later, just putting my toddler in the bath. Nice to be home instead of the edit.

[Craig Seeman]

[craig slattery] “Apparently, there are not many skilled FCPX editors about, and these skills don’t come cheap!!!!”

Why it’s so dumbed down easy to learn, anybody can use it and be fast… which is why so few use it of course!

I’m sorry if I’m having a bit of fun with this but, at this point, some of the negative reasoning I’m seeing (elsewhere) is absolutely twisted.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Craig Seeman] “People are often put in the position of “keystroke counting” to prove speed. For many people it’s more about being able to process information faster.”

I have been back in FCP7 editing a piece with many parts.

It is very frustrating. I keep trying to make FCP7 work like FCPX and it fails. 🙂

Now that I have complete control over what parts move and don’t move in FCPX, going back to FCP7 and its really odd series of clip collision/moving behaviors is sometimes downright maddening. A ripple delete should ripple the whole timeline. Sometimes, it doesn’t.

There are merits to the magnetic timeline, the secondary storyline function, to ability to group a series of clips the way I want, be able to move sections of the timeline that I want to move.

Also, the Event Browser in FCPX is so much better, so much more accessible, so much more visual and dynamic, and the quick text search is invaluable.

I could also really use a timeline index in this FCP7 project as there is going to be a lot of conform at the end of this particular piece. It would be so simple in FCPX to assign a temp role to the conform shots, or filter them by a preset keywording rule I have setup, select them all with the index, and do what I need to do.

I can finally access my data with data, and not a rigid structure of hallways, folders, and shelves.

[Herb Sevush]

So given all that why are you cutting it in FCP Archaic?

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

[Herb Sevush]

[Craig Seeman] “People are often put in the position of “keystroke counting” to prove speed. For many people it’s more about being able to process information faster.”

Many other people are put off by lines like “it’s 10 times faster” which would indicate that you could do a weeks work in a single afternoon. I agree that hearing someone detail how he saved a full day out of a five day schedule is a lot more effective.

Death to hyperbole !!

(I don’t mean you Aindreas.)

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf