Final Cut Pro X and the Road to Hell (and back again) by Rick Young

[Bobby Mosca]

Sounds familiar. Although I’m not sure if compound clips per se is the cause. A short time lapse brought my X to the same grinding halt. The compound clips were a big reason I liked X (while it worked). It’s a pity to have to avoid them, but now that I’ve got tabbed sequences again (among other things), I’m good.

[Mark Dobson]

I’m amazed Rick returned to FCPX after the experiences he had.

I’ve had similar, not quite as extreme, situations myself.

No, it’s not operator error, its beta software meltdown.

But now those situations with crazy spinning balls, trashing preferences, re-downloading the core software, etc etc , seem to have largely disappeared with FCPX 10.0.4.

I’ve learnt how to avoid trouble I guess, minimise compound clip use, edit with rendering turned off, keep project sizes to a manageable length, and then compile the finished programme. A bit like writing a book, working on individual chapters and then finally compiling it into the finish piece.

So a bit more love than hate at the moment.

I look forward to the next update – and the one after that.

[Oliver Peters]

[Mark Dobson] “I’ve learnt how to avoid trouble I guess, minimise compound clip use, edit with rendering turned off, keep project sizes to a manageable length, and then compile the finished programme”

None of this speaks well for a program that was supposedly re-engineered to take advantage of the latest machines and 64-bit horsepower. You’re describing a program that acts like it’s running 10 years in the past.

– Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com

[Mark Dobson]

[Oliver Peters] “None of this speaks well for a program that was supposedly re-engineered to take advantage of the latest machines and 64-bit horsepower. You’re describing a program that acts like it’s running 10 years in the past.”

Yup.

And I’ve stopped using Magic Bullet because watching paint dry is more fun as they say.

But I’m still using it because it does things for me that no other NLE does!

And I’m just completing my 30th project on FCPX.

And it works brilliantly with EOS C300 Files.

And whens it working well you can see what the designers were getting at.

[Fredy Schwerdtner]

What is a good manageable length for you ?

iMac 2.7 GHz Intel 4 Core i5
16 GB memory

MacBook Pro 17″
2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
6GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

OWC RAID 5 with 3TB
(2) External HD LaCieMac (400/800 FW and USB)with 500GB -(2) USB External HD Western Digital (in cases) with 750GB
OS X 10.6.5
Final Cut Studio “3”

[Mark Dobson]

[Fredy Schwerdtner] “What is a good manageable length for you ?”

For anything complex about 10min.

However I’ve just done a 70 min multi cam.