“I’ll stick to FCP but I encourage you to switch to CS6”

[Richard Herd]

[Tim Wilson] “Nice tip, Richard”

Now if you can persuade Jim Giberti to put all of his technique into a single post/tutorial. We’ve asked but you have more juice.

[Tim Wilson]

[Craig Seeman] “Revolutions can be bloody, even for the victor. Revolutions can also be won by attrition.
FCPX is revolutionary even though we don’t know the long term outcome.”

I have joked elsewhere that if FCP was revolutionary, then FCPX represents Robespierre beheading himself.

So certainly on the level you describe, FCPX has sparked a revolution, even if not every outcome has benefited Apple.

Tim Wilson
Associate Publisher, Editor-in-Chief
Creative COW Magazine
Twitter: timdoubleyou

[Craig Seeman]

[Tim Wilson] “So certainly on the level you describe, FCPX has sparked a revolution, even if not every outcome has benefited Apple.”

And some would call it bloody for sure and some would say it has resulted in radical changes in the industry.

[Chris Harlan]

[Craig Seeman] “Revolutions can be bloody, even for the victor. Revolutions can also be won by attrition.
FCPX is revolutionary even though we don’t know the long term outcome.
Sometimes establishing a small fortified beachhead is a first step.
“

I’m sorry. FCPX is no more revolutionary than a new flavor of gum. EDL’s and offline editing were revolutionary, NLE’s were revolutionary, and that’s about it.

If there is any “revolution” to it at all, its a Bananas’ revolution. Remember, Underwear is now warn on the outside:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV4N2dk0cMk

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[Iain Anderson]

[Giorgio Palazzi] “It was when I tried to lock myself to music FCPX felt like a cold bath.”

FCP X tries to keep most things in “local sync”, such as sound effects with the clip they were attached to. This falls apart with a music video, where “global sync” is more important, and you may not want everything to ripple.

Still, it’s pretty easy. Add your music track as the Primary Storyline, and connect clips to it. If you want more typical FCP X rearranging abilities, select some/all of those connected clips and make them into a Secondary Storyline with Command-G. Connect all your edits (or drag them into that secondary storyline) and you’ll be fine.

Another way is to connect the music track to your first clip, then activate the Position tool to avoid rippling.