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Music Videos in Final Cut Pro X
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[Aindreas Gallagher] “I am *such* a gripey sod about this whole thing”
You may be a gripey sod but you’re about as funny and eloquent as it’s possible for a gripey sod to get. Keep up the entertainment. I’ll be sorry when all this has died down (what “never”, I hear you say?) and we won’t be able to read your purple prose every minute of every day 😉
Simon Ubsdell
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and that’s why Connected Clips is a better way . . . yet there are people on this forum who think it is evil incarnate.
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[Chris Kenny] “Simon’s suggested approach of putting the music in the primary storyline isn’t some crazy workaround”
Just been testing out my theory cutting an instant music promo and boy is it a fast way to work – and so much fun. The way that clips “get out of each other’s way” means you can really play around pretty much without thinking about the editing process. Editing on the primary storyline would be so much more cumbersome and fiddly.
And no need to keep switching to the Position tool which as someone rightly pointed out is there more than anything as a transitional aid for traditionally trained editors, but somehow actually negates the logic of the magnetic timeline.
And the really great thing is you don’t have to give a moment’s thought to track assignments when adding material so you can stack up different options as much as you like without any worries.
Simon Ubsdell
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ah purple prose, is there any other kind?
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[Simon Ubsdell] “Just been testing out my theory cutting an instant music promo and boy is it a fast way to work – and so much fun. The way that clips “get out of each other’s way” means you can really play around pretty much without thinking about the editing process.”
Shh. The new timeline features were designed to make the application easier for 13 year-olds and soccer moms to learn (because both groups buy so much $300 software). They’re useless to professional editors. The Internet told me so.
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Exactly, the best way to edit a music video in FCP X is to put the music in the main storyline and connect everything else to it. That defines the music as the backbone of your edit. Each connected clip is connected to a specific timing in the music.
It’s probably a good idea to make a few secondary storylines (alt-G) for portions of the edit, depending on one’s needs.
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or you can make a gap clip the length of the song in the primary storyline. Connect the song underneath, and then connect the video clips above. Same difference as just putting the song in the primary timeline, except then once you have you cuts all synced and everything you can choose to drop it all down on the primary storyline for easier use of effects etc, and keeping the audio intact. Seems to work o.k. altohugh the first technique mentioned is just as good.
Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – NBC/Universal
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[Neil Goodman] ” or you can make a gap clip the length of the song in the primary storyline.”
You could, but it’s far easier visually to see your edited clips connected to the music track itself rather than to a gap in the middle, especially when syncing actions to the waveforms.
Simon Ubsdell
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agreed, just pointing out something thats a little more traditional regarding placement and conforming to a track like mentality.
With that said. WTF is wrong with the waveforms in FCPX? from the company that brings you FCP7 and LOGIC and STP, all with beautiful waveforms, we get this crap?
Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – NBC/Universal
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[Neil Goodman] “WTF is wrong with the waveforms in FCPX?”
Agreed. They are a serious shocker! And they’re so great in those other apps. They’re pretty much as bad as Media Composer’s and that’s saying something!
Simon Ubsdell
Director/Editor/Writer
http://www.tokyo-uk.com
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