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OT: Interesting podcast from a former Avid product designer
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[Michael Aranyshev] “That alone breaks the flow so much it’s painful.”
It’s the same as with FCP legacy or Premiere Pro.
[Michael Aranyshev] “Next Cut/Previous Cut without activating trim is not assigned by default.”
A and S are mapped as previous and next and it puts you in the trim mode. That’s in 8.3.1. That’s the way it originally was and has been for a long time. Avid Xpress did it without trim and in some modes on MC a few years ago might have done that. However, it was mappable. From an original design concept, the reason to advance to the next cut was mainly to go into the trim mode. It’s fewer keystrokes that way.
The correct keys if you don’t want trim are forward or rewind, which advance you according to head or tail frames without throwing you into the trim mode. It’s irrelevant what the default is if you can change the keyboard to your liking. I thought the question is whether or not there’s a keystroke for it.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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[Oliver Peters] “It’s the same as with FCP legacy or Premiere Pro”
First, it is not the same in Legacy. Legacy lets you type the first few characters of the clip name and it will select that clip.It lets you expand and collapse the bins from keyboard. It lets you shuffle through the tabs from the keyboard. Second, it is irrelevant. The claim is MC scares away kids because it is shortcut-driven. This claim is false.
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[Michael Aranyshev] “The claim is MC scares away kids because it is shortcut-driven. This claim is false.”
I think you’re taking a comment far too literally. MC is less of a drag-and-drop editor than the others. New users default to a drag-and-drop working style. Therefore they don’t necessarily gravitate toward MC as a first choice. I think that’s the gist of what was said.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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I guess you’re right. I’d prefer it was because people felt MC looked ugly and ugly birds don’t fly well but it’s probably drag-n-drop.
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[Michael Aranyshev] ” I’d prefer it was because people felt MC looked ugly and ugly birds don’t fly well”
LOL
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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[Michael Aranyshev] “[Oliver Peters] “Such as? The selection of clips within bins or navigating between bins seems about the main thing.”
That alone breaks the flow so much it’s painful. Sorry, I don’t remember the list of missing stuff by heart. What I remember is that every time I have to use MC I feel its designers played a cruel jock on me. Next Cut/Previous Cut without activating trim is not assigned by default. Why?
“You can map next edit/previous edit to the up and down keys just like it works in FCP7 w/o having to enter trim mode at all. Takes 1 sec to setup.
I use all the NLE’s pretty much regularly – and I use the mouse less in MC than the other 2. FWIW
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“I use all the NLE’s pretty much regularly – and I use the mouse less in MC than the other 2.”
When I first started using Legacy years ago my reaction was how much more mouse use I engaged in. Not that it was necessarily required, but rather it somehow felt more intuitive on that program. When I went back to MC on some jobs, I found myself using the mouse more than I had. Over the years, I feel that my wrists and fingers have suffered for it. That’s one of the reasons I really like aspects of X, like skimming. On the negative side though, I find it very easy to blow by footage too quickly with skimming, so each tool takes some adapting to get the best out of it.
Shifting into old fart mode – the “right” ballistics for me were DigiBetas being shuttled with the BVE9000 jog/shuttle controller. That’s something Sony really nailed.
Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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It’s not abut “more” and “less” It is about reaching for the mouse two or three times a day vs. constantly holding onto it. Alright, forget about it. Parallel universe.
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but what about the podcast?
😉
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
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Very informative and it will actually change my behavior about HOW I ask Avid for changes/updates.
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