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Roles
updated 11 years, 6 months ago
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26 Posts
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One of the larger FCP X killers for me has been the inability to create stems. I’d sure like to hear the experiences of people trying out “Roles” and their feelings about how it does or does not work. If you feel up to it, please post ’em here.
TIA
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I for my sake would love being able to do stem exports not only of media files, but of text based files. I would find it useful to (natively) be able to subtitle a show, and not only being able to export burnt in text, but export just everything “Roled” as ‘Subtitles’ out directly as an SRT or DVD subtitle file.
But other than that, in my test environment, Roles/stems seemes flexible enough so far to do real life work. Just remember to meta tag everything accordingly. But on the other hand, in FCP7 we have to tick tracks (video and/or audio) on and off (and remember when and where), and in really large projects with several editors involved using very different levels of organizational skills this can really be ranging from a headache to a nightmare. I guess it’s really equally easy to produce nightmarish scenarios with brand X. The difference, as I see it, FCP7 doesn’t give a damn if you’re organized. But you are severely punished if you’re not, when the going gets tough. FCPX on a level encourages the editor to organize. Still (I’d say) punishes severely for not doing it.
Um. Ok. So not QUITE on topic.
Erik Lundberg
Technical Director, Media Technology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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And I find the Solo-buttons for Roles in the Timeline Index a very strong alternative to track soloing.
Erik Lundberg
Technical Director, Media Technology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Mmmmmmmm. Roles.
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Damn. They left out the egg roles again.
All the best,
Tom
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[Erik Lundberg] “we have to tick tracks (video and/or audio) on and off (and remember when and where), and in really large projects with several editors involved using very different levels of organizational skills this can really be ranging from a headache to a nightmare.”
Not in any world I work in. On multi-editor projects, tracks are assigned at the beginning of a project, and if people don’t stick to them they get seriously penalized.
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[Tom Wolsky] “Damn. They left out the egg roles again.”
LOL. Hey, I didn’t pick the name, and I’m working doubly hard not to say that it is stupid.
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[Erik Lundberg] “And I find the Solo-buttons for Roles in the Timeline Index a very strong alternative to track soloing.”
That sounds interesting!
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[Chris Harlan] “and I’m working doubly hard not to say that it is stupid”
Why, because “Track 1” describes everything you need to know about that track?
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It’s freekin brilliant.
When you’re working on drug industry exposes ya tag them as Poppy Seed Roles.
For automotive spots Roles Royce
When you’re working on ragtime music documentaries they become Jelly RolesWhat could be simpler?
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