Scrolling timeline while playing

[Debe]

Well, I commend you on your attitude!!

Granted, we here more complaints from frustrated Avid editors making the switch. It’s rare someone would post just to say, “Hey, this is SO MUCH better!”, or whatever. It’s human nature! If one isn’t trying to solve an issue, one probably isn’t frustrated and posting!

I, too, am a trained Avid editor, certified in ’93. I “picked up” FCP in ’99 and cursed the darkness until I woke up one morning and realized I was wasting my time and my client’s time trying to figure out my Avid workarounds to FCP. Granted, that was back when only about 20-30% of my client base was FCP. The rest was Avid.

I took the class, got certified for my own peace of mind, and now I’m so very happy I have TWO awesome tools to work with. And, my business is now about 50/50 FCP/Avid, gently leaning toward FCP.

The sooner you can learn FCP as almost a different language from Avid, the happier and more productive you will be!!

The FCP for Avid Editors book gets high marks, although I’ve not used it. I went thought the Peachpit Press Pro Series for FCP book. It is so very helpful in understanding FCPs architecture. It’s just built differently than Avid. Once you “get” the architecture, so many things will make so much more sense!

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[Debe]

er, I hate typos!

That should be “We HEAR more complaints…”!

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[Debe]

…and “I went THROUGH the Peachpit Press..”

Sorry, I need to proof-read better!

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[Bret Williams]

That’s weird because those two commands do the same in Avid. Or real close. Like +- without the command or something. And I swear I remember the z zooming the timeline. When I added FCP to my skillset years ago I really didn’t have much trouble at all. But I was also using Media100, and before that VideoCube. Avid’s way of doing things was always sort of the odd man out, with all other apps having more in common.