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Smoke 2013 “get started” videos posted
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It’s not a nesting really. And a Video-ish track is because they changed the naming of a few things from 2012.
In 2012 Smoke could only output 1 video track which could have multiple layers. You could add multiple video tracks and then choose which one you wanted to output.
Video tracks used to be called Layers, so you had 1 video track and then multiple layers if you were stacking. That was confusing to those coming from other NLE’s where everything is just a Video track.
Versions, are basically these alternate video tracks than Smoke can out out. So if you have an edit that has 3 Video tracks, you can add a new Version, add 2 more video tracks to it, copy the layers and make a change. Then you can position the playhead to play ver 1 (which has 3 layers) or Ver 2, (which also has 3 layers)
I personally like to just copy the entire sequence and version that way. But a version track does allow you to do a split screen or compare from one track to another, so it’s useful in finishing if you have a QT roughcut to guide your conform.
Brian Mulligan
Senior Editor – Autodesk Smoke
WTHR-TV Indianapolis,IN, USA
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[Brian Mulligan] “I personally like to just copy the entire sequence and version that way. But a version track does allow you to do a split screen or compare from one track to another, so it’s useful in finishing if you have a QT roughcut to guide your conform.”
Sounds rather flexible.
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[Sandeep Sajeev] “As an aside, the bigger Agencies here in Mumbai (O&M, BBDO, JWT, Lintas) have picked up multiple seats of 2012 in prep for the 2013 release.”
Just out of curiosity, which other NLEs are prominent in Mumbai industry. FCP 7, AVID or ADOBE?
Sohrab
FCS 3, AJA Kona Lhi & Adobe PPro
“The creative person wants to be a know-it-all. He wants to know about all kinds of things: ancient history, nineteenth-century mathematics, current manufacturing techniques, flower arranging, and hog futures. Because he never knows when these ideas might come together to form a new idea. It may happen six minutes later or six months, or six years down the road. But he has faith that it will happen.” — Carl Ally
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It’s just like elsewhere in the world.
Avid ruled till about 2004. Then FCP swept it away. Now FCP 7 is common in TV show editing facilities. Ads do both FCP and Avid. PPro is still unheard of.
Smoke rules the finishing market. Mostly Linux Smoke. the few Smoke Mac that exist service the lo-no budget market.Film is huge. Lustre, Baselight, Resolve, iQ, Nucoda in that order cover this space.
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Neil Sadwelkar
neilsadwelkar.blogspot.com
twitter: fcpguru
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I’m glad they have modified / renamed tracks & layers in Smoke.
It really took a while for new users to grasp.
I don’t know about everyone else…But seeing these videos you can see yourself just jumping in and editing away. You had to put in a LOT more groundwork to get up in cutting in Smoke 2012 and before.
The learning curve for most will be the nodal compositing of connectFX / batch.
But the way they have tied it into the timeline has made it sooo much more user friendly, having the connectFX process build your compositing workspace from your timeline source and applied effects looks to be so well thought out.
BG
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Eight new videos pertaining to editing: https://www.youtube.com/smokehowtos
Haven’t watched them yet.
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Watched a few, they are VERY basic but I have to say it’s looking good so far.
Steve Connor
“The ripple command is just a workaround for not having a magnetic timelinel”
Adrenalin Television -
[Steve Connor] “Watched a few, they are VERY basic but I have to say it’s looking good so far.”
Makes sense, it’s an all new interface for Smoke.
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[Steve Connor] “Watched a few, they are VERY basic but I have to say it’s looking good so far.”
I just finished them. I’m liking what I see too.
I hope “linked selection” is a keyboard toggle!
This is going to be a really great companion app for fcpx/others.
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