Speaking of FCP X editorial speed…

[Brian Seegmiller]

You have to remember that he has done that edit probably a million times. That being said, FCP X kills it.

[Oliver Peters]

Now if you could only add the equivalent of an audio cross-fade with one keystroke. Sigh. ☺

– Oliver

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[Bill Davis]

Yeah, Tom’s audio work in the demo seemed so badly hobbled and slow…????

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[Brian Seegmiller]

Do you mean selecting the audio clip or the end of one and selecting “command + t” ? Is this not a cross dissolve?

[Claude Lyneis]

That was mind blowing. Just the fluidity of his editing and command of the tools in FCPX is hard to grasp, but it demonstrates the potential of FCPX.

[Oliver Peters]

[Brian Seegmiller] “Do you mean selecting the audio clip or the end of one and selecting “command + t” ? Is this not a cross dissolve?”

This only works when audio and video edits are straight across. Once you expand and/or offset the audio cut from the video cut, that commands no longer works.

– Oliver

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Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com

[Oliver Peters]

[Bill Davis] “Yeah, Tom’s audio work in the demo seemed so badly hobbled and slow…”

It’s a nice demo by a talented editor, but you only saw a reduction of an already edited commercial. Some time-consuming items were skipped, like re-editing the music track. There was a separate :30 cut to be used. And connected clips were always pinned to the appropriate primary, which isn’t always the case, unless you consciously move the connecting point. This had already been done. But I wasn’t really commenting on the presentation, which was indeed slick. I have no intention of criticizing his work.

I am reacting to the notion of speed, which relates to keystrokes. For instance, if I create an audio cross-fade in FCPX, then I have to select the clip edge, extend it and add a fade. For both clips, that’s a total of 6 keystrokes. In Premiere Pro, I select the cut and add a transition – 2 keystrokes. 3x faster for this function in Premiere Pro. Now to expand this scenario. Let’s say I have an edited interview with 10 audio edits. In FCPX, that would be 60 keystrokes. In Premiere Pro, I would lasso the range, which automatically selects all the cuts, and then apply a transition. 2 keystrokes. So now, the difference is 30x faster in Premiere.

The bottom line is that any comparison of speed is relative to the function being performed. You can set up any given scenario that showcases the advantages of one app over the other as well as the other way around.

– Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com

[Brian Seegmiller]

Even though it does not look like a cross fade is there it is. I just did an experiment. I put a cross dissolve one two clips, expanded the audio and the audio clips overlapped each other. When I played it back it was not abrupt and each clip faded in or out like a cross fade.

[Brian Seegmiller]

Can you show me an example of this in FCP X? I don’t see it. For one you don’t have to select the clip’s edges. You can just select the clip(s) or lasso the clip(s) you want to add the cross fade and add crossfade.

[Steve Connor]

[Brian Seegmiller] “Even though it does not look like a cross fade is there it is. I just did an experiment. I put a cross dissolve one two clips, expanded the audio and the audio clips overlapped each other. When I played it back it was not abrupt and each clip faded in or out like a cross fade.
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I think they’re talking about audio ONLY crossfades