Switched…then switched back?

[Richard Herd]

[Charlie Austin] “Nobody uses “dissolves” editing music, at least nobody I know. It’s all A/B with fine curve control…”

Maybe they crossfade, though.

[Oliver Peters]

[Richard Herd] “[Charlie Austin] “Nobody uses “dissolves” editing music, at least nobody I know. It’s all A/B with fine curve control…”
Maybe they crossfade, though.”

I use them if I’m editing music in a NLE.

– Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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[Charlie Austin]

[Richard Herd] “Maybe they crossfade, though.”

lol… if they’re feeling lazy, yes. 🙂

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[Charlie Austin]

[Oliver Peters] “I use them if I’m editing music in a NLE.”

I do too in 7 or Pr, because the only alternative is key framing which is a PITA. In X I use the fade handles because to me, it’s quicker and I get better results. Not that right clicking and adding a dissolve isn’t quick, but the combo of sample level positioning (for posterity… yes, I know you can do that in Pr by switching modes) and fade curves gives me more control just as quickly. At the end of the day, I just work with any app the way it works… 🙂

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[Lance Bachelder]

I agree about native – the strength and stability of Avid was that you had to import into an Avid codec before editing – there was nothing else. Now that Redcine is so fast without having to buy a Red Rocket I just use my presets and convert to Pro Res 444 and edit that – I don’t do proxy either even though FCPX has a nice proxy workflow.

It was at a Vegas premiere that I resolved to become an avid FCPX user.

Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
Downtown Long Beach, California
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[Franz Bieberkopf]

[Charlie Austin] ” Nobody uses “dissolves” editing music, at least nobody I know.”

Charlie,

I haven’t been following the finer points of this particular tempest in a teacup, but I use dissolves or crossfades or whatever you would have them called to edit music.

Franz.

[Franz Bieberkopf]

[Charlie Austin] “… the only alternative is key framing which is a PITA.”

Charlie,

… try the mixer. It makes adjusting levels so intuitive and direct that you’ll forget you’re making keyframes.

Franz.

[Oliver Peters]

[Franz Bieberkopf] “… try the mixer. It makes adjusting levels so intuitive and direct that you’ll forget you’re making keyframes.”

Mixer? FCP X? LOL! Now you’re just rubbing it in 😉

– Oliver

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

[Charlie Austin]

[Franz Bieberkopf] “Charlie,

… try the mixer. It makes adjusting levels so intuitive and direct that you’ll forget you’re making keyframes.
“

I’ve tried the mixer… I used to be a mixer. Once we upgraded to automation the console essentially controlled group levels, everything else was done in the DAW, occasionally I’d set levels with the DAW faders but never crossfades. I rarely used it in FCP “classic”.

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[Charlie Austin]

[Franz Bieberkopf] “I haven’t been following the finer points of this particular tempest in a teacup, but I use dissolves or crossfades or whatever you would have them called to edit music.”

Of course, as do I if I’m not in X. I was actually referring to editing/mixing the actual music… making “records”. 🙂 Most engineers I know wouldn’t choose a crossfade transition, they A/B stuff and do it that way. Better results.

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