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Switched…then switched back?
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[Aindreas Gallagher] “[Charlie Austin] “the missing overwrite paste (insert works jus fine thank you),”
come on.”
I mean that in the sense that it works, not that it’s fine as the only option. I’m not that much of a fanboi. lol Overwrite paste absolutely should work.
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I haven’t switched back yet, but pretty much on the verge. The program is still too buggy to be trusted. I’m working on a 10 min. short with X due to the RED workflow. Yesterday, X simply refused to import one set of files. If I created a new event and imported them there, all was good. Just not in the original event for out camera footage.
We’d imported all the audio for double-system sound. We imported the whole audio folder containing the Sound Devices files. Today, we realized that about 20 takes simply weren’t imported for no particular reasons. Plus a lot of crashes today out of the blue.
But… the choice will be to go to Media Composer, not to Premiere, unless I need to, for client compatibility.
– Oliver
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[Aindreas Gallagher] “timeline still bugs me. David Lawrence is running logging through it, so on some level it’s turning out to be the ‘first cut’ application Ubillos actually designed it to be.”
As a logging tool, it’s truly the best I’ve ever used. There are little things about the browser UI that could be better, but overall it’s a real pleasure.
The timeline on the other hand is still useless for my needs. Here’s another thing I do with a single keystroke in Premiere that I can’t figure out how to do in FCPX:
Dissolve from black with transition alignment set to beginning (or ending) of clip.
In FCPX, dissolves always center-allign between the gap and the clip. Not what I want.
How do I set transition alignment? Anyone?
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Bummer – I haven’t worked with raw Red footage yet and have tried to remain 100% Pro Res.
One thing I don’t like about importing is that FCPX will reject files, sometimes even if it is the original file! Many times I’d like to replace a file in the timeline with an updated file – say a shot from graphics or fx – and I want to replace the file no matter what – if it doesn’t match the frame-rate or codec or audio config etc it should be my choice to go ahead and replace/update and not FCPX!
It was at a Vegas premiere that I resolved to become an avid FCPX user.
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[Lance Bachelder] “One thing I don’t like about importing is that FCPX will reject files”
Yes, it’s still very finicky about relinking.
– Oliver
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Ah, but this is a switch in the other direction! From something (Media Composer or Symphony I assume?) to X, then out of X back to Media Composer.
Although I’m intrigued — had you considered yourself to have become “an FCPX guy,” rather than just using it for a job? I know that when you commit to something you commit…so I guess I’m asking, had you gone long enough to consider yourself committed?
But I’m still looking for someone who said, “Welp, the grass was NOT greener on the other side. It’s BACK to X for me.”
So I’m not talking about JUST converting TO FCPX. I’m talking about having LEFT the Apple-verse for Adobe or Avid, not liking it well enough to stay, then coming back to X and saying, “Ah yes, THIS feels right.”
And to lay out the bias that’s built into my question, I’d be surprised if anyone fit that scenario. Gone is gone. But I’m wrong often enough that I won’t be surprised to be wrong. 🙂
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[Tim Wilson] “Although I’m intrigued — had you considered yourself to have become “an FCPX guy,” rather than just using it for a job? I know that when you commit to something you commit…so I guess I’m asking, had you gone long enough to consider yourself committed?”
I’ve used X pretty solid for 3 years, where I’ve had the choice. Not based on a job. I don’t consider myself and FCP, FCP X, or Avid editor. Just an editor.
Right now I’m still using X, but it’s frustrating that bugs like those I hit are still there. It makes it undependable. This is what prevents me from committing whole hog to X. Every time I think that it’s safe, something burns me. Sometimes little things. Sometimes major.
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That’s odd. I haven’t had that problem in so long I forgot all about it. I do that all the time with stills and AE renders. Don’t even have to relink. Just leave it in the sequence and rerender the AE.file right over the old one.
With AE it’s easy. Just choose ” duplicate with file name ” in the render que. Another trick- I always use the work area when I add to the render que, but then I choose the “custom” duration, which defaults to the work area. If you leave it set to work area, and then dupe with file name, the duration will be whatever the current work are is, not the area you rendered before.
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I’ll jump in. I have been using FCP since v2. I stayed with FCP7 when X came out. After a year, decided I should start learning new NLEs. Used X a couple times as well as Premiere CS6. Decided to jump to Premiere CS6 as my main editor. Then, along came CC. Not really the place to go into details but I am not a fan of subscription
NLEs so jumped back out of CS6 and into FCP X. It’s better than it was but I wish you could attach ‘secondary storylines’ to other ‘secondary storylines’ and a few other things. I am also learning resolve v11 which looks like a cross between FCP 7 and FCP X.Gabe Strong
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[Gabe Strong] “so jumped back out of CS6 and into FCP X”
Ding ding ding! We have a winner! LOL
This may be more than you care to get into, but was there anything about the PPro experience you didn’t like besides the CC angle?
[Gabe Strong] ” I am also learning resolve v11 which looks like a cross between FCP 7 and FCP X.”
That’s the first time I’ve heard it put that way! Definitely looking forward to hearing more about folks’ experience with Resolve 11 as we roll along…if not necessarily in this exact thread. 😉
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