Tag, you’re it.

[Charlie Austin]

[Chris Harlan] “Too many people will have too many uses for the colors, so I think they will remain–for me–“hey, notice this!” the tags, though–logging all elements to a job so that if they move beyond folders they can still be traced to a particular show?! That’s great.”

I think that’s probably the best way to go… Colors stay colors for quick visual reference and actual user created tags for whatever you want.

You could probably make smart folders to “collect” tags too.

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~”It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools.”~
~”The function you just attempted is not yet implemented”~

[John Davidson]

[Charlie Austin] “You could probably make smart folders to “collect” tags too… hold on..Yep… ya sure can. That’s gonna be real useful…”

So probably I’ll want “client/network” and “current” as tags. Man, that’ll be so sweet to not have to share direct links with colleagues specific file locations over the network.

If done correctly, the entire process of file organization in folders could become obsolete. I don’t think I’d want one huge folder of everything, but the somewhat laborious process of having a hundred different folders for all the various types of media could become less important. I don’t want a gigantic mess with or without tags, but this requires some serious thought on implementation.

I don’t think I’ll be rolling out Mav’s on the work systems just yet. Probably will hold off until I get delivery notifications on the two mac pros we’re (hopefully) going to be able to order next week. If they even arrive by Thanksgiving I’ll be…..um….thankful. That would also give time for a 10.9.1 update.

John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[John Davidson] “If done correctly, the entire process of file organization in folders could become obsolete.”

This is where I hope the most potential lies in Tags, at least for how I’d like to see them used as a “unique” color is too subjective.

You can add Tags to the FCPX export window already. You can also add Tags to the “Share” metadata window which “pre-enters” that field for you when you export a movie. You can even save presets so that you can easily recall them for later use.

I hoping that Tags will be an OS level extension of what Keyword and Smart Collections are to FCPX.

For John, it might be Network, for Michael, it might be client, for me, it might be file type (.mpg for example), or perhaps we will be able to implement stuff like Tag based watch folders. If Compressor or Episode can read Tags, and a file gets tagged as “To Compress” Episode or Compressor will pick this up and start compressing.

You will be able to use Tags as “To Do” items for other people like, “please ingest this stuff” or “this stuff has already been imported”.

You’d be able to flag files with certain searchable characters and have those files then aggregated to a Tag like a file that has “_transcript” that needs to be sent off for transcription.

Of course, you then get to search all this stuff on the OS level instead of trying to drill down 50 levels deep to find a file that you need.

Yes, it will require a bit of work, but this type of preloaded work pays dividends down the line. It’s the reason I like to spend a bit of time adding Roles, and getting my audio channels sorted out in FCXP before I start an edit if at all possible. Usually, this means I never have to idea with it again as that data follows the material all the way through the edit until the export. I see tags working in a similar fashion.

If any of you use the filter tags in Gmail, I hope Tags can work similarly.

Jeremy

[John Davidson]

[Jeremy Garchow] “You will be able to use Tags as “To Do” items for other people like, “please ingest this stuff” or “this stuff has already been imported”.”

I suppose I’d be dreaming for FCPX to automatically import a specific tag. Wouldn’t that be something – like a smart folder on steroids.

John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.

[Chris Harlan]

[John Davidson] “[Jeremy Garchow] “You will be able to use Tags as “To Do” items for other people like, “please ingest this stuff” or “this stuff has already been imported”.”

I suppose I’d be dreaming for FCPX to automatically import a specific tag. Wouldn’t that be something – like a smart folder on steroids.
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Why not?! I think it would be great,

[Charlie Austin]

[John Davidson] “I suppose I’d be dreaming for FCPX to automatically import a specific tag. Wouldn’t that be something – like a smart folder on steroids.”

I can’t see a reason that wouldn’t be possible now that tags are “systemic” so to speak. Head to the feedback page! 😉

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~”It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools.”~
~”The function you just attempted is not yet implemented”~

[John Davidson]

[Charlie Austin] “Head to the feedback page! ;-)”

I might hold off until oh, say, tomorrow about 1pm. 🙂

John Davidson | President / Creative Director | Magic Feather Inc.

[Charlie Austin]

[John Davidson] “I might hold off until oh, say, tomorrow about 1pm. :)”

Not a bad idea… 🙂

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~”It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools.”~
~”The function you just attempted is not yet implemented”~