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The new way of editing
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Ok I know I could just look this up somewhere else but seeing as your here..
When I asked about a “fit to fill” equivalent I wasn’t talking about speed changes really. I use f2f A LOT when putting together mobile handset instructional videos. I’ve found it by far the fastest way to perform this pretty repetitive task. We won’t be upgrading our systems any time soon here, I’m asking purely out of curiosity so feel free to ignore me if you wish.
Essentially I want, with 1 button press, to be able to take the frame I’m previewing and put it on the timeline at the frame my playhead is at on the timeline. Ideally I don’t want to have to mark ins or outs and I don’t want to ripple the sequence, and I’d like the new clip to essentially replace the old clip on the timeline without adjusting the ins or outs on the timeline. Yes, I want a “fit to fill” tool. Is there a similar tool in FCPX
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If there is no equivalent then that REALLY sucks. Until I’ve really road tested it, I’m going to assume that the functionality is there, just hidden under a new name. I thougth the WHOLE POINT of the new FCPX UI and ALL of the controversy it has caused was that it was supposed to make timeline editing faster, at the expense of certain more high end I/O workflow features.
If they have taken away useful tools and not replaced them with better ones, what exactly was the point?
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This is not Fit-to-Fill in FCP. This is Replace. FCPX doesn’t have it.
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Ah ok. I just checked and it seems “fit to fill” is essentially the same as “replace” but when there is no clip on the selected track right?
Either way, the loss of this tool seems like a great shame to me. Is it just me? Do other people use this tool a lot as well?
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Fit-to-Fill is 4-point edit. It will put source IN to master IN and source OUT to master OUT adjusting source speed.
Replace is a great tool. That’s how I sync dailies working on features. Park on a clap in the sound take in the viewer, park on a frame where sticks hit in the timeline, Replace, next. That’s how I change one take for another in an edited scene. That’s what I often use instead of slip cutting to music.
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So many great applications for this tool. Find it hard to understand why they would ditch it.
Oh and thanks for explaining the difference. I’ve been calling “replace” “fit to fill” for about 5 years now I think.
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[Christopher Travis] “Until I’ve really road tested it, I’m going to assume that the functionality is there, just hidden under a new name.”
No. It isn’t there. There is something under the same name but it’s totally different. It doesn’t replace on a frame, only on in or out point. And it ripples.
[Christopher Travis] “I thougth the WHOLE POINT of the new FCPX UI and ALL of the controversy it has caused was that it was supposed to make timeline editing faster, at the expense of certain more high end I/O workflow features.
“No, the point was preventing casual users from creating flash frames and short gaps at the expense of everything else that makes an editing app an editing app.
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I’ve tried hard not to get caught up in this hysteria to be honest. I have also been looking forward to the point at which I get to sit down and actually road test FCPX and see what new timeline features it has. I have decided to accept that all the of the years I have spent working around FCP7s interface to make myself more efficient may have to be thrown out the window but that’s ok, because this new toll will make me more efficient right from the start right?
Maybe not it seems. Whatever the case, Apple are still going to get £180 of my money so I can try it out for myself. Again, sorry for the thread hijack.
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[Michael Aranyshev] “no Replace.”
There’s Replace.
Replace, Replace from Start, Replace from End, Replace and add to Audition.
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[Michael Aranyshev] “Personally I think those few who say FCPX is better than FCP simply don’t know FCP well enough.”
Better? No one is saying “better” currently that I know of. Better POTENTIAL . . . absolutely.
I’ve been using FCP for at least 10 years . . . and Avid for more than 10 years before that.
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