Tim Cook says Apple “will do more in the pro area”

[Brian Seegmiller]

I just tried something. In PP all the fields you can change in the effects tab are highlighted blue. All you need to do it mouse over it and drag to change its value. I also tried this in FCP X. Yes, you can just mouse over the number you want to change and change it. You will get little pointers that indicate you can scroll the value up and down. The numbers do change to blue in some cases. If you want to add a certain number you can select it and the blue box will indicate you can enter a number. This is pretty much the same as it works in PP.

Also, the reason the 0 field for the X and Y value are off to the right is because it leaves room for a value of 4 digits or more.

Pretty logical to me.

[Simon Ubsdell]

I must be a bear of very little brain, and I’m fully prepared to admit that I am, but I would have thought that the highlight box should follow whatever slider I am adjusting.

That it does not, overwhelms the few brain cells that I am able to summon to the task.

I can only stand in awe of those of you who can not only comfortably engage with this multi-dimensional system, but also find it useful.

Simon Ubsdell
tokyo productions
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[Brian Seegmiller]

But you are a Motion ninja. I can only wish I could do the same thing. So there is that.

[Mark Suszko]

My tired old song: add auto audio transcription and open and closed-captioning to FCPX, or give us a plug-in/App that does that seamlessly and largely automatically. Captioning isn’t just for the deaf; it has massive importance in future and present metadata. And the way we do it now seems prehistoric.

In hardware terms, an updated protube or some other regular polygonal shaped casing, with an emphasis returning to user-accessible upgrades and repairs.

[Tim Wilson]

[Mark Suszko] “add auto audio transcription and open and closed-captioning to FCPX”

I want to emphasize OPEN captions. Premiere is doing this better than anyone right now, but it needs to be better. You’re right, Mark — automatic is ideal! And completely do-able!