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Using Casablanca With FCP
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Casablanca is a proprietary turnkey edit system. I suspect the user base is small and might be wedding videographers who fear having to use a standard computer and all its software complexities.
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[ghetto3jon] “yes, the casablanca DOES allow you to add a transition between clips without overlapping footage. it actually moves the clips just enough into eachother so the crossfade can be applied.”
Well, if it’s trimming the footage, then it’s not making “a transition between clips without overlapping footage”, it’s overlapping the footage for you. That may seem like I’m splitting hairs, but it’s a very basic principal. The vastly overwhelming majority of transitions require some overlap, and the rest need some spectacular way to hide the lack of overlap.
That being said, FCP will do what you want. Someone or other seems to ask how to do this at least once a week. Just search the forum for “overwrite with transition”.
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Casablanca is a proprietary turnkey edit system. I suspect the user base is small and might be wedding videographers who fear having to use a standard computer and all its software complexities.
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I believe it’s also popular in grade schools where they make videos as projects but are more interested in what their acting and scripts look like than how well they learn the NLE.
For those who have never seen one, imagine buying a Mac Mini that came with NOTHING but iMovie on it. That’s kind of what a Casablanca is like.
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Here is how you can do it in FCP, although it will involve actual editing work on your part.
Digitize the entire clip, drop it on the timeline, manually go through it and use the razor tool to split the clip whenever there is a scene change, then go back and add your crossfades. If you want to get nitpicky and not cut the audio, you can de-link the clips and then only split the video clips.
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no, it’s not the splitting out of the clips that is the problem. i can use dv start/stop detect for that. it’s the issue of adding crossfades without handles…
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Yes do not let FCP auto split the clips for you. Digitize it as one clip and do it manually and you should be able to put the crossfades in.
-mark
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Actually I think you can batch digitize clips and tell FCP to add handles also. However you do it, it is going to involve some work on your part if you want to do it FCP.
-mark
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I think that Arnie answered your question…or gave you a good place to start. “Overwrite with transition” is what you are looking for. Highlight all your subclips and then drag them into the Canvas and select OVERWRITE WITH TRANSITION…boom. Done.
The big issue here is that FCP is a professional application for those who require rigid and absolute control over the timing of a timeline. We need to deliver shows that are exactly 43:34 with 1 second blacks between acts. If it added a dissolve like you wanted it to, suddenly the timing of our timeline fluctuates with every dissolve we add…shortening it. This is why it demands taht you give the appropriate amount of handles for the transition.
If you don’t need this rigid timing or this control, why are you using FCP? iMovie does exactly what you want, and is free.
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This is the most pointless question I’ve ever seen. Maybe I’ve misunderstood why you are doing this!
Why anyone would want automatic crossfades between camera cuts I can’t see. It’s just lazy.
Surely the camera operator isn’t a robot, who has shot a frame accurate set of rushes.
With no outtakes mistakes or long holds.Secondly mixes are a cheap, amateur overused effect.
And Thirdly, when I do use dissolves they aren’t just thrown on the timeline at default 1 sec, I’ll watch, retime, adjust and rewatch every transition to a different duration.
Complaining that FCP doesn’t do something so amateur and odd makes no sense to me at all, it’s not a feature Apple should ever consider. Next you’ll be wanting a random shot feature built in, to fill a 5 minute music sequence for you because you can’t be bothered to do some work.
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Batch Digiitze?
With Handles?I’m sorry, what’s that?
LOL!
Just kidding. Wish the kids would learn from the old school. Things with NLEs haven’t changed much since the mid-90’s.
Unfortunately, the iMovie generation is spoiled.Your video carmudgeon,
Kevin Monahan
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