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What does FCPX teach new editors?
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[Matt Callac] “Not having think about shifting makes me not really have to think about driving. So when I drive an automatic, I tend to sort of miss stop signs, or accidentally go faster than I have intended.”
So you require a stick shift otherwise you are not an alert driver. I do hope that’s not the norm for those driving automatic shift. I expect not otherwise we’d see lots of news about this.
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“Oh you mean Auditions and you can have a whole bunch of them to try and you don’t need any tracks for them at all.”
That’s right Craig. Auditions, which sound like an IMPROVEMENT over the messy way of stacking up multiple clips in FCP.
See, I don’t have a problem with noticing an actual improvement, as opposed to the marketing BS of magnetic timelines.
You should try it sometime, actually seeing what’s out there and responding with your mind as opposed to your ego. But, wait, that’s not the FCPX way, that way you would actually have to think BEFORE you spoke.
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[Walter Soyka] “A manual transmission exposes the mechanics to the driver — it gives the driver direct control over the relationships between the engine, the gearing, and the car’s movement. It makes the car harder to drive on a basic level, but easier to drive for performance.”
Yes, that’s what I always thought – until I recently directed some commercials for a Japanese car manufacturer and was told by the client that the automatic version of their top performance car was appreciably faster than the manual even when driven by top professional drivers. Technology has moved ahead of us on this one, apparently.
I’m not sure what the moral is – except you’re probably right that the car analogy isn’t as helpful as it might be 😉
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[Craig Seeman] “So you require a stick shift otherwise you are not an alert driver.”
Exactly. Point being: Less thinking does not always mean better result for the task at hand.
-mattyc
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[Simon Ubsdell] ”
I’m not sure what the moral is – except you’re probably right that the car analogy isn’t as helpful as it might be ;-)”Moral is, Simon is a jerk-face for ruining Walter’s great manual shift analogy.
-mattyc
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[Simon Ubsdell] “Yes, that’s what I always thought – until I recently directed some commercials for a Japanese car manufacturer and was told by the client that the automatic version of their top performance car was appreciably faster than the manual even when driven by top professional drivers. Technology has moved ahead of us on this one, apparently. “
The Nissan GT-R Simon?
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
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[Craig Seeman] “Oh you mean Auditions and you can have a whole bunch of them to try and you don’t need any tracks for them at all.”
Is there a very obvious visible marker in your timeline when you use auditions so you know how many you have loaded and where they are? I honestly don’t know. I’ve read that compound clips are hard to recognize.
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[Simon Ubsdell] “Yes, that’s what I always thought – until I recently directed some commercials for a Japanese car manufacturer and was told by the client that the automatic version of their top performance car was appreciably faster than the manual even when driven by top professional drivers. Technology has moved ahead of us on this one, apparently.”
I knew this would happen…
Continuously variable transmissions can be set to optimize for fuel efficiency or for power. When optimized for power, they cannot be beaten by any geared transmission with stepped variability — it’s simple physics. I don’t believe there are currently any CVTs that can handle the extreme amounts of torque generated by big performance engines, though.
Then there are dual-clutch transmissions, which do not require the driver to manually clutch and can be self-shifting or driver-controlled. They can shift gears in less than a tenth of a second.
Maybe these details really mess up the analogy, but both CVTs and DCTs share a critical feature with traditional manual transmissions that traditional automatic transmissions do not have — direct drive. They all directly link the engine’s output to the wheels, whereas a traditional “slushbox” automatic transmission is indirect. I think that this, moreso than gear selection, is the critical component of relating the work the engine does to the actual movement of the car.
Did I save it?
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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It wasn’t really my analogy — remember, I said that car analogies always fail!
But I picked it up and ran with it, so I’ve done my best to try to save it…
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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[Walter Soyka] “I said that car analogies always fail!”
or maybe analogies always fail.
-mattyc
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