What is the first thing you will check when u first get ur hand on FCP X?

[David Eaks]

This forum.

[Eric Santiago]

Import R3D/MXF files….I can dream right 😉

[David Roth weiss]

[David Eaks] “This forum.”

Chaching!!!

Correct answer…

And so, David wins today’s unofficial Best Answer of the Day Award.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.com

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[Jason Agnew]

I’m looking for Deck Control 1st.
Testing it out with as many file formats as I can CLOSE 2nd.

[David Roth weiss]

[Jason Agnew] “I’m looking for Deck Control 1st.”

Jason, you may find that to be one of the shortest tests you’ve ever conducted.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.com

Don’t miss my new tutorial: Prepare for a seamless transition to FCP X and OS X Lion
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[Matt Callac]

[David Roth Weiss] “First thing I’ll check is the manual”

First thing I’m doing is checking to see if there IS an actual manual, and not just a quick guide and a terrible “FCP X HELP interface.” give me a damn PDF File.

-mattyc

[Simon Ubsdell]

[Matt Callac] “give me a damn PDF File”

I’ll second that. Apple’s HTML Help is an abomination. I wonder if they’ve learned their lesson.

Simon Ubsdell
Director/Editor/Writer
http://www.tokyo-uk.com

[John Davidson]

I’m going to see if we can build our own effects and transition combinations to save as presets. I wouldn’t need half my plugin sets if I can build my own layered transitions easily. I might play with the color correction thing next.

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

[David Eaks]

[David Roth Weiss] “[David Eaks] “This forum.”

Chaching!!!

Correct answer…

And so, David wins today’s unofficial Best Answer of the Day Award.”

I’m honored!

But it’s people like you that make my answer a viable option. Many thanks, for many things.

[Jason Agnew]

Jason, you may find that to be one of the shortest tests you’ve ever conducted.

That’s what I’m afraid of. It will be great in the not so distant future, but the reality is that not every project is file based yet. We still have work that is coming off SR.

I know I can dual boot, but for what (I imagine) seems to be such a SMALL amount of additional information in the program, why not include it? Would have been ok for version X.2.