why! why! why!

[Nick Meyers]

MARTIN:
“I’ve never missed it myself or understood why it’s so crucial”

a couple of thoughts:
once in a while you might want to go back to a freeze, and chose another nearby frame.

secondly,
they might be worried about what will happen in an online?
how will the online cope with creating that freeze again without teh relevant info.

it’s been years since i had this issue come up for me,
but i seem to remember there being no trauma,
and the relevant frame must have been captured.
(i’m pretty sure i would have match-framed and created the freeze from the clip, though)

you guys (Martin and Walter) would probably deal with this quite often?

nick

[Steve Connor]

I have to say this forum should be about answering peoples questions about FCP and to help people understand the programme better. These constant posts which are appearing more frequently, don’t actually ask any questions at all. They are just an excuse to moan about FCP and they don’t exactly achieve very much at all.

If you want FCP changed contact Apple!

Steve Connor
Adrenalin Television

Have you tried “Search Posts”? Enlightenment may be there.

[Jason]

It’s true, I have used FCP since v1 and it hasn’t changed all that much really, I used to get excited about new releases but nowadays I know that not much will change. What was actually new from v5.1 to v6? Other than time!

I’m trying to think of the significant things over the years, realtime effects, 3-way colour corrector, multicam (which i think has been done badly), custamisable keyboard (thank god that happened).

I think the one issue with FCP is that it is overly complicated, there are tabs everywhere which I would prefer to be seperate windows that always showed me the motion/effects info for the clip I was parked at in the timeline. Maybe a great step would be to allow the keyboard to be mapped to do multiple actions with one key, that would certainly solve the annoying activation of the timeline when I do an insert or overlay.

I hate the way FCP speeds clips up, i think it would be better if the clip duration stayed the same in the timeline rather than changing and moving everything after it in the timeline and having conflicts. Speed a clip up in the viewer in fcp just doesn’t work since it speeds up the whole clip (again this is something avid does better)

I’m annoyed with myself that I only just discovered the open ganging fuction, that would have saved alot of clicking!

Thanks

Jason

[Martin Baker]

No need to wait Jason, if the overwrite behaviour annoys you that much, you could use a macro program like iKey (http://www.scriptsoftware.com) to do an F10 followed by Q from a single key.

On speed changes, yes it would be good to have a “lock duration in sequence” option on the speed window but until that happens, there is a way to solve the problem, scroll down and watch Ep 1:
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Martin
Digital Heaven, London UK
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[Chris Coote]

So freeze frames don’t have a time code attached to them in FCP?
I am going to be conforming a 26 part series in a few weeks. What happens when they do a freeze frame? How do I redigitize this?
Are slomo shots going to be a problem? Any other things to watch for from an Online editing point of view?

[John Pale]

Notice that FCP names your freeze frame the timecode.

[Jason]

Hi Martin,

Thanks for the tip, but I already know how to do it, it just proves how much of a pain in the ass Final Cut Pro is making you do all sorts of other silly things just to do something simple.

Just like slipping a clip, what a pain in the ass choosing the tool, then selecting the slip then pressing the slip buttons. In an Avid you just park over it and slip away. Fine cutting is a hell of alot easier in an Avid just because of these small difference in features!

Even rendiring is a pain in the ass because it can’t render layer by layer, wasting alot of my time.

I think there is pretty much one thing in FCP that is better that an Avid, and that is the fact that you can copy a clips entire filter set and motion settings easily. That is about it. Oh and being able to media manage into a specific folder.

Sorry to keep going on, but I used to love FCP, now I can’t stand to work on it anymore, and I’m sure all the extra pointless clicking will only add to my RSA!

I will certainly give ikey a go.

Cheers

Jason

[Zak Mussig]

Not trying to be contentious, but I think FCP can do both of the tasks you mentioned without too much pain.

Want to slip a clip hit “S” and click and drag the clip right or left.

Of course you ca render a layer. Select a track (“ttt” to select hte tool and click) then render selection (Command-R). Done.

Based on your other complaints, this may be too much clicking or too many eys to press for your liking, but it works.

Hope that helps,
Zak

[Chi-ho Lee]

[Jason] “Just like slipping a clip, what a pain in the ass choosing the tool, then selecting the slip then pressing the slip buttons.”

If that’s what you’re doing, then you’re doing it wrong. Slip by mouse dragging requires “S” to activate Slip tool, then drag the clip. To slip with keyboard, select clip, then “S”, then trim with keyboard. I have no idea what you’re doing from your description.

[Jason] ” In an Avid you just park over it and slip away”
In Avid, you have to drag the marque around the clip from the right direction or you have to get into segment mode, select the clip, then switch into trim mode.

Maybe you know a secret way to get into slip in Trim mode?

CHL

Chi-Ho Lee
Film & Video Editor
Apple Certified Final Cut Pro Trainer
http://www.chiholee.com