Wish List For Final Cut Pro X

[Oliver Peters]

Please clarify what you mean in item #4.

Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com

[Derek Andonian]

[David Mathis] 1. Being able to save different versions of the same project

You mean, X is STILL unable to do a ‘save as’ after all this time?

That’s just unacceptable.

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[Bret Williams]

I’d like to hear that too. Because its definitely a better app than Premiere in so many aspects. But not in others.

I’d like to see audio tracks. But I definitely like trackless for video. To me, that is a real improvement over the previous paradigm. But audio should have tracks, because audio HAS tracks (channels).

I’d like to see match frame to the event viewer. I’d like to see scrubbing in the EV as well. Ganging too and all the little extras like TC overlays. A 4 way vector, waveform, parade, histogram view too.

I’d like to see track height adjustable with keyboard shortcuts.

I’d like to see multiple event viewers. I’d like a thumbnail in list view ( scrubable).

Paste attributes – CONTENT. Copy and paste Keyframes too.

When you enter/exit a compound, the play head should be in the same relative position.

And much more

[David Mathis]

Would like to see some finishing features like node based compositing.

[Michael Garber]

You can dupe a project (timeline) to version it within FCPX. You can also dupe it to a backup drive without render files so it copies quite fast. Or you can use Digital Rebellion’s Pro Versioner to make archived backups of events and project (timeline) files.

Michael Garber
5th Wall – a post production company
Blog: GARBERSHOP

[Charlie Austin]

[David Mathis] “A few simple things I would like to see in the next version or update:

1. Being able to save different versions of the same project

Not sure what you mean here, I do this all day.

[David Mathis] 2. Send to Motion to make for more efficient workflow

Agreed

[David Mathis] 3. The ability to key frame color correction

Agreed

[David Mathis] 4. Make Final Cut Pro X more competitive with Smoke or Premiere Pro

It is, as pointed out earlier, better in some ways, not as good in others, but certainly competitive IMHO

[David Mathis] 5. Option to have trackless or fixed track worfklow

Better use of Roles for visual Organization would be great, and I think it’s on Apple’s radar. But fixed tracks? No thanks. Using a combo of the evolving audio channel editing and broken out connected clips as needed has been working really well for me. And I cut with a lot of “tracks”.

[David Mathis] 6. Make it easier to copy one or more clips from one timeline to another.”

How could it be any easier than “copy, switch timelines, paste”? Or are you trying to do something different than that?

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[Charlie Austin]

[Greg Andonian] “That’s just unacceptable.”

See Michael’s comment. Non-issue.

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[Lance Bachelder]

All of the above and improved media management so we can get a clean/trimmed timeline out for archiving etc. from either/or a Project AND a Event.

Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
Downtown Long Beach, California
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1680680/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

[Brent Cook]

[Bret Williams] “But audio should have tracks, because audio HAS tracks (channels).”

Tracks are not the same as channels. I don’t have a lot of NLE experience outside of FCPX but I have extensive DAW experience (Logic Pro). I’m not saying tracks for audio wouldn’t be useful to some, but anyone with audio experience knows there’s a distinct difference between tracks and channels. I personally don’t mind how audio works in FCPX, except the wave forms drive me nuts. They change appearance drastically as I start and stop playback and scroll though the project. It makes manual ducking harder than it needs to be when you don’t know where the audio actually starts and stops.

[Bret Williams] “Paste attributes – CONTENT. Copy and paste Keyframes too.”

For clarification sake, you want the ability to copy a clip along with certain selected attributes as opposed to a straight copy/paste or alt-click and drag? I suppose that could be useful. I do know keyframes are copied through Past Attributes. Are you wanting the option to not include them?

The other stuff I’m with you on.

[Andy Neil]

[David Mathis] “5. Option to have trackless or fixed track worfklow”

[Bret Williams] “I’d like to see audio tracks. But I definitely like trackless for video.”

Tracks mean track assigning and for me that’s just annoying now that I’m used to FCPX’s trackless paradigm. The only reason people are still asking for tracks are because they want to visually organize their timelines. So instead, I propose “hierarchy locking”.

Hierarchy Locking gives the user the opportunity to select clips and freeze their vertical position in the timeline. That way, if (for example) someone wants to keep all their narration audio on connected clips closest to the the primary, they can just select them, move them into position, and lock them there. Then any new connected clips will be placed below, regardless.

As for the rest of my list:

• Ability to adjust a clips hierarchy with keyboard shortcuts. Just select a clip and OPT+↑ or OPT+↓ to push a clip up or down in the hierarchy.

• A timeline view that uses a single thumbnail to represent the clip rather than a filmstrip or a non adjustable null view. I absolutely hate filmstrip view with a passion, but don’t always want to work with the chiclet view. Oh, yeah, and able to switch views with keyboard shortcuts.

• Proper Replace Edit function.

• Ability to enter and exit the transform window via shortcuts.

• Smart tagging of created clips. Right now if you create a multiclip from clips inside a collection, it dumps the new clip into the main event rather than just assuming you want it tagged the same as the clips you used to make it. Same with synchronized or compound clips.

• Manual adjustment on a clip by clip basis of the size of audio tracks. Let’s say you want to do some heavy keyframing of some audio attached to a video clip. I’d like to be able to double click the audio, or audio components and then just click and drag the top or bottom edge of the audio and resize it so I can see the waveform better without having to change the entire timeline view and still not have it be large enough.

• Ability to keyframe speed changes in the Retime editor with bezier handles for smoothing and ease in/out presets.

• Send to Motion (like everyone else)

• Ability to decide which windows end up where on two monitor systems.

That’s all I can think of, off the top of my head.

Andy

https://www.timesavertutorials.com