Wish List For Final Cut Pro X

[Gabriel Spaulding]

You can still use JKL, press Option+[ to trim the head and Option+] to trim the tail; press C while playing to select a clip, use , to nudge the clip left 1-frame and Shift+, to nudge multiple frames, press . to nudge the clip right 1-frame and Shift+. to nudge the clip multiple frames. This is real-time trimming but no, you don’t get any visual feedback in the Viewer at present.

Gabriel Spaulding
Creator & Director of ACE Enterprizes

[Nick Paonessa]

I’ve recently changed my workflow after a meeting with the good folks over at Magic Feather Inc. I’ve taken a page out their book in regards to saving versions. It’s quite simple and will change your workflow for the better:

Create and use 1 project entitled EXPORT for EVERYTHING

Within each new event you create, create a smart folder set for compound clips:
> create new smart folder
> entitle it ‘comps’
> double click the settings icon next to ‘comps’
> change the properties of ‘comps’ in the property box that opens
> select ‘clip type’
> set to ‘compound clips’
Now every time you create a compound clip it will be in this ‘comps’ smart folder

Build your edit in the EXPORT project

Select all/ highlight everything in the timeline, then:
> create new compound clip
> save as v1 (or whatever you want)
> share/export to appropriate destination
> save as whatever you want

When you return to FCPX, DELETE whatever is in the EXPORT project (it is already saved in the ‘comps’ smart folder within your event as v1)

When you’re ready to revise v1 you simply duplicate it:
> highlight it in your ‘comps’ smart folder
> duplicate it (command d)
> rename it v2, v3 etc etc
> double click the ‘comp’ and it will open in the ‘export’ project

Repeat this process for every version and you will build a list of versions in your ‘comps’ smart folder — within the respective event

Best part about this workflow is you can easily switch between v1 v2 v3 etc while working on v4 etc in the EXPORT timeline. You can scrub through v1 in the event browser while scrubbing through a later version in the timeline.

1 project for everything. No switching in/out of projects. No duplicating projects. No hassle.

Simple. Easy. Clean.

fcpx love. It’s apple! They’re pretty good.

Link to this in action: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk7ExX3GWTU

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