Alban Egger
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[Arthur Dobbe] “Anyway that is a FCP X problem, the plugin works fine so far.”
It is not a FCPX “problem” but a feature. FCPX will decide if it needs to transcode or not. If your machine is fast enough and/or the codec is good enough then FCPX will use the native format. Since the XF 422 codec (which FCPX uses) is exactly what you want anyway.
If you absolutely want to make ProResHQ (question is why, because every transcode hurts the material), then you need to export and re-import.
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[David Powell] “But I can’t see any decent paying job asking for FCPX editors in this city.”
Will be interesting to look at that in 12 months.
I understand it is hard to get into an existing workflow right now with X. But in these fast times with delivery getting quicker and quicker FCPX will be invaluable for many.Just today I got a late gig for a Super Bowl show (non-broadcast). They wanted 3 programs:
– a 26 minute broadcast, but new music and new voice over was recorded. Took me 2,5 hours to re-do the whole sound in 4 channels and output as XDCam422.
– a DVD with several greetings from people around the globe (mix of PAL and NTSC). Since FCPX does conform NTSC in the timeline (cinema tools is built in!) it took merely seconds to mix these format and output in PAL. Needed DVD Studio pro though……
– a looping DVD with sponsor logos and ken burns. Didn´t need AFX or Motion, just used the Ken Bruns effect in FCPX.S one client, 3 hours of time, 3 deliveries that I would NEVEr had done in FCP7. No way.
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IMPORT after transcode with XCam transfer just import the XDCam-Movs
EXPORT: No luck from FCPX right now. I use FCP7 for that. We have successfully exported from FCPX and then imported into FCP7 and then wrote to the U1 or to XDCam422 MXF with 8 dedicated audio tracks.
You might be able to do that with XDCam tools also, but I just use FCP7 still for that workflow and hope Sony will some time build a plugin for X
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[Richard Herd] “I spent a lot of time reading the manual, just to wrap my head around “events” and then bit of time to actually do it. There was a bit of swearing involved. “
Well, I ALWAYS started new NLEs with some sort of a real-life project and not “playing around”. At the same time I suggest one does “play around” for a week first anyway. But by playing around I mean first of all watch tutorials or better get someone who knows the software to show you the basics. And then try to re-do a project you recently did. Just see the different approaches, because whenever you switch it will need a step back and look from outside the box.
And sometimes you might come to the conclusion that it isn´t for you anyway.
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wow, you are right. I just showed this to a friend last week. Now in 10.0.3 this does´t work anymore.
neither making a compound from parts of a clip nor the exporting of compounds alone.It goes so far, that you can´t make a compound of a region at all anymore. you have to select the clips with the “A” tool, not the “R” tool.
hmm…sorry guys for the confusion. I didn´t expect the step back….
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But it wash´t Apple´s idea. There have been others before. Edius has a single-viewer option and I used it there also depending on projects. Yes it was an Option, but I take real estate on my screen over a frozen viewer any time.
What´s nice in Avid are the 4 viewers….I think a modern software should know when we need 2 or 4 and when 1 is enough. Because in X I never really miss the viewer, but when I see a demo of Avid with 4 i see the point in certain situations. I don´t think the editor decides, but the software should understand which tool needs more than 1 viewer.
Pretty much like some tools in FCP (roll, ripple, slip, slide) where you had the “choice” which means you had o press buttons which takes time. In X the software decides depending on your mouse position. Something Avid does also. It is a mix of “deciding and resulting options”.
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Herb, we know we are on opposites sides of that bench 😉
But I can give you a few features none of the “major NLEs” do that FCPX does great. And I simply never had the need for out of sync markers yet. I thought like you at first, but I have yet to get something out of sync in a way that I wasn´t able to snap it back in sync in a second (shortcut “N” is still turning snapping on). Mind you with magnetic timeline you don´t worry much about what happens on track 7 20 minutes down the timeline. It will be alright whatever you do in minute 3.
You are right about the pasting of effects though. Instead of selecting before you deselect after….not very elegant this workflow and it sometimes can mess something up. Agreed.
But it doesn’t happen often: since the color correction tool is so strong I have shortcuts to paste only that colourcorrection-effect from the clip before, two clips before or three clips before. It only copy-pastes the colourboard and leaves all other effects alone. Since color is the one effect that I copy pasted most in FCP7, that´s my workaround in X. You have to find these gems in the “command list”, but they exist.
To say “FCPX does´t do this, which I used daily” doesn´t work anymore. Because FCPX does so many things FCP7 never did and AVID does´t do for a while. You probably also find tons of features in Avi that FCP7 never did and vice versa. They all have their weaknesses and certain strengths. FCPX´s strength is versatility.
The question for me is not “what did I do how before”, but “how can I do it now and how can I get better results faster”. Believe me, I never said “Wow, that´s clever” so often about a tool.
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Armando, I can tell you I am very happy FCPX is not FCP8.
It is not the 64-bit that makes FCPX feel so quick and simple. It is the whole paradigm and the new tools that make the step up. If you want FCP8 better get Adobe stuff. -
well, first of all we have a viewer in certain situations when you need them. but i do not miss it all the time since in FCP7 is indeed was “stuck on the last bin-frame” for extended times when editing in the timeline alone. The screens get busy enough enough without the viewer when you have event/bins, clips, scopes, canvas and inspector open.
audio tracks can be made by secondary storylines. if we needed something, then we needed an audio-bus that shows me in the project where the certain roles go to in the audio file before i enter the export window.
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What CAN it be used for?
Well, pretty much anything. Coming from FCP7 there is not much left that FCP7 did better.
SDI-Monitoring is still BETA, andOMF Export is still not the way it should be, but other than that FCP7 is left behind in the dust since version 10.0.0 due to the 64-bit architecture; not even speaking of 10.0.3….. The most important feature it brought was (to me) the re-linking of offline media.AVID has good trimming tools especially for narrative editing. No doubt. If in the end it really makes you faster depends on your projects.
We have used FCPX now on many different projects: 52-minute documentaries with 7500+ clips for broadcast, music videos, corporate videos, loop-DVDs that have a revolving intro every day, LIVE-PRODUCTION-LOWER THIRDS…….you name it.
It worked faster and easier than anything I ever used in EVERY project we tried since July.
We are not sitting 200 days a year and edit movies or shortfilms. But me and my partner did movies and short films (on FCP7) also. But we have different demands by the week, because clients from multi-million corporations to the small bakery next door are coming up with new ideas all the time.
And there is no….”uhm…that might take longer”…..FCPX is so flexible and offers unique tools like skimming, audition, Motion-FX imports, keyword-bins …the list goes on and on and nobody who didn´t really “get it” will understand what´s under the hood there. It can be used for everything and not only narrative editing….for that you might stick to AVID forever. But if you have changing demands in a fast-changing industry below Hollywood, then FCPX might be an option.
Those are my 2 cents and if you just hate the magnetic timeline then by all means….stay away…..