[Alban Egger]

[Dominic Deacon] “And PC hardware is seriously cheap. I got an i7 3.4ghz, 16gb RAM and nVidia graphics that runs all these programs lightning fast for significantly cheaper than the smallest iMac. The computers been as much of a revelation as the programs. Never crashes and no spinning beach balls. I hate the beach ball. It’s very hard to justify the $2k plus (AUD) that Apple charges for the larger models.”

That is misleading. I build systems for Edius and I use FCP in all flavors.

If you tried to build a machine similar to a MacPro in terms of built-quality, metal-housing, cooling layout, power parts etc you would reach Apple prices. Once you get to the iMac you are not having a chance to build such a machine WITH a comparable screen for that price.

It´s true you can build a powerful machine and buy Win7 and have it running for half the price of an Apple, but it won´t be the same value still. And don´t get me started on the differences of the OS (although Lion is a duck right now).

[Alban Egger]

[Andy Field] “Can anyone explain why anyone is twisting themselves into a pretzel trying to make FCP X work for them? What’s the point?
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Because the parts that are working are so good, simple as that.

[Alban Egger]

non-destructive also. you can apply it to the clip in the timeline and leave the one in the event library untouched.
also works with 720p50 material from XDCamHD422 footage.

[Alban Egger]

Yep, some funny stuff.
I have already successfully used compoundclips to “create an Audio-Bus” to be used in FCP7 for final output in this project
https://fcpxmegatest.blogspot.com/2011/07/output-part-1.html
(this is the post that explains that certain step)

[Alban Egger]

Most points are valid.

You can lock your clip´s time when moving vertically when pressing SHIFT while dragging the clip to another “track”. At least works with me and even offers yellow guidlines to where the snappoints are. Maybe you have to have SNAP turned on for this which would only make sense?

Also if you want certain B-roll as connected clips in fixed positions you can put a secondary storyline on top of the primary one with a GAP all the way through. Then use the position tool “P” when moving in this storyline. It is also a way for multicam.

Versioning is a problem, because if you have a large event with thousands of clips and make timelines with hundreds of them the loading times get longer with each duplication. I hope they clean this up soon, because it gets annoying especially with the betalevel crashes, which wouldn´t be a problem if you hadn´t to wait for the restart of your events……

[Alban Egger]

yep, using Lion here.
Weird.

Oh well….that´s life on the cutting edge haha

[Alban Egger]

Hey Brendan, just found this and am currently trying many of your great custom effects.
On this special one, the Colour Grading Tool, I get a slight pixelshift to the left bottom (about 1-2 pixels). Did you notice that? I had a look in Motion and everything seems fine there, Position with all groups is 0/0/0. So i don´t know what it is.
Am I seeing something wrong or is there a pixelshift and how can I fix it?

[Alban Egger]

[David Lawrence] “I’m curious about what specific things you’ve found in FCPX to be single steps that were multiple steps before. My experience has been exactly the opposite so obviously we work differently.
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David, I gave several lists here already and funnily hardly ever get arguments back.
Someone in a TV studio asked me this the other day and I felt several pairs of eyes on me and I had to shoot quick…so here was my answer:
1. Skimming….no click at all, while in FCP7 and other NLEs I need to doubleclick constantly to watch things.
2. Trim-Start / Trim-End…they are not new, I know them from Edius, but missed them in FCP7…they save hours and allow me to sell my Edius PC (because I kept it to do quick roughcuts on sportsevents just because of thiese two shortcuts)
3. J-cut/L-cut

There are many more “tools” in FCPX that make life easier and work moving faster, but these 3 off the top of my head came out quickest, so I give you the same three.

I know there are also things slower now or not working at all….or definitely not as expected, like audio-transitions etc, but the general feel of the program FOR ME is faster, easier, straightforward.

[Alban Egger]

[David Lawrence] “Apple has take up a dangerous trend for professionals, driven by the iPhone and iPad world: a tendency to oversimplify the user interface, to remove command-key shortcuts, to force multi-step efforts for what used to be a single step…
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Hmmmm…..to me it is the contrary. FCPX has a lot of single-steps that have been multi-steps.
That is definitely Not the problem of FCPX, the prpble, is some steps are not possible at all, but those paths that are open are better than in FCPX (but that’s my 2 cents and i know 90% here disagree)

So maybe he found some stuff in Lion and maybe you find some in FCPX, but you would find it also when switching to Windows7 or any other NLE that some steps are different. It is the choice of the software designers and if they would leave everything as it was…there would be no upgrade.

[Alban Egger]

[Jamie Franklin] ”
The FCX corrector blows. I can’t even believe they were serious with releasing it as a replacement. It boggles the mind…”

I strongly disagree. The colourboard is square, yes, but in its functionality it is far superior to the old 3-way cc-tool.
16-bit
Built in secondary corrections
Possible to be animated

It is not Color, but this is FinalCutPro for 299 and not FinalCutStudio for 1099 anymore. And the reason to go to Color is gone with this tool for many uses. If you need more…..wait or use another NLE