Andy Neil
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It’s definitely been an issue for me. I toggle between CMD+1 and CMD+2 to re-establish the timeline as the active window. It’s definitely a bug.
As is the 2/3rd “fit to window”. I’ve noticed both problems in 10.0 and they haven’t been fixed in 10.0.1.
Andy
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Well, you didn’t stretch the name out so it was entirely visible so I can’t be sure what it is or how it got there. However, you’re clearly only supposed to have one FCP plist so I’d delete the “long name” one.
Andy
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[David Lawrence] “The position tool is supposed to let you place objects anywhere you want so I use the position tool. I think this is a totally reasonable thing to want to do based on the tool’s intended purpose. If you disagree, please explain.”
I agree that the position tool should behave the same with gaps as it does with regular clips. That would keep confusion to a minimum. As I stated elsewhere, I’ve asked as a feature request that gaps be treated exactly like any other generator clip. However, since they currently are not…
There is an extremely easy way to do the operation you’re looking to do by using the trim keys.
Select your gap clip. Use the “<” and “>” keys to move the gap forward or backward by one frame in the storyline. Hold SHIFT to increase the movement to 10 frames at a time. If attaching clips to gaps is something you do often in FCPX, I would encourage you to use this shortcut as it works great.
Andy
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[David Lawrence] “In FCP7 there are no gaps. The timeline is a wide open space. The only thing to think about is where you want to place your media clips in that space, which has a direct one-to-one mapping to time. It doesn’t get any simpler or more intuitive.”
How do you get your clips into an FCP7 timeline when you want gaps between sections? Most editors place the playhead a point down the timeline and then overwrite or insert a clip at that point. You can do the exact same thing, the exact same way in FCPX. You do NOT have to create a gap, or lay the clips next to each other and then move them apart. Just move the playhead or the skimmer further down the timeline and insert your clip. The gap will be created automatically. The result is exactly the same as FCP7.
If you’re one of those editors who likes to drag and drop from the browser, then use the position tool, and drag and drop wherever you like. FCPX again makes the gap for you.
[David Lawrence] “The beauty of FCP is that you can select this space and delete or close it if you choose to. This is smart, intuitive, and helpful.”
Again, FCPX works exactly the same. Just select the gap and delete it. Smart and intuitive, no? I don’t really see how dealing with empty space is so much faster and easier than dealing with gap clips.
I feel like you’re making the gap feature harder than it needs to be.
Andy
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[Michael Hancock] “They showed a still of what might be the updated interface – very similar to the current one but with a new, more modern skin and what looks like improvements. https://www.advancehdtv.com/index.php/item/avid-media-composer-6.html“
Ugh. Too many buttons. Geez Avid, just give me the ability to map shortcuts to the Option, and CMD keys and cool it with all the damn buttons. You’re starting to look like Premiere.
Andy
PS: Love the Smart Tool.
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[Shane Ross] “Jeremys right, trying to explain the work around to get this to work is pointless. FCX won’t be a part of any project I work on. Simply doesnt have my needs in mind.”
I wasn’t attempting to suggest a work around, I was honestly curious about what shortcomings you found. As I stated, I hadn’t had much time to play around with roles so it made me wonder what your experience was.
Andy
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[David Cherniack] “do you realize how completely, insanely, complicated this dialogue sounds. Like out of some bizarre alternate universe.”
No it doesn’t. Honestly, I don’t see what’s so difficult to understand. Gap clips make sense to me completely. They are not to be feared but rather a tool to be used.
Do you know what I found virtually useless? Slug in FCP 7. Now THAT was a ridiculous concept.
I see the magnetic timeline as merely a reversal of the previous timeline conceit. At the end of an edit, you are not going to want any gaps or black flashes, so the magnetic timeline exists to prevent that. In FCP 7, you have to manually remove gaps to ensure there are no black frames. In FCPX you have manually add them if you want them. Doing it one way is no easier or harder than doing it the other way in my opinion.
People learned to work the way that David Lawrence showed above because of the nature of non-magnetic timeline. The timeline wasn’t created to suit the workflow. Therefore, new workflows will emerge which make use of how the magnetic timeline is set up.
What was wrong with the old way? Nothing. I don’t have a problem working either way. My manner of cutting differs in FCPX from FCP7. But then again, my manner of cutting differs in Avid from FCP7 as well. I don’t find the magnetic timeline non-intuitive any more than I find FCP7’s shortcuts non-intuitive compared to Avid.
Andy
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Personally, I’ve asked (in a feature request) to have gaps behave exactly as regular clips, and even have a gap clip generator in the generators tab (FCPX treats gaps as a generator in function). Then you could use the position tool to lift a gap into a connected clip if you want. Why? Because then you could use it like an adjustment layer for effects.
I know you can create your own adjustment layer workaround with a published title project in Motion, but to me this is a more intuitive solution as it mimics Avid in that fashion.
Andy
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I wasn’t debating that. I said simply that a gap cannot be a connected clip. That is why the position tool acts as it does when you attempt to move the gap above the primary storyline. It was an explanation of the behavior David was seeing in his video. I wasn’t debating the merits of having a gap above the primary storyline.
Andy
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[Jeremy Garchow] “And you can have a gap connected to a gap, but it has to be in a secondary storyline.”
I disagree. It’s semantics I know, but in that scenario it’s the secondary storyline that is connected, not the gap.
You cannot create a secondary storyline with only a gap. You must first create the storyline from a clip and then add a gap and delete the clip. Once that’s done, if you Break Apart Clip Items, the gap inside the secondary storyline simply disappears.
Andy
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