Andy Neil
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Do you have 10.0.3 installed? If so you can check for yourself. I mentioned this on another thread, but it’s not an autosave like you remember from FCP7. According to Larry Jordan (I think), it’s more like a disaster backup.
FCPX will now save a backup of your event and project every 15 minutes in case something happens and the real autosave function (the one that saves everything all the time) breaks. That way, at least you don’t lose more than 15 minutes of work.
I think it’s more or less something they added as a safety measure since there were many reports of people losing hours of work after they shut down FCP.
The backup folders can be found inside the event and project folders on your drives. I only see one file in my projects, so I don’t think it goes back further than it’s last save.
Andy
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[TImothy Auld] “Is autosave interval definable? If not do you know how often it saves?”
It’s not an autosave per se, since FCPX saves everything you do anyway. It’s more of a disaster recovery. I think I read on Larry Jordan’s blog that it’s at 15 min increments and I don’t think it’s adjustable.
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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[Carl Edwards] “Listen, it’s nice that you are trying to help us recreate our workflow to get around FCPXs shortfalls, but don’t.”
Hey, I’m just trying to understand here. There’s no need to be snippy. I’m just asking questions about your workflow and pointing out what FCPX can do. If it doesn’t work for you, fine. I’m not trying to sell you on it.
Have a nice day,
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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[Carl Edwards] “But I get the feeling you didn’t read too closely. We export out DPX and OPENEXR, neither of which FCP supports”
I read fine. I didn’t mention DPX because I know that FCPX doesn’t support that format at the moment. Besides you were talking about exporting DPX from FCP, not importing DPX INTO FCP.
[Carl Edwards] “Until we can get DPX or OPENEXR out of final cut…
So I focused on formats that you CAN get out of FCPX. I looked up ProRes 422 HQ because video bit depths are not my strong suit. According to what I read, HQ is 10bit, not 8bit. And you can also export out of FCPX in Uncompressed 10-bit. Surely, you can read Uncompressed on a PC?
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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[Carl Edwards] “I’m sorry but that’s not how VFX shares media, we do it with XMLs and with Avid AAFs and relinking to the original media.
We never export out of final cut do to quality concerns (8bit and such).”
I don’t understand. FCPX can export XML. Its a new flavor of XML so it may not be compatible with whatever you do VFX on, though that may change since Resolve already supports it. Also, FCPX renders in 32-bit float, what are your 8-bit concerns regarding a QT export? ProRes? HQ is a 16-bit codec I believe, but quality will only be as good as the original footage.
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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If iPhoto recognizes your movie files, then try importing them into iPhoto and then accessing them through the iPhoto browser inside FCPX.
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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[Matthew Sonnenfeld] “I think that a major issue here is the language. Regardless of how similar things might be in reality, it is a new language, new steps, new methods, and only FCPX people will understand.”
I’m sorry to disagree with you Matthew, but you’re just wrong about that. There is no language barrier with FCPX except inside the program itself. If an audio engineer accesses my media, it’s no different than then the media he/she accesses from any other NLE. You think if you edit in FCPX you have to translate everything to everyone else, but that’s just not the case. If I export OMFs or AAFs out of X for a pro tools session, they show up as organized tracks (organized by role).
[Matthew Sonnenfeld] “As for the automation of assigned roles, sorry for being a skeptic but I don’t trust it. When I hand over a project to do my mix in Pro Tools, I will have spent more time double checking to make sure it got than automation right than I would have had I just placed the audio in the track I want from the start.”
This is because you don’t understand what it’s doing. It’s very easy to understand how FCPX assigns roles. I’m convinced that if you took the time to understand the roles feature, you would be just as comfortable as I am using it. I’ve been in this game for over a decade. I’m very comfortable editing in the traditional mode. I also was not a fan of FCPX’s paradigm at the beginning. But after practice, I found that there are several aspects of editing in FCPX that are quite a bit faster than the traditional way. Roles is one of those aspects.
I’m not trying to convince you of anything; the past months on these boards have cured me of that. I just want to make sure that incorrect information regarding FCPX doesn’t get spread as gospel to those who haven’t yet made up their mind. And your concerns about the roles feature with regards to outside collaborators are unfounded. Roles are neither difficult nor time-consuming.
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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Looks like you need an MTS to MOV converter. There are plenty on the market. Batch convert the files and then they should import directly into FCPX.
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com