Andy Neil
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Create the line independent of the text object. If you have Motion 5, create a title or effect project with a line that you can adjust and publish it to FCPX. However, if that’s out of your comfort zone, or you don’t have Motion 5, you can create one in the generators. Look for Shapes in Elements and add it atop your text. Change the shape to rectangle and then use the transform tools to size it down how you need it.
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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[Oliver Peters] “With FCP X you cannot have two editors simultaneously access the same Event folder.”
Which is why in collaborative environments, you don’t copy files to a specific event folder. Instead you link to those files from both machines.
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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Check out my new tutorial on the multi-cam feature where I work with progressive and interlaced footage as well as HD and SD footage.
FCPX INs and OUTs-Multicam Part One
FCPX INs and OUTs-Multicam Part Two
In answer, FCPX seems to conform the footage in real-time to the multi-clip properties. So if the multi-clip is interlaced, it’ll interlace progressive footage, and vice-versa. It looks and plays pretty seemlessly to me, but I haven’t had time to test properly, because I’m still working on getting my external monitor set-up to work.
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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[Oliver Peters] “”If you do that with FCP7, the clip will go offline and gets automatically reconnected.”
Huh? No it doesn’t. People in FCP 7 SAN environments do this all the time.”
Just because people do this all the time, doesn’t mean that’s not what happens. You can see it happen when access through the network to the clip is slowed just enough. When the connection is fast enough, there is barely a dip to black when the file is changed and then the new file is connected, but the save procedure breaks the connection to the original file and FCP automatically relinks to the new save, usually in the blink of an eye.
I was merely pointing out that it’s exactly how FCPX works now.
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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Hey Greg. Just wanted to add my experience to this thread. I read the AJA documentation and installed Lion and the drivers (I have a Kona LHi). However, my picture is completely jumpy and audio is not being sent.
I double checked that the Kona was set to 1080i and that I was viewing a 1080i project. Picture is there, but jumps and lags similar I guess to your experience.
Sent an email to AJA support to see if they have any thoughts. Will post back if I hear from them.
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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[Matthew Sonnenfeld] “Take the issue with audio in FCPX. Sure you can export audio with dialogue, effects, music, etc. but the way i understand it is that the clips all need to be labeled individually so that the XML can organize them coherently to go to ProTools. Yes it’s nice metadata to know what’s dialogue and what’s not at a glance but its extra steps.”
See, this is a common misconception about the Roles feature. You should check out my tutorial on Roles right here on the Cow.
First of all, those metadata roles are assigned automatically by FCPX using a variety of criteria when imported. If it guesses wrong, roles can be changed for a single clip, or entire event’s worth of clips with about two clicks of the mouse.
Secondly, you likely do it all the time so you probably don’t see it this way, but placing specific audio on specific tracks in a timeline is actually taking “extra” steps. They are the extra steps that you do consciously to remain organized, but you don’t HAVE to put your dialogue on tracks 1 and 2.
The roles feature trades a completely manual workflow for one that is about 90 percent automated. How does that defeat the purpose?
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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Somehow I doubt it. Apple created a new XML for FCPX which means that it probably only works with programs that incorporate that. Since Color is EOL…
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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[mark cookman] “with FCP7 multiple editors can use the same clip (located on a shared drive) in each of their timelines and edit with it concurrently, meanwhile an FX artist is able to update the clip, the changes are reflected in any edits referencing that media.”
If you do that with FCP7, the clip will go offline and gets automatically reconnected.
Guess what? It works exactly the same in FCPX now. So I guess the future is now, eh?
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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[Shane Ross] “Nice that they added these options for those who like it. But I can’t see myself using it. Although the new Multicam feature looks sweet, and I am jealous of it.”
I’m sorry you feel that way Shane. But you’re right about the multicam. It’s absolutely amazing. There’s only one thing it’s missing in my opinion, but that’s really more of a general note than one specifically related to multicam.
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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I had this exact issue. I don’t know what caused it except for the fact that since I have FCP7 installed on the same partition, I have FCPX in a folder in my applications folder. Tends to create havoc for the app store downloader.
Trashed FCPX (did NOT empty trash), and it downloaded fine.
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com