Bill Davis
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[Anthony Hudson] “regardless of budget, “
Given that, do what broadway does.
Wireless lav on EACH performer each feeding a separate recording track.Everything said gets recorded perfectly even if six people are talking at once.
And you can mix as you like in post.
$$$$$ tho. (Like your entire budget would cover just a fraction of one TX/RX pair)
But that’s the only actual no-compromise “best” solution.
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Really? you haven’t used the ‘P’ tool in 6 years?”
It’s crazy, but I’d guess I’ve used it half a dozen times in the last year, if that?
It’s a shift in my editorial thinking.
I know it’s destructive. I see that as a PITA since it potentially creates situations I then may have to waste time “fixing” – so I now kinda find myself subconsciously thinking in vertical magnetic storyline “modules” that have their own internal rhythm – and going into position mode potentially screws that up. (I probably use the tilde key more, actually, to re-position secondaries – but I try to avoid that as well.)
For me, the vast majority of shot timing is done via trimming with magnetism “on” not defeated. It just feels more X-like, to me I guess.
I guess I think a lot more “vertically” and earlier now than I did before X.
FWIW.
(Sorry for the bold – on my phone and tried to cut down the reference quote that had too much in it and screwed things up. My bad)
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Sounds like if like many of us, you have a closet full of HFS + formatted drives with archives of prior projects, what you need to do is pretty much nothing.
When (if) you migrate to High Sierra – your archives will be fully accessible on day one.
And if you resurrect an old project and work on it in High Sierra – the only thing you lose is total compatibility if anyone then wants to open the High Sierra version back in the older OS.
It’s great this is being discussed up front and for editors inside big IT installations without OS deployment control, very important.
But for most editors NOT in big facilities – this is essentially a non-issue.
Do I have this correct?
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[Tero Ahlfors] “As someone who is actually working in a company that is doing VR projects I wish people would stop calling 360 videos VR.”
Just be careful Tero,
One false move and you become the guy hollering because some company used the term “project” differently – and then all hell breaks loose! ????
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I personally doubt it, but I could be wrong.
The fact that the totally FCP X focused Creative Summit is just 5 weeks away makes me think Apple marketing would rather do any reveals when they can get complete market Focus.
But the NAB thing was a surprise to me this year so who knows?
Bummed I had to cancel on Amsterdam myself. I had flights booked and everything, but family issues over the past week made my cancellation a month ago look like I was positively channeling Uri Geller.
I’ve promised my wife next year for sure.
Oh well.
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[Herb Sevush] “They’re helpful in visually organizing your assets, just as in the Finder window. Visual organization is a big thing for me, YMMV.”
Yeah, not going to help you I’m afraid.
One of the big shifts in X thinking was a huge diminishing of the traditional emphasis on Finder organization via virtual folders. It’s just not very important to x workflows since X’s “tagged Range” system pretty much eliminates folders as interim steps between what the editor wants – And calling up and landing that asset into a storyline.
it’s a different approach for sure.
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I don’t have a clue.
(100% speculative uninformed by anything rambling follows, be warned)
It seems to me that a HUGE driver of the change to X was the new possibilities afforded by the dual factors of migration to OS X and the huge increase in procrssing power modern CPU/GPUs allowed.
These boxes (even the smartphones!) have WICKED power now.
Heck, I got a link from my friend Michael Kammes earlier that kinda shocked me.
https://thenextweb.com/apple/2017/09/12/apples-new-iphone-x-already-destroying-android-devices-g/#.tnw_7XmteyeVThe new iPhones appear to have processing power pretty much on par with modern Laptops. And we know the gap between those and desktop computers is pretty narrow and closing fast.
So it seems to me that there is a MUCH more “open horizon” in NLE potential today than we’ve ever seen before.
We know Apple is into Ai and Machine Learning as are other similar vendors. But what we don’t know is what form that will take.
We did have a spirited discussion on another board between guys using an IPad running Colorista via Duet as a “live” grading interface for X.
They said it worked surprisingly well!
When everything things run this fast, new possibilities open up, I guess.
Fun times.
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You really should have explored X a bit more Herb.
No Timeline gaps ( magneticism rocks) for 6 years.
And the timeline index makes global transition removal a snap.I do hope we never do “confetti” timelines, tho, so no joy there.
Just teasing, obviously.
It looks like Premiere Pro drivers got quite a few IBC presents this year.
We’ll see if us X folk get similar joy at the Creative Summit in 6 weeks.
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Curious as to how this is different from the FCP X timeline history switching we’ve had since 1.0?
Isn’t this just storing projects (I guess “sequences” for Adobe folk) in available RAM and letting the editor navigate and cut and paste between them?
That feature was in FCP X on its launch six years ago.
What am I missing here?
Did they do something different with the concept?
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Didn’t see this when the thread first appeared.
It’s not that your AVX system won’t work elsewhere.
The units will technically “work” anywhere.
A transmitter and matching receiver will function as a closed system and do the job just fine
The issue is that in one geographic area like the US or Europe the frequencies are coordinated so that devices from outside that system can interfere with the proper function of the home systems.
If you’re in an open field in Norway – your US frequency AVX system will likely work just fine.
If, on the other hand, you put the same system in the middle of an RF rich London, Berlin or Tokyo setting, and the receiver gets hammered by other devices – you’ve got a problem because there’s nothing regulatory protecting your US frequencies there.
It’s not that they won’t work. It’s that the way they work loses proper regulatory interference protection.
Simple as that.
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