Bob Woodhead
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Bad hard drive sectors. But be aware that FCPX still has lots of stuff needing fixing, but has lots of neat icons we can’t resist, and makes us feel like we’re part of some new, better breed of enlightened editor. FCP 7 is old and creaky like Mr. Gissing.
Go to the light, Luke…..
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Bad hard drive sectors.
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Hang on… where can I buy one of those Video Toasters??!!
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Why haven’t they patented an 80% nitrogen/ 20% oxygen breathable mixture, suitable for maintaining human life?
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From what I’ve heard, admitting your problem is the first step of the 12 Steps. Only thing is, I’m not looking to kick the habit (yet).
So yes, this is my first public admission of using FCPX for paying work. In fact, it’s been pretty much paying the mortgage, kids’ college, car loan, and beer addiction since 10.0.5 came out. I do try to close the laptop lid when I’m editing afield, and someone walks past (I tell them I’m on carpal tunnel break), or just get my fix in the privacy of my suite. But I can only hide my guilt for so long, so I’m coming out of the tape closet.
Here’s my decision tree:
– Legacy is dead. Nail. Coffin. Pushing up daisies. Ex-parrot.
– Smoke ’13. Gave it some test runs, and while I’m sure the tools are superb for “finishing”, I can’t see being happy in it’s interface for the range of projects I do.
– PPro. Man, did I have HUGE hopes for NAB this year. I wanted Adobe to come of the gate, and knock ’em flat. Instead, while a very good showing, I had to stifle a bit of a yawn. Honestly, my #1 gripe are the lack of transitions (and yes, I’ve dithered some with Red integration, but find it still too cumbersome and I have not-so-fond memories of Boris flakiness in the past). Dynamic linking is pretty good, and I’ve been on AFX since the days of CoSA. But publishing custom effects through Motion can really streamline repeating themes, without the need to open an AFX project, find what you need, copy/paste/yadda/yadda to use it in this here other PPro timeline. If I’m doing a big gfx job, I just fire up AFX anyway & render out. PPro still track based audio. ugh. Not that FCPX is any better at audio at this point. And I’m sorry, but rendering EVERY TIME for output just don’t fly.
– Avid. Well, I was on Avid for about 5 years after my Quantel days. Faster n’ a greased snake through a waterfall for basic editing. Hated compositing in it. I have to admit to an irrational dislike for Avid. I fully respect it, and while I’m sure it’s in the top 2 or 3, I just don’t want to use it. And I can decide what I want to use. Yea.
– FCPX. Weird. Like driving a left-handed car on a right-hand road, backwards, and you steer with the gearshift and shift with a wheel. But once I came to grips with the connect-the-dotty-magnets edit style, I found I could push pixels pretty quickly. Sure, I’d MUCH RATHER be on FCP 8.0, but that ain’t gonna happen. Apple’s got more cash than God, the plugin folks seem to be pretty interested in dev for it, and you have to admit, love it or hate it, the database part of it really kicks ass & takes no prisoners.
So since Avid & Smoke are non-starters for different reasons, and PPro still ain’t there yet, I might as well get pretty damn good on X until someone delivers something I’d rather work on. Now, EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT NEEDS & CONSTRAINTS. So what’s good for me may make Aindreas convulse until he’s taken away for a calming electroshock session. If I was working in LA cutting episodic, I’m damn sure I’d be whistling while working on Avid. If I was doing agency work, and wanted to baffle the clients while they nosh on kibble, I’d be flying through Smoke screens, until their eyes glazed over with diamond displays (while making sure their markup was preserved). If I didn’t have to worry about tossing shiny baubles onscreen every few transitions, and had time to re-render for version xx output, well, I’d be dynamically pushing links from PPro to AFX, and thinking cloud-like thoughts.
So call me…. Still Waiting for the Better NLE.
“Constituo, ergo sum”
Bob Woodhead / Atlanta
CMX-Quantel-Avid-FCP-Premiere-3D-AFX-Crayola
“What a long strange trip it’s been….” -
Prosciutto is what pros have cut for years. Anyone cutting salami will be laughed out of the deli.
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Ligament.
You were right the first time Craig…. your fingers were talking for you.
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Thanks J. Sure would be nice to be able to edit the timecode fields in Events, though.
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I’m on SL and use Suitcase font management. There were some fonts missing in FCPX that appeared everywhere else. Eventually realized that these missing fonts were not resident in ~/Library/Fonts, but managed (and available via) Suitcase Fusion. When copied INTO the os font folder, they showed in X.
Maybe your issue?
“Constituo, ergo sum”
Bob Woodhead / Atlanta
CMX-Quantel-Avid-FCP-Premiere-3D-AFX-Crayola
“What a long strange trip it’s been….” -
Clouds of Smoke signals?