Braden Storrs
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Ok that makes sense. Though the quote from the article reads: “…your system is immediately going to be put to use editing EPKs for a major motion picture, and eventually handle editorial for that studio’s films moving forward.”
So it states it will be used for cutting the films, though maybe not that one.
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That’s why I shared it. It shows FCP X using it’s strengths to manage vast amounts of media on large projects, like I talked about.
As far as cutting of the movie goes I didn’t get quite the same message. It said in the article: “…your system is immediately going to be put to use editing EPKs for a major motion picture, and eventually handle editorial for that studio’s films moving forward.” I am curious to see exactly what the Avid team was doing though. I think FCP X would be faster for cutting but at that stage it doesn’t really matter as much. Any of the main NLEs are capable of cutting. It’s the tools around the timeline that make the difference these days. I just don’t see why they would build an organizational footage network in FCP X and then render it more or less useless by editing in Avid. They might as well have done the whole thing in Avid.
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That’s why I shared it. It shows FCP X using it’s strengths to manage vast amounts of media on large projects, like I talked about.
As far as cutting of the movie goes I didn’t get quite the same message. It didn’t really state who was doing the cut for the movie. I am curious to see exactly what the Avid team was doing though. I think FCP X would be faster for cutting but at that stage it doesn’t really matter as much. Any of the main NLEs are capable of cutting. It’s the tools around the timeline that make the difference these days. I just don’t see why they would build an organizational footage network in FCP X and then render it more or less useless (except to use it as an external reference) by editing in Avid. They might as well have done the whole thing in Avid.
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My experience going from FCP 7, then to Premiere, then to FCP 10 is that FCP 10 is worth learning because it it will save you massive amounts of time, aka you can make more money. Especially on long form projects which is what I’ve used it the most for. There are a few reasons for that. Once you really learn the program you can edit faster because of the timeline mechanics and the ridiculously powerful playback engine that cuts out almost need to render at all (depending on your hardware of course). Exporting is twice as fast as any other NLE I’ve seen. Some of the biggest time savers though come from the organizational system for media and projects. It is designed for organizing massive amounts of data (long form projects). The media manager in FCP X is by far the most advanced design I’ve seen with the greatest flexibility while working inside the NLE. The Event to Project relationships, Metadata tagging system, Key Wording, Roles system, Smart Collections, Favoriting system, multiple retainable In/Outs, Compound Clip system, three type customizable Marker system, and then the Timeline Index to keep track of/search for it all. There’s more but you get the point. It is very easy to share projects between editors but there are still a few advancements needed in the project sharing/archiving department for sure. The Multicam system is brilliant (and adobe is trying to rip it off as much as possible with each update).
I can’t understand how editors/producers can afford not to use it (other then just not understanding the advantages) in some way in their workflows just for the time saving/organizational reasons.
I’m totally fine if people want to use their favorite tool of choice for editing, or have to use another NLE because a studio mandates it. I just have the benefit of having used used three NLEs pretty extensively and I can’t imagine how anyone could work as fast on the others as you can in FCP X. I can’t speak to Avid but it hasn’t been known for having a speedy workflow since 1994.
Interesting article about FCP X being used on a Hollywood feature film being shot in Bulgaria:
https://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/news/1225-fcp-x-in-bulgaria-a-new-definition-of-professional
If you care to see the Multicam in action here’s a great example for you. This is just one way to do it. There a couple syncing features he doesn’t cover but it is still impressive:
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