Brett Sherman
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[Robin S. Kurz] “What more than at the Finder level and/or automated batch renaming in FCP do you need? Just curious.”
Yes Finder level names. Because we use AVCHD as one of our cameras I will have hundreds of Clip #1’s. For my needs I need serialized names where you can search for that particular file.
[Robin S. Kurz] “Really? We’re already down to saving a keystroke and a few seconds of time?? :-D”
Because we are storing our projects on a NAS server it is much more involved than that. We have to create a sparse bundle, we have to create a library file, we have to create an event, we have to create a media folder, we have to set the library media location settings. All of these need to have the same exact name. I’d estimate it takes at least 5 minutes to do all this. And also for many of these shoots we don’t actually need the library file since it may be used with other material in an overarching project.
[Robin S. Kurz] “FCP in fact stops any and all import activity when you do anything else. So I don’t see how that could in any way affect overall performance.”
That’s my point, often I want it to continue import while working.
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I don’t think I’ve ever referred to anyone as a dinosaur. You will note I said they are not dinosaurs as that is the word that gets thrown around by others, not the FCP X users.
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[Walter Soyka] “I think that the stereotypes of FCP X users and non-users just promote misunderstanding and interefere with fact-based discussions of workflow issues.”
The divisions between “workflow issues”, stickiness on a certain method, and unwillingness to work differently is excessively muddy. I’m not sure you can separate them. What I’m confident about is everything I’ve seen come out of TED could easily be done with X. Due diligence is good, but I don’t know why FCP X should have been scrutinized any differently than Premiere Pro in this regard.
For many of us X users, we see enough anecdotal evidence that some editors (who are typically older – but hey so am I) are resistant to FCP X based on false impressions that it is not a false trope, but a phenomenon.
It’s not true that editors who don’t edit with X are dinosaurs, but it’s also not true that every editor judges the software based fully on it’s actual merits.
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[Gary Huff] “That’s just people in general.”
It seems more true of editors though. Especially “senior” editors. In part I believe they don’t want to give up their edge in knowledge of the ins and outs of the software they use. And they’ve been working the same way for a longer time and are less inclined to try a new way.
I think for something like TED, FCP X is an obvious choice. Fast turnaround web videos with multi-cam. I’m glad they eventually came around.
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[Vincent Simoneau] “I realized that USB3.0 is known to send spurts of data at high speed but not nearly as good as FW800 for consistency.”
On this point I would check two things. Is the USB 3.0 drive a 5400 rpm drive versus the FW800 being 7200 rpm. That might account for the difference.
The other is to make sure your computer is connecting to the drive as a USB 3.0 drive and not a USB 2.0 drive. This has happened to me numerous times. The way to check is to go into the “System Report” and look at the USB section.
I don’t edit off USB 3.0 drives, but I find it hard to believe the USB 3.0 interface is the itself the cause of the problems.
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[Dennis Radeke] “And under the category of ‘couldn’t resist’ I will still be demure and say only that if Premiere Pro were being graded on Steve’s top 10 feature requests, Premiere Pro gets an “A”.”
Well that’s a bit ridiculous. It’s not like this is a list of the top 10 things any NLE should have. It’s a list of what he wants in FCP X, which incidentally few would have made it into MY top 10 list. I’m sure Steve or any one of us could come up with a top 10 list of things Premiere Pro should have also.
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I’ve gotten annoyed at this also. If it’s a push off, then I animate Position keyframes to accomplish the same thing.
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I work with one library per project. And I pull footage from other libraries all the time. If you do this, you definitely want to consider using external media. Once they got rid of the stupid warning dialogue when you edit media between libraries it got a whole lot easier.
It also helps projects load faster and remain more nimble when you’re working with them since there is less media and thumbnails FCP X has to load.
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I’d also say that a 21″ monitor is no where near enough desktop real estate to edit with on a regular basis. Operations just become slower because you have to shift windows around a lot. If you go the 21″ route (which I wouldn’t recommend for RAM upgrade reasons) you’ll want to get a second monitor. Of course it’s not a bad idea to add a monitor to the 27″ also for your events window. But you can make the 27″ by itself work.
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[Franz Bieberkopf] “The more difficult question arises when professional needs differ from consumer needs.”
Professional needs always differ from consumer needs. I don’t think that’s the point that was being made. I think you’d be hard pressed to call FCP X a “consumer” application. But there are definite advances in interface that came from iMovie that have been incorporated into FCP X to the professionals benefit. Skimming, keywording, filmstrip browsing, etc. Financial stability is also a benefit. I think Avid is an obvious comparison here.
Professional needs are also not monolithic. Your needs are different from mine. So if a product does not meet your specific needs it doesn’t mean they are prioritizing consumers over professionals. It just means they are targeting a different group of professionals.
Perhaps you’re getting at the issue of whether Apple sacrifices work on the ProApps to focus more on the consumer side. I think there is potentially an issue there, but it’s difficult to quantify that sentiment with anything other than pure speculation.
I will also say that I wish Apple was more aggressive in pursuing all video professionals. I think that market share in different professional camps helps the product develop. But at the moment, with some gripes, I’m quite happy with FCP X for my professional needs.