Brett Sherman
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you could also publish the top crop parameter. This would allow you to keyframe it in FCP X so you can do a hold at the end.
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For me the sparse bundle is okay, media is okay, but the event and project files can get corrupted. This has happened on more than one occasion. This is with the bundles unmounted. I think there is an issue with incremental backups of sparse bundles and the way FCP X modifies the database files. I’m not 100% sure, but I think it may be more likely to happen when the backup sparse bundle is launched and opened in FCP X in between backups.
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Corruption of .fcpevent and .fcpproject files does seem to be a problem for me with incremental backups. I always make sure I run a backup of those files to another location. But this problem is why I want to ditch sparse bundles. If Apple just had a better way to manage and share projects and events. At this point sparse bundles are a necessary evil.
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I second Neat Video and Lock ‘N Load, those are extremely useful. Although since starting to shoot on a C300, I find I rarely need Neat Video anymore, but’s it’s nice to have it.
I’m still waiting for a good color correction plug-in with real Curve adjustments. Nattress Curves doesn’t cut it. Exporting to Resolve takes too much time for the videos I do. Either I don’t have the time or it’s not worth the effort.
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[Michael Hadley] “Pro Versioner from Digital Rebellion (and all their maintenance apps) are fantastic. Don’t leave home without them.”
I used to use Pro Versioner, but it became too buggy in the latest update. I’ve found it creates endless iterations of the same project or event (I once counted 50 separate folders for one). Even worse I’ve also found it to massively slow down the computer at times, with up to 90% of processor use. And quiting the process doesn’t fix it. THe only thing that works is a reboot until the problem comes back again. I’ve reported these bugs to Digital Rebellion, but have not heard back. If they fix it I’ll return because it really is dummy proof. But for now I’m on Backup for Final Cut Pro which I’m not crazy about since you have to manually setup everything. If you accidentally forget to set it up, or fail to launch it, you are SOL.
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I’m not sure batch export would save you a ton of time here. You still have to manually make the selects. You don’t have to sit at the computer. FCP X will queue the exports. Just keep adding them and FCP X will export them one by one. You can monitor it by looking at the Background tasks. Just hope it doesn’t crash. 🙂
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[Esther Casas] “- if I create new projects from his selected footage to do a 2nd selection: will be copying from his previous created projects, this way I make sure they all have the same settings. So, when you duplicate, you don’t really add a lot of space into your hard drive, right? I will duplicate only “referencing” the media files, but not duplicating the clips, right?”
You are correct. Projects don’t contain media (other than rendered files), events do. So copying the projects won’t add a lot of files.
[Esther Casas] “- Then I am thinking to create a new folder with my new projects inside the “FCPX project” folder:”
It would be a good idea to create a folder of the original projects created by the client. You probably won’t need to use these, but keep them just in case. Craig’s suggestion is a good one, to create a Compound clip of the clients project. Often for a big edit, I create an event which is say “Project X Clips”. Make that the main event for your projects so that whenever you make a compound clip or import addational materials it goes into that event. Then I would go through the clients projects – Select All, Make Compound clip, then Break Apart. That will create a compound clip in the event of your choice that you can refer back to without having to load a new project in your timeline.
[Esther Casas] “- and the last question: I am working from their external hard drive, as I don’t want to copy this massive project into my computer, and this might be a stupid question…but it is better to turn on and off the hard drive from day to day or leave it on? (will only turn off when the computer goes to sleep).”
You do have a backup plan right? You need to run a daily backup of some sort. Backup for Final Cut Pro is good. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/backups-for-final-cut-pro/id586594646?mt=12
Think about storing your project files and event files(without media) offsite (Dropbox, etc.) for backup. Make sure you have all your media backed up. If you do that, don’t sweat as to whether the drive is on or off. Doesn’t matter. But make sure in your Energy Saver section you uncheck “Put Hard Disks to Sleep”. I’ve found this creates some trouble.
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There are so many ways you can go. And so much is dependent on personal preference. In general I don’t like to use projects as bins where you just dump the entire interview and cut from that. I like to use keywords and favorites within events to identify selects. And pull over only what I need. But it sounds like your client put you down that road already.
I’d say for a long video if you can divide up into separate projects the better for speed of editing. That way you won’t have to load as many events to work on each segment individually. Then when you get the sections pretty much edited, you can put them together into a master project for final cutting and tweaking. You can either use compound clips or just copy and paste from your section projects.
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[Walter Soyka] “I expect we’ve just recently passed the bottom of a V-shaped curve describing workstation pricing.”
I think not only have we passed the bottom of the V for pricing, but also the apex of the V for choice. I’d expect fewer and fewer options going forward.
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[Charlie Austin] “I know it’s a 3rd party app, but Event Manager X is awesome here. Very powerful, and since X opens really fast, it’s not a big deal to me to have it quit and restart if I need to change a set. Best $5 I ever spent. :-)”
With my backup system, it really F’s it up using the Event Manager X because events and projects can be in two separate locations. The only way to use Event Manager X is to manually backup. Plus quiting and starting is a PITA. I’m using sparse bundles right now, but would rather not.
Plus, there would be other useful features of having X control it. It could activate the events it needs when you open a project. Whereas with Event Manager you have to manually do it. My last project used about 50 events. It just would take a long time with Event Manager to figure it all out.