[Brett Sherman]

No, you have to reveal in the event browser and reinsert the clip. I wish it would just disable the audio instead of removing it. But, I never detach audio unless it is out of sync. A better way is hit OPT-S to allow you to trim audio separate from the video. Keeps things organized and remains in sync no matter what you do.

[Brett Sherman]

While I love the keyword tagging of FCP X, I find I don’t use it all that much because of the time it takes. When I need it, it’s there.

For me, I’ve come to love the trackless editing. Having edited with FCP X for over a year now, I just find it more logical and efficient. I find there are a lot more options for choosing how to lock things together. I find music editing much easier. And having audio with the video makes a lot of sense for me. It’s easier to find the audio track, since the picture of what makes the sound is right next to it. It’s also more efficient with screen space. In FCP 7 I used to devote an entire monitor to the timeline so I could see all the tracks without scrolling up and down.

So my answer is no, I’m not interested in going back to tracks.

[Brett Sherman]

[Aindreas Gallagher] “somewhere at the end of it there are going to be external render and proxy files.
because it is completely pointless to have them like ten ton dead weights in the project file.”

I agree with this. They walked halfway back, which has created the problem you describe. There is no way to contain the project in a small file that easily placed on your system drive or sent via internet. Each library should have a Media folder designation where it stores imported media, renders and transcodes. This would organize external media – right now it’s the wild west.

I think there was another way they could have gone which was to keep the same event/project structure but make external media easier and allow you activate/deactivate projects and events. If a project used an event that was inactive it would automatically activate it. This would have worked better for me. But, I’ll take the library structure – especially if they allow external renders and transcodes.

[Brett Sherman]

Higher dpi images do tend to be larger so I think that’s where the myth started. It’s all about pixel dimensions. DPI is on relevant in printing, and it’s surprising how many print graphic designers don’t understand it. I don’t know how many times I’ve been asked to produce a still from video that is 300dpi. I have to go through and explain how photo size, fixed video resolution and dpi work.

[Brett Sherman]

I find the timeline a bit too crowded on a 23 or 24″ monitor. Not enough vertical space. My current setup is 27″ main and 24″ for events. It works well. Although I don’t think I’d have an issue with two 27″ monitors. I tend to divide my time up working on the timeline or digging through footage, so I’m not going back and forth constantly.

[Brett Sherman]

This is the cheapest one I’ve found at $450. I have one, it works well.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/828572-REG/HP_Hewlett_Packard_XW476A8_ABA_ZR2740W_27inch_LED_Backlit.html

[Brett Sherman]

[Chris Conlee] ” I don’t know how a software package could know what I want to do in all instances. I’d rather be the one in control, I guess.
“

I think that’s my point. No software eliminates these things. I think it’s wrong to presume that FCP X doesn’t let you control things. The particular user interface motions may be different but both Avid and FCP X sometimes require multiple actions to make the edit you want. By the way, I edited with Avid for about 8 years.

[Brett Sherman]

Moving a clip with audio and video from one part of the timeline to another where there is an audio track already there.

Lengthening an video clip puts a gap in your music track because you have an edit in it. So do you trim the audio and video together or do you trim the video then cut the gap you’ve created out.

Or worse, you try to shorten your video clip by trimming it, but you can’t because two audio clips that abut each other won’t let you.

There are always these sort of problems to solve when your trimming. Yes, there are ways to solve them. The same is true with FCP X. There are always solutions.

[Brett Sherman]

Is the R8 too much of a price increase. If you’re planning on RAID5 the more bays you have the less storage you waste. With R6 – you throw away 1/6th of the capacity on parity. With R8 it’s 1/8th.

So an R6 with 12 TB yields 10 TB for $2300 – $230/TB

An R8 with 24TB yields 21TB for $3500 – $167/TB

So if you need room to grow, I’d bite the bullet an get the R8. Of course I burn through about 10 TB a year.

[Brett Sherman]

If FCP X doesn’t work for you now, I’m not sure why it would in the future. I’m not sure I trust any of the companies. I think when FCP X first came out I had some question about Apple’s commitment to Pro Apps. But they’ve consistently improved FCP X and they released the new Mac Pro. So I’m less concerned about that now. I’m pretty confident FCP X and Apple will be around in 5 years. It works for me now, so I’m sticking with it.