Brian Seegmiller
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Sorry Oliver I just don’t know why you need to extend and overlap audio clips to create a fade. In your example of a video cut with audio fade only, after detaching audio they are butted together. Select one of the clips and then add fade, FCP X will automatically add the handles needed for the fade. No need to overlap or extend. Of course this is your scenario of a cut on a video with a fade on audio only. Yes you have one extra step in FCP X, but not all the clicks you mentioned. Lets say you have 5 interviews and you want to fade the audio only between them. Select all video clips and choose detach audio. Select all audio clips and then add fade to add to all audio clips. I think you can do all this with keystrokes.
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In a high pressure business editing commercials with deadlines you need to be fast. Yes he took the time to organize his footage and FCP X helps you work faster. Time is money. Try making a shorter cut with traditional tracks. What a mess that would be. Same with a feature. The way FCP X organizes media makes way for you to have more time to be creative and edit with a Blink of an Eye. No pun intended.
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Sorry Oliver I just don’t know why you need to extend and overlap audio clips to create a fade. In your example of a video cut with audio fade only, after detaching audio they are butted together. Select one of the clips and then add fade, FCP X will automatically add the handles needed for the fade. No need to overlap or extend. Of course this is your scenario of a cut on a video with a fade on audio only. Yes you have one extra step in FCP X, but not all the clicks you mentioned. Lets say you have 5 interviews and you want to fade the audio only between them. Select all video clips and choose detach audio. Select all audio clips and then add fade to add to all audio clips. I think you can do all this with keystrokes.
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Now I understand. I would detach audio and then add a fade. But you still don’t need to make all those clicks.
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Lasso audio, add fade. One click and add fade using keyboard shortcut. Not 6, 23, or 51
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I can do audio only crossfades like I mentioned before. If your clips are butted together select both clips and then add a fade. if your clips are not butted together, select both clips and add a fade. I really don’t understand the scenario Oliver is talking about. I may be missing something. Help me understand your method.
It took me up to two clicks to add fades on these examples. In fact the same as it would take in PP.
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Can you show me an example of this in FCP X? I don’t see it. For one you don’t have to select the clip’s edges. You can just select the clip(s) or lasso the clip(s) you want to add the cross fade and add crossfade.
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Even though it does not look like a cross fade is there it is. I just did an experiment. I put a cross dissolve one two clips, expanded the audio and the audio clips overlapped each other. When I played it back it was not abrupt and each clip faded in or out like a cross fade.
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Do you mean selecting the audio clip or the end of one and selecting “command + t” ? Is this not a cross dissolve?
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You have to remember that he has done that edit probably a million times. That being said, FCP X kills it.
