[Charlie Austin]

FYI, It remembers the discs/folders you’ve given it access to, so you just need to do it once for each location. Sent a couple aaf’s to post yesterday and today… works fine. 🙂

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[Charlie Austin]

The original version worked well, but was of limited use in my workflow due to the fact that it couldn’t trim audio… thus creating gigantic aaf’s too large to, say, ftp to a post house. This version, which can trim clips is awesome! And it will prep your splits nicely for you using roles. I had been using a beta version to send tracks out to finish with no problem and the release version is really great. Worth every penny. Get it! 🙂

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[Charlie Austin]

[John Davidson] “So we use the primary as a gap clip the length of our project and place markers on it at exactly :20 or :30 in the timeline, depending on the length of our spot. It is in effect a massively oversized marker container.”

Same here. It actually works really well except, as I just discovered, keyframed video fades/dissolves etc, don’t currently come across in an EDL which, sadly, I still need to generate. I figured I’d just dump everything onto the primary with a couple secondary’s and put dissolve effects on the clips. Worked great, took about 2 minutes. Then I got some revisions. Ended up undoing it all to make the changes.

I’m thinking I might just create all secondary’s as needed for crossfades etc and continue leave the primary empty. Then they’d behave like compound connected clips and all will be right with the world. 🙂 On a side note… EDL X and X2Pro 2 are getting their first (for me) real world test today. Sending a bunch of stuff to finish without running it through FCP 7. So far so good… 😉

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[Charlie Austin]

[John Davidson] “Good news! Although it’s weird they’re holding it up. Maybe it’ll come out in conjunction with an FCPX 10.1 update. #dreaming”

It apparently takes up to 3 weeks for apple to approve things for the app store. Same thing happened with EDL X… 3 weeks. Who knows why. It’s worth the wait though…. 😉

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[Charlie Austin]

[John Davidson] “I’d hoped to be able to comment on X2Pro as they promised a v2 release in August, and then revised to a September release. They basically have a day to get the update out unless they plan on a weekend release. Perhaps there were some last minute issues with 10.8.2 that need to be worked out before release. I’d rather they take their time and get it right.”

FWIW, x2Pro 2 is just waiting on app store approval, so it’s done, apple has it, and it will hopefully appear soon.

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[Charlie Austin]

It’s a great app, about to become greater. 🙂 I second your suggestion….

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[Charlie Austin]

I had a similar issue a while ago… I checked the backup of the file from a few days earlier, and I noticed that the source clips modification date changed. I guess maybe another app wrote some metadata to the file as in James’ case. ?? Who knows… Not sure how it happened. I just replaced the clip I was using with the backup and it worked like a charm. Hopefully they’ll address this as it really shouldn’t happen.

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[Charlie Austin]

[randall wurster] … “And I also never implied that FCPX users were incapable of dealing with tracks, only that the writers of the software wrote it for a target audience that was.

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I also said I hadn’t made up my mind on FCPX, which is why I was here. I said these were my feelings after cutting two projects on it. There’s really no need to put words in my mouth, I’ve said enough as it is.”

Fair enough… apologies if I seemed to be putting words in your mouth. It just struck me as another “FCPX is just a fancy iMovie and is not a real pro app” post. There’s a lot of that going around. 😉

I guess I just disagree with your assertion in the previous post that ” …its geared towards the average user that the creator of said software deemed incapable of dealing with a track system.” And again here saying “..to hide an awful lot of control from the user with the assumption that the program knows better.” Now, I suppose if we’re splitting hairs that could be true, but in the same way that OS X “hides” it’s Unix underpinnings. It’s there if you want it and know what to do with it, but you don’t need to use it if you don’t want to.

In my opinion, the idea of FCPX was to make an app that, setting aside the new interface etc., Would work for people who didn’t need all the bells and whistles and for people who do. I think they’ve succeeded. And I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree about Apple’s intentions toward the “pro” market. FCPX isn’t perfect, and it isn’t done. It’s really a 1.0 release and, despite a pile of missing and not yet implemented features, works really well. They’ve publicly stated that they have a 10 year plan for the app, it’s only going to get better. There will be at least one more new Mac Pro. After that, who knows.

IMHO, with the advent of thunderbolt etc, the need for a giant tower is coming to an end. That may be why Apple is holding off on the next Mac Pro, waiting for T Bolt to migrate to fiber rather than copper… I dunno… I just think we’re in a computing transition, not at the end of the line.

Anyway, didn’t mean to single you out, there’s a lot of irrational, and in my opinion incorrect, hate for FCPX, so sorry if I jumped to conclusions. Also, you said “Obviously the power behind FCPX trumps the outdated FCP7 and I truly wish it could work in my workflow. There are certain projects where maybe it could, but others where it would be hopeless.” What type of thing do you think it would be hopeless on? Honestly curious. 🙂

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[Charlie Austin]

[randall wurster] “The standard Movie maker, iMovie, whatever free editing app is on your system, etc. all feature what amounts to “trackless” editing because its geared towards the average user that the creator of said software deemed incapable of dealing with a track system.

Incapable? lol. How about an editor who doesn’t want to waste time “patching” tracks like a 1920’s telephone operator? I like trackless editing because I generally have 16-24 “tracks” of audio cut in at any given time. It’s nice to have the software figure out where it’ll fit, and organize it for me. I can thenconcentrate on cutting and fine tune the organization later if i want to. Now, if that doesn’t suit your workflow, cool. But I assure you, I’m quite capable of “dealing with” tracks. I just happen to like the fact that I can finally stop dealing with them. 🙂

[randall wurster] Again, purely my opinion, but “trackless” editing is just watered-down editing. It’s been around for a while, and FCPX repackaged it as something revolutionary because it fit into the iMovie crowd they were targeting.

iMovie crowd? Seriously? Other than some underlying data structure features, superficial interface similarities, and some (admittedly unfortunate) effect names, iMovie and FCP X have very little in common, And honestly, what’s wrong with iMovie? Not enough buttons for ya? 😉

[randall wurster] Now, it might so happen that it has use for specific pro or prosumer workflows (music videos, wedding videographer, and maybe, maybe some documentary stuff spring to mind).

Why do you feel that way? Just because you don’t like FCP X? It seems you’ve made up your mind that it sucks, which is fine. But do you really need to justify that decision by subtly denigrating people who aren’t necessarily working on whatever it is you work on – which for some reason you feel is more “professional” than that?

By the way… are you actually familiar with music video editing? Have ya seen a music video lately? That sh*t is hardly amateur hour. Just sayin’.

[randall wurster] Bottom line, if you edit with the keyboard, if you know all your shortcuts, if you know your footage inside and out, you don’t need the gimmick that is the magnetic timeline. Crap like that just slows you down.
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Well, speaking for myself, I know and do all the above and, uh… no it doesn’t.

**Actually, to be fair, it does slow you down ’til you wrap your head around it. After that it speeds you up. 😉

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[Charlie Austin]

[randall wurster] “But I would love to hear/see others that feel differently. I can’t use FCP7 forever and it’s going to be time to move on soon (maybe it’s past). I, honestly, would love to hear a differing opinion and see how FCPX is working in professional (or honestly, even prosumer) environments. But I need concrete stuff, not some standard Apple apologists stuff justifying the program’s shortcomings. Unless someone can convince me otherwise, it’s simple to me: FCPX isn’t different, it’s just worse.”

Search my posts. There are quite a few other “pro’s” here as well who use X. But honestly, if you can’t let go of traditional tracks, then X probably isn’t for you.

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