Chris Harlan
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Bill, now that you are down to specifics, I totally get why FCP X is attractive to you, and why you see it as a step forward. I would very happily read more about your experiences with the software.
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[Andy Neil] ” If FCPX had a track-based paradigm and yet still contained a magnetic timeline, I wonder if there’d be more complaints or less complaints about it.
“O, I think less. I’ve always wished there were a way I could lasso a group of clips and make them clump or lock together as a whole beyond the initial selection and release. If there were a way of doing that without the penalty of tracklessness, I would be very happy.
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Our getaway is up in Central California at a place called Huntington Lake. As the crow flies it is about 40 miles from Yosemite, and about the same from Mammoth, though separated from them by tall peeks and deep canyons, the circumnavigation of which, makes the drive to either place about eight to ten hours. Its elevation is about 7000 Ft., in what is known as the Canadian Zone, so its winters can be fierce. 25-35 ft of snow is not unusual. The roads to our half of the lake close after first snowfall, but I’ve been back there on a cat and it is a little freaky knowing that two story cabins are below your feet. In summer, it is heaven on earth.
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My bad. Posted to the wrong forum. I seem to be able to edit a post but not delete it.
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Jim, having stuck around this forum, I’ve truly come to appreciate the value that FCP X offers to many users, and my qualm has pretty much always been the decapitation of FCS and not the birth of FCP X. FCS IS still around and will be a viable Los Angeles skill set for the next few years, especially in the promo world, since many very large companies have invested in it. And, the alternatives are getting better all the time. So, really, everyone gains, except those of us in my little niche who really did think that FCS was the best damn thing out there.
I DO get to do your mountain top thing now and again. I’m no flatlander. My family has a little place up in the Sierra Nevada, and each Summer I try and pack a project or two up with me. Each year, I have a fantasy about it being all year long. Er, all Summer long. Winters there are not pretty. Where’s your bit mountain top?
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No, this is about working with someone over my shoulder in bursts, as a project nears finishing, throughout the day. It was most apparent to me when quickly referencing, swapping, and inter-relating sound effects up and down the timeline. It was also very apparent when working with the multiple music beds. And then, again, when working with the two in combination.
While I’ve generally felt that the complexity of such spots does not pair up well with FCP X, I’ve been open to exploring it as an alternate. Thinking about it during this particular edit session has convinced me that it would be a truly dicey choice for this type of fast-paced, high stakes editorial.
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[Gerald Baria] ” but have’nt we learned anything the past decade?!”
Yeah. I learned how to use Shake.
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Just terrific!
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Thank you for that. Very interesting tidbit!
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[Walter Soyka] “If we couple Siri with our iSight webcams, then we can edit like producers:
“Cut… NOW!”
*waves arms and snaps fingers*Alternately, producers could replace editors altogether.
“Ah, Siri as Preditor! I cain’t wait to see what she does with “Make it sassier, but a little more withdrawn. I mean, hold it back a bit, but really–give me some salsa.”