Chris Harlan
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[Andrew Richards] “I’ve wanted to be able to color code timeline items for a long time, well before FCPX. You’d think it would be a trivial thing to enable. Then again I’m not a programmer.
“Very advanced color-coding is available in a number of DAWs. Why it hasn’t been more prevalent in NLE interfaces, I don’t know.
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I’m not sure you understand the irony of what you posted. In this particular scene, Kane’s wife has given an absolutely abysmal premiere operatic performance. The audience is appalled by her. Stage hands are making making hand-to-nose “she stinks” gestures. In spite of this, Kane refuses to outwardly acknowledge the obvious failure, and claps hard and loud, with very deliberate, angry strokes, all the while being eaten away inside by what he internally recognizes as a stunning defeat. Look at his eyes.
If you did recognize the irony, well–wow; more power to you!
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[Andrew Richards] “I agree in general; I think there needs to be a way to visualize and manipulate whole audio channels in aggregate”
I’ve been thinking about how you could quickly recognize types–dia, sfx, vo, mu, m&e, etc.–in a trackless timeline, and I wonder if color-coding might not help. I could probably adapt more easily if all my VO were teal, and all my sfx salmon. I’m not sure how much I would actually like it, but it could certainly aide in bringing clarity to a trackless timeline.
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No, dude. You are the one making comments about me, which I do not appreciate either. You certainly don’t have to “go away.” That’s something I never suggested. But you do seem to be pretty much annoyed by a lot of what I say, and like to share that:
You wrote: I am very sorry that you are so angry with Apple. Please take your frustration out on them, or move on to another OS. You seem to snipe anyone who talks positively, and presents options.
I don’t think that is by any means a fair assessment of my participation on this forum. And, it is a bit personal. But, you know what? If that is your POV, that is your POV. I don’t want to argue with you. Nor do I want passive/aggressive messages about attitude adjustment from you either.
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No, I totally got it. I thought it was quite funny.
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[Andrew Richards] “However, in the case of Keyword Collections in particular, I still don’t see how they are exclusive of any of the good ol’ fashioned bin behavior. You can still create one with a keystroke like you could with a bin, still drag clips into it like a bin, still look at the contents in a list like the bins in legacy FCP.”
Andrew, I believe I do agree with you about this, at least from my use of limited use of X. To what degree a clip might eventually get tangled in its own metadata, I don’t know. But my initial assessment is similar to yours.
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Oh, I agree completely. I have nothing against X. I can even see eventually using it as a sort of note pad/iPad editor, doing a rough edl or xml that I bring into a more encompassing EDL. I keep coming here because I do hope to understand it, and help sway the development of the things that can make it useful to me.
My fear is that despite all our talk, Apple’s course is set and that we who truly rely on FCS are no more than a spec in the rearview mirror. I truly love FCS. It allows such broad and differing approaches. It is so open. I would be thrilled to have X as a companion to FCS. As a replacement it seems to me an epic fail.
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Oh dear. Sorry if I’ve bummed you out there, Jeremy. I can’t offer you much in the way of an apology, and I think I’m going to stop any kind of debate with you because we seem to have rather different understandings about life, and, while I usually make the effort, I’m guessing from our few interactions, that it just probably is not worth it. So, go in peace. And, for your own sake, I would suggest that you stop reading or commenting on any of my posts. They don’t seem to have any value to you, nor do you seem, from my POV, to understand them.
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So does Windows and Linux. It is easy to get working on YOUR computer. Many IT departments, however, will not allow you to tinker at that particular level with your work station. Many business have no interest in YOUR typing needs, so when it comes to altering the keyboard function of a shared computer, the answer is just “no.” Does this really need to be explained?
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Add to that, how valuable are Dvorak skills in a world of QUERTY keyboards?