[Craig Shamwell]

For your own info Andy:
“Andreas…the simple tasks you are talking about is absurd! You can very well do what you say you cant! YOU ARE WRONG AND LOUD! You are just one of many who really do not know the tools and how they work in FCPX!
So pay attention…please!!! So you have a primary video clip in the Primary Track…audio effects and such placed a the bottom. I can place one 2 or 3 or 4 or….however many clips above it. So lets say I have 3 clips above it, Primary being number one! Every clip covering the primary will be the “seen” clip. So lets say clip 4 at the top looks good but I wan to lay something right in the middle. I with the time it will take you to read it can, right click on clip 4, and select create storyline. Mark my in and out points. So far just 4 mouse clicks. Select the Position tool, and grab the selected clip or range within a clip and place it right over top of the third clip and its done!!!! So what is there in this process that you do not understand unless you did not explain your situation clearly or just want to disagree and diss FCPX??
And once that operation is done, I can slip any of the video using the trim tool without having any synching issues. I can also trim any of the 2 edit points on the fly! Now I challenge you to turn on your machine and try what I just described and come back here and apologize for causing so much grief to folks who are really trying to help you! Your assertion that FCPX has some kind of hierarchy that you have to fight with is in fact opposite of what FCPX really does. It takes away the constraints and unless you take the time and a few dollars to learn FCPX and all of it’s not so evident features on the surface you are really unqualified to make such assertions. But you don’t want to do you???”

[Craig Shamwell]

Andreas…the simple tasks you are talking about is absurd! You can very well do what you say you cant! YOU ARE WRONG AND LOUD! You are just one of many who really do not know the tools and how they work in FCPX!
So pay attention…please!!! So you have a primary video clip in the Primary Track…audio effects and such placed a the bottom. I can place one 2 or 3 or 4 or….however many clips above it. So lets say I have 3 clips above it, Primary being number one! Every clip covering the primary will be the “seen” clip. So lets say clip 4 at the top looks good but I wan to lay something right in the middle. I with the time it will take you to read it can, right click on clip 4, and select create storyline. Mark my in and out points. So far just 4 mouse clicks. Select the Position tool, and grab the selected clip or range within a clip and place it right over top of the third clip and its done!!!! So what is there in this process that you do not understand unless you did not explain your situation clearly or just want to disagree and diss FCPX??
And once that operation is done, I can slip any of the video using the trim tool without having any synching issues. I can also trim any of the 2 edit points on the fly! Now I challenge you to turn on your machine and try what I just described and come back here and apologize for causing so much grief to folks who are really trying to help you! Your assertion that FCPX has some kind of hierarchy that you have to fight with is in fact opposite of what FCPX really does. It takes away the constraints and unless you take the time and a few dollars to learn FCPX and all of it’s not so evident features on the surface you are really unqualified to make such assertions. But you don’t want to do you???

[Craig Shamwell]

Once upon A Time is pretty much all VFX Compositing!

[Craig Shamwell]

This is still one of my biggest gripes with FCPX…and one that should be at the top of the list to fix!!!

[Craig Shamwell]

What you are not understanding is that you “are” creating tracks!
In addition to color coding specific elements, Green for Audio, Purple for Titles, the concept of connecting a clip makes it easier to move the primary Clip without losing synch and timing to any elements attached to that point in time on that clip. Do you want to move a clip and leave everything else in place….SIMPLE!!!!! Hold down the “Tilde” key and move it anywhere you want. All the other Attached clips will stay in place and a gap will fill the space where the clip came from. At that point you can add another clip right over top of the gap and the time of the entire project will not be changed. This is very intuitive in my opinion. Want a cleaner timeline? Using compound clips is nowhere near as hard as you make it out to be. Simply select the clips you want and create it. All the associated clips will still maintain thier position relative to the main track. If you want to edit anything in that compound clip, sure you can open it the timeline editior, but an easier way is to simply “Break apart clip items” and edit, right in the primary editing window! And then simply “collapse clip items”. Most folks simply do not know all there is in FCPX and how much easier and faster it is. Along with opening up to thinking just a bit differently in how you edit. Timothy Auld is posting comments that make no sense at all. And if he had any clue of what “roles” mean in FCPX he would know how silly some of his comments sound.

[Craig Shamwell]

Timothy you are being very disrespectful of this forum and those who want more info about your workflow so we can more accurately help you understand that maybe your concerns may be outdated.
Unless you have a very specific agenda, which it seem you do with your statements, you need to go somewhere else and post.

[Craig Shamwell]

Ok, now I see what you are saying! On basic transitions it is possible though.

[Craig Shamwell]

Uhhhh….not true about clips above the primary storyline adding transitions.

[Craig Shamwell]

Ok, Timothy….you ask a question and give your opinions about Premiere and MC, and then pretty much discount FCPX and Apple as not really being a viable choice. You say “we did”, with regards to staying with Apple….so does that mean you actually have been using FCPX then and now in its current form? And why, when asking such a question would you not include just what kind of work you do so that we can actually have better dialogue? Because it is a good question!
No one will question that Apple dropped the ball with its “Beta” release of the original FCPX. After all the flack, Apple pretty much stopped making promises. Many folks like you actually think that spending millions on developing cutting edge software and hardware, does not show a commitment to the professional editing world. I disagree. At this time, no other company has the solution Apple has with the combo of FCPX and the New MacPro. But lets take a look at what ‘Professional’ really means….in 2014! 15 years ago, the Pro world of Video Editing, snobbishly discounted the Web as viable Media source for the general Public. We know now that was wrong. There are companies who do nothing but create content for the Web. There are companies who do nothing but stream live events to the Web. So the paradigm as to what is Professional Video/Film Production has changes dramatically! Just because of “missing” features that may not fit the requirements of your workflow, does not make it… ‘not ready’ for Professional Video Production.
John Davidson has it right, in that as far as the future goes, especially in 4K production, Apple is actually leading the way!
And if you do just a little bit of research, you will see so many who have found that editing with FCPX is faster than anything out there. And what I find interesting is how many still hark on the “no tracks” aspect of FCPX. Years ago, there was a Custom Built NLE called the “Video Toaster”. While it had a “gridded” editing window, it was really a trackless NLE with the ability to place any media, anywhere. That Company is now Tricaster, and they use the same “trackless” editing window…still! Do you here anyone complaining about it? No…because its so much easier! Just as it is in FCPX! So…..after all that…it would make more than sense to me to include FCPX in anyone’s 5 year plan as a Professional editor, regardless of what you prefer as your favorite editor! Why? First….for 300 bucks, you can install it on 3 machines. Multi-Cam editing is as easy as it gets. Managing Media and creating movable libraries for editing on multiple computers again, saves a bunch of time. Third Party Plug-In support is better than any other NLE. Codec Support is as good as any other NLE. No one is, or can argue at how good the New MacPro is, and how fast FCPX on it! How many other computers can run multiple 4K monitors? And as a caveat, all Macs come with iMovie installed. With “O” rendering times, many professionals use it for Dailies. Its great for quick cutting and outputting direct to Social Sites out in the field. In addition, your comment on Apple wanting to “make as many $300 sales as possible” is perplexing!? Are you embarrassed by using an Editor that is so cheap? I would have paid for the new Update to 10.1. But Apple has shown a great deal of commitment by not charging(nickle and dimeing)for it. They could have made millions with a $49 upgrade fee! Instead of posting a loaded and obviously biased question with little facts about what you actually do, you need to do a little bit of research and you will see many who left Apple are taking a second look and realizing that the speed in which you can edit and distribute is unprecedented. And few occupations rival Video Editing when it comes to the saying “TIME IS MONEY!”

[Craig Shamwell]

LOL!!! And believe me, when I can I will! With about 64G+ of Memory, It looks to be a monster. And it would be nice to hear your opinion on what may be a potential problem for MACS. The connection of the Thunderbolt Cables! They are just not that secure enough for me like a BNC with the lock. I have had FW400’s drop out with minimal pull. Have you heard much in the way of complaints with that connection??