Craig Slattery
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I know because I’m the editor that cut them.
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[Steve Connor] “Much as I enjoy using FCPX, there is a part of of me that hopes that it does fail, just for you Aindreas, you’ve put so much hard work into convincing people that it will.”
I love starting these threads, people get really worked up, credit to Aindreas. Here’s the thing. Ive been cutting broadcast TV in FCPX for the last three weeks and thus far, while watching Twitter as the program is broadcast to millions of good folk across Britain. I’ve seen no Tweets, suggesting that the program has fallen into a pit because the editor has been cutting in a magnetic timeline, or that the stories are incoherent because the editor wasn’t using tracks, or weirdly that the entertainment value suffered because the editor had to deal with confusing export ranges. To Joe public, it looks like normal TV. I think that’s really what matters don’t you?
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[Michael Aranyshev] “There is still no replace on playhead, no ganging, no real tracks and the timeline is still magnetic.”
Yes, but thats not a reason to not use the software. The television I cut in FCPX, looks no different to the television I cut in FCP7. I can make J cuts, I can add music, I can cut fast, slow, edgy, conservative. I can tell a story, I can inform, entertain, emote, and I can do it without tracks, without ganging, without replace on playhead, all within a timeline that happens to be magnetic. Ok you might not like working that way, but it can’t be argued that these are reasons the software can not be used to create professional broadcast TV.
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[Walter Soyka] “What would you say are the most important changes with 10.0.6 that make it a turning point for your team?”
I think its a turning point because there is no real reason anymore not to use the software. It feels faster, more solid and it has a huge amount of depth. Working with Multicam clips is second to none. I mean they are seriously brilliant. The 3rd partys for finishing seem to work seamlessly. Apple appear to be serious about the future. What more do you need?
The thing is, FCP 7 is dead. Yes, I still use FCP7 and will do for a little while yet. But is gone and its not coming back, and while I recognise and admit, every time I go back to 7, I feel comfortable and perhaps a little safe, in reality Ive moved on.
Funnily, an unexpected bonus, is that Ive found that the directors and Series Producers seem to be able to read the timeline almost immediately in a way they never really connected with Legacy FCP. The Series Producer on our show loves it and has said “lets get others up to speed”. -
[Bret Williams] “I thought Color didn’t offer anywhere near the true roundtrip that DaVinci does?”
Sorry, I meant no more issues than going from FCP7 to Color, Ie X to DaVinci, 7 to color, no difference
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[Michael Gissing] “As someone who does grade & sound post, the significant moments have been third party software like X2Pro, Xto7 and da Vinci accepting FCPX XMLs. “
X2Pro working brilliantly for us. I had a meeting with our dubbing mixer last week and he is loving audio coming out of X as apposed to the mess our OMFs presented him. Our tests with da Vinci, create no more issues than color, none as far as Im aware.
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[Aindreas Gallagher] ” but I have a real problem with the timeline, and I’m not talking concepts here – the action of physically lifting a clip and seeing that massive heavy drop shadow appear drives me more than a little mad.”
I can see your point Aindreas. Ive never got on with PC’s because the curser/arrow is not pleasing to the eye. It’s all big and bold and not aesthetically pleasing. When ever I touch a PC. (never really) I feel like a small kid in an oversized suit wielding a massive pencil the size of a tree stump.
[Aindreas Gallagher] “these are, I realise, nitpicky to some”
Not nitpicky at all, you see I agree and I have a theory. There are two groups of people in the world, those of us who drink Coca Cola and the others that weirdly prefer Pepsi.
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[Aindreas Gallagher] ” its just that I’m in a different lowly short form gig, and I think Apple have built a thing to do a thing, and its not my thing.”
Not sure I agree with you there, Ive cut some Tvc’s using X and I found that process a lot easier in X than the long form factual. Ive seen your films on your website, they are great, but I would think of all the edit systems X would be perfect for cutting that sort of material. US election 08 comes to mind. I think for fine cutting, experimentation, creativity and finesse, it cant be beaten.
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[Craig Seeman] “Well gosh dern it, show ’em your priclessnes! …And inspire someone else to dive in.”
The editors on our show have been encouraged to start learning FCPX.
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[Jason Porthouse] ” I’d love to cut some broadcast stuff on it, but the Beeb down here are a bit wedded to Avid for that… “
Jason, I’m only freelance at the beeb, but I made a lot of positive noise about FCPX and simply said I want to start cutting in it. You can do the same, they should, and to be fair, do listen to their valued craft editors. Good luck with it