[Dave Brandt]

Hi Tom.

We use a laptop with hdmi connection to the atem tvs.
We used qlab at first, then we used premiere pro as play out, but recently we got our hands on resolume avenue which is the best one yet. It lets you build your show with nice graphic blocks for each VT.
we have found it to be rock solid so far. We transcode everything to their own codec and we use 1080i50
All running on retina MacBook Pro.
When we need to we can use the same MacBook to do the switching as rsolume will maintain its output even if its not the foreground application. Which premiere didn’t do.
Dave

http://www.SolidMedia.ie

Macbook Pro 17″ i7 2.2 8GB
PC i7 32GB Self Build
FCP 7 FCPX Adobe CS6 Vegas 12 Nuendo 4

[Dave Brandt]

Use the match frame command (default is f) make sure your correct track is highlighted.
This will open The original clip on exactly the same frame as your timeline. Edit in just the audio and there you go.
Dave

http://www.SolidMedia.ie

Macbook Pro 17″ i7 2.2 8GB
PC i7 32GB Self Build
FCP 7 FCPX Adobe CS6 Vegas 12 Nuendo 4

[Dave Brandt]

Hi Chris,
It’s just the way i work with long interviews.
If I have a bin full of small clips that are labelled according to what is said in them I can construct a story out of that much easier than going through a timeline and picking bits that way, especially if there are 5 or 6 interviews all relating and telling the one story together, it makes sense to label it as im listening to it anyways.
But I have done a timeline select plenty of times, especially if the interview is short and I know what they say where.
Dave

http://www.SolidMedia.ie

Macbook Pro 17″ i7 2.2 8GB
PC i7 32GB Self Build
FCP 7 FCPX Adobe CS6 Vegas 12 Nuendo 4

[Dave Brandt]

Thanks Atilio,

very interesting, but a heck of a workaround for something that i use so often! and seems like a few more keystrokes than necessary, also it would be difficult to truly arrange a story the way i do it, i just move the subclips around like sentences to tell it in different ways by looking at the clip names in the timeline.
for now i will just have to stick to premiere, I like a lot about fcpx, but its things like this that have me scratching my head, and i think there seems no way to do this in fcpx properly.

thanks
Dave

http://www.SolidMedia.ie

Macbook Pro 17″ i7 2.2 8GB
PC i7 32GB Self Build
FCP 7 FCPX Adobe CS6 Vegas 12 Nuendo 4

[Dave Brandt]

Hi Bill, Atilio,

I understand the workings of the keywords and fcpx in general quite well. I have done quite a few projects in it to date and there are many things to like.
I am referring specifically to the process of “transcribing” interviews into subclips here though. I really wanted fcpx to work for me here as i was using green screen and I have to say the keyer in fcpx is amazing, much faster than ultrakey in premiere, and results are really good.

back to the topic at hand though, and i really am hoping there is something I’m missing here.

in premiere I load a clip into the viewer, then create/select an appropriate empty bin in the project window. go back to viewer and I start to play the interview.

when i get to the start of the answer (Which i can see from my waveforms) i hit i, it never stops playing, i then wait til he’s finished, hit o and then whatever key command I have setup to create sub clip, I write a short synopsis of what he said, hit enter, then hit play again and off we go to the next bit.
I never have to touch the mouse, or twirl any arrows, it stays on my main interview clip, when I’m finished i have a tidy bin full of clips that resemble a transcript, i can then pick whatever I want and build my story, without looking at the footage, just by the clip name. (Which incidentally carries through to my timeline which i can “read” before I play.

I have not found a similar way to do this in fcpx without mousing, or like I said before, Creating compounds which moves me away form my original interview clip so i have to find it again etc.

I would love to know how you fcpx editors have overcome this?
thanks

Dave

http://www.SolidMedia.ie

Macbook Pro 17″ i7 2.2 8GB
PC i7 32GB Self Build
FCP 7 FCPX Adobe CS6 Vegas 12 Nuendo 4

[Dave Brandt]

Hi Brett,
Tried labelling favourites, won’t let me, do I need to click on the star or something? (Which would seriously slow down my subclipping)
Dave
https://www.solidmedia.ie

http://www.SolidMedia.ie

Macbook Pro 17″ i7 2.2 8GB
PC i7 32GB Self Build
FCP 7 FCPX Adobe CS6 Vegas 12 Nuendo 4

[Dave Brandt]

A while ago I tried to use fcpx in the way atilio described but the one key thing fcpx lacks here is a useful description of the piece that has just been keyworded or favourited.
I usually add a short description of what the subject is saying to the name of the subclip. Doing this in fcpx is very awkward. The only way I could get it to half work is to create compounds for each piece, but a really annoying thing about that is the compound goes to the root level of the EB, and doesn’t go into the selected bin (keyword selection) ala premiere, fcp7 and avid. Creating keywords with labels like I would subclips gets messy with loads of keywords that still need to be tidied to folders etc.
I really wanted fcpx to work for this but I had to go back to premiere.
Maybe I missed something obvious in fcpx, but for now the subclip method works really well.
Dave
https://www.solidmedia.ie

http://www.SolidMedia.ie

Macbook Pro 17″ i7 2.2 8GB
PC i7 32GB Self Build
FCP 7 FCPX Adobe CS6 Vegas 12 Nuendo 4

[Dave Brandt]

I upgraded from 10.7 lion to 10.8 mountain lion and everything went super smooth. In the past I always did clean installs, but I thought I’d give it a shot this time.
It also fixed a few weird things that were happening on my 10.7
I have had absolutely no issues with any of the adobe software that was installed.
Only gotchas were from other software that was not mountain lion compatible (Boinx tv)

It was the easiest and cleanest os upgrade i have done to date

As you are upgrading from 10.6 there is no guarantee you will have the same success, but as previous poster suggested, clone your drive and then try it. If it works, great, you’ve saved some time, if not, well ….

Dave
https://www.solidmedia.ie

http://www.SolidMedia.ie

Macbook Pro 17″ i7 2.2 8GB
PC i7 32GB Self Build
FCP 7 FCPX Adobe CS6 Vegas 12 Nuendo 4

[Dave Brandt]

Hi,

Not sure what you mean, can you show us some screenshots?

Dave

http://www.SolidMedia.ie

Macbook Pro 17″ i7 2.2 8GB
PC i7 32GB Self Build
FCP 7 FCPX Adobe CS6 Vegas 12 Nuendo 4

[Dave Brandt]

Hi,

What you said dennis about creating a new sequence is true, You still need to patch the audio channels to the outputs though. This caught me out first time i did it.

I have attached a little video to help clarify.

Premiere Pro Multichannel Audio Setup

Dave

Solidmedia.ie

http://www.SolidMedia.ie

Macbook Pro 17″ i7 2.2 8GB
PC i7 32GB Self Build
FCP 7 FCPX Adobe CS6 Vegas 12 Nuendo 4