[David Battistella]

Yes.

A big thanks to all who are being so generous.

I mean you just say something around here like”
Ahem, cough cough,

TILT SHIFT FILTER

and the next thing you know it just might show up in a day or two.

🙂

David

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[David Battistella]

The most impressive editing I have ever seen is the editing I never noticed.

David.

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[David Battistella]

I’d say we no FCP 7 so well that we are aware of all of it’s editing shortcomings and what we wish an NLE could do. FCPX does answer a lot with regard to breaking down organizing and yes, editing footage. Putting shots together, trimming, seeing all if your footage at a glance, reducing clutter in the interface, etc.

When you start to use it you can feel that they watched editors work. They broke down the tasks and freed things up.

Clip collision. That was a roadblock.

I think we will see more posts like this when the initial shock is over.

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[David Battistella]

@glen Hurd

You are so right,sometimes we just need a hammer.

Thanks for this story. It’s a really nice analogy.

David

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[David Battistella]

Rob

I’ve cut network docs whole life and I just put together a short seven minute film from about two hours of footage. I dove in.

It’s a new way of thinking for sure but I have to say that breaking down material is very fast. I worked with several timelines. I was able to organize quickly and efficiently without using tags or keywords at all.

I have to say that I agree with much of your philosophy in this thread and I relate to a lot of what you say.

FCP X pushed my comfort zone at first, but in terms of footage. Seeing all of the material at the bin level is very handy and fast. I am much more interested in seeing footage instantly and this software allows for that like no other NLE.

I’d say when you get a moment run a small project through and you might be pleasantly surprised at how fast breaking down and organizing is – if your willing to explore the logic of how it’s laid out.

I think this was made for big doc work. Heavy lifting. I’d have to attack a larger job and only after an update or two. But maybe don’t write it off to quickly.

The video is brilliant because it is intelligent storytelling. You are a very good storyteller. The cut might have been quicker in FCP X though. 🙂

David

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[David Battistella]

Yep. Have that already. Thank you.

Geez. I’m thinking about how long it took to get a widescreen RT filter in FCP 7. Obe week and you are creating obe if the most versatile tools available.

Thanks again.

David.

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[David Battistella]

Thanks!

I can’t wait for this!

David

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[David Battistella]

Good old DV NTSC is 3:2 🙂

David

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[David Battistella]

Thanks Kevin,

And thanks for all the great stuff you have been posting.

David

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[David Battistella]

[Frank Stäudtner] “to hear and/or see the audio/video context of the sequence above while you are editing within a compound clip ; editing trimming your edits to a musical track in the above sequence does get unnecessarily painful at the moment…”

Have you tried making the audio your primary storyline?

I agree, it would be nice to have prescision trimming on the tracks above and other than in only the primary storyline.

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