[David Lawrence]

[Dennis Radeke] “For the first three, I’d file feature requests with specifics. You can also email me privately to discuss.

For #4, this is a known bug. There is a workaround. Basically, if the audio has no keyframes in FCP, it brings the audio in at -infinity level. Add a single keyframe to your audio tracks and it should come in correctly. Yeah, it’s a hassle and I’m sorry.”

Hi Dennis,

Thanks for answering so many questions today! I’ll make the feature requests and will also email you about a couple details later in the week.

Re: XML – will give the workaround a try. Since the problem is already well know, hoping CS7 will bring a fix 🙂

Thanks again!

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[Chris Kenny] “Note the lack of mass-scale migration from classic FCP to Premiere or Media Composer. “

Yep. Oh, wait.

Film Unit Behind Saturday Night Live Embraces Adobe Video Workflow

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[David Roth Weiss] ” Dealing with the realities of editors and facilities here in LA and around the world for the last 365 days has been very enlightening to say the least.”

Sounds great, really looking forward to hearing all about it! Welcome back!

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[Alex Hawkins] “PPro is just totally lacking in the whole transition effect area IMO. In FCX I can apply a whole host of different FX as transitions. And that’s exactly what they are. A transition effect applied as a transition between 2 pieces of video. Totally customisable.”

Agreed. No question transitions in PrP are weak and need improvement. Just wanted to point out the workaround for anyone who may not know.

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[Alex Hawkins] “5) No soft edge wipe.”

You can do that with a Linear Wipe transition effect. It’s in the Video Effects folder, not the Video Transitions folder.

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[Oliver Peters] “As far as PPro and editing, for me there are a few issues that are still problematic.

1. You cannot open multiple projects at the same time.

2. You cannot modify audio channel configurations after the clip has been edited to the timeline. The source clips may be changed and then edited again to the timeline.

3. If you import a sequence from another project (like two editors working on the same project with mirrored media files), the import include a folder of master clips that correspond to the sequence. These are essentially duplicate master clips, but they cannot be deleted.”

Other annoyances:

1) Clip marker behavior is inconsistant and barely usable on clips with linked media (video with linked dual source audio for example). A huge bummer because I use markers extensively for logging.

2) No match frame from a timeline clip loaded in the source monitor back into the timeline.

3) WYSI not WYG if you use maximum render quality and don’t have the right hardware. Lots of confusing variables.

4) XML import does not bring in clip volume levels.

I deal with the multiple project issue by creating a new master project, then importing the projects I want to access into that. I can then set up tabs for each imported project and their sequences. Not perfect, but it works well enough for now. Looking forward to something better.

Despite the gripes, that honey badger timeline, rock ‘n roll trim tools and overall stability and responsiveness has me hooked. I hope we see great new things in CS7 at NAM this year.

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[Franz Bieberkopf] “From my perspective, we’re still in a transitional phase of some sort as FCP7 limitations become less acceptable and the new tools develop – I’m pretty wary of those who think the transition is over. Teach the uncertainty.”

Agreed. Well said.

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[Andrew Kimery] “BTW, nice to see you again, David. I feel like I haven’t seen you around in ages.”

[Steve Connor] “I’ll second that!”

I’ll third it! 😉

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Thanks Steve! Hope the new year is treating you well!

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Hi Bill, Happy 2013!

[Bill Davis] “If you take out the Project library – where do you organize, select and manage your sharing? Do you do it UPSTREAM from the Event Browser? And if so, how can you manage versions? DO you clog up your event library with an endless array of compounds sharing visual space with completed projects?”

Make a folder, call it Projects, put your projects and versions there. Done. Now you’re organized, plus you get all the event browser goodness like keywords and smart collections. I’ll take that.

[Bill Davis] “Maybe I’m dense, but it seems to me that “circling upstream” to try to do everything in the EB is, once again, trying to make X work more like legacy editors where there was NO “dedicated finished project storage and export space.”f and we conceived of finished projects as dead end documents that were plopped on our desktops and cut off from revision.”

I don’t feel a need for a “dedicated finished project storage and export space.” If the tools were available in the event browser, I’d roll my own. Of course, my output and mastering process is pretty specific and doesn’t benefit from the project library’s sharing features. But for other workflows (like Bret’s sports example), I can see why the project library is still useful.

Perhaps it’s different for you, but I think of my finished projects as very much alive. 😉

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