David Mathis
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[Oliver Peters] “Are these straight speed changes (e.g. the entire clip at 59%) or ramped?”
They are ramped (variable speed).
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Thank you. I guess I was watching so intensely to see what is edited with I missed it. Still, it was nice to see a feature on film.
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I had the opportunity to see Dunkirk in 70mm at AMC Northpark Center in Dallas. It was very much a treat to see a movie shot on and finished on film. The fidelity was just amazing. The details and richness of the colors was just awesome. I stayed for the end credits only to see there was no mention of any NLE the film was edited on. My guess is the movie was cut the old fashioned way. The entire experience was pleasing to my eyes and looked much better than any 4K resolution image. More pixels does not mean a better image. I can only imagine what strain anything above 4K would subject even a high end, fully decked out computer regardless of what OS is used.
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[Neil Goodman] “FCP X because I was curious and it was only 300 bucks
“Good one. I was the same way and do not regret making the purchase.
[Neil Goodman] “PPro on and off again subscription just in case I need to use it, it is definitely my LEAST favorite NLE. Runs like crap on a system that runs Avid, and FCPX like butter. Functionally feels likes a mish mash of FCP7 and Avid but without the best traits of each one. Media management is the weakest of the 3 and I feel like its going to break all the time doing normal stuff.
“Have not used Avid in a very long time but it looks like Final Cut Pro is very good in media management. Couple that with Final Cut Pro Library and one can delete render files along with transcode media very quickly.
One area that Premiere Pro is better at is keyframes. I have been using Final Cut since version 3 and there are still no hold keyframes or the ability to ease in, ease out or both. You either have linear or smooth as a keyframe option. One could blade (splice) up a clip to do hold keyframes for stylized effects though that is somewhat inefficient. You could trim where the blade made the cut but moving multiple keyframes is much better. Trimming is a split between the two. I think Avid has always shined in this area and Resolve seems to be pretty good at it. Trimming in Final Cut is not bad but could be a little better.
Compound clips are nice but there is no option to decompose in place which is useful when you want to see what is going on with edits on either side of the compound clip. I don’t do slip and slide edits very often but a 4 up display would be useful.
I love the retiming options in Final Cut due to the number of options available. Jump cut to markers is awesome as well.
One thing that is a bit of an irritant is the inability to move markers efficiently. Nudging is not that useful when you are more than a few frames off or need to move the marker across an edit point. Cut and paste is alright though seems a bit unnecessary. Earlier versions of Final Cut allowed one to move markers better not sure why Apple had to “fix” that.
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I think that is a great idea as long as the add ons are by Apple for the reason you gave.
Here is what I would love to see:
Video lanes
Traditional in and out points on the actual timeline not a clip
Role based mixer (as mentioned by many)
Better color correction tools (Color Finale is a good solution for now)
Movable markers (Ripple Training covered that last week in one of their videos)I would love to see color wheels, sliders, curves, more robust tracking (like Resolve has) and vectors. A node based approach for grading would be cool but not necessary to have. I do think that a node based approach for adding visual FX would be super awesome sauce to be sure.
Other than that, I am a happy camper despite my most recent rant post. LOL At least I was sober, would hate to think what I might have typed if a martini was involved.
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More rants:
1. No efficient way of moving markers. Grrrrrr
2. Lack of traditional three point editing (see previous post for another part of this rant).
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This one thing really irritates me which is that you can’t directly set in an in or out point on a connected clip especially while playing back. I am so agitated over having to select the range tool and hover the connected clip in order to do this. While there are many great things about Final Cut Pro X there are plenty of things that are simply frustrating. I am seriously considering jumping ship and moving to another editing package. Yes, my thoughts are saying to jump to Premiere Pro despite it being subscription only.
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The theme park I worked at has VR for the first double loop roller coaster. I think I will pass. Why does everything have to be so damn high tech today?
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I know someone else mentioned tracks. I would actually like to see those. I am serious and don’t even think about calling me Shirley! In all honesty, why not video lanes? You can have all the titles and graphics in one with everything else in another.
Would like to see Baselight for FCP X. Resolve still has several things to iron out. What about a node based way of adding effects?
That is my list. Oh wait, we could have Tim Wilson show up to give us words of inspiration.
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What about Andreas? ????