[David Mathis]

Did watch the video and thanks for the tip! It is super duper cool and learned a great deal from that video. I migrate to the COW first, then watch the Ripple Training videos. I guess you can say I am biased in that regard. LOL

[David Mathis]

You can decompose a compound clip in place in Resolve, unless something got changed in a recent update.
Perhaps our request list will be brought to life, probably will not not see a feature update until after NAB, an announcement for plans going forward during that time would be nice.

One more thing, Motion and Compressor should be given an X as well. Just a thought. 😉

[David Mathis]

[Simon Ubsdell] “The healthy thing about the visual effects world is that you have to learn so many different tools, which themselves keep changing and evolving and leapfrogging each other all the time, that it doesn’t make sense to develop a sentimental attachment to anything.
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Very true and well said! The hard part is when one has a bias (we all do) towards a particular piece of software. I learned rather quickly to use one NLE over another when it comes down to a specific workflow that involves the least amount of going around in circles trying to do a specific task. Some editing software has a primary function with everything else being secondary. Resolve is blurring that line with each new release. First it was color grading, then new editing features were added and now even more stuff has been added. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Is it possible that Resolve is an editor first then color grading or is it the other way around?

One thing I have considered is doing a rough cut in FCP X, then ship it over to Resolve because of better tools. Specifically keyframing and trimming. I do love Final Cut Pro but it is lacking in those two areas, which brings me to adding a new to post for feature requests. Things that should have improved but never were. I am not dumping the software and bailing ship, rather going to learn other software using the one that best meets my needs for a given workflow, trying to do away with sticking like glue to a certain editing software package.

[David Mathis]

Sometimes for me, it is not a wrong or right way of doing things rather it is what is the most “appropriate” approach. Of course there will be arguments to the contrary, some of which are rather humorous. I seen some of those aruguements not only here but also on You Tube in the comments.

For some workflows one has to creative. No, the paper was not put in the printer upside down. How can it be? Nothing has been printed yet. The sheet of paper is blank. Just my thoughts.

[David Mathis]

I do like FCP X though there is room for improvement. Keyframing is the first thing to come to mind. You might want to look at Resolve, the free version might meet your needs. On the other hand, X is a very powerful tool. Thete are lots of resources for understanding the software. One of the great things about X are roles.

Let us know how things progress.

[David Mathis]

One thing I love about Final Cut is those sneaky little keyframes that appear from the deep, cold, dark abyss.

[David Mathis]

I guess the only method would be to create events in place of the roles and group all the interview footage into one with everything else in the correct category. String them out, do an XML then to Resolve. Mainly would do this to share entire unedited raw footage to share with others. Perhaps time to get some training as to avoid me making idiot posts like this one. 🙂

Tim, how about a basic forum?

[David Mathis]

All that I would need then is an XML, nothing else.

[David Mathis]

Thank you, the answer I was looking for.

[David Mathis]

That video reminds me of some of the long, rambling posts that take place here and in the Adobe forum. 🙂