David Mathis
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Some of those videos can be useful but the quality does vary. I tend t watch the ones from Larry Jordan and Pixel Corps Asa they tend to be concise, no circus act attached. I have seen ones that are painful to watch either because of too much humor or not getting to the main point in a timely manner. I did wonder if the the free stuff out there could be a factor, in many instances it is.
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It has been several years since I used Avid so I am mistaken about transitions in there. If my understanding is now correct one can choose whether the transition is applied to audio, video or both. I admit confusion on my part. I would like this option in FCP X as well. So it is no longer a major beef, just a mild irritation.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “FCPX could be better. We all know this. It’s OK to criticize it, I am still going to use it everyday, it’s still my favorite NLE to use, and I hope it gets better.
There is no reason to have audio follow video on a dissolve by default. Maybe it can be an option, but not a default.”
My thoughts exactly. This is just a guess, but perhaps there is a large number of people who feel that an audio fade should be included with any transition, as it is now, that is not a cut. I can understand this viewpoint, to a reasonable extent, for more efficient editing. On the other hand, this is not the best approach.
I always prefer to have video and audio transitions as separate rather than combined. Look at Avid or Premiere Pro, they don’t slap on a audio cross dissolve when adding a video transition. Earlier versions of FCP was the same way. They kept the two separate like it should have been from the beginning.While expanding audio and video is the only method that “works” now, I find it annoying to do an extra step.
Perhaps it is the overall design concept of the magnetic timeline or Apple listening to people who are consumers not experienced editors or exposed to editing as we see it, not trying to belittle anyone here. Feel free to disagree. It just seems as Final Cut Pro X was made to be professional but made for consumers. Nothing wrong with that approach but there is room for improvement. -
Sad to see Larry step down from his business and wish him the best. I do respect and understand the hard decision he had to make. Technology is changing too rapidly. I wish him well and the best of luck in whatever path he so chooses. Thank you Larry for the insightful thoughts you have made over the years and for sharing your wealth of knowledge. You are a true friend and a great person. The world needs more people like you. Pardon me as I cry typing this message.
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After reading your post I thought up a new signature. Editing in FCP X is like playing Russian Egg Roulette as you never know when you will pick a raw egg.
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Thank you to all for your posts, including the one from Bill Davis, being very sincere here. I never thought about expand, transition and collapse approach. I did make that cross fade transition for the audio. On the other hand expanding the audio and video is a better approach. To some this might not be as efficient but it does give more flexibility, especially when you have a straight cut for the video. I revert a statement I made earlier and agree with Bill in his first post. I now like X again.
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I tried to build a video only cross dissolve for FCP X in Motion. The problem is that audio does not exist in Motion unless I missed something.
I basically opened up a transition thingy and expanded both transition clips to fill the entire timeline. I added a keyframe at the beginning and end of each clip for the opacity. Published that out hoping that the audio would not be affected. My dream boat made like the Titanic and sank.
As to why you can make an audio only dissolve in Motion is the change in the video transition only applies to the video. All one has to do is select transition from the welcome screen and publish out the transition with no changes being made.
Bill does raise an interesting question but have to disagree with him there.
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Trying to figure out the animation of this circle:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f3AHWg07y0I
Any suggestions?
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Thank you. I answered my first question already. I have to create a countdown leader separately for each frame rate. Tried to use a speed conform but also discovered that speed changes cannot be applied to generators.
Thank you for your reply and will give it a try.