David Roche
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Thanks for the ideas.
It would be really easy to navigate to the source TC if you could search by source TC! Mousing around to try and find 25 locations where lower thirds belong is going to be very tedious and inaccurate.
Making the sequence TC the same as the source TC would work until the first edit and then the relationship would be broken between the source and timeline.
Thanks for the idea about ganging. It may be as close as I can get to what I need to do. It’s still a clunky way to handle the situation.
I guess markers might work too…
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You still can’t make the source timecode bigger! Very frustrating…
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Hey, all I’m saying is that 16x worked and 4x didn’t. Who can truly understand computers?
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You know, I won’t disagree about the expense (and aggravation) of support for Avid. The terrible support by Avid, in my thinking, is one of the major reasons for the rise of Final Cut. It was certainly a major factor in our decision to buy Final Cut – that and our Avid is ancient.
Chris, it sounds like you already have FCP experience, but for those readers who don’t, there are significant differences in the two systems and the transition is not as straightforward as many would have you believe. My advice – read the forums, talk to everyone you can – not just the Apple evangelists and make sure that you understand how the transition will affect every aspect of your workflow.
As Walter pointed out, it’s really whatever works best for you. So far, I’m not a fan of either of them.
By the way Chris, I wouldn’t buy any drives from Ciprico right now. They’re bankrupt, although still in business.
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Let me strongly suggest… before you decide to switch, make sure to really do your homework. If building effects is your deal, then FCP will suit you fine – much better than Avid. If straight editing is what you need, you’ll like Avid better.
Do some searches on FCP and timecode handling. Apple doesn’t seem to think timecode is very important to editors. There’s no support for LTC out. Timecode searching from the timeline is not impossible but it’s much more difficult than your Avid.
Yeah, I’m on a timecode rant! It’s the little things that no one will tell you…
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Thanks again Shane. I’m learning that each system has its strong points. If somebody could just take the good from each one of them and put ’em together…
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Yeah, I’ve got that turned on. What I’m wondering about is the tiny timecode window beside the clock icon in the upper right corner of the canvas and the one beside the RT button on the timeline. Both have an option for showing source time but selecting source time or clip time always shows the same time which is the timeline time.
The overlay disappears during playback but these little windows stay active. It would really help my editing process to be able to see source time all the time.
Thanks a lot Shane.
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Since we’re on the subject – why is it that the timecode window in the timeline and the canvas will not show the source time? The time is the same in both windows with either clip time or source time selected and in any case it’s never the source time. Is this a case of another obscure setting being wrong?
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I should have known that Apple couldn’t call search “search”. It’s a little clumsy, but it will work. Thanks Shane.
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Thank you guys for all the input on the TC issue.
What I’ve learned in my research is that there is NO timecode present at any time in any output of FCP. How has this glaring omission gone on for so long without being addressed? Wow.
It seems that most users, who need timecode, pre-stripe a tape for insert editing or just assemble edit to get a timecoded master. Then they use the tape for anything that needs timecode. Wow, again.
So the burden of dealing with the lack of timecode output is placed on the user. If you have a tape machine handy that will deal with timecode, you’re in luck. Otherwise…
I would love for someone to tell me that I’m wrong!