Eric Susch
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[Tom Wolsky] “Perhaps another preference for the down arrow key behavior.”
No. I think that’s just complicating the issue and may even make it worse.
The timeline cursor lands correctly, at the cut. It’s not really on a frame it’s at the cut. It shows the next frame in the viewer to the right of the cut but the cursor is between the frames at the cut. It has to be because that’s what the editor is ultimately concerned with, where to make the cut. My argument is that the in-cut, the out-cut, the cut between the clips, and the cursor should all be defined the same. When the user sets something at the timeline cursor it should be placed directly on the cursor because that
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[Bret Williams] “When sitting in front of a computer monitor it seems natural to mark the start and end of a clip. A chunk if you will.”
I agree. Except that’s not what FCP does. If you down arrow to the end of the clip and press “O” it includes the first frame of the next clip. It should set the out-cut right where the cursor is. Between the clips. At the cut.
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[Kevin Monahan] “if you wanted to use the playhead to mark out you OPT + CMD + Click the edit point.”
This doesn’t seem to work for me. Nothing happens when I try this combination in a timeline. What am I doing wrong? You mean mouse click the timeline cursor right?
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Linear systems are obsolete because of the need for tape and multiple decks, not because they got the math right 😉
FCP needs to have linear features (like 3 point editing) just as it needs to deal with the way Avid works so all professional editors can be comfortable.
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[Tom Wolsky] “This comes up once every six months or so.”
If it keeps coming up all the time then maybe it’s a serious problem that needs to be addressed.
Your arguments against changing it seem to all revolve around programming issues instead of making the software work simply and elegantly. All the Apple people I
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The problem isn’t where the playhead goes but where the outpoint is placed. I’m not sure how it works in Avid but in discreet edit (which Bob and I both used previously) and liner video editing before that the cut always happened at the beginning of the frame.
The bottom line is that if the cut happens on the beginning of the frame at the in and at the end of the frame at the out you get all kinds of wacky situations and crazy one frame math errors especially with your durations. I understand that this may be the way it works in Avid and that the Apple programmers may have designed it to work similar in FCP but it’s really not a good idea. The cut point needs to be standardized at the beginning of the frame just like it was in the old liner days. If the cut is always at the beginning and the cursor always tabs to the beginning of the frame, everything becomes much, much simpler and the editor can concentrate more on the actual story.
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The horror! It’s my number one complaint about FCP. As far as I know there’s no way to change it and make it correct. But… I actually didn’t investigate this when FCP 5 came out so I guess there’s hope that they put in a user selection. If you find one, let me know.
The best work-around I
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I’m not sure about that. I
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I don’t know what kind of power supply the Multibridge uses but if the only problem is the connector and you can find a local power supply with the right voltage etc., you could cut the cable and connector off the bad supply and solder up some kind of “adaptor cable” to use the good local power supply. It might get you through an emergency while you’re waiting for a replacement from BMD.
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Is there any shipping date for the Multibridge Studio?
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