Erik Lindahl
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Two computer monitors and two video-outputs via the Kona 3.
Speaking of which, FCPX could handle two monitors far better.
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The dual viewers COULD be more powerful than they are. Locking them like now feels almost lazy.
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Review A/B shots or gang just about anything the current timeline. FCP7 also supported extra viewers – I’ve been working with 4-up on some projects. For CC-work its great to be able to see for example next edit, previous edit, reference frame X and / or perhaps current frame with out filters.
The list goes on virtually. The current dual viewer is step in the right direction but they could make it 10-times more flexible.
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That’s not the same thing. That command shows the clip in the event browser not the timeline. I.e. any change done in the timeline isn’t reflected to the clip in the event viewer which is bad and renders the tool less useful I’d say.
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There are cheaper options to have fans whining at you all day long… 🙂
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The dual viewer system is miles better than what we have in 10.0.5. Do note I haven’t jumped away from FCP7 as my main editor. However, I’m still lacking a few (a lot perhaps) of things:
– General GUI performance is horrible. Scrolling in the event browser should be silky smooth.
– The secondary views shouldn’t be locked as a “event viewer”. I’d love to se it work as a dual viewer for the timeline as well. The player shows the current play-head location, the view is used for skimming or similar. If I’m doing effects / color corrections I want two viewers which isn’t possible currently. It’s a step forward but quite limited.
– Timecode, timecode, timecode! I never new I much I used TC before trying out FCPX and seeing how much LACK of timecode there is. The viewer needs to show TC.
– Use the view to “open clip from timeline”. Why can’t I do this?
– I don’t get any visual indication of how long a clip is in the viewer and / or player. Mini timelines are lacking.
Over all Apple seems to be pushing things. But the application still feels quite some ways off to be ready for prime-time. For me primarily the perceived performance is a huge hurdle to get over.
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It’s just as slow as in 10.0.5. The new import-box has a few oddities:
1. I can’t seem to search like I could in the old standard OSX open dialog-box (i.e. filter out to just show video-files).
2. The whole animation bull-s… is just fuggly, especially when using two screens. Stop it Apple.
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I will test it for sure!
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Could be true. The general UI responsiveness is quite poor I’d say. This is quite an important part of a “pleasant user environment” so to speak. I was surprised to see how slow a seemingly simple operator was though.
How well, more tests to come. We’ll have to move forward sooner or later.
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“Processing files for import” pops up. Now, the second time I imported the files, it went much faster however. Maybe it’s cached some info about the files somewhere?