Ewan Lim
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It won’t get old for people like me where even a laptop can be a bulky thing.
When I mention edit on the go… I do mean edit on the go such as on the bus, train, plane or taxi. I would love to pop out my macbook pro but honestly, it does feel bulky from time to time.
Why can’t I transfer some low res files to a tablet, do a rough cut on the go, come back to a proper NLE system, transfer my project file to it, relink to my higher resolution footages and start finishing it up?
It does help if you are in news or in a fast pace heavy workflow environment.
The “Why are there no editing suites for me to use? 🙁 i just want to do a rough cut” scenario would be gone.
Or the editor who does edits everywhere might begin.Editing on a tablet. When your laptop is too bulky and all you want to do is to put crap together and not to layer a bajillion effects on each other.
Ewan
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Haters make some interesting reads.
I’m just waiting for the “we can’t use it” to get old.
We know we can’t use it and why we can’t use it. Why can’t we move onto how we can use it for now.
Obviously we can’t use it for broadcast but for now, we can use it for other things. Family videos not included.
Find work arounds or smth. I don’t like complaining without finding or offering a solution.
How could we use FCx right now? To its best of its capabilities till it becomes fit for broadcast and other type of edits and outputs.
Web Videos. Corporate videos. Virals?
I still wish I could do base edits on the go.
Ewan
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Very very true.
Just imagine currently with FCx:
Audio clean up: Having to dupe projects to export individual audio “tracks” like one project for music and sound effects and one for VO and SOT.Color Grading: Going old school to export sequence as native raw file, i.e: ProRes. And then using another program to color grade it like how you would color grade from ingesting a Digibeta tape.
Sigh
Ewan
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I wonder if FCP7 works well on a macbook air…
Ewan
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If you don’t mind entertain another question regarding accuracy of monitoring thru the graphics card. To be specific Amd radeon 5770 for the mac which doesn’t have a true hdmi output but a vga/dvi output.
My current work situation is that we’re kona cardless and my editing station’s monitoring is thru vga/dvi and the image on my samsung led monitor is slowly driving me bonkers. Visually, i have to rely on the scopes but technical wise…
We are doing broadcast as well as web based videos. We are Still on FCS but I am keeping an eye on FCPx but hope they will go back to Avid or switch to Adobe Prod Premium. Personally using FCPx and Ppro.
Ewan
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Or maybe he meant that the next iMovie will be modelled after FCP7. Complete with external monitoring and xml/edl export capabilities. Also not forgetting real background rendering that works while you edit and not while u let it be idle. All these on 64bit and using most of openGL.
Ewan
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Is monitoring thru hdmi output accurate? Assuming that I am outputting to a LCD or LED computer monitor where the colors has been calibrated.
I realised that when my sequence is interlaced, or rather upper field dominance, my visuals shown on my LCD monitor always has interlace issues. I usually remedy it by just letting it be progressive and let it be none field dominance. So i am not sure myself if any of my footages has any real interlaced issues as i never had this issue running out of a black magic card or a kona card out to a tv logic monitor.
Excuse me for my idiocy. I know that it is always best to monitor on a broadcast monitor but how accurate is it to monitor visuals via hdmi to monitor?
Ewan
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And to add on…
(i feel like i am spamming but i sincerely feel what he feels)
The only way to master a tool as fast as you can is to: (it works for me at least)
Do alot of editing jobs.
Take on tough editing jobs that will force you to explore the program more.
And throw yourself into the deep end to force you to learn tricks, pick up tips and understand faster.
Tips and tricks can come from tutorials too.More hands on means that ur muscle memory will remember it faster.
All the best Greg!
Ewan
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“That said it can’t hurt to be fluent in the NLEs used in the facilities if you’re freelance. If you’re designing your own place then you get to specialize.”
Agreed. The more important factor is the art of storytelling.
Ewan
Avid, FCS3, Premiere Pro, After Effects