Franz Bieberkopf
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[Tony West] “I had to ask myself if I really needed all those extra tracks in the timeline. The answer was I really didn’t.”
Tony,
Something about your post and the recent tutorials by Andy Neil seemed to crystallize an impression I’ve had. What you are talking about is class A-roll, B-roll editing – Andy’s tutorial is base on it – and this comes from broadcast (and if I’m not mistaken, it comes from broadcast news practice).
It seems like this is the paradigm that FCPX is designed around: The primary storyline is the A roll against which the various B roll elements are cut.
(This isn’t to say you’re restricted to using FCPX that way and that way only, but it does seem to be the idea which informs the design).
Far from a new idea, FCPX actually derives its model from time-tested broadcast practice.
Many people edit this way and FCPX seems well suited to this kind of editing.
Franz.
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Tony,
I am not much knowledgeable in the area of news, but it strikes me that these organizations would/should be looking at archival capabilities in terms of media systems. They’ll be wanting access to raw material and edits from a vast array of sources, across a network, and they’ll want to be able to find it quickly – 5 years from now, 10 years from now, etc.
Final Cut Server comes to mind. FCPX clearly doesn’t have that capability now.
Franz.
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I’ll chime in and add that slow search is one of my issues with FCP7 … so much so that it discourages me from using it. I use it most often with my sound libraries (and though they encompass many clips, they would certainly not be considered extensive).
Franz.
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Jeremy,
My own point of reference on this is Lightroom (though not in a “pro” environment).
Is there anything useful to be made of the comparison re: metadata?
Franz.
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[Aindreas Gallagher] ” … do we have within us the basis of a commonly agreed inherent toolset that needs to be respected … Who has rights here?
Aindreas,
The scenario that I imagine (which might be feasible) is much simpler – along the lines of the tube of toothpaste model: as the producer of the product, you get to put the Association’s stamp of approval on the tube if you win the endorsement.
So you can imagine the guilds giving their approval (and you can even imagine the Creative Cow insignia there …) and the various bodies would have their own methods of qualification – the more sophisticated ones would have engineering requirements and the less sophisticated ones might simply put it to a vote.
It is a fantasy, but it is attractive because Murch is clearly speaking to the sense of betrayed trust and the idea that editors need a voice in all this …
Franz.
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Aindreas,
Yes I thought this was the most interesting thing from that clip.
I read it as a provocation in Apple’s direction, though, since as Chris Harlan has already noted, Apple really don’t like those sorts of relationships.
Franz.
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I am also excited by the meta data promise of FCPX.
However, if what you have written is true Oliver Peters, this is an astonishing hole in implementation.
Franz.
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[Bill Davis] “… experts out there who can base their migraine to X …”
Well, what would Freud say?
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[Walter Soyka] I get that the question of defining pro is very complicated, and a lot of the “pro” talk here comes back to a Justice Stewart-style sense of “I know it when I see it.”
I agree that the “pro” argument is both misleading and well-tread here in the forums.
On the other hand, I think that Apple has branded their product as “pro” and it’s up to them to define what they mean and justify themselves.
Franz.
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Mark,
Thanks again for the link.
Those two videos (pt 1 and 2) are a reminder of the quality of the forums here – because the issues and perspectives feel pretty worn for anyone following here.
“What we need for editing now … [is a bible of] standards for the display and manipulation for the edited image and sound.” (Walter Murch)
… a thought I’ve shared (and I’m sure I’m not the only one).
I was also glad to hear him express intrigue with the Lightworks project – an experiment that is at least as interesting as FCPX.
Also funny to hear Rick Young call FCPX a “full featured editing system” even though they have discussed exactly that it is not.
Franz.