Geoff Dills
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Oliver, I was transcribing all my interviews in Pages, copying and pasting time codes, then doing searches to find the bite I was looking for in the text. Now I’m going to use keywords to log interview bites, and as I often heve subjects answer the same question to get different responses, I’ll be able to throw all the takes on one point into an audition and very quickly see how each one works in the timeline.
Having the tools inside X to do secondary color correction and audio sweetening will do most of my polishing needs, and until we get other ways to get our audio out to external programs, I can live with grouping each type of audio clip into separate groups and create the four or five tracks I can bring into Soundtrack Pro in order to do final mixing.
I know this doesn’t make any difference for a lot of folks with different needs, but so far I’m willing to suffer the workarounds for the other advantages.
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Geoff -
No. I prefer specific words, in this case, effect. I agree trying a cross dissolve transition on only audio needs fixed, which could be a simple choice of video, audio or both when you right click on any transition.
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Thank you for sharing Brendan. This works brilliantly.
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My output is spot on color wise. I can do secondary color correction inside X. My audio effects are a vast improvement. Key wording is going to speed up my workflow quite a bit. Not needing to render while I edit just to see how it looks will almost cut my work time in half. I could go on.
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Did you rename the favorite tag with a description of the selection? Good way to organize favorites.
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Way off. Just cause they’re in iTunes gives you no additional rights to anything. Simple.
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Just read a former avid employee’s take on X. Gives props to Apple.
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Why do you feel compelled to switch? The only reason I would give up on X is if I felt Apple was not going to finish building it. I think they’re in this for the long haul myself and I find the workarounds worth the aggravation. The picture quality improvements alone convinced me.
One of the first things I did when I got X was to export my current fcp7 project in pro res, load it on an X timeline and put it on YouTube. The difference in the quality was clear. No more gamma garbage. The images looked exactly like what I edited. The version I put up from 7 was darker, had a lot more blockiness.
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You need to rethink your workflow. This is a classic case of trying to make it work like fcp7. It doesn’t need fixed, nothing is broken. Using the timeline to organize your footage worked in 7 because the organizing tools in 7 were weak. Embrace keywords and smart collections. Do your organizing where it’s intended, in the event library.
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I would add the free ones from Izzy to the list. I’ve found doing multiple teachers useful as each one adds “here’s something I found”.
https://www.izzyvideo.com/final-cut-pro-x-tutorial/.
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Geoff