Gerry Fraiberg
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Nice work Bill. Thanks for sharing.
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It’s more to do with the way FCP X works than the Autosave function.
Greg Clarke, author of 7toX and Event Manager X, tells me in an email conversation that the changes that I made to the Projects in FCP X were saved at the Event level. When I opened them properly, the revised edits that I had made were there.
I learned that the correct way to work on an imported FCP 7 Sequence using 7toX is to Append it (hit “E” key) to the Timeline, then select Break Apart Clips. What I did was select Open In Timeline, which resulted in an apparent blank timeline when I re-opened it the next day. As I wrote on another FCP X group, there are intricacies under the hood. Finding out about them is part of learning. We’re fortunate to have developers like Greg Clarke and Philip Hodgetts of Intelligent Assistance creating products like 7toX and Event Manager.
I’m running OS 10.8.2, FCP X 10.0.5
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Now this is kind of crazy. I created new projects and went to the FCP7 Sequences and appended to the new project and selected Break Apart Clip Items. Now all my edits are back!
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I just got an email reply from Greg at Intelligent Assistance and now realize that it was operator error. I think what I did was select Open in Timeline, rather than Append the FCP 7 sequence to the primary storyline (“E” key) then select Break Apart Clip Items. For some reason I must have done this on the three faulty clips. What was I thinking? Or not 🙂
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Oliver,
The interesting thing is that I was working on six projects in total. Three are blank, and three retained all editing changes with the updated clips. 7toX is up to date at 1.0.12. When I first translated from 7 I still had an older version. The music track opened in X, but my voice over clips were black. Updating resolved that problem.
Now I see what looks like a project in the Project Library only it’s blank. Opening it in the Timeline shows nothing. No place holder, nothing, as if it were a new project. Only the name remains. I have removed those project files and replaced them with those that retained the clips.
Do I understand correctly that if I open the FCP 7 project now, the FCP X projects will go offline?
Moving forward, I will duplicate the remaining FCP X projects before replacing the old footage with the new.
Gerry
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I would suggest investing in training. Ripple Training offer one of the best packages, and it’s only $39.99 for the iTunes/iPad version. Take a look at the sample videos on their web site. There is much to learn about FCP X, things that are not readily apparent when trying to learn yourself.
Other training packages are available from Larry Jordan, and the Apple Pro Training Series.
For a small investment you’ll get up to speed much quicker.
From your job description it sounds like you’ve gone from being a one man band to a one man orchestra.
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I’ve been experiencing similar problems importing HDV into FCP X. Previously there was no problem. FCP X would end a clip on stop detection, like Auto Import in iMovie and Capture Now in FCP 7. This is problematic as portions of a clip don’t get captured or imported now. I have resorted to using iMovie to import HDV, rather than FCP 7.
This is an obvious bug in FCP X
– Gerry
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For me it was love at first sight with FCP X. But like with any relationship, you have to work at it. Investing time and training tools – Ripple Training, Apple Pro Training Series, plus forums, is paying off. I bought into FCP X on day one, and had no thoughts of turning back even with everything that hit the fan. Yes, there were some initial bugs and hiccups. But I’ve just felt more comfortable editing in FCP X.
I shoot in HDV (Sony Z5U), Nikon D7000 and Contour HD. Recently I was hired to reshoot an interview for a college produced promotional for a local hospice. I shot in HDV, then dropped my clips into an XDCAM QuickTime .mov from the client on the timeline. FCP X handled the different formats seamlessly.
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I actually haven’t tested it with a video project, but rather several projects, each containing a single audio only clip. It might have been easier to lay out 15 audio clips in a timeline and copy and paste the Fat EQ effect that I added to each one. But I wanted to export each clip separately as an AIFF.