[Ian Bailey]

[Ben Scott] “try pixelmator for photoshop style work

try wordpress for websites its very good

try some other web packages like sugarcrm if you are running a business”

Heard lots of good things about Pixelmator and glad to see there’s a trial version. I’ll give it a whirl: https://www.pixelmator.com/try/

I’m a huge fan of WordPress and I’ve set-up WP sites for other people. But it is still very blog orientated, whereas Joomla is more like a website and has a better fit with e-commerce.

Thanks for your sugarcrm recommendation, I’ll take a look.

[Ian Bailey]

[Oliver Peters] “As an aside… Adobe Sundance filmmaking panel:

https://tv.adobe.com/watch/adobe-at-sundance-/how-technology-is-influencing-...”

Ah ha! Nice distraction technique (unless you’re browsing on an iOS device), but that won’t stop me speculating about Preludes similarity to FCPX despite a complete lack of information!

Seriously though, if this is a metadata centered app that includes logging and annotating tools, then maybe Adobe and Apple are seeing the same puck.

[Ian Bailey]

My previous explanation was a bit rubbish, so I’ll put it another way:

Plenty of people are still confused by the demise of Final Cut Studio and as part of my job I’m often asked what I would recommend as a replacement. Unless their requirements are very specific, I refuse to make recommendations and instead point them to the various trial versions available. I am however happy to talk about the decisions I’ve made (as I’ve done in my initial post) and people either find it useful or think I’ve lost the plot. Either response is valid!

[Ian Bailey]

[Frank Gothmann] “I am afraid I don’t really understand the point of your posting. If you have used Photoshop before I assume you have a licence so why switch to Gimp now?”

My Adobe software is in need of up-dating, so I’m considering the alternatives. Still a big fan of both Photoshop and After Effects.

I should clarify:
I’ve made a personal decision to reconsider all the software I use and where I want to be in light of the FCPX release. Others on this forum have done the same and opted for Premiere and Avid, I though it might be useful to show a different point of view.

[Ian Bailey]

A clue to your problem could be:
‘When I finished my day I dropped them all into a folder’

You can assign keywords in two different ways, by selecting a clip or part of a clip and then bringing up the Keyword Editor or by creating a Keyword Collection folder in the Event and dragging clips into it. It sounds like you’ve done both, which probably messed things up.

When you assign a keyword to a clip, it is automatically placed in the Keyword Collection. If there wasn’t a collection for that keyword to begin with, then it’s automatically created.

FYI… Smart Collections are created by setting rules for the clips that can go into them, not by assigning keywords.

[Ian Bailey]

This is the first time I’ve tried the keyer in FCPX and I have to say ‘Wow!’ I gave it a shot with unevenly lit green screen and semi-transparent areas, it handled it beautifully.

Anyway, back to your issue… I would definitely suggest your company buys Motion – it is very cheap. Not only will the more advanced keying features remedy your current problem, but I reckon you’ll end up using it for titles, funky transitions and various graphics requirements.

[Ian Bailey]

One of the things that thrilled me most when I first opened FCPX was how clean the interface was and the reliance on keyboard shortcuts. For example, you can’t mark in and out points without using the I and O keys.

From the Help menu in Premiere, navigate to Adobe’s online pages — no doubt you will find keyboard shortcut info there. Can you enable tooltips in Prem that will reveal the shortcut when you hover over the button? FCPX shortcuts are available directly from the Help menu.

[Ian Bailey]

The latest version of Sony’s XDCAM Transfer works under Lion. I use it to MOV the footage from the cards and then open the files in FCPX.

Not sure about Canon MXF… give it a try!

[Ian Bailey]

Hi Nick,

That definitely sounds weird. This is my usual 2-step remedy for buggy stuff…

Trash preferences with Preference Manager. Download it here if you haven’t already: https://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/

Open up Disk Utility and repair permissions on the Macintosh HD.

Ian

[Ian Bailey]

Hi Nick,

Using the pop-up Video Animation Editor in the timeline, I’m able to move keyframes frame accurately as long as I’m zoomed in on the clip. With a keyframe selected, you can use the , and . keyboard shortcuts to move back and forth a frame at a time.

Ian