Ian Bailey
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When our students work on video projects they book out a LaCie Rugged drive to work on. For the students who want to use FCPX, I create two sparse images on the Rugged. These are effectively two virtual disks that can be mounted independently and used as scratch disks. So there can be two projects on each drive without the Events and Projects mixing.
Info on creating sparse images can be found here:
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Try offering MC training and you’ll see it’s a true statement.
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[Chris Conlee] “Funny, I’ve never ONCE discussed scratch disks and easy setups while cutting on Avid.”
That’s because you were too busy trying to explain why nobody wants to be trained in Avid any more.
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Considering plenty of adults zone out as soon as you start talking about scratch disks and easy setups, I suspect the next generation will favour FCPX.
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I’ve been keeping an eye on the Weynand book release date thinking it might be delayed, but in the UK it’s supposedly available from tomorrow:
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I was over-optimistic about a hot British summer this year, but with regards to FCPX I would like to think ‘the longer the wait, the bigger the up-date.’ Apple can’t have failed to notice the increase in Production Premium sales.
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There are parallels everywhere. It will be interesting to keep an eye on the Dreamweaver community when Adobe releases Muse next year:
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“Just out of curiosity, why would you suggest Maya over C4D for motion graphics work?”
My apologies, I misread the thread, thinking the requirement was for animation rather than motion graphics. Cinema 4D would be more than adequate, indeed its After Effects integration makes it highly recommendable. Personally I would use Blender, which also has AE integration, but I know people are suspicious of free software.
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After Effects generally only gives you 2.5D animation (2D objects in a 3D space), although Video Copilot’s Elements is challenging that. After Effects is essential for compositing video and animated elements. If money is no object, then I would suggest Maya for 3D work. Depending on what you’re doing you might also want to consider something like Syntheyes for camera tracking.
Presumably you can export ProRes movies or image sequences from FCPX, so it shouldn’t be a problem using it in your workflow.
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It’s somewhat reassuring that Apple has responded and is specifically using the ‘p’ word. Personally I’ve not been too concerned about FCP as I’ve continued to believe features would be added back in as this new app develops. What’s up-set me most is the tools from STP and Color that have been lost.
I played Devil’s advocate where I work (a university in England) and made a case for CS5. We already have a lab with PPro which no one is particularly enthusiastic about, so FCPX will get its chance to shine. Seeing the Avid interface also brought back bad memories from when I worked in TV.