James Culbertson
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Maybe they can do an FCPX to Motion and vice-versa too. 😉
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[TImothy Auld] “Anybody out there who is going to buy this? Anybody?”
I’m waiting for the tricorder version.
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How does it compare to Colorista III’s color wheels inside of FCPX?
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There is a Bruce the Wonder Yak iPhone app ($0.99):
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/philosophical-musings-bruce/id370849648?mt=8
Apparently, also an android app too.
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3 hours seems like something is wrong. Shouldn’t take more than 5-10 minutes to sync at the longest for a 2 hour 2-3 camera (single clip or broken up clips). Most of the time much less. At least that is my experience. Have you set the camera angle field correctly?
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[Helmut Kobler] “And the bugginess seems even worse now, not better.
…and it’s all been done in tandem with a noticeable drop in product quality.”What hardware and software versions are buggy/lower quality in your experience?
I have a new Mac Pro and new Mac Book Pro (both using 10.9.5) and everything is working perfectly with FCPX, Adobe CC apps, and various 3rd party hardware, plugins, etc. No problems over the last 6 months. I’d say that Apple’s quality control isn’t any worse than it ever has been.
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[Andrew Kimery] “But what they want is more flexible access to the TV shows and movies they want to watch. They aren’t leaving because of the content, they are leaving because of the distribution medium.”
I still have basic cable through Comcast, but have not watched regular TV in years. I cut the cord because I (and my wife) want more flexibility, and because the content on regular TV is mostly crap. I still have a DVD plan through Netflix, but realized that neither I nor my wife have taken the time to request a DVD in probably 6 months. I’d probably jettison the DVD plan too if not for the occasional obscure movie I cannot find via download one way or another.
The other interesting phenomena I’ve noticed is that many young folks prefer to watch movies and TV shoes on small screens like an iPad. My wife prefers her little 13″ MacBook to the large Plasma HDTV (and high quality audio system) in my home studio. I was resistant to this at first, but realize now that the immersive illusion is still complete even with small size and sucky audio.
I’d be curious to know how widespread these two trends are more generally.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “[Joseph Owens] “There you go. For standard, templated productions with an unstructured media source — that is, most of “news” or improvised timeline structures – as opposed to scripted – that’s what this little editor was built to do. A standup, some B-Roll, an overlay… done. Right from the words “this is your timeline in X” on that fateful night in ‘Vegas.”
I’d be curious to know why scripted dialogue editing is not possible in X, and why X was built without scripted projects in mind.”
It’s totally possible (and in fact, quite efficient, fast and fun) to edit scripted dialogue in FCPX. A better question (since at this point it is only a matter of personal preference) would be to ask folks like Joseph why they personally do not find FCPX suitable for such editing.
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[Joseph Owens] “here you go. For standard, templated productions with an unstructured media source — that is, most of “news” or improvised timeline structures – as opposed to scripted – that’s what this little editor was built to do.”
I would agree with you Joseph, but I also find it very good for scripted documentary and narrative work. Anecdotally, I am finding more and more editors locally who are using it for every kind of production; which editor you use is really coming down to personal preference (and sometimes facility preference) more than any particular feature limitations.
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[Scott Witthaus] “So what is it? What are you looking for that Adobe or Avid can supply as well?”
Of course, if Tim were to answer this question, then the whole premise of his initial question about FCPX would be negated.
The rest of us know the answer to that and Tim’s initial question, why feed his illogical and uninformed obsession.