[James Ewart]

Many thanks Gentlemen. Sorry if I am being obtuse here but when you say:

“If the files become unlinked, then you can “relink project files” and it will ask for the location of the media files, based on the name of the file. As long as the name, timecode and duration match, it will relink.”

If files in the Event library go offline and I need to relink Event files…and even though I have changed their names in the Event library just so long so I have not moved or renamed the original files (not in the habit of doing this) and even though the file names do not match exactly FCPX can figure out how to relink the files?

Been using FCP since version 1.2…it’s been quite a journey

[James Ewart]

[James Ewart]

Hello…this was the first thing I could not get my head round with FCPX so used to hitting “tttt” was I.

When you start using gaps more as advised you’ll realise you no longer have any use for it but it does take getting used to.

This forward select shortcut (press “shift/alt/down” to selects all clips to the right. or “shift+alt+down” to select all clips to the left.) is a new one on me but I tried i and it doesn’t seem to work for me??

If you’re anything like me you’ll find yourself hitting “P” even more than “tttt” now.

[James Ewart]

Okay thank and sorry in advance if this sounds simplistic.

I am a director who has been cutting his own stuff for many years with FCP 7 but do not come from a technical background so I am keen to avoid slipping on any banana skins.

So are you saying that if I rename my clips in the Event browser, that in the event they went offline, I would still be able to relink these files even though the name of the file in the event library no longer matched the name of the file of t source file in the Final Cut Events folder?

I have looked and the file name dos not automatically change when I change the clip name in the Event library.

If it looks for information over and above the name of the file when relinking then hurrah!!

Thanks

James

Been using FCP since version 1.2…it’s been quite a journey

[James Ewart]

for decoded read decided by the way sorry

Been using FCP since version 1.2…it’s been quite a journey

[James Ewart]

many thanks..I’ll do that

Got Larry’s Book and the advanced book (Michael Wohl) and watched a fair bit of Ripple. But occasionally I find myself tripping over something

Just a bit weird that it did not transcode the media from the outset…as I allays create optimised and proxy files.

getting there

Thanks for the feedback

Kind regards

James

Been using FCP since version 1.2…it’s been quite a journey

[James Ewart]

Thanks everyone.

Thanks for this…all three useful and interesting.

I do not know which iteration FCP 7 introduced “rename file to match clip”. I think I only noticed it in version 6 or 7 d had been in the habit of doing it manually. Some one will probably tell e it was there from version 3!

So safer not to rename after capture.

What would be oil (if renaming might present problems with relinking files if necessary for whatever reason).

What we need therefore is “batch rename files at source” or something like it

Been using FCP since version 1.2…it’s been quite a journey

[James Ewart]

Hello…as Logic can handle AAF files which we can create with X2pro and I am not an audio guy and do like to give my sound t a sound mixer on certain projects…is there any great disadvantage to using AAF files instead of OMF?

Thanks in advance

Been using FCP since version 1.2…it’s been quite a journey

[James Ewart]

Out of interest what is the advantage of editing native AVCHD instead of optimising/transcoding to Pro Res? re there no issues with editing natively such a compressed format as AVCHD (which I also use and really like)?

Been using FCP since version 1.2…it’s been quite a journey

[James Ewart]

hello can you explain to me how you edit in tracks an forget the magnetic timeline. I would also like to do this but have not figured a workflow that does it

Been using FCP since version 1.2…it’s been quite a journey