James Ewart
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I suggest you do not rely on hearsay regarding FCPX. It’s very powerful editing tool.
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1) Combining broll. These days, tapeless cameras split clips whenever the camera is turned off. This can lead to having tons of short clips. Sometimes I’ll grab all the related broll and throw it into a single connected clip and then I can scrub one clip for all the footage I need rather than have to sift through dozens of clips looking for a shot.
Thanks for that. That seems a very sensible workflow I like it.
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I thought that if you made a compound in the timeline that a copy is saved in the browser.
It is.
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I had a quick butcher’s at the Premiere thread the other day and was surprised by how many gripes there seem to be.
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I have been doing a first “live pass” and then going through from the head stopping at every cut, tidying and assessing which is the best angle and either switching or adding cuts. But I like to see all my options I must admit.
Just finished one with 12 angles. It works so welt but my machine is on the edge and only runs in real time with proxy.
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What’s to stop you continuing to use FCP7?
It still works fine. In Mavericks and Yosemite.
It’s just that most of us feel FCPX is an improvement. A better way of working. And for those that don’t agree there are still PP and FCP7. Or avid MC if you are that way inclined.
But it does involve investing time in learning a new bit of software.
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“it certainly shouldn’t boggle anyone’s mind why it’s a nice option to have.”
Yes sometimes I do get a bit boggled/curious really though. Wonder if I’m missing out on something because I always build CCs in a project/timeline.
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Which still begs the question what is the thinking of the software designers behind creating empty CCs in the browser and creating CCs in the Browser?
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Hand on I’ll try that … create an empty compound clip in the Browser and use it as a sub project?
… is that what they are thinking?
But you can compound a project (say scene 1) and then use that as a sub section of a bigger picture?
But maybe option A is more organised? Create 20 or more blank/empty CCs and then name them scene 1,2,3,4 etc.
Then create a master project (The Hollywood Blockbuster) and drop them all in to that.
Also perhaps a good way for different people to work on different bits of a project?
But why is that an advantage over a bunch of projects I wonder?
There must be a reason.
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“Nobody wants to remake FCP7. The idea would be to make FCP8. And while I’ve come to like Ppro very much, it is not FCP8 – there are distinct differences in the way they are designed.”
Out of interest what are the main things you have t change in your workflow/the way you think working in PP compared to FCP7?