Jason Wood
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1. See Audio Punch-in in the manual/help files
2. There is a re-size filter, but it’d serve you best to get used to 3D Warp and the way it works. It’s a powerful thing.
3. Click on the hamburger menu in the timeline (bottom left) and choose Audio Data -> Waveform -
No,, I believe the Internet created the video star.
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What I find interesting are the folks attempting to shoe horn their entire workflow around this paradigm of editing because Apple thinks this is the way it should be. Apple launched this app knowing exactly what it was and what it will be. They’re not so disheveled as a company to launch a pro app deficient of everything that makes it professional. It doesn’t seem rational to me to adapt an already very efficient workflow to accommodate a piece of software that will never be relevant in my line of work. I just don’t get it. Media Composer and Premiere seem like a better use of time.
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Gary- “I doubt they ask for Final Cut Pro “X” specifically. They’ve probably just heard that “professional” editors use FCP, and will merely ask for that, not really thinking about what version of it you’ll be using, or what being able to work in FCPX vs FCP7 is any better/different.”
But the days of FCP being synonymous with “professionalism” are sadly coming to an end soon.
Even if they were to add pro i/o, multicam, audio editng tools and EVERYTHING else to X (which I don’t think will happen), the UI and project structure is just too out there for the majority of post houses and big shows. The architecture doesn’t seem built for a shared environment.
Even if you don’t agree with me, you have to admit that X is years away from being used in a high end market. And that’s a tough market to get into. I don’t know that Apple can do it again with this program… in any shape that it may take in the future.
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“MC5 blows and Avid has done very little in the past few years. IMHO, they have fallen behind the curve of FCP and PP. If it were my call, i’d keep jammin on FCP7 while keeping an eye on FCP X. Avid is taking a step back.”
Um, actually MC5.5 is pretty darn solid.
OP, Avid has a full 30 day trial of Media Composer 5.5 for download. Decide for yourself.
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“I really liked this film. Maybe because I am a man and there is plenty of nudity in this movie. Especially the girl, she is gorgeous and sexy.”
I have nothing of importance to add here, I just like this quote from the IMDB user review.
Well said, sir.
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“I used MC for 5 years and DS for 12. Based on those experiences I would never go back. I hate their proprietary architecture that make 3rd party support difficult. They really screwed up a fine system (DS) by inattention and lack of support.
FCP was a breath of fresh air after Avids stodgy GUI. I hated having to send out reference movies to do work in AE.
Adobe CS5 is everything that Avid isnt and FCP was…and more. Adobe cares. Apple and Avid havnt seem to.”This isn’t an Avid vs war. Use what you’re comfortable with… good god.
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“The lack of I/O hardware is terrible, the lack of XML etc is terrible, but the project & media file organization is absolute train wreck for the pro collaborator crowd.
The other stuff could be added at a future update, but the idea of project sharing is, I fear, gone forever.
That, more than anything else, is why I do not have any hope that future updates will give the pro collaboration users what they need in an editing tool.”
Exactly! You can add more I/O options, XML support and every feature under the sun but its still no where close to what FCP was. This new program wasn’t written with the shared environment in mind…. thus it will never find a way into a pro shop environment.
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I think folks that have only used FCP will be pleasantly surprised by how much they’ll like Media Composer. It’s a pretty solid tool.
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If you’re going to be doing offline creative work, than you should be fine diving into Media Composer. From there you shouldn’t have a problem moving to Symphony if need be.