Jean-françois Robichaud
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Is there a way to know which version of the kernel (64 or 32) is currently running? Will 32-bit applications see a performance hit when the kernel is in 64 bit?
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Until another 3rd party has a go at it. What do you think would be a fair price to pay for an OMF export utility?
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Dumb question but, how do you boot in 64bit kernel?
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Very nice. That’s a relief. Not being able to save my in/out points was a major problem for me.
Now once the range has been made a favorite, moving the handles won’t update the favorite range. If I widen the range and hit F it works, but if I narrow it, it won’t. F is additive, U is subtractive. To remove part of a favorite range, you can select the part you do not want then hit U. Note that if you substract (U) an area from the middle of the favorite range, you end up with 2 favorites. Yes, there can be multiple favorite ranges in a single clip, which is very useful for long clips! Favorite ranges cannot overlap though: If you make a new favorite that overlaps 2 separate favorites, they all get merged into one.
Alternatively, after selecting the favorite, you can hit U to remove it entirely, move the handles and hit F again to save your new range. You can also mark ranges as rejected by hitting delete.
Take a look at clip that has multiple favorites in List View. Twirl down the view by tapping the triangle: all favorite and rejected ranges are listed. At the top of the Event Browser, you can select to hide rejected clips, show only favorites, etc. When showing only favorites, multiple favorite ranges within the same clip appear as different clips.
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PPRO and FCP (pre-X) are so similar, they feel like they were separated at birth. I went from PPRO to FCP without a hitch years ago. The only learning curve was learning the shortcuts and finding commands in the menus. There are a few different timeline behaviours, but you should get used to them easily. If you’ve mastered FCP, then mastering PPRO is going to take you no more than a week.
Just like Avid, Adobe offers a 30-day trial.
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You can add a transition to a connected clip if you make it part of a secondary storyline (cmd-G)
I also like the built-opacity faders. The same exists for audio controls. No need to add a keyframe to fade-in or out. All we need is a shortcut to automatically set an audio fade on a selected clip edge. Is there one?
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What kind of stability issues have you been seeing? Just like you I installed it on the same drive as FCP 7. Yeah I like to live dangerously (I can easily revert to a previous state though). I haven’t had any problems so far, but maybe I’ve been lucky?
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Knowing how to use one more NLE can only help you. $300 is a small price to pay to add one more asset to your resume. Even if your company doesn’t invest in FCP X right away or ever, who knows when a client is going to come in with an edit started in FCP X.
As others have said, if your ambition is to edit for broadcast and film, you must learn AVID. Depending on your local market, FCP might or might not have much market share in broadcast/film, but one thing is for sure: AVID is going to remain a major player for the foreseeable future. I’m an FCP freelancer who’s decided it’s time to jump into AVID.
As for Premiere, it’s pretty nice (though I haven’t used it in 2 years). The great thing is, it’s so similar to FCP that you can start editing right away, just learn the new shortcuts or change them to match FCP. For me it was the other way around: i jumped into FCP around 2005 after years of using Premiere. By the end of my first week, I had edited 4 short-form projects and I was helping other people with it. It’s that similar. But Premiere doesn’t have any significant market share in broadcast or film.
Both Media Composer and PPRO are available for 30-day trials, so trying them isn’t going to cost you a dime.
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Well i’ve got only one thing to say to the author of that blog…
New rule: RTFM before writing a blog complaining about a new piece of software.
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But why would you want to sync clips manually?