[Jeff Kirkland]

Editready won’t let you set in and out points either. The application is really just ClipWrap with more options.

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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Hobart, Tasmania | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Jeff Kirkland]

I’ve always had great success with Data Rescue over the years.

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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Hobart, Tasmania | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Jeff Kirkland]

Reverse the order of key and mask.

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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Hobart, Tasmania | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Jeff Kirkland]

Also it pays to tell FCPX to delete unused render files in each project from time to time. Easy to forget and probably the number one cause of bloat in libraries.

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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Hobart, Tasmania | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Jeff Kirkland]

If by 10.14 you mean 10.4 then you have to update the older projects using the trial version of 10.2.3 before updating using the current version. You can read about the process here: https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT202826

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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Hobart, Tasmania | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Jeff Kirkland]

Hard drive space is cheap so I personally never delete any media but I worked on a project a couple of years ago where I got all the media and just the selects were shipped to Sydney for editing so that’s how I did it. Bring everything in, favourite the good stuff, drop all the favourites onto a timeline, and consolidate just that timeline to a new location.

If I needed to trim the clips as well, I round tripped to Worx4 X or Resolve and let them manage the media but mostly I was just cutting away the obviously unusable shots or shots of the sky or people’s feet, etc so no trimming required.

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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Hobart, Tasmania | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Jeff Kirkland]

I have an XA10 and and the camera’s codec isn’t what it could be so I’d highly recommend rewrapping or transcoding the footage using Editready, which is great at dealing with the XA10’s PsF weirdness.

You could also try importing the footage into FCPX and in the browser, manually set all the clips to progressive in the info panel as one of the main issues is that FCPX misinterprets the PsF. I’d probably also get FCPX to optimise the footage.

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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Hobart, Tasmania | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Jeff Kirkland]

You can definitely do it with Final Cut’s colour and masking tools but personally I’d do it in Davinci Resolve where you have far more options and have a better chance of making it look convincing – if you can. I’ve tried this a few times and maybe I’m too fussy but I’d rate my results as mediocre at best.

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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Hobart, Tasmania | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Jeff Kirkland]

The short answer is no. I’m not sure any NLE is going to delete source media from the hard drive in that situation.

If you’re using a managed library then FCPX will delete the original media from that library as the media in the library is, in theory, a copy of files from somewhere else. If you’re using external media then FCPX will delete it’s internal reference to the media but not the source media itself as it could be shared across multiple projects.

My approach is generally to bring in the clips, do my selections, then media manage those selections to a new folder/drive. Then delete the source material in the Finder.

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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Hobart, Tasmania | Twitter: @jeffkirkland

[Jeff Kirkland]

What happens when you try to open one of the automatic backups?

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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Hobart, Tasmania | Twitter: @jeffkirkland