Jeff Kirkland
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The easiest way is to put the audio inside a compound clip, then edit with that. Replace the clip inside the compound as needed.
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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
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The only reason I can think of for the XML being greyed out is that FCPX thinks it’s not compatible. Check that the file has the .fcpxml file extension – although SendToX should have added that when the conversion was done. As far as I know SendToX has been updated to support FCPX 10.3 but if the conversion isn’t working you might get in touch with support at Intelligent Assistance.
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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
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If you mean will compressor wait for the background rendering to compete, then no, Compressor is completely independent and will start rendering whenever you tell it to. Compressor will, I believe, try to use any parts of the project that had been pre-rendered already though.
Having said that, the only time the background rendered files are any good to you is if you are outputting exactly the same codec and format they are in.
If your project is background rendering ProRes 422 and you output anything other than ProRes 422, everything needs to re-rendered. If any parts of your project don’t match the background rendered codec, those parts will have to be rendered.
I haven’t paid that much attention but if you export from within FCPX I’m fairly sure background rendering will pause or at least become a lower priority in favour of the export rendering.
If you send to Compressor, then both FCPX and Compressor will attempt to render at the same time as they will be operating independently of each other.
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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
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I updated a couple of multicam projects that were complete and didn’t have an issue. A couple friends have done the same and so far, so good. Having said that, I would never advise updating in the middle of a project. Apple are warning you that it can screw up your project and you should only do the update if you can afford for that to happen.
If you do decide to upgrade, make sure you have a backup of the projects and keep a copy of the pre-upgrade FCPX. At least if it all goes horribly wrong, you can restore things to the way they were and either wait until your projects are finished to upgrade or create a dual boot system until the legacy projects are done and dusted.
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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
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You could overlay a white solid, set the blend mode to ‘lighten’, ‘soft light’ or similar and play with the opacity if you wanted to mess around with an alternative way of doing but I agree with Noah – it’s all in the way grade with the examples you’ve shown.
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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
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You might want to check out the Final Cut Library manager app. It’s my go-to way of getting rid of all the bloat (render files, proxies, optimised media, etc) that a FCPX library can accumulate. I prefer it to just deleting that stuff manually because it won’t let me delete optimised media if it can’t locate the original. That’s saved me on a couple of projects where for some reason the optimised media file was the only copy left.
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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
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Which version of FCPX? Editing a compound clip takes me to the same frame within the compound when I do it. As of 10.3 it does it for Multicam Clips as well.
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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
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I’d usually apply a LUT globally using FCPXs log processing in the browser while I’m getting the initial edit done so that I have something other than the log image to look at. Most colourists will tell you that exposure and colour corrections to a clip should happen pre-LUT, so at some point I’ll get serious about the colour and I’ll turn off the built in processing and use Colour Finale (although there are plenty of other ways to do It if you don’t have CF) so that I can stack corrections pre and post LUT.
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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
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Like Jeremy, I use LUTs all the time with no noticeable slow down. A LUT is just a colour correction and won’t slow things down any more than using the colour board to correct a clip would.
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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
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looking at the release notes, it’s given us some very cool features that are actually gong useful to almost every editor. Can’t wait to give it a try.
Also interested to note that, given Appple’s disdain for DVD, Compressor has gained new DVD authoring features.
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Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer & Cinematographer
Hobart, Tasmania | Twitter: @jeffkirkland