Jeff Kirkland
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One workaround is to create additional multicam tracks with your footage already zoomed and switch to those as needed. I do a low budget web talk show shot with two GH4s. One wide, one on the guest. I then duplicate the wide angle and frame a closeup of the host, then just treat it as a third angle.
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There is maybe one slight advantage to using camera archives, which is that FCPX seems to be able to do little extra voodoo when it comes to relinking or reimporting footage that originates in one.
I used to use them a lot but made a decision a while back that, while I don’t feel the need to convert every file to ProRes, I do want everything stored in a format that I don’t have to jump through hoops to preview or find, and that included not storing the footage in an archive package.
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You can do exactly what you did in fcp7 with FCPX as long as your library is set up to use externally managed media. Just duplicate the media to each drive, copy the library, re-link on launch, and edit.
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In this case, it isn’t so much that you can’t modify the camera archive (although I’d never personally do that) as it is you can’t modify AVCHD files in their original format. Your only real choice is to keep the latter archive if you’re going to leave the files in AVCHD format.
Although I own several cameras that shoot AVCHD, I dislike the format immensely and one of the first things I always do is use an app like EditReady to rewrap the footage so you can just see it in the file system. Ultimately there’s no great advantage to using a camera archive over just copying the card to a folder.
Anyway, I guess my advice is always get the footage converted from AVCHD as early in the workflow as you can.
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I can’t think of any positives to emulating tracks in FCPX.
As Noah said, trying to fake tracks totally defeats the purpose of editing in FCPX and you’ll be imposing limitations on yourself you’ll really wish you hadn’t as your edit progresses. Take the time to learn FCPX and use it as intended and you’ll be rewarded with faster edits, and more flexibility than you thought possible.
Having said that FCPX does sort of have tracks if you think of secondary storylines as mini tracks connected to a particular clip on the primary storyline. They just don’t run the length of the timeline or have to be in any particular order.
If you’re anything like me, once you’ve embraced the Final Cut trackless paradigm you’ll find it almost impossible to imagine editing any other way.
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You may get some benefit when colour grading by moving your footage to ProRes to take advantage of the wider colour space but nothing is going to make it any better quality than it was when it was shot. Just edit it, and use FCPX’s upload to YouTube preset to get the end result online.
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Automatic Duck is I believe, long gone. The real question would be what were you planning to use it to convert?
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The original media will just be the AVCHD files re-wrapped so they’re readable. Essentially the same h264. With AVCHD there’s really only a need for optimised or proxy media if your computer has playback issues.
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Sounds like it’s time to either trash the FCPX preferences or drag it into the trash and re-install.
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What happens if you tell FCPX to consolidate the media? That might refresh the database of it’s getting confused.
Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer | Southern Creative Media | Melbourne Australia
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