[Jim Giberti]

Thanks a lot Brett.
This makes sense given every thing I’ve tried.
I’m trying it right now but it doesn’t allow me to select any clips and give me the “Organize Event Files” option. But it does when I simply select the Event in the Event Browser.
I’ll pull the trigger and see if that does the trick.
Tanx in advance.

[Jim Giberti]

Yes to graphic files and PSDs.
FCPX still seems to have real problems with basic graphics (imported).
I’m just finishing a short film and it wasn’t till the end when bringing in a few PSDs and Stills that it had issues.

One other issue that crashed my system twice during this project was I simply clicked the button at the bottom of the timeline to resize the clips in it.

[Jim Giberti]

They coexist just fine, which makes it really easy to use 7toX.
Over time we’ve comfortably moved all of our 7 projects to X.

[Jim Giberti]

[Oliver Peters] ”
One interesting “best of both worlds” is the Waves VocalRider plug-in, which works fine in FCP X. It was $79-$99 during the holiday sales deals.”

Interesting Oliver. I’ll have to demo it.

[Jim Giberti]

[Bret Williams] “You’re missing the mixer sliders? Did you use an external mixer or just slide them with mouse? I always found it to be so imprecise and just quicker to rubber band. The latter could be done mostly scrubbing around while the former took multiple passes in real time. So I tried it off and on, but I always ended up tweaking the results, which seemed to defeat the purpose.”

I’ve spent the better part of my professional lifetime with at least one big console in one of my rooms. We used to group 48 track mixes with plastic stereo fader joiners and rehearse two person mixes all the time.
Even when I went from analog to DAW to NLE (Motu DP for several years now) I still had Mackie control surfaces.

Then I realized how much more precise I could make all my moves and how much time I could save by breaking my “I have to mix with a mixer” habit/routine and expanding my view.

So even though I’m good at it and I have full 48 track automated mixing with unlimited “do-overs”, there’s nothing quicker than drawing curves and adjusting them as needed. At this point a fader is just a representation of the actual audio adjustments being being made under the hood. And it’s no longer a fast or intuitive infographic compared to simply controlling that data directly.

The FCPX approach is really fast and intuitive and visual.
One of the important things I’ve learned recently is letting go of preconceptions and habits and approaches, even if It’s the only way I’ve ever done things.
I’m learning and growing a lot because of it.

[Jim Giberti]

[Steve Connor] “[Herb Sevush] “Yes, and then he was the one to take his ball and go home because the kids played too rough.
“

I think positive people seek positive environments to share their thoughts.

I think that’s healthy and normal.

[Jim Giberti]

[Steve Connor] “This shouldn’t be a problem any more, but sadly it is, it seems to have got worse in the last few days and it’s doing this forum no good at all.”

I tune it out now because there’s nothing new or insightful in the comments, just axe grinding.

Of course FCPX has flaws…so your favorite NLE doesn’t?

Of course there are real questions and criticisms over the way FCPX was launched – a year and a half ago.

But the compulsive slagging of a technology that you’ve opted not to embrace just comes across as bitter.

That’s not to say that lively discussions as to it’s strengths and weaknesses and the ideology behind it and GUIs in general aren’t great – they’re what made this forum so interesting.

But please, when someone has something professionally insightful to share let it be shared and discussed in the proper context. That is, that FCPX is being used by a lot of people, who are really enjoying the experience and producing wonderful work with it.

Start from that point, and it’s all good.

[Jim Giberti]

With the right winter clothing she’d do just fine. She’s got the jump.

[Jim Giberti]

You can have both David.

I was thinking of you and your post grad Burlington days when I was posting.

Oh, to keep it all on topic – it was edited in FCPX.

[Jim Giberti]

Regarding the 5D, would say yes. We still like shooting them for the full sensor goodness and with really sharp lenses and a flat profile. But I took one of the GH3s out to test the 60p last week while we were shooting scenes for a project.

I shoot both cameras pretty much dead flat (except I don’t roll of all the saturation). I had a chance to mount both side by side for a couple of shots and when I put them up side by side in the studio, the difference in resolution was remarkable. Considerably better DR and shadow detail as well.

So as much as I love the Canon look and my shelf of L glass and Zeiss primes, I’m now getting a new set of MFT glass – which I never thought I’d do. I actually owe it all to Canon. I was about to get a pair of C300s, then perhaps a pair of C100s, but the lack of 60p forced me to look elsewhere and suddenly this little unit appeared.

I mean, I really like the new “C” sensor look, but setting up a pair of these, with the 12-35mm 2.8 and the 35-100mm 2.8 each, cost about as much as a C100 Rigged on a small shoulder mount they’re practically weightless, and ergonomically they’re pretty brilliant with similar customization to a C100.
I’ve got a couple of new loupe VFs arriving tomorrow which should make them much more useable…much the same as you need to with the C100.

The only thing missing is XLRs and peaking and we’re all expecting peaking in an early firmware upgrade.