John Rofrano
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[Stefan Schramm] “In the animation window, I can’t find a way to specify the center which I’d like to put in the middle of the logo. Can this be done or do I need to create a cropped version of the logo?”
Yes it can. Follow the tutorial on my web site to see how to change the pivot point:
3D Track Motion: Changing the Pivot Point
That should get you what you want although it will be flat when you rotate it..
if you really want to impress your client you might want to make their logo 3D! I show you how using Boris Continuum Complete Extruded EPS plug-in. Here is a Boris TV episode when I show an example using Final Cut Pro X in which I use automobile manufacturer logos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY6bcTK_xhY
…and here the an example in Vegas Pro. I show Extruded EPS at 7:50 into the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nzOuoL9JHI
BCC Extruded EPS can be purchased as part of the 3D Objects Continuum Units if you don’t have or want to buy all of Boris Continuum Complete.~jr
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[Andrew Kimery] “With that being said, I don’t see how, in terms of story, a movie shot on film is inherently different than a movie shot digitally.”
It’s not. I was referring more to the way that you treat the medium. For example: Tape needs to be acquired and therefore needs an import step to copy it to a digital file. Digital files do not need to be “acquired” and so you can just drag them from a card and drop them onto a timeline. NLE’s that require you to perform an import step when it’s not longer needed because the medium has changed, are force fitting an old workflow to the new medium that doesn’t need it. So I was talking more about updating workflows to match new mediums than about iconography, although I do find it quite odd that all software still uses the black floppy disk icon to save when most millennials have never seen a floppy disk in person. (I have several boxes in my basement if anyone wants to take peek at them) 😉
~jr
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[Hank Wegener] “Is the original Production Assistant (not version 2) compatible with Vegas 13?”
I know it won’t instal if all you have is Vegas Pro 13 on your system because it was designed for Vegas Pro 9 and it’s looking for that version to be instaledl. If you already have it installed and open it with Vegas Pro 13 it will probably continue to work. We have never tested this configuration (because it is not supported).
~jr
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[Scott Witthaus] “But, if you are using X (or PP or MC for in that case) you are, in effect, an editor. So her statement makes no sense. “
I believe she was referring to editing as a profession i.e., those who edit as their job, as apposed to those who edit casually but are really producers or DP’s, etc. I can find my way around After Effects to make a nice title or something but I wouldn’t consider myself a Motion Graphics Designer. It was a statement more about FCP X being easily approachable by those who do not edit for a living more than anything else. Of course, only Lillian can clarify.
~jr
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Congratulations on getting the job! I’m glad to have helped in some small way to get your project finished.
~jr
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Yes, a Core i5 with 8GB memory will be fine for occasional use depending on the footage you are editing. HDV will edit very smoothly. AVCHD might stutter a bit once you start adding FX but overall it should get the job done.
~jr
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[Tim Wilson] “And John, I don’t have any recent emails from you, sorry! :-(“
Oh, I sent it to Abraham. I thought he was the webmaster. Sorry.
Thanks for the explanation. Last night I was able to edit a typo in my post on the FCP X Debate forum directly after I had posted it but before any replies were made. I agree that’s probably the best approach. Once a post has been replied to it makes sense to lock it down.
You don’t want to have people rewriting history… That could upset the space-time continuum. 😀
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[Lillian Young] “Every non-editor I meet uses FCPX.”
Perhaps that’s because it’s very easy for non-editors to grasp. This is the same reason that many professional editors cannot grasp it because they come to it with a preconceived notion of how video editing should be accomplished and FCP X doesn’t work the same way as they have done in the past. Only editors willing to learn a new workflow seem to “get it”.
Just because a tool is easy enough for a non-editor to use doesn’t mean that it’s not appropriate for a professional to use. I’m pretty sure that the paint bush that Michelangelo owned is no more difficult to use than the paint brush that my kids use. The difference is the “talent” required to wield that brush and produce a masterpiece. A talented editor knows how to tell a story and the difficulty or ease of use of their tools should have no bearing on the final story’s outcome, although the editor using the easy tools may get finished quicker. I believe that’s what a lot of FCP X editors are finding out (i.e., productivity increases when your tools make it easier to achieve your goals).
[Lillian Young] “But it’s iMovie + Motion, basically. “
That’s a pretty old misconception. Have you seen iMovie and FCP X lately? They look and act very different.
[Lillian Young] “I do not want to go back to FCP X. It feels amateur after using Premiere.”
If by “amateur” you mean “easy” then I would have to agree. The ease with which I can edit is what drew me to FCP X. If by “amateur” you mean “lacking functionality” then I’d like to know what I’ve been missing.
Early NLE’s tried to make editing easier by using film strips, bins, scissors and other things that were familiar to editors that were use to working with film. New editors don’t have that frame of reference anymore so continuing to restrict your workflow to using these techniques doesn’t make sense. The new crop of editors don’t categorize their tweets… they use hashtags to group ideas together. Likewise they don’t want to place clips into bins. They are very comfortable with tagging and FCP X plays right into their new way of thinking. Editors that don’t understand the power of metadata tagging don’t understand the power of FCP X.
The new Final Cut is a reimagined workflow focused around telling the story with digital media. Why would I want to line up clips on tracks like box cars in a train yard when that’s not the way a story is told. Stories have main story lines with secondary story lines with music and sounds that are connected to the story to enrich the plot. This is exactly how FCP X works. More like an organic tree with branches stemming from it, than box cars in a train yard at fixed positions that have to be manually rearranged if you want to try new ideas. With FCP X, if I move the trunk the branches don’t get left behind; they move with it. I believe this is why non-editors can relate to it. It’s a very natural approach to story telling.
You need to approach FCP X with fresh eyes. If you try and make the new tool work like the old tool you will always be disappointed. You need to take the time to understand the workflow that new tools introduce and embrace the new way of thinking and the efficiencies that they offer. If you want the new tool to work like the old tool, then stick with the old tool. I for one, could never edit with a track based NLE again. It really seems archaic to me now. IMHO, the trackless workflow is a very liberating and efficient way of working.
~jr
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Same here on both problems (no edit and delayed post emails) and I sent an email to the webmaster last week but have not gotten a reply yet. Maybe it went into my spam filter (I have a pretty aggressive spam filter on my email due to 300+ spam emails a day) 🙁
~jr
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[Greg Buzzell] “I have been reloading it into Vegas, and it shows CC but it does not play out on the Preview monitor.”
That’s because it’s imbedded in the stream. If you want to see them in the preview, you need to use Tools | Scripting | Promote Media Closed Captions to make them caption markers again. Then you will see them in the preview.
There is nothing wrong here. The MXF files contain the captions. Send it off to the broadcast station… you’re done.
~jr
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