John Skye
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A couple of really good tutorials on this subject.
https://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/news/913-marker-based-editing-on-macbreak-studio
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All the footage came from a friend who had imported it in final cut X. They gave me the whole event folder, but when I imported the clips I just took them as if it was a standard folder of clips. Maybe that had something to do with it.
However the organise event sorted it all out perfectly into one self contained folder, which was exactly what I needed….
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THANK YOU…. Command G seem to be a massive help. Like that I can basically link all the clips in each section of the music and roll away with the edits. The secondary storyline stays connected to the audio at 1 key point, so its perfect! Like that I think I can stick with the audio in the primary story line, but I bare that in mind as maybe a better solution.
THANK YOU THANK YOU!
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Thanks for the info and for the link, but unfortunately I still have the same problem. It seems the clips are connected, and therefore cant be rolled. So now 2 questions.
1- How do I un-connect a clip so that I can roll it?
2- What is the correct work flow in the following case.
I am editing a sports video to a music track. I therefore have my audio track as the primary story line. My standard work flow is to mark the audio with the fast bits, slow bits etc etc. Then drop clips down onto the audio track accordingly. It means I use the position tool since maybe I have a slow clip, which I want to place on the slow part of the tune. Once I have all the clips thrown roughly in the time line, I then need to find tune each edit, which is when the roll edit is the only option. If I ripple at all, it messes up the whole rest of the time line. However I cant seem to use the roll tool since all the clips are connected clips….
So i guess it coms to the same question, how do I un-connect the clips, or am I doing this wrong from the beginning? This is the first proper project I have done with X, so trying to get my head around the different work flows.
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Thanks for your answer. After investigating more, I realised that the missing clips (the aliased ones) where actually imported from an event folder that I had copied from someone else. As it was referenceing form an event I guess it didn’t copy them across. However your technique sorted it out and I now have everything in the one event folder, so thank you very much!
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I am debating whether to spend the time to learn final cut X over Final cut 7. Many people are positive about the new version, but everyone says you need to get your head around the different way it works. Are there any tutorials out there that focus on that? Every tutorial I look at take 5 minutes to explain fairly obvious stuff. I just want a quick summary of how workflows will change from FC7 to FCX. Any suggestions out there?
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Thanks for the reply.
I tried it and had reasonable success. Rotoscoping the windsurfer was relatively easy, but the problem came when trying to take the real time windsurfer out. I used the clone tool, but as it was water and waves it was constantly changing and therefore made it very difficult to look right. I also made the mistake of not stabilising the shot first. It was a fixed camera on a tripod, but the subtle shakey movement was enough to mess a few things up.
Overall however the technique was perfect, but the initial shot was not the right one to use. I will try again form the beginning and aim to shoot the action lower and hopefully get the windsurfer above the water and make it easier to erase them from the shot.
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Thanks so much. That is perfect. Not sure I will be able to pull it off, but at least i know the process!
The shot is a tripod shot and I tired not to pan at all, so the background is a constant.
If I can do it, I will post a link to show you the outcome.
Thanks a lot
John
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It doesn’t have the curser ( _ )at the front…. I know its only a small thing… but it adds a nice touch!