[Lanny Cotler]

Thanks, John. I’m going to experiment with iPhoto browser and keywording first.

Yes, the Media Browser in FCPX can be wonderful. I have a huge collection of SFX in an iTunes library. When that library is active, and I fire up FCPX, I can search and access what I need. But in this case, the SFX filename is the key, as that’s what gets searched in FCPX.

My stills are not as fortunately named. Nor could they be; no, I need tags or keywords because each image would typically have many keywords associated with it.

I’m hoping someone will tell us how to extrapolate the keywords I’ve already inputted into FCPX for my images. When I put the Events Browser in list view, there are all my images AND (when twirled down) the triangle shows all the keywords associated with that images.

I’m sure I’m not the only one “enjoying” this conundrum.

[Lanny Cotler]

I use Event Manager X, too. It’s good.

I’ve repaired permissions, but don’t have Disk Warrior. Should I get it?

Lanny

[Lanny Cotler]

I also am finding FCPX to open painfully slowly. I must say that currently all my projects are with still images, not video clips. This it seems is important for FCPX.

I speeded things up (from 20 mins to 10 mins) by removing all still images greater than 2K pixels wide.

And I have a permanent catalog of images I need ONLINE of more than 3700 images!

I’m also experiencing TOTAL COMPUTER (MacBookPro8,3 – 16 GB RAM) LOCKUP that not even Force Quit will remedy. I have to bomb the machine with Power Button crash. Very disconcerting. This happens usually during rendering. Four times in a row the machine froze on 39% in the render window. What gives?!

While there are many features that I love in FCPX, perhaps I should find another editing software for my work with stills.

LannyATlcotler.com