Leo Hans
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Well, I think it depends of the kind of work you are doing.
For instance, for my last work I had 16 hours of media from Alexa + Canon + Blackmagic media and I had to use FCP7. (I have worked with FCPX in other projects too)
As usual, the timing was so tight that I had to have my first cut on the second day, so I spent the first one making a sort of quick selections. This project was special because there was lots of shots using amateur sport teams, so I had to search all the footage looking for that small parts that may work from long almost useless clips, as opposed to multiple shots of the same action.
One of the most important thing in Advertising is organization. You have to edit with the director and some agency creatives asking for different things, mostly at the same time, and everyone asking for his own favorite portions of the media. And there is when you miss FPCX when working with another NLE.
In the same clip, I can add keywords marking the parts every single member of the team asks for, even with overlapping parts of the shots. Then, you can recall that selection immediately if you have a Smart Collection for each one, or just using the search box. That would not work the same using bins and subclips.
Even more. I had commercials planned for several countries, so different language was involved for every scene with dialogue. Then, you need to have selections with a particular language, but the reactions can be the same, so if you have a timeline or a bin with “french” dialogue, you are not accessing to those reactions but when shooting french, so if the best reaction is in another group of shots you have to look at several selections. And what if you need to look just at good reactions and forget about the dialog parts? Then key wording and skimming are magical.
In the timeline the speed depends of what you are doing. Primary storyline is faster than any NLE, but sometimes you have to edit stacked clips and you can’t do it at once but trimming one clip at a time. I am not too fan of compounds since you have to be careful of modifying one that is used in a previous version of the edit. Since you never know when someone is going to recall a previous cut, I duplicate the sequence (Project) before every mayor change.
About trackless and timeline organization, I hope Apple soon adds the option to “magnetic-sort” clips based on role+source clip name. That way, all the clips that are the same role are kept together like using separators with that disabled clips workaround. Hopefully, they event allow colorizing clips based on that.
The ability to work with original media or proxies at the same time makes really easy to have the project in my notebook with proxies and to use original media when connected to a big display. That is invaluable.
Color correction and filters in realtime is really helpful too.
When it come the time for export the edit for everyone involved, I is fast and combined with motion is really customizable.
Leo Hans
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You can create a transition in Motion and then it will be available in FCPX.
That’s part of the magic of having Motion engine inside FPCX.Leo Hans
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Well,
In respect to FCP7 alike. Forget it.I think that Apple may be waiting to release FCPX update among the new MacPro for some reasons but this is the principal one:
Launching the new MacPro + FCPX 10.1 (or 10.0.9) + a new Logic (with FCPX roundtrip) + Aperture update (it has not been overhaul in a while yet) Apple may have a press event focussed on professionals to say to the world “We have abandoned pro market, my ass” (Phil Shiller dixit).
I think It would make sense.
Leo Hans
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Leo Hans
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You can’t use Automatic Duck for OMF. It has been discontinued and It does not work with 10.0.3 and newer.
You can use X2Pro to get AAF that should be the same.Leo Hans
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…neither of all the happy FCPX users.
I am an Avid/FCP editor since 1998 and I am very happy with FCPX, like many other editors.
Leo Hans
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The FCPX render engine is the same from Motion. So, I don’t think so.
I still hope Apple fix that bug.Leo Hans
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I had a Free Timecode Reader, but sadly It has stopped working since 10.0.4. I don’t know if its a FCPX/Motion bug or a deliberate change in the filter I was using for it, but It doesn’t longer work.
https://finalcutargentina.blogspot.com.ar/2011/07/timecode-reader-gratuito-para-fcpx.html
I have reported the problem to Apple, but It still doesn’t work. Perhaps in 10.0.6? I hope.
Leo Hans
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Take a look at this:
https://www.philiphodgetts.com/2012/07/avid-opposite-motley-fool-analysts-advice/
Leo Hans
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Saved Avid???
Avid is not a healty company. They sold the only profitable part of it.
MC is loosing 20% income year after year.
Avid could be the best, but it seems that, at the end of the day, people is using other NLEs to do their work done.Leo Hans
Editor AVID – Final Cut Pro
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