Mark Dobson
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I’ll only give the spinning ball 30 seconds before force quitting , life is just too short.
What I have done is order another 8GBs of very expensive Crucial memory which will take me up to 14GBs and we will see how that helps.
Mark Dobson
Producer and Director
Alembic TV
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Yeah, I read that – really interesting.
Amazing Blog. I’m looking forward to the next posting.
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Well it’s got to come at some stage or I will seriously consider becoming a hobbyist. Maybe a soccer mum in my next life . . or a software developer
thanks for your brainy insight
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Sorry but I’m really enjoying learning how to do things in FCP X.
My interest in the software grows day by day. Sure it’s got severe limitations but is also very forgiving when trying out new ideas.
The biggest fault for me, as you pointed out, is the lack of external monitoring.
The most exciting thing for me is creating graphic components in Motion and publishing them back to FCP X. So a lot of the jobs I used to do through stacking clips in FCP7 I’m now learning to do in Motion.
However it’s a shame that there is no send to Motion facility as there is in FCP7.
Be interesting to see what issues are resolved through Lion and the next Vers whenever that will be published.
Mark Dobson
Producer and Director
Alembic TV
http://www.alembic.tv -
Looks really useful Paul.
How do I get my hands on these tools?
Have I missed the link?
Mark Dobson
Producer and Director
Alembic TV
http://www.alembic.tv -
There is a very simple workaround for what you are trying to achieve if you don’t want to simply copy the correction from one clip to the one you are trying to match.
( cmd+alt +c to copy effects on one clip – cmd+alt+v to paste onto another clip )
As to visually matching. Sure you are not going to get a nice big image in your non existent preview monitor.
What you can do however is file copy (cmd+c+v) the clip you are using as a reference. Then place it above the clip you want to correct. Using the crop tool select how much of the clip you want to see as a reference. Select the bottom clip and you can then colour correct visually.
Mark Dobson
Producer and Director
Alembic TV
http://www.alembic.tv -
Depends on what you mean by making a living. I make a living making programmes which I edit myself.
But I’m not sure how ironic your question is?
I’ve just finished my first fee paying job cut on FCP X. It was a painful experience because of the number
of operator errors and also crashes. Luckily one never loses anything with a crash because of the constant
save function built into the software.It was a 3 fairly straightforward interview pieces with cutaways, whoops sorry , connected clips to the primary storyline, lower third titling and an opening and closing title sequence.
Due to my ineptitude it probably took twice as long as it would have done in FCP7 but I learnt a lot.
I’m now considering editing a 12 minute fairly complex documentary with FCP X. I find the front end of the job vastly superior to FCP7. Sorting clips with keywords into smart collections is a joy editing onto the primary timeline and connecting clips is getting easy and glueing things together with compound clips enables a really flexible way of working.
Sorting out interview material means experimenting with different methods of keywords, favorites and markers. Not on top of this side of things at all.
The only way I will ever learn this programme is working on fee paying jobs where there is both a deadline and financial ramifications if I don’t get it right.
What I have found is that working in FCP7 after all of this feels very pedantic and backwards and possibly a bit boring.
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Hi Brendan
yeah that’s the right button – i was pressing the other delete key and nothing was happening –
thanks
Mark Dobson
Producer and Director
Alembic TV
http://www.alembic.tv -
You’ve been framed
That’s great i’ll replace the one i’ve imported. I did look at your handywork in Motion but couldn’t see anything amiss.
What a load of layers you’ve placed in there.
I managed to make my first effect today and successfully publish it. It was colour corrector and not very good but I felt a sense of utter satisfaction at having joined the fcp x effects club. I’ve now trashed it.
ta
Mark Dobson
Producer and Director
Alembic TV
http://www.alembic.tv -
Hi Brendon
very useful effect. thanks
However having tested it I’m getting 4 frames of just the effect at the end of the clip on the timeline. I chose Deep blue sky ( Multiply blend mode )
This is not at the end of the clip but regardless where it it trimmed or cut to the 4 frames occur.
If I put a dissolve on the cut there are no blue frames.
The way round this issue is to cut to a connected clip.