[Mark Dobson]

Thanks for that info.

It confirms what I thought. Until I’ve got a full HD external calibrated monitor I won’t know what I’m looking at.

So who’s going to come up with the goods first to allow me to see things on my 32″ LCD Bravia. I originally had an Intensity Pro card and then bought a Matrox MX02 mini which has a calibration function.

Neither of these work with FCP X and the Matrox administrator has shut down any communication about the issue on their forum.

If I had the cash I would probably buy a couple of 27″ Cinema displays and use colorsync.

Mark Dobson
Producer and Director
Alembic TV
http://www.alembic.tv

[Mark Dobson]

I’m with you there Bob. In Fcp 7 I have a bin for each interviewee, I can create subclips, colour code them, number them, spread them out etc, make subclips of subclips.

So these new workflows are really going to really slow me down initially.

However, I’m an optimist and I think that Apple will make changes if we let them know about issues like these.

I also remember how completely impossible I found FCP 3 and how I slowly learnt how to use it. And that’s without the huge online training resource available now.

So how smart do I have be to use these new smart workflows.

Mark Dobson
Producer and Director
Alembic TV
http://www.alembic.tv

[Mark Dobson]

Hey Jeff that’s great,thanks.

What I’ve discovered is that as long as the same media folder is copied onto the laptop I simply create an event, import the relevant files with the ‘copy files to Final Cut Events Folder’ left unchecked.

I then select parts of the interview, keyword and favorite it and work through the interview. Once finished I drag the event from Final Cut Events in the movie folder on the laptop and email it back.

Once that Event is placed in the Final Cut Events in the Movie folder on the editing computer and FCP X is restarted it appears with the media missing symbol – then all you have to do is import the files and it all works!

My only concern is that here I am trying to recreate old FCP 7 workflows when I should be learning new ones.

Mark Dobson
Producer and Director
Alembic TV
http://www.alembic.tv