Mark Morache
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I understand that you can’t put transitions to clips that are spiked to the primary storyline.
I think the logic of the secondary storyline is that everything needs to be spiked to something in the primary storyline. If I’m dropping 4 or 5 b-roll shots over some voice over, it’s much easier to have the b-roll in a storyline, as opposed to each shot spiked to the primary storyline.
If I spiked 5 shots individually to the primary storyline, then I would have to move each one separately if I rearranged them. If they’re in a secondary storyline then it’s easy to move and trim them in their own little magnetic storyline.
I’m still not convinced this is easier in the long run, but I’m willing to give it a go.
I wish there were a way to apply an effect, or change motion parameters to a secondary storyline. I know we can do that in a compound clip, but I still like to see my clips in the timeline. One reason being that the clips inside a compound clip aren’t listed in the timeline index.
But there I go again, being a hater, when I’m actually a lover.
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I’m calling it FCX. They took the “pro” out, so I will too.
I’ll reconsider after the first upgrade.Mark Morache
Avid/Xpri/FCP7/FCX
Evening Magazine,Seattle, WA
blogging at https://fcpx.wordpress.com -
I’ve had to try to workaround this one as well.
Reconnecting the audio to another clip is quite easy actually, with a OPT-CMD-click.
If the clip is short and doesn’t extend over the end of the clip it’s connected to, that’s another problem.
I’ve noted the time displacement when I roll a clip, then move the connected clips correspondingly.
I’ve match-framed the clip I’m trying to roll, found my new inpoint on the event bin, and replaced the clip in the timeline with itself with the new inpoint. Before I do this I copy the effects on the clip, then paste them back in. Annoying, but effective.
Here’s another workaround I just tried, and it seems to work. Turn on your snapping (N), opt-click the clip you want to roll and drag it to make a copy of it, directly above itself. Roll that clip to get it where you like, then overwrite it back to the primary storyline. When I tried it, it replaced the clip in the primary storyline, and left the audio of the clip it replaced hanging below the storyline, which was easy to delete.
Clearly, they need to allow us to roll a clip without changing the connected media. I’ve sent a feedback, but I encourage people to send feedback and ask for this!
In trim mode, the option key takes you out of slip into slide. Holding down the command key makes the changes very fine. Perhaps Shift-dragging could roll the clip and keep the connected clips stationary.
I have faith that Apple will fix these things. I only pray that the programmers will be smart enough to figure out how to make them work with this damned magnetic timeline interface. I’m afraid that by the time we twist backwards, holding down three modifier keys with four fingers on our multitouch pad, it would have been a whole lot easier if we had a simple track-based timeline.
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I’m calling it FCX. They took the “pro” out, so I will too.
I’ll reconsider after the first upgrade.Mark Morache
Avid/Xpri/FCP7/FCX
Evening Magazine,Seattle, WA
blogging at https://fcpx.wordpress.com -
I hate waiting for the projects to load as well. Hiding them in a different folder when you don’t need them works well.
I forget who suggested this… may have been Apple, but next to my Final Cut Events and Final Cut Projects folder, I’ve created a Final Cut Projects Hidden.
You can drag project folders back and forth and they will be “hidden” and never load until you need them.
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I’m calling it FCX. They took the “pro” out, so I will too.
I’ll reconsider after the first upgrade.Mark Morache
Avid/Xpri/FCP7/FCX
Evening Magazine,Seattle, WA
blogging at https://fcpx.wordpress.com -
Creating a compound clip would work well here as well, since your mask or crop or however you split the screen up can be applied to then entire compound clip (aka “nested” clip)
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I’m calling it FCX. They took the “pro” out, so I will too.
I’ll reconsider after the first upgrade.Mark Morache
Avid/Xpri/FCP7/FCX
Evening Magazine,Seattle, WA
blogging at https://fcpx.wordpress.com -
If we keep saying “it seems like a no-brainer” we may need to change the definition of what a “brainer” is.
I need to create output with split audio, so when I discovered that adding keywords to clips doesn’t trickle down to the clips in the timeline, I had a scream-out-loud moment. Literally, I screamed out loud.
Overall, as much as I’ve had enjoyable moments with FCX, I’ve had as many yelling and screaming fits.
My experience with FC7 has generally been “oh, that’s cool” when I’ve discovered that they thought about all the great workflows (like dragging effects from your clip directly to your bin, editing from one timeline to another, normalization gain…).
My experience with FCX has generally been “oh, that doesn’t work like I would have expected, I wonder how else I might accomplish this… oops, not that way either… crap, another dead end.”
It’ll be better in the new building.
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I’m calling it FCX. They took the “pro” out, so I will too.
I’ll reconsider after the first upgrade.Mark Morache
Avid/Xpri/FCP7/FCX
Evening Magazine,Seattle, WA
blogging at https://fcpx.wordpress.com -
[Herb Sevush] “newbies looking to get into broadcast…”
What a sweet idea. I think most newbies would be shocked to see how 1990’s most broadcast stations are.
I say if they’re not selling it anymore, why not give it away with the full price of FCX? I gotta think they’d sell a whole lot more copies of X, and satisfy people looking to add seats to their production houses.
If I were a student, I’d jump at that. A whole lot of the past, and potentially the future.
I’ve been using 7 to get media in and out of HDcam tape, which is what we shoot and master on. It’s been a process to get split audio out, but not impossible. After a rocky start, there’s much of the beast that’s quite fun.
And it’s not youtube or nothing. Our AJA card has an input/output utility, as I expect many cards do, to get the footage in and out to tape.
I don’t understand the strategy of taking 7 off the market, but I don’t want to start another rant-fest.
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I’m calling it FCX. They took the “pro” out, so I will too.
I’ll reconsider after the first upgrade.Mark Morache
Avid/Xpri/FCP7/FCX
Evening Magazine,Seattle, WA
blogging at https://fcpx.wordpress.com -
[Craig Seeman] “With FCPX it’s closer to learning a new language.”
Actually I think it’s like learning how to walk on your hands with jet engines strapped to them.
Like the skimmer, it’s fast, but it often gets away from me. Very often.
Overall, I can’t say that my editing is going any faster. All the audio work I need to double-click to get into is slowing me down. When it works, I think it’s rather fun.
If Apple is committed to the pro, then I’m committed to Apple.
[Craig Seeman] “and that gives them until the equinox in September.”
Technically perhaps, but for me the summer is over when school starts, and I’m running out of patience. I’ve drunk the kool-aid, and I’ve edited several full-blown pieces for our show, so I’m on for the ride, but I’m tired of all the mind-reading that’s going on here.
Same thing over and over, blah blah blah, I’m not a hater, blah blah blah.———
I’m calling it FCX. They took the “pro” out, so I will too.
I’ll reconsider after the first upgrade.Mark Morache
Avid/Xpri/FCP7/FCX
Evening Magazine,Seattle, WA
blogging at https://fcpx.wordpress.com -
Yes, and the project cannot point to the existing renders. It either lets you make a copy of the project without renders or it will duplicate all the renders into the copy of the project’s folder.
They gotta figure out a better way to do this.
Versioning should be a priority. If they can make auditioning work…
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I’m calling it FCX. They took the “pro” out, so I will too.
I’ll reconsider after the first upgrade.Mark Morache
Avid/Xpri/FCP7/FCX
Evening Magazine,Seattle, WA
blogging at https://fcpx.wordpress.com -
Craig… did I miss the link, or did you NOT share your video?
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I’m calling it FCX. They took the “pro” out, so I will too.
I’ll reconsider after the first upgrade.Mark Morache
Avid/Xpri/FCP7/FCX
Evening Magazine,Seattle, WA
blogging at https://fcpx.wordpress.com -
I agree on the trimming, however I am having difficulty once a transition has been applied. I have trouble selecting one end of a clip to shorten or lengthen.
I still miss the extend edit from FC7. The shift-x extend in fcx doesn’t quite work the same. Perhaps because it snaps to the skimmer and it’s difficult to keep that thing in one place.
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I’m calling it FCX. They took the “pro” out, so I will too.
I’ll reconsider after the first upgrade.Mark Morache
Avid/Xpri/FCP7/FCX
Evening Magazine,Seattle, WA
blogging at https://fcpx.wordpress.com