Michael Hadley
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If you copied the events folder over via the finder (i.e., dragging), you may have issues. You want to use X itself to create a duplicate event on the external drive. In FCPX, selected the original event you want copied in the browser then hit command-D to create a duplicate and you should be okay (unless you somehow lost the keywords in your original event). You will be able to specify where you want the dupe to live.
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You say your event is 400 mb? For a feature? That is tiny. It should be 400 GIGA bytes or more, right?
There’s no way your actual media can be in that event. Instead, it must be filled with pointers to the actual media. In other words, the media was never copied into the event itself; instead, it was linked to it. If you changed the organization or drive the actual media was one, you would be having major offline media issue. You need to re-import/re-link the media to restore the connections.
Hopefully that’s the case.
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The Mocha tracking within the NLE is a great time-saver/simplifier. I don’t think Apple will add it it natively through. They seem to go spoke and hub with this. X is the hub. Pick your plug ins as needed. Plus, it keeps third party developers engaged with their ecosystem, making $, etc. I think that makes good business sense. And if you don’t need higher-end options, you don’t have to pay for them. That said, there are still basic functions X lacks that it needs to add in.
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Yikes. That’s going to be a huge challenge for a Macbook Air. You’d have to make proxies for sure. The bigger question: Why jump through all the hoops/storage/performance issues you’ll encounter to shoot in 4K when you are delivering sub-HD? I’d say shoot 1080 4:4:2 and you’ll have no problem getting a great key on something as simple as a narrator walking and talking (provided it’s lit properly). Really, 4K seems like overkill—and your edit machine is not really going to be up to it re: ram, processors, graphic card, etc. My two cents.
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If you use FCPX, you must use Event Manager X—it’s great, it’s cheap, and it hides events and projects exactly as you would like to.
Regarding AE driving NLE decision, for our company, we switched to FCPX about a year ago from FCP7. But nothing has changed in terms of graphics: for small-scale stuff, we use the NLE or Motion templates. For bigger, more creative/involved/3D, we hire a dedicated graphics person. They use whatever they use (typically AE) and send us .MOVs over the inter webs with Alpha channels. Works for us. Been doing it that way for the last 10 years.
AE does not drive the NLE decision. Editing drives the NLE decision.
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My son is 21–has not had a TV or broadcast hookup in 3 years. All his programming comes via the inter webs.
Don’t what the demographic stats are but broadcast TV is on the wane. The good news for video producers, editors, writers, crew–there are now more outlets and opportunities than ever before. That said, the pricing and pay have come down as well.
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vimeopro works great. $200/year and you have a lot of control (and private password-protected review pages for rough cuts).
bitsontherun.com is also quite good, not as inexpensive but more control, especially if you are hip to html coding.
Wistia.com is also good.
Vzaar.com is also good and priced well.
At the higher end, brightcove.com. But it’s $100/month.
After trying them all, we switched everything over to vimeopro. https://vimeo.com/prosubscribe
Best value for our needs. Occasionally wish we had a bit more customization but the price is terrific, as is the streaming and encoding. And being able to upload directly out of FCPX is a time-saver for client reviews.
Big picture, a lot of great choices out there.
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I’ve heard September for new Mac Pro. I think it’s driven by Intel’s chip delivery. And note that literally Cook said in his email : “later next year.” If it comes before September, we’ll all be happier.
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Ultimately, this is all about business. Adobe is the underdog, given that it has never had the reach or respect that FCP once had. Not to mention, Apple has a much stronger overall company behind that. That said, the proof is in the pudding. If Adobe’s NLE is better, more people will use it over time. If FCPX is better, it will continue to rise (from the basement level it started on, reputation wise).
Having at least 3 viable options is good for competition and ultimately good for editors. Personally, I really dig FCPX, but if Premier keeps coming on strong, won’t be afraid to make a switch.
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well, if Hodgett’s recommends it, it must be good. Couldn’t live without Event Manager X.