Michael Hancock
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[Mark Suszko] “Same with Thelma. I have no idea what she cuts with.”
I think she still uses Lightwave.
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Michael Hancock
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What you really need are subclips, but they don’t exist in FCPX. So you’re left with 2 options, and a caveat. Favorites or Keywords.
First option – You could watch the 30 minute doc and mark Ins and Outs on the broll shots you like and hit F to mark each on as a favorite. Then you just show favorites and will present your favorites as individual shots. Kind of like subclips.
Here’s where the caveat comes in – if you mark on favorite that goes (for example) from 01:00 to 02:00, then the next favorite starts at 02:01 and goes to 03:00, because the end of the first favorite and the beginning of the second favorite are consecutive frames in the clip, it will present the favorite as one clip going from 01:00 to 03:00 seconds. So you won’t have 2 discrete favorites when you show favorites – you will have 1 discrete favorite, because the favorites either overlap or end/begin with consecutive frames. There is no getting around this using favorites.
Second option is to use Keywords. So you could assign a generic keyword like BRoll to your In/Out points to mark a good clip, then when you click the keyword collection for BRoll you will see all of your marked keywords as discrete clips. But again, if the beginning of one marked keyword is the frame directly after the end frame of another keyword (or if the markings overlap in any way), it will present itself as just one clip, just like with favorites.
To get around this limitation – you can assign a different keyword to each broll clip you mark, or maybe picking 3 or 4 keywords and assign them in a rotating order so you never assign the same keyword twice in a row, thus avoiding FPCX combining keywords into one long clip if there are overlapping/consecutive frames. So you could have BRoll1, BRoll2, Broll3, etc… After you do all this you could create a smart collection that shows you all your BRoll keywords, thereby putting them all into one view as discrete clips.
If FCPX had actual subclips this wouldn’t be a problem, but that’s not an option for now so you need to use some workarounds.
Let me know if what I’ve written makes sense or if you need any clarification.
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Michael Hancock
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1. Do not rename the Canon 300 files. Keep the folder structures intact exactly as they are, and FCPX should be able to differentiate between them using additional metadata (like timecode). Renaming files can sometimes break metadata links within camera card structures, which can make it difficult or impossible to properly relink if needed.
2. I wouldn’t bother renaming any of the mobile phone clips that the director has already renamed. Just use them as they are and you can rename then in FCPX.
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[Chris Orr] “Do you know why FCPX doesn’t allow exporting AAF? Just wondering. I’m guessing it’s some competition thing…”
I don’t know why, but a lot of the internet speculation I’ve read is that it may have something to do with licensing fees (perhaps Apple wanted to keep them to a minimum or have no licensing fees to pay anyone so they could price the software lower), or perhaps Apple assumed (or knows) that the bulk of their users have no need for it.
I don’t know if either of those theories is correct, but they’re interesting to think about.
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Michael Hancock
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Just buy X2Pro for $150 (don’t get the LE version), export an XML from FCPX, run it through the program, send the AAF to your audio mixer. I used the program for years and never had an issue with it.
I’m not sure why it gets bad reviews on the app store, but it works great.
As to FCPX supporting it natively – that isn’t going to happen, so if you need to deliver an AAF, X2Pro is the answer.
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Michael Hancock
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You could try a deflicker plugin. Quick google search showed this as a possible option:
https://www.yourseedmedia.com/seed-de-flicker
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Michael Hancock
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It might be “Show timeline in player”.
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Michael Hancock
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That’s something from CommandPost. I can’t remember exactly what it is, but it’s basically an overlay of your entire timeline so you can see where you are, since FCPX doesn’t have a proper scrolling timeline.
Poke around in your CommandPost settings for a timeline overlay and see what you can find. Turn it off and that should go away. If it doesn’t, uninstall CommandPost and reinstall it.
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Michael Hancock
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Do you have CommandPost installed on your machine?
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Michael Hancock
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Double click that little white box that’s highlighted and everything will collapse back to normal. You’re currently in the Precision Editor – that’s why it looks like that.
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Michael Hancock
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