[Michael Paul]

So it’s a common bug and there is no fix so the solution is to just give in and surrender?

/ and * for zoom in and out is NO solution because I constantly have my RIGHT hand on my mouse which is next to the number block. Reaching over to /* with the left hand is quite complicated each time. Also you should note that I have a German keyboard where the layout is a bit different.

Still I am very open for any other shortcut suggestions or any “hacking” solutions so that FCPX does what it’s supposed to do 😉
Default is CMD – and CMD + . It makes sense but also a terrible layout (if you look at a Germany keyboard).

[Michael Paul]

Yeh thank you very much. I already came across this. I thought there might be a free solution or something inside FCPX.

[Michael Paul]

The thing thats still bothering me a lot (and this is something that doesn’t fully make sense to me YET but I know I have to get used to it) is the secondary story line (I am sorry if I might be using wrong terms) and the fact that the MAIN story line has a lot of great editing features I need in my daily life but the connected clips above don’t have any of those editing features. If I use IN and OUT to select a range I only select the main time line but everything above just gets ignored. That’s really annoying to me and I have no real idea how to edit anything above the main time line. The way it looks like to me: Make up your mind FIRST- already try to do your editing as good as possible- throw your broll in there and then if you have a few connected clips you can group them and turn them into a secondary story line so you gain the all the editing abilites again. This is kinda odd to me. Really I just want to use in and out to maybe remove something but NO I can’t. So what I have to do is use the blade tool and move my connected clips around – just why? I get that they are connected but say I have 5 clips ABOVE (“track2” – I don’t know if the term is just connected clips here I guess?) 1 main clip. I can not simply remove the end or the beginning of a middle clip of those 5 clips. I will need to use the blade, cut the end of that clip and then select the 2 clips that are next to it no the left and move those to close the gap.

That’s really something where I am still like WHY?

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I also fail to get the reply feature on Creative Cow even though I am on here for so many years already. Isn’t there a feature to add a reply to this entire thread? I think if I will reply to my original post my reply won’t show up at the very bottom of this thread as the latest reply or will it? So I am replying to the last poster even though this is just a general reply and not directed towards you.

[Michael Paul]

No don’t worry. This is NOT a troll post. I was dead serious. Seems like nowadays people always believe someone is trolling on the internet. If I were trolling I would 1) go somewhere else 2) word my stuff differently. I had thought that people might feel attacked or defensive about their program so this is why I’ve even put no bashing- serious discussion in the thread. I do not know what else I could have said. So yes I am reading all this, I am looking at the links and yes I am excited to get used to the program and realizing how great it is. Like others said it takes time. The links you have provided are also good so thanks for that. I was also already liking comments.

I am also looking forward to read more comments. I have found some things that I thought are nice but I am a bit embarassed to bring those up. It’s “tiny stuff” and stuff you might not even be using.

I like the 3d text feature and it’s ACTUAL 3d text. I think that’s cool. What I haven’t found yet / figured out yet: Can I also 3d rotate a bitmap/plane? Premiere has this 3d filter I can put onto anything and then I can rotate and flip a flat picture/text/whatever in 3d. I tend to use that for some graphics and text. I couldn’t find it in FCPX yet. I did some 3d text without any depth but the colour still seems to change depending on how I rotate it (so I never get a true white) because there seems to be a light source of some kind I can not ignore.

I also thought that zoom onto a picture feature is way faster than moving and scaling a picture around in any other program.

I’ve learned some trick to leave a gap at the very beginning and put your music there so if you remove your first clip it won’t affect the music for your entire film- Not sure how to think about such “hacking” solutions yet.

So yes I’ve read it all. I am here and I am looking forward to more examples and reasons why you love and use it. This is the discussion forum after all- don’t feel attacked. I am curious, excited, new to this and willing to learn and looking forward to have a great time in FCPX.

[Michael Paul]

Do not underestimate me. I might know the basics- I might know even a bit more. You never know. Also I would love to know because I am curious. Also this is not about CONVINCIG ME. I have to use this software and get used to it and order to make money for a certain client who requiers me to use it so there so NO alternative. I HAVE TO use FCPX. I am not against learning something new and trying out new software so sure just let me know. This is just a friendly discussion here.
Also you might open my eyes where I am like OH WOW I never thought of it that way.

[Michael Paul]

Thanks a lot for all of this. I’ve already got an idea about FCPX and I have looked at a bunch of tutorials. It’s just those two things that I have described that I am looking at / haven’t found yet / no tutorial covered those so probably IT DOESNT exist at all:
1) Where is rate stretch for clips?
2) How do I move the content of a clip around while the clip remains its length and position?

Once again thanks for the links.

[Michael Paul]

Nope. I have never heard of Automatic Duck so thanks for telling me about it. It sounds interesting. I only know the terrible: Export as MOV from Avid- Import MOV into AE- “workflow”.
So how exactly does Automatic Duck work?

[Michael Paul]

How nice MATTE KEY has this 3d button. I am using RGBKeyer which does NOT have a 3d button. So thanks for your help yet the question remains and we are back at square 1. I don’t mean to sound bitter. The non exisent logic behind Avid (give this effect a 3d button but the other one not) just boggles me.

[Michael Paul]

Thanks a lot for this great detailed answer!

[Michael Paul]

Thanks a lot anyways. So the answer is: there is no answer. I rather have such answers- knowing others have struggled as well- as no reply at all where I am like “why are people ignoring me?”. Still I would say DUIK tools are the best possible way to rig something in AE or do you have any experience with any other tools or ways you have used? Are you German?