Mike Fitzsimmons
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Hey Bret..
If you’re asking me, no. I keep forgetting that FCPX even does more than 1 backup file now. Thanks for the reminder!
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Hey Craig…
Unsure about the autosave (I think it’s every 15 minutes). In my case, I hadn’t made any edits in more than an hour, so it was as I left it.
re: the permissions thing… I actually had to remove the temp file from the library. It was not a permissions issue in my case.
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I didn’t want to be redundant in my posting, I was simply trying to help others who, like me, had not seen a previous description. So again, as I mentioned at the top of my post, my apologies.
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Maybe try a Luma Key instead of a chroma key?
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Hey Ash…
If you look in the filters section, there a group called “SPACES” – at least one of which is a cathedral. LOTS of choices in there. A little EQ, some ambiance, maybe some subtle echo if you need it and you’ll be all set.
If you were trying to go the other way, you’d have a MUCH harder time.
Also, there is a “Match EQ” function that I haven’t used in a while, but you might try to give that a go as well.
All the best!
FORGOT TO MENTION… if the cathedral isn’t quite right, the “Space Designer” filter is REALLY amazing.
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I’ve used Lock & Load often in FCP X and it works great. Fast and many levels of control. It’s even very good at locking a shot down.
Every once and a while I’ve gotten some odd GUI/memory issue but a restart brings me right back to where I needed to be.
All the best!!!
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From your original post it seemed that you thought there was some death-lock that X would put on 7. That was my response. Hey, I totally get that FCP X won’t cut it for broadcast, especially if it breaks 3rd party stuff like it would for you. I’d never try to do the stuff I’ve done for Discovery on FCP X. Can’t be done as easily as with 7 – would be a MAJOR pain in the as trying. And as you alluded – time is money.
Just thought it might be worth a $100 drive to poke around and realize that there could be something to gain having FCP X around. It has the one of the best/easiest keyers I’ve ever used, does work with Resolve (though I do prefer Color as well), and you can digitize/print to tape via the BM software. (I guess not having my Blackmagic stuff break didn’t put me right off it.) Sound mixing is the next big thing they need to address. X is amazing for web content/file based delivery without BM, though.
And yes, I still love 7, but I have come to realize that when X is ready, it really will blow 7 away with its ease and speed.
I’m sure you’ll try it at some point, so when you do all the best!
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Not trying to bust anybody’s chops or anything, because believe it or not, I too have been making a good living using the various FCP variants for the better part of the last decade. I’ve found FCP7 (FCS3) and FCP X to run without issue on both Snow Leopard and Lion while coexisting on the same boot drive. Granted, I’ve always had backups that I could go to (and haven’t needed to BTW), but that’s just common sense. Maybe I’m just lucky or I spend a good amount of time maintaining my various systems.
I just I didn’t understand why you are sure that if you load FCP X onto your system, suddenly FCS3 becomes unusable? Certainly there can be instances where caution is the better of valor, especially with brand new software, but FCP X is in its 4th revision now. All of my 3rd party stuff (BM Multibridge Extreme, 4 Sonnett RAIDS, Euphonix controllers, etc.) still work with 7; and they work to whatever extent they can with FCP X.
There are just a lot of cool things that X does that really make 7 look dated. Just saying you might wanna try it.
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I run both on same drive. Never had an issue…
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In the past, I’ve found simply deleting the apps in question and reinstalling resolves the issue.
Glad you got it to work out.