[Neil Goodman]

again Bill speaks up without understanding the question at all and in a dismissive tone no less. I truly believe and this is not s dig, but that he wasn’t using FCP 7 like alot of power users were using it.

A favorites folder would be be mighty welcome and is not an OLD way of thinking, just a good one.

Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – The Esquire Network – NBC/Uni

[Neil Goodman]

I asked this question a month ago as well, asking for real world applications, after so many claims that FCPX is so so so much faster than anything else.

Other than organizational improvements which were the obvious ones (keywords,skimming,metadata) there werent many replies.

IMO the timelione is the most important part of any NLE, and unfortuneatly the timeline in FCPX makes things slower for the way i cut which is very similair to yours s far as a radio/rough/fine/delivery cut.

Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – The Esquire Network – NBC/Uni

[Neil Goodman]

avid fx will do the trick, but yea no one installs it.

Just recently had to update a bunch of edits with bcc composite because the bay i moved into doesnt have it.

[Neil Goodman]

[Shane Ross] “Interesting that the article really only goes into organizing the footage, getting it ready for an edit. I do think that area is FCX’s strong suit…metadata and organization and prep. But then what? They guy hops on a plane and says “bye guys!” before editing started.

So this article just plays on the organization, but not the actual cutting process, or final delivery. How does that all work out?
“

this!

Sure, we all know X handles the upfront and orginization of editing rather well and uniquely. But what good is all that timesaving on the upfront if everything comes to a crawl in the actual edit. After now spending what i would consider an ample amount of time in X’s timeline, i can say with extreme confidence the other NLE’s edit better.

Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – The Esquire Network – NBC/Uni

[Neil Goodman]

i got a couple of the 4TB 2 big thunderbolts with no complaints. Just as quick as advertised, pretty quiet, not alot of heat. Been going on em about 6months now.

Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – The Esquire Network – NBC/Uni

[Neil Goodman]

yes you can, cheap mini display port to dvi adapter daisy’d out of the graid will work.

Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – The Esquire Network – NBC/Uni

[Neil Goodman]

Media Composer 7 is actually pretty stable. Havent been able to break it yet.

That said, you really have to see there version of background transcoding. It makes FCPX’s implemation seem like a joke.

It actually doesnt pause when you work, will keep baking your clips, you can even switch to a new project, or completely close Avid all together, and it still keeps chugging away and you can check the progress remotely via the web. Its pretty fricken slick and has been working without a hitch. Shoot, you dont even have to launch Avid to get this process going.

Hopefully this sort of functionality is coming to X too.

Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – The Esquire Network – NBC/Uni

[Neil Goodman]

Thanks for the replies everyone.

I forgot about the skimmer, fricken love that, except i turn it off in the timeline and only use it in the event.

Finding footage and searching clips is indeed beyond the competition, and blows Avids “Find” function out of the water.

Unfortuneatly IMO, working in the timeline, the most important aspect of an NLE to me, still has a ways to go, and its nothing to do with the lack of tracks or magnetism. The trim functions are rather simple, and id love to see a proper trim tool implemented, its something at the moment i cant really get past. At the end of the day the timeline is very similiar to Media Composers in the sense of gaps vs filler, the ripple, etc.

Im gonna keep plugging away at it, and hope to find some more Aha moments.

Does anyone know if you can have different Keyboard setups, that you can call up at will? Couldnt find that. I like to customize the layouts based on if im doing Multicam or Audio, etc.

Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – The Esquire Network – NBC/Uni

[Neil Goodman]

[Steve Connor] “[Neil Goodman] “everyones already moved on to Cubase or Ableton, or back to Pro Tools.”

Everyone? That’s bad news for Apple then

Steve Connor”

I am one of the last people in my circle of music producer people using it. 9 was so long in the tooth, people moved to Ableton, and alot of them went back to Cubase as of version 7 andof course Pro Tools isnt ever going out of style.

Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – The Esquire Network – NBC/Uni

[Neil Goodman]

[Oliver Peters] “While this is a strong product and great for X, the majority of sound designers/post production mixers (as opposed to musicians and composers) aren’t going to go away from Pro Tools. That might be different in Europe and other parts of the world versus the US. In any case, Pro Tools – and to a lesser degree Nuendo and Fairlight – is still the DAW of choice in the audio-for-video post production world.

– Oliver
“

This,

plus if you were actually using it for making music, everyones already moved on to Cubase or Ableton, or back to Pro Tools.

Neil Goodman: Editor of New Media Production – The Esquire Network – NBC/Uni