Nikolas Bäurle
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Your RAM is way too low. You should have at least 8GB, 16 GB would be better. The intel core 2 duo is a little outdated speedwise for X.
if you can afford it get new Hardware and update to OS 10.9 and X 10.1
“Always look on the bright side of life” – Monty Python
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There is trick that actually solved the same for me. Close FCPX, open Garage Band, close it, open FCPX. Then you should see them again.
“Always look on the bright side of life” – Monty Python
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I have a feeling there are no large HDs with Thunderbolt… The LaCie d2 3TB Thunderbolt has USB3, but the 5big series only has Thunderbolt.
You could use this:
https://www.belkin.com/us/p/P-F4U055/
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[Trevor Asquerthian] “For me FCPx has some interesting features, which is why I keep looking at it. But I think it is fundamentally flawed in the lack of real world usage by professionals feeding back sane pros and cons.”
I do agree with you that there are bugs Apple needs to address. But that FCPX is fundamentally flawed in the lack of real world usage is simply not true. There are too many professionals already using it successfully for that to be the case. Its really just a matter of what people and companies like to use and wether or not they are willing to master X. Workflows can change anytime. FCPX might not do older or certain current workflows better, but for tapeless workflows it really does ROCK!:-)
I work with FCP7 and Avid almost on a daily basis and they also have flaws and features that work better in other NLEs. And Premiere has its problems as well… The fact that FCP7 is still strong has nothing to do with its quality but the PR disaster Apple created when it released X. And I’m sorry to say that many are just misinformed. I experience it every now and again on interviews. When producers or top notch editors tell me that Apple decided to get out of the professional market, and I’ve heard this more than once, then they are wrong, and haven’t done their research.
Apple left out certain features at first, brought some back that really will be used in the future. Its simply a new piece of software evolving. Everything I do for my broadcasters and postproducers I can and have done
in X faster and sometimes better since you have more time to pimp out fx and cc. Certain bugs and features anybody can live with, X will keep on getting better.“Always look on the bright side of life” – Monty Python
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You should NEVER EVER go into the package contents and move stuff around. Up to 10.0.9 it was possible to move the Event and Project Folder into Hidden Folders, but going into the folder structures and not knowing what to do is a big mistake. Now we have the possibility to open and close Libraries within X, so there’s absolutely reason to move Events an Projects around on finder level, especially not going into the Library package contents.
By doing that you probably screwed some metadata up and I honestly don’t know how you can fix it.
I recommed you go to https://www.rippletraining.com and check out their Tutorial on 10.1
“Always look on the bright side of life” – Monty Python
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[Bill Davis] “Placing a marker in one is not the same as placing a marker in the other.
At all.”
That’s really what it boils down to. It’s one of those features that just needs getting used to. And then its not a bug anymore:-)
In 7 you can either set the marker at the top of the timeline, or mark a clip and then the marker gets set on the clip. So the only thing we loose in X is fixed time markers… The problem with the fixed markers at the top are that once the time of your edit changes they kind of become useless. If you need to cut something to a specific time then they really help, but if you don’t have exact time constraints it does become irritating when you have to keep deleting unused markers.
In X the primary storyline is the backbone of the edit, and can be used as a fixed time indicator so its simply a matter of highlighting the primary (if there are clips above it) and marking it.
Its just one of those things we learn to accept as editors when working with different software. X just isn’t 7, but since its from Apple and has the same name we still associate the one with the other. Many if not most issues with X come from people forcing it to work like 7. If we use Avid or Premiere we also have to accept that each has its way of working. And then its just a matter of personal preference.
“Always look on the bright side of life” – Monty Python
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I have to agree with Trevor on this one. I do like the fact that in 7 the marker are independent from the clips in the timeline, this is one of the few features I think needs change, even though it doesn’t bug me too much. I mean, it really is there to mark a point in time, if I have it on a clip and even on the primary and delete something the marker is gone. In 7 the marker stays put. At least if the marker in X jumped down to the next clip when deleting something, that could help.
For the magazine stuff (4min) I was editing in X this year I always put my markers in the primary. I would place the interviews first, with black filler in between, then have the producer read the text and mark on the filler in the primary.
I wouldn’t call it a bug, since a bug is when something happens that’s not supposed to. Its very likely that they planned to have it that way, personally I haven’t found the benefit to that.
“Always look on the bright side of life” – Monty Python
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You mean the white edge around your subject, right? you could add more corrections, selecting different parts of the black area since you don’t have uniform black, and only make small changes to each. The edge might be a little smoother that way.
However, you will probably have to live with some halo effect, especially if you’re using compressed footage. Its similar to the issues of getting clean edges when keying, at some point the edges just aren’t smooth enough.
You could also try to mask your subject with SliceX from CoreMelt . It uses mocha tracking so you don’t have to rotoscope manually if your subject is moving. Simply make a mask and soften the edges, looks better than a white halo. Or if you don’t want to spend any money you could try DaVinci Resolve Lite. Its more complicated but you can get the hang of it quickly and the integrated tracker is very good.
“Always look on the bright side of life” – Monty Python
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[Trevor Asquerthian] “Er… how is adding an edit not just like adding a mark or marker?
Mark in…. Mark out…. Extract
Add edit… Add edit… Go back and select between edits… Extract “
Ok, I agree when doing it in Avid or FCP7 it doesn’t make much of a difference. I just never liked doing it with in and outs. But since X does in and outs differently, I feel that its much faster to blade in X. But again, this is my subjective opinion, everyone likes to do things a little differently.
[Trevor Asquerthian] “See my original post for why CMD-B isn’t working for me in a secondary.”
I’m sorry, but I don’t see that as such a problem. Blade, highlight the clip after the cut and blade again…
[Trevor Asquerthian] “I don’t have a problem with the magnetic timeline – it is one of the things I like about FCPx. But marking up and editing music is fundamental to editing professionally in just about everything but News so I was surprised to see a lack of chatter about it in my searches. Hence the question. And very few concrete answers so far as to a way to deal with it – but maybe I should’ve asked in the more incendiary forum..”
I’m aware of that, editing music is fundamental to my work as well, being a professional and all 🙂 Perhaps there is a lack of chatter because very few are having this problem. This forum can be very incendiary, you just need to find the right topic 🙂 Xs keyframing is always a good one 🙂
[Trevor Asquerthian] “I work for broadcasters, production houses, OB companies. They choose the hardware/software for the most part. I bet I get considerably more work offers asking for Pr in the next 12 months than FCPx. And they will both be dwarfed by MC and (to a much lesser extent) FCP7.”
I completely agree. I also work for broadcasters and production houses. Most of the jobs I get are still Avid and FCP7, and I seriously doubt that will change anytime soon, as long as it still works. The FCP7 places I work for are not planing on updating to the tube anytime soon, and I don’t know of any clients who are asking for X, many don’t have a clue what you are editing with. A few months ago a client asked for an Avid editor, when I got there they gave me Final Cut files 🙂
I did however freelance at a Star-News company here in Berlin from February to Oktober on X, very fast turnaround. We would have not been able to do it as fast on 7, simply because of the render times. And I know a few editors who were perfect for it and didn’t get the job since some of them never even touched X, and were actually pretty arrogant about it. Of course, X is still a niche NLE’s but its catching up.
[Trevor Asquerthian] “[Nikolas Bäurle] “”Always look on the bright side of life” – Monty Python”
Edited on Avid (or maybe Lightworks) 😉
“Are you sure about that? The Life of Brain was released in 1979… I’m guessing they used something like a Steenbeck.
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I would not invest in old technology. Perhaps you can get good results with this version, but at some point newer versions of X might not work.