Nikolas Bäurle
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In my opinion you don’t need in and out points or markers to edit music. I have never actually used them when editing music and i have to do that a lot. In Avid and FCP7 I prefer adding an edit at the first point, then i listen for the beat I want to continue with and then add an edit at the next point. Personally I think its faster.
In X I’ve mapped blading to cmnd + b, so It works just like adding an edit in Avid or FCP7. Now, the one problem with the magnetic timeline is that when cutting detached audio the part after the cut will move up to an open gap if you have effects or smaller clips above the music. Turning it into a storyline like Andy suggested is the best solution to keep it in place. it doesn’t take more time than deciding what track to use like in a traditional NLE
A lot of X newbies have problems with the magnetic timeline. It took me a few months to get used to it but then it clicked. At first it seems that FCPX is less flexible, compounds and storylines do feel like workarounds at first, but when you finish a project and need to move stuff around FCPX is so much cleaner. I’m a very neat editor, and i really hate making or dealing with vertically huge timelines when its not necessary. When I do encounter them when taking over projects its always a pain in the ass, especially when flexibility is sometimes just an excuse for being sloppy.
Trevor, don’t give up that quickly, just see it as a different way of doing things, once you figure out and get used to X you might not want to go back to traditional timelines.
“Always look on the bright side of life” – Monty Python
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You really shouldn’t restart without quitting X. I wouldn’t do that with any software. Especially since X saves automatically you will always screw something up like that.
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I am extremely fast in 7 as well, I don’t need to “think” about tracks either but my fingers still need to do the motions. In X you have a few less clicks to do so you are just that little bit faster, and it adds on, especially with rendering speeds. I always get more work done faster in X than in 7. For what I need 8 hours in 7, I usually need about 6 or even 5 hours in X (for fx heavy stuff), mostly, of course, due to rendering. For fast turnaround news I like the fact that you can start working while importing footage.
I work in broadcast as well, and I honestly don’t see, especially with this last update, why it couldn’t bee used for that purpose. This of course would required new training and new investments. And since 7 still runs there is no reason to risk change.
Apple left out a lot of things in the first release, the one most important ones was XML which was solved pretty quickly. EDLs are not necessary anymore, and there are cheap 3rd party solutions for OMFs and roundtripping to Motion or After FX. In Germany DigiBeta has pretty much died out, all TV broadcasters I’ve dealt with can handle and at times prefer Apple ProRes files. Some might still need tape but in a few more years, why would any new NLE need it?
Apple felt it was necessary to make a change, and X was a huge one. But its intended for the same people that 7 was for, the individual creative professional. When I bough FCP 2 back in 2001 I got the same reactions for the professional world around me “Final Cut isn’t professional, its for amateurs.” But back then I was using it for high end stuff, because the commercial director I was working for preferred editing in his apartment.
7 still works perfectly fine, and Avid and Adobe have great NLEs as well, so it really is a matter of taste. But since the release debacle FCPX hasn’t gotten the credit it deserves.
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You don’t need to make a story line for dissolves, you can simply drag the dissolve handles. You’re missing out on a lot of wonderful features and a very fast NLE. Working with the Magnetic Timeline is actually a lot faster than a traditional track based timeline. In Legacy you spend much more time making sure you aren’t deleting anything important, more clicks needed to make edits and place your sounds in the right place. Through roles FCPX has a more elegant and faster way to deal with tracks IMO.
It does require new muscle memory, but it still is very easy to learn. Personally I feel its a much better software than Legacy, even though I still have to use Legacy and Avid more than I do X. Haters need to give it a chance and stop dissing X. Or perhaps they need to admit that they are afraid to learn something new.:-) I don’t want to sound mean, but I had to deal with too many crazy opinions against X lately. And I love when people tell me whats not possible in X, while I’m doing it and there are plenty of examples out there of companies and editors working very successfully with it.
“Always look on the bright side of life” – Monty Python
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I have it and it works great. I’ve never had problems with LaCie.
“Always look on the bright side of life” – Monty Python
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It should work. You don’t upload plugins through X anyway, and since the trial version is a full 30 day version I doubt you’ll have any problems.
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You should update to 10.1. Forget 10.0.0, its worthless, buggy and missing too many features. If you own 10.0.0 updating to 10.1 is free. You won’t regret it.
“Always look on the bright side of life” – Monty Python
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My BM miniMinitor works
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I just realized that I had read your first post too quickly. You’ve of course already used compounds.
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You can make a compound clip, then simply cut or retime that. works very well. I do that usually when I need to change the speed of certain animations, and don’t feel like opening motion again.