[Ronny Courtens]

Agreed with every point made here. But I like what I see. Resolve has been a perfect companion to our FCP X setup from the start and now this combination looks even better. IMO not a game changer for editing yet, but it does have potential as a serious contender for other track-based NLEs.

[Ronny Courtens]

If you want to cut a multiclip with video only while preserving the continuous master audio under the cuts: drop your multiclip in the timeline, select the angle that has the audio track you want to use and detach the audio on the multiclip. Then cut up the multiclip.

If you have already cut up your multiclip and you want to see continuous master audio on the timeline:

– Press CMD+A on the timeline, then press ALT+G. This will group the cut-up multiclip into a CC with a continuous audio channel. Or:

– Press CMD+A on the timeline, press SHIFT+CTRL+S to detach the audio from the clips, then make a CC from the audio clips only. Or:

– Detach (or expand) the audio from the first clip on the timeline and stretch it to the end of the edit. Then group-select the other clips and mute their audio in the Audio tab.

– Ronny

[Ronny Courtens]

Same here. I’m helping a major European production company make the transition from Avid/Unity to a more cost-effective collaborative FCP X workflow at this moment. Larger setups like these take more time to adapt, but I’m sure this is going to be a lovely addition to the FCP X In Action page in the near future.

– Ronny

[Ronny Courtens]

Paul Saccone worked for Apple until May 2013, then he became Interim Director of Operations at the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus until he joined BMD as Marketing Director in January 2014.

– Ronny

[Ronny Courtens]

We all talked about how cheap FCPX was in comparison to Avid/Premiere, and that low price point will bring in all the kids who will start by editing their skate videos (which has certainly come to pass), and in 15 years those folks will be running the industry, cutting their features, ostensibly preferring to use their first NLE, FCPX.

Anyone who thinks this has no clue about how much the industry has changed in 15 years, and even more in the last five years. No matter what those kids are editing their skate videos in today, it won’t be here anymore in 15 years or it will be completely different. This reasoning makes no sense.

But I do share your premature enthusiasm about Resolve 11 as an NLE. If it really turns out to work as advertised this will hurt other track-based editing options. I don’t think it will hurt FCP X that much because it does not have the magnetic trackless editing that is unique to X. And if after all this time you still think that the magnetic timeline only excels for home videos… well, what can I say?

[Ronny Courtens]

I look forward to it because it has tracks! 🙂

Exactlly! For editors who only swear by track-based video editing this could be the next NLE of choice if it evolves into a full-fledged NLE that really works as demoed.

For those who also have discovered the power of trackless editing FCP X and R11 could be a perfect combination offering the best of both worlds. Right now R11 already scaringly looks and feels like X, it misses some things X is very strong in and it has some things that X is painfully missing. I’m really looking forward to testing this thoroughly.

IF Resolve really grows into the NLE you’ve always wanted, the future debate forum will not be “Resolve or FCP X: The Debate”. It will be “Resolve and FCP X or the rest: The Debate”.

– Ronny

[Ronny Courtens]

Just in case someone should experience a similar issue: this problem has been solved by updating Mavericks from 9.1 to 9.2

– Ronny

[Ronny Courtens]

Of course I did not take that seriously my friend. Didn’t you notice the (-: ? No offense taken, I actually enjoy your Irish sense of humor.

I often hear about the “problems” between Flemish and French-speaking Belgians, especially on international media and on the internet. And every time it makes me wonder if the people who are spreading this nonsense have actually ever been in our country. Because in reality Belgians get along with each other extremely well.

The false perception of Belgium being a divided country is only fed by a minority of extremists, supported by some opportunistic politicians. Of course we have our problems, just like any other country. But all in all Belgium is still one of the better places in the world to live in today, and the ignorant statements we sometimes read about our country only make us laugh.

So you definitely have a point here: Belgians and FCP X do have a lot in common (-:

– Ronny

[Ronny Courtens]

Dear Aindreas,

I know it must hurt you like hell that you are being proven wrong (-:

To further add to your frustration I will add that the screenshot is from an international production I edited in our post house in France, another “little, non-existing country”. And concerning Belgium it seems that your knowledge of our country is as bad as your knowledge of FCP X: actually I am Flemish, and everyone knows that “hard working Flemish ” like to own things, not rent them (-:

– Ronny

[Ronny Courtens]

Here’s a typical timeline of a 20′ tv-show in X. It involves green keys and multiple stacks of titles and graphics.

In all fairness the “live” audio was prepped in X (J and L cuts, audio leveling a.s.o…) and a final mix of the VO and live was done in ProTools via X2PRO (see the Final Mix clip at the bottom). In the near future the complete audio for this series will be finished right inside X as well.

This 1080p25 timeline plays un-rendered on full-spec new iMacs and MacPros without any problems, from start to end. 40 and 50 minute multicam shows involving 6 to 8 angles plus the same multiple stacks of titles and graphics also run un-rendered without any issues.

Shows like this are being cut on X on a daily basis in some of the largest European production companies. We have been doing it for nearly two years now, and I’m in regular contact with other major houses that are already doing the same thing or that are transitioning to X. Why don’t we talk about this on the internet? Because not everyone gets off on going public about what gear they use. When we used Avid and FCP we didn’t go public on that either. Simply because from a business point of view you need to keep a certain distance from your suppliers, and also because our clients really don’t give a hoot about what their programs are being cut on anyway.

– Ronny