Ronny Courtens
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Is this what you mean?
– Ronny
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We have made the complete switch from 7 to X since October last year. The switch was very easy, mainly because we had been running FCPX on two test bays since June 2011 so our editors had sufficient time to learn it. If you have the intention of getting the new MacPro I think you absolutely should try FCPX on it as well.
– Ronny
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Last month at IBC I witnessed quite the opposite. When the question was asked: “Who is working with Final Cut Pro 10?” about 70% of the people in the hall raised their hands. So yes, things are changing rapidly.
– Ronny
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Yes that would be useful, I agree.
IMO speculations are a waste of time. The only thing we know for sure is that we don’t know anything for sure until we actually see it, especially when it’s coming from Apple.
In its current state FCPX already seems to work fine for many individuals and companies, and when I look at the forums I frequent I can only see those numbers growing exponentially. So any further improvement of the software and of the hardware it runs on will always be good, wether it’s a major feature update or only some performance fixes.
– Ronny
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Yes you can put any type of files inside the Proxy Media folder and when you launch FCPX in Proxy mode FCPX will consider these files as Proxies.
BUT be aware that these files must FIRST be in your Original Media folder, and then you manually duplicate the files over to your Proxy folder. The same clips must be in your Original Media folder AND in your Proxy Media folder. If not the clips won’t show in Proxy mode.
Wether this is a good workflow or not depends on how you are importing your footage in FCPX.
– If you copy the footage into your Event when importing (creating actual video files in your Original Media folder), and then you duplicate these files over to your Proxy Media folder this will take extra time and drive space. So in this case it is better to create real Proxy media instead.
– OTOH if you import your footage without copying the media into the Event (creating only symlinks in your Original Media folder) and then you duplicate the symlinks over to your Proxy Media folder the process won’t take any extra time or drive space, and your original media will work just like Proxies in FCPX Proxy mode.
– Ronny
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At this time you cannot organize templates directly inside the FCPX templates browser, but you can do this in the Finder.
Quit FCPX and go to your Motion Templates folder (user > Movies > Motion Templates). In the Motion Templates folder you will see different template type folders (Titles, Effects, Generators, Transitions). In these folders you will find your relevant custom templates.
When you delete a template folder here, next time you launch FCPX the template will not show anymore in your Effects, Titles, Generators or Transitions browser.
When you rename a template folder the new name will show in FCPX next time you launch it.
If you create a new group in one of the template type folders you can put any template that is relevant inside that group and when you launch FCPX the group name will show in the browser. When you select that group name all the templates inside the group will be revealed.
– Ronny
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Who told you you should Motion 5? The keyer in FCPX is exactly the same as the one in Motion 5 and it’s by far the best chroma keyer you can find in any NLE. So unless there is any other reason why you need to do this work in Motion 5: just stay within FCPX.
If you need to go to Motion for other reasons then yes you can export your FCPX clip(s) as a master file and import these master file sin Motion. Or in Motion you can access the Original Media folder of your FCPX Event from within the Media Browser and work with these instead.
When your work is finished you either export the keyed out foreground as ProRes 4444 with an alpha channel to key it over your background video in FCPX, or you put the keyed out foreground over its background in Motion and you export as ProRes 422.
– Ronny
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Great thread with some great ideas indeed!
Compound clips used to bug down FCPX in earlier versions. Today I can see no performance issues with using CCs.
– Ronny
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I have effectively lost the original project timeline.
No, you haven’t. As you have turned your entire edit into a Compound Clip your original edit has been replaced by one single Compound Clip on your Project Timeline, that’s all. If you want to restore your Project Timeline to its original state you can easily do this:
1. Open the Compound Clip in its own timeline and copy the content of the CC timeline
2. Go back to your Project Timeline (you can use the Timeline History arrows to do this), delete the Compound Clip from the Project Timeline and press CMD+V to paste the content of the CC into your Project Timeline.Now you have restored your original edit in your Project Timeline and you still have the CC in your Event Browser. As the CC has been removed from your Project Timeline you will now be able to delete it from the Event Browser if you wish so.
– Ronny
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I agree. On our Thunderbolt iMac bays FCPX playback performance is perfect for broadcast monitoring. But on our current MacPro systems we do get an occasional hiccup, especially with larger and complex projects. We never use an NLE for laying back to tape, we didn’t not do that with classic FCP or Avid either.
– Ronny
