[Scott Witthaus]

Julian –

Sometimes it’s fun to check in here just to see who is making some darn-fool comment and what darn-fool reactions come back at that comment. Kind of like watching reality TV. No, wait, reality TV is much worse, but you get the picture.

However, there is the other FCPX forum that talks more about tips and techniques:

https://forums.creativecow.net/fcpxtechnique?view=s

This may be more of what you are looking for.

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Scott Witthaus]

[Oliver Peters] “Which is why it’s a really bad idea. The optics are wrong. On top of that, you are enlarging the compression artifacts inherent in the image. It’s OK in a pinch, but no director or DP should plan on that as a viable alternative to getting the shot in-camera.”

I agree 100%. “Fixing” in post will never look as good as in the glass and usually ends up costing more money in the end.

sw

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Scott Witthaus]

[Walter Soyka] “Somewhere out there, a DP just shed a silent tear.”

This is so true. Last three series of spots I cut (and the next one coming up) were all shot on Epic and at 5k (I cut on Premiere which barely kept up with me, crashed several times). We created the CU’s and such by simply resizing. And of course, the post side made money by replicating depth of field changes for the re-po’ed shots.

I like the idea of iMovie looking more like FCPX. Apple is playing for the future (where the puck will be) and this is one way to hook the newbies. Of course, they need to not repeat the mistake of Avid when they had Xpress, MC and Symphony that were all so close in features that it just confused the marketplace.

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Scott Witthaus]

[TImothy Auld] “The technology never gets out of the way.”

True, never totally, but as much as possible it should not impede the creative process.

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Scott Witthaus]

thanks. really terrible “hold” music….

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Scott Witthaus]

Is the event online now?

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Scott Witthaus]

LA is a niche market, when you think about the total of “professional” visual communications. What might be dominant or favored in LA can no way be treated as an accurate statement for the industry as a whole.

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Scott Witthaus]

Bob –

This is great. Mind if I post a link to this on the FCP X Techniques and FCPX-L forums?

sw

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Scott Witthaus]

[Chris Harlan] “My personal choices right now are for Premiere and Media Composer, but that’s because I like the interface better, not because I think you’re wrong in wanting to use X.”

Hi Chris –

I hope I am not insinuating right or wrong. I use FCPX, FCP7 and Premiere for my editing company and I use them in specific situations (there is not a post house in my area that has Avid for 4-wall rental anymore, thus Avid is not in my list…all the FCP7 houses have gone to Premiere).

I was just pointing out that new editors are taking to X much faster than I observed in 7, Apple seemed to do something very right with this new NLE, especially with new unbiased editors, old editors (like me) are usually wary of new things and change, and that history repeats itself!

All good. Just my humble opine.

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Scott Witthaus]

[Andy Branner] “ronically the experienced editors are in fact the ones that by far have the hardest time with X, merely because they always try to use it the way they expect it to work, not they way it’s meant to work. Which 9 out of 10 times will of course end with a “this is stupid and makes no sense” or the likes. (sound familiar?) … “

There is a lot of fear involved here as well: This new toy threatens the status quo and might be something that needs to be learned. It (seems) hard to learn. It’s different. It’s not professional. It’s for weddings. Its lower cost threatens rate structures. It’s design threatens comfortable workflows. Now everyone can do what I do (thereby threatening the rate structure).

What cracks me up is that the same complaints we saw from Avid editors talking about FCP3-7 are the complaints we hear from FCP7 editors talking about X (see above). We saw it with Avid|DS (except for the cost part), we saw it with Final Cut (legacy) and now we see it with FCPX. And so it goes…

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter