Scott Witthaus
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Are you trying to insert between connected clips? If so, highlight all the connected clips in the region and create a new storyline (command-G). With that storyline highlighted, you can insert, move, append and replace just like the primary storyline. Secondary storylines are extremely powerful and efficient. If I have more than one b-roll connected clip in an area, it’s become habit to create that new storyline.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
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[Herb Sevush] “Only if your a newbie,”
Wrong. If you’re an “old-bie” FCPX can still be learned very easily. The tough part is to let the old way go and use the software the way it was designed. Don’t try to learn FCPX by forcing your old Premiere or Avid habits or mindset on it. That is a recipe for frustration
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
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built in fade handles.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
I did not notice it un-rendered, but I certainly wasn’t looking for that. Every title after the point I tightened up the edit showed this problem. I have seen it before, but never to this amount.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
[Robin S. Kurz] “Er… no. If there is in fact ZERO audio, then it will of course not show anything either”
Er, yes. At least you can tell my project that when it happened. The “ghost” waveform seems to have no relationship to what might or might not be there. So even though it might be just a barely audible hiss (when one is expecting full reference audio from a DSLR), FCPX for some reason shows that full, robust ghost waveform. Frustrated me for hours trying to find audio from the production company that all the time was never there.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
Yes. There is no audio on those clips, in my experience. For some reason FCPX puts a “ghost” waveform on the clip saying “there is an audio channel here but nothing on it”. Did you check the box to “delete silent audio channels” on input?
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
[Michael Paul] “Also you might open my eyes where I am like OH WOW I never thought of it that way.
“Most, if not al,l of the people on this thread use or have used multiple NLE’s. So we have been there. I am not sure what or why you are even asking? As I suggested earlier, the best way might be to go to Ripple or Lynda and take an essentials class to see how the software works as designed rather than trying to make it work like a traditional track based software.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
[Michael Paul] “So far it doesn’t make any sense to me since I come from programs like Avid or Premiere.”
Best advice is to forget about Premiere and MC and how things are done there. This is a different way to work. Trying to force an MC or Premiere “way of doing things” on X is a recipe for frustration. I would look into Lynda.com FCPX Essentials class or the Ripple training to get solid basics down for the X workflow.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
You getting all this Michael? Bueller? Bueller?
[Michael Paul] ” I do not think that you should use a software out of a habit. You should look for the tool that suits your needs the best. “
Which is the main reason I choose X over Avid or Premiere. For me, in most situations, it’s simply the superior product.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
[Juan Lesta] “I know FCPX is not a good tool for colour grading,”
I respectfully disagree. Between the built-in CC and tools like Color Finale, you can do a whole helluva lot. If you are still needing, the round trip to Resolve is pretty good.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter