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[Ann Bens] “You can do that from the timeline by right clicking on the clip: reveal in project.”
Can you set this up as a keyboard shortcut, a la X?
Scott Witthaus
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[Andrew Kimery] “They aren’t leaving because of the content, they are leaving because of the distribution medium.”
I would say that they are leaving because most of the content is crap no matter what the distribution method is. So why pay a cable company $90 a month where you an pay Netflix $8/month and find what you want. And cut out the commercials.
Scott Witthaus
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[James Ewart] “If I were to want to master to tape a stereo master with separate M&E on Audio 3 and 4 is that even possible with X?”
No, but that is a niche need. Avid has that covered! 😉
Scott Witthaus
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1708 Inc./Editorial
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Sometimes the manual way is the only way. A couple hours is not too bad.
I know I have been there before. However, I can’t expect the software to have a solution for every mistake I make! What it does is remind me not to do that again….glad you got it fixed.
Scott Witthaus
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1708 Inc./Editorial
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[David Mathis] “I would love to use Resolve for editing as well but choppy playback is a negative. In other words playback is not in realtime. “
Agreed. I have R11 on a new (mid 2014), totally tricked out MacPro and the playback is terrible. The company said it was I was trying to playback AVCHD which, of course, FCPX plays back like a champ. So I took a clip of R11’s own color bars, made a new timeline. Wouldn’t even play that back smoothly. Ouch.
I want to do any more intense CC and some finish tweaks on Resolve (after the cut in X), but the playback kills it for me. The software is sitting there gathering “digital dust” right now.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
[Andrew Kimery] “Aside from a handful of 1st party shows (which could easily be on a cable/TV channel) Netflix, Hulu, Amazon streaming, Epix, VUDU, XBL, PSN, Google Play, HBOGO (coming soon), YouTube (their pay service), etc., all just redistribute existing movies and TV shows.”
Yes, but we get what we like…without having to put up with the “conceptual crap” and the networks. Subscription based television.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
[James Ewart] “Who am I to tell them they are wrong?”
I wouldn’t tell them they are wrong. I would tell them they work in a niche market where Avid is focused and strong. If you want to make a living in that niche, you better know Avid (and probably Premiere these days). But there is a huge world of visual storytelling going on out there that doesn’t use one particular product. That’s the bigger market. Not as visible to be sure, but a huge market.
[James Ewart] “Most of the best work is being cut with Avid still. “
Depends on your definition of “best work”. What percentage of that work can be considered “good”? Just for a good debate, one could also say that the vast majority of commercials are conceptual crap (I also cut them for a living). Broadcast TV is almost unwatchable these days, being mostly reality, bad “comedy” or cop dramas. One has to comb through Netflix pretty good to find a well done movie. People are “cutting the cord” faster and faster to get only what they want. One could say this, correct? So where does that leave us? Avid cuts mostly crap? Is that inspirational marketing? I have never looked at the credits of a good movie to see what system is was cut on. Who cares? It’s the cutter, not the box (for the millionth time!). 🙂
IMHO, without coffee… 🙂
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
[Jeremy Garchow] “It would be nice, but I always match frame, add an “Audition” keyword, then find the 5 or 6 shots, make the Audition clip, and then replace that clip in the timeline with the Audition, then clear the Clips from the Audition keyword”
You guys are GOOD! I would write all this down, but I still might not understand it all… Thank you!
Scott
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter -
Just finished cutting a small product demo video and used the Duet app on my iPad Air2 for events and projects on a second monitor. Works well for situations where a larger, second monitor is not feasible. Certainly adds a little more value to the iPad.
Scott Witthaus
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1708 Inc./Editorial
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[Tim Wilson] “You may have some distant memory of a fellow who was so dismayed by Avid’s mishandling of DS that he left both it and Windows behind to go both feet into FCP”
While we’re talking lack of trust….I don’t think this fellow was me as I am still in the business, but as an early adopter, beta tester and general manager of a company that bought several DS systems, the way Avid treated that product and it’s customers burned a deep distrust of the company in me. Kill a superior product due to some sort of corporate arrogance, IMHO. Except for a very few (Marianna, to be specific), I rarely take a word from Avid as being truth. That’s why I react to things like the Avid Customer Association and some of the promises that came after the subscription announcement as so much bulls**t. Let’s see how they couch the subscription price increase next year…you know it’s gonna happen.
So for the FCP-7 folks that felt burned, I feel ya. But I also agree with Tim that it was best to EOL it right then and there and move on. Take the legs out of the story, take your lumps and move on.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter