Simon Ubsdell
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When I started working with Fusion it looked something like this (albeit in colour):
I say, bring back those crazy tiles!
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Said Grant Petty, Blackmagic Design CEO: “Now, with the free version of Fusion, everyone from individual artists to the biggest studios can create Hollywood caliber visual effects and motion graphics!”
That’s so true. All you need is access to free software and you’re instantly a Hollywood standard visual effects artist.
You’ve got to love democratisation.
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[Bill Davis] “The most recent company to take a stab at improving the actual PROCESS of video editing was Apple with X.”
This does seem to imply that Apple’s feeble-minded competitors have made no attempts to improve the editing process in the interim, does it not?
I wonder whether that contention is fully sustainable.
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[Bill Davis] “I think there was so much new to learn about X editing concventions that it’s taken a while for editors to dive too deeply into it.
That said, some editors like the guy in Brazil who cut this have likely taken the time to dig deep.”
This is true as you are right to keep reminding us and it’s clear that you have taken the trouble to dive deeper than most.
I’m guessing that you also took the time to dive deeply into Media Composer and Premiere before deciding that FCP X was the right choice not just for you but also for the editing world at large – and more importantly that it’s the only real weapon left in the fight to arrest the decline of the US in the global production marketplace.
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[Bill Davis] “The most recent company to take a stab at improving the actual PROCESS of video editing was Apple with X. A particular editor may not agree that it improved anything, but it’s crystal clear that it was that – the desire to IMPROVE things that was the driving force behind the X rebuild. To IMPROVE editing for editors. “
You’re so right. Shame those blinkered fools at AVID and Adobe can’t appreciate the need to improve the editing experience.
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[Scott Witthaus] “Having played with it for a bit now, I agree. Far superior. Thanks again.”
Thanks, Scott.
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[Robin S. Kurz] “Seems a bit of a contradiction in terms, seeing that you used an Apple tool to remedy the problem, no? :D”
Calm down for just one moment, would you, Robin?
I’m a massive fan of Motion as you may just be able to gather from my YouTube channel of free tutorials for it.
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[Bret Williams] “Not sure what their excuse was. X has always had an effect called crop and feather ( or is it mask and feather?). It’s just not the obvious crop tool effect. Should be able to get creative.”
X has a tool called Crop and Feather but you can only feather the whole crop uniformly – that’s why my TKY SuperCrop effect (above) is so superior to Apple’s offering. Not to mention that you can crop using onscreen controls for each edge, etc. which is simply not catered for at all by Apple.
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[Scott Witthaus] “so, can I soften the edges on a crop in FCPX yet? ;-)”
Here’s a popular free effect that I made a while back that does some useful cropping stuff including soft edges and a lot more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fMExxKr20w
Download link:
https://tokyo-uk.com/fcpxeffects/freedownloads/TKY_SuperCrop.zip
Or you could make it yourself, as Robin says.
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[Andy Neil] “Speaking of masking, I built my own personal mask that conforms to various Academy specs like 1,85, 2.33, etc. to mimic certain frame resolutions.”
I’m sure yours is great, Andy, but the amazing Alex Gollner released the mother of all matte plug-ins:
https://blog.alex4d.com/2011/07/22/fcpx-widescreen-matte/
Very nice!
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