Simon Ubsdell
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Hey, that’s a really nice idea, Tim! I was thinking along the same lines but not going there thinking Compound clips would be as crappy as Nests used to be and hence not seeing their full potential. As it is they are increasingly looking like one of the most powerful aspects of the whole shooting match.
With your sync or VT or SOT tracks or whatever you like to call them you could do something a little more sneaky still and move them up out of the primary storyline (Cmd/opt/up arrow) and then make them into a storyline (Create storyline – Cmd/G). That way you wouldn’t have to step into the Compound clip to adjust the audio edit points. (Annoying that you can’t make a “storyline” in the primary storyline but there’s obviously some underlying logic to this.)
I do like the way guys like you on this forum are plugging away not just learning the software but dreaming up clever workarounds and devising workflows … all the while not really knowing if any of us will be using FCPX at all in a few months’ time.
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I think one of the intriguing this about the magnetic timeline is that audio tracks don’t need to be at the bottom where we are used to putting, and you can just as well have them above the primary storyline. This might help with your visual layout issues.
Also bear in mind that you can use the Clip Appearance dialogue (the switch icon at the bottom middle of the timeline window) to shrink stuff down that you don’t need which might also help.
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[Tim Wilson] “Yeah, but REALLY fun for a couple of days. :-)”
I’ll second that – that was one seriously crazy ride back there. Still trying to catch my breath!
Nice and peaceful over here though – for now 😉
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Backtimed 3-point editing – it’s annoying that in order to backtime edits you have to remember to use Shift plus whatever key you want.
Hence, a “forward” 3-point overwrite is “D” whereas a backtimed 3-point overwrite is “Shift/D”.
Odd – but then there are quite a few odd things that we’ll need to get used to for now.
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No, I understand – just trying to explain what I believe are the current limitations with regard to reference movies. Not trying to defend anything at this point 😉
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I’d say the easiest thing would be to fix one clip in the timeline then copy and paste the attributes (Cmd/C then Cmd/Opt/V) to the other clips that need fixing. Same as did in FCP7, but note that all properties get pasted and you can’t choose which, so do it before you’ve added any specific filters to your first clip.
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I think it’s correct to say that you can’t do this. If you have the new Compressor however I am guessing that using the Share/Send to Compressor option will effectively send a reference movie.
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I have to say that whatever anyone’s reservations about FCPX the one thing you cannot fault it on is the ability to organize your media in ways you hadn’t even imagined possible. Hard to know where to start on your question, but try selecting a range and applying a keyword and hopefully you’ll start to get it.
The great thing is that you can easily organize the same footage in different ways (different keywords and so forth) which is a genuinely intruiging new development for a lot of users.
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[Noah Kadner] “The one caveat is that it’s a one way trip.”
But if you open the Compound clip to the Timeline (Clip/Open in Timeline) it does seem to behave like a good old-fashioned FCP7 sequence would and does update the original.
I can see that of course it wouldn’t happen this way if you edited the Compound clip into another Project which might be what you are saying.
Or have I got this completely wrong?
Thanks.
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[Stephen Bakopanos] “Select the text clip, create a storyline (CMD+G), then apply crossfades (CMD+T)…”
Very elegant solution – I like it.
I do recommend getting friendly with the Send to Motion route though as it’s a great was to set up your own custom titles and all the rest and very easy to do into the bargain.
Simon Ubsdell
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