Simon Ubsdell
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[Russell Lasson] “And organizing sequences by compound clips in a project doesn’t seem realistic either.”
I don’t think this is something that you are meant to do – think of “compound clips” as FCP7 “nests” and you have a very close approximation of what they are. Yes, you could use nests in FCP7 to organize stuff but I can’t imagine anybody wanting to.
The whole Event library thing is possible the hardest part of the new paradigm to get your head round but it may well turn out to be the most powerful part of the whole app. On the other hand it might just be a shitty idea they ported over from iPhoto and hoped would do the trick. On balance I think the former, but you never know 😉
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Here’s something I liked a lot …
Shift/Cmd/2 brings up the Timeline Index which is an idea unlike anything you’ve seen before, namely a kind of running EDL of all the events in your timeline with an actively updating scrollbar that shows exactly where you are. Unusual and intriguing and potentially very valuable for long projects.
And there’s a search function in this tab too which means you can for instance search for all clips from a particular source just by typing a search string and you can then select them all from the same tab – to apply a similar filter or whatever. Very powerful. I suppose you can do this already with the find functions in FCP7 but this is so much more elegant.
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For anyone who’s interested in the answer to this question, as well as the info tab mentioned by Gary you can also configure the data columns in the Event browser (by control clicking in the column’s tab and choosing your options) so that you can see pretty much anything you want – exactly as you could in FCP7. I like to use the deeper metadata to contrast and compare clips especially for frame rate and frame size and make sure I can see what’s going on so this is very useful. I note though that pixel aspect ratio is not included yet.
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[Tom Daigon] “When you look at them, a lot of those people have a vested interest in its success (ie trainers and software developers) ;-)”
You bet!!!!!!
Larry Jordan got 1.2 MILLION HITS to his site within three hours of the launch. How rich has he suddenly got selling his webinars at however much a pop?!!!!!! Lucky fellow …
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[Craig Seeman] “Sorry but it is the Matrix and it’s why people are frustrated”
Lots of interesting points there as always.
But I think I still disagree with you about letting people see the Matrix. For example read Stefan’s posts in this thread and you can see the level of confusion that results from not calling a spade a spade. I don’t think your point about gaps is really that much of a clincher – it’s a minor wrinkle in what is otherwise a very straightforward one-to-one comparison.
I think what a lot of people need when encountering new stuff like this are helpful analogies – and the analogy of FCPX “project” equals FCP7 “sequence” is surely entirely valid even if it doesn’t reveal the hidden truth. At this point I don’t think people need the hidden truth – not just yet anyway when there’s so much else they need to get their head round.
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[gary adcock] ”
Also useful is the Info palette, it carries all of the info you are looking for.”Yes, it does, but it’s in an odd place I can’t help feeling. Call me a Luddite but I would have liked to have it in the Event library where I’m organizing my material rather than in a separate tab. Maybe this will come later?
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[Stefan Buhrmester] “You have ONE project (not 16).”
You can have as many “projects” as you like – there is no sense in which an FCPX “project” is remotely the same as an FCP7 “project” which is what you appear to be saying unless I’ve got you wrong.
What FCPX calls a “project” is really just the same thing (for all practical purposes) as what FCP7 used to call a “sequence”. An old FCP7 “project” is much more like an FCPX “Event” – though there are much bigger differences here, not that they affect the basic sense of it.
I can see from your post that the change of descriptive language is really not helping people get to grips with FCPX, sadly.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “OK, can you then have multiple FCPX “projects” open?”
Yes, fortunately you can. I rely on this absolutely when I’m cutting so am glad to see that it’s there.
You can “tab” between them using the arrow buttons at the top left of the Timeline window. And you can easily copy and paste between projects which is what I like to do all the time. So no real change from FCP7 there … at least 😉
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[Stefan Buhrmester] “You can always create a new compound clip directly inside the event browser. That’s the closest you get to FCP7 sequences.”
No really, Stefan, it’s not that complicated – a “project” really is a FCP7 “sequence”.
Compounds clips are “nests” in all but name, or rather they behave almost identically to nests in FCP7 with the advantage that you can “break them apart” much more easily (with a single command).
Simon Ubsdell
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