Steve Smede
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Seems like his question was about why there is no midtone adjustment slider right there with the highlight and shadow. It’s a good question.
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Dumb? Hardly. What’s dumb is that PP will sometimes “decide” that a panel will disappear. If you’re not experienced in fiddling with settings, the disappearance will be a frustrating mystery. Took me just a quick google search to find the fix, but here’s the thing: type “can’t find project panel” in Google and guess what pops up No. 1? This is evidence that Adobe has a recurring problem with stuff like this.
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I’m puzzled by this function of PP, and I’m equally puzzled why no one in this thread has not pointed out the obvious: It’s dumb.
So, even though I might think it makes perfect intuitive sense that a clip will paste onto the same track from where it was copied, that doesn’t happen in PP like it does in other NLEs.
In PP, when you copy a clip from (for example) V5, it will paste onto V1, even if it overlaps existing media…? Why would that even be the DEFAULT?
Imagine if you were to copy a sentence inside a Word doc, then you position the cursor at the bottom of the page and hit Command V. Would you find it acceptable if the sentence got pasted at the TOP of the page? No. It would be an outrage.
Sorry for the all-cap theatrics, but WHAT AM I MISSING HERE?
There MUST be a way to override this non-intuitive mystery function in Preferences, yes?
All that aside, the Alt-drop function does work nicely.
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So just a followup here some four years later… What I’m seeing and experiencing is that there is no simple way to chop off the end of a clip like you would in FCP or PP. The fact that there is some “other” way to do it means zilch to me. Why can’t you just simply select a razor tool and chop???
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Beyond the h4n-consumer rode combo, what’s your workaround for audio? Good clean sound is never sexy as a new lens or jib, but bad audio will undo any and every other purchase you would make. (Not that I assume your audio sucks because you have introductory equipment!) You mentioned interviews. If your sound sucks, it all sucks. I’d suggest a good wireless lav system plus a plug transmitter ($800), a mid-range field mixer ($600), a pro shotgun ($300) and boom pole ($200).
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How about a rigwheels kit and some pipe. 100 bucks. They have a few tutorials on their site. Very easy to do, and the systems can be customized quite a bit.