Tony Silanskas
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– Split screens are much easier to me as the new motion controls are much easier to use.
– 3rd-party plug-ins will be coming. Factory just released theirs.
– There are some new keying tools in FCP X and if you have Motion 5 you can do it in there, too.
tony
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[Joseph Finneran] “Is there a sharpness filter or other combination of processes or settings that can minimize the film look of this BTS footage we’re integrating into our piece?”
Not really. The 23.98 progressive timebase is what mainly makes it look different since everything else is 60i. Besides color correcting it to match the clips around it and maybe sharpening it a bit like you said, the clips are what they are. Sorry.
tony
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[Mario Gongora] “1. Where the hell is the mixer? Does it have one? (And I’m not talking about the individual sound clip mixer in the inspector pane, I need sliding faders) is it hidden somewhere?”
No mixer that I have found. But each track has its own audio parameters in the inspector.
[Mario Gongora] “2. I already posted this in another thread, but can you copy single effects from one clip to the other (in FCP7 you just drag the effect to the new clip)”
From the manual:
Copy a clipʼs effects to another clip
1. In the Timeline, select the clip you want to copy the effects from, and choose Edit>Copy (orpress Command-C).2.Select the clip you want to apply the effects to,and choose Edit>PasteEffects (orpressCommand- Option-V).
All the first clipʼs effects are applied to the second clip.[Mario Gongora] “3. How do select and export just a fragment of the timeline?”
You can’t in FCP X. Best way now is to “Export to Compressor” and do it there. It works fine in my testing just an unnecessary extra step.
tony
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Thanks so much to those that chimed in though it looks to be a bit too soon to have this conversation on here. It will get better, it always does but for now I just wrote out my thoughts on my personal site in hopes to have an encouraging conversation with friends for the next couple of weeks. If you guys got a site of your own you could try that.
tony
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Yah, I tried to have a positive conversation over here without much luck: https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/335/4289
It will get better, it always does but for now I just wrote out my thoughts on my personal site in hopes to have an encouraging conversation with friends for the next couple of weeks. If you got a site of your own you could try that.
tony
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[Douglas K. Dempsey] “Until Apple issues a press release stating that I will be able to use my FCP7 projects through Lion and/or until FCPX opens FCP7 and does multi-cam, OMF, XML, has organizable/identifiable tracks for dialogue, music and effects, and all the other fairly basic stuff that any pro needs… until I see it in writing, I have to assume Apple has bailed out of our miniscule high-end pro market, and will now serve only the great mass of one-man band operations.”
I’ve been a loyal FCP user for 10 years and one thing has remained a constant… Apple has always played its cards close to its chest. Love it or hate it, it’s what they do, and if history tells us one thing it’s that they mostly likely won’t change that mentality. But I don’t see how this affects what you’re doing today. FCP 7 still works, in fact it works great and will continue to work great. Plus, legitimate copies will be around on places like Amazon longer than you think. The issues you bring up mostly stem from possible future optional upgrades. A friend of mine has a G4 with Final Cut Pro 4.5 on it and it still does everything it did the day he got it. Does it run Snow Leopard with all its advancements… nope but it still works. Things change and sometimes sacrifices have to be made. The point is FCP X is just another option to consider just like Adobe or Avid. Many of the negative concerns for FCP X are valid but it’s not like Apple went and deleted FCP 7 off of every editors’ computer overnight. I just find it very hard to get worked up over this when there’s plenty of options out there.
tony
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[Keith Bress] “I really like the foundation here but I do wish Apple continued to support FCP 7 along with FCP X.”
To possibly put your mind at ease, if the past tells us something, FCP 7 will be around for a few years with stores like Amazon selling it for awhile. And in its current state it’s a great product that will continue to do what it does and do it well. Keep your serial number safe and all should be how it was a week ago until you either jump ship or FCP X matures. I’m hoping for the latter.
tony
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[Eric Susch] “Now Apple wants to throw that all away and start over?”
I don’t see it that way at all. Many of the features they added (at the expense of others we need, for now at least) are ones editors have been asking for for years and many of those features, like 64-bit, background rendering, GPU acceleration, are at the foundation of a product and are best added with a clean slate. Just ask Adobe. This doesn’t mean they are throwing away the basics but you have to start somewhere then add those little guys back in. With the outcry from editors for a new version they seemed to have caved for once and released this one too soon. Maybe they hoped editors would look at their past (poor product launches but great and visionary updates) and realize how amazing the future could be with this new foundation.
tony
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Adding to Jonathan’s thoughts, you still have FCP 7 and it still works great so that has to give you at least a small grin. Plus we live in exciting times that there are some excellent alternatives out there, too. FCP X is just another option that hopefully will become the option once it matures like the first Final Cut did. And if not, once again there are great alternatives so hopefully that makes you at least 3% less depressed.
tony
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Adding better organization inside of Final Cut is incredibly long overdue and I believe the strides they’ve taken with metadata and keywords is a great start. Working on so many large projects with 1000’s of clips is not fun in FCP 7 and almost impossible to easily search. I am such a proponent of having a logical organizational scheme and am happy Apple is almost forcing people to start organizing more efficiently.
tony