T. Payton
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That is gonna be hard to isolate. Basically you need to find the frequencies of the finger snap and pull them down as much as you can without harming the dialog.
You can find the frequencies using the Channel EQ and “Analyze” button, or just guess and notch out the frequencies with that EQ.
If you wanna upload a sample here I’ll give it a shot and report backs with the settings.
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
I can understand “messy” but in this way:
In final cut pro legacy (or other NLEs) you put clips wherever you want, in whatever track, and they stay there and don’t move. However, there is no relationship between clips. The timeline doesn’t distinguish between SFX or B-Roll or whatever. All clips are independent. They are all independent (with the exception of an audio track linked to a video clip). Therefore relationships were kept in the head of the editor.
FCP X is all about relationships. Relationships between clips are now the norm and are a part of the timeline itself. The timeline “knows” what is B-Roll over an interview and knows what is a SFX on a car crash because of the relationships.
FCP X gets messy when we want to take back all the relationships in our head. Then we are fighting with the magnetic timeline rather than it doing our biding.
I think you’ll find that if you take the time to learn how to wield the magnetic timeline you’ll find that it is brilliantly thought out, efficient and allows your work to be done much faster than a track based NLE. But really it is a matter of preference, I can totally understand why someone wouldn’t like it and think it is messy. But I find that it changes the editing process and frees your mind to focus on the edits themselves rather than how to wield all those clips. I feel that it makes me a better editor because of it.
Now there are times when the relationships can drive you crazy (specifically in doing multilayer composting ) in the timeline and you want to just place items. You do need a workaround for this such as secondary story lines and other tricks, but those workarounds are nothing compared to the typical workarounds that are needed in track based NLEs.
You might have seen this videos before from Apple, but you might want to give them another viewing. They are quick and a little marketing heavy but they are very true.
https://support.apple.com/kb/VI288
https://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/includes/videos/overview-faster.html#video-faster
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Edit a documentary in FCP. Then you will LOVE the magnetic timeline.
I hear you however. It takes some getting used to. But I have been teaching some of my staff (not editors) Final Cut and the magnetic timeline make perfect sense to them. For those of us who have used other NLEs, we have to unlearn some old workarounds (unlearning is very difficult, at least for me). But once you “get it” it is a thing of beauty and you’re timelines will be very clean and efficient. Sure there are workarounds, but there are workarounds for every app and workflow.
I did a :30 spot last month and here is what my timeline looked like when I started. I was very much in a legacy FCP state of mind. Notice all the stacked layers of video:
Then I came to my senses and make the timeline more “FCP X Correct” utilizing the magnetic timeline and this is what the final spot looked like with the myriad of SFX elements.
Because I was taking advantage of the magnetic timeline when the client asked for an early shot to be a few frames longer, it was very easy to accommodate, and other last minute changes were very simple.
The Magnetic Timeline is really very well through out, but is NOT the timeline you know in a typical NLE. But I encourage you to take the time to unlearn and learn FCP X and I think you will see the benefits.
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
It’s a bug, or at best a bad implementation.
I would encourage all who read this post to give feedback to the Final Cut Pro team. The squeaky wheel will get the grease.
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Completely agree. We are using roles for organization which I don’t think Apple anticipated. Be sure to send them a feedback on Final Cut Pro Feedback. I can assure you that they will read it and log it.
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Indeed my version of the Robin Hood game won’t run on Lion, which was really holding me back from getting FCP X running well. 😉
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Agree about Lion, but I didn’t have any trouble with Snow Leopard with FCP X. One thing that I have heard from Apple is it best to start with a fresh system install with FCP to rule out any issues that might have been lingering with the system. A user account with corrupted items can always be problematic, and it is very difficult to identity the problem.
However, my whole time with Snow Leopard I haven’t had a problem with FCP X. Although I would vote for Lion also, my guess it is something up with your RAID that FCP X doesn’t like.
And if you go to Lion frankly you’ll get used to the grey icons on the side bar. It really bugged me to, but I just let it go. Now I see Apple’s point as it is a distraction visually with the colored icons 😉
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Do you have a RAID controller for those drives are you using the software RAID. Also how is the media drive formatted? HFS+ noncase sensitive? I am assuming your project & event is on the RAID right?
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Hi Shawn, sorry you are having trouble. I would strongly suggest you give Apple a phone call regarding this. I personally haven’t lost any projects and I have a good 20 large projects done in FCP X. On several machines, a Mac Pro, iMac, MacBook Pro and even a MacMini. Also I’m a compound clip nut and in fact I’m delivering an effects heavy national TV spot that has been completely cut in compound clips. About 15 or so versions and haven’t seen any corruption issues.
What is your drive setup on it? Are you on a SAN or just individual RAIDs?
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Theoreau – looks like you have quite a day ahead of you. To answer some of your questions:
a. Control_command-Right and Left Arrow is supposed to do this, but doesn’t.
b. C key
c. Use the timeline index to navigate. Copy and paste your clips as normal.
I actually think you’ll find this tutorial very useful with all these questions:
https://library.creativecow.net/payton_t/FCPX_Editing-During-Playback/1
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque
