T. Payton
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Nathan,
Actually FCP X is the right place for this type of work. You could do this very efficiently and I think you will find the workflow better than FCP 7. In a nutshell use compound clips for your segments and then edit inside the compound clips:
See here my example of a 6:30 show (click for larger versions)
1. My show comes in a 6:30 exactly.
2. I sleet the “body” of the show and create a compound clip of it. Option -G
3. Edit the body of your show inside the compound clip to your hearts content. Notice the area to the right, the dark area, that will show you what content won’t be seen. Back out of your compound clip and in your main timeline your show will be exactly 6:30 every time.
You can use this same technique to modify the opening and closing for each episode also. Plus if you have commercial breaks you can create compound clips for each segment instead of one big body.
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T. Payton
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I’m running 10.0.4 on a 2007 MacBook Pro with only 128MB of VRAM, and 4MB of RAM. And I’m seeing a great speed improvement over 10.0.3, especially in h264 footage playback.
My 2006 MacPro is also running 10.0.4. I think something else is up. You might want to give Apple a call and see if they can sort it out on the phone.
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Great to hear things are going well now.
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Wow that is odd. One think you might try is copying and pasting your timeline into a new project or compound clip. Perhaps export and reimport FCPXML for the timeline. Trash your prefs too. Lastly I would give Applecare a call about this one.
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
The original MXO is a very cool box. It sounds like your issue is that of the resolution setting for the MOX display. Couldn’t you just change it to 720p?
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
[James Mortner] “Which app is this then ? Im intrigued. Also, the last 10% tends to mean angry clients and 3 am deadlines…”
There are a bunch of good consumer vector apps for the iPad. Here is one (this looks pretty nice, even has a Mac version for a mere $25:
My son has the app InkPad. But here is a list of some others:
https://appadvice.com/appguides/show/vector-drawing
By the way my point is not that a $4.99 is an Illustrator replacement–far be it. But these inexpensive vector apps for the iPad represent a shift in creation in our culture. What was once a type of tool that only Graphic Professionals would use has now become something that practically anyone can use and afford.
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[Michael Gissing] “T Payton, you should know better if you have at least read some of the history of the Ludittes so I wonder why you have misrepresented so many here who have legitimate complaints about this software”
Indeed I should have known better. I re-read my post and realized that it indeed sounded like I said if someone didn’t embrace FCP X they were not accepting technology and therefore a Luddite. That was not my intention. I was speaking of a technology becoming persuasive in culture to the point of it becoming very inexpensive, simplified and yet dummed down from the professional perspective. I was also apparently projecting my own thoughts and emotions on others, of which I apologize.
I admit my ignorance also. Here in the Western United States “Luddite” is not part of the vocabulary, and I had not heard the term until I read of it recently.
I appreciate the rebuke.
Also, I take no shame in saying that I am a fan of Apple, although a critic also. Apple has been used in my life to not only give a young kid something to aspire to (I got an Apple II when I was 12), but allow me to support my family (I worked at a place called MacTemps for a while right out of college), to starting a business with little more than a Quadra 610 and QuarkXPress. Now I support a larger family and a thriving business with the help of Apple hardware and software (and mostly Adobe software too). Apple doesn’t just make gadgets, they have fundamentally changed the culture. If another company made FCP X I would probably not pay much attention to it, simply based on the number of bugs alone. But if Apple makes it, I’ll take notice because they have a track record of revolution.
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Glad to see the discussion. So my comparing some of us editors to Luddiets is a straw-man? Now that you brought it up I see your point. I did jump quickly to that conclusion without supporting it.
BTW, I didn’t mean to imply that FCP X is Illustrator (not at all!), just that it reminded me that we are in the middle of a revolution. When computer graphics were new (25 years ago) it was only utilized by a few graphic professionals (I being one of them). Today computer graphics are as common in our society and utilized by many more people than just graphic professionals. And the tools have been so refined and simplified that practically anyone can use it without having to go through extensive training. The has benefited both the consumer and the professional. Video is now in the process of undergoing a similar revolution. Once the tools were only in the hands of the professionals, now video is “in the hands of the people” so to speak, including my 9 year old cousin.
Regarding the Luddites… The craftsmen were very bothered by the fact that the new textiles being spit out by machines were of inferior quality that those made by the craftsman. They were right to criticize it. But in their attempt to stop the new machines, it consumed their lives and some were even put to death in punishment of their crimes.
Although that is much more extreme than what I have done, it is a good warning to not let my distaste of these things consume me. Instead I should be attentive to my own work, and doing a good job in my craft, and not throw the new technology under the bus because it is “simpler” or that non-professionals are using it.
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Oh sure, just create a new project with the desired size and frame rate. “Select all”, on your old timeline, and “paste” it into your new project.
FCP X doesn’t let you alter the frame rate of a timeline unless it is empty (this make sense sorta.)
Alternative if you are feeling daring, you can” select all” on your timeline, then choose “cut”. Alter that timelines frame rate then “paste”.
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque -
Did you use the MXO with the 2009 iMac for a client monitor?
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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque
