[William Davis]

SliceX is more than $40, but it’s great and comes with a lot of useful tools.

https://coremelt.com/products/slicex-powered-by-mocha

I’ve used the “Skinfix” tool on a broadcast job and had really good results.

There’s also a 15 day trial…

Cheers,
Bill

[William Davis]

Agreed! I thought it was just me and I was in the middle of troubleshooting and reinstalling when I saw that I was installing the new build. So far so good.

[William Davis]

I’m with Bret. The short answer for me would be “both.”

AE is the industry standard for motion graphics, so knowing it can only be a good thing, and with Motion’s deep integration with FCPX and its $49 price tag it’s a no brainer.

Cheers,
Bill

[William Davis]

Oops. I see that Steve posted a similar story a few minutes before me.

[William Davis]

It seems to work normally here.

1) Command click multiple storylines.

2) Select one without holding Command.

3) Move as needed.

Maybe you’re command-clicking on one after you’ve selected?

[William Davis]

I head up editorial at Interface Media Group in DC and we’re an FCPX house with 12 workstations connected to Xsan. We’ve done a ton of broadcast work in X the last few years.

Interface has had a lot of “firsts.” We were one of the first Avid shops in the Mid Atlantic in 1990, one of the first to move to FCP in 2001 (version 2, oh yeah!), and we started migrating to X in 2012.

Cheers,
Bill

https://www.interfacemedia.com

[William Davis]

The Post Magazine link is now live.

[William Davis]

“LAS VEGAS — In conjunction with the NAB show in Las Vegas, Apple is releasing Version 10.2 of its Final Cut Pro editing application. While the company is not formally exhibiting on the NAB show floor, Apple did give Post a look at the upgrade prior to its public release on Monday. “

[William Davis]

It’s my impression that when you use the Media Import window to bring in your C300 footage it collects the metadata that’s in the original folder structure and re-wraps that into a new file with the media. Before the Pro Import 2.0 update you couldn’t even see the media unless it was in the proper folders. That’s what allows spanned clips to appear as single files upon import.

Using the drag and drop method works, but you do lose that metadata. I suppose that’s why you’re seeing the leave in place behavior when you import that way.

Cheers,
Bill

[William Davis]

You can also use the Image Mask effect on your fill layer and drag the matte layer into the image well.

Cheers,
Bill

Bill Davis
thedavisreview.com