![]() ![]() ![]() And they wasted a lot of time with all that RED/Alexa/broadcast monitor etc etc support if it's for amateurs, didn't they? The fools. It's not anything like iMovie, mind you - I'm fairly sharp in FCP-X and I can't work out how to do a damn thing in iMovie. In the way that Logic is Garageband Pro, I suppose it is, a bit. In fact, most people I talk to haven't tried it, and say "I haven't bothered, because I heard it was crap", or they tried it for 10 seconds and found the FCP7 processes didn't make cool things happen. Last time I visited the National Film & Television School, they were considering Premiere or just sticking to Avid, and the editing instructor didn't know anything about FCP-X except that she'd heard it was evil. In the US, it's a bit more popular, but there's little pro market penetration. In the UK, as far as I know it's only me and this guy called Alex Gollner (of whom more elsewhere) who like FCP-X :) On the whole, people are moving to Premiere. OK, what plugins should I get? Open or Close.If you're feeling really luddite, you can make old-fashioned Final Cut Pro 7 tracks!.To get back to FCP-X land, just hit P and ~.That ignores Clip Connections, so your stuff on extra "tracks" stays put when you move items in the main timeline, instead of moving with the clip below it. Next, hold down the ~ key, then hold down shift. ![]() Press P (the Position tool turns off the magnetic timeline).Export only used portions of camera files (with handles) using free ClipExporter.FCP7-style replace edits: see this edition of MacBreak Studio.Incidentally: "You can do the whole thing with keyboard shortcuts which makes it even faster - with the playhead on the edit point, press [ (left-bracket)-'(apostrophe)-Shift-X-C (selects the clip to the right)-Delete." - Mark Spencer Hopefully it'll get fixed in an upcoming update. Through edits: see this tutorial by Richard Taylor.How do you do the stuff they've changed or missed out? Open or Close.Then use a Project for your final version. Use scene-sized Compound Clips in Auditions to try different cuts or running orders. As you edit, copy & paste whole timelines from one Compound Clip to another to create multiple versions - don't use Projects. Use compound clips for everything - interview selects, reels of your film, complex discreet chunks like titles or fancy graphics & compositing etc - until you're ready to export the final product.Enjoy being able to recall multiple in/out selections for a clip, but watch this FCP.tv video before you start.Add metadata tags and multiple clip I/O selections before you start editing.Do your sound/picture synch before you start cutting.If you've got an old computer, and Background Rendering is not making you happy, you can disable it in Preferences and go back to Ctrl-R to render a specific clip.This will prevent a major Code Red in your brain later on. Find out how Events work before you start haphazardly importing stuff, moving folders in Finder etc.Watch this explanation of the contrast between FCP7 and FCP-X's use of project files & folders.Read FCP.co's list of things to do after you bought FCP-X, and this overview from the DigitalFilms blog. ![]()
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