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FCPX working off harddrive on multiple computers?
by PeterSchley 3 weeks ago
I am a longtime FCP user. I also teach it at a University. We are currently deciding whether to switch to FCPX or to go to another program. Our students mostly edit their FCP7 projects with all media
Re: FCPX working off harddrive on multiple computers?
by alban egger 3 weeks ago
Peter, as always the same questions: time, hardware, diskspace. Here s how FCPX works: - create the event on your mobile drive. - when you import and have nothing selected then FCPX will reference the
A Question for Working Professional Editors Using FCPX.
by Kevin Zimmerman 3 weeks ago
So, I participated a bit in the original flare-up of outrage and shock when FCPX was originally released. I put a fair amount of effort into working with it, wrote down my objections in a handful of o
Re: A Question for Working Professional Editors Using FCPX.
by alban egger 3 weeks ago
Kevin, I suggest you watch some training. Where you feel FCPX is limited is exactly where it is strong. Auditions are very powerful to make different edits in one timeline. Example: I have a spot that
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Export Several clips from FCP X Event Library?
by Ryan Ritchey 4 weeks ago
Bear with me folks, as I think I'm missing an easy way to do this: I have a client who would like the Full Res Quicktime versions of several clips on a hard drive. All of the clips are tagged in my ev
Re: Export Several clips from FCP X Event Library?
by alban egger 3 weeks ago
I also use these options often. Youtube or vimeo and the best is e-mail (for short projects). It basically saves a step which you can use for other tasks. If you want to edit on, you ll have to "Send
Has anyone else noticed this? Game over, great job by Apple.
by Robert Bracken 4 weeks ago
I just noticed this today. I know you can add it through the effects menu but this was super easy. Thanks Apple. I don't care if people label FCP X as "prosumer." It works great, fast and reliable.
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Lawrence Eaton liked this 4 weeks ago
Re: Has anyone else noticed this? Game over, great job by Apple.
by alban egger 3 weeks ago
No, only the last 3. A workaround to get "anywhere" is copying the clip with the wanted settings and pasting right in front of the new one. then Allpying the color correction. Finally take the clip aw
Is there is 'copy clip attributes' in FCPX?
by Olly Lawer 4 weeks ago
Just want to copy the scale and position to a new clip. Olly Lawer
Re: command-c copies attribues & command-option-v pastes them
by alban egger 3 weeks ago
Just type in the same name to replace the Preset.
FCPX Broadcast Monitoring in action
by Eric Parker Andersen 4 weeks ago
I haven't checked in on this forum in awhile, not sure if it just for bashing FCPX Apple, or if there are many positive posts as well. Here goes. Although I'm sure the haters will say 'too little too
Re: FCPX Broadcast Monitoring in action
by alban egger 3 weeks ago
Jules bowman "I don't like it. Magnetic trackless timeline is stupid. Renaming things is stupid. A project isn't an event. No manual save is insane. This is not an upgrade to fcp7 which is how it was
Full new features list for PrPro CS6
by David Cherniack 1 month ago
http: success.adobe.com assets en downloads guides Pr_CS6_WN_Reveal.pdf All of them are great. My personal favorite is the CUDA (and openCL) real time (after background analysis) Warp stabilization. H
Re: Full new features list for PrPro CS6
by alban egger 1 month ago
Premiere is clearly not aimed at the Pro market anymore. I read something like a "rolling shutter filter". I mean who would ever need something that is only needed for DSLR shooters and those with pre
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10.0.4 performance much worse for me... bummer.
by Joshua Pearson 1 month ago
I'm working on a pretty high-powered tower with 16G of RAM... I was just getting into a groove for the past week with 10.0.3, using a second Cinema display as a second monitor, with very smooth playba
Re: 10.0.4 performance much worse for me... bummer.
by alban egger 1 month ago
For me it is very responsive with big projects now. I have an event with 5500 clips right now on my hard drive which I used recently on my Macbook. It worked (Macbook 2011, 16GB RAM), but it ways t to
Editor for flagship BBC arts programme prepares London boutique facility based exclusively around FCPX
by Aindreas Gallagher 1 month ago
Because I have carped on about this for so long, that there wasn't a whisper of FCPX in the world, Its only right that I draw attention to this discussion on FCP.co The fellah's name is Craig Slattery
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Andrew Richards liked this 1 month ago
Re: Editor for flagship BBC arts programme prepares London boutique facility based exclusively around FCPX
by alban egger 1 month ago
Audio is indeed the last problem IF your client demands OMF. Other than that I see no more reason to open FCP7 anymore.
FCPX users - stand up and be counted!
by Steve Connor 2 months ago
I'm interested to know how many people on here are actually using FCPX for work in some way at the moment, if you're brave enough would you like to step forward Steve Connor "FCPX Professional" Adrena
Re: FCPX users - stand up and be counted!
by alban egger 1 month ago
We use it on 4 machines pretty much exclusively now. There is one last machine that has FCP legacy installed, but it is collecting dust, unless I have to 7toX some project, which worked fine so far. F
Has anyone used FCPX to cut a proper documentary for broadcast.
by Sean Davison 2 months ago
By that I mean: More than 2 tracks of Video More than 10 tracks of audio More than 45 minutes long Broadcast safe Exported to Protools for audio mix (5.1 and Dolby E) Reimported audio Laid back to HDC
Re: Has anyone used FCPX to cut a proper documentary for broadcast.
by alban egger 2 months ago
Neil Goodman "No 3 point editing into anything other than the primary = lame" Well and you are apparently one of those who played 10 minutes with it and then gave up. Of course you can 3-point edit i
EX1, 550D and Z5 footage in same timeline
by Olly Lawer 2 months ago
Hi, OK, I posted some similar before but since i've now upgraded to FCPX, I just need to consolidate my knowledge and workflow. Got a shoot coming up next week and have been experimenting with differe
Re: EX1, 550D and Z5 footage in same timeline
by alban egger 2 months ago
I just a shoot with different cams shooting a mix of i and p. Just create your 1080p timeline ad throw the i footage in. FCPX will do its magic. You don t need to de-interlace, anyway I didn t have to
HVX 200A & 200 with FCP X
by Marty Vermillion 3 months ago
I'm getting ready to swallow the pill and start moving from FCP7 Studio to FCP X. On Apple's web site they list the HVX 200E & 200P as compatible camcorders for FCP X. I'm using a 200 & a 200A. Are th
Re: HVX 200A & 200 with FCP X
by alban egger 3 months ago
We use HVXs and FCPX. Import is smooth and native: you don t need to wait for the ingest, just point at the directory, press "import all" and you are done. You can edit instantly without waiting for a
Workflow for FCPX editing sports videos?
by Claude Lyneis 3 months ago
With the single timeline in X and no multiple sequences, I am looking for an efficient way to edit a sports event (lacrosse), which starts with about 150 clips and an hour of video. Before I made a fu
Re: Workflow for FCPX editing sports videos?
by alban egger 3 months ago
Hi Claude, we edit a lot of sports. From free-ski events to football games. FCPX is about 2-3 times faster than FCP7. first of all i recommend to change some shortcuts. I have "Trim to Start", "Trim t
Good FCPX news for Canon XF100/C300 owners- import plugin released
by Noah Kadner 3 months ago
Canon just released their plugin to enable direct import in FCP X from these cameras: EOS C300 EOS C300 PL XF305 XF300 XF105 XF100. Be sure to select OS 10.7 in the popup when you visit this link: htt
Re: Good FCPX news for Canon XF100/C300 owners- import plugin released
by alban egger 3 months ago
Jeremy Garchow "Or use XfcpX" huh but XfcpX only rewraps the codec, it doesn t transcode, so it basically does the same than the plugin: make FCPX understand the wrapper. Transcoding any material int
Beach ball for 2min 6 times an hr.
by Juan Peña 3 months ago
Anyone know why I get the Beach ball for 2min 6 times an hr. Editing ProRess 422 3.2Ghz Quad 6GB RAM G-tech 7200rpm Drives Lion FCP 10.0.3
Re: Beach ball for 2min 6 times an hr.
by alban egger 3 months ago
16GB RAM seems for me to be a must. And I also played with media on an SSD and suddenly FW800-Raid0-RAIDs seem so slow...
XDCAM import/export
by Eric Sternberger 3 months ago
Hi Cow, I didn t test FCPx yet, because of all the shortcomings regarding professional use... But the new Version with Broadcast-Monitoring and XML-Output seems worth a try. But: What about XDCAM impo
Re: XDCAM import/export
by alban egger 3 months ago
IMPORT after transcode with XCam transfer just import the XDCam-Movs EXPORT: No luck from FCPX right now. I use FCP7 for that. We have successfully exported from FCPX and then imported into FCP7 and t
we're gathered around a very small pond.
by Aindreas Gallagher 6 months ago
http: www.youtube.com watch v=-FAtFZQPi1A FCP studio gone - color gone, dvd studio gone, shake gone, soundtrack pro gone, FCP server gone, xraid gone, and now the macpro tower standing in most facilit
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Jacob Kerns liked this 6 months ago
Re: we're gathered around a very small pond.
by kim krause 6 months ago
craig, why are you and i the only visionaries on these forums. i really think most people are so thick they can't see the writing on the wall. by the sound of it they all want to continue working on c
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alban egger liked this 6 months ago
Walter Murch won't use FCX
by Shane Ross 7 months ago
Here's a great blog post about the talk Mr. Murch gave at the Boston Supermeet. Great stuff. http: www.chris-portal.com 2011 10 28 walter-murch-at-the-boston-supermeet At the end he touched upon FCX..
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Martti Ekstrand liked this 7 months ago
Re: Walter Murch won't use FCX
by Douglas K. Dempsey 6 months ago
Actually Tom, I believe the track timeline is a metaphor for running a series of tracks -- film and magnetic -- through a synchonizer block (and a Moviescope viewer). Even when an editor would cut on
alban egger liked this 7 months ago
Carrion Crow and Roadkill
by Mark Dobson 7 months ago
I have to wonder whether any of critics of FCPX have actually spent time with the programme. And by spending time I don't mean looking at online video demos but actually investing time in learning how
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Lawrence Eaton liked this 7 months ago
Re: Carrion Crow and Roadkill
by Steve Connor 7 months ago
David Roth Weiss "Worst of all, it prioritizes clip collision avoidance at the expense of creative editing. " I would disagree with that as a statement, it hasn't stopped me editing creatively at all
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alban egger liked this 7 months ago
XDCam HD 422 - excruciatingly slow transfer speeds
by Jim Curtis 8 months ago
Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but I don't see one for XDCam HD, and this seems the closest to it. I was recently given 4 Sony rewritable optical disks with about 23G on each one. I was also loaned
Re: XDCam HD 422 - excruciatingly slow transfer speeds
by alban egger 8 months ago
Ha, we didn t get that one because it says DRIVE not driver. I didn t want to mess with a rented drive s firmware.....classic. try it tomorrow and let you know if it helped ;-)
FCP7 review by someone who likes FCPX
by alban egger 9 months ago
had to go back to FCP7 and here s my review of it after several weeks in FCPX.... http: fcpxmegatest.blogspot.com 2011 08 review-of-fcp7-from-fcpx-user.html
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Craig Seeman liked this 9 months ago
Re: FCP7 review by someone who likes FCPX
by Craig Seeman 9 months ago
Alban, thanks for expressing all the thoughts that dance in my head when looking at FCP7 after using FCPX. One thing that stands out for me is connected clips and connected secondary storylines. When
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alban egger liked this 9 months ago
Steve Kanter: What FCPX CAN Do
by Paul Jay 9 months ago
Steve Kanter: What FCPX CAN Do http: fcp.co final-cut-pro news 502-fcpx-what-it-can-do-by-steve-kanter
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Geoff Dills liked this 9 months ago
Re: Steve Kanter: What FCPX CAN Do
by Geoff Dills 9 months ago
Classy reply David. The quotes were there to differentiate between people I consider real pros and the whining I see from alleged pros about this software. Google me if you doubt my cred. I have found
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alban egger liked this 9 months ago
Article: The Magnetic Timeline -- Thoughts on Apple's New Paradigm
by David Lawrence 10 months ago
Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate The Magnetic Timeline -- Thoughts on Apple's New Paradigm With its June 21 release of Final Cut Pro X, Apple shocked the entire post-production industry. David Lawrence
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David Lawrence liked this 9 months ago
Re: The Magnetic Timeline -- Thoughts on Apple's New Paradigm
by alban egger 9 months ago
Jim Giberti "It needs more understanding and time to feel either way about it. And frankly many of the people who hate it most have expressed that feeling from the very early hours of it's existence
Lightworks
by David Battistella 10 months ago
This forum is full of people with deep opinions about how a professional NLE should operate. I'd say that the very best way to get your dream NLE is to get involved in the lightworks beta program. Thi
Re: Lightworks
by Andrew Richards 10 months ago
Robert Brown "Having the computer scan and organize your footage for you is a gimmick - although it may be useful at times, but there will NEVER be a replacement for seeing the footage with your own
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alban egger liked this 9 months ago
Andrew Balis Talks FCP X: The Timeline
by Paul Jay 10 months ago
Moviola events series presents Principal Instructor Andrew Balis and his overview of the new Final Cut X program. In this video he discusses the basics of editing in the timeline. http: vimeo.com 2702
Re: Andrew Balis Talks FCP X: The Timeline
by Craig Seeman 10 months ago
Ewan Lim " The thing is, you won't be makin too many mistakes if you know what you are doing." You can say that about anything. It doesn't make the older model timeline "better." Editing shouldn't be
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alban egger liked this 10 months ago
NEW FCPX Organic Transition Effect
by Simon Ubsdell 10 months ago
I thought I would try out using the supplied FCPX textures as opacity masks for an organic-looking transition effect, so here is a first version: 2651_organictransition.zip Transition effect using App
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alban egger liked this 10 months ago
Apple Posts New Videos Comparing FCPX to Adobe & Avid
by Andrew Richards 10 months ago
Look under the MacBook Pro... Best, Andy
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Alan Okey liked this 10 months ago
Re: Apple Posts New Videos Comparing FCPX to Adobe & Avid
by Rob Tinworth 10 months ago
You can create bins to organise your media, you can create subclips to organise your media, you can name and copy your clips (what are they talking about, "duplicating the media") you can organise you
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alban egger liked this 10 months ago
FCPX here to stay, never gonna change?
by Vincent Strader 10 months ago
One or two of you MIGHT recall my name and remembering that I work for a municipal government office. Budgets & time are always extremely tight. My manager read many negative articles on FCPX and sugg
Re: FCPX here to stay, never gonna change?
by David A Fenton 10 months ago
Get it, learn, adapt and enjoy.
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alban egger liked this 10 months ago
You are all amateurs....
by alban egger 10 months ago
I am sick of this pro-talk. We are all amateurs. The one editor who never edited anythng less than 65mm ....ok I am generous....32mm footage step forward and float to the top as the real pro. But anyo
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John Davidson liked this 10 months ago
Re: You are all amateurs....
by Gary Pollard 10 months ago
Agree. Besides,an amateur is someone who does something for love. It's always been strange when people use it as an insult. Anyone who doesn't love it should get the **** out. As for "Pros", there are
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alban egger liked this 10 months ago
A Special Thanks to the Courageous Dissenters!
by J Hussar 10 months ago
I want to thank those who voiced it out, loud and intensely, about the missing features in FCPX. Without you Apple would have thought they had a victory in cutting out a slew of features that pros use
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Mike Smith liked this 10 months ago
Re: A Special Thanks to the Courageous Dissenters!
by Douglas K. Dempsey 10 months ago
To J Hussar and Jamie: First, my context. I haven't complained about what FCPX may lack as a v1.0 -- in fact I posted many gripes in this Winter, mostly on Ken Stone's forum, about the lame, tired old
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alban egger liked this 10 months ago
Article: FCPX - First Cut with the new Final Cut Pro X
by David Battistella 11 months ago
Apple FCPX - Final Cut Pro X FCPX - First Cut with the new Final Cut Pro X David Battistella, ever willing to engage in new adventures in film and digital capture, has taken the leap toward editing h
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David Stone liked this 10 months ago
Re: FCPX - First Cut with the new Final Cut Pro X
by alban egger 11 months ago
Hey David, I did the same test. Downloaded, shot a hot project (XDCam HD 422) and edited in FCPX with all the risk of deadline and project-unmovability. I needed FCP7 to transcode, but otherwise FCPX
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Article: FCPX: What Pros Find Missing in Final Cut Pro X
by walter biscardi 11 months ago
Apple FCPX - Final Cut Pro X FCPX: What Pros Find Missing in Final Cut Pro X June 21st, 2011, was met with the news that Final Cut Pro X was finally available and what a thrill ride it has been! Prof
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Norman Greenwood liked this 6 months ago
Re: Final Cut Pro X: What's Missing for Some Pros
by alban egger 11 months ago
Totally disagree with some stuff Walter writes. And I am quite shocked at how inaccurate some of his statements are. For example it is possible to share projects with other editors. And to be honest..
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animating 200 fotos at once
by alban egger 4 years ago
I have a job where I have to make a simple animation from 200 fotos ecvery day (for 4 weeks). The anim should be simple with a slow zoom and a dissolve between the fotos. I know there are tools, but I
Re: animating 200 fotos at once
by Mike Clasby 4 years ago
Sequence layers with the Animation Keyframe Assistant, and add two expressions. Here you go: 1) Add the layers to your comp. 2) Trim to the desired length by going down the timeline (2 Sec ) and selec
Pre-loading external FLV file with the preloader
by Bhupendra Pandey 7 years ago
Hi Guys, Just like to check, how can i create a pre loader for the external flv file. what I mean is that I want to load say around 60% of the external flv file into memory or cache and then start pla
Re: Pre-loading external FLV file with the preloader
by alban egger 7 years ago
hmm, but i need to built my player through this tutorial. it doesn
Free FLV Component
by LeeBrimelow 7 years ago
I built an FLV video player component. It could be useful if you wanted to quickly watch an FLV. It still lacks quite a bit of functionality but I will be adding more to it soon. You can download it a
Re: Free FLV Component
by alban egger 7 years ago
Lee, great component. keep improving it ;-)
Matte box...
by Rocky Barbanica 7 years ago
I tried using the search for this as I'm sure it has been explained in detail, howevere, COW has lost her way when trying to search... That said, What is a great matte box setup for the DVX100A w o th
Re: Matte box...
by alban egger 7 years ago
i got the formatt FM500. it is solid metal with a huge frenchflag and looks great. in the easy version (simply a 72mm adapter) you need to load the filters from the bottom, but that is the only "down"


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