Member Since: February 23rd 2002 Friends:  Abraham Chaffin  Chris Harlan  Steve Brame  Tim Wilson | | | | |  | FCPX scopes keep changing positionby Peter Drobinski 2 days agoHi, this has recently started happening, and I was wondering if anyone else was experiencing this: I have my scopes set up in one of the FCPX scope display arrangements of two small windows above a la | Re: FCPX scopes keep changing position
by Bret Williams 20 hours ago
I keep my scopes in exactly the same config and have been unable to recreate the issue on my system. Not have I ever heard of the issue before. Congrats you might be the first! _______________________
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| | | |  | Too many projects in one libraryby Oliver Peters 1 week agoIs there a prevailing thought about how many Projects should be in any given Library I saw a post over at FCPco from a doc editor who had 27 Projects (alternative versions, archived, etc) and this was | Re: Too many projects in one library
by Bret Williams 1 week ago
You're doing it the way the majority of us do it. I think Jeremy was just saying having 27 projects in a library isn't that many. For example, I'm currently on a job that is a set of 8 videos. On some
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| | | |  | Somewhat OT: Why Adobe Can't be Stoppedby Jason Watson 3 weeks agoWithout intending to get into the merits demerits of Adobe CC, I noticed a couple of interesting posts on Seeking Alpha right around when Adobe released its Q2 2017 financials: Why Adobe Can't be Stop | | | | |
| | | |  | How to avoid range selection in FCPXby Mathew Farrell 3 weeks agoHey groovers, I use a Wacom stylus instead of a mouse. It's one of those things. One quirk with using a stylus is that it's very normal to do a slight drag when you click on something*. Normally it's | Re: How to avoid range selection in FCPX
by Bret Williams 3 weeks ago
Hmm. I never use anything but a thumbnail or list. Never a filmstrip. _______________________________________________________________________ http: BretFX.com FCP X Plugins & Templates for Editors & M
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| | | |  | Copy and paste clips without audioby Greg Ball 3 weeks agoHi there. I'm on FCP X 10.3.3, and I'm trying to copy and paste video clips from one project into another without pasting the audio. Is there a way to do that without having to detach the audio and de | | | | |
| | | |  | Dangerous forest or enchanted meadow?by Simon Ubsdell 1 month agoIt's been fascinating to read all your comments on the bricklaying threads, but one thing has very much stood out for me. From what I have seen, there are editors who approach the timeline with extrem+1 | | | | |
| | | |  | Sharing Motion Templatesby David Mathis 1 month agoI have a rather basic question. I like to create my own Motion templates and would like to share them with others. I was wondering if their is a way when they download the file the template automatica | Re: Sharing Motion Templates
by Bret Williams 1 month ago
To do what you really want requires a installer package. For commercial purposes you'd need a paid Apple Developer account with access to package maker and some training. Another option is the package
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| | | |  | Taking FCPX out for a new test driveby greg janza 2 months agoI work almost exclusively in Premiere so I don't stay current with what's happening with FCPX and I rarely take it for a spin. However, I recently was asked to do a project on FCPX and so I had a new | Re: Taking FCPX out for a new test drive
by Bret Williams 2 months ago
While $500 is pretty cheap, your math is suspect. It's only $400 ($397 actually). _______________________________________________________________________ http: BretFX.com FCP X Plugins & Templates for
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| | | |  | Still can't export with transparent backgroundby Kay Ghey 3 months agoHi guys, I'm a long time lurker but have finally achieved a level of frustration that's driven me to creating an account. I'm spent hours today scouring the internet for some new solution to exporting | | | | |
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| | | |  | Markers or Metadata - The Debate!by David Lawrence 3 months agoOne of FCPX's great strengths is its metadata-driven organizing tools. They're so good I've built logging workflows around them, even though I like cutting in Premiere Pro. But depending on your work +1 | Re: Markers or Metadata - The Debate!
by Bret Williams 3 months ago
I'll often get into lots of detail in the email diatribe back and forth for that very reason. There's an electronic trail. But sometimes they get frustrated and the phone rings. ______________________
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| | | |  | Final Cut Pro X + AfterEffects or Motion5?by Richi Chillt 3 months agoHi friends, as a newbie in video production and Final Cut Pro X user, I'm wondering if I should learn After Effects or Motion5 as my special effects software. 1. I cannot assess, if Motion5 is as powe | | | | |
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| | | |  | Scrolling Credits using a Drop Zone?by Chad Greene 4 months agoI thought it would be cool to create a Motion Generator with a drop zone that automatically scrolls my show's credit png based on the length of the generator. Just save the PNG out of Illustrator, dro | Re: Scrolling Credits using a Drop Zone?
by Bret Williams 4 months ago
In fact, this sounds like a challenge for Anatoly oner on the FB Motion forum. He loves proving stuff is possible. _______________________________________________________________________ http: BretFX.
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| | | | | Footage becoming interlaced in FCP 7by Gabriel Rougeau 10 months agoHello, this may be the wrong sub-forum, but it's been awhile since I posted here. I have a Sony NEX VG10 camcorder, and I've been told that this camera only films in progressive, so I figured that it | Re: Footage becoming interlaced in FCP 7
by Bret Williams 10 months ago
But what frame rate did you shoot at 24M is a data rate setting, which can be used with 60i, 50i, or 24p. _______________________________________________________________________ http: BretFX.com Plugi
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| | | | | I've lost my headby Bret Williams 1 year agoA year or more ago I clicked on my head and said "remove my head from forum" or something like that. It was reminding me of just how addicted I was. Well, the first step is admitting you have a proble | Re: I've lost my head
by Bret Williams 1 year ago
Sounds good. Guess I'll have to up my postings to get my head back up though. 18th poster of all time just ain't good enough. :P
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| | | | | Compound clip audio weirdnessby Bret Williams 1 year agoSomeone smack me and tell me what I'm missing here. I have a compound clip nested within my sequence, and the 8 audio tracks are being merged. Usually, expanding audio components shows all the tracks  | Re: Compound clip audio weirdness
by Bill Davis 1 year ago
Bret, Personally, I'd go back the the original clips - Open in Timeline - and completely delete all those empty tracks. We've seen that when X sees a bunch of empty tracks, (even if you're not activel
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| | | | | MP4 vs AVCHDby Bryce Douglass 1 year agoI have a Canon XA25 which shoots in AVCHD or MP4. I have been shooting in AVCHD then transcoding to Pro Res as I have had playback issues etc with multi cam etc. if I switched to MP4 would I have to t | Re: MP4 vs AVCHD
by Bret Williams 1 year ago
It's not as intensive with your iMac as with say a Mac Pro. You have h264 acceleration on that iMac processor where the xeons do not. Pro res is still a little smoother to edit with but not noticeably
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| | | |  | iphone4 video in FCP7 for youtube exportby raju bhai 2 years agoHi, I have an iPhone4 video that i just wanted to cut a section out of in FCP7 and then export it for youtube. It is a 36 min video. When i import the iPhone clip into FCP7 and drop it into the fresh +1 | | | | |
| | | | | Why MXF4MAC cannot open my .MXF file??by kim manis 2 years agoHello, Has anyone use MXF4mac for playing back MXF file I have been using it for a while until today it doesn't work anymore I don't know if there is something wrong with the codec in my .MXF file or | | | | |
| | | | | mixing frame ratesby Bret Williams 2 years agoIs there an issue with mixing frame rates in resolve I've got a multicam edit that is 29.97 except one camera that is 23.98. I ported the project over from FCP X so I could do better color correction, | Re: mixing frame rates
by Bret Williams 2 years ago
This also brings up a good question. Why is there a pull-down menu setting for timeline frame rate, and then right underneath it a "playback" frame rate FILL-IN box Isn't that just asking for trouble
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| | | | | Creative Cloud Holiday Discount Accounting?by Bill Davis 2 years agoSo lots of email today and ads with DEEP discounts for a first year of CC. Like pushing near 70% off. IIRC the earlier discussions here the idea advanced was that the subscription rate didn't reflect | | | | |
| | | |  | Does anybody know about this new plugin?by Daniel Brown 2 years agoI wish a had bookmarked this article, so I apologize in advance for not having more information. I read an article and watched a video on this new plugin. (I cannot remember if it was just for Mac or | | | | |
| | | | | Fusion and OFX Supportby David Mathis 2 years agoWhile waiting for Studio for Mac OS X, I would like to see expanded OFX support, perhaps something from Red Giant and others. Otherwise, very pleased with Fusion overall, great software! Kudos to the | Re: Fusion and OFX Support
by Bret Williams 2 years ago
Where are you finding the time David In trying to cut the Adobe cord I've had to learn Motion, and still keep up with AE. And before that of course ditch legacy and learn X and some Premiere. Now I'm
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| | | | | Panning Audio in resolve 12by Bret Williams 2 years agoComing from a FCP 7 background, where there weren't any different types of audio tracks, this whole premiere-like audio setup is a bit foreign. In 7, a channel was a channel and a track was always a s | Re: Panning Audio in resolve 12
by Bret Williams 2 years ago
Obviously you can't animate a pan in the media window. My problem is that only s stereo clip will pan in a stereo track. I've read the manual on it and honestly it doesn't seem to correlate. It's defi
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| | | |  | How long to export 5 min of HD footage?by Benjamin Cohen 2 years agoI am using CC 2015, a EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Super Clocked ACX 2.0 Graphics Card, a i7 Core, 16GB of BallStix Memory, Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH LGA 1150 Z97 Dual Thunderbolt 2 ATX Motherboard i'm using a | | | | |
| | | |  | does your NLE match your budget?by Brian Cooney 2 years agoI've come to the conclusion over the last few months with the apple adobe saga and all that is in the mix, that we probably can't blame the manufacturers if we are still trying to keep up with the lat | Re: does your NLE match your budget?
by Bret Williams 2 years ago
You've got the cred so I'm trying to give you the benefit. But you just kind keep saying the same thing without really giving any specifics. What kind of stuff are you doing with these clients that yo
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| | | | | The FCP X "tell"by Oliver Peters 2 years agoA lot of folks wonder if Apple can be trusted with FCP X and fear that at some point the application will be dumbed down or even dumped. As I look over Photos, I think I see the point at which such a +1  | Re: The FCP X "tell"
by Mark Suszko 2 years ago
Back in the 70's and 80's, there was a group of analysts trying to figure out what the Soviet Russians were thinking. The nickname for these people were "Kremlinologists". Their craft was a mix of sta
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| | | | | Final Cut Pro 5.1.4 Update file neededby Curtis Stephens 2 years agoI'm running Final Cut Pro 5.1 (ancient, I know) on Yosemite. I'm trying to transfer my old projects from a Snow Leopard computer over, but the Snow Leopard version is 5.1.4, and the App Store doesn't | | | | |
| | | | | Need Some Direction Pleaseby Brady Lovell 3 years agoI've been a hunter all of my life, and I've been messing around with filming my hunts since before HD was even popular. I never got serious until 2 years ago though. When GoPro came out, it was a perf+1 | Re: Need Some Direction Please
by Bret Williams 3 years ago
And fwiw, Digital Juice doesn't sell music anymore. They sell subscription packages. Their old store is down and their new format is in beta. Right now the options are pilot members, which is a pretty
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