Sunday, April 17, 2011

Re: [Avid-L2] Re: FCP X... Discuss...

 




"One of the things Avid MC does do well, generally, is to give the user
alternatives and multiple ways to work for what best suits the moment, user or
project. Adding features is always good . . . but please don't take useful ones
away (e.g. Interface Settings)."

B

Thank you!!

Shirley

-----Original Message-----
From: Benjamin Hershleder <Ben@ContactBen.com>
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, Apr 17, 2011 11:20 am
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: FCP X... Discuss...

Keywords... cool. Smart Collections is taxonomy, like we see on blogs.
Buuut . . . I still want (no, need) the ability to sub-clip and sub-sequence.
If FCPX does not allow that, then IMHO, that's dumb.
One of the things Avid MC does do well, generally, is to give the user
alternatives and multiple ways to work for what best suits the moment, user or
project. Adding features is always good . . . but please don't take useful ones
away (e.g. Interface Settings).

B

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On Apr 16, 2011, at 4:48 PM, Philip Hodgetts wrote:

>
> On Apr 16, 2011, at 4:35 PM, David Chmura wrote:
>
> > Right. But often I don't have time to do that level of organization and I
just want to park something in a special bin so I don't lose it. Subclips are
ideal for that.
>
> Add a keyword, and you have your specific bin. All advantage, no disadvantage.
> >
> > I don't know what the keyword is... just save the darn section some place
where I can get it later!
>
> All keywords have Smart Collections associated with them
> >
> > I've tried some of these keyword/organizing programs (iDive, for example)
and I think I rarely have enough time to use them effectively.
>
> You will learn. Or you'll go to Media composer :) There doesn't seem to be any
other way to do it.
>
> Randy Ubillos also said this...
>
> "To get around this you had to do things like subclipping and a whole range of
other things. With range based keywording you can..."
>
> When subclips are described as a workaround, you can pretty much guarantee
they're now obsolete.
>
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