With regard to video, I want to point out that the footage is only analyzed for these problems and will not actually be Fixed or Corrected until you add the clip to the project then enable the appropriate feature in the Inspector. During import, if the appropriate items are checked, you can have FCP look for camera shake, rolling shutter problems (an issue peculiar to CMOS sensor cameras that produce a warping artifact on the image) and color balance problems. Where FCP X really excels is in the "analyze clips for problems" department. For those of you not familiar with smart folders, smart playlists and the like, this may take some getting used to. It's built into the Mac's Finder, iLife, Aperture, Mail, and any number of apps that have huge data bases that must be managed and organized. ![]() As an aside, organizational intelligence not new. Having FCP do this for you automatically is like having your own assistant editor go through your footage and sort it before you even begin working with it. When your footage imports, an algorithm determines if there are any people in the imported clips then intelligently places them into Smart Collections labeled One Person, Group, Wide Shot, Close Up, and so on. The items under "Find People" and "Create Smart Collections after analysis" are checked by default. In the sections labeled "Video" and "Audio" your media will be analyzed for content and for potential problems with your footage. ![]() Once the transcoded media comes online, FCP will reference the transcoded media, so as you work, you'll notice editing and playback performance increase. ![]() Here's the cool part you don't have to wait for the files to finish transcoding, you can work with the original camera media (even directly off the card) while your media is transcoding in the background. For example, if the footage you are importing is not a video editing friendly format such as h.264 or some MPEG variant, you can have FCP encode your footage into one of two Apple ProRes flavors for optimum playback performance.Ĭhecking "Create Optimized Media" will create standard ProRes media, and checking "Create Proxy Media" will create ProRes Proxy media. In the Transcoding section you can have your media automatically optimized during import. In the section labeled "Organizing" you can have Final Cut Pro automatically copy your media into dedicated folders called Events which makes managing, organizing and deleting your media very efficient (more on Events in a bit). I therefore like to think of preferences as FCP X's media command center. Preferences in FCP X are much more about controlling how media is handled and less about how the user interface can be customized as it was in legacy versions of FCP. If you're a seasoned FCP user, opening preferences for the first time and seeing how minimalist it has become might be alarming. These settings are handled in the Import Preferences window (Command-Comma). Before you import any media, an important first step is to tell FCP how you want your media organized, optimized, and analyzed. You can import directly from a camera or memory card or you can import a file or folder from the Mac's Finder. Therefore, this article's primary focus will be to address how FCP X's new editing paradigms are most likely to impact your workflow.įCP X gives you a number of different ways to import your media. As is my custom each time a new version of Final Cut Pro is released I set about writing an article for Ken explaining what the new features mean to the rank and file editor who will be cutting with it in their day to day operation. The hype machine is now inert and we can all get back to work. The speculation, the rumors, the misinformation and the hand-wringing can now mercifully stop. ![]() Ripple Training Apple Pro Video Series: FCP X Tutorialĭownload the ePub iPad/iPhone version of this article.įinal Cut Pro X is here.
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