Hey all so since the timeline is magnetic should one whom is editing a feature do a scene per event? I am not too familiar with FCP fully as I have been testing out the trial version. But for those who have done features and because of the magnetic timeline how did you tackle it when scenes sometimes change in later edits?
I'm working on a large video series and have been splitting up each video by event. So splitting them up by scene would be a good way to structure it I suppose. Or you could add key words for each scene and have everything under one event. Depending on how long it is it might be worth it to construct each scene within its own project, and then have a master sequence for the final. Make each finished scene a compound clip and paste them in order onto the full timeline.
I'd be tempted to use one event per shoot day or location, use keywords for scenes, then use one Project per scene whilst I'm working on it, then use Compound Clips as Adam states when I'm closer to wanting to get a feel of it overall.
lol, this isn't necessarily advice on HOW to edit a feature on FCPX... but it is advice that might make your life a lot easier... find an editor (or learn yourself) that will edit in Premiere CS5 or higher. I've tried FCPX for smaller projects and it's been cool, but I find it to be such a hassle editing larger projects on it. I just finished shooting a feature a couple of months ago and we're gearing up to shoot our second... edited the first in Premiere, doing the second in Premiere as well. I'm, honestly, not a fanboy. I wanted to LOVE FCPX. Be sure that whatever NLE you pick, you can live with... switching half way through editing a 120min movie would suck.
It's been my rule of thumb for a long time now: If it's less than 10 mins, needed in a hurry and destined for the web, use FCPX - it's designed for that. If it's more than 10 mins, uses timecode and destined for all sorts of media, use Premiere Pro - it's designed for that. To be able to edit in either is the perfect situation - 'sporty little runabout car for nipping in and out, and a big comfy van for the longer journeys'. Of course there will be exceptions that test that rule, but it's where I start. Just so happens that all my work has been <10 mins lately.
I agree splitting it up by event would be a good choice. I edited a 12 minute short film with tons of footage etc in FCPX and put it all in one event and categorized it with the little keyword folder things, it would lag sometimes. But sometimes worked pretty well. I would of liked it to run faster, and it is not my cpu ! I have 12gb of ram, 3.4ghz intel processor and tons of hard drive space aha the best iMac you can get pretty much. Still lagged in FCPX when editing sometimes.. so I would like to learn premiere pro soon or something. I still have this wish in the back of my head that Apple just releases FCP 8
Exactly !! +1 FCP X is WONDERFUL I love it .. but for small projects. Bigger projects it just can not handle.. As said in my last post, I need to learn premiere pro or Avid or something. Any recommendations ? Something similar to FCP7 maybe but with background rendering? haha
Thing is - if you ever get stuck in Premiere, you can look up issues and find great answers that are widely discussed. I find that Avid - being a high end tool - has less "general public answers" for the stupid (but necessary) "general public questions". Premiere, like most Adobe systems, is quite easy to pick up on. Also, if you have any experience with other Adobe software such as Flash and Photoshop, After Effects becomes very easy to grasp. Also, the connectivity between Ae and Pr is awesome.
