I as doing subtitles for one of our projects, and I was using Annotation Edit - great software by the way for subs work.
When done, I exported PNGs and a fcpxml from AE to import into FCPX.
In FCPX I selected Import/XML and it crashed...
After some troubleshooting, I figured I had one sub with a duration of zero.
So, instead of crashing without telling you anything when you import a XML file with such error, it would be great if FCPX were to pop a message with some explanation.
"Entry error, line XX - cannot import fcpxml", would be sooo nice for troubleshooting and saving time.
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Thursday, April 9, 2015
FCPX (10.1.4 and 10.2) bug with stills in a Storyline, with Ken Burns applied
I have a problem where I have a few pictures with the Ken Burns effect applied to them, and I put these few photos in a Storyline.
Then at some point I have to retouch one photo in Photoshop, maybe to crop it, apply some effect, whatever, and then I save the photo.
When I go back to FCPX, the picture externally retouched in Photoshop updates fine in the Timeline, but it's reduced in size in the frame, and FCPX similarly screws all the other pictures contained in the same Storyline, they are all smaller in the frame than they were before.
The workaround is to Lift the stills from the Storyline, at which point they come back to their normal size, and then put them back into a new Storyline.
It's really annoying, and it still is present in FCPX 10.2. Can you fix this bug please, Apple?
It's a problem that I also have with Motion Templates in a Storyline. If I tweak the Template in Motion, then come back to FCPX, it's sized down in the Storyline... Same workaround.
Then at some point I have to retouch one photo in Photoshop, maybe to crop it, apply some effect, whatever, and then I save the photo.
When I go back to FCPX, the picture externally retouched in Photoshop updates fine in the Timeline, but it's reduced in size in the frame, and FCPX similarly screws all the other pictures contained in the same Storyline, they are all smaller in the frame than they were before.
The workaround is to Lift the stills from the Storyline, at which point they come back to their normal size, and then put them back into a new Storyline.
It's really annoying, and it still is present in FCPX 10.2. Can you fix this bug please, Apple?
It's a problem that I also have with Motion Templates in a Storyline. If I tweak the Template in Motion, then come back to FCPX, it's sized down in the Storyline... Same workaround.
Pond5 Public Domain Project
Pond5 Public Domain Project, is an ongoing collection of clips digitized from Archives around the country (the world?)
They are free to download from the site - you need a Pond5 account.
Usage is still a grey area tough... Editorial OK, but commercial? Not really. And what's Public Domain in the US is not necessarily in other territories.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
FCPX (10.1.4) Batch Generating Proxy Media after Import.
And now to generate Proxy Media after Import, select Clips in the Browser, then right-click select: "Transcode Media", and check the box: "Create Proxy Media."
Before this, I make sure to specify a destination folder for the Media, in Library Settings. Usually I do this when I create a new Library, so I don't have to think about it later.
FCPX creates a "Final Cut Proxy Media" folder inside my Library Settings Folder, with a Subfolder with the date of the original Media creation. All the transcoded clips go in there.
More info here:
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH12702?locale=en_US
Before this, I make sure to specify a destination folder for the Media, in Library Settings. Usually I do this when I create a new Library, so I don't have to think about it later.
FCPX creates a "Final Cut Proxy Media" folder inside my Library Settings Folder, with a Subfolder with the date of the original Media creation. All the transcoded clips go in there.
More info here:
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH12702?locale=en_US
FCPX (10.1.4) how to copy Folders, Keywords Collections from one Event to another. And between Libraries.
Today I have to Merge three different Libraries into one, and as I was trying to organize things, it looked like I could not copy Clips, or Folders or even Keyword Collections from one Library to the other, or from an Event to another... OK.
First, I needed to simplify Libraries, and grouping everything under a single Event. But I could not drag Clips nor Folders or Keyword Collections from an Event to another within the same Library...
Well the trick is to select the Event itself, and then drag it over to the second Event. This has for effect to copy all Folders, and Collections with the Clips to the new Event.
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH12766?locale=en_US
Note that dragging an Event to another within the same Library effectively discards the original Event, while all its content is now inside the receiving Event.
I found that from a Library containing several Events, I could keep my organizing by creating a main Folder with the same name as the Event and then after consolidating my Events into one, I still have things ordered within Folders. Quite handy.
Then, I wanted to copy Events from different Libraries into a common receiving Library. But I could not copy an Event from Library 1 to another Event in Library 2. The second trick is to drag the Event from Library 1 to Library 2 directly.
Then a window pops up:
"Copy items to the library "Library2".
Selected items and original Media will be copied to the storage location for the library "Library 2".
"You can include available optimized or proxy media in the copy. Media stored in external folders will be left in place."
And the check boxes to include said optimized or proxy media.
I keep all my Media external, so they stay in their respective places, which is what I want for now.
After clicking OK, it took a few seconds and my Event now appears into Library 2 with all the contained Folders, Keywords Collections and Clips, grand! And as one would expect, the Event is still present in Library 1.
First, I needed to simplify Libraries, and grouping everything under a single Event. But I could not drag Clips nor Folders or Keyword Collections from an Event to another within the same Library...
Well the trick is to select the Event itself, and then drag it over to the second Event. This has for effect to copy all Folders, and Collections with the Clips to the new Event.
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH12766?locale=en_US
Note that dragging an Event to another within the same Library effectively discards the original Event, while all its content is now inside the receiving Event.
I found that from a Library containing several Events, I could keep my organizing by creating a main Folder with the same name as the Event and then after consolidating my Events into one, I still have things ordered within Folders. Quite handy.
Then, I wanted to copy Events from different Libraries into a common receiving Library. But I could not copy an Event from Library 1 to another Event in Library 2. The second trick is to drag the Event from Library 1 to Library 2 directly.
Then a window pops up:
"Copy items to the library "Library2".
Selected items and original Media will be copied to the storage location for the library "Library 2".
"You can include available optimized or proxy media in the copy. Media stored in external folders will be left in place."
And the check boxes to include said optimized or proxy media.
I keep all my Media external, so they stay in their respective places, which is what I want for now.
After clicking OK, it took a few seconds and my Event now appears into Library 2 with all the contained Folders, Keywords Collections and Clips, grand! And as one would expect, the Event is still present in Library 1.
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