Comments on: The Changeover Challenge:From Avid to Final Cut Pro http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge For Avid editors learning FCP Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:02:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: editblog http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-113 editblog Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:52:38 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-113 Great article Loren. Puts a lot of good info together in one place. Great article Loren. Puts a lot of good info together in one place.

]]> By: Studio Daily Blog » Avid to FCP Changeover Challenge article http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-114 Studio Daily Blog » Avid to FCP Changeover Challenge article Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:18:11 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-114 [...] good folks over at www.avid2fcp.com have posted a very long and very handy article on the “changeover challenges” that one might expect when moving from Avid applications (Xpress Pro, Media Composer) to Final Cut [...] […] good folks over at www.avid2fcp.com have posted a very long and very handy article on the “changeover challenges” that one might expect when moving from Avid applications (Xpress Pro, Media Composer) to Final Cut […]

]]> By: The Editblog » Some links for Thanksgiving reading and watching http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-115 The Editblog » Some links for Thanksgiving reading and watching Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:18:01 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-115 [...] Miller had written what is probably the single best article about moving from Avid to Final Cut Pro called the Changeover [...] […] Miller had written what is probably the single best article about moving from Avid to Final Cut Pro called the Changeover […]

]]> By: Doug D http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-117 Doug D Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:52:59 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-117 "let me describe what I had to do in a recent Avid Media Composer 2.7 assignment to move two audio track segments from 3-4 to 5-6. Simple, right?" Yes, actually! Just alt-C the segment to copy it into the source monitor, then overwrite it into the timeline on tracks 5 and 6. Not as elegant as a shift-drag, but it will do. Thanks for the article - good overview, wish I'd had it a couple months ago. I'm still getting used to a few things in FCP - not being able to load sequences in the source monitor, the incredibly fiddly keyframe editing interface, and the lack of OMF import support are near the top - but other than that having a very good experience. “let me describe what I had to do in a recent Avid Media Composer 2.7 assignment to move two audio track segments from 3-4 to 5-6. Simple, right?”

Yes, actually! Just alt-C the segment to copy it into the source monitor, then overwrite it into the timeline on tracks 5 and 6. Not as elegant as a shift-drag, but it will do.

Thanks for the article - good overview, wish I’d had it a couple months ago. I’m still getting used to a few things in FCP - not being able to load sequences in the source monitor, the incredibly fiddly keyframe editing interface, and the lack of OMF import support are near the top - but other than that having a very good experience.

]]> By: Loren http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-118 Loren Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:53:18 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-118 Doug, Scott, others chimingin, thanks for all the comments. [Yes, actually! Just alt-C the segment to copy it i] Very true! If I were discussing how to recut to segments from one track pair to another I would use the Clipboard Monitor. But simply *moving* is a different story! [not being able to load sequences in the source monitor] Load any sequence from the Browser into your Viewer. - To cut it into another sequence as a Nest, simply F9 into timeline. - To cut it into another sequence as discrete clips, Command-F9. [the incredibly fiddly keyframe editing interface,] Truly a work in progress! [ and the lack of OMF import support are near the top - but other than that having a very good experience.] Noted! IMHO, they should acquire Automatic Duck. -lsm Doug, Scott, others chimingin, thanks for all the comments.

[Yes, actually! Just alt-C the segment to copy it i]

Very true! If I were discussing how to recut to segments from one track pair to another I would use the Clipboard Monitor. But simply *moving* is a different story!

[not being able to load sequences in the source monitor]

Load any sequence from the Browser into your Viewer.
- To cut it into another sequence as a Nest, simply F9 into timeline.
- To cut it into another sequence as discrete clips, Command-F9.

[the incredibly fiddly keyframe editing interface,]

Truly a work in progress!

[ and the lack of OMF import support are near the top - but other than that having a very good experience.]

Noted! IMHO, they should acquire Automatic Duck.

-lsm

]]> By: Videoguys Blog http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-120 Videoguys Blog Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:58:35 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-120 [...] can now achieve real certification in FCP as you can in Avid, and they’re both worth every penny. read more… E-Mail This [...] […] can now achieve real certification in FCP as you can in Avid, and they’re both worth every penny. read more… E-Mail This […]

]]> By: riccardo nasoni http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-132 riccardo nasoni Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:07:13 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-132 Hello to all from Italy! This site is wonderfull! We are trying to create a new association of editors in Italy, to defend our professionalism. We believe that being a good editor not depends on the machine you use ... (Avid and Final Cut tomorrow who knows?) We are for sharing knowledge total .. Forums like this help us to understand to be on rigth way and we certainly put a link on our site! Thanks! (I use goolge transaltion to help my English, It doesn't work so good! So, sorry for mistakes! :) Hello to all from Italy! This site is wonderfull!
We are trying to create a new association of editors in Italy, to defend our professionalism. We believe that being a good editor not depends on the machine you use … (Avid and Final Cut tomorrow who knows?) We are for sharing knowledge total .. Forums like this help us to understand to be on rigth way and we certainly put a link on our site! Thanks!
(I use goolge transaltion to help my English, It doesn’t work so good! So, sorry for mistakes! :)

]]> By: Loren http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-134 Loren Fri, 23 May 2008 05:43:34 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-134 Welcome, Riccardo! Google didn't do a bad job. Your attitude to my mind is just right. Be sure to check out the Forum. - lsm Welcome, Riccardo! Google didn’t do a bad job.

Your attitude to my mind is just right. Be sure to check out the Forum.

- lsm

]]> By: Ruben Centineo http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-135 Ruben Centineo Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:37:52 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-135 Hi Loren, Great article and very balanced. I agree with you when you said "all serious editors should be familiar with it". I'm curious to konw about which workflows you prefer FCP and when you prefer Avid Greetings RC Hi Loren,

Great article and very balanced.
I agree with you when you said “all serious editors should be familiar with it”.

I’m curious to konw about which workflows you prefer FCP and when you prefer Avid

Greetings

RC

]]> By: Loren http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-136 Loren Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:33:01 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-136 Hi, Ruben - If it's offlined in Avid and a Media Composer or Symphony are nearby, that's a logical route. At one time I would counsel finishing on Avid, using Automatic Duck or other strategy. Today, I counsel finishing on FCP if you started on FCP, even if you must travel to an online workstation-- it's worth it. Hi, Ruben -

If it’s offlined in Avid and a Media Composer or Symphony are nearby, that’s a logical route. At one time I would counsel finishing on Avid, using Automatic Duck or other strategy. Today, I counsel finishing on FCP if you started on FCP, even if you must travel to an online workstation– it’s worth it.

]]> By: Ruben Centineo http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-137 Ruben Centineo Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:08:08 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-137 Thanks Loren, In my fantasy, I imagined you choice is for a kind of production documentary or fiction, short term or long term but I see that is more for opportunity, what tell us that both are even. Thanks RC Thanks Loren,

In my fantasy, I imagined you choice is for a kind of production documentary or fiction, short term or long term but I see that is more for opportunity, what tell us that both are even.

Thanks

RC

]]> By: final BUG Xmas list for a fcp 009 at final (cut) Berlin User Group http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-180 final BUG Xmas list for a fcp 009 at final (cut) Berlin User Group Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:51:42 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-180 [...] making the jump http://www.avid2fcp.com/?p=20 [...] […] making the jump http://www.avid2fcp.com/?p=20 […]

]]> By: Glen Montgomery http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-194 Glen Montgomery Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:45:00 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-194 I just have to say this has been the most helpful document I have found in my personal transition. I use Avid at work and FCP at home, and this is always a click away when i run into those fun little moments when I am screaming "why won't you do what I want". Thanks so much for putting this out. I just have to say this has been the most helpful document I have found in my personal transition. I use Avid at work and FCP at home, and this is always a click away when i run into those fun little moments when I am screaming “why won’t you do what I want”. Thanks so much for putting this out.

]]> By: Loren http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-195 Loren Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:14:15 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-195 Glen - That's so nice to hear. Thank you. - LSM Glen -

That’s so nice to hear. Thank you.

- LSM

]]> By: erotik http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-199 erotik Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:14:20 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-199 Dies ist ein großer Ort. Ich möchte hier noch einmal. Dies ist ein großer Ort. Ich möchte hier noch einmal.

]]> By: JOHN BISSET http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-231 JOHN BISSET Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:57:26 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-231 Hi, Im stuggling to find reliable figures for FCP penetration in London and LA. Its hard to pin down a breakdown of numbers by production type (Promos, trailers, TV programmes) so perhaps a comparison of dry hire suites would be instructive? On your home page you site an aprox 50% but do not specify the domain. Can you tell me more about this figure and how it is calculated? "Today, FCP enjoys roughly 50% market penetration across most domains, from broadcast to Hollywood to educational" Thanks! Hi,
Im stuggling to find reliable figures for FCP penetration in London and LA. Its hard to pin down a breakdown of numbers by production type (Promos, trailers, TV programmes) so perhaps a comparison of dry hire suites would be instructive?

On your home page you site an aprox 50% but do not specify the domain. Can you tell me more about this figure and how it is calculated?

“Today, FCP enjoys roughly 50% market penetration across most domains, from broadcast to Hollywood to educational”

Thanks!

]]> By: Loren http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-232 Loren Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:54:09 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-232 Hi, John - It's fuzzy. Empirical evidence and wisdom passed down to me from educational venues and buyers. From friends in production houses here and there who have either added to their Avid stations or swapped them out. From industry writers and pundits who actually do such surveys, which I read and forget to attribute. But you're quite right to query. FCP scales easily and thus is now used in both independent and studio features, in TV series for network and cable, both dramatic and documentary, and is already extremely popular in the corporate/educational market where it first gained foothold. An evidentiary tidbit I can share: ABC Television in southern California is outfitting about 5 dozen FCP stations-- based on the number of FCP KeyGuides ordered with their logo on each, through their systems integrator. If they wanted Avid MC 3.0 KeyGuides, they could have had them. So it goes... Hi, John -

It’s fuzzy. Empirical evidence and wisdom passed down to me from educational venues and buyers. From friends in production houses here and there who have either added to their Avid stations or swapped them out. From industry writers and pundits who actually do such surveys, which I read and forget to attribute. But you’re quite right to query.

FCP scales easily and thus is now used in both independent and studio features, in TV series for network and cable, both dramatic and documentary, and is already extremely popular in the corporate/educational market where it first gained foothold.

An evidentiary tidbit I can share: ABC Television in southern California is outfitting about 5 dozen FCP stations– based on the number of FCP KeyGuides ordered with their logo on each, through their systems integrator.

If they wanted Avid MC 3.0 KeyGuides, they could have had them. So it goes…

]]> By: The Editblog » Basic of Avid for FCP editor now online http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-233 The Editblog » Basic of Avid for FCP editor now online Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:35:39 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-233 [...] some of the main differences in the two applications are then this is a good place to start. The Avid2FCP Changeover Challenge is another though going in the other direction (see, we’re fair and balanced at the [...] […] some of the main differences in the two applications are then this is a good place to start. The Avid2FCP Changeover Challenge is another though going in the other direction (see, we’re fair and balanced at the […]

]]> By: Loren http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-423 Loren Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:57:48 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-423 I wanted to add a special note following communication with Bob Russo, who works at Avid. He points out that while FCP now supports the AVC-Intra codec, a very high end Panasonic HD codec, you're required to transcode it to ProRes422 to be useful in FCP, and that I shouldn't describe this as "neck a neck with Avid" as Avid currently supports the codec natively-- or at least, without an extra step. I acknowledge the correction. Happy Holidays! I wanted to add a special note following communication with Bob Russo, who works at Avid. He points out that while FCP now supports the AVC-Intra codec, a very high end Panasonic HD codec, you’re required to transcode it to ProRes422 to be useful in FCP, and that I shouldn’t describe this as “neck a neck with Avid” as Avid currently supports the codec natively– or at least, without an extra step.

I acknowledge the correction.

Happy Holidays!

]]> By: Loren http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-835 Loren Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:47:07 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-835 Ah, for the skeptics, some numbers are in... http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10465202-37.html Ah, for the skeptics, some numbers are in…

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10465202-37.html

]]> By: Sam Russia http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-1464 Sam Russia Mon, 24 May 2010 07:56:31 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-1464 HI Loren! Am want download avidtofcp remap keys files and never find him this site HI Loren!
Am want download avidtofcp remap keys files and never find him this site

]]> By: Loren http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-1565 Loren Sun, 30 May 2010 18:41:37 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-1565 Sam - This isn't the place for it. Go here: www.neotrondesign.com Sam -

This isn’t the place for it.

Go here:

www.neotrondesign.com

]]> By: Bhupen Dodia http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-2339 Bhupen Dodia Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:42:50 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-2339 avidsoftware & fcp want 2 do avidsoftware & fcp want 2 do

]]> By: Loren http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-2356 Loren Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:27:59 +0000 http://www.avid2fcp.com/articles/the-changeover-challenge#comment-2356 Well, that's interesting. After all the hubbub over Avid's dandy AMA method of handling formats, I read the docs and discover if I ingest QuickTime ProRes via AMA-- it won't support Avid Multicam! Where's the fun in that? I'll take my "wrapped" QuickTime ProRes in FCP for MultiCam anyday! Well, that’s interesting. After all the hubbub over Avid’s dandy AMA method of handling formats, I read the docs and discover if I ingest QuickTime ProRes via AMA– it won’t support Avid Multicam!

Where’s the fun in that?

I’ll take my “wrapped” QuickTime ProRes in FCP for MultiCam anyday!

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