Cross/Zero Blues wrote:basically in vegas I was so used to being able to resize clips, edit them, use markers and things set to markers so much easier. I could drag the clips I wanted in to the video and the rendering thing is very VERY annoying.


Cross/Zero Blues wrote:
I also liked the timeline setup more and I have found FCP5 to have a problem moving clips. It do not move them slowly or in small amounts a lot of times it just suddenly moves and takes many small moves to get it where you want it some times. (Not to mention causing re-rendering should you overlap anything god I hate that rendering problem!!!)
Cross/Zero Blues wrote:I also noticed that you have to make sub clips (or I have just not figured this out) you can not just pull your clip or copy it into FCP5's time line. With vegas I could click and drag or just copy and paste and it worked. With FCP I have had to make sub clips and I have a ton of stuff on my list not to mention labeling markers is still something I can not figure out and the videos I am watching do not get there own timeline like Vegas does where I can see them in the timeline of there own while I am editing or else I am just overlooking it as I am used to Vegas's setup.
Cross/Zero Blues wrote:I got some basic help on FCP5 and learned enough to make a rough basic but I am having problems with the fact that the video clips I bring in do not auto resize to the clip i currently have and I have no clue how to change that not to mention FCP loves to go for common formats and none of those match what I normally use... just something I have to spend the time changing to a profile for my work but it just seems like FCP is for those doing much different products.
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Quarter-life crisis: a sense that everyone is, somehow, doing better than you.

Quarter-life crisis: a sense that everyone is, somehow, doing better than you.

shazzy wrote:Next edit:
Fit to Fill: Forces a clip to fit a certain length. If it's too short, the clip slows down. If it's too long, the clip speeds up.
You can do one of two things with FTF:
A. Set In and Out Points in the Timeline (or Canvas). FTF will take your Viewer clip, make it the right length, then REPLACE anything between those in and out points.
B. Don't set any points, and just drag the Viewer clip to your Canvas. The clip will speed up/slow down then REPLACE the active clip.
This is what my timeline looks like after a FTF. Notice the 18% on the clip. My clip was too short, so it slowed down to fit the length.
If you try to replace a really long clip with a really short clip, or vice-versa, you might not be able to slow/speed the clip enough to fit the length. If that happens, you'll get a Insufficient content for edit error.
Cross/Zero Blues wrote:
Now with vegas I used the main video and then another on top in the timeline (Much like how ours look currently) and there was a slider with which I could set the video to be transparent over the other. How do i do that here.





Cross/Zero Blues wrote:Also on Effects how do I do those. i did not try becuase I am used to being able to click on the end and select the effect I want to use at that point. (Vegas again) I am sure if I palyed with it it would be fine but I am sure you can tell me something I might miss there to.
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