Returning to FC after 15 years, need advice
Context:
I’m a 20 year veteran of Audio Post and Editorial Post. Started on Media Composer/Pro Tools, still drive Pro Tools daily.
But I had several years of Final Cut as an alternative from Version 4 to Version 7. Yes, I’m one of the one’s that jumped ship with the trashcan and FCX.
I’m intrigued by the creator studio. I already pay a hell of a lot more for other suites, and I think this will give the ProApps team the funding they need.
Question:
Helping a team with an ongoing project, that I also want to try something stupid, mix in Logic. I think FCPs speed and some motion generators can really make this move quick.
For the life of me, I can’t wrap my head around the magnetic timeline, and any tut I see from the FCP crowd on YT is more geared toward newer (or younger) people. There’s nothing really geared towards increasingly older folks like myself that have two decades of muscle memory baked into my head. I’m here to try and embrace it though..
I get most of it, but my biggest head scratcher is a 5-6 camera shoot with about 4-5 mic lines from the bag and trying to do a proper edit with each of those mic lines. I feel like making each speaker a “lane” is the way to go, but unsure…. The idea though of object based editing is quite interesting… just wish you could toggle off the magnetic aspect and not just use a tool to create a slug clip. I digress…
Anyone have any recommendations for learning material? Apple’s official docs is not rich (unless I have the wrong one).
Thought about ripple since those guys are still kicking it strong, but not sure if the package is geared towards someone like myself.
Anyway, I have high hopes for the ProApps. Pixelmator and MotionVFX was mission critical grab.
Looks like bright skies ahead. Need to make Logic more like a DAW though….