First thing I tried to do was arrange the workspace... nope, can't move jack shit around. Just toggle on/off panels and resize panels.
No, scratch that - first thing I tried to do was a drag and drop of selected media from Finder to the media panel in FCPX. Won't work. Have to go through the shitty import panel!
Next... Tried to make a favourites bin of regularly used effects and basic transitions. LUT, colour correct, etc. all in one place, always present on screen ready to be clicked on. Nope. Too hard for Apple's programmers?!
There are still too many tacky presets and effects to wade through to find the basics. An overwhelming number of iMovie style transitions and gimmick effects. Why are these in a pro editor that costs £300?
Finally, at this point was tearing my hair out... So I tried something REALLY SIMPLE. Fade in and out of a clip. Ah but no...
Even this simple endeavour landed me on my arse. Perhaps I just don't know how to do it right, but the intuitive way is this... Drag transition onto start of clip, and one onto the end of the clip. It would only do the end. Oh, ok. No fade in for me then! Then, it brought up a complaining OK/cancel box about not enough source material to apply a cross fade... Whatever. Clicked ok, and it seemed to shift timing of the clip! WTF! But I had my fade-in and out! Want to hear something really funny? I then dragged the clip to somewhere else on the timeline to check the positioning tool and it dragged the clip there and forgot to bring the fade-in/out with it... WHY WOULD YOU WANT A FADE IN AND OUT TRANSITION WITH NO CLIP!?
Piece. Of. ShIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT.
But yeah... LUTs.
Performance wise it is good though... I'll give it that.
LUT support has been around for good time now.
Not Abel to fade in a audio or video, shows me the lack of knowing the tool. Ether
A) fade transition
B) a manual transition on the media
Reason for the layout, is the same as other applications like Blackmagic just a example. Muscle memory baby. Sometimes you have to tach yourself where things are.
Is FCPX still trash?
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LUT support has been around for good time now.
Not Abel to fade in a audio or video, shows me the lack of knowing the tool. Ether
A) fade transition
B) a manual transition on the media
Reason for the layout, is the same as other applications like Blackmagic just a example. Muscle memory baby. Sometimes you have to tach yourself where things are.