Recently I had to do the final packaging of a show that we cut using Final Cut Pro X, or more specifically add our finished, mixed, and mastered audio files to a colour graded master video file. I was pretty well versed in this process using Final Cut Pro 7 back in the day, but had never actually had the occasion to do it with Final Cut Pro X. The problem I was having was that each audio file was supposed to correspond to a separate audio channel, which in the old days corresponded to the tracks in your NLE. But, as we all know, Final Cut Pro X has no tracks. So what are we to do?
Read on to discover how we can re-stripe our audio with Final Cut Pro X and the magic of Roles.
Read More“Your feedback is helping us build Earth’s Most Customer-Centric Company”. That was the message displayed to me after I closed my live chat with an Amazon.ca representative trying to solve my problem. It made me want to laugh out loud, if I weren’t so mad.
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Recently I've been working on a series that requires me to try out and download a lot of music options. In so doing I've come across a feature I'd really, really like to see added to Final Cut Pro X. Rather than simply wish for it, I decided to send some feedback to the team at Apple. I thought I'd share it here with you, and perhaps if you agree you might opt to request it as well!
Click through to read my feature suggestion.
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