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Editing 101 – a car chase

his tutorial is all done in FCPX 10.0.3 (Trial) on MacOS LION 10.7.3

IMPORTANT READ THE REST AFTER U WATCH THE VIDEO … U WILL LEARN MORE DOING THAT!
GO TO VIMEO AND WATCH IT IN 720p HD

here some of basics:

- work on the sound even for the 1st rough edit

- continuity is essential

- get the best actors performance

- talk with & understand/ know the directors needs

- show your edit to a fellow editor
(or any other person who comes along) 4 eyes can see more than 2

- some nice b-roll cut-aways can help to create some tension

- read your titels careful (twice or more) so you don’t miss any typos
(yes i put in one just to show u how easy these can be missed)

- re-shoot if needed

- spend some time for the Color-Grade & Sound-mix …
even it might just be a lil difference in the end it counts

- get a BMW next time

- hold the button down 10 seconds

now go and edit stuff!
THANKS!

QuickUpdate: FinalCutProX

The news is huge, still lots of questions though:

Tape-Capture? Filters? Titling? Color? Motion? DVD studio pro? Scopes? … and so on… we have to wait & see … i guess

A roundup of the FCPX by fcp.co

Here we are nearly a week after the Final Cut Pro X sneak preview by EDITBLOG on PVC

Apple dropped the ball… by biscardicreative.com

The “Future” of editing  by biscardicreative.com

and more coming at:

http://www.artoftheguillotine.com/

no blog updates…

… lately & anytime soon (i guess)

well what can i say … i’m kinda busy  … but who isn’t ?!

… anyway… if i do blog posts i would like to give you some “in-depth” stuff, “researched” by my own – if you know what i mean – not just only copying stuff or make a quick re-post about something 10 other fellows already posted stuff about … (for my quick posts & links & stuff i have my tumblr page …)

i will update some links and some new “inspirations”-clips / links … i hope …soon.
But for now i just don’t have the “energy” to come up with new stuff … even though i have a long list of subjects (all around FCP/Workflow and more) i would like to do / test & post… but my “real” work keeps my quite engaged. …

OK one or two things tough:

There will be an LCW BigEye Viewfinder review up online soon … and i’m testing the ABC DSLR-Light-Jib over the next few weeks … but that’s more about DLSR-shooting

Anyhow … as a proof i really do other stuff than blogging all day here a re-edited & updated show reel … just in case :

cya soon

updates on twitter: http://twitter.com/michaschmidt/

how do YOU lern to use FCP?

Well there are many ways to lern how to use FCP … is youtube realy the best way ?… a friend …who will not mentioned by name “found” this  … this might open your eyes what FCP really is capable of :

BTW to learn to use FCP is not the same as to know how to edits a nice piece of film / video / movie  - however you would call it … just saying!

Happy New Year !

have a great 2011 everyone … alles gute für 2011 !!!

thanks for the hints, the input, visits & support

cya all next year!

…well, what can i say…

very busy back here … seems like everybody want’s everything done by the end of the year right out of the blue

well some gear updates / chances are nearby …  i still have some unfinished blog posts in my top drawer and a lot of “test” footage … i will do my best to bring that online in the near feature.  (about workflow, sound, lenses & stuff)

… so plz be patient and stay tuned … some lil “updates” can be found at my 550D user’s blog:

http://550d-germany.tumblr.com/

in the meantime here a lil lens test i did (u probably know that already  )

 

 

and  some BTS-shots … as proof …we really work back her

 

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what you still can create using “old” FCP 7

Well… every 2nd week or so there are some voices on twitter or Facebook complaining how “not up to date FCP” is compared to Premiere or AVID … well that might be true in some points but don’t forget … a “few months” ago it was the other way around … FCP was ahead of the other two (sorry SONY Vegas & GO

Well to be honest – even that I know of all the advantages of Premiere CS5 & AVID MC5 (especially if it comes down to DSLR footage) I’m not so sure if it really  ”find expression” in the end “products” we deliver to clients right know. its not gonna look better or has a magical glow just using the new toys

I’m quite happy with what we are achieving using our FCP workflow. Things are quit busy right know … so i can’t really afford testing something new just for fun in hour “workflow-system” . (an i really talk more about the time & stuff …besides the actual costs of buying new software

So i said it before … just use the tool you are familiar with & know the best … and most important – using it to get the job done so you & your clients are happy. They don’t hire you for the software you are using…. they hire you for the results you are delivering to them ( hopefully in time

And look what we just did over the last several months (years) using an “old” FCP 6 & 7 … just saying ( nothing personal ):

Sounddesign in LogicPro

This is kinda like a lil teaser for my upcoming blog stuff:

Just a lil radio commercial we finished in LogicPro … GERMAN ONLY (sorry for that

 

I will do some blog posts about LogicPro workflow stuff for sound design & film sound mixing in the near feature … stay tuned

some updates

well long time no post … due to a lot of work has to be done.
so here some lil updates:

export settings for vimeo

(you can find it in the “Workflow” section)

Grading with Colorista II  (teaser)

(you can find this in the “Grading” section)

i also did add the “its all about audio” post in the “gear” section