i was wondering if there was anyone available to help me figure out how to add chapter markers in fcpx. All i can see in the Markers tab is create a marker, but it does not give me an option to say what it is for, i am new to final cut pro, and was watching some youtube tutorials on the previous version of fcp, thanks for you help
Final Cut Pro X-OTHER, Other OS
First of all: thanks for your hints.
But: Oh yes, this is exactly the additional convenient workflow I expect, when using a tool like FCPX.
Still shaking head since release of FCPX without chapter markters... Unbelievable...
Martin S Taylor wrote:
You can also do it in QuickTime Player 7, if you still have it. Here's the recipe from the original Help menu of QTP7:
1. In a text editor or word processor, type your list of chapters and save the document as plain text.
2. Make each item very short (preferably one word but no more than two or three words) and separate each item with a carriage return.
3. In QuickTime Player, choose File Open File, select the text file, and click Open.
4. Choose File Export. In the Export pop-up menu, choose "Text to Text." In the Use pop-up menu, choose "Text with Descriptors."
5. Click Options. In the Text Export Settings dialog, select "Show Text, Descriptors, and Time"; select "Show time relative to start of Movie"; and set fractions of seconds to 1/30 for NTSC or 1/25 for PAL.
6. Click OK, then click Save to create a text file with descriptors.
7. Open the exported list in your text editor or word processor, and open the target movie in QuickTime Player.
8. Choose Window Show Movie Info.
9. In QuickTime Player, drag the playhead on the timeline to find the first point in the movie where you want to begin a new chapter.
10. Use the Right and Left Arrow keys to step forward or backward a frame at a time as needed. Note the current time in the Properties window.
11. In the text file, find the first chapter title and change the timestamp just before that chapter title to the time you noted in the Properties window.
12. The timestamp might now read, for example, [00:01:30.15], meaning that selecting the first chapter title will jump the viewer 1 minute, 30 seconds, and 15 frames into the movie.
13. Repeat steps 9 through 11 until you've identified all the places in the movie that correspond to the chapter divisions and you've entered the proper timestamps in the text file.
14. Change the last timestamp (the one after the last chapter title in the text file) to match the duration of the movie.
15. Save the text file and import it into QuickTime Player.
16. QuickTime creates a new movie with just a text track.
17. Choose Edit Select All, choose Edit Copy, and close the movie.
18. Click in the main movie, choose Edit Select All, then choose Edit "Add to Movie."
19. QuickTime adds the text track to the movie.
20. Choose Window Show Movie Properties.
21. In the Properties window, select the video or audio track you want to associate with the chapter track, and click Other Settings.
22. Choose the main video or audio track from the Chapters pop-up menu.
23. If you have a movie with alternate subtitle or sound tracks, you can create multiple chapter lists in different languages and set the appropriate subtitle or sound track as the owner of each chapter list. The chapter list will change to match the selected language.
24. Select the text track, then select "Preload this track" (to make the chapter track load first).
25. Deselect the new text track so that it doesn't display on top of the video.
26. The new track will still function as a chapter track.
27. Save the movie as a self-contained movie.
28. You can now choose a chapter title from the pop-up menu to the right of the timeline.
I don't really see what all the fuss is about - it's dead easy to add chapter markers in Compressor, you can do it with iMovie (I understand) and if you don't have either of those, there's a free app called Metadata Hootenanny that will do it too.
FCP X is such a fantastic step forward in editing, I can live with a few little inconveniences (for now).
Andy
If you add chapter marks in Compressor, how do you then save the file? I can't see a way of doing it without properly Submitting it, and that means transcoding it all over.
MST
A few little inconveniences? Are you sure, you are from planet Earth?
All editing features of FCPX mean NOTHING if standard functions are not supported. FCPX is the only editing software in the world without chapter marker feature. Even all freeware has it. For this it is redicolous to talk about a phantastic step forward.
Your mention about iMovie is also a little bit nonsens. I want to work with FCPX and not with a second software - what leads to the same result as above mentioned: I do not want to make the same work twice.
May I ask you: do you have a clue of anything?
andynick wrote:
I don't really see what all the fuss is about - it's dead easy to add chapter markers in Compressor, you can do it with iMovie (I understand) and if you don't have either of those, there's a free app called Metadata Hootenanny that will do it too.
FCP X is such a fantastic step forward in editing, I can live with a few little inconveniences (for now).
Andy
No, it's unfortunately not. I only look like at first sight...
andynick wrote:
Have a look at this thread -
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3288217?tstart=0
According to engler519 Metadata Hootenanny is the answer!
Andy
Beeblebrox64 wrote:
A few little inconveniences? Are you sure, you are from planet Earth?
May I ask you: do you have a clue of anything?
Hey Ranter - I hope you have a nice day too!
Go ahead - scream and shout at everybody if it makes you feel better.
Andy
Beeblebrox64 wrote:
A few little inconveniences? Are you sure, you are from planet Earth?
- You may even not export chapters as txt from FCPX, nor copy or past them.
- So, you must manually edit it in Compressor AGAIN and TWICE. That's the point. Do you understand?
- This REALLY *****.
- Metadata Hootenanny does only work together with FCP7 and NOT with FCPX. I already mentioned that in this thread a few weeks ago.
Now that FCPX has XML output, this is easy enough to add support for in the next version of QT Edit.
It's as simple as 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28.
How could it be any simpler? ;-)
"Now" (???) FCPX has XML output? Where? How do you export project data as XML? Please help, many thanks in advance!
Really would appreciate your hints!
Jon Chappell wrote:
Now that FCPX has XML output, this is easy enough to add support for in the next version of QT Edit.
It's in the File menu in the 10.0.1 upgrade. If the Mac App Store is not notifiying you about the new version, delete FCPX from your Applications folder and reinstall it from the Purchased tab of the App Store.
Note that the new XML format is not compatible with the format in FCP 7 and below.
... It only looks like at first sight... (sorry the typo, was late at night...)
Beeblebrox64 wrote:
No, it's unfortunately not. I only look like at first sight...
andynick wrote:
Have a look at this thread -
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3288217?tstart=0
According to engler519 Metadata Hootenanny is the answer!
Andy
Yes, you can without having compressor or entering any complicated code.
You can use (believe it or not) Garageband!
See movie at:
you should all keep an eye on this one:
http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2011/09/announcing-project-x
Jon Chappell wrote:
Now that FCPX has XML output, this is easy enough to add support for in the next version of QT Edit.
The version of QT Edit in the Pro Media Tools 1.1 beta now has support for importing chapters from FCPX projects:
To export Chapter markers in Final Cut Pro X using only FCPX and TextEdit:
In your FCPX Timeline locate a chapter point and mark that point (M on keyboard to Mark ,or M twice to Mark and Modify..
Right-click on the marker (or press M twice) and a menu comes up.
Select "modify marker".
Begin your marker label with the Timecode displayed on the bottom center of the Modify window but use all colon separators (even for frames) and then enter your chapter marker name
with a space between the numbers and the first letter thusly:
00:01:18:34 Your Chapter Name Here
Now Copy your Chapter marker name with timecode and open TextEdit and create a plain text document..Save your FCPX marker.
Paste the label name into Textedit.
Create your next marker and repeat the procedure
but paste each label with timecode ref onto a new line in TextEdit.
Repeat until done and save your Text Edit file (This will only work with plain text) .If you do this right,you can now import your text file into DVD Studio Pro as a Chapter marker list for your DVD build (DVDStudio/Import/Marker List)..without any extra programs..Note ,however,that you should only do this after you've finished editing your movie in FCPX…
That said,Metadata Hootenanny is very easy to use,quite intuitive,and free..…tried both methods..just depends on which kludge you prefer…hopefully this problem will be resolved in a near-future FCPX update for us dinosaurs who still do DVDs…:\
Just downloaded the Pro Media Tools Beta trial and I'll see how that works for me... I share your frustration but after doing 27 years as a local TV news production tech , workarounds are second-nature...shouldn't necessary in this case, but nevertheless..
how do you add Chapter Markers in Final Cut Pro X
