Even when skimming is turned off this problem still exists. There is no way to disable the playhead from moving and selecting a clip. It's part of my long list of issues with FCPX. Feel free to read and submit your imput to Apple using http://www.apple.com/feedback/finalcutpro.html
OPEN FCPX and FCP7
• Open FCP7 Legacy Projects without third party conversion. (Should have been Apple's First Priority over iMovie)
• Open FCP7 and FCPX Side-by-Side (These programs are not the same, so why not?)
FCPX WINDOW LAYOUTS
• Canvas Window (Sequence Viewer, similar to FCP7)
• Viewer Window (Incorporate feature into FCPX, Double click assets or clips in Browser and Timeline to open in Viewer Window)
• Window Layouts
- Editing, Color Correcting, Multicam Edits, Etc.
- Save Custom User Layout.
FCPX CANVAS WINDOW (add feature)
• Make a Canvas Window feature within FCPX (FCPX Viewer Window is the FCP7 Viewer Window and FCP7 Canvas Window shown together).
• Canvas Window
- Reflects Timeline Only (Different window for opening clips within Browser and Timeline).
- Sequence Duration Field and Current Timecode Field.
- Scrubber Bar
- Show Sequence Markers.
- Sequence In and Out Points (Playback/Range Export).
- Canvas Window Playhead is Timeline Playhead.
- Navigate between edit points (ability to jump back and forth to clip beginning or end and in and out points).
- Independent Controls (Controls are not shared between Canvas and Viewer Windows).
- Transform, Crop and Distort Controls are confined to Canvas Window (These currently shift over in Angle Viewer or Video Scopes is turned on).
• Canvas Window does not contain Scopes or Angle Viewer (make separate window for these two elements).
FCPX VIEWER WINDOW
• Split FCPX Viewer Window into a Canvas Window and Viewer Window as it was in FCP7 (FCPX Viewer Window is the FCP7 Viewer Window and FCP7 Canvas Window shown together).
• Merge Viewer Window and Inspector Windows into one window.
- Tabs for Video, Audio Waveforms, Inspector Info and Keyframes (Keyframe view just like Motion 5).
• Double click assets or clips in Browser and Timeline to open in Viewer Window.
• Viewer Window
- Clip Duration Field and Current Timecode Field.
- Scrubber Bar (Non-Filmstrip Option).
- Shows asset markers.
- Clip In and Out Points (Playback/Export).
- Memorized Most Recent Settings (ability to leave clip and come back to same in and out points for clips in Browser).
- Viewer Window Playhead.
- Navigate between edit points (ability to jump back and forth to clip beginning or end and in and out points using).
- Independent Controls (Controls are not shared between Canvas and Viewer Windows).
- Independent Transform, Crop and Distort Controls (confined to Viewer Window).
• Viewer Window does not contain Scopes or Angle Viewer (make separate window for these two elements).
FCPX BROWSER
• Filmstrip Show/Hide Toggle
• Waveform On/Off Toggle (in addition to Menu Bar option)
• Double click assets in Browser to open in Viewer Window
• Mark Used Clips (Similar To Favorite in FCPX, but different color).
• Mark Used Column in list view (Inspector Info).
• Favorites with Five Star Rating (Inspector Info).
• Clip In and Out Points.
- Memorized Most Recent Settings (ability to leave clip and come back to same in and out points).
• Import Media using Connect Device Button is part of Browser Window, not main
FCPX TIMELINE
• Video and Audio Tracks (HIGH PRIORITY: I need video and audio clips to stay on same track level to help me stay organized. Clips currently automatically collapse down in available space in a magnetic storyline and gets me unorganized.)
- Timeline is separated with video tracks at top and audio tracks at bottom of timeline.
• Clip Video and Audio are linked in tracks as in FCP7 and not combined in one.
• Ability to label Video Tracks.
- Designate video tracks as b-roll, interviews, etc.
• Ability to label Audio Tracks.
- Designate audio tracks as dialog, music, ambient, effects, etc.
• Magnetic Timeline On/Off Toggle (Eliminate Position Tool and creating Gaps, because Gaps become a nuisance when there are too many or become 1-frame in size).
- Ability to overwrite clips when moving clips and Magnetic Storyline is toggled off (No need for Position Tool).
• Ability to Lock Tracks.
• Timeline Clip Appearance.
- Video: Filmstrip, Thumbnail or None (Image size dependent on track height).
- Waveform Toggle Switch (Just like FCPX Browser).
- Video Track Height Adjuster/Control with options as Small, Medium, Large, X-Large (Filmstrips/Thumbnails are dependent).
- Audio Track Height Adjuster/Control with options as Small, Medium, Large, X-Large (Waveforms Toggle On/Off).
• Mark Duplicated Clips/Frames/Time on Clip top.
• Mark used and blank areas of Timeline/Storyline in Timeline Ruler (Currently shows unrendered as orange, but nothing indicates used or blank areas of the timeline, maybe light gray for used and current state for unused).
• Eliminate Storyline Connections (Sometime I just want to move a video clip and not the audio or video connected).
FCPX TIMELINE INDEX
• Ability to change multiple clip properties at once within Inspector.
- Color Correction.
FCPX INSPECTOR VIDEO
• Color Correction
- Color Wheel Option (Replace Color Board).
- Three Way Color Correction: Blacks, Mids and Whites Color Wheel (Possibly One Color Wheel with all three tones shown on one).
- Skin Tones Reference.
- White Balance Eye-Dropper for each tone.
- Apply Color Corrections to Multiple Clip Selections.
- FCPX Match Color Tool using Clip Adjustment Attributes of selected clip (Not Automated/Current Operation).
- Copy and Paste Color Correction Attributes.
• External Editor (Color)
FCPX INSPECTOR AUDIO
• External Editor (Soundtrack Pro or Logic Pro)
FCPX INSPECTOR INFO
• Color Labels (clip color label appears in Timeline).
• Favorites with Five Star Rating.
FCPX TOOLS
• Keep Tools similar to FCP7 for long time FCP legacy users who shouldn't have to relearn keystrokes and easier making the switch.
• Double and Triple Tap Keys to select tools with different features.
• Pointer Tool (A) Position Tool (AA)
• Blade (B), Blade All (BB)
• Range Tool (G), Range All (GG)
• Marker (M), Marker Settings (MM or M while on marker), Delete Marker (Command-M while on marker)
• Pen or Point (P), Delete Point (PP), Smooth Point (PPP)
• Roll (R), Ripple (RR)
- Ghost Clip Beginning and End Points (Handles)
• Slip Tool (S), Slide Tool (SS)
- Ghost Clip Beginning and End Points (Handles)
• Track Selection (T), Backward Track Selection (TT), All Track Selection (Hold Shift while using Tool)
• Zoom Selection In (Z), Zoom Selection Out (ZZ)
FCPX EDITING
• Skimming
- Timeline Playhead does not move when selecting a clip and skimming is toggled off (playhead currently moves to wherever you click in storyline trying to select a clip).
• Magnetic Storyline
- Magnetic Timeline On/Off Toggle (Eliminate Position Tool and creating Gaps, because Gaps become a nuisance when there are too many or become 1-frame in size).
- Ability to overwrite clips when moving clips and Magnetic Storyline is toggled off (No need for Position Tool).
• Sequences
- Project contains Sequence(s) as in FCP7 (Not a Project Library full of project timelines. It's too cumbersome to have multiple project timelines per project in the Project Library).
- Multiple Sequences per Project.
- Tabs for Opened Sequences within a Project.
- Canvas Window reflects Timeline/Sequence .
• Clips
- Ability to open in Viewer Window (Similar to FCP7) showing in and out points and scrubber bar (Non-Filmstrip Option).
- Toggle On/Off Overlays In Timeline (Keyframes, Audio, Opacity and Timing).
- Color Labels for clips within Event Browser/Inspector Info.
- Five Star Rating for Favorites within Event Browser List View/Inspector Info.
- Ability to change multiple clip properties at once in Inspector (Color Correction).
• Compound Clips
- Drag from Sequence and place in Event Browser.
• Scope Windows
- Checkmark to see multiple scopes at once, uncheck what you don't need.
• Keyboard
- Restore FCP7 Keystrokes and Shortcuts (Consistency for long time FCP users who shouldn't have to relearn keystrokes or buy new third party labeled keyboards)
• Keyframes
- Smooth Time Ramping.
- Bezier.
• Video Transitions
- Favorites.
- Keyboard Shortcuts to Favorites.
- Add video transitions to video clips touching without having to place in a storyline.
- Ability to add video transitions to clips within tracks just like FCP7.
• Audio Crossfades
- Favorites.
- Assign Shortcuts to Favorites.
- Sound Effect Crossfades.
- Add audio transitions to audio clips touching without have to place in a storyline.
- Ability to add audio transitions to clips within tracks just like FCP7.
• Markers
- Chapter Markers.
- Sequence Markers.
- Colors and Labels.
- Jump to Maker Shortcuts (Shift-Up, Shift-Down ) .
• Motion Elements
- Send Clips/Compound Clips/Assets to Motion.
- Embed Motion File Option upon Send to Motion.
- Import Motion Files as an asset into Event Browser.
• Audio
- Out of Sync Warnings.
- User Audio Edits of Clips, Pops and Hum (Non-Automated).
- Send Audio to Soundtrack Pro or Logic Pro.
• External Software Editors
- "Send To" option for user preferred external software editors for assets such as Color, Soundtrack Pro, Logic Pro, Photoshop, etc.
• Multicam Edits
- Cut To Camera Keyboard Shortcuts.
• Retiming
- Bezier Curve Controls.
- Ease In and Ease Out.
• Export
• Self-Contained or Dependent Video Files.
• Export from In and Out Points.
• Video and Audio Adjustments
- Copy and Paste Attributes.
FCPX LOG and CAPTURE/TRANSFER
• List View (No Filmstrips or Thumbnails)
• Viewer Window
- Clip Duration Field and Current Timecode Field
- Scrubber Bar
- Clip In and Out Points
- Memorized Most Recent Settings (ability to leave clip and come back to same in and out points).
- Playhead
- Navigate between edit points (Ability to jump back and forth to clip beginning or end and in and out points).
• Clip Name Field
• Clip Capture Date
• Scene Field
• Angle Field
• Scratch Discs
• Custom Clip Names (FCP7)
• Uncontrollable Device Capture (No Timecode Capture)
FCPX APPEARANCE
• Font Size (Small, Medium, Large).
• User Preferences
- Ability to adjust window darkness (Lighter Tone).
• Lighter Color Tones for Clip Audio and Video Clips.
• Clips
- Get Rid of Rounded Corners (Style) in Timeline and Browser Window Clips.
- Color Labels for Clips in Event Browser List View/Inspector Info.
FCPX PROJECT LIBRARY MANAGEMENT
• Remove Project Library (User saves client project(s) to client's folder on computer and opens projects similar to FCP7)
- Client Projects have dependent sequence(s) and file(s) (No other Events, just slows things down)
• Sequence(s)
- Project > Sequence(s) > Editing
• List View Option (Non-Filmstrip Option)
• Open Multiple Projects
- Tab View for Opened Projects
• Client Library (Alternative to Project Library)
- Client(s) > Project(s) > Sequences(s)
• Project Files are saved outside of FCPX
- User saves client project(s) to client folder on computer.
• Unmount Unused Harddrives
• Rendered Projects Files go to dependent Event Library (Keep Project Files Small)
FCPX SAVE OPTIONS
• Save (Save Version)
• Save As… (Quicker Way than duplicating and renaming project)
• Revert To Save
• Timed Auto Save Vault (Versions, User Time Increment Preference, Max Number of Versions)
• Open Current Sequence and Saved Version Sequence side-by-side in tab view with ability to copy and past portions of Saved Version Sequence to Current Sequence
FCPX Bugs:
• Range Tool
- Hide or Appear Range selection using Disable/Enable Clip (V).
- Skimming over hidden clips (Broke with 10.0.3 update, bring back as user preference).
• Blade Tool
- Skimming over hidden clips (Broke with 10.0.3 update, bring back as user preference).
DVD STUDIO PRO
• Update to 64-bit
• Maintain this softwares professional integrity (No iDVD Pro).
BLU-RAY STUDIO PRO
• Apple, please fully support media we want to use and ability to meet the demand of our clients.
• 64-bit
• Similar features to DVD Studio Pro and ease of use compared to Adobe Encore.
Compressor
• Update to 64-bit
• Multi-core renders without copying files to Apple Qmaster Storage.
