Phantom marks

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Phantom marks

Sorry to bombard everyone with questions!

I also edit on Media Composer. I really do like FCP Studio (unless Magic Bullet Misfire is crashing it), but one thing I haven't been able to find in the manuals, my handy "Final Cut for Avid Editors" book, or the forums is the answer to the following question:

In Media Composer, Avid will display what they call "Phantom Marks" in the viewer window. These In/Out marks would indicate, based on what your In/Out points were in your timeline, the same amount of time within the clip loaded into the viewer. Does FCP5 have anything like phantom marks and I just don't know how to enable them?

Thanks!

Matthew

G5 Dual 2.7, 1.5G DDR SDRAM, ATI Radeon 9650, Mac OS X (10.4.5), 500G LaCie External HD

Posted on Feb 28, 2006 10:38 PM

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Answer 1

Shane Ross

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Feb 28, 2006 11:36 PM in response to Matthew Balthrop

Nope. The markers aren't as advanced as Avids.

And try not to make FCP do things the Avid does...most times it won't. it does things in its OWN way...that are as good, or better...or worse as you now know.

I too am too used to the way markers work in the Avid...but what you are talking about is a WAY advanced marker feature, and the markers in FCP are basic. But getting there.

Shane

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Answer 2

Feb 28, 2006 11:59 PM in response to Shane Ross

Shane,

Thanks, yeah, I'm getting used to the differences, and so far, I don't really see them as good or bad, just different. The tight integration that I've experienced so far from FCStudio apps is definately a good thing though. I really do enjoy FCP, and I think it is a very powerful program capable of holding it's own just fine against Media Composer, at least for what I am doing. The book I mentioned earlier has been a big help in getting used to doing Avid type things in FCP. Wicked!

I do miss me some phantom marks though. Since you too are used to the Avid In/Out, have you found any reasonable workarounds for phantom marks in FCP? Or am I going to suck it up and hone my timecode math skills?

Thanks again for the help!

Matthew

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Answer 3

Mar 1, 2006 12:09 AM in response to Matthew Balthrop

I liked phantom marks in Avid as well. The only way I've worked around it is to align the in or out as appropriate and gang the viewer/canvas (source/record) then shift I or shift o to goto the other mark, dragging the playhead along in the other window...

Patrick

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Answer 4

Shane Ross

Level 8

43,110 points

Mar 1, 2006 12:17 AM in response to Patrick Sheffield

What Patrick said. I have been doing other stuff as I don't have those tools.

And yes, that book is DARN helpful.

It is tough when you work on both and suddenly a nice tool for some reason isn't working and you realize it is the OTHER system it works on.

Shane

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Answer 5

Mar 1, 2006 8:18 AM in response to Shane Ross

Sounds good, I'll give that a go this afternoon. Thanks so much for the info!

Matthew

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