FCP7 viewer (motion tab) vs FCPX inspector ??

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FCP7 viewer (motion tab) vs FCPX inspector ??

I'm a FC express 4 (almost similar to FCP7) user, I want to change to FCPX. I'm running a trial version, there are reasonable good changes, but there is 1 important thing missing.

The viewer window is missing, in the viewer you could find the tabs video, filters, motion, etc... And this for one object (picture or video).

In these tabs Filters and Motion you could see different "timelines", in these timelines you could click bullets or markers. See example below.

In FCPX there is the inspector. But there are no timelines like explained here above. You can mark, change an effect or movement; but these marks you can't find them in any timeline... 😟

Is there a way to find something similar on FCPX?

I've googled it, I've found nothing.

If someone could help me

Best regards,

Kristof

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on May 3, 2015 1:20 PM

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Answer 1

Tom Wolsky

Level 10

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May 3, 2015 1:28 PM in response to calu_kc

WWhat is it you're trying to do with the markets? You can add markets to clips in the browser in either filmstrip view or list view. You can also open a clip into the timeline and add markets to the video and audio layers.

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Meg The Dog

Level 6

13,567 points

May 4, 2015 12:04 PM in response to calu_kc

Are the "markers" you are referring to these legacy keyframes?

MtD

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Answer 3

May 4, 2015 12:04 PM in response to calu_kc

Read the Manual about the Video Animation Editor, or just hit ctrl-v while a clip in the Project is selected. There you have the tiny bubbles = keyframe indicators.

General hint for better understanding the differences btw. FC/e and FCPX:

legacy versions were timeline-based = 'tracks', new FCPX is clip-based = no tracks! … (when you compose clips, there are tracks, yes, but in general...)

needs a while to get that "Ahhaaa" in the gear box … but then, it's easy! 😉

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