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Are you curious how to edit interviews in Final Cut Pro? Well, Final Cut Pro has AMAZING tools for logging interview footage, and if you're a documentary filmmaker you should seriously consider using FCPX for your next project.
Using Favorites, Keywords, and Markers to log footage will give you incredible speed and efficiency when editing your films and videos. In this video, Matthew takes a deep dive into his process for logging interviews in Final Cut Pro X and why he thinks FCPX is the BEST NLE for editing documentaries.
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@matthewTobrien 4 года назад

Deep dive into logging interviews! What tips and tricks do you have for logging or editing interviews? How do you like to log your interviews? Let me know!

@jaapvw66 4 года назад

Hi Matthew, Still happy with the tip you gave me for logging the footage.I had to use it again today, and although the time is often too short to log all the footage, it is still very useful and fast. This brings me to my next question. Do you have any experience with transcription sites, and if you do, how do you use them?

@matthewTobrien 4 года назад

@@jaapvw66 I do! I use Simon Says for transcription and although they have an FCPX extension, I still export an audio file of what I need transcribed, upload to their site, pay to have it transcribed, and then have it handy if I need to copy and paste it in to FCPX as I log footage. Simon Says is fast and affordable, and they do a good job with accuracy. Of course there are always spelling issues or words they didn't understand. So far I've been very happy with it when I've needed to use it.

@jaapvw66 4 года назад

@@matthewTobrien Thanks for your quick respons! I have seen Simon says, and tried it, but was not able to dive deep in to it. But I probably will. So if you are looking for new tutorial idea"s in case you haven't done this one yet?..😀 I can't wait👍😀 Keep up your great tutorial work. I love them!!

@DSD 2 года назад

Never even realize there was this much power in FCP. Yet again your content is opening my mind to possibilities and features that I didn't even think/know/consider...

@WhoisPeppi 3 месяца назад

so funny, directly after talking about using plugins to cut sounds out and the AC turns on haha also cheers for the clip!! awesome channel

@garrettdollar 3 года назад

THIS is the FCPX content I’ve been searching for. Miss just bouncing workflow ideas off other editors back in the production house days. Thanks, you have my sub.

@matthewTobrien 3 года назад

Well I love me some workflow vids. Part of why I make them is because *_I_* want more vids like this. Thanks for your sub - welcome to the channel!

@elimeirkaplan 3 года назад

This was one of the best FCP tutorials I’ve seen.

@matthewTobrien 3 года назад

Wow! Thanks for saying so! This video doesn’t get a ton of views but for the right viewer it can really help to level up in FCPX. Thanks so much for watching! 🤘🏻🙌🏻

@ennoedits 3 года назад

Long time editor here, dipping my toes into FCP waters. Thanks for putting this together.

@matthewTobrien 3 года назад

Well you are very welcome. Thanks for watching my vid! Come back to the channel anytime you're looking for help with FCPX!

@Zoocster 3 года назад

Just started using FCP recently after 8 years with PPro and videos like this really make me appreciate the software more. Great video, very helpful.

@matthewTobrien 3 года назад

Wow - that's so great to hear. It really is incredibly powerful software, but there are certainly frustrations when trying to use it in traditional film / tv / doc post-production workflows. It can be done, but things like kicking out an AAF, EDL, round-tripping to DaVinci Resolve aren't as easy compared to Avid and Premiere. But for actual editing (moving clips on a timeline) - there's nothing better than FCP and the Magnetic Timeline. I literally edit at the speed of thought, and it's amazing. Thanks for watching!

@Zoocster 3 года назад

@@matthewTobrien Thankfully I haven't had to deal with the fuss of editing for traditional TV and have only been editing for youtubers but as you said in a previous video, with PPro every time you drop something in or change something about a clip, there's a whole series of technical parameters you gotta adjust-the technical "cleanup" after. Gets to be a drag when you gotta do it over and over for years on end.

@matthewTobrien 3 года назад

It literally made me insane in Final Cut Pro 7 and Avid … once I installed FCPX on day one, I knew I would never go back to track-based editing again.

@XavierPlagaro 2 года назад

Very nice to show your workflow! Thanks a lot!

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

You’re welcome! Thanks for checking it out!

@llrhinc 2 года назад

Matt these favorites has been so helpful. The ability to leave notes too has been a gamer. You are remarkable bro. Thank you so much

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

So glad to hear that! That's what really inspired me to make this video - using Favorites and the Notes field has been so helpful with editing short docs and logging interviews. Thanks for watching!

@llrhinc 2 года назад

@@matthewTobrien yes sir. This is my number youtube channel for FCPX.👍

@nelixon Год назад

Thanks for sharing your workflow, this video helped me a lot! 🙌

@matthewTobrien Год назад

My pleasure! Thanks for the Super Thanks!

@foresr01 2 года назад

Thanks Matthew for your tutorial. It's given me the encouragement to get on with the 'heavy lifting' now to save myself a lot of time and trouble later.

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Love to hear that! It can be a pain to be disciplined about all of that logging but it pays off when you get to the editing stage - especially revisions.

@BraamCompton 2 года назад

Great info here, I've been editing for 20 years, 6 years on FCP and although I keep the log info in my "head", I think this method is great to get organised, especially in bigger projects like docos or a series. Thank you for sharing mate.

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

It's certainly time consuming to do it, but once you start editing it's sooooo much faster. Makes me love editing docs when I have everything logged like this. I'd love it anyway but it makes me *REALLY* love it. 🥰🎞

@rickclise6883 2 года назад

Thanks Matthew - very useful tutorial!

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

You’re welcome, Rick! Thanks so much for watching. You might also like my video on how to log b-roll so that it’s text-searchable in the Browser: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Bz_P8HlBFzc.html

2 года назад

That was just a super cool and helpful video. Thanks a lot!

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

So glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!

@Deep-Travel 3 года назад

Excellent deep dive! Thanks.

@matthewTobrien 3 года назад

You're welcome, David! Thanks so much for watching this one!

@IanMcCausland 2 года назад

I am trying to elevate the game by establishing the right habits in workflow, This tutorial is amazing and so useful in that pursuit!

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Thanks so much for the continued support and encouragement. This kind of feedback is really meaningful so thank you! 🙌🏻🤘🏻

@thatshectic6529 2 года назад

This is amazing!! Thank you so much my dude.

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

You're welcome! Thanks so much for watching.

@evtyler 3 года назад

GREAT tutorial! I had no idea all of that functionality existed. Thanks so much for sharing.

@matthewTobrien 3 года назад

You’re welcome! It’s such an amazing tool for logging interviews for news segments, social media, documentary... And it’s amazing how much more pleasurable it is to edit this kind of content once you make the up-front investment of getting everything logged. Thanks for watching and happy editing! 👌🏻🙌🏻

@Cheekywekamedia Год назад

This - is - amazing!!! 🙌

@matthewTobrien Год назад

Glad you liked it!

@JoshuaScottApplegate 3 года назад

This was super helpful!

@matthewTobrien 3 года назад

So glad to hear that! Thanks for watching!

@MichaelProtacio 3 года назад

This is amazing! Thank you for all the advice. You've made my job so much more exciting and easy!

@matthewTobrien 3 года назад

You’re welcome! Enjoy logging your interviews!!!

@timvictor8926 3 года назад

This was amazing for me! I was hoping for something like this and seeing a tutorial was so informative.

@matthewTobrien 3 года назад

So glad to hear it, Tim! Plenty more coming so I appreciate you checking out the channel! 🙌🏻👏🏻

@bwilesuk 3 года назад

I use favourites, keywords and tags, but rarely anything else. I don’t write out transcriptions but I’ll broadly name the clip. I feel if I spent a couple of hours transcribing an hour long interview I’d not really save an hour later, as I’d have gotten to know the general placement of audio etc by a certain point so it’s always put me off. I’d be tempted to try a half way transcription of further key words, rather than sentences

@matthewTobrien 3 года назад

My method of logging doesn't necessarily work for everyone, and it can often be overkill. I have found, personally, that when I don't have detailed notes/loose transcripts, I end up spending time watching through clips instead of just reading and grabbing what I need and staying in my creative flow with telling the story in the timeline. Either way, Favorites, Keywords and Tags/Markers are crucial for prepping/organizing your interviews! Keep at it!

@xxphactor 3 года назад

@@matthewTobrien I tend to have a decent memory when it comes to finding clips. It's like playing that old card game, Concentration...lol However I do tend to use the notes portion of the clips.

@krewcialofficial Год назад

I feel the exact same way.

@ratslliw 4 месяца назад

This is great, but it would be really great if you could make the notes appear on the clip in the timeline. every favorite has the same name clip

@luizhribeiro 4 года назад

Great video man! i am trying to produce a doc and i learn today that i am doing all wrong lol! i need to learn how to organize like this!

@matthewTobrien 4 года назад

It’s a lot of hard, time-consuming, painstaking work up front ... but it’s so worth it to be able to stay in the creative flow as you assemble your edit. Hope this video helps for future projects!

@luizhribeiro 4 года назад

@@matthewTobrien def! it helps a lot!! thank you so much ! appreciate your tutorials!!

@krewcialofficial Год назад

Great advice and tips, but for a short documentary that only lasts 8 minutes, I am wondering how long it took you to do all the logging (even being a fast typer) and whether that is worth the time and work. I am editing a 90 minute feature doc and I perfectly manage by using keywords and/or title bars above specific sections/topics/questions. Logging over 15 interviews and +30 hours of footage the way you do it would take up way too much time. Time that needs to be charged to the client. For very specific projects (with multiple editors working on the same project, where there's a budget for an assistant editor, where the shooting and editing takes place over an extended period of time) I understand this may be worth it.

@matthewTobrien Год назад

I love this conversation, and I appreciate you dropping this comment. To me, this process of logging and organizing your footage - no matter the length of the video - *_IS_* what editing is all about. Even if you're acting as both the assistant editor and editor. The editor's job - heck, duty! - is take everything we get from production and organize it. That means transferring the 2nd ACs notes, the Script Supervisor's notes, and then any of our own logging that we may do. We're building a massive database of footage that's searchable, that's keyworded, that's sorted into Events / Folders / Keyword Collections & Smart Collections. To me this is a crucial part of the craft of video editing just like pouring a solid foundation is crucial to building a home. You can't skip it if you want to build the best video, film, documentary, etc. And it's our job as freelance editors to understand that this step in post-production needs to be included in every bid or proposal we write for our clients. So why bother on an 8 min film? First, to me, it's part of the discipline. And it allows me to continue to improve my workflow for organizing and logging so that when the big jobs come up, I've iterated on my workflow to make it work best for me and the post-production team. And secondly it's what allows me, while I'm editing, to remain in the Creative Flow for as long as possible. The actual editing process is never breaking down or stalling because I've fallen out of the flow due to extended searches for footage, listening to interviews to see if I can find the right sound bite, etc. And thirdly, I truly believe that to have the best chance at editing something masterfully, you need to have seen every single frame of film/video that was shot. So if I'm handed a massive hard drive of footage with interviews and b-roll, I want to sit down and watch every frame of it, listen to every interview, and me typing into the Notes field helps me to store all of those interviews in my short term memory banks so that while I'm editing and saying to myself, "I need a moment in this film where someone says _________" I'll know exactly where to look for that moment. And if I've logged correctly, I most likely can type in a single word into the Browser's Search field to isolate that moment amongst all the footage I've been delivered. I edited a nearly two hour documentary a few years back (it's on Amazon Prime, actually - at least it was for a while), and I wasn't there for any of the interviews. And there were A LOT of interviews. I watched every second of them and logged them, and it made the editing process FLY. So the up-front investment, to me, is worth it even if it's a very short documentary. And because I charge a project rate vs. hourly or day rates I was content to do it because I was getting a great rate ($10k), and I knew it would make the actual editing that much more enjoyable (because I'd have longer stretches of time completely immersed in the Creative Flow). Now, when it comes to charging your clients.... This is why I don't bill hourly or by day rates for any of my work. I present my clients with a proposal that includes three options for me to edit a project, and all of those options include extensive assistant editing. For me it's non-negotiable. And if they don't have the budget for any of my options, then I decline the project. I'd be happy to talk more about how I price my work outside of the comments, feel free to reach out if you think that would be helpful: info(at)midlandpictures(dot)com And here's a link to my other video about why I log my footage so extensively: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Bz_P8HlBFzc.html

@bandobeek Год назад

@matthewTobrien I thought I left a comment the other day, but it seems it didn’t go through. I’m rewatching this workflow as I try to come up with a strategy for favoriting/keywording/marking footage in FCPX. I remember your content giving some solid solutions (and I remembered correctly!). Thanks for your attention to detail! I’m wondering if you’ve attempted any solution with Resolve’s new transcription tools that could cut out the need for typing in the notes section. I’m a Final Cut editor, but the lack of good transcription tools are tempting me to use Resolve instead. Crossing my fingers for a Final Cut update with auto-transcription and better title/caption track flexibility.

@dbelden 3 года назад

Brilliant. Very helpful, thanks!

@matthewTobrien 3 года назад

Glad to hear that, David! Thanks for watching!

@dcplyr 3 года назад

This was a an excellent video.

@matthewTobrien 3 года назад

Thank you and thanks for watching!!!

@DavidEsp1 3 года назад

Really helpful tips, clearly presented - thank you. It would be great also to see a sensible logging/editing workflow for reality / "fly on wall" productions. How I "broke" keywording: A few years ago I made my first ever long form (4 hours) of reality / fly-on-wall using FCPX, from something like 20 hours of multicam based on footage & sound shot over 4 days. Having read lots about keywords, and having a reasonable understanding of databases in general, I set about logging (cataloguing - hoarding - anything I imagined might possibly come in useful - having no preconceived "picture") richly via keywords. I ended up with something like 200 of them, exported (by a 3rd party app) to a spreadsheet so I could keep track of them (having found the keyword editor nowhere near able to sensibly handle such a quantity). Eventually I ended up ignoring those (!) and just using Markers in a sequence/project, because of the (wonderful) timeline index and the fact that the editing timeline is more ergonomic than the list-mode thumbnail (and filmstrip). Also markers being less precise than a range (as in Favorite or Keyword or In/Out selection) kind of fitted the vagueness of intention in using the available material. That type of production differs from the docu type presented here since there is no in-advance structure (like the Questions), just "wait and see what happens" then imagine (and try out) what might flow together as an overall story or journey, after the fact. In a way, all "opportunistic b-roll editing". I'd love to see workflow advice/examples on that type of initially organic/unstructured kind of material. Any thoughts?

@matthewTobrien 3 года назад

Awesome feedback, David. Love hearing about your specific use case. Markers are definitely a solid way to go, and you’re so right about the timeline index. It is universally underutilized I imagine. Check out my vid on logging footage in the Browser using list view. Very similar to how I log interviews and works great for a ton of non-interview footage. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Bz_P8HlBFzc.html Let me know what you think!

@DavidJamesQ 2 года назад

What workflow(s) do you recommend to create a favorite whose range is inside *another* favorite?

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Well, submit feedback to Apple if you want multiple levels of Favoriting. Otherwise you'd have to use Keyword ranges to "favorite" portions of clips within a Favorited clip.

@Yellowdressfilms 6 месяцев назад

Fire 🔥

@matthewTobrien 6 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@2020VIDUALS 11 месяцев назад

3 years later this video is still circling and helping us FCP users out! Question for you, When I go to rename certain "favorited" sections of the SAME clip, for example, an interview clip, I notice that the Name and Notes change in unison. I'm trying to add notes like you suggested in this video but all my favorite clips change at the same time. I know I'm doing something wrong, but can't figure it out. Any tips?

@matthewTobrien 11 месяцев назад

Haha - love it. Can you send me a video clip of the issue via Instagram? It can be a link or a DM of the clip. @matthewTobrien

@matjack7391 2 года назад

Hello, I am just getting into editing interviews could you please explain how you made that workspace. I am having a hard time understanding how to change the layout of final cut pro to write titles and notes without splitting the clips. I am very epic swag noob but I really would like to start on the right track. Thank you.

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

That's a lot to try to explain in a comment - might have to put that on a list of things to include in a future video. If you need any direct consulting/coaching, I offer Final Cut Pro consulting through my online store: www.matthewobrien.co/shop Pricey to buy an hour consult with me, but it is an option if learning more about this workflow would have some serious ROI for you.

@lagenebved130 2 года назад

Fabulous Tutorial Matthew. Quick question: do you favorite the synced clips (with the boom + lav tracks) or work on the clips with audio from the camera mic? And let the sound editor manage the rest in sound post?

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

I typically make a multicam out of all video angles that were filmed and, if audio was recorded externally/separately from camera, I'll add any audio angles into the multicam as well. If audio was recorded through camera (which I sometimes do for corporate interviews since the preamps on the C300 MkII are pretty dang good) I still make a multicam - just no need for any extra audio angles in the multicam. Once I have the multicam built, I do all of my favoriting/logging on the multicam clip. Most budgets around here don't allow for sound turnover in post, unfortunately. So we try to capture the best audio we can with a shotgun mic and a lav and then just do a basic EQ adjustment, compressor, and limiter. Not preferred, of course.

@christyqianhui4286 Год назад

Thank you so much for posting this Matthew. Your video came as a life saver in the middle of my interview editing. Quick question: Since I'm logging my multi cam clip after I've done a bunch of editing already, the list is now showing all these "used clips" under every clip I favored. Is there a way to hide the used clip?

@matthewTobrien Год назад

So glad this helped! Go to View < Browser < Used Media Ranges to see if that helps. It's possible that in List View in the Browser that it's always going to note that a clip is Used. Let me know if that takes care of it!

@christyqianhui4286 Год назад

Thanks for the reply! Unchecking Media Ranges makes the orange bars on the footage go away, but it doesn't seem to affect those "used" indications listed under my multi cam clip... @@matthewTobrien

@turbostunt321 3 года назад

Can you do a video about mutli cam edits for beginners please

@matthewTobrien 3 года назад

I have a video about making multicams here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X7KfycfBbrM.html I don't go too in-depth about the different ways you can edit a video that's based on a Multicam clip, but there should be a lot of helpful info. Hit me back if you still feel you're missing something regrading multicams after watching the vid. Thanks for watching this one!

@jack_turpen 3 года назад

This was super helpful! What's the short cut to open all the clips back up? 19:51

@matthewTobrien 3 года назад

Just select all the clips and you can use Right Arrow to expand all your clips. Left Arrow contracts them. 👏🏻👌🏻

@jack_turpen 3 года назад

@@matthewTobrien Awesome, thank you!

@rickclise6883 2 года назад

Hi again Matthew, I've watched this tutorial a few times now - very useful! I've got an editing project that isn't a Q&A interview event but having the clips logged would be very handy for both this and subsequent editing projects. There are hours of material. The source clips are family home videos. What are your thoughts about the best way to log the clips? Perhaps marking In and Out points in the clips and Favorite/Reject them as appropriate, then the Favorites get renamed using recurring terms (names of people in the clip and location and the date shot or special event like birthday etc) then the text following the renamed Favorite contains additional info. What would you recommend? Thanks.

@matthewTobrien 2 года назад

Well it just so happens I may have the answer for you in a video! Watch this one and comment back here to let me know if you think it’s the answer. If not, maybe I can give some ideas that better fit your project. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Bz_P8HlBFzc.html

@OneCharmingQuark 4 года назад

Great video!

@matthewTobrien 4 года назад

Thanks for watching!!!

@ratslliw 4 месяца назад

This is extremely helpful, but maybe someone here can help. I'm trying not to use the mouse when log the footage by using favorites. I press I for in, o for out, f for favorite, then tab gets me to the favorited clip below in the list, return lets me edit the filename, tab gets me to the Notes to log the response, then left arrow gets me back to the main Multicam Clip. Spacebar plays, but it plays from the beginning of the previously favorited clip, is there a keystroke to start playing at the very end of what you just favorited? Right now it takes me to where it starts, and i use shift+right arrow to fast forward, but this is annoying. If i knew that one keystroke, i could do the whole thing faster. Anyone know how to start playing the timeline from the end of the selected In-out range?

@ratslliw 4 месяца назад

It's Shift+O to play from the end of a selected range

@annastone5624 3 года назад

Hi I love this. I've just tried it on an interview where I prepared and asked the questions, instead of transcribing the whole thing as I've done in the past. However - I can't find a way to print out these notes and I can only see the first sentence or so, of each answer, in the notes pane. Is there a way to see the full note? Is there a way to print the notes I've made? Thanks!

@annastone5624 3 года назад

Well I can see the full note.. but only if I hover the cursor over that note. I'd like to just be able to see all my notes clearly without having to hover over each individual one and ideally print them all off, so I can share them with others. Thanks for your help!

@matthewTobrien 3 года назад

So glad you were able to try this out on a project! But yes, there are certainly some limitations as to how awesome it is. Case in point, you can only see so much of the Notes field in List View even if you expand the width of the column to be as large as possible. This is why I edit in Final Cut Pro across two screens with my Timeline and Viewer in one screen and my Browser in the other. That way I can maximize the width of the Notes field so I can see as much of the text as possible. One other thing you can do is click on the "i" tab in the Inspector and in the "Basic" view you see the Notes field there as well, and it should be able to show most if not all of what you've typed. If the interviewee went on for several minutes, you may not be able to see it all. There is no way to print anything out of the Notes field in Final Cut Pro, unfortunately. But you can export an XML of, say, the Event that contains all of your interviews (export it using the "Basic" metadata view) and then import it into a great 3rd party app called Shot Notes X. From there you can export a .csv Shot Log and you'll see all of the fields from List View in the Browser in Final Cut Pro represented in the .csv Shot Log you just exported from Shot Notes X. From there you can adjust your column width and height for the Notes field and view all those shot notes, search them, print them, etc. Shot Notes X is available in the Mac App Store for $49.99. This app is most commonly used by Script Supervisors and Assistant Editors to get the notes from Scripty into FCP but it can go the other way as well. And thanks for inspiring me to come up with a new video/tutorial for my channel! I'm going to do a quick vid on how to do all of this!

@annastone5624 3 года назад

@@matthewTobrien thanks for your reply! Such a shame FCXP don't have a simple print function or even allow copy and paste, but you have to go into each individual note and copy and past each one. I think the approach I might use - is do a full transcription and then bullet point the notes on the favourited clips. Thanks again for such great content.

@matthewTobrien 3 года назад

Yes, definitely tedious. Transcripts are never a bad thing to have for interviews, especially if you’re collaborating with a producer, director, or a client who needs to see them. It can be a pain to go through them and then add notes in the Notes field in FCP, but this is what doc editing comes down to for editors/assistant editors. We have to build that searchable database in our NLE, and FCP makes it pretty dang easy. Definitely give some thought to Shot Notes X. A great tool to have to get notes from set into FCP and notes from editorial out. Thanks again for watching!

@annastone5624 3 года назад

@@matthewTobrien Thanks! Glad I discovered your channel!

@PostMediaProducties 4 года назад

Hi Matthew, thanks for sharing this. Looked at the ‘Toymaker’ and wondered how you did the audio. Did you use a wireless lavelier mic or a shotgun mic for the interview. Like to now more about this? Maybe in another tutorial? Kind regards John

@matthewTobrien 4 года назад

Thanks for asking! I hired a sound recordist to handle all the audio - both on location and the post-production mix. We used a wireless lav on Steve during the interview as well as a boom mic. Those ran through the field mixer (not sure which one/model specifically). For everything else the recordist boomed a shotgun mic. And then he mixed it all in ProTools (after I kicked out an AAF using XtoPro) to get the final product. Would love to do a tutorial on this, but not my area of expertise - which is why I love working in film because you get to collaborate with folks who are incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about their role in filmmaking. 👌🏻

@matthewTobrien 4 года назад

Forgot to mention that we synced our cameras using timecode. We used Tentacle Sync equipment to do that, and I used their free app to sync up all the clips with the audio and then imported all that into FCPX with an XML. Worked beautifully!

@PostMediaProducties 4 года назад

Hi Matthew, thanks for your quick reply. Because of budgetary reasons, at the moment I need to stick to me doing also the audio. But it gave me insight on the process. Kind regards from the Netherlands.

@matthewTobrien 4 года назад

Insight is good! Thanks for asking about the audio. 👌🏻👍🏻

@AlexHarephotographer 3 года назад

@@matthewTobrien Hi Matthew, did you or your sound man set up the Tentacles? And why do you need to synch with there software when it seems easy enough to drop audio files into FCP and synch to clips? And what's an XML import...?