Honestly, Jaime - that alone makes it totally worth it. This thumbnail doesn't have the click-through-rate I was hoping for, but the fact that so many of you are commenting on it means I know I made the right choice. Glad it got a good LOL out of you to start your TH-cam viewing for the day!
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS 😩 I was just hooking up with the magnetic timeline earlier today! I hope this doesn't create a gap in our friendship, Matthew. Amazing amazing tutorial, brotha! Fantastic point that audio lanes in Final Cut wouldn't be possible without the magnetic timeline. I've never thought about that. Also, apparently I've been wrong this whole time. I also thought it was the tilde key lol. Side note, the fact that you don't have at least 100,000 subs at the moment is mind boggling to me.
That goes for both of us! And we can share the Magnetic Timeline! I’m not possessive! 🤣 I was wrong too! Damn you, tilde key! We’ll get to 100k soon enough - you and I are neck and neck right now, friend! 📈
i think it's not part of the magnetic timeline but the Trim(T) in the toolbox is also very important. you can select/move around part of your clip without moving the clip. by the way, thank you so much. I typed all the tools you mentioned. I'll print it and have it handy in my office in case i forget something.
A simply wonderful tutorial Matthew! Articulate (as always), concise, informative, descriptive, captivating and easy to follow. Extremely well done - one of your best yet! Thank you!
Oh yeah. On my 14" MacBook Pro I customized them to just [ and ] On my desktop I use Stream Deck Mobile to make those shortcuts just the push of a button. 🤘🏻🙌🏻
That's because of your first video that I learn loving the magnetic timeline. After now a year of using it regularly, I cannot imagine a world without it :D
Glad you've been a part of the channel long enough to have seen the original Magnetic Timeline vid, Robin! I'm hoping this new one connects with all the new subscribers and POTENTIAL new subscribers. And I agree - can't imagine a life without the Magnetic Timeline. 🧲🎞
This was useful and very well presented. Two things that make FCP very frustrating for me (well, besides having to use audio roles, while fairly robust, where a mixer would be far more intuitive, and the stupid export options, and how dependent it can be on plugins and additional layers like CommandPost, and the lack of native collaboration, and the annoying project hierarchy, and the heavy handed-ugh, I'll just stop here), are the fact that the playhead doesn't move with the timeline and the fact that waveforms and clip previews stop rendering during playback. If you have workarounds for these issues I'd love to hear them.
Ohhh I'm right there with you on those last two, Gilbert. I complain about it extensively in my last livestream where I'm live-editing in FCP. CommandPost will let you create a scrolling timeline, but I don't know that there's anything that will make it so the waveforms are always visible no matter what you're doing. It is endlessly frustrating that Final Cut Pro can do so much, be so powerful ... yet cannot show waveforms no matter what.
Dang! Well then I'm glad I didn't chicken out with the idea. Appreciate you taking the time to check it out, especially since you're a Premiere Pro editor... (flirting with the idea of using Final Cut Pro??? 🤔)
@@matthewTobrien I'm happy with Premiere Pro! I watched / liked / commented purely because the thumbnail drew me in!!! I'm new to making YT vids and love to watch others that I can get inspiration from!!
I canNOT believe I coincidentally spent this evening stumbling on lift clip and banging my head against the wall that CMD+OPT+A didn't work because my eyes are too s**t to see it's an up arrow...I better watch more of these videos!
Oh no! I didn't even think of that! I could totally see the arrow looking like an A. Ugh. Glad you got it sorted! And I'm stoked to catch the replay of your lasts Discord livestream. I'm LOVING Discord but need to up my game with hosting my Servers. So glad we got connected through DocRock!
This is GOLD! I've started using FCPX just jumping at it, learning by doing (wrong...) and I'm enjoying going back to the school bench and systemising the knowledge.
A nice tip for not messing around with the audio attached to the main story line is to attach it to a gap clip of one frame at the beginning. Invisible 😊. Thanks for this great mix of best practises
So in the spirit of "saving time by fewer clicks and such" to change a connection point you dont have to first select the clip. just "command/opt click" the clip you want and where on it you want
Very true. My thinking is that for first-time users of this keyboard shortcut, it might help to know for sure which clip you're selecting for a clip connection change. But yes, definitely an unnecessary click. 🖱
Oh shit, I’ve been missing so much and gotten myself into editing problems that could have been resolved so easily. 🤦🏻♂️ I went through your video and made nodes, creating a one-pager of notes that I should have known all along :D Thank you!
Oh my gosh, some of these are complete game changers. Seriously what I’ve been looking for. The (~) key really is a game changer I’ve need even earlier today haha. Savings this video to reference more later.
Whoa there, Final Cut! Are you trying to seduce me? Well, for some of you, Final Cut Pro IS trying to seduce you, but don’t let your frustration with its enigmatic ways lead to a break up. These tips will help! Which ones took you by surprise?
Mind Blowing Information - A Majority Of These Tips You Have Offered Are Completely Above My Skill Set - The Gap Feature So Rocks In Conjunction With Transitions - The Editing Music Tip Is Exactly What I Didn't Know I Needed - That Totally Makes Sense - Thank You - Will Play Around With Those Override Connections Just Because - Excellent Tutorial Brother Man - Be Well And Thanx Again Cheers
Travis! So glad these tips are going to help you. Always always always appreciate your feedback and comments. So glad you’re a part of the channel. 🙌🏻🤘🏻
So glad to hear that, Phillip! Needed to try something different with this thumb. Really mix things up! Glad you liked it (or at least got a laugh out of it 🤣)
@@matthewTobrien You really should be charging for your tutorials, man. You clearly know the software at a mastery level and you explain it very clearly
Moving in that direction, Phillip! I've got the beginnings of some courses that I can create for a platform like Skillshare - it's just such a massive undertaking and as long I'm going at TH-cam solo with revenue not being too high, I gotta focus on the stuff that's I can do quickly but with high ROI. At least that's my thinking...
If you don’t want the 10 sec empty black video at the beginning when exporting the final edit, just select your in and out point at the exact spot you want! This allows to keep certain « unwanted things » for the export! Saved me a bunch of time
Killer content Matthew! Great pace and editing examples explaining the “why” of these key features. Since watching your videos I really feel like my editing/ productivity is at new level every time! Gold for sure 👊 Thanks again, Jay
Emilio! Whoa! So great to see you in the comments on one of my vids! And great to see the #FinalCutFam on TH-cam continuing to connect and support each other. Glad you got a kick out of my thumbnail - trying to mix things up a bit! 🤣 I've never had a thumb with that bad of a CTR get so many comments! What'ya do?
This is packed with really great tips - thank you so much! One theme I'm noticing with tips and tutorials I'm seeing though is a pattern: It feels like everything is kind of oriented around ways to get it to *not* do things that the magnetic timeline wants to do. In other words, hacks to get it to behave more like other NLEs. There a sort of irony here, or is this imagined? I'm still committed to getting comfortable with FCP, but struggling to see the core benefit of it yet.
To me it’s not that it’s a hack it’s that it’s a tool that is adaptable to the nuanced and varied demands of editing. Sometimes you want to slide an edit and move an attached clip with it and sometimes you don’t - you can do either. For me, the magic of it is that you can do simple edits with fewer operations. It’s faster and less destructive and big, late-stage revisions are no longer a nightmare.
Once again, a Master Class in the new way to learn. People like Matthew here are exactly why colleges are going to be so not relevant. Instant, fresh, concise and searchable. And he is a most excellent instructor. Bravo!
I borrowed A LOT of money to get two college degrees. Definitely wish TH-cam was around like it is today with so many incredibly skilled and talented TH-camrs sharing their incredible knowledge and experience. Glad I can do the same!
I use the emotion and rhythm off a score to drive the pace, and your tip on attaching music to the blank clip at the start of the video is exactly what I needed. I often split up sections with a different songs, so not only could I place it at the beginning of the clip, but at the beginning of each song. This is really great. Thanks, Matthew!
@@matthewTobrien Rule might be stretching it but the 3 U's is a presentation's objective should be to provide useful information that is usable and ultimately gets used by your audience. Keep up the nice work. I took notes!
That is great to know! And yes, I try to think of all my teachings in that vein - what are the tips/tricks/etc. about FCP that were so useful I couldn't NOT use them.
I just wish they had an option to turn it off. Been editing with Premiere forever, but I'm sick of having to pay monthly for it. If FCP didn't have the magnetic storyline I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
You just gotta learn it, dude. You can’t try to make it work like track-based editing. Turning it off defeats its magic. You can literally edit as fast as you can think. Plus it saves you a ton of time once you’ve learned it in and out. It’s a dream for doing revisions as well. Just learn it - you won’t regret it!
@@matthewTobrien It's just that I mostly edit music videos where the footage being synced up to the music is obviously most important. The thought of the whole timeline snapping together after I remove a clip that I'm not happy with and every meticulous cut being out of sync, well you know, that would be frustrating to no end. Edit: but apparently there's a work around if I edit the way MKBHD does it, so I might just do that: th-cam.com/video/wxOoAClvgeU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=23GkglOlteF9qiKR
@@Jack655321 I edited concert video content for J Lo, Gwen Stefani, Ariana Grande, etc. and we used FCP. You don’t need a work around - when you’re editing something that’s based on music you put the music track in the Primary Storyline and your video clips above it. You can also put a short gap clip at the beginning of your edit and attach the music to it and then edit all the video clips in the Primary Storyline alllllll day long. I’ve used both methods in my years of editing to music🤘 When I had to edit to music in FCP7 it was a nightmare in comparison to Final Cut Pro X - particularly revisions.
@@matthewTobrien That's definitely reassuring to hear. I guess I'll just bite the bullet and get familiar with FCP. It would be nice paying just once for good editing software and actually owning it instead of basically renting it monthly.
I 100% agree, and it's been great knowing I paid $299 back in 2011 and haven't paid a dime more since. Other than having purchased a 2013 15" Retina MacBook Pro, a 2013 Quad-Core Mac Pro, a 14" M1 Pro MacBook Pro, an M1 Max Mac Studio, and an M2 Pro Mac mini... The hardware is the "subscription" when it comes to Final Cut Pro.
If you have a full keyboard, you can delete a clip and leave a gap clip in its place with the single keystroke of the Forward Delete key. As for connection override, I experimented and discovered a keypress sequence that keeps the override locked on and keep your hands free to edit. That was featured in MacBreak Studio 335, but if you go there, see my note below that video on how the keystrokes have changed since then.
This was so very helpful! I was pulling my hair out today and these tips are amazing! I've been using FCP for over a year and did not know about the Grave key 😩 Thanks again!
There should be a version of you to explain most things in life because then life would just run so much better Matthew :D Endless thanks for so many great tips to make my work better!!
This is SO AMAZING, THANK YOU! Can you make a video or two specifically for music video editors? I have made three so far and it is always super frustrating. I know I could be doing things more efficiently. I'm a middling beginner at FCPX.
excellent video, but i feel like there are too many elements that you have already discussed in previous videos. maybe simply linking to them would be better?
I think that's a fair criticism, Wang. With subs who have been with the channel for a long time, some of this might feel like a repeat. But I wanted to make the video for a few reasons: 1. I have a lot of new subs who haven't gone back to my first Magnetic Timeline video that I made, what, two years ago? 2. I gotta keep the Evergreen content that has wide appeal regular on the channel because these are the videos that get the most views over time and, therefore, fund the channel through ad revenue. 3. I was getting tired of sharing my old Magnetic Timeline video on Reddit and in FCP Facebook Groups because it, frankly, isn't very well made. And I got something wrong in that video and that was really bothering me. Thanks for the honest feedback, though!
nicely done as always. great work bloke. even as someone who has been using FCPx for 10 years, it's great to be learning some of those bits i just haven't had time to explore. cheers!
There’s sooooo much to learn with this app - I know there are plenty of things I still need to learn as well. If anything, it’s always fun to peek in on our fellow FCP editors’ workflows. Thanks for watching!
Newbie question lol. Is there a feature somewhere within Final Cut Pro that will allow me to set my timeline size the default way that I like it every time so I don’t have to increase it at the start for every project? Great video on the magnetic timeline by the way! The funny thing is Vegas Pro works very similarly with the only difference being that it’s still a different track for each video or audio piece, but other than that it works exactly like the magnetic timeline with the automatic ripple deleting, between cuts so this is the one part of editing that wasn’t confusing to me at all with my switch hahaha!
You've done a great video. Unfortunately you've proven how the magnetic function needs to have a Full OFF function and allow people to just edit as tracks. Especially for people like me who have to keep lots of things in tight sync. Secondary story lines also stink. Don't need them. Just give a Final Cut 7 override option so the edit just does exactly what I want it to do. Don't need the extra help with magnetics and secondary story lines. Sorry I just find this such a pain and wish I could get a FULL MANUAL function. Would be an awesome button. Just my two cents. Oh and Grav is a help but just would rather have a full manual. Everything you've mentioned is dealing with defeating the magnetic function. Ugghhhh.
I couldn’t - respectfully - disagree more. Embracing all of these tools - for me - has made even the thought of editing with tracks excruciating. Secondary Storylines are incredibly useful, and I personally have zero issues keeping scores and sound effects in sync even if on occasion I have to manage their connections. Why not just use the Position Tool at all times? And why not just use Resolve? Sounds like the track-based paradigm may work better for you.
Great content; I’ve been upgrading my FCP skills with your tutorials in a breeze, since you speak the way I get it easily. I really appreciate it. Great thumbnail too! 😅
This thumbnail was EVERYTHING! Still lol-ing as the pre-roll ads are rolling 😂😂😂
Honestly, Jaime - that alone makes it totally worth it. This thumbnail doesn't have the click-through-rate I was hoping for, but the fact that so many of you are commenting on it means I know I made the right choice. Glad it got a good LOL out of you to start your TH-cam viewing for the day!
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Best FCPX advice on the internet. Are you listening Apple?
So appreciate that, Bill. Thanks for watching!
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS 😩 I was just hooking up with the magnetic timeline earlier today! I hope this doesn't create a gap in our friendship, Matthew.
Amazing amazing tutorial, brotha! Fantastic point that audio lanes in Final Cut wouldn't be possible without the magnetic timeline. I've never thought about that. Also, apparently I've been wrong this whole time. I also thought it was the tilde key lol. Side note, the fact that you don't have at least 100,000 subs at the moment is mind boggling to me.
That goes for both of us! And we can share the Magnetic Timeline! I’m not possessive! 🤣 I was wrong too! Damn you, tilde key! We’ll get to 100k soon enough - you and I are neck and neck right now, friend! 📈
@Matthew O'Brien A polyamorous relationship? I'm about it. We just have to keep grinding, brotha! 💪🏼
🤮 The comment has gone too far!😁
@@VidTechwRick I like to push the limits. What can I say 😏
I just move to FCPX from PR 6 days ago and now i'm in love with the magnetic timeline
Welcome! It's pretty special.
I gotta give you credit… that’s a fantastic thumbnail pic!
Haha - thank you!
i think it's not part of the magnetic timeline but the Trim(T) in the toolbox is also very important. you can select/move around part of your clip without moving the clip. by the way, thank you so much. I typed all the tools you mentioned. I'll print it and have it handy in my office in case i forget something.
Absolutely!
Outstanding! Your best video yet.
Thank you thank you, friend. 🙌🏻🤘🏻
A simply wonderful tutorial Matthew! Articulate (as always), concise, informative, descriptive, captivating and easy to follow. Extremely well done - one of your best yet! Thank you!
Thanks, John! Love the encouragement here. On to the next vid!
Key combinations I also use non-stop is "option + [" and "option + ]"
Oh yeah. On my 14" MacBook Pro I customized them to just [ and ]
On my desktop I use Stream Deck Mobile to make those shortcuts just the push of a button. 🤘🏻🙌🏻
That's because of your first video that I learn loving the magnetic timeline. After now a year of using it regularly, I cannot imagine a world without it :D
Glad you've been a part of the channel long enough to have seen the original Magnetic Timeline vid, Robin! I'm hoping this new one connects with all the new subscribers and POTENTIAL new subscribers. And I agree - can't imagine a life without the Magnetic Timeline. 🧲🎞
This was useful and very well presented. Two things that make FCP very frustrating for me (well, besides having to use audio roles, while fairly robust, where a mixer would be far more intuitive, and the stupid export options, and how dependent it can be on plugins and additional layers like CommandPost, and the lack of native collaboration, and the annoying project hierarchy, and the heavy handed-ugh, I'll just stop here), are the fact that the playhead doesn't move with the timeline and the fact that waveforms and clip previews stop rendering during playback. If you have workarounds for these issues I'd love to hear them.
Ohhh I'm right there with you on those last two, Gilbert. I complain about it extensively in my last livestream where I'm live-editing in FCP. CommandPost will let you create a scrolling timeline, but I don't know that there's anything that will make it so the waveforms are always visible no matter what you're doing. It is endlessly frustrating that Final Cut Pro can do so much, be so powerful ... yet cannot show waveforms no matter what.
grave key modifier just blew my mind!
It’s a good one! 🤯
This is one of the best thumbnails I have seen. It made me watch the video and I use Premier Pro!!
Dang! Well then I'm glad I didn't chicken out with the idea. Appreciate you taking the time to check it out, especially since you're a Premiere Pro editor... (flirting with the idea of using Final Cut Pro??? 🤔)
@@matthewTobrien I'm happy with Premiere Pro! I watched / liked / commented purely because the thumbnail drew me in!!! I'm new to making YT vids and love to watch others that I can get inspiration from!!
Sounds good to me, Shane! And greatly appreciate you checking out my vid as you explore doing TH-cam yourself.
amazing tips man i didn't know 50 - 60% of this.... u deserve all the views and subs for this video!
Love it! So glad you've learned some great new tricks for Final Cut Pro!
🤯 That last tip!!!!! 🤯
I know!
To stay frustration-free I still put a Gap Clip on the magnetic "monster" and drag it out :)
Do your thing, David! Although I don't recommend that because you miss out on a lot of the key benefits of the Magnetic Timeline. :)
EXACTLY what I was looking for.superbly explained and presented! Instant sub, thank you!
Turning into one of my favorites youtubers , keep up the good work!!
Wow - that means a lot, Leonardo! 🙌🏻 Workin’ my butt off to make good content that helps take some Final Cut Pro & Filmmaking pain away. 🤘🏻
@@matthewTobrien I learn with every one of your videos
Thanks 🙏
You're welcome!
Great as always! Magnetic Timeline Rules!
Agreed, Jari!!! 🧲🎞
I wish I had seen this video a month before (yes, I'm a beginner and I guess I have luck). You are right, it's mind blowing.
That's what I'm talking about, Alan!
Came back to watch this one again just to take notes. Good stuff man.
Nice! Great to get some repeat views. Appreciate it! 🤘🏻🙌🏻
I canNOT believe I coincidentally spent this evening stumbling on lift clip and banging my head against the wall that CMD+OPT+A didn't work because my eyes are too s**t to see it's an up arrow...I better watch more of these videos!
Oh no! I didn't even think of that! I could totally see the arrow looking like an A. Ugh. Glad you got it sorted! And I'm stoked to catch the replay of your lasts Discord livestream. I'm LOVING Discord but need to up my game with hosting my Servers. So glad we got connected through DocRock!
@@matthewTobrien I was so facepalm when you put up the super large text, I’m like he’s speaking at me rn 😂 I’ll DM you on Discord!
Haha - no problem!
came because of thumbnail, intro from the bed would be icing on the cake !
Haha - good point! I should have done that!
Superb Matthew...you are becoming my favorite and new "go to" FCPX trainer...thank you!
Great to hear that, Paul! So glad you're getting value out of my Final Cut Pro videos. Thanks for watching this one!
I love your Thumbnail!!! GOOD JOB!
THANK YOU! I wish the click-through-rate was higher, but the comments on it have been so encouraging. 🤘🏻🙌🏻
bought a macbook and im loving final cut pro now
So great to hear that, Ed! It takes a while to get used to it but once you do it's hard not to love it.
This is GOLD! I've started using FCPX just jumping at it, learning by doing (wrong...) and I'm enjoying going back to the school bench and systemising the knowledge.
You have to! I keep learning as well. So glad this was helpful!
A nice tip for not messing around with the audio attached to the main story line is to attach it to a gap clip of one frame at the beginning. Invisible 😊. Thanks for this great mix of best practises
Yes. So true. My version is a variation on that. I hate it when a score doesn’t have even ONE frame of nothing at the beginning, though. 🤦🏻♂️
So in the spirit of "saving time by fewer clicks and such" to change a connection point you dont have to first select the clip. just "command/opt click" the clip you want and where on it you want
Very true. My thinking is that for first-time users of this keyboard shortcut, it might help to know for sure which clip you're selecting for a clip connection change. But yes, definitely an unnecessary click. 🖱
Oh shit, I’ve been missing so much and gotten myself into editing problems that could have been resolved so easily. 🤦🏻♂️
I went through your video and made nodes, creating a one-pager of notes that I should have known all along :D
Thank you!
SUPER helpful, Matthew. Especially #9! Thx!
Yes! Glad to hear it!
Oh my gosh, some of these are complete game changers. Seriously what I’ve been looking for. The (~) key really is a game changer I’ve need even earlier today haha. Savings this video to reference more later.
That's what I'm talkin' about!
Whoa there, Final Cut! Are you trying to seduce me? Well, for some of you, Final Cut Pro IS trying to seduce you, but don’t let your frustration with its enigmatic ways lead to a break up. These tips will help! Which ones took you by surprise?
what if I want the last “tilde” tip to be the default behavior when moving clips around and save myself pressing that key all the time ?
Mind Blowing Information - A Majority Of These Tips You Have Offered Are Completely Above My Skill Set - The Gap Feature So Rocks In Conjunction With Transitions - The Editing Music Tip Is Exactly What I Didn't Know I Needed - That Totally Makes Sense - Thank You - Will Play Around With Those Override Connections Just Because - Excellent Tutorial Brother Man - Be Well And Thanx Again
Cheers
Travis! So glad these tips are going to help you. Always always always appreciate your feedback and comments. So glad you’re a part of the channel. 🙌🏻🤘🏻
U've solved this problem for me :) after a long time of being frustrated about this. THANK YOU!
You're welcome, Mario! Glad this video helped!
That thumbnail though! 🔥
Tryin’ some stuff on the ol’ channel!
Great stuff as always Matthew! Salutations from astonishingly sunny & weirdly back to normal Ireland! ☘💪🏽👀👍🏽☘
Thanks, Sonny!
Commenting for the algorithm. Love your content man!
Love it. Thanks, Nick!
Grave key blew my fricking mind!!!!! Thanks!!
So good, right?!?
Amazing thumbnail. And great stuff for a new FCP user like me!
So glad to hear that, Phillip! Needed to try something different with this thumb. Really mix things up! Glad you liked it (or at least got a laugh out of it 🤣)
@@matthewTobrien You really should be charging for your tutorials, man. You clearly know the software at a mastery level and you explain it very clearly
Moving in that direction, Phillip! I've got the beginnings of some courses that I can create for a platform like Skillshare - it's just such a massive undertaking and as long I'm going at TH-cam solo with revenue not being too high, I gotta focus on the stuff that's I can do quickly but with high ROI. At least that's my thinking...
@@matthewTobrien Yeah, I get it. Just wanted to give you some encouragement
@@PhillipRPeck Encouragement received! Thank you 🙌🏻🤘🏻
Thank you! You've done such a great job as a teacher! I could never have figured out how to unconnect clips to sounds
I came here because of the thumbnail. LOL. Great video!
Haha - I was hoping it'd win a few clicks!
Even if I learn nothing, I respect the thumbnail.
Coming from “Getting Negative” this means A LOT. 🤘🏻
If you don’t want the 10 sec empty black video at the beginning when exporting the final edit, just select your in and out point at the exact spot you want! This allows to keep certain « unwanted things » for the export! Saved me a bunch of time
So true - the Range tool is great for isolating what portion of your timeline you want to export. Great tip, Benjamin!
Killer content Matthew! Great pace and editing examples explaining the “why” of these key features. Since watching your videos I really feel like my editing/ productivity is at new level every time! Gold for sure 👊 Thanks again, Jay
Love it, Jay. Definitely hoping this content get you leveled-up in Final Cut Pro - let's go!
That thumbnail!!! Hahaha great video Matthew
Emilio! Whoa! So great to see you in the comments on one of my vids! And great to see the #FinalCutFam on TH-cam continuing to connect and support each other. Glad you got a kick out of my thumbnail - trying to mix things up a bit! 🤣 I've never had a thumb with that bad of a CTR get so many comments! What'ya do?
This is packed with really great tips - thank you so much! One theme I'm noticing with tips and tutorials I'm seeing though is a pattern: It feels like everything is kind of oriented around ways to get it to *not* do things that the magnetic timeline wants to do. In other words, hacks to get it to behave more like other NLEs. There a sort of irony here, or is this imagined? I'm still committed to getting comfortable with FCP, but struggling to see the core benefit of it yet.
To me it’s not that it’s a hack it’s that it’s a tool that is adaptable to the nuanced and varied demands of editing. Sometimes you want to slide an edit and move an attached clip with it and sometimes you don’t - you can do either. For me, the magic of it is that you can do simple edits with fewer operations. It’s faster and less destructive and big, late-stage revisions are no longer a nightmare.
@@matthewTobrien I think this is the mindset I need to really unlock it for me - thanks!
Once again, a Master Class in the new way to learn. People like Matthew here are exactly why colleges are going to be so not relevant. Instant, fresh, concise and searchable. And he is a most excellent instructor. Bravo!
I borrowed A LOT of money to get two college degrees. Definitely wish TH-cam was around like it is today with so many incredibly skilled and talented TH-camrs sharing their incredible knowledge and experience. Glad I can do the same!
Thanks
OK you've outdone yourself on the thumbnail..... Keep it up you'll get way more hits! Well done :-).
Hahaha appreciate that. Need to get bold and shake things up!
@Mattih needs to see this
Make it happen, Victor! 🤣
@@matthewTobrien I shared it directly to Matti in his YT video 🤷♂in a comment
You’re my Final Cut Pro Hero!
Just doing what I can to help, good sir!
You nailed the thumb. 🥇
Brian! Thank you!
I use the emotion and rhythm off a score to drive the pace, and your tip on attaching music to the blank clip at the start of the video is exactly what I needed. I often split up sections with a different songs, so not only could I place it at the beginning of the clip, but at the beginning of each song. This is really great. Thanks, Matthew!
I’ve seen some people use a single frame gap clip to attach audio tracks to
Been using this method for a loooooong time.
thanks for this great tutorial. You are very good at explaining complex relationships in a few words, precisely and understandably.
Really appreciate that, Frank. My Dad passed down his teaching superpowers to me!
This is what I needed to know. All of these tips are great!
Thanks for checking them out!
Brooooo so much value in hereeeee wooooww THANK YOU! SAVING THIS NOW
Yesssss - that's what I'm talkin' about, Benjamin!
amazing thumbnail!
Thanks! It was a fun one to make!
yes
Agreed.
I love magnetic timeline after watching your video
It’s awesome!
Such great info. Learned several cool tips. Thanks dude
My pleasure, Kevin! Thanks for stoppin' by! 📺🤘🏻
THANK YOU SO MUCH! Loved these tips!
You're welcome!
Great presentation that meets the Rule of 3 U's: Useful, Usable and Used and was supported by practical FCPX examples. Thanks.
Appreciate that! I hadn’t heard of that rule, but I’m glad I’m following it!
@@matthewTobrien Rule might be stretching it but the 3 U's is a presentation's objective should be to provide useful information that is usable and ultimately gets used by your audience. Keep up the nice work. I took notes!
That is great to know! And yes, I try to think of all my teachings in that vein - what are the tips/tricks/etc. about FCP that were so useful I couldn't NOT use them.
Thank you wery much from Zurich!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Thank you! Bookmarked for future use.
Yesssssss! 🔪🥦🧲🎞️
What a useful tutorial thank you for sharing
You're welcome, Duke!
Man you’re good! You answered a lot of my questions as a pro video editor coming from Ppro
So great to hear that, Xavier!
You had fun with that thumbnail. I clicked on it.
Gotta win the click! Although overall the thumb is performing poorly. Maybe it's a bit off-putting to my primarily male audience... 🤷🏻♂️
best thumbnail ever
I so appreciate that. Definitely the thumbnail that’s gotten the most comments ever. 🤘🙌
Excellent! Super useful tips! Thanks so much!
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
I learned a lot in this one. Thank you
You're welcome! Hope it'll help your FCP workflow!
I just wish they had an option to turn it off. Been editing with Premiere forever, but I'm sick of having to pay monthly for it. If FCP didn't have the magnetic storyline I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
You just gotta learn it, dude. You can’t try to make it work like track-based editing. Turning it off defeats its magic. You can literally edit as fast as you can think. Plus it saves you a ton of time once you’ve learned it in and out. It’s a dream for doing revisions as well. Just learn it - you won’t regret it!
@@matthewTobrien It's just that I mostly edit music videos where the footage being synced up to the music is obviously most important. The thought of the whole timeline snapping together after I remove a clip that I'm not happy with and every meticulous cut being out of sync, well you know, that would be frustrating to no end.
Edit: but apparently there's a work around if I edit the way MKBHD does it, so I might just do that: th-cam.com/video/wxOoAClvgeU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=23GkglOlteF9qiKR
@@Jack655321 I edited concert video content for J Lo, Gwen Stefani, Ariana Grande, etc. and we used FCP. You don’t need a work around - when you’re editing something that’s based on music you put the music track in the Primary Storyline and your video clips above it. You can also put a short gap clip at the beginning of your edit and attach the music to it and then edit all the video clips in the Primary Storyline alllllll day long. I’ve used both methods in my years of editing to music🤘
When I had to edit to music in FCP7 it was a nightmare in comparison to Final Cut Pro X - particularly revisions.
@@matthewTobrien That's definitely reassuring to hear. I guess I'll just bite the bullet and get familiar with FCP. It would be nice paying just once for good editing software and actually owning it instead of basically renting it monthly.
I 100% agree, and it's been great knowing I paid $299 back in 2011 and haven't paid a dime more since. Other than having purchased a 2013 15" Retina MacBook Pro, a 2013 Quad-Core Mac Pro, a 14" M1 Pro MacBook Pro, an M1 Max Mac Studio, and an M2 Pro Mac mini... The hardware is the "subscription" when it comes to Final Cut Pro.
If you have a full keyboard, you can delete a clip and leave a gap clip in its place with the single keystroke of the Forward Delete key. As for connection override, I experimented and discovered a keypress sequence that keeps the override locked on and keep your hands free to edit. That was featured in MacBreak Studio 335, but if you go there, see my note below that video on how the keystrokes have changed since then.
Crushing it with the advice and knowledge on my latest vids, Don! Thank you so much for bringing your experience to the comments!
Thank you Matthew! Subscribed and greatz from The Netherlands.
Awesome! Welcome to the channel!
This was so very helpful! I was pulling my hair out today and these tips are amazing! I've been using FCP for over a year and did not know about the Grave key 😩 Thanks again!
The Grave key is a game changer for anyone struggling with the Magnetic Timeline. Thanks for the kind words and for watching my vid!
Bravo, Bravo!!! Great tips 👊🏾
Thank you!
Subbed!! What a great resource for FCPX! Thank you for the best tutorials and the excellent production quality!!
You are welcome! Thanks for becoming a part of the channel!
Another great tutorial Matthew! Thank you
You're welcome, Rick!
There should be a version of you to explain most things in life because then life would just run so much better Matthew :D
Endless thanks for so many great tips to make my work better!!
Now that would be interesting, Tommy... 🤔 So glad my vids are helping!
This is SO AMAZING, THANK YOU! Can you make a video or two specifically for music video editors? I have made three so far and it is always super frustrating. I know I could be doing things more efficiently. I'm a middling beginner at FCPX.
That's a great idea and definitely something I'm considering since I get this request somewhat regularly...
excellent video, but i feel like there are too many elements that you have already discussed in previous videos. maybe simply linking to them would be better?
I think that's a fair criticism, Wang. With subs who have been with the channel for a long time, some of this might feel like a repeat. But I wanted to make the video for a few reasons:
1. I have a lot of new subs who haven't gone back to my first Magnetic Timeline video that I made, what, two years ago?
2. I gotta keep the Evergreen content that has wide appeal regular on the channel because these are the videos that get the most views over time and, therefore, fund the channel through ad revenue.
3. I was getting tired of sharing my old Magnetic Timeline video on Reddit and in FCP Facebook Groups because it, frankly, isn't very well made. And I got something wrong in that video and that was really bothering me.
Thanks for the honest feedback, though!
Thank you for making this video. It helps a lot. BTW, your live stream is FANTASTIC!!!
Thank you! So glad you're enjoying them!
nicely done as always. great work bloke. even as someone who has been using FCPx for 10 years, it's great to be learning some of those bits i just haven't had time to explore. cheers!
There’s sooooo much to learn with this app - I know there are plenty of things I still need to learn as well. If anything, it’s always fun to peek in on our fellow FCP editors’ workflows. Thanks for watching!
Excellent!
Thanks for watching!
Newbie question lol. Is there a feature somewhere within Final Cut Pro that will allow me to set my timeline size the default way that I like it every time so I don’t have to increase it at the start for every project? Great video on the magnetic timeline by the way! The funny thing is Vegas Pro works very similarly with the only difference being that it’s still a different track for each video or audio piece, but other than that it works exactly like the magnetic timeline with the automatic ripple deleting, between cuts so this is the one part of editing that wasn’t confusing to me at all with my switch hahaha!
Great!, greetings from Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹
Greetings, Ernst!
Just the set of tips I needed, thank you!!
You’re welcome, Frank!
That thumbnail though 😂
Crazy, right? When you get an idea and you love it, you just gotta go with it!
Danke!
Well thank YOU!
THXXX !!!!!!!!!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Thank you !
You're welcome!
You've done a great video. Unfortunately you've proven how the magnetic function needs to have a Full OFF function and allow people to just edit as tracks. Especially for people like me who have to keep lots of things in tight sync. Secondary story lines also stink. Don't need them. Just give a Final Cut 7 override option so the edit just does exactly what I want it to do. Don't need the extra help with magnetics and secondary story lines. Sorry I just find this such a pain and wish I could get a FULL MANUAL function. Would be an awesome button. Just my two cents. Oh and Grav is a help but just would rather have a full manual. Everything you've mentioned is dealing with defeating the magnetic function. Ugghhhh.
I couldn’t - respectfully - disagree more. Embracing all of these tools - for me - has made even the thought of editing with tracks excruciating. Secondary Storylines are incredibly useful, and I personally have zero issues keeping scores and sound effects in sync even if on occasion I have to manage their connections.
Why not just use the Position Tool at all times?
And why not just use Resolve? Sounds like the track-based paradigm may work better for you.
Great content; I’ve been upgrading my FCP skills with your tutorials in a breeze, since you speak the way I get it easily. I really appreciate it. Great thumbnail too! 😅
So glad to hear that, Dave! Gotta love leveling up!
Very Nice.
Thank you!
you sir saved me hours of work, you deserve my subscribe 100%!!!
So glad to hear that, Hubert! Welcome to the channel!
Great video, very helpfull!!!
Thanks, Ken!
Your cover photo deserved a watch and a like.
Nice! I appreciate that. Thanks for checking out my vid. 🤘🏻🙌🏻
I am not sure, what's better, the amount of useful tips or your great thumbnail 😂
I'm gonna say thumbnail. 😉
Appreciate the info! Thanks🙏🏻
You’re welcome, Perry!