FCPX can be used in a myriad of ways. Chad Kukahiko of We Make Movies tells us how he, as a director, uses FCPX in many different days in his day to day production environment. We talk a little bit about hard drives and posting in 4K and Chad tells us why “Its good to be Sam’s friend”.

“Failing to prepare is preparing to Fail.”

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Chris Fenwick – chrisfenwick.com – @chrisfenwick

Chad Kukahiko – @ckukahiko

We Make Movies Film Geeks Podcast

Promise M4 –  Chris’ dream field hard drive

G-Tech Evolution

I’m just getting started here! Yea, that’s Al Pachino from Scent of a Woman but today we are talking to the brand new FCPX user and I’m going to walk you thru the main stumbling blocks and pitfalls that trip up someone who is brand new to the app. There is a healthy dose of, “This is how I do it”, but I also try to explain the other ways of working in Final Cut Pro X.  If you are a more advanced user and find this to basic, maybe you’ll be able to share it with the new users you know and get them up and going a little faster.

Sponsored by: premiumbeat.com & fxfactory.com

Chris Fenwick – chrisfenwick.com – @chrisfenwick

Social media is everywhere, if you don’t believe me then I’d be shocked you’ve even FOUND this podcast. Sam Woodhall has started a brand new event that “meets” every Sunday afternoon to discuss Final Cut Pro live on a Google Hangout. If you aren’t familiar with G+ and the hangouts, you should learn about them. They  are pretty cool. Learn all about Sam’s Hangout and Eric Priest’s private Facebook FCPX page on this episode of The Grill.

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premiumbeat.com

and fxfactory.com

Chris Fenwick – chrisfenwick.com – @chrisfenwick

Sam Woodhall – @swdoctor

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of FCPX. Tony Gallardo of JEH Productions walks us thru his Thunderbolt Networked New MacPro Cluster in his Digital Sweatshop in Texas. Through diligent backup strategy Tony and his team avoided a big problem when his Network strategy decided to take a dump one day. All in all however, Tony is still very happy with his setup and we talk about all the pros and cons of how they have everything set up at JEH.

Sponsored by premiumbeat.comenc

Chris Fenwick – chrisfenwick.com – @chrisfenwick

Tony Gallardo – jehproductions.com – @tomiga2

Mentioned on Show

Apple 2M Thunderbolt Cable

Pegasus R8

Not mentioned but worth checking out

Interesting maps of the world. 

Rolls, X2Pro, ProTools and FCPX. Eventually we get to all that. This is a great episode if you want to hear two old college buddies talk about 35 years in the industry and FCPX.

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Chris Fenwick – chrisfenwick.com – @chrisfenwick

Jeff Dykhouse – jeffdykhouse.com

 

The “App Store for Plugins”, that’s what I’ve always called FxFactory. The plugin community for FCPX has always been very strong. In this episode we talk with Niclas Bahn, one of the founders of FxFactory, and we hear all about the origin of the company, and we discuss the business of plugin development and what it means to FCPX users. We’ll also take some time and hear about some of Niclas’ favorite plugins that are available thru their store.

Sponsored by premiumbeat.com

Chris Fenwick – chrisfenwick.com – @chrisfenwick

Niclas Bahn – @niclasbahn or @fxfactory

 

You don’t need to feel bad if you “just do corporate”. Rob Terry and I, being the old dogs on the block talk about a bit of our history and experience servicing the corporate world, and we both feel the same way… ITS OK!!! Rob has been in the business for a long time and has great insight about workflow and professionalism.   We also talk about making our own Motion Templates for our recurring clients.

Chris Fenwick – chrisfenwick.com – @chrisfenwick

Rob Terry – @robterry

Big thinkers are my favorite guests. John Davidson is doing amazing things with FCPX and his multi-seat facility in LA servicing broadcasters in a unique way. If you want to learn more about Johns background and his company you may want to checkout FCG009. In this episode we just right into 10.1.2 and how the new Library structure benefits workgroup workflows and John COMPLETELY schools me in a workflow trick that I had not figured out yet. If you share media on a network BE SURE to take notes, this is a “not to miss” episode of The Grill.

Sponsored by premiumbeat.com

Chris Fenwick – chrisfenwick.com – @chrisfenwick

John Davidson – @MagicFeatherInc

Mentioned on Show

SanLink2 from Small Tree

Any Video Converter HD

Flip4Mac

What happens when Apple takes your pro app, kills it and replaces it with a seemingly consumer app? No, I’m not talking about the FCP Classic to FCPX transition but the move from Aperture to Apples new “Photos” App. Joseph Linaschke, founder of Aperture Expert, joins us and discusses what he likes to call “obvious speculation” about what Apple has up their sleeves for their new Photo tool.

Sponsored by premiumbeat.com

Chris Fenwick – chrisfenwick.com – @chrisfenwick

Joseph Linaschke – @apertureexpert

 

Looking to the past to discern the future. Alex Gollner has many tools at his disposal to predict the future of FCPX and as always, any conversation with him is amazing and fun-filled.  In this episode of The Grill we look at what happened in the decade prior to the suspension of development on FCP7 and what we’ve seen in the last 3 years of development of FCPX. Chris also invents the user interface of the new “Roles Mixer” that he expects to be implemented any day… (not really but you can dream, right?)

Sponsored by premiumbeat.com

Chris Fenwick – chrisfenwick.com – @chrisfenwick

Alex Gollner – alex4d.com – @alex4d

Mentioned on Show

Richard Taylor’s website – fcpx.tv

Roles Mixer? – What would a mixer do for you? Insert a plug in on the whole Role.

For more about Andreas Kiel – http://www.spherico.com/filmtools/

Izotope RX3 Advanced Audio Plugin

Late Night Films – debug preferences

fxfactory.com