What a pleasure it has been. 100 Episodes with some amazing guests. A year ago I set out to “get the word out”, to tell the rest of the industry about this amazing tool that I had found and frankly really fallen in love with. Yea, it had some short comings but the strengths completely outweighed the problems and I just wanted people to hear that message. However something else happened. Where as I WANTED to tell everyone what I knew, instead found that I learned from each and every guest that I had on the show. The FCPX community of editors is amazing, their knowledge and experience is varied and each and every episode I took away tid bits of knowledge that made me a better editor.

My hope is that you can do the same thing. The Grill has been an amazing experience and although I doubt I’ll have ANOTHER 100 episodes a year from now to share I KNOW there will be at least 1 a week. So enjoy this celebration and enjoy the camaraderie… Welcome to The Grill.

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Chris Fenwick – chrisfenwick.com – @chrisfenwick

Alex Gollner – @alex4d – FCG003

Alex MacLean – @alexm13 – FCG076

Bill Davis – @DVInfo – FCG092

John Davidson – @MagicFeatherInc – FCG009

Sam Mestman – @wemakemovies – FCG002

Scott Simmons – http://www.scottsimmons.tv – @scottsimmons FCG014

The live YouTube recording. The audio recording is available in the link and on iTunes

There are so many aspects of FCPX to discuss and you can’t talk about it without delving into the Mac OS as well. Charles Silverman and I had a lot of Skype problems one night and re-recorded a few days later… and this is what you get… Honestly, it was better the first night.

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Chris Fenwick – chrisfenwick.com – @chrisfenwick

Charles Silverman – @csilverman

Mentioned on Show:

Xtra Finder

IKEA Book Book

 

 

Running a multi seat facility running FCPX is a completely different problem than just cutting a timeline in it. Paul Koblik of SL\CE Editorial talks about the pros and cons of working with Final Cut Pro X and the issues of hiring editors as well as his biggest pet peeve… the LAST 2%.

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Chris Fenwick – chrisfenwick.com – @chrisfenwick

Paul Koblik – @sliceeditorial

Music Videos are a unique genre that have their own needs and demands from an editor. Vid Price spends about 60% of his time cutting these short bits of art in London and he has come to the realization that FCPX is definitely his tool of choice. In this episode we talk about some sorting and filtering methods that we have NEVER touched on in this show and you’ll rethink the way you search for media in YOUR projects.

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Chris Fenwick – chrisfenwick.com – @chrisfenwick

Vid Price – vidprice.com – @vidprice

Mentioned on Show:

Vid’s Mentor – Nicolas Wayman-Harris

The Kills  – The Last Goodbye – Directed by Samantha Morton

Screenshot Timelapse

Anatomy of an Edit – Time Lapse of a Television Editor

Chris’ Music Video in FCPX – 7 Lions – Born 2 Run

 

 

 

When you take a good look at the new website that Premium Beat just recently released its pretty obvious that they are very much into supporting the film making community. Besides including powerful new web based features that cater specifically to editors there is the amazingly deep blog content covering all manners of involvement with the production community. This episode is MUCH more then just an add, there is genuine discovery going on here and I promise you there will be things that make you want to go and take another look at premiumbeat.com

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Chris Fenwick – chrisfenwick.com – @chrisfenwick

Danny Greer – @premiumbeat

“But I know After Effects”… I’ve said that a million times and if you listen to my logic about why people should at least give FCPX a try and apply it to my view of Motion, it makes no sense. On this episode I talk to my friend Alex Gollner and we start at the very basics for me to understand a little more about the effects generating tool at the heart of Final Cut Pro X and why we should ALL be looking at it a bit deeper.

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Chris Fenwick – chrisfenwick.com – @chrisfenwick

Alex Gollner – alex4d.com – @alex4d

Mentioned on Show:

Alex’s London FCPX Group – @LNDfcpx

Alex’s free plug in twitter feed – @Plug4D

Many outlets for video production exit. Today more then ever it is important to remember that our clients can share their productions that we help them create all over the web. In this episode of The Grill, Andrew Coons of Live Wire Films talks about his history with Avid, FCPX, Premiere, and how he ended up back at FCPX. We also discuss Apple Motion and why we should probably be taking a deeper look at this app.

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Chris Fenwick – chrisfenwick.com – @chrisfenwick

Andrew Coons – @livewirefilms

Mentioned on Show:

Clip Exporter

Live Wire Films

Resolution Independence is maybe one of the least talked about features of FCPX 10.1, however, if you do work in off-resoltions, its AMAZING!. In this episode of The Grill we talk with Stuart Moore about some of the ultra hi-res 360 degree video projects that he’s cut in FCPX and compare his workflow today with what it was just one year ago.

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Chris Fenwick – chrisfenwick.com – @chrisfenwick

Stuart Moore – sundog.co.uk – @sundogme

Mentioned on Show:

“ladybug” camera

Watch Out

Assimilate Scratch

Another Radio Man turned video editor, Bill Davis tells us about finding his dream job that he absolutely hated but then a chance meeting with a famous baseball personality changed his whole life.

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Chris Fenwick – chrisfenwick.com – @chrisfenwick

Bill Davis – @DVInfo

Mentioned on Show:

Serious Multicam

Phamous Planet Hollywood Viral Campaign

Epic Rap Battles of History

The TiVo Effect revisited, audio for post, audio workflow and plug ins. I always like to talk to people who specialize in their field but not necessarily mine. On this, our second audio centric episode, (Check FCG066 for the other), we talk with Micha Scmidt. Micha came to video post thru an audio background and has many unique insights on what FCPX needs to bolster up their needs.

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Chris Fenwick – chrisfenwick.com – @chrisfenwick

Micha Schmidt – @michaschmidt

Mentioned on Show:

Skate On Art

Michael Cioni Audio Demo

Micha’s FCPX to LogicPro X Tutorial