Re: Roles: got 'em to work.

[Steve Connor] "What do you need keywords to be able to do?"

Here's an example -

My typical FCP7 logging workflow is:

1) import clips to appropriate bins
2) skim/JKL thru each interview or dialogue clip in browser adding color-coded markers with log comments
3) drop marked clips on timeline and begin cutting.

I can imagine a FCPX preflight workflow something like this:

1) import clips to event
2) separate interviews/dialogue and b-roll with keywords
3) skim/JKL thru each interview or dialogue clip marking favorite clip ranges with log comments

Then I'd just need a translation utility that would covert keyword groupings into bins and favorite clip ranges into markers with duration and export as XML so I can cut with tools I'm faster and more comfortable with.

This would be especially useful in field-based and quick turn-around situations, but I can also imagine using it as a general logging scenario. I think it plays to FCPX's current strengths and benefits.

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