Rendering. Fuck that.

Ejecting Hard Drives

Come on Final Cut X, don't fuck me about.
I want to eject a hard drive. Just eject the project and event as well if you have to.
Don't make me quit you....because I will. I fucking will you know.

Moving the CLIP CONNECTION points in FCPX

I keep wanting to call these anchor points, but that's something else.

To move a connection point hold down alt and command and click where you want the connection to be.

Very useful and not remotely obvious.

Free Vintage Photo / Instagram style filter for FCPX

I just found this lovely vintage photo filter effect for fcpx courtesy of Final Cut Pro Argentina.

Download it and stick it in Movies/Motion Templates/Effects.

Simple and free. Love it.

Easy Way to Solve Dropped Frames in FCPX

Just do the following:

....

...and you'll be fine.

Oh yeah, and.....don't warn me about this again.

Quick Screen Grab

Not a FCPX issue, but very useful all the same:

SHIFT CMD 4

This gives you a crosshair that allows you to select an area to take a screenshot.

Very useful.

Alexa vs Red

No! Shoot on the Mamiya Rz67.
It's the best camera around.
Better than 4K at 18 frames per second. And easier to edit.