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.