Honestly, Jaime - that alone makes it totally worth it. This thumbnail doesn't have the click-through-rate I was hoping for, but the fact that so many of you are commenting on it means I know I made the right choice. Glad it got a good LOL out of you to start your UA-cam viewing for the day!
Fantastic video, thanks! As someone who has only ever used FCP as my video editing app, I never understood why people didn’t like the magnetic timeline. This video helps me understand it better, as well as all the workarounds that exist in FCP to help with other required scenarios. Thanks again!
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS 😩 I was just hooking up with the magnetic timeline earlier today! I hope this doesn't create a gap in our friendship, Matthew. Amazing amazing tutorial, brotha! Fantastic point that audio lanes in Final Cut wouldn't be possible without the magnetic timeline. I've never thought about that. Also, apparently I've been wrong this whole time. I also thought it was the tilde key lol. Side note, the fact that you don't have at least 100,000 subs at the moment is mind boggling to me.
That goes for both of us! And we can share the Magnetic Timeline! I’m not possessive! 🤣 I was wrong too! Damn you, tilde key! We’ll get to 100k soon enough - you and I are neck and neck right now, friend! 📈
Oh yeah. On my 14" MacBook Pro I customized them to just [ and ] On my desktop I use Stream Deck Mobile to make those shortcuts just the push of a button. 🤘🏻🙌🏻
Emilio! Whoa! So great to see you in the comments on one of my vids! And great to see the #FinalCutFam on UA-cam continuing to connect and support each other. Glad you got a kick out of my thumbnail - trying to mix things up a bit! 🤣 I've never had a thumb with that bad of a CTR get so many comments! What'ya do?
A simply wonderful tutorial Matthew! Articulate (as always), concise, informative, descriptive, captivating and easy to follow. Extremely well done - one of your best yet! Thank you!
i think it's not part of the magnetic timeline but the Trim(T) in the toolbox is also very important. you can select/move around part of your clip without moving the clip. by the way, thank you so much. I typed all the tools you mentioned. I'll print it and have it handy in my office in case i forget something.
Killer content Matthew! Great pace and editing examples explaining the “why” of these key features. Since watching your videos I really feel like my editing/ productivity is at new level every time! Gold for sure 👊 Thanks again, Jay
I canNOT believe I coincidentally spent this evening stumbling on lift clip and banging my head against the wall that CMD+OPT+A didn't work because my eyes are too s**t to see it's an up arrow...I better watch more of these videos!
Oh no! I didn't even think of that! I could totally see the arrow looking like an A. Ugh. Glad you got it sorted! And I'm stoked to catch the replay of your lasts Discord livestream. I'm LOVING Discord but need to up my game with hosting my Servers. So glad we got connected through DocRock!
Dang! Well then I'm glad I didn't chicken out with the idea. Appreciate you taking the time to check it out, especially since you're a Premiere Pro editor... (flirting with the idea of using Final Cut Pro??? 🤔)
@@matthewTobrien I'm happy with Premiere Pro! I watched / liked / commented purely because the thumbnail drew me in!!! I'm new to making YT vids and love to watch others that I can get inspiration from!!
Oh shit, I’ve been missing so much and gotten myself into editing problems that could have been resolved so easily. 🤦🏻♂️ I went through your video and made nodes, creating a one-pager of notes that I should have known all along :D Thank you!
Mind Blowing Information - A Majority Of These Tips You Have Offered Are Completely Above My Skill Set - The Gap Feature So Rocks In Conjunction With Transitions - The Editing Music Tip Is Exactly What I Didn't Know I Needed - That Totally Makes Sense - Thank You - Will Play Around With Those Override Connections Just Because - Excellent Tutorial Brother Man - Be Well And Thanx Again Cheers
Travis! So glad these tips are going to help you. Always always always appreciate your feedback and comments. So glad you’re a part of the channel. 🙌🏻🤘🏻
That's because of your first video that I learn loving the magnetic timeline. After now a year of using it regularly, I cannot imagine a world without it :D
Glad you've been a part of the channel long enough to have seen the original Magnetic Timeline vid, Robin! I'm hoping this new one connects with all the new subscribers and POTENTIAL new subscribers. And I agree - can't imagine a life without the Magnetic Timeline. 🧲🎞
Whoa there, Final Cut! Are you trying to seduce me? Well, for some of you, Final Cut Pro IS trying to seduce you, but don’t let your frustration with its enigmatic ways lead to a break up. These tips will help! Which ones took you by surprise?
This is GOLD! I've started using FCPX just jumping at it, learning by doing (wrong...) and I'm enjoying going back to the school bench and systemising the knowledge.
Once again, a Master Class in the new way to learn. People like Matthew here are exactly why colleges are going to be so not relevant. Instant, fresh, concise and searchable. And he is a most excellent instructor. Bravo!
I borrowed A LOT of money to get two college degrees. Definitely wish UA-cam was around like it is today with so many incredibly skilled and talented UA-camrs sharing their incredible knowledge and experience. Glad I can do the same!
I use the emotion and rhythm off a score to drive the pace, and your tip on attaching music to the blank clip at the start of the video is exactly what I needed. I often split up sections with a different songs, so not only could I place it at the beginning of the clip, but at the beginning of each song. This is really great. Thanks, Matthew!
A nice tip for not messing around with the audio attached to the main story line is to attach it to a gap clip of one frame at the beginning. Invisible 😊. Thanks for this great mix of best practises
This is packed with really great tips - thank you so much! One theme I'm noticing with tips and tutorials I'm seeing though is a pattern: It feels like everything is kind of oriented around ways to get it to *not* do things that the magnetic timeline wants to do. In other words, hacks to get it to behave more like other NLEs. There a sort of irony here, or is this imagined? I'm still committed to getting comfortable with FCP, but struggling to see the core benefit of it yet.
To me it’s not that it’s a hack it’s that it’s a tool that is adaptable to the nuanced and varied demands of editing. Sometimes you want to slide an edit and move an attached clip with it and sometimes you don’t - you can do either. For me, the magic of it is that you can do simple edits with fewer operations. It’s faster and less destructive and big, late-stage revisions are no longer a nightmare.
This is SO AMAZING, THANK YOU! Can you make a video or two specifically for music video editors? I have made three so far and it is always super frustrating. I know I could be doing things more efficiently. I'm a middling beginner at FCPX.
Oh my gosh, some of these are complete game changers. Seriously what I’ve been looking for. The (~) key really is a game changer I’ve need even earlier today haha. Savings this video to reference more later.
If you don’t want the 10 sec empty black video at the beginning when exporting the final edit, just select your in and out point at the exact spot you want! This allows to keep certain « unwanted things » for the export! Saved me a bunch of time
@@matthewTobrien Rule might be stretching it but the 3 U's is a presentation's objective should be to provide useful information that is usable and ultimately gets used by your audience. Keep up the nice work. I took notes!
That is great to know! And yes, I try to think of all my teachings in that vein - what are the tips/tricks/etc. about FCP that were so useful I couldn't NOT use them.
nicely done as always. great work bloke. even as someone who has been using FCPx for 10 years, it's great to be learning some of those bits i just haven't had time to explore. cheers!
There’s sooooo much to learn with this app - I know there are plenty of things I still need to learn as well. If anything, it’s always fun to peek in on our fellow FCP editors’ workflows. Thanks for watching!
Outstanding! Your best video yet.
Thank you thank you, friend. 🙌🏻🤘🏻
This thumbnail was EVERYTHING! Still lol-ing as the pre-roll ads are rolling 😂😂😂
Honestly, Jaime - that alone makes it totally worth it. This thumbnail doesn't have the click-through-rate I was hoping for, but the fact that so many of you are commenting on it means I know I made the right choice. Glad it got a good LOL out of you to start your UA-cam viewing for the day!
Even if I learn nothing, I respect the thumbnail.
Coming from “Getting Negative” this means A LOT. 🤘🏻
Fantastic tips !!! Thank you so much 😊
You're welcome, Simone! Thanks for watching!
Fantastic video, thanks! As someone who has only ever used FCP as my video editing app, I never understood why people didn’t like the magnetic timeline. This video helps me understand it better, as well as all the workarounds that exist in FCP to help with other required scenarios. Thanks again!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching AND embracing the Magnetic Timeline! 🔪🥦🧲🎞️
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS 😩 I was just hooking up with the magnetic timeline earlier today! I hope this doesn't create a gap in our friendship, Matthew.
Amazing amazing tutorial, brotha! Fantastic point that audio lanes in Final Cut wouldn't be possible without the magnetic timeline. I've never thought about that. Also, apparently I've been wrong this whole time. I also thought it was the tilde key lol. Side note, the fact that you don't have at least 100,000 subs at the moment is mind boggling to me.
That goes for both of us! And we can share the Magnetic Timeline! I’m not possessive! 🤣 I was wrong too! Damn you, tilde key! We’ll get to 100k soon enough - you and I are neck and neck right now, friend! 📈
@Matthew O'Brien A polyamorous relationship? I'm about it. We just have to keep grinding, brotha! 💪🏼
🤮 The comment has gone too far!😁
@@VidTechwRick I like to push the limits. What can I say 😏
Excellent!
came because of thumbnail, intro from the bed would be icing on the cake !
Haha - good point! I should have done that!
🤯 That last tip!!!!! 🤯
I know!
Great as always! Magnetic Timeline Rules!
Agreed, Jari!!! 🧲🎞
SUPER helpful, Matthew. Especially #9! Thx!
Yes! Glad to hear it!
Thanks 🙏
You're welcome!
Such great info. Learned several cool tips. Thanks dude
My pleasure, Kevin! Thanks for stoppin' by! 📺🤘🏻
I just move to FCPX from PR 6 days ago and now i'm in love with the magnetic timeline
Welcome! It's pretty special.
Key combinations I also use non-stop is "option + [" and "option + ]"
Oh yeah. On my 14" MacBook Pro I customized them to just [ and ]
On my desktop I use Stream Deck Mobile to make those shortcuts just the push of a button. 🤘🏻🙌🏻
I gotta give you credit… that’s a fantastic thumbnail pic!
Haha - thank you!
Excellent! Super useful tips! Thanks so much!
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
I love your Thumbnail!!! GOOD JOB!
THANK YOU! I wish the click-through-rate was higher, but the comments on it have been so encouraging. 🤘🏻🙌🏻
That thumbnail!!! Hahaha great video Matthew
Emilio! Whoa! So great to see you in the comments on one of my vids! And great to see the #FinalCutFam on UA-cam continuing to connect and support each other. Glad you got a kick out of my thumbnail - trying to mix things up a bit! 🤣 I've never had a thumb with that bad of a CTR get so many comments! What'ya do?
Came back to watch this one again just to take notes. Good stuff man.
Nice! Great to get some repeat views. Appreciate it! 🤘🏻🙌🏻
Great stuff as always Matthew! Salutations from astonishingly sunny & weirdly back to normal Ireland! ☘💪🏽👀👍🏽☘
Thanks, Sonny!
Thank you! Bookmarked for future use.
Yesssssss! 🔪🥦🧲🎞️
U've solved this problem for me :) after a long time of being frustrated about this. THANK YOU!
You're welcome, Mario! Glad this video helped!
A simply wonderful tutorial Matthew! Articulate (as always), concise, informative, descriptive, captivating and easy to follow. Extremely well done - one of your best yet! Thank you!
Thanks, John! Love the encouragement here. On to the next vid!
Grave key blew my fricking mind!!!!! Thanks!!
So good, right?!?
grave key modifier just blew my mind!
It’s a good one! 🤯
I came here because of the thumbnail. LOL. Great video!
Haha - I was hoping it'd win a few clicks!
Bravo, Bravo!!! Great tips 👊🏾
Thank you!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! Loved these tips!
You're welcome!
amazing tips man i didn't know 50 - 60% of this.... u deserve all the views and subs for this video!
Love it! So glad you've learned some great new tricks for Final Cut Pro!
Superb Matthew...you are becoming my favorite and new "go to" FCPX trainer...thank you!
Great to hear that, Paul! So glad you're getting value out of my Final Cut Pro videos. Thanks for watching this one!
What a useful tutorial thank you for sharing
You're welcome, Duke!
keep on going with this type of great tips.
You know it!
Another great tutorial Matthew! Thank you
You're welcome, Rick!
EXACTLY what I was looking for.superbly explained and presented! Instant sub, thank you!
This is what I needed to know. All of these tips are great!
Thanks for checking them out!
That thumbnail though! 🔥
Tryin’ some stuff on the ol’ channel!
Commenting for the algorithm. Love your content man!
Love it. Thanks, Nick!
i think it's not part of the magnetic timeline but the Trim(T) in the toolbox is also very important. you can select/move around part of your clip without moving the clip. by the way, thank you so much. I typed all the tools you mentioned. I'll print it and have it handy in my office in case i forget something.
Absolutely!
I wish I had seen this video a month before (yes, I'm a beginner and I guess I have luck). You are right, it's mind blowing.
That's what I'm talking about, Alan!
I love magnetic timeline after watching your video
It’s awesome!
Brooooo so much value in hereeeee wooooww THANK YOU! SAVING THIS NOW
Yesssss - that's what I'm talkin' about, Benjamin!
I learned a lot in this one. Thank you
You're welcome! Hope it'll help your FCP workflow!
Thank you wery much from Zurich!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Turning into one of my favorites youtubers , keep up the good work!!
Wow - that means a lot, Leonardo! 🙌🏻 Workin’ my butt off to make good content that helps take some Final Cut Pro & Filmmaking pain away. 🤘🏻
@@matthewTobrien I learn with every one of your videos
Killer content Matthew! Great pace and editing examples explaining the “why” of these key features. Since watching your videos I really feel like my editing/ productivity is at new level every time! Gold for sure 👊 Thanks again, Jay
Love it, Jay. Definitely hoping this content get you leveled-up in Final Cut Pro - let's go!
Thank you !
You're welcome!
Great video, very helpfull!!!
Thanks, Ken!
You nailed the thumb. 🥇
Brian! Thank you!
Thank you! You've done such a great job as a teacher! I could never have figured out how to unconnect clips to sounds
Appreciate the info! Thanks🙏🏻
You’re welcome, Perry!
You had fun with that thumbnail. I clicked on it.
Gotta win the click! Although overall the thumb is performing poorly. Maybe it's a bit off-putting to my primarily male audience... 🤷🏻♂️
I canNOT believe I coincidentally spent this evening stumbling on lift clip and banging my head against the wall that CMD+OPT+A didn't work because my eyes are too s**t to see it's an up arrow...I better watch more of these videos!
Oh no! I didn't even think of that! I could totally see the arrow looking like an A. Ugh. Glad you got it sorted! And I'm stoked to catch the replay of your lasts Discord livestream. I'm LOVING Discord but need to up my game with hosting my Servers. So glad we got connected through DocRock!
@@matthewTobrien I was so facepalm when you put up the super large text, I’m like he’s speaking at me rn 😂 I’ll DM you on Discord!
Haha - no problem!
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Best FCPX advice on the internet. Are you listening Apple?
So appreciate that, Bill. Thanks for watching!
@Mattih needs to see this
Make it happen, Victor! 🤣
@@matthewTobrien I shared it directly to Matti in his YT video 🤷♂in a comment
You’re my Final Cut Pro Hero!
Just doing what I can to help, good sir!
Thanks so much!
You’re welcome!
Your cover photo deserved a watch and a like.
Nice! I appreciate that. Thanks for checking out my vid. 🤘🏻🙌🏻
Super helpful!
So glad to hear that, Brent!
To stay frustration-free I still put a Gap Clip on the magnetic "monster" and drag it out :)
Do your thing, David! Although I don't recommend that because you miss out on a lot of the key benefits of the Magnetic Timeline. :)
This is one of the best thumbnails I have seen. It made me watch the video and I use Premier Pro!!
Dang! Well then I'm glad I didn't chicken out with the idea. Appreciate you taking the time to check it out, especially since you're a Premiere Pro editor... (flirting with the idea of using Final Cut Pro??? 🤔)
@@matthewTobrien I'm happy with Premiere Pro! I watched / liked / commented purely because the thumbnail drew me in!!! I'm new to making YT vids and love to watch others that I can get inspiration from!!
Sounds good to me, Shane! And greatly appreciate you checking out my vid as you explore doing UA-cam yourself.
Thank you Matthew! Subscribed and greatz from The Netherlands.
Awesome! Welcome to the channel!
I’ll watch later …but that thumbnail is genius! 🤣
I was hoping you’d get a kick out of it, Rick!
Oh shit, I’ve been missing so much and gotten myself into editing problems that could have been resolved so easily. 🤦🏻♂️
I went through your video and made nodes, creating a one-pager of notes that I should have known all along :D
Thank you!
Thanks
Mind Blowing Information - A Majority Of These Tips You Have Offered Are Completely Above My Skill Set - The Gap Feature So Rocks In Conjunction With Transitions - The Editing Music Tip Is Exactly What I Didn't Know I Needed - That Totally Makes Sense - Thank You - Will Play Around With Those Override Connections Just Because - Excellent Tutorial Brother Man - Be Well And Thanx Again
Cheers
Travis! So glad these tips are going to help you. Always always always appreciate your feedback and comments. So glad you’re a part of the channel. 🙌🏻🤘🏻
OK you've outdone yourself on the thumbnail..... Keep it up you'll get way more hits! Well done :-).
Hahaha appreciate that. Need to get bold and shake things up!
That's because of your first video that I learn loving the magnetic timeline. After now a year of using it regularly, I cannot imagine a world without it :D
Glad you've been a part of the channel long enough to have seen the original Magnetic Timeline vid, Robin! I'm hoping this new one connects with all the new subscribers and POTENTIAL new subscribers. And I agree - can't imagine a life without the Magnetic Timeline. 🧲🎞
Whoa there, Final Cut! Are you trying to seduce me? Well, for some of you, Final Cut Pro IS trying to seduce you, but don’t let your frustration with its enigmatic ways lead to a break up. These tips will help! Which ones took you by surprise?
what if I want the last “tilde” tip to be the default behavior when moving clips around and save myself pressing that key all the time ?
Man you’re good! You answered a lot of my questions as a pro video editor coming from Ppro
So great to hear that, Xavier!
This is GOLD! I've started using FCPX just jumping at it, learning by doing (wrong...) and I'm enjoying going back to the school bench and systemising the knowledge.
You have to! I keep learning as well. So glad this was helpful!
Danke!
Well thank YOU!
thanks for this great tutorial. You are very good at explaining complex relationships in a few words, precisely and understandably.
Really appreciate that, Frank. My Dad passed down his teaching superpowers to me!
thanks
You're welcome!
I am not sure, what's better, the amount of useful tips or your great thumbnail 😂
I'm gonna say thumbnail. 😉
bought a macbook and im loving final cut pro now
So great to hear that, Ed! It takes a while to get used to it but once you do it's hard not to love it.
That thumbnail just told me "Ill do anything for a view please please please"
And I thought it was a fun way to personify Final Cut Pro and make an analogy between starting to use Final Cut Pro and hooking up with someone. 🤷🏻♂️
Once again, a Master Class in the new way to learn. People like Matthew here are exactly why colleges are going to be so not relevant. Instant, fresh, concise and searchable. And he is a most excellent instructor. Bravo!
I borrowed A LOT of money to get two college degrees. Definitely wish UA-cam was around like it is today with so many incredibly skilled and talented UA-camrs sharing their incredible knowledge and experience. Glad I can do the same!
Perfect thanks
No problemo.
THXXX !!!!!!!!!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
We can always count on Matthew to Hook us up! Another stellar video.
Appreciate that, Mark!
so helpful thx
You're welcome! Glad this had value for you!
I use the emotion and rhythm off a score to drive the pace, and your tip on attaching music to the blank clip at the start of the video is exactly what I needed. I often split up sections with a different songs, so not only could I place it at the beginning of the clip, but at the beginning of each song. This is really great. Thanks, Matthew!
I’ve seen some people use a single frame gap clip to attach audio tracks to
Been using this method for a loooooong time.
best thumbnail ever
I so appreciate that. Definitely the thumbnail that’s gotten the most comments ever. 🤘🙌
Very Nice.
Thank you!
yes
Agreed.
amazing thumbnail!
Thanks! It was a fun one to make!
I'm TBD3.0 and I approve this video.
Bravo 👍
Haha - thank you!
A nice tip for not messing around with the audio attached to the main story line is to attach it to a gap clip of one frame at the beginning. Invisible 😊. Thanks for this great mix of best practises
Yes. So true. My version is a variation on that. I hate it when a score doesn’t have even ONE frame of nothing at the beginning, though. 🤦🏻♂️
Just the set of tips I needed, thank you!!
You’re welcome, Frank!
This is packed with really great tips - thank you so much! One theme I'm noticing with tips and tutorials I'm seeing though is a pattern: It feels like everything is kind of oriented around ways to get it to *not* do things that the magnetic timeline wants to do. In other words, hacks to get it to behave more like other NLEs. There a sort of irony here, or is this imagined? I'm still committed to getting comfortable with FCP, but struggling to see the core benefit of it yet.
To me it’s not that it’s a hack it’s that it’s a tool that is adaptable to the nuanced and varied demands of editing. Sometimes you want to slide an edit and move an attached clip with it and sometimes you don’t - you can do either. For me, the magic of it is that you can do simple edits with fewer operations. It’s faster and less destructive and big, late-stage revisions are no longer a nightmare.
@@matthewTobrien I think this is the mindset I need to really unlock it for me - thanks!
This is SO AMAZING, THANK YOU! Can you make a video or two specifically for music video editors? I have made three so far and it is always super frustrating. I know I could be doing things more efficiently. I'm a middling beginner at FCPX.
That's a great idea and definitely something I'm considering since I get this request somewhat regularly...
Oh my gosh, some of these are complete game changers. Seriously what I’ve been looking for. The (~) key really is a game changer I’ve need even earlier today haha. Savings this video to reference more later.
That's what I'm talkin' about!
Love the thumbnail lol
Haha - thanks!
Great!, greetings from Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹
Greetings, Ernst!
If you don’t want the 10 sec empty black video at the beginning when exporting the final edit, just select your in and out point at the exact spot you want! This allows to keep certain « unwanted things » for the export! Saved me a bunch of time
So true - the Range tool is great for isolating what portion of your timeline you want to export. Great tip, Benjamin!
you sir saved me hours of work, you deserve my subscribe 100%!!!
So glad to hear that, Hubert! Welcome to the channel!
Great presentation that meets the Rule of 3 U's: Useful, Usable and Used and was supported by practical FCPX examples. Thanks.
Appreciate that! I hadn’t heard of that rule, but I’m glad I’m following it!
@@matthewTobrien Rule might be stretching it but the 3 U's is a presentation's objective should be to provide useful information that is usable and ultimately gets used by your audience. Keep up the nice work. I took notes!
That is great to know! And yes, I try to think of all my teachings in that vein - what are the tips/tricks/etc. about FCP that were so useful I couldn't NOT use them.
nicely done as always. great work bloke. even as someone who has been using FCPx for 10 years, it's great to be learning some of those bits i just haven't had time to explore. cheers!
There’s sooooo much to learn with this app - I know there are plenty of things I still need to learn as well. If anything, it’s always fun to peek in on our fellow FCP editors’ workflows. Thanks for watching!
Subbed!! What a great resource for FCPX! Thank you for the best tutorials and the excellent production quality!!
You are welcome! Thanks for becoming a part of the channel!