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@chrisr93202 жыл бұрын
The pun game here is dad level. Respect.
@joepeter7682 Жыл бұрын
im not the only one here to state that this is best explanatory video on LIBRARY, EVENTS AND PROJECTS. Thanks very much Tom.
@tombuck Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! These things are definitely named a bit oddly 😬
@missv7689Ай бұрын
Yesss this is exactly what I was going to comment
@TBD3.09 ай бұрын
This guy is a pro at cutting through the noise and making it all finally make sense.
@tombuck9 ай бұрын
This is the best compliment ever. Thank you.
@glasco_ Жыл бұрын
Tom. After editing for years, what you just explained happened to me. I kept everything one one library. I could not figure for the life of me why final cut was running so slowly for me. That was it. If you’re reading this, listen to this man. It was a pain in my ass to clean everything out lol
@tombuck Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the ringing endorsement 😁 This is definitely one of those things that can easily get frustrating super quickly.
@AwakeTours9 ай бұрын
same!!!!
@KerriBishman Жыл бұрын
That was exactly what I needed Tom! My Final Cut Pro library had grown like a goldfish and filled my brand new computer's hard drive in a day! I was so confused. This helped so much!
@tombuck Жыл бұрын
So glad it helped Kerri!
@AuthenTech Жыл бұрын
This man is 👑 of the puns
@tombuck Жыл бұрын
My crowning achievement 🙏
@LindsayLiving Жыл бұрын
Thank you SO much! This video is exactly what I was looking for. I'm that editor that's got a zillion projects in one Final Cut library 😳I had a feeling it was slowing everything down - sometimes you don't know what you don't know. I love the monthly library idea. Thanks so much for a great video!
@tombuck Жыл бұрын
It's definitely like a goldfish and will keep growing to take up any space you give it! Happy editing 😁
@AfterWorkMusician Жыл бұрын
Just started using Final Cut recently and the file organization was definitely a hurdle. Really appreciate this video…great breakdown!
@tombuck Жыл бұрын
So glad it was helpful!
@kiawahmovies24 ай бұрын
I liked the puns, gave me something to recall. Description of nesting dolls helped me understand the FCP terminology vs. others (Library, Event Project)
@tombuck4 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful and not too pun-ishing!
@woggersoverlandadventures Жыл бұрын
FINALLY!! After watching countless videos on FCPX Libraries, Events, and Projects, you have cleared my vision on what they are used for. Thank you so much for finding a way to explain it in a way I and maybe others can understand. I was so frustrated... Nice video, keep up the good work! Liked and Subscribed :)
@tombuck Жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you! It makes me really happy to hear this! Sometimes I worry if I'm making sense or not, so it's awesome to hear that the video was helpful. Happy editing!
@CoachellaAngel2 жыл бұрын
Final Cut Pro is my favorite application of all time. Buying an SSD to run a library and edit changed the game, speed kills 🙌🏻
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
It’s the best! 🙌
@TheBoomBoomRoomStLouis21 күн бұрын
I pray you have young children, if not, your true gift, Dad jokes, will be waisted. Laugh. And all this time I thought this was MY flex. Dang I am humbled. Laugh. Great video.
@PrimalVideo2 жыл бұрын
Helping people to Finally Cut Procrastination! Great video 👍 Fcp definitely handles projects different to others. Monthly library file is a good idea. So close to 100k 👊🥳
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Justin! There are a lot of professional procrastinators out there 😁
@GSMusikMix2 жыл бұрын
best time for this video. i am moving from adobe to final cut and been searching videos to get started. Yesterday i watched your video about audio editing in final cut from 2yrs ago it was really helpful.
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! There will definitely be a learning curve, but I absolutely love FCP. Once you get the hang of it, it's so fast and stable.
@burrows10011 Жыл бұрын
Easily the BEST explanation of this very confusing topic. I have watched dozens of these videos and this one FINALLY clearly explains it! And the tips to keep the sizes down by deleting the proxy and rendered files is key. Thank you.
@alexscheele2 жыл бұрын
Yours is the only true logical explanation, which appeals to my way of thinking, many thanks.
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Alex! It's really helpful to hear that, I know this stuff can easily get confusing.
@loganwebb54492 жыл бұрын
From a full-time premiere editor, I appreciate the new understanding. Going to give Final Cut a try soon.
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! It's always tricky because all the apps do the same things but with different names. I'm having a similar experience trying to dip my toes into Resolve recently.
@Kmalmaulana9 ай бұрын
Thankyou, this all that I want
@JerredZ2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this! This is helping me FINAL(cutly) keep track of my stuff!
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
Now you can CUT out and all the PROlonged disorganization 😁
@akira_asahi Жыл бұрын
Love the humor and the general attitude) Thank you for the information and for the joy)
@tombuck Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! It means a lot to hear this. 🙏
@Wbc18112 жыл бұрын
that sponsor transitions was up there in one of the best I have ever seen, great work!
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
Haha I tried really hard to make it smooooooooth 😬
@Wbc18112 жыл бұрын
@@tombuck well lets just say you succeeded
@myrealestateviews2 жыл бұрын
Came for FCP knowledge, stayed for the puns. Great video Tom! I'm new to your channel and subscribed to learn more tricks of the trade.
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'm really glad the video was helpful and the puns didn't feel punishing 😬
@burrows10011 Жыл бұрын
Those puns kept me on my toes
@BobsBoy5783 ай бұрын
Excellent! Thanks.
@tombuck3 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
@markandrewpiano2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this information, Tom. It helps to have some of the workflow in final cut clarified. The color in this video is so vibrant. Nice work!
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mark! I appreciate the kind words! One of my favorite things about Final Cut is that is can be as simple or complex as you want and dialing things in to your specific workflow is always super satisfying.
@iamseeingdots6 ай бұрын
Been binge watching your vids for the past 3 hours now, our new favourite KZbinr! Thank you so much for these really informative vids, love your sense of humour too :)
@Javarrol Жыл бұрын
Well explained.. I just subscribed. I’m new to the world of Final Cut Pro
@tombuck Жыл бұрын
Fantastic! I hope you really enjoy it. There's definitely a learning curve, but it makes sense pretty quickly with a bit of practice.
@seanmonts2159 Жыл бұрын
Tom this was a very good video to help me organize my new youtube channel. Thanks. I will watch it again.
@tombuck Жыл бұрын
So glad to hear it! Good luck with your channel Sean!
@ethanmoralesmusic2 жыл бұрын
I didn't know I needed this video so badly. You cleared up so much confusion! Great vid!
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
I’m really happy to hear that! I was hoping it’d be helpful.
@ethanmoralesmusic2 жыл бұрын
@@tombuck if you have more tips and tricks that I'm sure there's tons of pun material on the horizon
@bulcub2 жыл бұрын
hope to see you reach 100k subs by end of the month!
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! That would be amazing haha 😁
@KevinSinkPhotography-ju3uk6 ай бұрын
Finally! I found someone who makes sense describing this stuff. Thank you Jesus… I mean Tom.😅
@tombuck6 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@user-qh4uv5dz7i15 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@tombuck15 күн бұрын
Welcome!
@patrickkurmann Жыл бұрын
Helped me, thank you. Especially the recommended library split by month or anything suitable.
@tombuck Жыл бұрын
Happy to hear it! It's definitely helpful to keep things nicely organized.
@amberbrown57882 жыл бұрын
the puns were great
@BrandonAhmaud2 жыл бұрын
Very helpful vid Tom. I see FCP in a whole different light now
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad it's helpful! Getting that organizational foundation sorted out is super important.
@WayoftheRaven2 жыл бұрын
Great video as usual Mr. Tom. Thoroughly enjoy your information and pleasant presentation... not to mention, you're always so Punny. 😉 God bless.
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! I really appreciate it. I know talking about file structures isn't always the most exciting thing, but it's darn important!
@wascollegeworthit Жыл бұрын
Ok. I'm 3 minutes in and subscribing for the dad jokes alone. love this.
@tombuck Жыл бұрын
This makes my day 😁
@jdmillerYT11 ай бұрын
Great info. Visually pleasing to watch and tons of good info. Appreciate this and you. I'm now a SUBSCRIBER.
@tombuck11 ай бұрын
It means a lot to hear that! Thanks so much!
@Ed_Scott2 жыл бұрын
This was needed!!!! Side note: your segues are legendary👌🏾
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
Haha, thank you! I tried my best 😁
@MusicDig Жыл бұрын
love the information as well as the dad puns. I subscribes. keep up the good work!
@tombuck Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! I really appreciate the kind words!
@PatrickBoberg2 жыл бұрын
This was not the video I was expecting this week... but it is still a good one.
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
You were expecting another Mixcast video?
@PatrickBoberg2 жыл бұрын
@@tombuck Not exactly
@andrewwwlife9 ай бұрын
Thank you, finally got the difference between projects and events!
@richt80 Жыл бұрын
Really helpful video, especially liked the tip on how to reduce the library size - that was going to be my next google search. Thank you!
@BrothaTech9 ай бұрын
You got me re-doing my WHOLE setup
@tombuck9 ай бұрын
Either I'm sorry or you're welcome 😬😁
@ruthzacarias2142 Жыл бұрын
thank you so much for such a great video, so clear and easy to understand... I finally get it!
@tombuck Жыл бұрын
I’m really happy to hear this! Thank you Ruth 🙏
@caramocha009 Жыл бұрын
Informative! Now I can FINALly use Libraries and Events like a PRO :)
@tombuck Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! It all makes sense in the end, I think the names are just a bit confusing.
@gabrielarzatee7 ай бұрын
Thank you, Tom :) This was the best explanation. You've been a great help and also made me laugh.
@tombuck7 ай бұрын
So glad it was helpful! This is definitely a tricky part of FCP.
@Guad7772 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO! Just starting and this clears things up. I was confused about libraries!
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
I'm really happy it helped! Libraries confused me for so long.
@alphaartisan6 ай бұрын
Thank you, this was crazy helpful
@mmosley384 Жыл бұрын
thanks for the explanations!
@thesouthernelectric Жыл бұрын
I just finished my first music video, all from YT tutorials, I ended up with multiple duplicate libraries of the same project, 150 gig of utter chaos everywhere ! I really should have watched this first, it's extremely informative. I'm a pro user of Logic, that's not Logical either. Many thanks, subbed !
@PrayingAttentionWithDea Жыл бұрын
Ummmm. you turned my tanks into THANKS! ;) Such helpful info for a FCPX newbie who's determined to launch ORGANIZED! Hopefully...😄Thanks for the pun fun too!
@PicturePilot9 ай бұрын
I finally got it...thank you!
@andrewsaraceni2 жыл бұрын
Great overview! Separate library per project has been huge from an organizational perspective for me, especially if I want to preserve the project/edit for later. I know a number of folks who've gotten into trouble sticking to one library forever... To that end, I wish Apple made some of this more intuitive. e.g. Events would really be superfluous if FCPX handled folder organizational structure better (rather than making things "tags" within an event).
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
The term "Library" seemed to big that I thought there would be problems creating a new one for each project, but that's really probably the smartest way to do it. Definitely the safest.
@magopoker2 жыл бұрын
Great video
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
Thanks you, glad it was helpful!
@gregorysach Жыл бұрын
These puns were murderous. Cheers for the vid.
@MrCameraJunkie2 жыл бұрын
This "May" be the best FCP Video you have made 😜 Coming soon Vid #300 & 100K 👊🏽 keep crushing bro 💯
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir! This is a simple one, but I think it's an important topic!
@BikeShopGirl8 ай бұрын
Tom, do you have any updates on this? I'm going to use the holidays to rework my storage and rewire my brain for organizing using your system!
@tombuck8 ай бұрын
Hey! This is all still accurate and still the same way I approach everything 👍
@BasicFilmmaker2 жыл бұрын
Nice. More please :)
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
As you wish.
@wascollegeworthit Жыл бұрын
Man -- I cracked up after seeing your library card dad joke.
@nemesiscreativity6571 Жыл бұрын
As usual another well polished delivery
@tombuck Жыл бұрын
Glad you think so!
@JoKapoor Жыл бұрын
Best video for organizing.. thank you so much❤. I go watch out other videos now !
@nazfunkbeats1325 Жыл бұрын
Man.. this was such a simple vid, loved it!
@tombuck Жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
@brianpatterson69346 ай бұрын
Finally, I understand! Many thanks...
@shaun_pepper Жыл бұрын
I am here for the poetry and puns.
@DiscordCoach2 жыл бұрын
My LibrarIES are my projects (like a single field hockey match I'm clipping, or one live stream I'm repurposing), my Events are types of content, and my Projects are my exports. That way I can move the entire library to my NAS when I'm done with that project.
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
Yep, that's super smart! 🙌
@JoeCastellon2 жыл бұрын
I prefer to use a library for each video, or videos if I make more than one video on the same topic. It’s great that FCP is flexible this way. You can ultimately choose the workflow that best fits your needs.
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
I think that's probably the safest way to do it, honestly. That way there's no risk of one library messing something up in multiple projects.
@Dronessey6 ай бұрын
Thank You
@dmurray12072 жыл бұрын
His dad jokes are ok a different level than us mortalz
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
I've heard that a regular joke can only become a dad joke once it's apparent.
@focusboxmedia5471 Жыл бұрын
thanks. me as a premiere pro user was confusing but not any more 😀
@tombuck Жыл бұрын
Happy to hear it! Every app has it's own quirks for sure.
@Khordmaster7 ай бұрын
So let’s finally cut some of the prolonged confusion… instant sub 🤌🏾🤌🏾
@JWVideo32 жыл бұрын
Im just starting out and this was really helpful thanks :)
@jaimealmeida12712 жыл бұрын
thank you so much! GREAT VIDEO
@rusticlogcabinlife9443 Жыл бұрын
Greetings, I am new to Final Cut Pro I found this info very helpfull Nice purple shirt. BigT,Alaska
@btechproductions5982 жыл бұрын
Make it make sense Tom Buck! Thank you for this lolf
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
So glad it was helpful! Sometimes it's these foundational things that get overlooked and cause all kinds of confusion later one. I'm definitely speaking from experience...
@btechproductions5982 жыл бұрын
@@tombuck Love it! Your channel has helped me TREMENDOUSLY! Thank you for all the work that you do, this definitely encourages me for my channel! See you in the next video!
@augustoliver27794 ай бұрын
Thank you
@tombuck4 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
@danielschaller-digitalcrealab2 жыл бұрын
Ah, really like the monthly library concept 👍 Currently I'm in the one project, one library camp but for no reason really just... habits
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
That’s honestly probably the safer way. I’ve just also been doing it the monthly way forever, so I’m stuck in my routine 😁
@ChannelWright2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I'm feeling less intimidated by FCP now.
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
So happy to hear it! It’s a really fluid program to learn once you get a hang of the basics.
@clareherriot5 ай бұрын
Thank you. Do you ever save the XLP file so that you can add raw footage to a new footage later if a client asks for an edited version?
@tombuck5 ай бұрын
I’ve definitely done that, but for me it’s not too common. In those cases I usually make a folder with all the footage, project files, and library inside.
@elwirastadnik Жыл бұрын
Would it be easier to call a FCPX library a chest of drawers, an event - a drawer, and a project - a final choice of a chosen and "timelined = edited" drawers content? It's helped me to "see" FCPX structure:))
@tombuck Жыл бұрын
That's probably a good way to look at it!
@mhpreach Жыл бұрын
Here’s the way I’ve been organizing mine on an external drive. I do two sermons a week up load to KZbin PE, rumble and Facebook. If knew of others would go their as well. Anyway. I put each in its own library, then event and the project. Series lesson I put in the same library with a different event / project for each individual lesson. Any suggestions?
@tombuck Жыл бұрын
This sounds like a great system to keep things both safe and organized 👍
When do they lift the embargo on the Rodecaster Pro II? I am looking forward to seeing your impressions.
@PeterVistisen2 жыл бұрын
This was great overview Tom - keep em’ coming for basic and advanced editing, plugins, and pipelines for FCPX and im sure many will be very grateful 🤟🏼
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Peter! Trying to answer some of the questions I seem to get often.
@crumpetsbuttered2 жыл бұрын
Great video, how do you store your project files? do you have a NAS?
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
I keep my current files on my computer's internal 2tb drive, but after that everything is backed up to a NAS. We finally got one last year and it's made a world of difference.
@badlittleking5 ай бұрын
came for the content, stayed for the puns
@HensleyCaleb11 ай бұрын
Your so Punny!! No pun intended
@vollblutkanackejohnson95077 ай бұрын
came for the tutorial, stayed for the puns
@tombuck7 ай бұрын
I love to hear it.
@vollblutkanackejohnson95077 ай бұрын
@@tombuck i loved to hear them too 😂😂
@BrianHuether6 ай бұрын
One question: I thought actual original media is stored separately - not in Library or Event. When I create Event I tell it to leave media in original location. That way I was planning to keep original media and project data (libraries) on other drive. Also, you mention project file. I have wondered about that for a while. I have never seen an actual project file. I always have to open a library to see a project file. Just trying to clarify. Thanks!
@willowandoakphotography4742 жыл бұрын
Loved your video, thank you! I learned a lot. Ok, here’s my question tho. What is the best way to organize if you want the fluidity to pull footage from various client projects to make a showreel??? In other words, can you easily access your source material between Libraries &/or events? If so, how? Maybe that’s a dumb question, but that was the question i was really hoping I would find an answer to. :). I’m very new to FCP. Thanks!!
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
Not a dumb question at all! If you're planning to do this sort of thing in a short period of time, then keeping everything in one library is probably fine. If you want to keep a collection of work over a long period of time to come back to and create highlights reels, then it's just important to keep things organized on a SSD or NAS server. You cna always bring the footage back into a new library.
@willowandoakphotography4742 жыл бұрын
@@tombuck Thanks! I think you answered my question when you said "You can always BRING THE FOOTAGE BACK INTO a new library." So, from within a specific library, you CANNOT grab footage from another library or event to use, but you need to IMPORT the footage AGAIN from your source folder into FCP??? Is that right???
@lucas_922 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this! Have you noticed that FCP stores cache in the inaccesible folder “other”? I’ve been trying to clear it out but unsuccessfully. I was able to change where FCP saves files so I can delete them afterwards. Any tips for clearing out the “other” memory are much appreciated!
@PaulFeinberg2 жыл бұрын
Nice overview….I love FCPX. I make a new library for every KZbin video, I just have a template I copy and paste
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
That's smart! Once you have a library get corrupted and ruin multiple projects it becomes really scary to keep everything in one place. To be fair, I think that's only happened once for me, but that was more than enough.
@PaulFeinberg2 жыл бұрын
@@tombuck yea I need to do a video on my template. Need to figure out a good title and stuff
@adrienvillez2 жыл бұрын
I think that if you “duplicate as…” and create a new timeline from an exiting one, but let’s say Vertical, Final Cut Pro will “smartly” cut the existing video and keep the subject in focus within the frame. I tried it once, I’ll check it out the next time I’m on the computer
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
Really?! That's interesting. 🤔
@theDanDeleon2 жыл бұрын
Will you do a dedicated video on your server (NAS)?
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
I think I have a pretty good handle on it now (we got it in December). The biggest downside is that our house isn't wired for ethernet and Heather and I both use it, so I mainly access it via wifi. It still works fine, but transfer speeds are too slow to edit from the server. I feel like people would get flaming pitchforks out if I made a video and said I sue it over wifi 😁
@theDanDeleon2 жыл бұрын
@@tombuck oh really? I’m surprised the house doesn’t have ethernet! Yeah, I can see people throwing a fit about using WiFi but haters gon hate regardless. Lol I’ve got about 5TB of external SSD hard drives lying around. I’m thinking of getting two NASs. One at my place and one at my parents house. Lol just incase a fire hits either one of us. That California summer time 🔥 is upon us…
@HomesickMac2 жыл бұрын
Great reminder for us pros (sic!) ain't it? I've tried editing off of an external Sabrent SSD that's supposed to go to 2500 MB/s but it cannot be compared to the internal SSD speeds. Also, all those nice external and fast SSDs will throttle if you push them too hard. So my initial idea when getting a 512GB SSD Mac Mini, that was to have the FCPX library on an external drive, went to smoke. Not even with a single camera footage and just adding titles, menus, simple color grading etc. So I moved the library onto the internal SSD but tried to import the footage so that the files are left on the external drive (not choosing the "Copy to Library" option). Better, but still.. Internal SSD is the absolutely best solution, only I sometimes need to move the actual Libraries back and forth from my external storage.
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
I've definitely had the best luck just using the internal drive. I'm terrible with cables/connections/etc, so getting the maximum read/write speed is always a challenge for me. Usually things work fine for basic projects, but like you said, titles specifically seem to clog things up.
@TheMMAMoneyMinute Жыл бұрын
That library card joke caught me off guard 🤣
@MD-wk3gj5 ай бұрын
Thanks for mentioning you don't use Smart Collections and simply delete it. For some reason wrapping my head around FCP Library, Projects, Events is not coming intuitively like almost everything else Apple and Smart Collections really wasn't making sense and seemed like multiple steps that didn't need to be made so deleting is perfect. I like the idea of deleting everything at the end of the month but what do you do with the finish product? Do you keep a copy somewhere and what if you ever needed to make a change and upload again to KZbin?
@mattwruff2 жыл бұрын
You are totally correct it does NOT make sense. I like the cost of Final Cut Pro (pay once). But coming from Vegas on a PC I still haven't figured it out. Next, do one on Plug-in! People need to watch your Stream Deck one as well that has been a game-changer along with a purchase of a complete library of FCP Stream Deck cards (the trouble is if I ever have to edit a video without my stream deck I'm toast!)
@tombuck2 жыл бұрын
Plug-ins are a good idea- those always confuse the heck out of me. I do really love Final Cut though. I had to learn it on the fly when I started teaching Digital Media. It just happened to be what the class was already using, so I spent a lot of time Googling things with students to figure it out. But it clicked pretty fast and I do really love it.