LR4 final - MY WISH LIST

1. Develop - restore the brightness !!!
2. Book - add custom page size!!!
3. Slideshow - be able to add music to a presentation in PDF!!!
Please, Adobe, I beg you!
iREM.

JacekiREM wrote:
Okay, but adobe long argued that the brightness is much better than the exposure!
Who and when? I don't think anybody from Adobe has EVER said one adjustment was "better" that any other adjustment...Adobe stated that Exposure and Brightness were "different" (and in PV 2010, they were different). But I don't ever recall anybody saying one was better than the other.
The technical difference between the old Exposure and the old Brightness was they both did about the same thing but the old Exposure could clip while the old Brightness was dampened to not clip.
The current PV 2012 Exposure is really a hybrid of both of the older controls...the new Exposure does roll off the extreme highlight clipping similar to the old Brightness controls but adds a degree adaptive adjustment in the starting points. Yes, you can clip with the new Exposure if you try while the old Brightness couldn't.
The real key to the new controls is forget what you thought you knew about the old controls and learn the new controls...and a different order of use. Contrast is now much, much more important to control before you end up adjusting the highlights and shadows. Really, the order of the controls from top to bottom is a clue to the optimal order of use–as long as you remember that the order you do something has no technical impact on the processing. Use them in any order you want. But I've found that while still learning, try top to bottom to start...

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I could care less about Lightroom's photobooks - because if I did use photobooks, I could do it in Aperture or some other 3rd party software.
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CS5.5 Gripes/CS6 Wish List (from the perspective of an FCP switcher)

I have been a Final Cut Pro user for more than 10 years (starting with version 1.2 on a 500 MHz G4). Final Cut Pro X is a disaster, but that’s a well-covered topic for a different forum. After experimenting with Premiere Pro CS5.5 for a few months, I am ready to make the switch for all of my future projects.
I make a living editing video. I don’t, however, work for a big company, and I don’t have a lot of money to spend on third-party software or hardware. Much of my work is shot on DSLRs and delivered online. That may put me in the category of “pro-sumer” to some, but I wouldn’t be making the switch if I didn’t require a more professional alternative to FCPX to do my job.
I also don’t think “pro” has to be synonymous with clunky and ugly. (I’m looking at you, Avid.) When Final Cut was young, it was fun, intuitive, and sturdy. It became a robust, professional NLE over time. I think Premiere Pro is on that path now.
I like the look, the feel, and the functionality of CS5.5. It’s not quite Apple-slick, but it’s very much at home on a Mac. Overall, it’s an upgrade to FCP7 and a very strong alternative to FCPX. I have high hopes for CS6.
But this is not a comprehensive review. It is just a list of negatives: my gripes, wishes, and personal preferences. My list of positives would be much longer, but my concern right now is with CS6 and the improvements that I hope it delivers. As I am new to Premiere, it's quite possible that I am mistaken about certain functionalities or lack thereof, but I thoroughly researched each point in the help docs and forums before posting this.
My primary system is a 3.2 GHz iMac 21” (2010) with 8 GB RAM, 512MB VRAM (ATI Radeon HD), running Mac OS X 10.7 with external Firewire 800 drives and a DisplayPort-to-HDMI external display.
MAJOR ISSUES
Hardware acceleration support for ATI GPUs
There are rumors that Apple will be switching back to nVidia, but all recent iMacs have ATI and only ATI cards.
Background rendering (or at least improved rendering options)
Background rendering is probably FCPX’s most impressive feature and Adobe needs to catch up. However, even if true background rending can’t be achieved, there should be an auto-render option (after a set idle time), partial rendering (if you cancel a render, keep everything that has been rendered up until that point), and more render options (e.g. render all and render selected). Regarding that last point, I think the whole work area concept should be dropped. It makes sense for other apps, particularly for animation, but it just gets in the way of more important timeline functions while offering little functionality beyond being a clumsy way to control the area to be rendered. At the very least, have a way to hide it.
Full-screen preview
Maximizing the program frame just isn’t the same (although the grave accent key function may be reason enough to switch to Premiere). Full-screen preview isn’t just a nifty function for demo-ing sequences. It’s a big part of the way I work.
DisplayPort/Thunderbolt out to HDMI
It may be that a third-party card is required for proper color correction on an external display, but there’s no reason this feature shouldn’t exist.
Thumbnail images/show frames bug
This one drives me crazy. I’ve tested this on 3 different Mac systems with various hardware configurations. Thumbnail images in the bins and frame images in the timeline seem to be recreated every time a project is opened, even though the thumbnail image files in the media cache folder don’t actually appear to get rewritten. It’s as if there is no cache at all (even for the most recently viewed bins and timelines segments). It can’t be an intentional functionality for saving hard drive space because the cache files continue to take up more and more space.
Open multiple projects simultaneously
I know that you can cut and paste between projects but being able to open multiple projects at the same time is a very useful feature of FCP7.
Magic Mouse/Magic Trackpad scrolling
Premiere Pro is a cross-platform system and impressively so, but there need to be a few Mac-specific interface adjustments, the most important of which is support for the Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad scrolling. I use a Magic Mouse. (It’s an irritating device sometimes, but once you get used to it, it’s hard to live without it.) When I’m in a window, I expect a flick up or down to scroll up or down -- in every situation, every time, including the timeline. Unless I stop using all other Mac apps, I will never get accustomed to the timeline suddenly flying left or right when I want to scroll up or down. Also, here’s a chance for Adobe to fix a problem that FCP7 shared: When you scroll up or down in the effect control window using the mouse, the drop-down effect controls sometimes twirl all over the place if the mouse happens to float over them. As it is, it very easy to throw settings into random disarray without even realizing it just by scrolling through the pane.
The timeline: selection indication, icons, and general improvements
It is very difficult to discern at a glance what, if anything, is selected in the timeline. Transitions always look selected! Audio tracks should be a different color or otherwise more distinct. There should be an option to show frames only without any text. The icons for track options are small, crowded, and ugly. Some of the editing icons are too similar, namely edit and ripple edit, although the excellent status bar at the bottom of the application goes a long way towards making up for this. Simply put, the timeline could use some polish. Don’t be afraid to steal from Apple on this one. Keep the tracks; just make it easier on the eyes!
Conforming audio
The ability of CS5.5 to work natively with DSLR footage is awesome, but it’s not fully DSLR native if it has to pre-render a major component of the footage before it can play, even if it’s just the audio.
Media loading
When launching a project, it can take a long time for all the media in the project to “load” as tracked in the status bar. I’m sure there’s a reason for this, but since the program is able to determine which source media files are missing before this step (and gives you the option to reconnect them), what is it doing and why must it load every clip in the project, even those not in use by any sequences?
Page up/page down and arrow key commands
For starters, the current page up/page down key functions should take the CTI to the next cut in the sequence, not the next cut in the track that happens to be targeted, which can be way down timeline. In FCP7, I frequently navigated cut to cut with the up and down arrow keys. I’ve avoided customizing the keyboard commands to match FCP7 -- I would rather endure some hardship and learn the proper Adobe commands -- but this one is flat-out backwards. The page up/down keys should page through the timeline (left to right and right to left), while the up and down arrow keys should take over the clip to clip function (assuming the targeted track issue is fixed). Currently, the down arrow takes you to the very end of the timeline, a function already duplicated by and better suited for the “end” key.
Bin management and clip relationships
Deleting an item from a bin should not delete it from the timeline, but this is part of a bigger problem, which is the whole master file versus instance versus subclip versus dup clip thing. There aren’t any good indicators regarding the relationships of these clips, and there are few ways to adjust them. If clips are going to be connected, then they should be fully connected. For instance, changing the name of a clip in the bin should change it in the timeline. Adding an effect or trimming should affect the corresponding clips between bin and timeline. Otherwise, the clips should just be completely separate instances. I haven’t been able to find an option to turn a clip into an independent instance, although I have to think it exists. Also, editing an instance of a title does change every other instance of that title throughout the sequence. I would prefer to be able to edit them separately without having to duplicate them in the title editor.
Bin effects
Related to the above, it should be possible to add effects to clips in bins or keep effects on clips added to bin from timeline. It would also be nice to be able to group effects together in bins for a specific project. The effects window is better suited for global collections.
Clearer visual indicators that a clip has been adjusted in the effect controls panel
Even with the effects panel visible, you have to take a close look to see if there have been any adjustments to the standard settings. An indicator on the clip in the timeline itself would be useful.
Snapping should include the CTI
It should also include the blade tool, although the Cmd-K option to cut at the CTI position does make this less of an issue.
Smoother scrubbing
Scrubbing is pretty awful. While this is understandable with native footage, FCPX somehow manages to make this silky smooth at full resolution.
Color correction shape mask and better color correction in general
Simplify the primary functions of the 3-way color correction effect. Keep all the rarely used adjustments out of the way. I use Magic Bullet for some purpose, but I’ve always done most of my color correction within FCP. Put the most common adjustments front and center (or up top, as it may be). The highlights/mid-tone/shadows drop-down is inconsistent in what controls it pertains to.
FCPX’s color correction is actually one of its more underrated features. The way it allows you to layer corrections is dead-simple yet as powerful as anything in FCP7 or Premiere. Stick with the 3 wheels, but rely less on hard to control tonal ranges and add simple keyframe-able shape masks for secondary color correction.
Better support for shared media access
AVID is king in this arena and Adobe needs to improve. It should be possible for multiple editors to safely work on the same project files and share media over a server.
MINOR ISSUES
More vertically compact playback/edit control area in source and program panes
Make room for either a taller timeline or bigger previews. The virtual scrubber and shuttle controls are the nifty things you drag with the mouse the first time you ever use an NLE and never touch again.
Larger icons in icon view
Remember size and position of bin windows
Playback resolution setting indicator
There should be an always-visible indicator of the playback res setting in the preview pane that’s easy to adjust without right-clicking.
Better markers for sequences and clips
Include colors and more keyboard shortcut control.
Clip sliding with keyboard commands
“Opt-,” (that’s Option-comma) should cause a clip collision, not overwrite. Either that, or “,” and “.” should slide, while “Opt-,” should overwrite. Opt-arrow should only extend an adjoining clip if in the middle of two clips. Basically, this whole arrangement should be re-thought.
Project browser should auto refresh/sort.
Option-drag on a Mac should always be copy, not move.
Copy is currently command-drag in the project browser.
Stop auto-save from interrupting adjustments in timeline.
Ideally, the auto-save should just be a background function, but it should at least wait until you’re not in the middle of dragging something.
Add ability to select a cut directly and add default transition.
CTI control
If you move the CTI while it’s in play mode, it should continue to play from that spot after you release the mouse, not stop there.
Show number of frames being adjusted during keyframe adjustments.
Enable/disable specific effect parameters/keyframes.
Clearing an effect should clear keyframes as well.
Or have an option to clear both.
Position controls
There should be a preference to make the default position 0.0 x 0.0 (as opposed to 50% of whatever the resolution happens to be), and include a reset button.
Through-edit indicator in timeline
And a quick way to join clips, such as a right-click menu option.
Border controls for images
Auto save location preference and functionality
In FCP7 I set the number of auto saves to keep to the maximum of 100 and Premiere can go even higher. I have always used this feature as an additional backup and archive system, which has come in very handy. Those files add up, however. So, I prefer to auto-save to an external drive. Also, auto saves in Premiere continue to occur whenever there are unsaved changes. This means that if you make a small adjustment and then leave Premiere for a while, it will keep auto saving the same iteration, which is not only inefficient but leads to my next point….
Tame the bouncing dock icon on auto save
While using other apps, there’s no need for the dock icon to bounce every time Premiere performs an auto save.
More/clearer control over cache locations
There should also be an option to reset the cache/render file locations to their defaults.
Export source range
When exporting, remember the last-used setting of the export source range (or just dump the whole work area thing as I previously suggested). It’s too easy to cut off a portion of the video when the export defaults back to the work area every time.
Larger timecode display
After spending hours and hours editing, the current timecode for clips and sequences is something you want to be able to track without squinting. Use the letters h,m,s and f instead of colons.
Simple slug
Creating a black matte works okay, but it involves a few extra steps.
Snapping toggle
FCP allows you to quickly toggle snapping while dragging a clip. Upon releasing the clip, the snap toggle returns to its original state. Premiere could use this fucntion, but I suggest something simpler. Holding down the “S” key should always turn snapping on regardless of toggle state, while releasing it returns it to however it was set before.
Ability to dock the audio meters along top
I like to give my timeline as much horizontal space as possible. I’ve noticed a lot of users keep the toolbar up there, myself included. I think it would be a good place horizontally aligned audio meters as well.
More detailed tool tips or hover explanations in preferences
For example: The options regarding XMP data should make it clear that the original files will be modified by Premiere. This caused me problems in other applications. (After researching these settings, I understand that various Adobe applications use this information to share resources, but it’s still very unclear what the specific benefits are or what functions are lost without this option.)
More detailed support documents
The online support documents on the Adobe site very good. They are nicely arranged and easy to search, but they could be more detailed and offer fuller explanations. (Peruse the support forums and you will discover all kinds of debates that could have been easily cleared up with one concise line in a help document.)
Icons and button design
Icons and buttons are often too small, too similar, and too crowded throughout the interface. Take some style tips from Apple on this one.
NEW FEATURE WISH LIST
Footage auto-analysis: shot recognition, color correction, and color match
If only Apple had just added these features and others to the FCP7 framework. Adobe can do it better though, by using smart folders in addition to the traditional bins that we know and trust (anything besides those dreadful iMovie-style “events”).
Effect previews
In the 64-bit era, there has to be a quicker way to preview effects.
Ability to render in alternate formats
Namely ProRes or DNxHD. This would save me considerable time on exports by allowing me to select the “use preview files” option.
PluralEyes functionality
Okay, I suppose I should just purchase PluralEyes...again.
Many, many more effects!
How about starting with the missing vignette effect? Just because an app is “pro” doesn’t mean you should have to custom build every effect.
Many, many more looks!
Will most of them be cheesy looks I would never touch? Sure...but give me some templates to play with before I tweak the look down to my exact specifications.
More speed!
FCPX, for all its flaws, blazes on any modern Mac. This probably comes back to hardware acceleration, but while Premiere Pro on a Mac isn’t slow, it doesn’t blow you away.

You hit the nail on the head, Peter.
I recently started giving Premiere Pro CS5 a try, and was shocked by the amount of bugs and usability issues. I'm not even going as deep as you in the features, but the most glaring evidence of the lousy interface is that timecode offset bubble that appears everytime you move a clip in the timeline... the bugger appears just under your mouse pointer and won't go away, so if you try to just move a clip down a track quickly, and let go of the button ONTO the bubble, it acts as an obstacle and your drag/drop fails ! seriously, Adobe... don't tell me nobody has stumbled upon this one during beta-testing ?
Ditto on the autosave that basicly interrupts anything you're doing. No background saving in 2011 ? At first it bothered me to no end so I disabled the autosave. And then a few hours later, Premiere crashed, and didn't even try to recover my work. I lost 2 hours of intricate work. I put autosave back on, and learned to endure the constant, annoying save dialog. And it's not like the save process is instant... even the simplest of projects takes 5 to 10 seconds to save... on an SSD... come on... let me work already...
Of course, a headache-inducing implementation wouldn't be complete if the autosave didn't trigger even 30 seconds after a manual save. If I choose an interval of 5 minutes, just autosave 5 minutes after a manual save !
In thumbnail view, you can reorder the clips manually. It's all fine, but you can't reorder them by name or date or length, unless you switch to list view and of course, lose the thumbnails.
Dragging and dropping a clip in thumbnail view is a chore, because the palette doesn't scroll when the mouse reaches the edge. You know, when you want to move something at the top all the way to the bottom... so you have to drag, let go, scroll one screen, drag, let go, scroll one screen... it's a joke. Even the timeline can do it. Heck, it's a software standard, nowadays.
Renaming a clip and pressing ENTER takes you back to... the top of the folder !?! How many times I've renamed files that were at the end of the thumbnail view, and for each clip, I had to scroll back down. Time waster.
Want to locate a clip from the timeline, in the project ? the locate function takes you to the folder. But not to the file, you have to navigate towards it manually.
Ditto on the up/down arrows. I haven't found a way to jump from cut to cut like in FCP7. How often do I need to jump to the starting/ending points ? much less often than jumping to a nearby cut.
How come I can't reorder filters in the effects pane ? sorry, I can actually reorder the filters... provided I take them from the bottom and move them up. Moving effects down doesn't work. It's driving me crazy.
Conforming happens more or less anytime. Without reason. And even if the Media Cache is already full of conformed files.
When moving the boundaries of the work area, no timecode/offset appears. You need to let go of the button and THEN hover, then you'll know the exact time/duration.
Try scrolling up in the timeline, it scrolls to the left (which is stupid, it should scroll up). Now scroll up on the tabs of a palette : they scroll to the right !?!
Can't select an active track. Direct consequence : copy-pasting a clip overlaps anything that's on track 1. Say I want to duplicate clips on the same track... I can't do it.
Copy-pasting between projects doesn't keep the transitions, only the order of the clips.
Have you tried doing a frame freeze on a reversed clip and setting proper in/out points for the freeze ? Good luck.
"Duplicate" command, when you right click on a thumbnail, is way too far from the cut/copy/paste commands at the top, even though they're quite related.
The other day I transcoded footage with different audio parameters. Just the audio had changed. Upon opening the project, Premiere wanted me to locate the files, which I did. And it failed miserably. Instead, I opened the project ignoring the missing files, and then re-linked them. I pointed Premiere at the first missing file, and had to confirm the replacement. Premiere saw all the other missing files in that folder, and began prompting me FOR EACH SINGLE FILE !!! two hundred and forty three of them, precisely. Can't I have a "yes to all" button in 2012 ? and why does the relinking work inside the project and not when you open a project ?
That was just from 3 days with Premiere Pro CS5. I still can't believe it. Just to think people bashed Final Cut Pro X, praising Premiere in comparison... Sorry, but they both have serious issues. And Premiere doesn't even have the excuse of novelty.

Wish list for Encore

I don't see a wish list category here so maybe we could start one.
My number one irritant in Encore 2.0 is the default ON of "Sync Button Text and Name." This in on by default and it should be off or unchecked in my opinion.
I do all my menus in Photoshop and import them into Encore. My buttons are all set. Then when I start assigning buttons to timelines I forget to uncheck this and it screws up my PS buttons by changing them to whatever I called my timelines. I really hate this. Thank goodness for undo, but when a default is never what you use, then the reverse should be the default. At least that's my two cents worth.
Thanks,
[email protected]

posted this earlier in another thread until i found out that this is where i should have posted.
so here is my list:
1. The ability to import power point slide shows into encore as a slide show. This would make it really handy to import some ones previously created slide show and turn it into a DVD slide show. It doesn't have to do all the fancy animations or transitions, just import the slide shows. Yes I know I can export from power point to jpgs. Have you really looked at the results? Crap is all I have to say. Of course I could recreate them in Photoshop or some other program that lets picture and titling be created. You know how much extra time that step costs?
2. Could you make a project manager for encore that is similar to the one in premier? I would like to be able to trim the project and remove "temporary files". I especially hate the number of temporary menus that accumulate in the menus folder. I want to be able to back up the necessary files only, not all the junk. it would also be nice if it would grab the video(I) that make up the project and compile them in to the folder that I designate as the new project folder, just like premier does.
3. its not really to hard to now, but it would be nice if there was some method for telling encore that you are creating an Easter egg. Currently there are a few steps to doing it and it is all manual. It would be nice if you could designate a button as being an Easter egg and then tell encore which choice of ways you want it to handle it. For instance is it just a simple Easter egg where you go on the right direction on a button and viola, you found it. Or is it a button that you go to and it goes to a duplicate menu and then you need to hit the right button a couple of times and then viola, you found it. Any thing to make my DVD creation to have a few less steps.
6. Another thing that I think encore needs has to do with the flowchart. Give me some zoom on that baby. I like it, but it would be nice if I could zoom out to look at the overall structure.
7. The ability to normalize the audio across the entire DVD. My wife made a disc and some parts were loud and others were so quiet. It would be nice to not have to do this for each clip before in premier, but leave it till the final stage of DVD production so that it only has to be done once.
more to come :)

My FinalCut Wish List

My Valentine's gift to Apple's FCP feedback site was the following Wish List (which I figured I'd also post here just for the heck of it).
Some of these feature requests may only apply to my particular -- some might say peculiar -- workflow, but I suspect a few of them might strike a responsive chord with other FinalCutters. (Whether any of them are on Apple's Do List is of course another question.)
(using FCP 5.1.2 under OX X 10.4.8)
One User's Final Cut Pro Wish List:
(sent to Apple's FinalCut Feedback site, Feb. 14/07)
An Undo History.
If Final Cut can "remember", say, 10 levels of Undos (or whatever that user pref is set to), then why can't it display an Undo History palette, with brief descriptions of each Undoable action - a la Adobe Photoshop?
The fact that even FCP's Edit Menu just says "Undo" and "Redo" -- with no attempt to even say what it is you're about to Undo or Redo, is really pretty sad.
A "Learning Mode".
An easy-to-turn on or off mode in which more detailed Hint Dialogs (like Tool Tips on steroids) appear onscreen -- with definitions, suggested uses, possible workflows, even links to the reference manual. All very context-sensitive, and all designed to hold-your-hand and help you understand a new area of the app.
I'm not the least bit too proud to say I would use that mode a LOT (at least when no-one else was looking!).
Option to Auto Scroll the Timeline while in Play.
Likewise for an audio waveform displayed in the Viewer. Is this feature really that hard to implement?
And while we're on the subject of things people have been requesting for a long time now, let's add another chorus for...
Robust, Reliable, User-Friendly and Intuitive Media Management.
Auto Pitch-Correction Option when doing Speed adjustments.
This seems like a no-brainer: just like the "Frame Blending, yes-or-no" checkbox when you Cmd-J to do a speed adjustment, there should be a "Pitch Correct Audio?" checkbox right in the same dialog. It's really very embarrassing that FinalCut still refuses to do this audio function. This is NOT something you should have to transfer into a whole 'nother app to do, or have to apply a special AU Pitch filter to the clip just to try and get it to sound normal again.
which reminds me...
How about a Round-Tripping to Soundtrack workflow that actually works?
(I've had two Apple Store "Creatives" unable to get it to work properly, and several FCP veterans advise me to just avoid that workflow altogether, at least until it's thoroughly "deflake-ified")
Better Labelling Options.
Would love a way to apply text labels (and color codes) to Timeline Tracks (in the left-side info pane). For example, so I can add the label "Dialog" to tracks A1 and A2, "Narration" to tracks A3 and A4, "Music" to tracks A5 and A6, etc, -- and then maybe even color-code groups of tracks for quick reference.
And how about a much clearer, user-definable indicator to highlight which window (Browser/Viewer/Timeline) is currently active -- a selectable color for the active title bar (or even framing the entire window) -- instead of the current medium-grey vs. light-grey all against a grey background (not the most dynamic visual cue).
And just as I can color-code Browser icons, I would also like to be able to color-code Timeline tabs -- AND change their left-to-right order simply by dragging.
Miscellaneous
A few quirky little things I'd like to be able to at least try:
An Option/Preference for the Timeline to be auto-selected when you drag a clip onto it.
An Option to keep a Timeline Zoom-In centered on the playhead position, rather than on the start of a selected clip.
A Poster Frame option for thumbnails in the Timeline (especially if one's been set in the Browser; as opposed to the current first-frame-or-nothing default)
I'd like the ability to Link multiple video items to a single audio item in Timeline, and create a merged clip from that selection (using the audio clip as the "anchor")
And why does the "Delete All markers" command only delete markers from selected clips where the playhead happens to be -- I still can't find a way to delete clip markers from ALL selected clips, regardless of where the playhead is.
I hope that most of these features have already been incorporated into the next release of FinalCut -- and if not, that you'll give serious consideration to implementing them as soon as possible. Your users will thank you.
John Bertram
Toronto

Hi John
This ones a User to User forum, no Apple reps here
Indeed -- hence the opening line of my post:
"My Valentine's gift to Apple's FCP feedback site was the following Wish List" and
"One User's Final Cut Pro Wish List:
(sent to Apple's FinalCut Feedback site, Feb. 14/07)"
Also why I didn't post the letter as a Question actively seeking help. It's simply offered in the spirit of a Mike-Meyers-as-Linda-Richmond "talk amongst yourselves" moment ("I'll give you a topic: Final Cut is never final, but often cutting. Discuss.")
Nevertheless, thanks for the feedback. Further to which...
A "Learning Mode"
we are our own learning mode right here!
And an invaluable one, to be sure. I just feel that FinalCut could still build in a few extra "stairs" to make its learning curve a bit easier to climb -- stairs which can of course be skipped entirely by the more experienced users.
An Option to keep a Timeline Zoom-In centered on
the playhead position, rather than on the start of a
selected clip.
If there is no selected clip then the zoom centers on
the playhead. If there is a selected clip then the
zoom centers on the selection. Or just use the zoom
tool (z) and zoom wherever you like. They pretty
much have this one covered, its just a case of using
the right tool at the right time, not just adding
more tools/options.
This was a small one -- and perhaps one I shouldn't have bothered including. I just personally wouldn't mind a User Pref to the affect of "Timeline zoom (when using Option+=) always centers on Playhead" (the default for which would be Off, but which I in my own world of weirdness would turn On).
I'd like the ability to Link multiple video items to
a single audio item in Timeline, and create a merged
clip from that selection (using the audio clip as the
"anchor")
Thats called "Nesting". Check out Sequence menu >
Nest Items...
I've actually been having to do a fair bit of Nesting, often of just individual clips -- to the extent that I now have a Nest Item button in my Timeline button bar.*
What I was looking for here is something a bit different: really just the mirror image of when you have several audio clips Linked to a single video "anchor" clip. It would be in situations where I'm using a continuous chunk of audio to which I sync up bits of short video clips. Some of those video clips are from that same (call it the master) take, while others are from different takes in which the actor spoke a phrase in the same rhythm. In certain situations, I just want to be able to Cmd-L Link ALL those video clips on the Timeline to the one Audio clip, while at the same time not linking other interspersed video clips which are simply cutaways. But I still want all the clips to remain separate and un-nested.
* Don't know if that explanation makes any sense, but as to the Nesting issue itself: Is there any way to force a Filter effect to be applied AFTER a Motion tab effect? I'm asking because I have a sequence to which I'm applying a Widescreen Matte filter to each clip. (The filter has to be applied to each clip individually to allow for vertical repositioning using the Offset control.) But some of the clips also require a Scale adjustment under the motion tab, increasing the image size to 105 or 110%, for example. In these cases, I find I have to apply the Scale change, then Nest the Clip, THEN apply the Widescreen Matte filter to the nested clip. If I try to do both in the original unnested clip, the Widescreen matte gets applied first, then that entire matted image is Scaled to whatever % I've chosen -- and that obviously changes the apparent size of the matte onscreen.
While you can easily change the order in which different Filters get applied to a clip, I've yet to find a way to change the order in which Filter effects vs. Motion tab effects are applied. Maybe I'll post this issue as an actual Question in a new thread.
Meantime, I hope that clarifies a couple of the quirkier items on my FinalCut WIsh List.
Cheers,
John Bertram
Toronto

I can't delete songs from my iTunes wish list

Everytime I go to my wish list and click the x next to a song to delete it, the song will disappear for a few seconds than reappear in the same spot.So I can't delete or add any songs. Any help?

I was very frustrated by the same problem. iTunes seemed to be forcing me to "buy" items in my WishList before allowing me to download any other podcasts, media files, etc. Note that the items in my WishList were moved over by Apple when they got rid of the "shopping cart". They put anything leftover in the shopping cart from before into the WishList. I don't think this was part of the problem..... I'm just explaining -- for me these were old files that I did *not* actually want to buy anymore. But when I tried to delete -- I ran into this same problem.
Finally in frustration I thought, okay, screw it, I'll just buy the files -- there were only two song files, total $1.98. So I pressed the button that said "Buy" -- and what it did was shoot me over to a new page of Terms & Conditions. When I accepted THOSE, it did NOT automatically download the files in my WishList, but what it did do was FINALLY allow me to delete them!!!
So, if this problem sounds like yours, don't be duped by that first "Buy" button. It won't automatically charge your credit card. There are a few more steps "behind the wall" before an actual "purchase" and along the way, after those new Terms & Conditions, I was finally able to clear out my WishList.

"Wish-list" to JavaFX

Review/”wish-list” for JavaFX/NetBeans
The following “wish-list” for JavaFX (1.1) and NetBeans (1.5), was made based on my experience doing three - smaller - projects in JavaFX. I plan to submit these projects (“DestroyerFX”, “AceOfSpadeFX” and “SteamPunkWatch”) to the “JavaFX Coding Challenge” (see “http://www.javafx.com/challenge/”):
- a ”recreate”-method for “CustomNodes” in style of the ”repaint”-method of ”java.awt.Component”. Should force the (re)call of “create”-
method of a “CustomNode”-objects (normally “create” is only called once – the first time the “CustomNode” is drawn).
Useful for “CustomNodes” changing their graphical expression over time, other than what may be expressed by using transformations.
Solutions to the problem (using the existing system) could be:
- reconstruct “CustomNode”'s for each iteration, or when they need to change their graphics. This would force a (re)call to the “create”-
method
- using a “Group” (or “Sequence”) to group different graphical representations/”Nodes”. The “visible”-attributes are manipulated to change
between different representations
- better support in NetBeans for export of projects as executable JAR-files. Useful for people wanting to distribute their application more in
the style of traditional applications
- default-values “http://localhost:8082/servlet/...” in generated *.jnlp files (by NetBeans) should be changed to relative-path “file:.”. This would
make distribution of projects easier.
I don't know if this already is possible in present system, by for instance setting up NetBeans
- merge of Java and JavaFX (-script language). Basically features of JavaFX should be included in Java.
For object-construction-syntax, I suggest some thing like:
(new) MyClass(parm1,parm2, ...) {
attr1: ...,
attr2: ...,
i.e. first the normal Java-constructor is called, hereafter attributes are assigned in JavaFX-style.
JavaFX “bindings” could be a good alternative to “Beans Bindings” (JSR 295).
I think both technologies (object-construction and bindings), would be a great addition to the Java-language, and could prove useful in other
areas than just GUI's.
The JavaFX API should further be accessible from Java
- having a project of mixed Java- and JavaFX-files, I wasn't able to “see” JavaFX-files from Java-files in NetBeans. It would be nice to be able
to do this, since I still consider Java as a better general-purpose language (for larger projects); and people might have older Java-code they
may want to incorporate in their JavaFX-projects. I think, I recall some forums talk about this topic, but the solution isn't obvious anyway
- problems playing sound-clips with the JavaFX “MediaPlayer” (multiple clips are played at the same time in my application). According to
forums, this could be due to the sound-files being placed in JAR-files.
In my projects I “cheated” by using the JavaSE-primtives for this (“javax.sound.sampled”). It would be nice if this could be fixed
- in one of my applications (“DestroyerFX”), I wanted to use dynamic binding of the “Scene” of the central “Stage”-object, allowing the
application to switch between a number of difference “Scene”'s according to functionality and context (“introduction”, “level-up”, actual game
and “final score”). When running the application as a web-browser applet, this approach didn't seem to work (the application was stuck on
first shown “Scene”). I recall some forums-posts discussing this.
My solution to the problem was to reformulate the difference “Scene”-objects to “Group”-objects, swifting between the different
“Scene”/”Group”'s by manipulating their “visible”-attribute.
A performance problem was discovered in a “Group” having a “content” consistent of “Sequences” with dynamic changing content. I solved
this by extracting the “Sequences” from the group, making them “first-generation” children of the “Stage”, i.e. going from:
var grp1 : Group = Group {
content: [ seq1, seq2, ...],
var grp2 : Group = Group { ... };
var actualGroup : Group = ...;
Stage {
scene: Scene {
content: bind [ actualGroup],
... to:
var grp1 : Group = Group {
content: [ ...],
var grp2 : Group = Group { ... };
var actualGroup : Group = ...;
Stage {
scene: Scene {
content: bind [ seq1, seq2, actualGroup],
With the critics giving, I owe people to say that my overall impression of the JavaFX-system (and NetBeans) has been very positive and
satisfying. I hope for future development and deployment on diverse platform of the system.
Fell free to comment, give solutions to problems and make new “wishes”.
Regards

Darn Rich Text-editor:
Review/wish-list for JavaFX/NetBeans
The following wish-list for JavaFX (1.1) and NetBeans (1.5) was made
based on my experience doing three - smaller - projects in JavaFX. I plan
to submit these projects (DestroyerFX, AceOfSpadeFX and
SteamPunkWatch) to the JavaFX Coding Challenge
(see http://www.javafx.com/challenge/):
- a recreate-method for CustomNodes in style of the repaint-method
of java.awt.Component. Should force the (re)call of create-method
of a CustomNode-object (normally create is only called once at
the first time the CustomNode is drawn)
Useful for CustomNodes changing their graphical expression over time,
other than what may be expressed by using transformations.
Solutions to the problem (using the existing system) could be:
-- reconstruct CustomNode's for each iteration, or when they need
to change their graphics. This would force a (re)call to the create-method
-- using a Group (or Sequence) to group different graphical representations/
Nodes. The visible-attributes are manipulated to change between
different representations
- better support in NetBeans for exporting of projects as executable
JAR-files. Useful for people wanting to distribute their application
more in the style of traditional applications
- default-values http://localhost:8082/servlet/... in generated *.jnlp-
files (by NetBeans) should be changed to relative-path file:.. This
would make distribution of projects easier.
I don't know if this already is possible in present system, by for
instance setting up NetBeans
- merge of Java and JavaFX (-script language). Basically features of
JavaFX should be included in Java.
For object-construction-syntax, I suggest some thing like:
(new) MyClass(parm1,parm2, ...) {
            attr1: ...,
            attr2: ...,
        }i.e. first the normal Java-constructor is called, hereafter attributes
are assigned in JavaFX-style.
JavaFX bindings could be useful as an alternative to Beans Bindings
(JSR 295).
I think both technologies (object-construction and bindings) would be a
great addition to the Java-language, and could prove useful in other
areas than just GUI's.
The JavaFX API should further be accessible from Java
- having a project of mixed Java- and JavaFX-files, I wasn't able to
see JavaFX-files from Java-files in NetBeans. It would be nice to be
able to do this, since I still consider Java as a better general-purpose
language (for larger projects); and people might have older Java-code
they may want to incorporate in their JavaFX-projects. I think I
recall some forums talk about this topic, but the solution isn't
obvious anyway
- problems playing sound-clips with the JavaFX MediaPlayer (multiple
clips are played at the same time). According to forums, this could be
due to the sound-files being placed in JAR-files.
In my projects I cheated by using the JavaSE-primitives for this
(javax.sound.sampled). It would be nice if this could be fixed
- in one of my applications (DestroyerFX), I wanted to use dynamic
binding of the Scene of the central Stage-object, allowing the
application to switch between a number of difference Scene's
according to functionality and context (introduction, level-up,
actual game and final score). When running the application as a
web-browser applet, this approach didn't seem to work (the application
was stuck on first shown Scene). I recall some forums-posts discussing
this.
My solution to the problem was to reformulate the different Scene-objects
to Group-objects, swifting between the different Scene/Group's by
manipulating their visible-attribute.
A performance problem was discovered in a Group having a content
consistent of Sequences with dynamic changing content. I solved this
by extracting the Sequences from the group, making them
first-generation children of the Stage, i.e. going from:
var grp1 : Group = Group {
            content: [ seq1, seq2, ...],
        var grp2 : Group = Group { ... };
        var actualGroup : Group = ...;
        Stage {
            scene: Scene {
                content: bind [ actualGroup],
        }... to:
var grp1 : Group = Group {
            content: [ ...],
        var grp2 : Group = Group { ... };
        var actualGroup : Group = ...;
        Stage {
            scene: Scene {
                content: bind [ seq1, seq2, actualGroup],
        }With the critics giving, I owe people to say that my overall impression of
the JavaFX-system (and NetBeans) has been very positive and satisfying. I
hope for future development and deployment on diverse platform of the system.
Fell free to comment, give solutions to problems and make new wishes.
Regards

Unable to access Wish List

For over a week I have not been able to access my wish list. I get an error message every time I try. Any ideas on what is going on?

Thank you for your reply.
I contacted the iTunes store costumer support, and after a number of e-mails where they wanted me to explain the problem in more detail (even though there wasn't much detail to talk about) I finally got the advice to reinstall iTunes.
I did this by deleting the iTunes app, the cash files, and the preference files. (but not my library, that would have been to much hassle) Downloading iTunes with my web browser from the apple site, and then installing it again.
I didn't though it would help, but it actually did. The problem is now gone for me.
And it seems the price of some items did actually change, a slightly different price was shown after this procedure.

Wish List error / connection time out

I updated iTunes and have tried to access my *wish list* several times. I keep getting an error message that the +connection has timed out+ or that the +request could not be completed+. Everything else is updated and the network is working just fine. Not happy with Apple's wish list brainstorm. This is a terrible, terrible idea. First the keyboard thing...now this...who's in the marketing dept. at Apple?

Are you sure the mentioned SOAP url can be reached from XI AFW box? Can you take remote control over XI box and try a
telnet 192.117.169.234 80
That should go to blank screen on succesful connection. Is it so?
Also, try to do a complete cpa cache refresh with this URL and authenticate with the XIAFUSER:
http://host:port/CPACache/refresh?mode=full
And finally, have a look in the <a href="https://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/bd5950ff-0701-0010-a5bc-86d45fd52283">troublshooting guide</a>, which might contain something useful (it's really well done).
Cheers,
Alexx

How do i purchas my wish list?

how do i purchase my wish list?

Hey jnr4ever,
I found the answer to your question in the following resource:
iTunes Store: How to use Wish List
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1368
To purchase items from Wish List:
1. From the iTunes Store homepage, click My Wish List located under Quick Links.
2. Locate the item you want to buy in Wish List.
Tip: To make sure a song or video is the one you want to purchase, you can view or listen to a 30-second preview of that item.
3. Click Buy.
To purchase all of the items in your Wish List, click Buy All*.
Important: All sales are final. You cannot cancel a purchase after you click Buy.
*Buy All is not available in the Canada iTunes Store.
Thanks,
Matt M.

Unable to purchase wish list

I am trying to purchase my wish list but it just keeps saying it has changed, i need to reivew it and press "buy now". i press "buy all" (no 'buy now' button) and it just keeps bringing up the same message over.
any ideas?

Thank you for your reply.
I contacted the iTunes store costumer support, and after a number of e-mails where they wanted me to explain the problem in more detail (even though there wasn't much detail to talk about) I finally got the advice to reinstall iTunes.
I did this by deleting the iTunes app, the cash files, and the preference files. (but not my library, that would have been to much hassle) Downloading iTunes with my web browser from the apple site, and then installing it again.
I didn't though it would help, but it actually did. The problem is now gone for me.
And it seems the price of some items did actually change, a slightly different price was shown after this procedure.

Amazon Universal Wish List Button isn't working in Firefox 3.6.15

I upgraded to Firefox 3.6.15. It kept crashing. My husband noticed there were compatibility problems with the amazon universal wish list button in the browser. He uninstalled it. I downgraded Firefox. 1 week later, Firefox upgraded itself back to the new version. Now I can't get the amazon wish list button back. I've downloaded it 7 times! And the button won't show in the browser. I can get the Amazon toolbar, but not the little button up in the browser. I'm very mad.

Look at some of the reviews below; the UI is different on every one. Is there a difference in the Win 7/Vista and XP UI? Who knows at this point. The UI in the first one looks like your UI in that it has the typical Windows Title Bar with the Min/Max/Close buttons on the Title Bar while the others do not have a Title Bar. Maybe there is something unique to XP that forces the UI to have a Title Bar. If you place the tabs on top, does the Firefox button appear on the left end of the same bar with the tabs?
For the "switch-to-tab" feature, the second review, third paragraph says:
''Another addition is a feature dubbed “switch-to-tab.” ~~red:If you start typing the title of one of your open tabs in the URL bar~~, it will let you quickly switch to that tab.''
http://www.howtonew.com/firefox-4-beta-1-available-for-downloads-at-last
http://blog.laptopmag.com/firefox-4-beta-1-hands-on-take-that-chrome/firefox-4-bookmarks-button
https://techrightnow.wordpress.com/2010/07/03/firefox-4-pre-beta-review/
As '''the-edmeister''' indicated, a lot can change before the final release of Firefox 4.

Why can't I delete items from my wish list?

I am not sure if the recent update did something, but now I can't get rid of stuff off of my itunes wish list. Is it because its to full? Is there anything I can do to fix this.

I was very frustrated by the same problem. iTunes seemed to be forcing me to "buy" items in my WishList before allowing me to download any other podcasts, media files, etc. Note that the items in my WishList were moved over by Apple when they got rid of the "shopping cart". They put anything leftover in the shopping cart from before into the WishList. I don't think this was part of the problem..... I'm just explaining -- for me these were old files that I did *not* actually want to buy anymore. But when I tried to delete -- I ran into this same problem.
Finally in frustration I thought, okay, screw it, I'll just buy the files -- there were only two song files, total $1.98. So I pressed the button that said "Buy" -- and what it did was shoot me over to a new page of Terms & Conditions. When I accepted THOSE, it did NOT automatically download the files in my WishList, but what it did do was FINALLY allow me to delete them!!!
So, if this problem sounds like yours, don't be duped by that first "Buy" button. It won't automatically charge your credit card. There are a few more steps "behind the wall" before an actual "purchase" and along the way, after those new Terms & Conditions, I was finally able to clear out my WishList.

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