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  Re: 2ndary storylines and dissolves: why can’t these things be done in FCP X???

  Posted by Nick Natteau on July 5, 2011 at 6:00 pm

  [1] Why can’t Secondary Storylines be moved in the Timeline? I find that you have de-storyline the clip in order to move it.

  [2] Why can’t Dissolves be copy pasted from one secondary story to another to another? Say for example that I have a bunch of stills as secondary storylines attached to the main storyline in the timeline. Say that I want to add a half second dissolve to all my stills. I’m unable to copy the first dissolve and paste it to all the others (like I could in FCP7).

  Any workarounds for this?

  Simon Ubsdell replied 14 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Simon Ubsdell

  July 5, 2011 at 6:26 pm

  [Nicholas Natteau] ”
  [1] Why can’t Secondary Storylines be moved in the Timeline? I find that you have de-storyline the clip in order to move it.”

  You can drag a secondary storyline to wherever you want it in the primary storyline and it will perform an insert edit. It will of course cease to be a storyline in itds own right at this point but then you wouldn’t expect otherwise. You should use compound clips if you want a grouping to stay together in the primary storyline.

  Simon Ubsdell
  Director/Editor/Writer
  http://www.tokyo-uk.com

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