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Trouble with Common Media Management Task
OK, I want to do this:
I have a project. It references multiple Events. When I look at the Event references, I can see I have one main event, then a couple of others that it is drawing on for a few clips. What I want to do is copy all the clips that are outside my primary event into the primary event. I don’t want create a new event in the process with used clips (as in the ‘consolidate’ command).
I want everything to stay the same, just copy any files outside my primary event into it, so that when I archive or move this project, I only have to take the one Event with it.
Can I do this in FCPX?
Thanks!
Oren Hercz
Editor, Post-Production Manager
Journeyman Film Company
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[Oren Hercz] “I want everything to stay the same, just copy any files outside my primary event into it, so that when I archive or move this project, I only have to take the one Event with it.”
I’m presuming you are not talking about a huge number of files. What I would do is simply make a note of the files and re-import them into your core event.
Through using Event Manager X you can then re-open FCPX with just your core event.
You will be notified that you need to re-link missing files and simply navigate to the where you have stored the newly imported files and relink them.
I have just merged 2 large events successfully but as I do not actually import files into FCPX, but reference media drives, so this was quite a simple and relatively quick operation.
What I did was to duplicate an event, trash unwanted file references in the copy, and then merge this with my core event.
Since FCPX has re-introduced file relink, things have got a lot easier and more forgiving.
Hope this helps.
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Mark
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I’m not sure on how this affects relinking and referencing, but you can copy or move/cut clips from one event to another from inside FCP X. IIRC, Option+Drag copies the clips and Cmd+Drag moves the clip from one event to another, “cutting” it out of the original event.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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[Oliver Peters] “I’m not sure on how this affects relinking and referencing, but you can copy or move/cut clips from one event to another from inside FCP X. IIRC, Option+Drag copies the clips and Cmd+Drag moves the clip from one event to another, “cutting” it out of the original event.”
To further this, you can “Modify Event References” on the Project side.
Copy the necessary clips to the Event. Then go to the Project Library (Command-zero). Select the Project by single clicking it.
In the Inspector you will see the Events that the Project references and how many clips it uses in each Event. Click the “Modify Event References” button and choose the event you want to reference which will be the Event that you just copied the few clips to, and drag the Events in the order you want to use the media in the dialog box.
Jeremy
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