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how do I flatten a bunch of clips in timeline?
Suppose I have five clips on top of each other, with half opacity so it’s a big crazy composite image.
Now, let’s suppose I want to do a ‘pond ripple’ to the whole thing. I don’t want to apply it five times, so i want to basically ‘flatten’ all the clips down and have one clip which is the composite of the five clips.
The only way I can think of to do this is to render, export as full res quicktime, then re-import it. There has got to be a better way.
right?
I’ve tried the stuff I can think of, like trying to nest, make a subclip, make a merged clip, doesn’t work. I’ve looked through the manuals and poked around boards, but I can’t find a solution. Seems so basic, what am I missing? any ideas?
thanks, US
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11 Replies
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Nesting is in fact the correct way to do what you want… If its not working, its most likely because something is not right with your filter order perhaps???
DRW
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my filter order? hmmm. I’ll look into this, don’t know offhand what you mean. Currently when I nest, I get a new sequence with the same clips, layered, in it. thanks, US
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My guess from your question is that you were able to make the nest (‘cos I can’t see any reason why you couldn’t make one) but couldn’t figure out how to apply a filter to it.
You can open the nested sequence in the viewer by control clicking on it and selecting ‘open in viewer’. Having the nest selected will, of course, allow you to apply filters to it, however, you need to have the nest loaded to the viewer to see the applied filters and alter them.
Maybe this helps? Not sure what else your issue is.
Ben
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
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page 419 of the manual is what I had to do.
It’s still a little annoying, but I’m successfully nesting. I just can’t double-click or it opens the source sequence.
works ok tho.
thanks buddies
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[uncle steve] “I just can’t double-click or it opens the source sequence. “
Absolutely – that’s what I said – you can control click on it to get it into the viewer – not the most intuitive bit of the FCP interface…
Ben
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
EVS & FCP specialists for live OB operations.
New HD edit/slomo truck on the road this month. Dual FCP systems/6 slomo positions.
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You can also Option-double click to open a nest into the Viewer.
Martin
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Thanks Ben, I’m still a little confused but getting there.
If I really wanted a sequence to act l ike an independent clip, I guess I WOULD have to export the sequence and reimport it as a quicktime then?
Is this true?
for now at least this is working-ish…
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[uncle steve] “I guess I WOULD have to export the sequence and reimport it as a quicktime then?”
Bad idea!!! And, like smoking, its not a good habit to get into. Nesting, while imperfect at times, allows you to go back in time to rediscover or change elements. Exporting the comp first is so linear…
DRW
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Are you trying to do a ripple transition from your nest to another clip? If yes, you will need to have handles on your nested clips.
Steve Eisen
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Thank you. Nest it. To open it in the viewer (if needed) option + double click it. If you want to add a filter to it, drag a filter to it in the timeline just like any other clip. If you want to add a transition to it, it needs to have some extra media just like any other clip. It’s best to do this before nesting, but there’s no reason a ripple couldn’t be applied to the end. When you drag a transition look at the highlight it’s creating before you drop it. You can center it on the cut (won’t work without extra handles on both nest and incoming clip) or start it on the cut by dragging it a little to the right (won’t work without handles either) or drop it a little left where it’ll end on the cut, which will require extra media from the incoming clip be available.
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