• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  FCP 6 – Ripple Tool behaves odd

  Posted by Spinnerlys – human being on October 24, 2007 at 11:12 am

  Hello.

  I’m studying Media Technologies and am now able to finally cut on FCP.

  We had Avids before, from Xpress DV to Media Composer, all running on Windows.
  Nw we have a new Mac, and Final Cut Studio came with it. But we’re missing a tutor.

  In Avid I was used to trimming by selecting the cut, hit Trim, and could choose which clip I wanted to lengthen/shorten. It worked for the A and B clip properly.

  AVID:

  Before Trimming:

  V1: A.A.A.A.A.B.B.B.B.B.B.B.

  Trimming Clip A:

  V1: A.A.A.B.B.B.B.B.B.B.

  Trimming Clip B:

  V1: A.A.A.A.A.B.B.B.

  With using FCP’s Ripple Tool I could almost manage the same.
  But only the A clip was trimmed properly, the B clip symmetrically changed it’s length on both ends.

  FCP:

  Before Rippling:

  V1: A-A-A-A-A-B3-B4-B5-B6-B7

  Rippling Clip A:

  V1: A-A-A-B3-B4-B5-B6-B7

  But Rippling clip B (for example lengthen it on the left side, where the cut from clip A is)

  V1: A-A-A-A-A-B1-B2-B4-B5-B6-B7-B8-B9

  or shortening it:

  V1:A-A-A-A-A-B4-B5-B6

  It adds/takes away the same amount of frames from the start and end of clip B simultaneously.

  Is that the right behaviour for the Ripple tool?

  What do I have to use instead?

  Slide and slip weren’t appropriate for this task.

  An help is appreciated.

  David Bogie replied 18 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Tom Wolsky

  October 24, 2007 at 11:20 am

  What you describe does not happen. The display looks are if it’s affecting both ends of the clip, but it does. It’s a single sided edit and only affects the edit point and the end of the clip you’re working on.

  All the best,

  Tom

  Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
  Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop”
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  Spinnerlys – human being

  October 24, 2007 at 11:32 am

  Ah, thanks.

  Instead of me confirming my fear and looking at the end of the clip, I just went cuckoo.

  But it is an irritating effect on the timeline, even when it works properly.

  And sorry for double posting.

  The other thread (https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/200/875845) jut went online a few moments ago, an email told me (it was relocated to the Basics Forum).

  Okay then, will come back later with more basic questions 😉 .
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  David Bogie

  October 24, 2007 at 2:05 pm

  [spinnerlys – human being] “But it is an irritating effect on the timeline, even when it works properly.
  “

  Oh, you haven’t seen anything yet. The FCP interface is full of such frustrating dumb design flaws. The transition icons obscure what’s underneath, really irksome when trying to do waveform edits on audio tracks. Then there’s autoselect.

  Welcome to the family, FCP is not Avid, whatever that is.

  bogiesan

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