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Subclips and in/out points
Hello,
I have created a slew of subclips from a long clip. I want to increase the outpoint of a number of clips. However, I can’t do so. It is as if the subclip is a separate clip from the original long clip. Is that the case? I go to drag the in point or the out point and I cannot make the clip any longer. What am I missing here? If I had gone and cut the clip in a timeline, then I could drag the in and out points.
If anyone has a suggestion, i would sure appreciate it.
thank you,
John
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5 Replies
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Select the clips that you want to change, then select Modify/Remove Subclip limits. They will then change their reference back to the whole clip, with in and out points set within it that are the same as your original subclip. You can then re-subclip them, or just work with them as they are.
Jerry
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Also, you can do the same in either the Browser, or after you put the original subclip in the timeline… select it from the timeline to remove it’s limits in that case.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO, CD’s
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Jerry,
Thanks for the quick reply. Such a quick and easy solution. I tried to look it up, but could not find it in the manual.
Thanks to the cow and to you,
John
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[John Aufderheide] “It is as if the subclip is a separate clip from the original long clip. Is that the case?”
Indeed, this is a strange peculiarity in the way FCP works is very much different from most NLEs. Other NLEs treat a subclip purely as metadata, allowing the user to change it at will. FCP actually creates a new master clip. Its does still refer to the original source clipo, but it has what Apple refers to in the manual as “artificial subclip limits.” In my opinion its a strange way and inelegant way of dealing with the matter, but so long as you are aware of it, it won’t bother you too much.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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[Jerry Hofmann] “Select the clips that you want to change, then select Modify/Remove Subclip limits. They will then change their reference back to the whole clip, with in and out points set within it that are the same as your original subclip. You can then re-subclip them, or just work with them as they are.”
Good one Jerry. I use subclips so much too, but I never used that one.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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