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Editing workflow question
Hi to all! Great group!
This is basically a fundamental question, and has to do with an editing workflow. So far, my editing in FCP has just been for a few short months. I’m learning more and more and now starting to shoot bigger and more complicated assignments. Up to now, I’ve mainly been doing in and out points and dragging them into the timeline in the order of how an event unfolds. Fairly simple on most of my projects so far.
Recently, I taped an all day music festival capturing a little over 4 hours raw tape. I’m now ready to edit all the footage into a documentary. I didn’t realize what a daunting task this is turning out to be! I have so many starts and stops on the camera, I can’t remember where a particular take is and on which roll. So one question I have: can one do an “in and out” point on a clip, and drag it back into the browser and or put it into a folder of similar clips to keep track of them all? Is this the right approach? Or can I just build sequences of everything and then cut and paste them all together in the order I desire?
I know there must be a standard approach to this in the owners manual, but could someone suggest to me a good way to overview a lot of captured footage to make decision making easier?
Thanks so much!
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[Jonny Cates] “can one do an “in and out” point on a clip, and drag it back into the browser and or put it into a folder of similar clips to keep track of them all? Is this the right approach?”
You can create subclips by marking an in and an out pointb and hitting command-U. However, I now prefer to mark clips with a marker at the head of a clip by simply hitting “M.” you will notice that creates a dropdown with separate sub-entries under the master clip in the Browser. And, each of those can be renamed to whatever spe you want. Either method works.
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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You may already know this, but if you mark a clip with markers, you can drag or option drag (copy) those markers to another bin, and they all turn in to subclips.
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David
That was a great tip! It’s already making this task much easier to manage, and is working perfectly.
Thanks so much
Jonny
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Steven
Do you mean a marker placed on a clip that’s already in the timeline? Or do you mean a marker placed on a clip in the viewer?
Thanks!
Jonny
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If you want to break down a long clip, open in the viewer and put markers where you want each section to start.
Then you will notice that in the browser, these appear under the clip when you twirl open the triangle next to the clip name.
These can be made to subclips by dragging somewhere else, or you can just double click the marker in the brower to open up that section in the viewer.
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I thought you’d like that…
Oh, and my thanks to Steven for filling-in and futher explaining while I was out at a dinner party last night.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY â„¢
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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Hey Steven
These tips really have helped me tremendously…. I’ve been breaking down my clips all night long using the methods mentioned here…and it sure makes the cutting workflow smoother and less confusing.
Thanks again!
Jonny
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