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What am I doing wrong?…
Hi! First, thanks to those who helped create the calf side of the cow (though I don’t like being thought of as a calf, I know this is the place for my ‘learning’ questions, so I appreciate it…).
I’m editing a 2-camera multiclip in the timeline. I’ve read the manual, and it seems that all that is necessary to select the active angle is hit the keyboard short cut (a 1 or 2) to switch angles. This seems to work – the markers show up on the timeline & the new angle is highlighted after every keystroke – but as soon as I stop playback the markers disappear @ I’m left with the last angle selected as the active one for the whole clip.
I’m beginning to think that I may have assumed too much about switching; I feel that the intention of that tool is for use in ‘direct-to-tape’ cuts whereas I has assumed it was a clean way of selecting angles for easy tweaking afterwards. I can of course use the Cut Video selections instead, but I’d rather keep in the Switching realm (unless I’ve misunderstood the procedure). Your wisdom is appreciated.
Chris
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You are misunderstanding. Switch does what you’re seeing. It simply switches the angle. To actually edit you need to cut.
All the best,
Tom
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” DVD
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