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2 Questions; Grouping Without Nesting/Sliding In-OutPoints
2 Questions:
1) Is there a way to group many clips together in Final Cut Pro without nesting them into a new timeline?
Why would I want to do this? Maybe I’m done editing a specific amount of clips and I want to move them around as 1 group as so they don’t get accidentally destroyed. It also gives the option to quickly ungroup them, make an edit, and regroup them without having to go back into another timeline.
Premiere Pro has been able to do this for a long time. There must be a way to do this in Final Cut.
2) Is there a way to slide the in or out point of many clips all at the same time?
Say I have 3 video clips all sitting on top of each other on the timeline. They all have the exact in/out points. I want to slide the in or out points of all the video/audio at the same time. Right now, I have to slide every single track of video 1 by 1.
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1 Reply
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1. Virtual clips is not a function in FCP. Nesting is the way to do what you want. Or you can ripple cut and paste insert to move groups of clips.
2. If you really mean sliding clips so they move down the timeline maintaining their In and Out points, then use shift click to select the clips, activate the slide tool (SS) then use the bracket keys to slide the clips up and down the timeline. If you mean rolling the edit point on multiple tracks you can command click on the edit points or use the edit select tool (G) to select multiple edit points on different tracks and then use the E key to do an extend edit.
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 4 Editing Workshop”
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