A puzzler for you.

[Darren Roark]

I think that may work! I’m going to try it and report back.

[Darren Roark]

It’s now confusing even me. Let’s say for ease, there are ten edited timelines that were exported as self contained clips. Then those ten timelines were brought back to FCPX and chopped up to make a new project.

I have then went back to those ten timelines projects that reference the original camera files and created compound clips that are identical to their self contained rendered counterparts.

The need is in order to finish this film I need to have a timeline that is linked to the original camera files. (They rendered out h.264s with temp color corrections >:(

Yes, it’s a mess, and I will have to replace them shot by shot. With 1000+ cuts it’s going to be no fun.

[Jeremy Garchow]

Got it. Sorry for being a dunce.

Those self contained movies have a tc of zero, right?

Why can’t you just follow the self contained clip tc back to the orig sequence tc mark an in, shift f, option r? Shift f matches back to clip in event, option-r, replaces from start?

Am I making sense?

It saves the step of the compound.

For instance, first clip on your timeline is from “self contained 5” at 2:45:12.

You go to the self contained 5 timeline at 2:45:12, shift-f, mark in, back to edited timeline, option-r (or add video as connected clip if there’s been extensive audio work done on the timeline).

No matter what, this will be a shot by shot process.

As T said, you can do all of the shots from each self contained at once by searching in TL index.

[Bret Williams]

If the big problem is that the self contained exports have temporary color corrections, just reexport those ten timelines with the same name and specs. Then reconnect the 10 clips in the event to the newly created non-color corrected ones. Done no?

[Darren Roark]

That might just be a great solution! The main issue is the story is going through a recut and not having the camera files on the timeline is difficult for the editor who is used to doing everything on timelines. (He has never used a bin in his 15 year career!)

But this may be a good compromise. At least he can have those timelines as well.

Great idea.

[Darren Roark]

This is a great workflow idea. I was able to tackle one of the lesser reels in just over an hour. One down seven to go.

Thanks so much for your help!