Applying Filters – does Final Cut have “filler” vidoe to be placed above others?

[Tom Wolsky]

This is not the way this application works. There is no analogous function in FCP.

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” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[David Battistella]

Tom,

Couln’t nesting work in this way?

You could make a series of nests in a timeline to accomplish this, but it is much better to apply the filters directly to a clip.

If you want to cover several clips then it is best to nest the items and then apply the filters to the nested sequence.

ps: nesting in FCP and AVID are not the same.

David

Peace and Love 🙂

[Michael Noble]

Thanks guys – It looks like nesting in FPC is similar to video mixdown in Avid.

I’ll give that a whirl.

[Tom Wolsky]

You might want to read up on nesting because it doesn’t work as you might expect it to. It does not create an intermediate file that the effects are applied to. I think you’re better off using paste attributes as it gives you more flexibility for adjusting individual shots.

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” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[Enzo Tedeschi]

I agree with Tom.

Video Mixdown in Avid is not really anything like an FCP nest. You lose all reference to original material in an AVID mixdown for a start.

One thing that might help in tandem with Paste Attributes, is that unlike Avid, you can paste the attributes or apply effects filters to multiple clips at once simply by multiple-selecting the clips in the timeline, and dragging or pasting the effect onto the selection.

Enzo Tedeschi
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