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Can one create a composite clip like Media 100?
In Media 100, if you select more than one clip and put it in a bin you get a composite clip. Just drag it back into the timeline and everything you previously selected is there- edits intact.
FCP likes to take everything you selected and separate each clip as you are left with hundreds of clips in a bin.
Is there a FCP equivalent for this?
I’ve got this 3 hour program (Armenian Wedding) that I need to break up into 60 min segments for mini DV.
How are you all handling this?
Copy and Paste works but there must a more elegant solution.
Thanks.
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You can use embedded sequences to achieve the same usefulness as composite clips.
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Mark an in and an out on what you want to go to a particular tape, choose “print to tape” and choose “in to out” under the media drop down (this is from memory – I’m not in front of a system.)
Alternatively, duplicate your three hour sequence three times. Label them Segment 1, 2 and 3. In each sequence mark an in and an out on the material you don’t want, and press delete. Print each sequence to tape.
I think a nested clip is analogous to a Media 100 composite clip, based on your description. I don’t think you need to nest in this situation, though you could if you wanted to. To nest a section of you timeline, mark and in and an out, then press Option-C. Everything collapsed to one clip. If you double click it in the timeline it will load in the time line as a sequence. Option double click to load the nested clip into the viewer. Here is a good tutorial on the subject.
https://www.lafcpug.org/tutorials/basic_nest.html
Good luck with the Armenian Wedding.
Regards,
Tom Meegan
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