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Compound clips vs new Storylines- best uses for each
When you need to group clips, which exist either as connected clips or in the main storyline, you have 2 main options
1- compound clips
2- secondary storylines
Since both function to group clips, can anyone explain when you might use one over the other?
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I use compound clips to group “things” that I am “done with”. For example I was on a gig yesterday where the client wanted to use just certain parts of a music bed. I cut the song up to make it work, did the mix and was finished. For simple organization, I put all the music cuts into one compound clip. Same thing with various sound effects. Of course FCPX then creates a new clip in the event for each.
Secondary story lines for me are a way to keep my options open when cutting cover footage and the like. I probably don’t use them as much as I should and need to learn more about using them.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter
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