FCPX – How do you add Notes to a tagged range and not the entire clip?

[Ann Marie]

Aloha Mark, Mahalo. I have a good system that’s working on the project I am doing now, but I will certainly try what you suggested on my next long format project.

[Mark Smith]

Bula! Mahalo!
Hey if what you have is working, then let it work. I’ve bumped heads with sub clipping and keywording a few times and what I wrote about works for me. I’m interested in how you solved the problem so if you have some screen shots or notes you can share, that would be appreciated.

[Bill Davis]

Hi Ann Marie.

One early realization that every X editor has to understand is that key worded ranges are very different from traditional “subclips” in this sense …

Range selections are never really “stand alone” things, but more like “windows” into the underlying source clip.

This reflects in many ways. For instance, renaming one “clip” in a set of ranges, can rename them all. This confuses new editors, but makes perfect sense when you see them as the “windows” I describe. You are renaming the underlying whole clip – so all the instances what are just virtual windows into it change too.

One really useful aspect of this is how when you insert a range selection into your storyline, you can often drag its boundaries out to the length of the underlying source clip if you like.

This makes adding transitions, for example significantly easier since most range selections arrive with natural ample pads attached.

Hope some of this helps you better conceptuslize how X functions.

Creator of XinTwo – https://www.xintwo.com
The shortest path to FCP X mastery.

[Mathew Farrell]

Hi guys, I’m struggling with this one too.

I can’t seem to add a note to a range. No matter what I do, it gets added to the whole clip.

When the clips are in list view I can’t add notes, just read what’s there. Does this sound correct?
The only way I can see to enter a note is in the inspector, which looks like it refers to the whole clip and not the range.

Even if I manage to get just the range in my browser/list, the inspector affects the whole clip.

Mathew Farrell
flowstate.com.au

[Mathew Farrell]

Er, scratch that. I can do it now. Not at all sure what I was doing wrong before, but I’m back in business.

Mathew Farrell
flowstate.com.au

[Mark Smith]

Re reading this thread just now, it finally sinks in that the OP Anne Marie wanted to “subclip” long interview clips and then rename those subclips something more appropriate to her project or way of thinking.

I do that by selecting a range , making it a favorite and changing the default “favorite” to “Bob explains why….” which is the way I name a clip range, in this subclipping scheme and then in notes field I can add a summary or verbatim text of the subject.

[Teddy Zegeye-gebrehiwot]

Hey- I think i get what you are asking.

Here is what I do, for things like long interview clips:

1) I break up a large clip by “deleting” sections in between it (rejecting) The part I reject is the part where the interviewer is asking the question or whatever way I can break it up.

2) and then I change the display, in the browser, to “hide rejected clips”. What remains are the smaller chunks (ie comparable to sub clips). Visually this is great because it breaks a long clip into little chunks.

3) I create a keyword for each little chunk. I use the word “question” and for the note, I write out a summary of the question.

4) Now each keyword corresponds to a ‘subclip’ and I make further notes using favourites/keywords for each little chunk.

I copied this technique from “This Guy Edits” youtube channel.

I am not sure if this is the correct video, but I think it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn1-aCP715U

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[Ann Marie]

Aloha Teddy,

Mahalo. Totally makes sense. I will check out the youtube clip you attached. Have a great day!