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Forcing clips to be master clips
I have a bunch of merged clips with dual-system sound attached that have lost their merged clips connection. I suspect this happened when I used the make master clips from the timeline function. It created new master clips but without the merged clip connection. All of these clips that used tracks 3-8 in the timeline are now only using tracks 1&2 (the bad camera mic) and are missing tracks 3-8.
I have all the clips merged in another project and would love to figure out a way to tell Final Cut that these clips should be the master clips you are reading for these sequences, so the edited timeline clips can link to them. However, I’m afraid this can’t be done. Can anyone help me figure this out or this a media management limitation in FCP?
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I don’t understand why you need to make them master clips… they’ll reconnect without being that I’d think.
Jerry
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Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
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After I’ve replaced the old 2 ch audio clips in the browser with the new 8 ch audio clips and used the make master clip command to the new imported clips to get the check in the master clip column, match framing loads into the viewer the clip with 2 ch. of audio. The edited clip in the timeline is not recognizing the new master clip I imported into the browser.
Once the clip is match framed in the viewer, if I press shift-f I get the error message that says there is no master clip in this project, would you like FCP to create one for you?
I’m wondering if FInal Cut Server can address these central media management issues?
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Then when you match frame a merged clip it doesn’t show up in the Viewer as it is merged with all the audio tracks? Seems to me that is what is supposed to happen. Even a subclip will do just that, and it doesn’t have to be a master clip.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO, CD’s
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Yes, because these clips are affiliate clips to the bad master clips with 2 ch. of audio. There’s no way to change the affiliation of these affiliate clips as far as I know
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Maybe if you make them independent clips? Have you tried that?
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO, CD’s
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