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How to do efx on FCP
For some time now I have wanted to create an effect and use it the way I have done for years with the Avid but I cant figure out how to do this. Of course, I thought, if I cant do it it cant be done!
On second thought, maybe I should ask the Cow, several years after the fact.
With the Avid I can drag an effect from the effects pallet to the time line and drop the effect on an empty video track and it will effect everything under that video track. This is a fantastic system the I have found endlessly valuable.
I want to do this with FCP but, it wont do this. I tried putting slug on an empty track and effecting that, no go, I tried putting a video clip on an empty track above where I wanted to effect, then bringing the oppasity to 0 and adding an effect to that, no go.
Does anyone know how to do this?Thanks
Chris
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3 Replies
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You are gonna have to nest your sequence, than add the effect to the nest.
Shane
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Or select all the clips you wish to add the efx to and then drag and drop it on one, with them all selected.
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Thanks for the suggestions, unfortunately my hope was to have the effect on the timeline not inside a clip so I could do things faster while keeping the ability to effect only a cut here or there. Of course I could do a nest for each transition I wanted but that would be a mess and be much more work then the way I am trying to copy from Avid. I guess if my question is, how can I get FCP to work with effects on the timeline with the flexibility of the other system the answer is no, you cant do it.
I love cutting with FCP and doing efx work with the Avid, I guess I now know why I never asked before.
Thanks for the suggested work arounds.
Chris
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