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Is this possible?
Hi,
Lets say you have 2 or more clips that you would like to have on screen at once–perhaps one on the left side of frame and one on the right.
You would like to have each of the two clips transition on at separate times–perhaps a wipe.
How might this be accomplished in FCPX since you can’t put a transition on anything except the bottommost clip.
Many thanks!
Lance
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[Lance Moody] “How might this be accomplished in FCPX since you can’t put a transition on anything except the bottommost clip.”
Create a secondary storyline and you can do the wipe.
All the rest is easy and possible.
David
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Lord Herbert
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Creating a compound clip would work well here as well, since your mask or crop or however you split the screen up can be applied to then entire compound clip (aka “nested” clip)
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I’m calling it FCX. They took the “pro” out, so I will too.
I’ll reconsider after the first upgrade.Mark Morache
Avid/Xpri/FCP7/FCX
Evening Magazine,Seattle, WA
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Thanks Guys,
I see that these solutions do work.
I don’t understand the metaphor of the why however.
Why do I WANT to make a clip a secondary storyline when it is already sitting there exactly where I want it with some artificial state that prevents a transition being placed upon it. It doesn’t make sense.
But many thanks for the answers.
Lance
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I understand that you can’t put transitions to clips that are spiked to the primary storyline.
I think the logic of the secondary storyline is that everything needs to be spiked to something in the primary storyline. If I’m dropping 4 or 5 b-roll shots over some voice over, it’s much easier to have the b-roll in a storyline, as opposed to each shot spiked to the primary storyline.
If I spiked 5 shots individually to the primary storyline, then I would have to move each one separately if I rearranged them. If they’re in a secondary storyline then it’s easy to move and trim them in their own little magnetic storyline.
I’m still not convinced this is easier in the long run, but I’m willing to give it a go.
I wish there were a way to apply an effect, or change motion parameters to a secondary storyline. I know we can do that in a compound clip, but I still like to see my clips in the timeline. One reason being that the clips inside a compound clip aren’t listed in the timeline index.
But there I go again, being a hater, when I’m actually a lover.
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I’m calling it FCX. They took the “pro” out, so I will too.
I’ll reconsider after the first upgrade.Mark Morache
Avid/Xpri/FCP7/FCX
Evening Magazine,Seattle, WA
blogging at https://fcpx.wordpress.com -
“I don’t understand the metaphor of the why however.”
Secondary stroylines are handy when you want to change the duration of the shots above your primary storyline or ive you make modifiations of time to your primary storyline.
They are also nice for lining up titles over multiple shots, etc. or if you want to move sections of Brol around.
Once you start using them they are great. It’s like being able to picture lock sections of the edit that you like and want to move around in a group. It becomes one object instead of twelve shots.
Compund clips are cool this way too because you can name them.
Its such a custom way to work.
David
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The shortest answer is doing.
Lord Herbert
https://vimeo.com/battistella -
Great question and great answers 😉
Now if only most out there can read all this so that they can just learn the damn thing and quit whining 🙂
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