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marking long clip for subclips in Final Cut Express 4
New to FCE 4… I’m wanting to break a 90 minute film into subclips to create a shorter film (about 45 minutes), and will be changing the audio track once the film is shortened. Is the best approach to play the film in the Viewer and hit ‘m’ where a section is to be deleted or a subclip created, then convert all markers to subclips?
It seems when trying this that I’m always a bit late with hitting ‘m’ and as a result the marker is useless because it can’t be moved back to the proper frame.
Kind Regards, Michael
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What format is the media? Shot in DV? It can easily be converted to subclips using DV Start/Stop Detect. Otherwise the more common way to work is to mark In and Out points and convert each into a subclip.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
Thanks for the quick reply! The media is a single .mv4 file, without any markers that I can tell.
So in setting in and out points and making a subclip each time, I would be looking for only the areas to be kept in the shorter film, yes?
Is there a most efficient way to set the in/out points and generate the subclip each time? Tricks/tips?
Kind Regards, Michael
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BTW, would the ripple or roll or other tools allow me to cope with adjusting clips in the sequence? If I use the subclip generation technique of hitting ‘m’ in the long version of the film wherever I want to start a clip (either a section to keep or a section to leave behind), then move all the “good clips” to the new sequence, can I adjust their start/stop points in the new sequence to extend “behind/earlier in time” than the original marker? If so, would that be easier and still be just as effective?
Kind Regards,
Michael -
Stop there. MPEG-4 does not edit in FCE natively. It should not be used. You should use MPEG Streamclip to transcode the media to QuickTime.
Subclipping should not really be thought of as an editing function, more an organizational function. You select large pieces that you want to work with. Do not try to cut it too tightly.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
Once you have made the subclip you cannot roll the edit to extend beyond the subclip without going through the process of removing the subclip limits, which will take you back to the original 45 minute clip.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”
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