Multi-cam clip in a compound clip

[Bill Davis]

[Tony Corapi] ” I still don’t quite understand though why if I create a compound clip in the event browser and do a open in timeline command and put a multi-cam sequence into it why when I highlight the clip there is no video or audio parameters in the inspector.”

I don’t fully understand why either. I wonder if there might be circumstances where aggregating multiple pointers toward other metadata arrangements into one new expression (a compound clip, as I understand it) then reading that into a new timeline – and re-compounding that with other arrangements (multi-cam) – that there might be a point where maintaining the ability to apply new metadata to those very complex constructions might get burdensome to the program, so perhaps at some point you have to limit the users ability to “reach back” into the streams and keep adding new metadata modifications?

Again, this is theoretical on my part and purely speculative. I’m no FCP-X “plumbing guru” just a user who’s trying to find ways to think about the app that lead to successful use and clarity and that explain why things are the way they are.

As I mentioned before, when I find things that slow things down in X, even if those things are extremely convenient (and compound clips have been in that category for me in the past) I start to think of them as things to use sparingly – rather than a general solution to all similar problems. I’ve seen people use compound clips like a bad page designer uses typefaces, slapping them around regardless of whether there might be a simpler, cleaner way to do the same thing.

So I’m warry. That’s all.

Drop back and let us know how you end up doing the project.

I’d be interested in the approach that works best for you.

Take care.

“Before speaking out ask yourself whether your words are true, whether they are respectful and whether they are needed in our civil discussions.”-Justice O’Connor

[Tony Corapi]

I will indeed and I am having fun even when I don’t totally understand. 🙂

Tony Corapi