One Timeline Multiple Sequences

[David Grein]

You could grab the 20 individual sequences in the browser and batch export

[Steve Denn]

All the sequences are from one timeline.

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[Steve Eisen]

Set an in point and an out point and export (QuickTime Movie, not conversion) each of your so called sequences on your timeline. I would call them segments. That is why FCP allows you to have multiple sequences per project.

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Eisen Video Productions
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Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Steven Gonzales]

You could duplicate your timeline many times, delete all but the segment you want from each, then batch export.

As others have mentioned, Final Cut calls it’s timelines “sequences” so when you say you have sequences inside timelines, you are using confusing nouns.

If you have a different purpose for a series of clips, it’s easier to put them in a separate timeline (sequence) and give it a separate name.

[David Grein]

well you could mark in & out on your TL & export each one individually (drag). I would create individual sequences for each spot & do a batch export.

[Steve Denn]

These are not segments these are separate sequences within one timeline. I understand that FCS allows many sequences per project. I work for FOX & have an editor that does all are in house tagging. He does Monday – Sunday promo spots that are :5’s :10’s :15’s :20’s :30’s all in one project & all in one timeline. He could have up to 60 spots per day. YES he could have 60 separate timelines & export those one at a time. His work flow is a little different than the rest of us. So getting back to the question at hand, is it possible to export multiple segments or whatever you need to name it, in one timeline to individual files.

Thanks Again

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[Steve Eisen]

The correct way of doing it is to create many sequences per project and BATCH exporting the sequences. Very simple. No need to do it one at a time. It’s learning the correct workflow.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Steven Gonzales]

The nomenclature of the application Final Cut Pro might not be the same nomenclature used at Fox, but we’re using the nouns that are used in the Final Cut Pro User’s manual.

No, you cannot export multiple different portions of a Final Cut Pro sequence simultaneously.

If you always placed the different portions at the same location in the timeline (for example, if video was placed at the even 10 minute marks in the timeline) you might be able to export use a key macro program to select and export portions, such as Keyboard Maestro, iKey, and QuicKey.

Final Cut Pro is not a scriptable application via Applescript or Automator, but perhaps you could export one large quicktime, and write an applescript to split that automatically.

Applescript has the following commands in its Quicktime dictionary:

select v : Select a range of time
select specifier : the movie whose selection is to be set
[at integer] : starting time of the selection
[to integer] : end time of the selection

export v : Export a movie or track to a file
export specifier : the movie or track to export
to file : the destination file
as AIFF/Apple TV/AVI/BMP/DV stream/Fast Start QTVR Movie/FLC/hinted movie/image sequence/interframe compressed VR object movie/iPhone/iPhone cellular/iTunes/MuLaw/MPEG2/MPEG4/picture/QuickTime media link/QuickTime movie/QuickTime TeXML/standard MIDI/System 7 sound/text file/ThreeGPP/wave : the desired file type
[using default settings/most recent settings] : the export settings to use
[using settings preset text] : the name of the export settings preset to use
[using settings file] : the file containing the export settings
[replacing boolean] : should the original file be deleted first?

[Steve Denn]

No, you cannot export multiple different portions of a Final Cut Pro sequence simultaneously

The first word is the key word. That’s all we needed to know!

Thanks Again for your time.

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[Alan Okey]

You might want to check out XMEdit’s Traffic for complex workflows like what you describe. It’s a node-based companion editing application designed to expand the capabilities of Final Cut Pro.

https://xmedit.com/