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projects in timeline history
I’m working on a trailer for a documentary. I have the film set up in three projects representing each act. I would like to keep each of the three acts “active” in my timeline history so I can move back and forth between the acts and selecting bits and pieces here and there and pasting them to the new trailer project.
When I open 3 or 4 projects, it seems to forget some of them and I can’t cut and paste between projects without going back to the browser and reopening the project. I would use the timeline with all THREE acts but it is too big with too many effects, etc. and is too slow.
Is there a limit to the number of projects that I can keep active? I used to remember having 7 or 8 projects open in the past, but not any more.
Running latest FCP X on Mac OS 10.10.5 Yosemite.
Thanks for any help.
Mark Hayes
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5 Replies
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Project history is not that reliable for this sort of thing. I think you’ll have an easier workflow by simply renaming the 3 or 4 projects with a similar prefix- like FINAL or something easy to remember. Then create a Smart Collection filtering only for Projects and only for text including FINAL and then you’ll have those 3 just a click away. Closest you’ll get to a tabbed workflow in FCPX.
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Its not a history. Its a forward and back browser exactly like a web browser forward and back navigation. If you open 4 projects, then navigate backward 3 projects, then open another project from the browser, you’ve just deleted the 3 projects from your forward navigation because you’ve just created a new forward navigation. You’ve caused a rift in the navigation time continuum and nothing will ever be the same again.
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Did you attempt Noah’ advise?
Seems like that is a real powerful way of doing things.
I will do it myself for my
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Just use the browser arrows blow the canvas to navigate through each project.
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