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Relinked master clips retain proxy names in library and timeline?
Hi all!
I’m on FCPX 10.4.9.
I brought in a project that was originally supposed to be edited on Premiere (original editor got a feature, and had to exit project). We had created proxies for all our media using Compressor. When we moved the project into FCPX, we used the proxies as originals, instead of using the FCPX ‘make proxies’ feature.
The edit is mostly done, and ready to send out to grading, so I’m trying to reconnect to the original media, but when I relink everything, the clips still retain the ‘proxy’ names in both the library and timeline.
When I right click on the clip in the library, and choose “Reveal in Finder” it takes me to the master, not the proxy clip, but it’s just a bit unsettling that it didn’t update the name all through the clips in the library and timeline.
Is there a way to force FCPX to update the names?
thx!
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5 Replies
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Unfortunately, this is a missing, but needed feature. I’d suggest sending feedback to Apple.
But, the XML will point to the right files and filenames, so you shouldn’t have an issue. What application is doing the grading?
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Thanks, I’m not sure yet how the color correction’s going to be done. Do any platforms play better with FCPX than others?
thx!
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Did you try changing the names of the master files adding proxy to their names? Just relink afterwards. I use a free app called something like “namechanger” to batch rename files.
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When media is originally imported to FCPX, while clip names are taken from the original disk file names, within FCPX those are actually more like labels. In FCPX you can rename them anything and they will still point to the same disk file.
When you relink, it retains the original clip label name. That’s the way it has always worked. I’m not sure the reasoning behind it. However many users rename those clip label names within FCPX to aid in organization. You also might do lots of work creating smart collections or other filtering dependencies on the original clip label names. If relink changed all those it could cause problems.
However you can manually batch rename FCPX clips using the procedure shown in this Ripple Training tutorial:
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Wow! Super useful.
Thx!
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