Sequence in Event versus in Project

[Craig Seeman]

[Oliver Peters] ” The hitch for me is that I make changes at the points where I join reels. I never have used nests in the past because of all the problems nests have caused. So, I wouldn’t be able to stay within the boundaries at the end of a compound clip, since I might have transitional shots or effects.”

Break Apart Clips and the Compounds are “un Compounded.”

Related is one of my little niggles about FCPX and Compound clips. You can create them in the Event Browser and bring them into a Timeline but those created in a Timeline can’t go into the Event Browser.

[Mark Morache]

[Oliver Peters] “I’m always keeping an eye towards the overall length”

Yes, that’s why I was thinking of compounding the clip then duplicating the audition, so you could manage several changes and not just the one clip.

[Oliver Peters] “What sort of bloat (if any) does this cause?”

Not sure. For me the bloat comes when I take a compound clip and start treating it like any other clip, cutting it up into bits. Every time you cut a compound clip, you effectively double the data. When you’re taking about versions of a 30 second spot, I don’t think the increase in project size would be unmanagable.

There are other ways to deal with the shot length change. I’ve done some crazy gymnastics to have the other needed changes all in the same audition. Basically the audition clip needs to be the length you need, then any other b-roll (or a-roll) shots need to be attached to that clip so they cycle through with the audition clip.

[Oliver Peters] “I make changes at the points where I join reels”

Well, you can modify the length of each audition clip, but if one audition uses a dissolve at the end and another uses a wipe, I can see how that can create issues. Again, that’s why auditioning a compound clip might be an effective way to go. As far as XML and OMF, it would be a simple matter of breaking apart the compound clip before you export.

My experience is that sometimes when you break the clip apart, it may execute it in unexpected ways. Tracks not being in the correct lanes for example. I wish there were a way to break a compound clip apart and FCX would remember the elements of that compound clip so that one click could put it back together along with any effects that were on top of the compound. Those effects go away when you break the clip apart.

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FCX. She tempts me, abuses me, beats me up, makes me feel worthless, then in the end she comes around, helps me get my work done, gives me hope and I can’t stop thinking about her.

Mark Morache
Avid/Xpri/FCP7/FCX
Evening Magazine,Seattle, WA
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