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splitting clips
Hello Everyone,
I’m a new final cut using having switched from Adobe Premier. Anyway, I am having trouble with inserting one clip above another on the timeline. Everytime I do, the clip on the track below splits as though I am replacing that portion of the clip, not just laying another track overtop. It’s getting pretty frustrating. Any suggestions on how to stop FCP from doing this? -
5 Replies
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Learn to use a three-point edit and the Overlay command
Stop drag and dropping
Richard M. Harrington, PMP
Author: From Still to Motion, Video Made on a Mac, Photoshop for Video, Understanding Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut Studio On the Spot and Motion Graphics with Adobe Creative Suite 5 Studio Techniques
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Sounds like good advice. Can you elaborate a little?
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If you hover over the track where you wish to drop a clip you will see an arrow down or an arrow right, depending on where you hover. Drop the clip on arrow right and it ripples everything, drop on arrow down and it overlays or overwrites. And, the manual has this and more…
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.comPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing and Apple Final Cut Pro forums. Formerly host of the Apple Final Cut Basics, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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Thank you David. You might have just prevented my wife from having me committed. For some reason, I loath reading manuals, with predictable results I guess. I’ll pull out my cool little white box and see what other simple tricks I’m missing.
Geoff
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Thank you David. You might have just prevented my wife from having me committed. For some reason, I loath reading manuals, with predictable results I guess. I’ll pull out my cool little white box and see what other simple tricks I’m missing.
Geoff
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