subclip doesn’t have handles?

[Nick Meyers]

“An AVID editor missing AVID :)”

ah, yes…
well, in avid you can extend your subclips,
in FCP you cant.
the boundaries are hard.

however you can REMOVE the subclip boundaries altogether:
select the clip, Modify Menu > remove subclip limits.

cheers,
nick

[David Roth weiss]

The following is excerpted from Part 1-page 38 of the Apple FCS2 manual:

Removing Subclip Limits
A subclip, just like a clip, refers to a media file on your scratch disk. The difference between a clip and a subclip is that a subclip imposes artificial limits (called subclip limits) to make the subclip appear shorter in Final Cut Pro than the actual media file. A subclip refers to only a portion of a media file, while a clip refers to the whole
media file.

If you compare a clip and a subclip that both refer to the same media file, the only significant difference between them is that their Media Start and Media End properties are different. The subclip’s Media Start time may be later than the clip’s Media Start time, or its Media End time may be earlier than the clip’s Media End time. Often, both are true.

A subclip’s artificially imposed subclip limits can be removed at any time. The subclip becomes a normal clip that refers to the entire duration of the media file (from Media Start to Media End).

To extend the Media Start and End points of a subclip to those of the original
media file:
1 Open the subclip in the Viewer.
2 Choose Modify > Remove Subclip Limits.
The subclip becomes a normal clip, and now references the entire source media file. The subclip in the Browser no longer has a subclip icon, but instead a normal clip icon.

Important: When you remove a subclip’s limits, all affiliated subclips also become normal clips.

David Roth Weiss
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[Jason Brown]

Hey Thanks Nick and David!

This is exactly the answer I was looking for. A bit strange as to how it changes the subclips back into normal clips…I’m still dumfounded by a few things in FCP…some of it is nicer but other things are just really strange and unnecessary.

One good thing about removing subclip bounds is that the new full clip keeps in and out points that reference the original subclip. I liked that.

One thing that I don’t understand when it comes to final cut is when I double click a clip in the timeline…it opens a new instance of that clip. What are the benefits of this? Why not reference original footage? Just trying to understand it better.

Thanks again for your help guys!

-Jason

[Nick Meyers]

Hi, Jason.

that’ll make more sense when you get past the assembly stage.
double clicking a clip into the viewer gives you a platform to work on that clip.

have a closer look at a clip you;ve opened it the viewer from the timeline.
there is a double row of grey dots in the white scrubbing area.
a clip opened from the browser, or the finder will just have white.

anything you do to a clip opened in the viewer from the timeline is actually happening to the clip in the timeline.
well it IS that clip in the timeline.

so the viewer is where you can tweak and fine tune filters, motion effects, volume.

you can also affect in & out points in the viewer instance of a timeline clip.

i will often use this to edit audio,
as the trim window doesn’t show waveforms.

exampe – slide:
there’s a mic bump between some words, and i want to replace it with clean fill.
blade either side of the bump,
double click into viewer,
holding SHIFT,
grab with the in or out point, and drag to a clear patch of audio.

pus you can invoke the ripple and roll tools while in the viewer,
and actually edit/trim your clips, while looking at the audio

nick