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Timeline questions
HI,
I dont mean to just pop in and ask questions but im trying to get the hang of FCP. I currently use Edius and im trying to do the same thing on FCP just to get started. 1. I left a post a while ago about seperating the controls on the audio which was answered by un checking “Stero pair” is there a way I can make that applie to the whole project without having to hit every clip? 2. is there a way to get the clips to automaticly “ripple” so I dont need to manually overlap them to put in a transistion? 3. is there a way to set up FCP pro for a mono mix output? So when I pan right ot left on a clip the result come out on both channels mixed.Thanks
Randy Johnson
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o.k. I figured one out, I found the “Down mix” button so I can output mono.
Randy Johnson
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[Randy Johnson] “. I left a post a while ago about seperating the controls on the audio which was answered by un checking “Stero pair” is there a way I can make that applie to the whole project without having to hit every clip?”
On the timeline, in the upper right hand corner, there are two buttons. The one on the left is the LINKING button. Click it to deactivate it. This should turn off linking globally.
[Randy Johnson] “2. is there a way to get the clips to automaticly “ripple” so I dont need to manually overlap them to put in a transistion?”
I am not understanding this. If you place two clips on the same layer and have them touching, you can add a dissolve. No need to overlap. Just make sure to give yourself enough “handles.” Or is this what you want? You want to have two clips that butt up against each other to manually “move in” or ripple in 15 frames on either side as you add a 30 frame dissolve? I HOPE NOT. That would really mess up the show time. Adding a dissolve will make my show shorter, and when shows are strictly timed, this can be a mess. iMovie does this, FCP does not. You need to plan for the handles.
[Randy Johnson] “3. is there a way to set up FCP pro for a mono mix output?”
Yes. Click on the Timeline then press APPLE-0 (zero). Click on the AUDIO OPTIONS tab and you can set the output to dual mono if you wish.
Rule #1 when switching editing platforms…do NOT try to make the new system you are editing with work like the old system. They will not. Learn how to do what you need to do on the current system you are using.
Shane
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Shane,
Thanks for the response! First of all so you know I do weddings so show length is not an issue for me. I dont want to make seem like im trying to make FCP into Edius but there were some things it did that sped up my work flow and im trying to see if I can do the same in FCP. I think you got what I was looking for, In Edius I can drop 2 clips next to each other then drop in a dissolve and Edius would automaticly ripple back a second to add the handles. This made it great for doing alot of redundant in camera editied clips. tweaking every shot would be tedious for the kinda work I do but if thats the way it is so be it. To be honest im trying to make FCP work because I love the rest of the package so much (livetype,DVDSP 4, motion) im hoping to learn to love FCP too.Thanks Again.
Randy Johnson
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I think that in Edius, if you do not have “handles” it creates duplicate frames of the last frame to give the extra 15 or so frames.
That is why if you do not have handles, the effect is not as niceBuz
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I think Premiere Pro does that too, I get a warning that it will have to “Make up frames”but I looked and looked and I cant see any artifacts or glitches.
Randy Johnson
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I got home and tried clicking the “un link” button and that only seperates the audio from the video. I need to seperate the audio track 1 from audio track 2 globaly. Right now I can uncheck the “stereo pair” drop down but i have to do this on every clip.
Randy Johnson
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If you highlight he clips and hit OPT-L it is much faster.
Sorry that I don’t know what to do globally.
Shane
Littlefrog Post
http://www.lfhd.net
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