[Andrew Shtern]

You should check video source switch in FCP timeline.

Where V1 is your working video track.

Andrew Shtern
Editor/Colorist
The Coffeepost @Kiev, UA

[Andrew Shtern]

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[Andrew Shtern]

[Sascha Haber] “No, it means you should work in file and folder based projects and not use 1 long quicktimes :)”

If that was so simple…
Real life example, RED shot documentary. Each source r3d is about 15-20 minutes long. I’ve made a cut, then go to Resolve to grade it. At some point I’ve get to the shot, that needs complicated masking (no other post or vfx added). So I’ve rendered this shot (about 3 sec long) as QT movie, and give it to roto artist. He made a matte for me (same length, as the shot, of course). And what should I do about it? Add 15000-20000 empty frames to the beginning of the matte sequence? I cannot put this short QT clip in the timeline, because then I’m gonna lose all RED controls and so.
Yes, I’m aware of possibility to trim source r3d’s with RedCineX, or render them as DPX. But if I’ll make some edit changes, I will be forced to go through this process again and again, which is not time/disk space wise.
In my humble opinion, there is something wrong about it. Or maybe I’m just getting it wrong :))

Andrew Shtern
Editor/Colorist
The Coffeepost @Kiev, UA

[Andrew Shtern]

[charlie ellis] “Your matte needs to be the exact same length as the foreground clip or source”

So, basically it means, that if I want to use external matte for 1 sec long clip, that was cut from 1 hour long source, my matte should be 1 hour long????
What’s the purpose of the Shift Timecode option then???

Andrew Shtern
Editor/Colorist
The Coffeepost @Kiev, UA

[Andrew Shtern]

Am I alone with this problem?