Andy Neil
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Some things are better done with keyframes. Clip scaling is one of those things. Particularly since you want the transition elements to start and end precisely.
Just ditch the behaviors and go with keyframes. You’ll be done in 30 seconds.
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Not in the way you’re suggesting, but you can isolate specific audio roles by opening the Index (CMD+SHIFT+2) and clicking on the roles tab, then unchecking all but the role you want to monitor. If you also select the role in the index you’ll be able to see them highlighted visually in your timeline so you can make a visual inspection of them as well.
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[Don Smith] “What happens is that you can set a destination for FUTURE imports only. It does not disturb media already ingested”
I’m not sure you tried what I suggested Don. Because I just did a quick test and it worked exactly as I suspected. Here’s the step by step.
Select Library. Open inspector.
Currently this is a managed Library meaning all media is in the Library package.
Click on the Media button. Choose new location.
Click the Consolidate button. Hit OK.FCPX will move all the media currently located in the Library to the new location, replacing that media with simlinks inside the library.
Andy
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I haven’t played with it much myself, but what happens if you modify the Library settings to an external folder and then Consolidate? Does it consolidate all the files to that media folder?
Andy
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It would work just like you think it should. Activate the color mask tool. click and drag in the area you want to create the mask. Go to the color board and make adjustments. Those adjustments are defaulted to inside the mask.
You can further constrain the color mask by using it in conjunction with shape masks.
Andy
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If FCPX doesn’t complete the import than the clips in the browser will be linked directly to the camera files. However, if you restart FCPX (like as in the event of a crash), the camera you were pulling from will be unmounted.
So first, just go into your import window and navigate to where your camera files are. Once FCPX sees them again, it’ll mount the camera and you can exit the import window. Then go up to the File menu and choose Re-import from Camera/Archive. FCPX will look at all the clips in your event that are linked to the camera and restart the transcode.
Andy
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[Robin S. Kurz] “I don’t actually know of NON-browser (i.e. event) compounds”
Not anymore. But when FCPX was first released, compounds that were created in the timeline were not available in the event. This oversight has since been corrected, but I sometimes forget.
Andy
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[James Ewart] “Yes sometimes I do get a bit boggled/curious really though. Wonder if I’m missing out on something because I always build CCs in a project/timeline.”
It’s fine to do that and if that’s all you need compounds for, then great. The additional functionality might not ever be necessary for you. Personally, I rarely use compounds, but I’ll give you a couple reasons why you might like to have them in the browser as opposed to only in the project.
1) Combining broll. These days, tapeless cameras split clips whenever the camera is turned off. This can lead to having tons of short clips. Sometimes I’ll grab all the related broll and throw it into a single connected clip and then I can scrub one clip for all the footage I need rather than have to sift through dozens of clips looking for a shot.
2) Browser compounds can be moved to other events, and even other libraries.
Andy
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