Andy Neil
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[Aindreas Gallagher] “I have a stack of three connected b-roll clips say – what do I do now?”
No, you keep reading where I say that your replace clip can lay atop all connected clips you want. If the replace clip is above the others, those others don’t show up.
Before replace:
After replace:
Andy
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[Simon Ubsdell] “And if I wanted to do an actual replace edit as it is commonly know, that would be easy, right?”
Of course not. But I know you know that, Simon so I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make by playing dumb. Aindreas was talking about overwriting connected clips and I was simply trying to show a method that might give him what he’s looking for that might be overlooked by most people not used to how FCPX does replace edits.
X doesn’t have the ability to do playhead sync replace edits. It’s a pet peeve of mine actually, but it also has nothing to do with what I was talking about. I’ll tell you what, I wish to hell that Avid could do an FCPX style replace edit because I find that I need that kind of edit often.
Andy
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[Simon Ubsdell] “What if you don’t want this behavior? In my experience I want the opposite result virtually all the time.”
I was addressing Aindreas’ desire to overwrite a connected clip. If you’re looking to do a replace edit where the length of the clip in the timeline determines the length of the replacing clip, then you use one of the other replace functions: Replace at Start (OPT+R), and Replace at End (mappable).
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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[Aindreas Gallagher] “I would like to target and overwrite a connected clip. I can’t – new entrants outside the primary are indestructible entries – until you nominate and produce a secondary storyline.”
Select connected clip. Go up to event browser. Choose new clip. Hit SHIFT+R to replace old connected clip with new one. The way FCPX does a standard replace edit is more like overwrite. It only works on a single clip, but it works fine. I almost never use overwrite as an option in X. Scratch that, I NEVER use overwrite as an option. I never find it necessary. Even if I want to overwrite a number of connected clips with a single long clip, the replace edit will time out to the length you choose in the browser, not the clip length in the timeline and it will connect above other connected clips down the line, making them unviewable. You can just lasso the other clips and delete them if you want to keep your sequence organized.
[Aindreas Gallagher] “also there are all these default lines connecting everything to the primary. has anyone noticed that? why in the sweet christ am I having to look at that.”
You don’t have to look at the connecting anchors. Go to the timeline display options (button in bottom right of project window). Uncheck the Show Connections box.
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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[Richard Herd] “What’s your personal decision metric for deciding which app to use for a particular project?”
Good question. It usually goes like this:
Projects which are quick turnarounds, heavy titles, short-form, digital narrative, shows with gfx packages, shows where I’m responsible for color and sound finishing, self-contained, most file-based workflows, mixed media, most mulicam workflows I’m going to use FCPX for. This is the bulk of my “at home” work.
Projects which are tape based, previously cut on Avid or FCP7, specific multicam workflows, film, long-form, shows requiring outside color and sound, 3D, shows with lots of “scripts” (for scriptsync) I’ll typically use Avid
Projects which require gfx that I can only do on After Effects I’ll use Premiere for.
I’ll admit that I’m prejudiced against Premiere. I’m least familiar with it and many things about it annoy me, but I’m working through some of those issues if only to be proficient enough to fill out my resume. Basically, if I can do it in Premiere, I’m more likely to do it in Avid. I’ve got 14 years experience on Avid and despite what people have said about Premiere being like FCP 8, I just don’t find it that way.
The long and short of it is if there’s a mapped out production pipeline, it’ll usually be Avid. If someone dumps a camera card in my lap, it’ll probably be FCPX.
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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Audio tracks CAN overlap in the secondary storyline. It works the same as it does in the primary. Here’s a picture of what it looks like.
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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[Lillian Young] “in 10.0.9, you have to select the clips and create a Storyline to secondary clips to create a transition.”
You may not have 10.0.9 because FCPX will absolutely create a secondary storyline for you if you simply select the edge of a connected clip and hit CMD+T (add default transition).
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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[Julian Bowman] “A good example is when I am cutting up music to lay down. I want all my bits of music connected to each other and ideally to anchor them to the start of the timeline without them being dependent upon a primary clip.”
Use a secondary storyline, not a compound clip. It does everything you want it to and you can even edit directly into it from the event browser.
Andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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Regarding your first question, there’s no reason not to have both if you own both. I personally have Avid MC 7, FCPX, and Premiere CC installed on the same partition. They all connect properly to my Kona LHI and I can use whichever one I need for the project.
Concerning the rest of your post. Everything you’re discussing is completely relevant to you. But objectively, in your example, having the title on a specific track has absolutely no bearing whatsoever in the result of the exported file. In other words, the “usefulness” of tracks or track-based workflow is entirely in your head.
Most people who prefer tracks with the reasoning that they “just want certain clips to share a common space”, do so because it allows for at-a-glance understanding of what you have. Perhaps you feel more in control or more organized in your edit. Nothing wrong with that. But it doesn’t change what the file looks like when you’re done.
If you’re doing it so you can keep track of your assets for selection or other manipulation, well, the timeline index and roles feature can help you with that.
Bottom line, either you can learn to enjoy the freedom of not having to assign tracks to clips and play track tetris with your sequence, or not. But I’ve never not been able to complete a project in X simply because the titles weren’t in the same “track” with each other.
andy
https://www.timesavertutorials.com
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Information for the clip in question can be found at the bottom of the info tab in the inspector if you select the clip in the browser. Yellow triangle with an exclamation point usually means offline media.
If you ingested clips from a card, FCPX loads the card like it’s a camera, but the files may not have transferred over and the project is linking to the card files. If you quit and restart FCPX, those camera cards will not be “mounted” and the files will appear to be offline. Remounting the cards by going into the import dialogue and navigating to the cards location will solve that problem. Then you can select the files in the event browser and go up to File/Import/Reimport from Camera or Archive to get the clips moving again.
The icon you describe is the icon for a compound clip. Right click and choose, Open in Timeline to see what’s inside.
Andy
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