[Andy Neil]

Add a connected clip of black that’s the same length of your image and sits right below it, but above the primary storyline.

Andy

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[Andy Neil]

Clever. I forgot the filter function in the index. That makes it a lot easier.

Andy

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[Andy Neil]

Unfortunately you’re not missing anything obvious. You can’t select all the clips of a given role in the roles tab of the Timeline Index (although that would be nice). I would suggest sending feedback to Apple via the Final Cut Pro/Provide Final Cut Pro Feedback menu.

To work around your issue, you can go to the clips tab in the index and right-click on the columns and make sure that Roles is checked in the columns view. Then you will see what role each of your clips is. From there you can CMD+select each dialogue clip in your timeline.

Unfortunately, you can’t sort by those columns so you will still have to sift through all the clips to select the correct ones, but it’s a little easier than trying to navigate through the timeline.

Andy

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[Andy Neil]

It’s definitely a work around, at least until the next update when Apple’s said multichannel audio editing will be added. As it is, editing discrete channels in a multiclip or elsewhere is problematic because opening clips in Timeline Mode or in the Angle Editor don’t maintain relative playhead positions meaning that you’d have to manually find the sections you want to work on.

Another option would be not to include the audio in the multiclip, but to edit it as a connected clip in the project. More of a chance for audio to fall out of sync that way though.

Andy

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[Andy Neil]

[Bret Williams] “I don’t see a way to break apart a stereo audio clip so I can edit the L/R (or ch1/2) tracks separately.”

Here’s how I’d separate them:

In your angle editor, add a new angle and then OPT+drag the audio to duplicate it to the new angle.

Select the first audio angle and rename it to INTV 01 (for example). In the inspector for that angle, change the channel config from stereo to dual mono. Then deselect the audio track that contains the other mic (so that you isolate INTV 01’s mic).

Select the 2nd audio angle and rename it INTV 02 (for example). Change the channel config for that to dual mono as well, and deselect INTV 01’s mic (to isolate INTV 02). Now you should have two discrete mono audio tracks in your multiclip to edit with.

Renaming the angles helps you remember which audio track goes where. If you want, during your initial cut, you can create a third audio angle which uses the mixed channels just so you can hear both mics for your initial cut. And then just do an audio pass where you switch the audio angle to the correct mic, or keep the stereo (or dual mono) track for when they are both speaking.

Now, if the subjects are speaking at the same time, and you want to be able to lower one to emphasize the other, then it’s more difficult. Hopefully this is one of the things being addressed in the audio update that’s coming.

Andy

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[Andy Neil]

I swear Jeremy’s post wasn’t there when I posted. I SWEAR!!!

Andy

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[Andy Neil]

when you say that the two circled clips were originally below the primary, do you mean to say that those clips were in the area typically reserved for the green audio clips? If so, then why not just drag them below again to “keep things tidy” as you say?

To answer your question though: secondary storylines are more similar to the primary storyline than they are to a regular connected clip. That is to say, you can’t stack multiple layers of clips in a secondary storyline. You can however select your secondary and your circled connected clips and create a compound clip if you’d like it all to be in one connected clip.

Andy

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[Andy Neil]

I won’t lie. When I first saw this yesterday, I thought of making my own animated film. If it works as shown, it could explode the DIY machinima and animated sub-culture out there.

Andy

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[Andy Neil]

[Mike Bennet] “I want the name to be in the center of my image, so if I create two seperate text layers, doesn’t work either.”

Not sure what you mean by this? Why can’t you create two text layers with center alignment? Both layers can be positioned in the center of your frame.

Andy

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[Andy Neil]

It’s based on rumors so I’d take it with a grain of salt. Also, even if true, it’s not the first time Apple (or another company for that matter) have changed connectors on their devices. The company (or a third party) typically manufactures adapters for those with the older connectors. So all this hullabaloo is just another excuse to pile on or panic over nothing.

Some connector changes in the past…

• VGA – DVI
• DVI – mini display port
• Firewire 400 – Firewire 800
• Firewire 800 – Thunderbolt

In each of these circumstances, an adapter has been manufactured so that people are not out in the cold. This is the nature of technology advancement.

Andy

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