[Craig Alan]

Wow that looks like a killer set up.

Sample clip?

Curious about a couple things.

When you shoot studio style do you have someone pull focus?

If so, what do you use as a monitor?

Is the built in monitor good enough for sharp focus?

How well balanced is the run and gun set up? Are you able to stay focused with that set up?

I’d guess it takes a good bit of practice and skill to pull that off?

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[Craig Alan]

Got it, thanks. I guess the compound clip was FCPX’s answer to having more than one sequence per project (even though you could have a different project with the same media). And again although I don’t need to save modified clips frequently, I certainly feel the need a couple of times per project. In FCP 7 it was often a subclip in the browser (FCP X favorite but in 7 you could have more than one per master clip) or dragging a clip back from the timeline.

Surprises me they would have a powerful feature like saving compound clips as either parent or dependent and yet have no way to same a modified clip. But I get it and can live with it.

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[Craig Alan]

How about saving this single modified clip as a compound clip as Jeff suggested? And do you agree with his warning that FC doesn’t like too many compounds? And yes I would save it as a new parent.

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[Craig Alan]

Thank you. Interesting.

But doesn’t it seem like a silly work around to create a compound clip just to get it saved in the browser?

[Jeff Kirkland] “FCPX can become very unhappy if you use too many compound clips in a project”

What would approach too many? And unhappy how? Slows it down. Becomes corrupted?

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[Craig Alan]

Again, thanks for your time.

I’m learning much more from this exchange than simply solving my original need.

I find the idea of duping a project in order to save clip revisions kinda unruly.

I used to do this all the time as a writer – save entire script versions when I needed to edit out scenes I liked. After a few of these, I had no idea what version was which and why I kept it. So instead I just created an outtake folder for the project and it was a lot easier for me.

shift-F shift-Y fantastic. thanks.

[Jeremy Garchow] “”Reference New Parent Clip” function and really play with it.”

Agreed. I do get the premise, but nothing beats practice with a feature.

I’m liking my idea to simply share (export) the clip into a new event folder called say “saved clips” and give it a name like Maria_CC_CU_ (color corrected close up on Maria) and then import it into the event browser. However, would I still be allowed to match frame in case say I wanted to revise the crop?

No need to answer. I’ll give the three ways a try and find out for myself.

Thanks again.

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[Craig Alan]

Thanks for helping Jeremy – much appreciated.

[Jeremy Garchow] “[Craig Alan] “But sometimes I make changes in the timeline to a clip and I’d like to save this version of the clip for future use either in the same project or a different one. ”

So why don’t you? You could dupe the clip in a Project and make an Audition that will travel with the clip.
“

Not getting this. By way of example, I have a clip on a timeline that I have cropped and color corrected.

I decide it is not working in the current sequence of shots, but I like the clip and it might fit later down the timeline or in a different version of the project. How do I save these changes for future use?

I don’t want this to appear stuck in my ways, cause as long as I can learn a new way of doing something I’m good to go. But FCP 7 keeping the original version of a clip and then accepting a modified version from the timeline just makes sense to me. It’s what I want to do in this case.

I can dupe the clip in the timeline, ok. Now what? Not understanding what “travel with the clip” means (except a compound clip being auto saved to the browser). How does auditioning the clip relate to this need to save any modifications to the original?

I like the concept that the compound clip can either be globally modified or a new parent can be created. Though to avoid gotchas it would be good to rename it carefully or have a dialog box showing you all the instances in which the modifation would take place.

I save my projects in sparse images so that only those mounted load in FCP X. If I were to use a compound clip in a new project and changed any instance of the compound would the changes occur within the projects that were not mounted during the change?

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[Craig Alan]

For 26, I’d add a traditional color wheel as an option for correction.

Thanks for 26, I was looking for it the other day and figured I just didn’t know how to bring it up or Apple had invented a different way of sampling white.

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[Craig Alan]

Just cutting my teeth on X but I like your list – all my “how do I do this” or “why can’t I” moments fall under your request list umbrella. They got a great browser now make organization more user centric and make the timeline more flexible.

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[Craig Alan]

Yeah I think they’ll have different configs within the range that Mac Pros have been sold at ($3000 and up) I think they’ll be giving you an extra GPU and thunderbolt ports instead of the internal storage.

If they did have a low option one at $2500 or $2800 they will sell a lot to the high end Imac crowd.

I wonder if they’ll have an update price on the next FCP X or that was a one time price cut from $1000. Upgrades were always $300 anyway. That would be my guess – new app new price, in keeping with their no charges for point upgrades Itunes/App store policy.

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[Craig Alan]

It’s not like my default workflow.
But sometimes I make changes in the timeline to a clip and I’d like to save this version of the clip for future use either in the same project or a different one.
How can this be done?
I know to create a still from a clip
SHARE (export)>
save in “stills” folder in the project folder on my media drive
>import media from that project folder
>now it’s in the browser.
Can I do something similar with clips?
Highlight clip in timeline> share to project file>import media from project file?
This really should be easier. My guess is next update FC will allow for timeline to browser copy even if the way it works is a background export import. I know these two sections of the program are two different databases.
But two way communication between browser and timeline is a NLE standard.
FC does this by default for compound clips but not for other clips, which might have been a lot more work to create, makes no sense.

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