[Jeremy Garchow]

Indeed it does, but it does not trim MXF files.

If all of your media is .mov, Worx4X is great.

[Jeremy Garchow]

I use Resolve for this now (transcode with handles).

I wish Clip Exporter was still being updated, but I think it’s essentially EOL.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Pieter Vlamings] ” I tried several things but it won’t disappear.”

Have you deleted your cache?

Are the glitches present in source footage when you play through Quicktime or any other system other than FCPX?

[Jeremy Garchow]

I’m sure you know, but the Projects work like a Browser with forward and back, and there’s kb shortcuts to use them (it’s called Timeline History in the shortcut editor with command-brackets being the default command).

So you can open the original timeline with tc, then open the new timeline, and then browse back and forth. You can also use the arrows at the top of the Project area (surrounding the timecode readout).

Another option would be to copy/and paste the select at the end of the timecode timeline, then cut and paste those in to a new Project once you’ve gathered all the selects.

[Jeremy Garchow]

This may shock and annoy you, but FCPX does not have timeline (or persistent) markers.

What I do to mark specific lengths of time is anchor a solid color generator to the head of the timeline and make that generator a bold color (so the thumbnail is easy to recognize) and rename it to “Cake Time” or whatever makes sense to you, give it a “TIMER” role, and then drag that under the primary or disable it. You can simply deselect the TIMER role in the Timeline Index to hide it as well (and ensure nothing gets exported).

The trick is, in order to anchor that generator, you need a gap clip at the top. So, let’s say that segment is 8 minutes, you would need to start the program at :01 on the timeline, make the segment generator 8:01:00, and always account for that one second at the top. Alternatively, you could put the generator in the primary storyline and edit above it, but then that essentially turns off the magnetic timeline, which you may or may not like.

Also, selecting clips in the primary, you will get a TRT of the selected clips in yellow next to the timecode area of the interface at the top of the timeline.

Hopefully this is helpful and not confusing.

[Jeremy Garchow]

You either expanded audio components or expanded audio, and disabled that area.

If you double click the waveform, the clip should expand. Then range select the disabled area and hit ‘v’.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Tangier Clarke] “I hope this makes more sense.”

Yes, I know the workflow well. I use Sync-n-link too. Thanks for clarifying.

Perhaps I should have been more specific.

When searching for a generic term like 13, FCPX searches everything (like “Text includes 13″‘. Anywhere a 13 shows up, you’ll get a result. It could be a day, a year, an obscure piece of metadata.

What you could do is hit command-f and choose Format > Scene > Includes > 13.

That will limit your search to only clips that have 13 in the scene, and not clips with 13 in any piece of data.

Then, just clear the 13 out of the Scene field, and you will get all of your clips back in the Browser.

Then you can close the window (command-w). Then to search again, hit command-f. The same fields should be available, and then you can type a new scene number, or you can even add something like a “Text” field if you want to add a different qualifier, or other things like clip must be a Multicam.

Then clear those fields (or turn off the check mark), close the window, and keep working. If you find yourself doing common/repeat searches, making a library level smart collection (even if it’s blank with no Scene number) can sometimes be ‘faster’. Just double click on it, add the scene number, and let fcpx search.

The filter window allows you to stack search qualifiers to really narrow down exactly what you need. You will notice little icons in the Browser search window that indicate a Filter search is active.

Notice the icons in the search bubble above the filter window, like this:

[Jeremy Garchow]

I guess I’m confused.

With that collection selected, hit the filter button (looks like a little webpage next to search, select format > scene and type the number.

That should return all clips in that collection with “13” in the scene.

You are saying that doesn’t work?

[Jeremy Garchow]

So you are saying a smart collection doesn’t work?

[Jeremy Garchow]

Why not a Smart Collection or Library Smart collection that includes the Scene “13”?

To edit, just double click the smart collection and change the number

Something like this: