[Robin S. kurz]

[Andy Neil] “Browser compounds can be moved to other events, and even other libraries.”

I don’t actually know of NON-browser (i.e. event) compounds.

[Robin S. kurz]

[Bret Williams] “I for one can’t stand auditions and rarely use them. I prefer to see my choices laid out in the timeline and I just turn clips on/off.”

I’m guessing you don’t do a lot (or any) narrative work? Where you have-as I described-endless takes of the same thing where you’re looking for the right nuance in context. Using the REPLACE feature instead is what would be absolutely mind bogglingly tedious.

But yes, they’re both great options to have, when and if you need them. Which is why I’ll go out a limb and say is why they’re even there. 😉

[Bret Williams] “Check out auditions in resolve.”

It’s actually called “Take Selector” and I don’t see how it’s any better than in FCP. Have you actually *used* it? And something tells me they didn’t exactly come up with that all on their own, so I guess they must actually be useful after all. 😀 (actually I think the only exist in Resolve to heighten its compatibility with FCP X)

[Robin S. kurz]

[Bill Davis] “it ADDS those new choices to the prior ones.”

Not if you hold the ⌥-key. 🙂

[Robin S. kurz]

[Bret Williams] “And I wouldn’t use a compound as a project either”

Aha. Sounded to me like you were singing the praises of the idea. My bad then I guess.

[Robin S. kurz]

[Bret Williams] “but I might create an empty compound and use it like a sequence”

Certainly nothing I would ever recommend doing. If you e.g. did that before some of the last major updates then you would have really messed a bunch of things up for yourself (as some did), seeing how drastically both compounds and projects have changed. And you never know what’s next, so using features in different ways than they were intended i.e. are expected to be used could mess things up even more.

The project is also a different file from the event in the library. So doing it that way, if you e.g. lose the one to corruption, you lose BOTH. Compounds also do not have the same metadata options and fields as a project, you lose an additional filtering criteria etc. etc.. So you’re in fact limiting yourself on various levels. I see no advantage or real sense.

Aside from not understanding why you couldn’t simply compound what it is you want from within a project when and if needed? How is that different or worse? That’s how I string together scenes etc. all the time. No risk and fully functional.

[Robin S. kurz]

Think “narrative” where you have endless takes of the same thing and you want to see all your options in context. Whether you do it in the Event or in the Project is irrelevant functionality-wise, only in the event it’s faster/easier. And you have it there for using it elsewhere also, which you wouldn’t if you made it in the timeline.

[Robin S. kurz]

The classic error.

Could it be that a) the camera or card are still connected/mounted and b) some of the clips in the event have a small camera icon in their thumbnail at the bottom left?

Simply select “Reimport from camera/card”.

[Robin S. kurz]

I don’t know of any other training that is anywhere near as comprehensive and as professionally done, no. Worth every cent.

[Robin S. kurz]

[Larry Watts] “I called a friend and he said apple now embeds these files into a master file […] He said he switched to primer because of this.”

Wow. Your friend clearly had no clue what he was talking about. Probably best he switched, yes. 😀

But to be honest, you appear to be missing even the most basic understanding of X also. Which is why I would recommend at least getting a minimum of training first or maybe reading the manual. A good place to start would be here: https://www.rippletraining.com/fcpx-features.html

And Jeff already explained: synced clips (fortunately!) do not exist in the Finder, only its individual components (video file and audio file) do.

[Robin S. kurz]

[Jeremy Garchow] “You have to turn it on in the metadata view”

I know. Only I looked for “Aspect ratio” which obviously didn’t give me what I wanted (and thought I would get). Had forgotten about THE FORCE (pun intended… kinda)

[Jeremy Garchow] “and the footage selected has to support it (like SD instead of HD).”

That was my second mistake. Didn’t have any handy. Ah well. At least my alternative suggestion wasn’t WRONG or anything. 😉