Robin S. kurz
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[Mark Smith] “are you backing up the ptroject and the media, or just the project?”
FCP X’s backup feature does not backup media.
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Odd. I even have mine set to backup to the cloud and a lot of large projects open (though the amount of data per backup cycle is in fact *very* small) and I never notice it. I would assume there may be an issue with the disk you are saving to.
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[James Ewart] “For my… seriously flawed personality”
Ah yes. Wouldn’t want to do without the superfluous snark.
[James Ewart] “it would be logical if one has a “detach audio” command to also have an “attach audio” command.”
Then there’s the ⌥G command that does exactly that.
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[Neil Gowan] “but can you describe for me in a nutshell what you would do to sync all of that and begin your editorial process?”
If you need batching, then PluralEyes is the way to go, yes.
And… again… if you want just the audio of a clip, simply use the “Audio Only” edit mode. If you change your mind later, select, ⇧F, ⌥R. Otherwise roles. I don’t see why none of those solutions shouldn’t be completely satisfying for what it is you are describing you need, unless I’m missing something.
Wanting it to work differently or expecting it to, because one is used to it that way, unfortunately doesn’t change the way it’s meant to be used, if that should be your biggest issue. 😉
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Of course it is.
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[James Ewart] “I know one can work round this (reveal in finder and drop in to timeline again) “
Reveal in Finder?
[James Ewart] “but the inability to ‘reattach audio’ is something I have never understood.”
How can you not reattach?? Select, ⇧F, ⌥R… done. What more are you looking for… even less steps?
Otherwise you can just as well make a compound clip of both, which is essentially what every single clip in your event is anyway.
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[Chuck Pelini] “Just scale the video track to 0%.”
How is that more convenient or practical than setting the opacity to 0?
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No offence, but it sounds to me like you jumped into FCP X rather unprepared and are missing a lot of the basics. In which case I’m not surprised that you’re frustrated. To type out a better workflow suggestion would take *me* ages (especially since I’m not even entirely sure what is is you’re doing or need), but maybe someone else is willing and able. Otherwise I would highly recommend taking a break from the project long enough to check out some tutorials on the subjects in question first. Be it Ripple Training, Izzy or just plain YouTube, whereby I personally recommend Ripple the most.
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On the other hand, you don’t say if you need this permanently or just temporarily. If just temporarily, then see the above. But if permanently, then obviously you’ll simply want to do an “Audio Only” edit. (⇧3)
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First off, it’d be helpful to know in which context you need that?
There are of course much easier solutions, since detaching is certainly not something I would recommend. Pretty much ever.
ONE would be to simply place the clip UNDER the primary (assuming it’s in fact a connected clip?)
The other and most likely actual solution (assuming that it’s something you only want/need to do temporarily) would involve that magic word: Roles. Simply open the timeline index and deactivate the VIDEO role (or whichever video related role the clip in question belongs to)… done. 😉 If that also deactivates the video you’re wanting to see, then simply set up another video role or sub-role and assign it to the clip that you want to deactivate. E.g. if it is (and others are) a connected clip, make a “connected” sub-role and assign it as needed.