Arranging clips in browser

I would like to be able to arrange my clips in the browser in the order that they were shot. It seems that I can only arrange them in alphabetical order, time of clip, ect. Does anyone have any hints on how to do this?

Thank you. I was worried that it was impossible to do that. I have just started renaming the clips with numbers in front to keep them in order.

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Arranging clips in browser list view

How do you do it?
I dragged clips into the browser and they stayed in the order I put them. I'd like to change the order of the list but can't seem to find a way to do it. In icon view you can drag the clips around, but when you switch from one size to another or two list, it reverts to original. Rather annoying...and solution, if any, is not easily found in Help.
thanks,
K.

I see that can be done, thanks.
But rather cumbersome. My other NLE let me drag where I liked, and icon views were in gridded boxes. I guess not possible in FCE.
Even worse, you can only go up to 9 items, apparently.
Who designed this mess?

Cannot arrange clips

First time posting here, since I could not find the answer in the manual (I usually use FCP but waiting for a Binary version - first time using iMovie HD)...
I imported a bunch of clips and they went straight into the timeline (bottom panel) when I thought they'd go into the Clip panel (right-side of interface).
I am now trying to move / rearrange the clips in the timeline but they are not budging. If I try to drag and drop them (even if I use cut and paste) the clip I select just vanishes...
What should I do now?

The timeline at the bottom of the iMovie window has two modes: Clip View mode and Timeline View mode. Click one of the small icons above the left end of the timeline to pick one.
When arranging clips, it's usually best to use Clip View mode. It lets you select the clip(s) you want to move and drag them. Other clips move over to accept the clips.
When trimming clips or adjusting audio, use Timeline View mode.
Rearranging clips in Timeline View mode is possible too, but trickier, for most mouse actions there are for other kinds of editing. For iMovie to understand you want to move the clip, drag it up above the timeline, then left or right. As you drag other clips will move over.
While iMovie is quite simple to use once you see how it works, the user interface aren't particularly intuitive. Watching the iMovie on-line Tutorial helps discover how things work.
http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/imovie/
If none of that helps, it may be that there's a more fundamental problem. iMovie requires that the disk the project resides on use the Mac OS Extended disk format. If it's not that format, iMovie can't save edits to disk, sometimes causing behaviors as you describe.
Karl

Double-click on clips in Browser imports directly to Timeline not Viewer

It's been awhile since I have posted any Mac issues, so here goes:
I have a clip that I imported into Final Cut Express (FCE), which went OK. I then divided it up into subclips, and went to bed. Now that I have opened FCE again, my Viewer is gone (though the Viewer slug is there), and double-clicking on any of my subclips in the Browser takes my directly to a tab in the Timeline, instead of the Viewer.
I have never seen this happen before, and I have played around with the settings, but could not find anything that will turn this maddening behavior off though I do get the feeling that this is nothing more that something being turned on (or off) that shouldn't be.
That being said, if there's a way to reset FCE to its default settings, which I suspect would solve the problem, I would appreciate knowing it.
If I wasn't clear before, I am trying to get back to the place were double-clicking on a subclip in the Browser takes me not to an individual tab in the Timeline, but a Viewer window. Then, if I want to move the clip to the Timeline, then I would do so, and have the clip in the Timeline show in my Browser window.
All help is, of course, appreciated.

I think I solved the problem (sort of). The clip I am using was imported from iMovie 09, after I changed it to a XML file. For some reason this type of file doesn't seem to act the same as a QuickTime file imported into Final Cut Express, which opens up a Viewer window automatically upon a double-click on the clip in the Browser.
This doesn't quite make sense to me as to why a XML file would act in such a fashion, though I had no trouble opening a Viewer when I imported a QuickTime file into FCE.
I will try opening up the file in iMovie 09 (which I cannot stand. If iMovie 06 had the functionality–converting to XML files–I would stick with that)
The XML file seems to bypass the Viewer entirely, and open in the Browser and the TimeLine.
Strange, though it does lead me to search under importing iMovie 09 XML files into Final Cut Express.
Thanks for the assistance.

Can't Drag Clips From Browser! Have To Double-Click To Load Into Viewer.

For some reason my DV PAL clips in the Browser can't be dragged.
I have to double-click them to load them into the Viewer from where I can drag them anywhere.
What have I done . . . . . go on, I bet it's so simple I'll be kicking myself?
Incidentally I have swapped my silver keyboard for an old white one but FCP 6 is working fine.

Well I'll be hornswoggled . . . . . it was a preference job!
Come to think of it, I was fiddling with them earlier, but only changed the number of levels of "Undo" from 10 to 30.

Picture locked, but need to arrange clips in layers question

Hey guys,
I'm wondering if anyone knows if there is a way to lock all the clips in time but still be able to arrange them in layer order. In other words I'm arranging the sound clips to specific layers (all narration on one layer, fx on another, etc) but I can't allow any clips to change their time on the timeline.
Is there a cheat for this or do I just have to be really careful.
Ciao

Well I'd not turn on snapping, because I may not want to snap at all. If you hold down that shift key, you'll see you can do this quickly... zooming in to see say 3 minutes at a time aught to be close enough I'd think. It's easier than you think...
You have to work pretty hard at NOT keeping the audio clips in the same place if you keep the shift key down during the drag up or down.
Jerry

Relinking timeline clips to browser

I am working on a pretty long project in which in noticed recently the timeline clips are not connected to the ones in the browser. Meaning, when I try to reveal master clip, FCP asks if Id like to add it to the browser, even though the clip is in it. Is there any easy way to relink these?

Are you using multiple projects for this? Say one for the Sequences, and one for the FOOTAGE? If so, you cannot match back to the browser.
Shane

Help with splitting and arranging clips

Hi All,
Can some please help a complete noob by explaining their simple workflow for FCE HD from after capture to edit.
I am new to digital editing and am working my way through Tom's book but am a little confused in regards to arranging and organising my clips. I have a new project (My niece's 1st B'day party) which currently has 1 master clip (I think this is the terminology) with several (27) segments after running DV Start/Stop.
This is where I get confused. I want to arrange the segments into Bins, for example: Birthday girl, cake, games etc... But there is something about relationships between master clip, segments and subclips which I don't understand.
How is the best way to "cut up" (and is that the best way) the segments into smaller master clips so i can rename then, rearrange them and add comments in preperation for editing?
Sorry for the long post, but when you don't really know what you want to say you end up saying a lot
Cheers.
Andrew

I don't use the Master/Subclip relationships. My method of sorting out various types of clip, by subject (your examples of "Birthday girl, cake, games etc...") is to slide (click, hold and drag) all obviously bad clips into V3 and ignore (mostly), and then slide all the Birthday girl clips on to V2 and move them sideways to group them closer together, then do the same for each other group. This leaves in V1 some shots such as establishing shots, closeups of decorations, departures etc. which you know where to put (eg., establishing shots at the beginning, closeups cut in somewhere where suitable as the editing proceeds). Next, I drag down and left or right various clips from V2 to V1 to their appropriate positions in order, leaving gaps between here and there to avoid having to move sets of clips left and right too often to make room. Then I set In and Out points in the Timeline (or Viewer) and close gaps between the clips within each set and see how that set looks. When all the material has gone through that process I check the whole video and make (usually) minor) changes, then do transitions and set audio levels, then leave it for a few days to look at it afresh.
Is this a bizarre method? What do you pros do?

FCPX not producing synched clips in browser - can you help?

Have wav files recorded on hn4 Zoom. Have latest version of FCPX (0.6). Have video files with scratch audio converted to Apple Pro Res 444. When I highlight the wav file and the corresponding video file it looks like something processes (ie background process goes into action) but nothing appears in the event browser - ie no synchronized clip appears. I have searched for synchronized clip and nada. Anyone got advice or solutions? Maybe it doesn't work with 444?? I have previously synchronized clips successfully with earlier version of FCPX no problem.
Any help appreciated.

The synced file may exist but not be shown. Make sure the Event Librarry Filter pop-up menu is set to All Clips and that there is nothing in the search bar.
Russ

How do I arrange clips from many different events

I want to have a 'folder' called Master
In that, I want to put many clips from different events
How do I do this?
I say 'folder' - I cant think of a better terminology
I can asign 'Master' as a keyword, but then this only create 'Master' under that event
I want it to be outside of any even and exist on its own
How do I do this?
Thanks
Omar

omar,
you do have surprisingly questions .....
and all, imho, are related to, you do have a very different perspective, how this app should work. or, what it's underlying concept is.
to quote our FC-expert from another thread:
Tom Wolsky wrote:
The primary answer is never to use events as bins. An event is a production. …
so, if you do recordings on diff. days, and FCPX in its wisdom creates diff. Events - but all are related to one project… ; or, you plan to create dozens of projects all based upon the same 'pool' of clips - why not re-arranging the Events? vice versa: why are your clips in diff. Events at all?
a few hints from The Manual
http://help.apple.com/finalcutpro/mac/10.0.6/#ver30ccd467
http://help.apple.com/finalcutpro/mac/10.0.6/#verc1face68
finally - if the projects differ just in minor changes - you're familiar with the concept/feature of auditions?
http://help.apple.com/finalcutpro/mac/10.0.6/#verbbd3587d
you can export each audition as masterfile ... an easy way, to create aProject v1.1, v.1.2, v.1.3 .....

Can I arrange clips in the timeline based on when they were recorded?

Hello everyone, thanks to whoever took the time to give some attention to this post and excuse me for my bad english..
This is the thing:
I have hundreds of clips from three different cameras that were covering a very long event and a single audio file (2 hour long) and I want to sync them together. I'm looking for a way to somehow arrange the clips in the timeline chronologically, based on their metadata of when the clips were recorded...
Note that I thought of this purely on instinct and I don't even know if it's possible, but it sound like such a good idea that I'm hoping Adobe thought of it already and since it would be very useful for my daily workflow, I've decided to do some research.
I have looked EVERYWERE, spent countless hours reading forums (even this one) but with no success and this is my last attempt...
I just hope you can understand what I'm looking for and that someone can help me!
Thanks again for your time!
Regards!

Thank you very much for your reply, shooternz!
Actually, since I have been researching this for some time, I already got to the point of sorting the clips in the project bin as far as to eneble the metadata column with the "date created", which even has the precise hh:mm:ss of when the clip was created.
My struggle is to organize the clips in a new sequence using maybe the time of the first clip as refference so that all the other clips are arranged chronologically, by the time that they were created.
I appeciate the tip, in fact I have been thinking of a way to plan the shooting better, but since I cover mainly long events, I have to constantly pause the camera, thus creating several clips...
Thank you once more!
Regards!

Clip name browser

Is there a way to set the clip name for Canon mpeg files to their actual name/clip number (e.g. AA1224) in the Browser instead of date created.
As foe my imported dslr mov's are showing the clipname. e.g. DSC_6783 as I like it.
Thanks in advanced.

FCP and Mac are very new to me. Used to Window and Premiere Pro.
I do not change the name of the clips of the card.
Must be doing something wrong. Select clips in libary. go to inspector, set it to info, then drop downmenu: greyed out.
If i select just one clip nothing happens in the inspector.
I dont like working with clips that all start with clip date followed by clip time.
I am use to windows way. AA0001, AA002 etc.
By Canon mpeg files I mean mpeg-2 in a mxf container.
Should I use Proress instead. I am on a imac 2.95 SSD+1 tb internal disk and 16 gig of ram.
I am still figuring out how the mac does its file managment.
Have no idea how to generate proress and then do I substitute proress for the Canon files on export?
So many questions. I did follow a course on Lynda.com. But alas it does not tell you everything.
Thanks

'general error' when trying to get clip from browser to viewer

I'm trying to put together a short instructional video (a kind of 'quick intro' on what a particular website is all about).
Some clips in the video consist of screen captures (made with iShowU) while others are 'live' from a firewire camcorder.
There's no problem with the camcorder clips. All going according to plan there.
However, *when I try to get the screen grab clips from the browser to the viewer (to mark in/out points, etc), I get a 'general error' message followed in quick succession by an 'out of memory' message*. (I have 8GB ram so I'm sure memory's not the issue.)
I can drag the screen grab clips from the browser directly to a sequence in the timeline, but not to the viewer.
Neither quitting FCP nor logging out (and back in again) fixes the problem. (BTW, I'm working with a PAL setup on the camera and am capturing in PAL dimensions in iShowU, if this has any relevance here.)
I'm tearing my hair out... Maybe it's something very simple that I'm doing wrong? *Any ideas on how I might get the screen grab clips from the browser to the viewer?*
TIA.
Hugh

Sounds like iShowU may be writing a less-than-valid QuickTime file.
If you can successfully drag one of these items into the timeline, I'd drag it in and then File->Export->QuickTime Movie... checking the Make Movie Self-Contained box. If this works and you have a lot of clips you might try dragging them all into a timeline and then saving them as one big movie. Sounds like they're not that long so such an approach shouldn't get you into FCP performance problems.
Another approach would be to open each movie in QuickTime and do a Save As... with the "Save as self-contained movie" option.
Either way these will probably write a MOV file that FCP will be happy with.
Good Luck!
-Joe

Labeling used clips in browser (from archived thread)

Hi all,
This thread talks about a great tip to locate what clips have been used in a timeline by selecting the timeline clips, right-clicking and selecting Label --> Color. That should show the master clips in the browser with the same color.
My problem is that I don't get the "Label" choice when I right-click. I can go up to Modify --> Label --> Color but it only colors the clip in the timeline...not the master clip in the browser.
Am I missing something (I'm on FCS 1) or is there another way to find whether clips in the browser have been used in the timeline?
Thanks in advance,
Jonathan

Jonathan,
this should really work both ways.
Select a clip in the Browser and hit cmd-opt-3 and it should label red in both the timeline and the browser.
The reverse is true as well.
Maybe you could try the old fashioned way of trashing preferences and repairing permissions:
Close Final Cut Pro.
Go to: Users/your user name/Library/Preferences.
Drag, "com.apple.FinalCutPro.plist" to the trash.
Scroll down to the Final Cut Pro User Settings folder.
Drag, "Final Cut Pro 6 Preferences" to the trash.
Drag, "Final Cut Pro Obj Cache" to the trash
Drag, "Final Cut Pro POA Cache" to the trash.
Go to: Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility
Select your system disk
Click on the Repair Permissions button
Wait for the permissions to be repaired
Restart your computer

Is it possible to separate audio tracks and/or timecode on clips in browser

I transcoded my AF100 clips with log and transfer and came out with all my audio in stereo tracks. There are two separate tracks corresponding to the two mics but they are linked. I know I can separate them one by one on my timeline, but I'm wondering if there's away to select all the clips and do the same thing in my browser, since I have to do the same thing to ALL my hundreds of clips.
Similarly, I made audio tracks without timecode for my transcribers. Now I have to go in and set an auxiliary timecode starting at 00 for all my clips. I'm wondering if there's a way to do that for all the clips at once. I wish I had set the camera to start the timecode at 00 for each clip, but I didn't think of that in time.
Thanks in advance for any help. This forum saves my life!

I don't know much about your business except what you've said but my first impression is that you are way over-thinking and over-producing; your situation is unnecessarily complicated.
I am finishing to DVD. I tried before production to figure out the best way to get these clips to my transcribers ASAP- the start to finish on this project is very short, and it was taking too long to compress clips stamped with TC and the Pro Res clips I am making via Log and Trasfer are huge and don't play well on every computer (all of my trasncribers are on PCs) Also, they are all in a country other than the one I was producing in, so getting them Pro-Res clips would have meant mailing lots of drives internationally. The easiest way to get the transcribers the clips turned out to be using Drop Box to send them audio clips. If you still think I'm over producing, do tell- I'm def not one who enjoys over-anything and if there is a more minimalist approach I'd love to know!
You can, of course, create actions or macros, if you understand the programming, to run batch processing but only if all of the files can be processed in the same way.
So, is there any way to set auxiliary timecodes OR to separate audio tracks on every single clip in my browser?
And is there a way to get Log and Transfer to create clips that don't have the audio in stereo?
Thanks

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