FCPX Compound clip duration

When you create a compound clip in fcpx, does it have a fixed length? How do you make it longer?
Thanks

It is MUCH simpler than that.
I think you misunderstood me. I meant trimming (i.e. extending or shortening) in the *project* timeline.
After you make your edits in the compound clip, go back to the project timeline. You won't see the new extension, but you just drag the yellow border to the right to extend.

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FCPX Compound Clip Transition Issue

I'm making a documentary in FCPX. I've created a few compound clips with some photographs. When I overwrite to primary storyline I want to add transitions, but it won't let me. Is this a bug or just the way it is? Does anybody know a work-around?

There's a preference in the Editing section called, "Apply Transitions with:" The drop down menu gives you the choice between Available Media and Full Overlap. If you choose Full Overlap, it should borrow media from the clips to make the transition happen. This will shorten both shots but should allow the transition.
Andy

Why are compound clips not showing as such in FCPX any more?

I opened a project in FCPX which has been languishing for a while. It consists if a number of compound clips. However these are not being treated as such by the application anymore. They appear as regular clips, and I have to right click on them and select "open in timeline" to get them to show their contents. When I go back out of the clip! they retain their regular clip appearance.
How can I get proper compound clip behaviour from them?

Tom -
TBH, I really can not remember how I made them - I started this some time ago, and I decided I really should get back to it an finish it. I started this sometime late 2011/early 2012, so the compound clips would have been made using whaever option was available at the time.
So, this is what I see in my timeline. The clip “Moscow” is a compound clip.
When I right-click on it, I see this:
Selecting Open in timeline gets me into the compund clip:
A couple of the clips in there are are compund clips too - but you won’t know it from looking at the interface. This seems to be the only project I have that is affected like this.

I am trying to use the auto audio-sync feature. When I select the video and audio clip to be synced FCPX says its syncing them and then once finished (at 100%) no compound clip is created and the video and audio file do not sync. Any help is appreciated.

I am trying to use the auto audio-sync feature. When I select the video and audio clip to be synced FCPX says its syncing them and then once finished (at 100%) no compound clip is created and the video and audio file do not sync. Any help is appreciated.

Hi
In iMovie'11 (version 9.0.x)
on top menu row - Apple/iMovie/File/Edit/Cut (Can vary dep. on language - in Swedish Apple/iMovie/Arkiv/Redigera/Klipp . . . )
down Cut menu - Slow playback/Raspid Playback/Re-play in Slow Motion and onvards
Here one can select the Pre-Set speeds
Are you familiar with getting 'inspector' to run?
No - but I guess that Double Click on clip/sequense or ctrl-Click on it might open it.
Yours Bengt W

FCPX 10.0.6 appears to have bugs with Compound Clips

Just a warning -- I upgraded to 10.0.6 and am finding annoying problems with the handling of Compound Clips. After any non-trivial editing of Compound Clips, FCPX will just stop rendering most of your video. You will just see a black screen, occasionally with some of your titles or shapes, but the bulk of the video is suddenly not rendered any more. Sometimes you can see it briefly in flashes inbetween black screens if you frame advance with right-arrow. But the only way to get out of this situation that I have found so far is to completely exit and re-enter FCPX. Which is really tedious and annoying to have to do this every time you edit the contents of a Compound Clip.
A secondary note: Beware -- they significantly changed the behavior of Compound Clips. Compound Clips are now "linked" so if you aren't aware of this change and do something like copy and paste a Compound Clip, then innocently edit one of the pasted Compound Clips, you will unknowingly change them all. Perhaps a nice feature, but if you don't realize this change was made, and you go about doing what you used to do, you will waste some time because you will destroy all those linked Compound Clips since you didn't know they are all now linked. Kind of amazing that they would just change the behavior like this and make the new behavior the default. If you're being nice to your users, you usually try to make things work compatibily with how they worked before, requiring you to do something different to get the new behavior. I guess I learned that I better read the release notes carefully before upgrading because who knows what behavior may have changed.

After spending some time on the Phone with support, we concluded that this FCPX project has been corrupted in some unrecoverable way which caused the black screen problems with Compound Clips. I will need to rebuild the project from scratch. Whether it was corrupted by the new version or it is a coincidence that it became corrupted right about the same time is not known.

Compound clips in FCPX 10.0.6

Why did the setting get turned off to double click on a compound clip to open it in the timeline. Is there a way to turn this back on?

byrd3311 wrote:
This shouldn't be a viable solution when you have over a thousand compound clips already. Not practical at all.
Since there is a huge difference on the old Compound clips and the new once, they can't simply be upgraded to the new model!

FCPX 10.0.6 - How to undo compound clip ?

Hi there,
I am on 10.0.6 now.
I have some clips stack on top of each other plus some music clips. Bcos it gets messy, I select them & turn them into a compound clip.
Now, I wanted the messy stacks back on the timeline as they originally were.
In 10.0.4, I just right-click & select "break clips apart" and it's done. But how do I that (undo the compund clip) in 10.0.6 ?
Thanks

Hi Tom,
Problem is when I right click on the compoud clip, there was no longer an option to break clips apart !
Where does Apple locate the function to break clips apart now in 10.0.6 ?
Thanks
Tom Wolsky wrote:
Doesn't break apart work for you? What happens when you do it?

Is there a way to see all my compound clips created on the timeline, in the browser as an accessible thumbnail list....?

I am facing a problem that
due to big footage I first extracted the seemingly fine clips in chunks in one timeline in various layers which is still enormous for my RAM
now I have to take out smaller and more appropriate bits from this timeline
I have opened another timeline where I just copy paste the best shots from my previous enormous timeline and this works fine due to less media for 6gb RAM mac pro
but it is really tedious to go back and forth to copy paste
it would be so wonderful if I could extract those bits from the clips just like we do with any other new footage from the browser window with all the clips visible
I think one way can be to export these compound clips seperately and import them as events into the browser but that would be a generation loss
is there any other way.....? to view these compound clips infront of my eyes all at once or keeping all that footage on the timeline besides the finalising layer is the only option...?
I am facing this rare problem because I'm editing a music video and no shot is more than 2 seconds and that too from several groups of footage that has to be mixed.....so all the data has to be visible to decide if a bit of guitar piece would look good here or drums or close up or long shot.....so everything has to be seen....can you suggest me a smarter workaround please ?

Thank you.Ok say for e.g.
500 video files imported in fcpx
800 clips extracted from these obviously on the timeline and joined/compounded according to their content in say 15 layers according to 15 instruments used ,so now just to see the entire usable footage ....
now one 7 minute song sequence has to be made where bits would be simultaneously taken from these 15 layers as all instruments are playing simultaneously
these shots are not more than 2 secs each according to the beat........
when I try to work with these 15 layers as well as the Final primary layer that I'm making in the same timeline my fcpx becomes slow
but when I drag individual layer to individual timelines it is fine so that is the only option
but now for every 2 second bit I have to go back to the 15 layered timeline and find one single suitable shot
So I was wondering is there a way to be able to see these layers and clips on the timeline in the browser in a systematic fashion like the way we get with keywords ?
and keywords can only be used in the imported clips already in the browser ,and not after we drag it on the timeline.....
Till now I think exporting and importing back is the only option ...but is there another work around ?

How do I move a compound clip in one event to another event when it is used in a project?

I've been using FCPX since 10.0.3. The recent upgrade to 10.1 is forcing me to reorganize everything. At some point during the upgrade cycle, Apple decided to store ALL compound clips inside events, automatically, upon creation. I was oblivious to this decision at first. So here's what happened as a result.
I have 10 projects, numbered 1 through 10. My goal was to have one event for each project. However, it looks like most of my compound clips from my later projects got automatically created and placed in the first event (Video 1) instead of in the correctly numbered event. I'm pretty sure the clips INSIDE the compound clips are referencing the correct event; it's just the compound clip itself that resides in the wrong event. I'd like to move these compound clips over to the event they SHOULD have been created in, in the first place. However, I'm not sure if dragging and dropping them to the correct event will (a) create a new copy of the compound clip (one that is not referenced by any project whatsoever), or (b) move the original compound clip to the right event (removing it from the original/wrong event). Also, I'm really concerned about this, because I'm not sure how this affects the compound clip as used inside the actual project. I often have certain effects, color correction, etc. applied to the compound clip itself, and I don't want to lose that.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I really want to get these clips in order.

You can freely drag compound clips between events as you've seen.
If you do this between events in the same library, it will be a move by default; holding down the Option key will make it a copy operation.
If you drag between events in different libraries, this will be a copy operation. All clips contained in the compound clip will also be copied (or references as sym links) to the target library in order to keep the library completely self-contained (libraries never references each other and never span volumes).
Mark

How do I get chapter markers defined in a compound clip to show up in the DVD menu?

I have created a timeline to burn a DVD/Blu-Ray. The timeline contains 3 compound clips. Each compound clip contains roughly 25 chapter markers.
When I open the Share > DVD dialog, it shows the Chapter button in the preview, but the DVD itself doesn't have the chapter markers.
Expected Result: When I define Chapter markers in a compound clip, they should show up on a DVD burned from a timeline that used the compound clip.
Actual Result: The DVD does not contain the chapters button, nor do the chapter skip buttons do anything. It's as if the chapters were never defined.
Workaround: Redefine all the chapter markers in the new timeline over the compound clips - Annoying!
Is there a simple way to get FCPX to recognize the chapter markers defined in the compound clip when I burn the project? It would save me quite a bit of time!!
Thanks, all, for your help!

Thanks for the tip. I was looking for this feature, but it was not included in the context menu. It can be found in the "Clip" menu.
I think the best workflow for me would be this:
Edit in a master timeline
Select the entire master time line, send to compound clip.
Create a new project, add the compount clip
Add the chapter markers to the new project
Select everything in the new project, create a second compound clip.This makes the chapter markers portable.
Open up the "burn" project, insert the second compount clip.
Select the newly inserted compound clip, and select "Break Apart Clip" from the "Clip" menuThe result is a managable compound clip with chapter markers.
Thanks for taking the time to answer my question!
db

Has the way FCPX synchronizes clips changed recently? FCPX no longer syncing in background

(I am using FCP 10.1.3) I just stared syncing clips for my latest project to day and have met an unrecognizable process/workflow. It would seem that fcpx is no longer syncing in background? And quite frankly I don’t get it and it is really slowing me down.
What I am expecting to happen:
1. I select my video and audio file
2. right click
3. click sync clips
4. New compound clip is created in event and progress of syncing is shown in the background tasks window/wheel.
5. Once I have synced clips in a scene I search "sync" and check them
What is happening instead:
1. I select the clips I want to sync
2. Right click
3. Select sync clips
4. A dialogue box asking where I would like these new compound clips to be stored and what they should be named. (Thats cool I guess, except I am fine with the default and clicking ok adds another step to my workflow)
5. I click ok. FCP greets me with a progress bar, which prevents me from doing any other work.
6. Once the progress bar is done FCPX removes me from my smart folder or any search to the top level of the event I am in and selects the new compound clip. (This could be convenient in some cases, except I am trying to synchronies around 600 clips.)
Is this new in some update in the last few months? Or did I forget something about how I used to do it that made it faster? Is there something I am missing about this new setup that would enhance my workflow? This is currently looking fightingly laborious and slow, any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Thank you very much, Russ H. It sounds like i'm approaching this tool the wrong way. i have not understood the purpose of the Event window and have intentionally glazed over it. Guess i need to do some research....
Is it unusual that ALL of the files did not lose the link? Once i connected the external drive and copied the iphoto library onto it, i deleted it from my imac to create space. It's backed up to both Time Capsule (via time machine) and external drive (copied). When FCPX choked, i copied it back to the imac, deleted FCPX and re-installed. But around 40% of source clips are still present.
Still a young mac user...
Rgds, daf

How do I share a compound clip between projects?...

Hello everyone,
I have created a 10 second intro/title graphic clip in Motion and published it to FCPX. I have added this generator sequence to a project's timeline in FCPX. I then added a lower third title set. I have edited my text (font, style, etc) of my lower third text to where I want it. I then created a compound clip of the two parts (title generator and the lower third text element).
Now that it is dialed in, I need to be able to use it as a template for a series of videos I am working on. I can't seem to find a way to save it and make it availible to drop into other project sequences. I have tried to make a favourite out of the clip, I tried to copy and paste between projects (and into a new event)... nothing works fo rme.
What am I missing?
Any help is appreciated, thank you,
Shea A.J. Comfort

Hi Andy
Thank you for the advice.
I tried your method but there definitely seems to be a fault or glitch in my software. If I highlight a number of connected clips and audio tracks the program will not copy and paste them into the newly created compound clip in my event library.
I therefore decided to do it the slow ay and copy each individual item. This worked fine until I came to the final audio track. No matter how many times I copy this track Final Cut refuses to do this. It always comes up with the previous item I copied. I have retried this and it will copy all the items except one. As you would expect I have done a fair amount of work on this track in the form of equyalisation, a comnpression filter and numerous keyframes on the level to come out with a mix that I am happy with. I cannot however move it from the original project.
I find this totally unacceptable and consider the software to be unfit for purpose as a result. Unfortunately the apple terms and conditions state that all purchases are final and I have no recourse upon them for the fact that it does not work.
I cannot see how an update will fix a problem with my software that is not universal to all users. I believe that I can reinstall it without being charged again but am hesitant to do this for fear of losing the large amount of work that I have put into the project.
My only hope now is to ring the premium rate number for customer support in the unlikely hope that it can be solved this way.
Not Happy
Simon

Can anyone help me...Why Can't I open a compound clips containing missing files?

I Have been using FCPX for only a short time and I have a few unfinished projects on the go. But after tidying up an reorganising my hard drives putting FCPx Projects and Events on an external drive. I find some of my projects with compound clips show this horrid warning icon for "missing files". I am want to relink the missing clips but FCPX will not allow me to open the compound clips so I could see what are the missing ones... so, can anyone help find a way to re-link or recover those missing files.

File browser? You mean the compound clip is in the project but not in the event? What version of the software are you using?
Select the compound clip and use Clip>Reference New Parent Clip. Does that work? Try relinking the project files.

Reusing Compound Clips from a Project

I'm working on an opening sequence that will be used in several projects. I know that I can create a Compound Clip in the events library and put my clips there, but I can't use FCPX's transitions in it. Is there a way that I can duplicate a compound clip from one project into another? Besides copy and paste, that is, in a fashion that when I update the original it also updates the projects that reference it.

I know that I can create a Compound Clip in the events library and put my clips there, but I can't use FCPX's transitions in it.
Not sure why you think this but you definitely can create transitions inside compound clips that are in Events. They should act much like any other Compound Clips (though there are a few differences, one is no Auditions).
If you are thinking that you can't use a transition on a compound clip, then you need to remember that you first have to provide enough media for the transition -- either let FCPX do it by using "full overlap" in the preferences, or trim back the compound clip once placed in the timeline if using "available media."
Is there a way that I can duplicate a compound clip from one project into another? Besides copy and paste, that is,
That is the only way to do it -- copypaste.
in a fashion that when I update the original it also updates the projects that reference it.
Currently there doesn't exist any entity in FCPX that behaves like this. Each time you place something in a project, it becomes a separate "instance" and is no longer connected to the original clip/compound clip you copied it from, whether from an Event or another Project. It would be nice to have that option (e.g., a checkbox that makes a compound clip in an Event "Dynamically Update" copies wherever it exists in projects), but that would be a new feature. Use Feedback to request it!

Compound clip re-rendering

Is it just me or are compound clips the very devil when it comes to rendering?
You put a bunch of clips together in a compound clip for convenience, then maybe you need to go in there and edit an effect on one of the internal clips. Bam, the entire compound clip needs to re-render, not just the single clip you edited. Not only that, but now having waited for it to render to check the result and you go back up to the main project and it decides it also needs to re-render the whole compound clip in the main timeline again. Ridiculous.
This is so inefficient that I'm seriously questioning the validity of using compound clips, or maybe it's a bug, after all it shouldn't be that hard for it to only render the changed section, marking the frame ranges as dirty, either within the clip itself or in the main timeline rather than having to re-render everything twice. Gotta be a bug right?
...The real trouble being that Apple seem to lack any real support mechanism for reporting bugs instead apparently wanting to depend upon a forum that they don't participate in

If I understand you correctly, the answer is no. Changes to the content of the compound master like applying an effect will go through the project, but changes in duration of the compound don't. If you lengthen the compound, the project doesn't get longer. If you shorten the compound, there'll be black in the project.

FCPX Compound clip duration

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