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

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Compound clip audio issue

I record table-top games, and capture audio from an external microphone. I then sync them up into a compound clip with the camera audio muted and the good audio turned up. The problem is, whenever I go to cut up the clip (delete unnecessary bits), there is a very noticeable audio jump between cuts. Like the audio shuts off and on very quickly, even when I just make a splice and don't delete anything. I've cut up different clips using the same equipment numerous times and it has always been seamless, so I am guess that this is an issue with using compound clips. Does any one have a solution? driving me crazy.

TImecode shouldn't matter. FCP doesn't use it. Have you tried the sync function?
you can also select the video and use open in timeline, then add the audio into it to sync it.
COmpound clips shouldn't be involved.
WHat are the audio sample rates?

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.

Compound clip retime issue.

Hi,
When I speed up (retime ca. 600%) compound clip I have strange result. When video is playback (and after render too!) I see first frame of cuted video in compound clip, and skip to next first frame of next cuted clip. It was appeared after last update.
Retimed compound clip:
Clips in compound clip above:
And video result:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x7xi8wa6spwz6ah/prev_final_cut.mp4
Thank You for any help

I tried delete all cach and render files, and nothing help. This is on timeline and after export too.
Only I have this issue? Maybe someone try reproduce this issue:
1. Create compound clip.
2. Cut few times in compound clip.
3. Speed up compound min. 600%.
If only I have this problem, this is any way to make a complaint to Apple?
Thanks for any help

Compound clip transition

trying to use "flip" transition to flip the compound clip only...and the primary track video also flips. I added transition only to compound clip above the primary clip

I can think of a couple or three other approaches, but I don't believe they will give you the exact effect you want any better than using Transform. Anyway here they are: (1) Use the Blade tool and cut your clip in two places. Put the title clip above the portion you want it to cover then add the flip transition on both ends of the title, need to double click the flip transition in effects browser after selecting the beginning of the title and the end of the title. This will turn it into a secondary storyline and the transition will be added to front and back of the title. Probably need to do this in two steps, one for the beginning of the title and another for the end. In the inspector the transition can be set to flip vertically. (2) A more simple approach is to cut your clip as above and just insert the transitions in the timeline. Again put the title above the middle section. (3) Try using the custom title. You can configure it to fly into your clip from above, rotate as it does by letter or word, and even using the z axis make it look as if it is coming in out of the background. I'm not sure if you can flip the letters or word.
My final thought is to use Motion. There you can create your title to do exactly what you want.
Have fun! Jim

Compound Clip with Effects Storyline Issue

I've made a compound of my edit so I can add a film grain effect across the whole cut. (I find this much easier if need to change rather than on individual clips). But after adding the grain, I'm getting a weird overlay on the transitions from black—see attached image. I swear I've done this before without issue. If I put the effect onto each clip (inside the compound), I don't get the "buzz." It's a little hard to see, but if you look in the blacks, you'll see the grain noise. Any ideas?
Here's the line. Grain is added to the compound clip.

OK - I think I fixed it - I had a title connected to the compound clip that for some reason seemed to interfere, but after taking it away and then back, it's fixed now.

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?

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, Audio roles, and X2Pro Audio Convert

Hi Everybody,
Here is the problem :
- In my project, all media have specific roles, especially audio (Interview, Interview_Ambiance, Sfx, Music etc...).
- Interview and Interview_Ambiance are in compound clips. These Compound clips have the default Video/Audio roles: "Video/Dialogue".
- When using X2Pro for exporting the AAF (audio channels) from the project, the only roles available for exporting (from the X2Pro soft) are dialogue and music.
I'm wondering if anybody else had the same issue and if it is from X2Pro or FCPX.
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Emmanuel.

TImecode shouldn't matter. FCP doesn't use it. Have you tried the sync function?
you can also select the video and use open in timeline, then add the audio into it to sync it.
COmpound clips shouldn't be involved.
WHat are the audio sample rates?

Compound Clip Problem in Final Cut Pro X

I've posted most of the details within the video, explaining the issue. Basically, I'm using a green screen and transitioning pictures behind me on screen. I'm also singing in the video, so I need my lips to match up to the audio in the background. Before I create the compound clip (to fix the black background issue), the timing is perfect. But once I create the compound clip, the timing is off and I can't seem to extend the trasition or figure out a way to get my lips back in sync.
The exact issue is shown in the video below
http://youtu.be/raCZ_g2puao

Look at a video called finalcut pro X tips and tricks on YouTube it shows how to fix your issue.

Project not showing full frame in a compound clip

Hi Folk;
I am finishing my first project in FCPX (10.0.9) . Overall everything went very well.
I had another editor start the project on another computer.
I copied the event to my iMac and continued the edit. No problems until I exported the project for the client review.
I have a compound clip with mixed footage and a storyline and connected clips that I have used in a project with several compound clips.
I can play this particular compound clip fine and all the video displays fine. (see picture #2)
I lay the this Compound clip into the project and I get less than full frame out in my "storyline" elements - especially after the orange render bar disappears -
I sent the client a version with the "drop out" video (see first pix below where image does not reveal full frame ) and have spent a few hours looking for a cause for my issue. I am wondering if I am the only one dealing with this.
I have created a work around - exported the compound clip and reimport it as a full clip and layed it into the timeline.
The setting for the compound clip are XDCAM sony and the footage that is at issue is AVCHD from a panasonic.
I have several events providing footage for the compound clip
The project has seveal compound clips from different events
The event folder I created seems to be where the issue lives. or maybe the render -
I am using orginal footage not proxies.
I want to avoid this in the future so any insight is helpful.
I feel I have made a mess of my first project and want to clean up any bad habit that may be causing my problem.
Thanks for the opportunity to diagnos this.
I am sure this is as clear as mud.
Cheers!

when you first create a new project, FCPX *can* be set to accept "Automatic Settings" -- basically, it will take the properties of the first clip dropped in the storyline. This can be very convenient if you know the media will be all the same, or you know how to manipulate the "first drop".
If you know the format you want your project to be, it's better to set that up manually when you start a new project (Advanced Options). When you apply your media to the storyline, FCPX will conform the media to the project settings. It doesn't always work perfectly (due to custom or proprietary differences in file formats for the containers holding the media.) For instance, one of my older (SD) camcorders produces "Samsung AVC" (from Get Info on the file) and FCPX simply will not recognize the anamorphic footage.
Anyway, so, yes, I would suspect the 1440x1020 footage might be problematic. (Are you sure it's 1020?? or did you mistype? If it's actually 1080, it still might be giving you problems. All of my 1440 footage requires manually adjusting the width by 133.33%).
You can force a change for your project by clicking going out into the Project Library and with your project selected, you should see a wrench icon at the bottom right of the inspector. Click that and adjust your project settings (you cannot change the frame rate once a project is started, but you can change just about everything else.) Once you get the format set up (and you go back into your project), then you'll know which clips will need to be adjusted. If you have footage that won't fit the frame, you will probably need to go into the video tab > Transform, turn down the Scale disclosure triangle and adjust the X scale (usually) and Y scale (only if necessary.) If the footage you need to conform is SD, there is an Anamorphic Override option available in Info > Settings.
About compound clips... FCPX tries to guess a format based on "common" properties. If you're creating compound clips with mixed media - Use Custom Settings and set the properties to be the same as the project format.
HTH

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