Locking Clips to Timeline Location

I'm in the process of rough editing. I have a clip that works at a specific point on my timeline with a tentative soundtrack. Is there a way to lock a single clip to the timeline so that I'm forced to work around it with the subsequent clips that I bring in?
Thanks,
Ed

KEEP EM ALL. (forgive the shouting, but this is important). Sequences in a fcp project do not take up that much disk space (I'm talking about the fcp project, not the media). If you're fcp project get's too big (not sure if that can happen, but...) save a copy of your project and then you can delete superfluous stuff.
Here's why; Computers are weird beasts. Strange things can happen that seem to violate the integrity of time and space. I've seen corruption that seems to travel back in time where a backup project that used to open, stops opening. Being able to go back in time (metaphorically) can save your butt. Also, you can do something by mistake, for example, you have a clip at the beginning of your sequence selected, but you've gone further down in your sequence, marked an in and out and hit delete. Well, without realizing it, you've deleted the clip earlier in the sequence. You may not notice this til days or weeks later (if ever). Being able to review your progress and find a sequence that contains that missing clip can be a life saver.
I not only duplicate my sequences every day, I also back up my final cut projects every day to a non-system drive. This is an incremental backup so I can actually go back and check out any days fcp project. And of course, I have the fcp autosave enabled. Is all this overkill? Maybe, but it's really saved me a few times.

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How do I lock clips to timeline?

Hey everybody. I am a new 4 user and am not used to the way that it 'thinks' so much and am not enjoying the self adjusting that it does to your timeline when you make any adjustments to clips or pictures earlier in the time line.
Ex1: Want to swap out a picture used in beggining of timeline - result: cuts soundtrack, and moves all pic/videos over to fill in gap by it self
Ex2: Want to shorten a clip, all other clips move over to adjust.
When I shorten a clip, I want it to stay put on the timeline (not adjust others so that there is not a gap).
Can you guys suggest a best process to do this? I might still be caught up in old school, but anything would be helpful.
Thanks

Brian,
I agree that there *should* be a lock for all Tracks, like in Premiere Pro. I have seen what you describe and it is not fun. A "feature request" would be good for this. Do not know if PE7 has added Lock Tracks.
For multi-camera editing, you might want to look at Pro. It handles multi-camera quite well. There are not THAT many reasons to spend the extra $ to go to Pro, but this is one. From time to time, Adobe offers some sweet deals with upgrades from Elements to the Pro versions of the programs in the suites: Premiere, Photoshop. Some folk have gotten the CSx upgrades are wonderful prices from the Elements versions. Do not know of any "special offers" right now, but wouldn't hurt to check out the Adobe Store and see what's shaking, especially with PE7 being released, and CS4 coming real soon. Deals might abound. If I found one, I might even be tempted to upgrade from PE4 to get another additional license for CSx.
Hunt

Locking clips to timeline - how?

How do I 'lock' a video clip in place on my timeline?
I'm trying to have a video clip start at a particular point in the music I'm using. I align the video clip, but when I make other modifications, the clip gets out of sync. I'm flexible on where some photos/video go in my project, but certain clips must coordinate to my music.
Any feedback would be helpful.
Thanks in advance!

When your video is an attached clip it is anchored at the attachment point to a frame in the main storyline clip. Any ripple that moves the clip in the main storyline (in this case your audio) will not change the connection point of the video. It will ripple along with the audio in the main storyline. You add the video clip as an attached clip using the Q key after selecting the clip in the browser or Connect to main storyline choice from the Edit menu.

Locking clips to timeline

Is there a way to lock a clip down to the timeline? I am sinking a live singing performance to the recorded audio, while adding other clips around it, every time I make a change it "un-syncs" the video clips to the audio. If I could "Lock" certain clips down I could work around them without worrying about them moving. (I have thought about moving them to different video tracks and locking that whole track, but there must be an easier way)

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Aloha,
Is there a way to move clips in the timeline that I have cleaned into a sub folder in an event library?
I come from a non FCP background and still trying to wrap my mind/workflow around the FCP formula. Generally I clean clips and drop "some" into a "to be used later" folder.
Example - While on location I might shoot some location shots while im waiting around. The locations shots will use in the last 3 mintues of a 25 minute finished project. When I get to post I edit and clean all clips in the order they are received. When I find the location clips I simply move them to a folder labled "to be used later". When I get to the section of the project/timeline were the clips are needed I drag them or the entire folder into the timeline.
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Marbelle

Aloha Fox,
Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. I feel you really understood my concern and gave me some good viable options.
There is a lot for me to learn and unlearn. I have been editing for over 16 years and most of that time I was using Edius. This is big paradigm shift coming to the Mac and FCPX.
The idea for me is to edit the video and move the "to be used later clips" into a bin/folder instead of moving them to the location in the timeline were they will be used at that very moment. Its just a preference, I know plenty folks would just move the clip to the location. Edit software is just a tool I have to decide if FCPX is the right tool for me.
Thank you again Fox for your time and understanding of my question.
Be blessed,
Frederick
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I am getting an Narration error that I can't record because one of the record-enabled tracks is locked in the timeline. What does this mean and how do I get out of it??

JohnL23
Thanks for the update.
There are several Adobe Premiere Elements Forum threads about situation such as the one that you have encountered. Typically they are the results of some heavy activity in the narration track. Some have found success in maneuvers between the Expert and Quick workspaces in versions 11 and 12 or Timeline and Sceneline workspaces in versions earlier than 11. That is why I mentioned that type of factor in a prior post in your thread.
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I will do a search for the threads that I am recalling about your type of issue. But, right now all roads seem to head to the new project. But I would ask "Can you salvage this project by creating your narration clips in Audacity or a new Premiere Elements project and import them into this project, putting the clips on one of the numbered audio tracks?"
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This may be a simple problem, but I am brand new to this. I am making a movie out of photos, and the process seems simple. I drag a photo from my iphoto library (from the photos pane) into the clip view (or timeline). The image is imported and the movie looks correct when played, but in the clip (or timeline) view below all imported clips are just black. So I can't really easily edit the clips because I have no idea which one is which (besides looking at the filename!). The images I am importing are jpegs and like I said it has no problem playing the movie correctly I just see what I am working with in the clip view. Any suggestions?

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Very strange.
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