Plz help me with the workflow.........

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I'm trying my level best to mould my expectations according to the software but till now no success,can you plz explain
to make the timeline less cluttered and organized we make secondary storylines and compound clips
since you can't keep too many things in order in a big project you take a portion ,compound it , work in it and come back,
within the compound clip you put transitions and some secondary storylines get created automatically within the compound clip due to applying transitions.
When you come back to the main timeline there are several times you have to break apart that compound clip,to now add more shots before and after those individual arrangement of clips ......
but since it has a secondary storyline in it, it break aparts undoing all the transitions
if instead of compound clip it is a secondary storyline it creates problem if we have to retime clips the clip again and again leaves its assigned position,nor does it eat on or overlapp the slug it has created with a P tool , when dragged,retiming it increases that clip in both directions thus leaving the assigned place......,or with opacity overlapping or for split screen have to be controlled individually from within the secondary clip in association with another clip below it...........at that moment you definately want to break it apart......
(I'm assuming that you are understanding I have to work in several layers sometimes six or seven due to complex overlapping ,split screen, keying and titles etc which you can't keep in a linear order)
Now plz suggest how should I work,
in my music videos there are more than 300 bits of clips in a 5 minute song......in several layers because of mulitilayer opacity effect and split screens
it is not possible to cut all the clips first and then put transitions in the end because you have to try arrangement of clips with transitions to see if you get the proper feel of the music else you change the order.......plz suggest me a better work flow.....
I cannot keyword things in the event browser because keywording such huge number of moments including 2-3 second shots is simply impossible because the process of trying various combinations can only be done when you have them all on the timeline in various layers..........how should I begin and what process should I stick to so that I edit portions finish them come back to main timeline and everything remains unaltered.........Thank you plz help.

Answer 1

So does this mean......If you can't drag your final work directly from the event browser from the beginning , you are in trouble ?
Thanks Tom ......................I know you cannot make this software work the way you want the only workflow I see possible is making event browser , the source of your footage at the very start of your project....as if you have planned the editing of all those 300 bits of a music video on the paper before hand......be it organizing clips or using split screen generators the source has to be from the event browser ,once clips are on the timeline the possibilities are too limited.......
The only way of categorizing clips on timeline are roles which only unhighlight other clips ....it again cannot be used like a selected list of source to make the place less messy.....I think even smart collection works from the event browser not from the timeline because I tried that also.Is it so....?
A FANTASY ....I wish there was a way where you could select selective clips from the timeline and refer them in a place from where they would all show up like original clips from the event browser so that you could just drag those exact pieces and place one after the other trying combinations and boom........ like you do parts from clips ......but once everything is on timeline I have still not figured out a way that you can have a bank where all those selected bits can be seen even as reference thumbnails and a then they can be placed sequentially on a timeline........dragging , move and pasting , flipping between timelines is the only way of doing it neatly,and that is very tiring and time consuming .....when two timelines can also not be placed in two windows.......I hope you are understanding what I want.......if you can't drag your final work directly from the event browser from the beginning , you are in trouble.
In earlier versions you could atleast keep all your selected 2-3 second bits or shots on various tracks and just drag them in the final track.....Is there anyway you think can be done in fcpx......I use it because it has some outstanding features other than layers .....else still have to figure out a way....plz help Tom.