Again struggling with FCP specialities: having a video clip and adding independent audio below it. Cutting and erasing a bit of video and the whole audio track is erased too.
How to avoid this a bit weird behaviour ? And keep two tracks (audio/video) independent ? For me it does not make any sense - why, when erasing a bit of video track, the whole audio track below it (that is not a part of it) is erased ??
Hmm, what is interesting is that now without pressing any commands etc., all the clips can suddenly be dragged freely, no gluing, jumping, connecting, nothing. Just simple moving as before. What happened ? :)
There are no tracks in FCP X.
Everything is either in the primary storyline or is connected to something there.
Whenever you delete a clip you also delete whatever is connected to it. Independent is the wrong word... the connected clip is attached to a particular point in the video clip, and will move along with it, or be deleted with it as in the present case.
Depending on what you are doing there are several things you can do, but I recommend you invest some time to familiarize yourself with the application. The free course at Izzyvideo is a great way to do that.
Oh yes, now I remember this is something I already knew (but forgot) :) Tilde/grave key is not present at the local keyboard and I replaced it with something. Could you please remind me the name of the command (tilde/grave key) so that I can find which new key I assigned to it ? :) Thank you ...
Primary storyline is magnetic. If you join connected clips into a secondary storyline that will also behave magnetic.
Might be time for some basic instruction on how the application works. It might help in putting the workflow together.
Well, I tried, it is not really easy to understand it ... It would be actually great to be able to easily switch between "normal" and "magnetic" mode. By normal I mean the mode other video applications and any audio applications work in (i.e. you can freely place any element in any track).
Anyway is there any concentrated concise tutorial clearly explaining the basic points of these "storylines" ? I.e. going directly to the point without the usual 5 introductory minutes of "hello" etc. ? :)) Written text even better ...
Check out the free course at IzzyVideo. Not only it is very well done, it divided clearly into chapters (21 of them) about the different parts and features.
While you're about it, take the opportunity to see more about the application.
As long as you keep trying to force the application to work just like FCP 7 or PP, you are going to be disappointed.
Once you understand how it works differently, you will be far more productive and happy :-)
Override Connections.
Hold the tilde/grave key as you delete the clip.
Thank you very much ! :)
Would there be a similar command that I can catch a clip, carry it to somewhere else and the rest does not jump from the right and glue together but an empty space remains there ?
Position tool P.
Oh yes :)) Now we are coming back to the more "usual" behaviour we would sometimes expect (apart from some automatic adjustments). Thank you
Connected clip. It’s not in a storyline. It’s completely independent, connected to the clip below, but free to move wherever you want.
But before, within the same project, it was just gluing together when I did same ... so I wonder what has changed (in between I made those experiments with override connections, position tool etc.)
How to avoid erasing independent audio track when cutting a bit of video above ?
