David Chamberlin

Q: All clips in timeline are now showing as one long clip

This one is odd. I opened up a project I was working on today and the timeline was blank. I then added the one "synced" clip in order to recreate it. Instead of the raw unedited clip being added to the now blank timeline, the whole project reappeared. But, all the edit points, transitions, etc are gone. It plays back correctly but, for example, where I have the text at the end coming in, there is no text, nor fade out. Basically nothing. It's as if final cut imported the finished exported file I made yesterday. When I click on the big file in the timeline and look under video properties it says: Location-(Multiple Files). But, there's nothing to reveal in finder. I also tried loading a backup from yesterday with the same exact result. Within the big clip there's no way to go back and turn of effects or alter anything as it's completely rendered. Also, I made sure and this has not been turned into a compound clip. Screen Shot 2016-08-28 at 11.19.31 AM.png

Final Cut Pro X, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), 32gb ram

Posted on Aug 28, 2016 11:23 AM

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  • by Tom Wolsky,

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky Aug 28, 2016 11:39 AM in response to David Chamberlin
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    Aug 28, 2016 11:39 AM in response to David Chamberlin

    IT looks like you used the open in timeline function and edited your whole movie into the sync clip container.

  • by David Chamberlin,

    David Chamberlin David Chamberlin Aug 28, 2016 1:58 PM in response to Tom Wolsky
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    Aug 28, 2016 1:58 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

    Hi Tom and thanks for the reply. I have no idea how whatever happened, happened ( so to speak...). I opened up the project and it was blank. I went to create a new project and start over and then hit "E" to put the sync clip back into the timeline. What happened though was that the whole move was magically imported, although I never imported anything. It then proceeded to render for a very long time. I also opened 2 old backups from yesterday and they were also missing the completed projects. It makes sense that the whole movie was imported but as you can see by the screen shot when I select the clip it says it's composed of multiple files. It also says it's in 4k where as the movie I exported was in 1080p. Thanks for any understanding in this. I'm sure I must have done something weird yesterday which caused this glitch. I just hope I don't repeat myself on a future project.

  • by Luis Sequeira1,Solvedanswer

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Aug 29, 2016 7:26 AM in response to David Chamberlin
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    Aug 29, 2016 7:26 AM in response to David Chamberlin

    Tom already gave you the answer.  I understand these things may be confusing at first, so let me add a little more explanation.

     

    1) A project is where you'd want to make your edits. You realized yours was empty.

    Important visual Hint: a project is recognizable by this icon: Screen Shot 2016-08-29 at 13.42.00.png

     

    In your screenshot, you have one project, called "Star Spangled Banner".

     

    2) A clip is a representation of any media you imported into FCP X, or a combination thereof. I see three clips (one video, one audio and the synchronized clip) in your screenshot, one of them is a synchronized clip, "Start Spangled Synced".

     

    3) The timeline shown in your screenshot is that of your project (again, note the icon Screen Shot 2016-08-29 at 13.42.00.png above it).

    It WAS empty, but not because of some glitch. As Tom said, you unbeknowingly made your edits inside the

    "Start Spangled Synced" timeline. That is why when you added this synced clip to the project you now see everything as you edited it to look.

    Don't worry, this is a common beginner's mistake.

    I suggest you leave as is for this one, and in the future make sure you are on the intended timeline - again, the icon above is a pretty good clue.

  • by David Chamberlin,

    David Chamberlin David Chamberlin Aug 29, 2016 8:19 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1
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    Aug 29, 2016 8:19 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

    Ahhhhhh, now I get it! I right clicked on the synced clip that is now in my timeline and was able to then edit it as expected. I understand my goof. Thank you very much!