I have imported some iMovie projects. Some were old Hi8 home movies. In iMovie I had used the file name to correct the date "clip-yyyy-mm-dd hh;mm;ss" but FCP X has grouped them by import date. I cannot find an option to change the date of a clip like in iMovie. Anyone know how so my 1994 clips sort correctly in the events section?
HerrDrKarl wrote:
How can we change the date that FCPX uses for the Event itself (vs the clips)? I just tested the re-import tip, and that seems to work - new event is created using the timestamp of the revised-dated media files. So, that's a workaround I'll use for now ... but shouldn't there be an easier way... to just change the Event date?
Still a workaround, but much easier: Use any short dummy video file that you additionally import to the event (after you corrected the date of the clips) and then immediately move to the trash again – this will make FCP recalculate the date of the event and sort it correctly.
Uli
Uli Zappe wrote:
HerrDrKarl wrote:
How can we change the date that FCPX uses for the Event itself
Still a workaround, but much easier: Use any short dummy video file that you additionally import to the event (after you corrected the date of the clips) and then immediately move to the trash again – this will make FCP recalculate the date of the event and sort it correctly.
Absolutely brilliant! Thanks VERY much, Uli!! Yes, still a workaround, but an under 15 second one vs many minutes/hours of re-importing. Perfect.
Karl
Change date of clip?
