Split one long clip into smaller ones

this is a very different way of thinking, so i can see why you are confused.

try this:

in the event browser, go to the beginning of what you consider to be a scene. press the I button to set the in point. now, go to where you consider to be the end of the scene (it is inside the same, big, 45 minute clip that you want to "split up into smaller clips". When you are there, press the 'O' button to set the out point. you should now see a yellow box around what you consider to be a 'scene' and which you want to be cut into its own clip.

now, press command-k to bring up the keyword window. Type in the word 'scene' and hit enter.

you should now see the word 'scene' inside your event on the left. go over and click on the word 'scene'. you should now see only one clip in the event browser, and that is the very scene you set the in and out point for. This new 'clip' can be dragged to the timeline, and it is only going to be the single scene, not the whole 45 minute raw clip.

if you do this same thing for each scene in the big clip, you can then access them in the event browser as separate clips by looking at them by the keyword you assigned to them.

Basically, the keyword is taking the place of the old 'subclip'.

You can then drag each of these subclips to the timeline as if they had been cut up with the blade, but instead, they are cut up by keywords.

hope this helps you!

Message was edited by: hafken

The way to do this is to use keywords in the event browser.

In the event browser, use in and out points on the clip to select a range, and then add a keyword (command-k) to it. Do that for each section of each clip you want to make separate.

For example, you can use the keyword "scene 1" for the first scene of each of the 5 takes. Then if you look at that keyword, only the first scene from all 5 takes will appear, each as a separate clip. Then you can drag whatever you want to the timeline. You can use the auditions feature to try out different takes on the same timeline.

Make sense?

Yes what hafken said. I am telling you, once you get your head around this it is the "same" thing at least functionally.

BTW, "I feel your pain". I had a certain way I used to work in FC and my workflow was a certain order I happened to like that made sense to me. Now that I understand that if i do my upfront work a little better/different editing to the "storyline" is a snap.

you actually have those as values for the media

Oh, and you can also do the same thing to split each clip in half by using keywords "Act 1" and "Act 2." I'd also apply a keyword to each clip as a whole. "Take 1," "Take 2," etc.

You can use the blade tool in the timeline to cut up the clip.

Honestly I would trash what you have done and do it "the new Apple way". Once keywording and favoriting it done you can go very fast.

When you set favorites (not the whole clip... a section) those are your in and out points it is effectivly the same thing

It works very well http://www.izzyvideo.com/final-cut-pro-x-tutorial/3-keywords-and-ratings-in-fina l-cut-pro-x/

favorited in and out point slip very easily into a timeline