Currently FCP X insists on attaching each V/O clip to an empty box on the timeline. Then later if I attempt to replace that box with a video clip it also deletes the attached v/o clip! How do I lay in a V/O track and then later add the video clips? Man this is a pain!!!
MacPro (Tower), Mac OS X (10.6.5), Final Cut Studio
Don't replace the box with your video clip Andy. Edit your video clip into the timeline and THEN move the V/O and attach it to the video clip. Then simply delete that blank "box".
Maybe I'm misunderstanding but your workflow does not solve the problem. By the time I finish recording a v/o I may 15 or 20 audio clips in a row, each with a (useless) corresponding box above it. Prior to FCPX I could then cut my video to match precisely with the v/o clips and then drag them to the corresponding space. What you're suggesting creates numerous unnecessary steps by having to move each v/o clip to a video clip somewhere farther down the timeline at the end of all the previously recorded v/o clips with their silly little boxes. That just is not how I'd like to work and I am baffled by this new design as it has made the timeline far more difficult to work with, in my opinion.
I had the same problem, until I realized that FCP was attaching my VO to the primary storyline. What you want to do is have your VO be the primary storyline.
Highlight all your VO clips and drag them into the Storyline in the timeline. You'll need to delete those weird little empty placeholders once the VO is in the storyline.
Now you can time your video over the top of your audio without having it disappear every time you make an edit in the video.
Thanks much, I was literally about to start recording another v/o when I got your reply. This is still a pain, still does not work as a "Pro" level editor ought to, but at least there's a workaround. Now if they would just add a simple "drop shadow" option for graphics I'd be happy...for the moment! 😉
My workflow will be some thing like this, but I'm not sure if this works for you. Record all of the VOs to Event library and then drag the clips you want to edit to the primary time line with audio only option. Then add your video clips to the secondary time line. Hope this helps
How do you record a V/O in FCP X?
