Is it possible to export part of the FCPX Project from timeline

Copy and paste the section you want into a new project.

Takes seconds . . .

1. Ctrl+A (select everything on Timeline).
2. Alt+G (Make into Compound Clip).
3. Drag in and out points to make your selection in the Timeline.
4. Share (or Cmd+E) to Export.
5. Ctrl+Zs to get back to previous state.

Andy

FCP7 was much better for this:

1. tap the letter I and O to set in and out points

2. export.

I sure hope we get better marker implementation back sometime soon.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/finalcutpro.html

Goldfish wrote:

FCP7 was much better for this:

Yes - but you don't mention the billion ways in which FCP X makes FCP 7 totally obsolete.

Andy

andynick wrote:

Goldfish wrote:

FCP7 was much better for this:

Yes - but you don't mention the billion ways in which FCP X makes FCP 7 totally obsolete.

Andy

I didn't think it was relevant to the thread.

I'm simply encouraging the return of a few features that were left on the cutting room floor - no harm in that.

I O markers and chapter markers are a few of them and routinely a topic of discussion. It's not just me.

For the record I'm a big Fan of FCPX. It has many of the features that I said, for years, should be added to FCP7 - and I took a lot of heat over the years for pointing out the deficiencies in FCP7.

When a new editor comes to the forum and asks "why can't i do this really simple thing" , I think it's better to acknowledge his observation and encourage constructive feedback to Apple rather than implying that he was stupid for knot figuring out a convoluted work-around for something that should exist in the program.

If your post had started with "here's a work around…." rather than " takes seconds…"

and you had finished with "…hopefully we'll see I O markers in a future update…"

Rather than "…Ctrl+Zs to get back to previous state." you never would have heard a peep from me.

I just find the apologist mentality difficult to ignore. No offense intended.

best regards,

g

PS - I also think "totally obsolete" is a bit of a stretch.

Goldfish wrote:

If your post had started with "here's a work around…." rather than " takes seconds…"

and you had finished with "…hopefully we'll see I O markers in a future update…"

Rather than "…Ctrl+Zs to get back to previous state." you never would have heard a peep from me.

That's fair comment - I should have pointed that out.

PS - I also think "totally obsolete" is a bit of a stretch.

Hmm . . . if I remember the good features of FCP 7 that are not in X - and then think of the fantastic features i X that were not even thought of in 7, I have to disagree with you.

I used legacy FCP from version 3. something - and for me it was never the 'totally stable' app that it's fans trumpet it as these days. To be honest, any application that needs its preferences trashing from time to time, cannot be classed as totally stable - and legacy FCP certainly needed prefs trashing more often than I was comfortable with (so does X).

Andy

andynick.

I tried this but the whole sequence exported. Am I missing something?

Thanks.

Tom

You have to copy and paste into a new project or a compound clip create in the event browser.

No you don't Tom.

I just did this with my 17 minute project.

Made it into a compound, dragged the end points of the compound in to make 20 seconds.

Still in the Timeline - Cmd+E to export to my desktop . . . 20 second movie.

Try it!

Andy

Yes, you can, but I don't like the method, though I suppose it's useful in some instances. I hate the idea of destroying a project to export it. I know you can pull it out again and break it apart, but really is copy and paste that onerous?

Thomas,

Did you drag the edges of the Compound Clip in to select (and export) just the part that you wanted?

This is my (10 min 17 second) Timeline as a CC.

This is it reduced to 40 seconds.

Cmd+E from here exports just the 40 second section - but you MUST remember to hit Shift+Z a couple of times to get back to the project.

Granted, it's a workaround and there are several ways to do this but I much prefer this method to creating a new Project and then deleting it.

Andy

Hello,

The actual official reply from Apple to export only a part of the timeline is to send it to Compressor 4 where you can set in and out points.

Thanks for the info. Yes, I can drag the ends then export. But I do think the copy and paste works best for me. However, I do hope in a future update, parts of the sequence can be exported by using ins and outs. Thanks to all.

Best.

Tom