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Importing footage stored within the library FCPX 10.1

Hello, I like to put additional footage, photos into an event folder and then import the bits I want into the event within FCP X but now it's in a library that location is blanked out, I can't get to it on the import page. Any work arounds, ideas?


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Final Cut Pro X, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Mar 20, 2014 9:05 AM

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Mar 20, 2014 10:16 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Ok i was under the impression that libraries were a plac ewhere you can store everything, I had a load of photos for a timelapse that I stored in the event folder in a library, I then (using open p;ackage contents) got to that event folder and made the photos into a timelapse mov. When I went to import that mov into my event the location it is stored in (event folder in a library) is inaccessable, the library package is blanked out. Thanks for your time.

Mar 20, 2014 10:22 AM in response to Druw2

You can't do that. The library bundle is not intended to be accessed by the user but by the application. Perhaps you need to be working with external media. Or you can copy the stills out if the bundle and make the time lapse externally using Compressor or Streamclip. Or you can make the time lapse internally in a compound clip.

Mar 20, 2014 10:32 AM in response to Druw2

You can access the content. You can't import from the library. Everything you import is supposed to be linked through the library. You are not supposed to be creating content inside the bundle. The application cannot keep track in the database what you do inside the bundle. There is zero chance this will change. If you need to with with your media externally it might be better not to use managed media.

Importing footage stored within the library FCPX 10.1

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