How to delete the bubble that appears around my video clips whenever I add a transition in final cut x?

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How to delete the bubble that appears around my video clips whenever I add a transition in final cut x?

It seems that whenever I drop a transition onto a video clip in final cut x it automatically creates a bubble around it. I try to highlight the bubble and delete it but it deletes everything inside it when I am only trying to disconnect it from the clips and transitions. I am also having a hard time finding answers to this issue because I do not know how else to explain it through text so I have attached a screenshot to try to help explain.

Final Cut Pro X, Using the latest macbook pro

Posted on Sep 29, 2014 10:13 PM

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Nov 23, 2017 7:43 AM in response to andynick

YES!! Thank you!!

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Answer 2

Sep 29, 2014 10:56 PM in response to MaddieKee27

unfortunately, the actual forum software Apple's using for this board, has a 'glitch' (has tons of glitches… to be precise) - some see attached pics, some not:

This is how your post comes out:

just a blue square question mark - in case you can not see my attached pic 😝

any chance to upload your screen-shot anywhere else and share the link?

(dropbox, google-drive, flickr, ...)

'cause, I have indeed no idea, what 'a bubble around it' could mean 😉

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Sep 30, 2014 4:02 AM in response to MaddieKee27

If I understand correctly, those "bubbles" are what is called "secondary storylines". If you delete a storyline, you delete everything in it, by definition.

This is the way the software is designed, and it is a good thing, IMHO.

I recommend you follow a good tutorial or three and familiarize yourself with these concepts - for example: http://www.izzyvideo.com/final-cut-pro-x-tutorial

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Sep 30, 2014 7:50 AM in response to MaddieKee27

ahhh - meanwhile, the forum software released your pic:

why do you want to fade in/out a secondary storyline? lil' use …

just opt-cmd-arrow down your photo-clip to add it to your storyline (where it belongs...) and apply your dissolve - no fuzz, no bubbles.-

(and follow Luis excellent suggestion, to get a bit familiar with FCPX' nomenclature …)

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MaddieKee27 Author

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Sep 30, 2014 2:47 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

I have discovered that they are called Secondhand Storylines. Still have not figured out how to get rid of them without deleting what is inside of them or how to prevent them.

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Tom Wolsky

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Sep 30, 2014 2:53 PM in response to Karsten Schlüter

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Tom Wolsky

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Sep 30, 2014 2:55 PM in response to MaddieKee27

TThat's what Luis said. You can't get rid of them if you want to have the transitions. You can break apart secondaries. You must spend some time learning the application systematically.

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Russ H

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Sep 30, 2014 3:04 PM in response to MaddieKee27

Not sure why you have a problem with "them" and want to avoid or get rid of them. Secondaries keep multiple clips and effects together and let you edit with magnetic timeline behavior. . That's a good thing, not bad.

Russ

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andynick

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Oct 1, 2014 2:39 AM in response to MaddieKee27

If you want the clips out of the secondary storyline, highlight them and press alt+cmd and the UP arrow - but as everyone's trying to tell you, you'll lose the transition. Connected clips must be in a storyline for transitions to be used on them - so FCP X does this automatically for you.

Learn to use secondary story lines - they're wonderful!

Andy

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