Tom Baker1
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Q: Best way to create a variation of a FCP project

I have a two-hour video that I created in Final Cut 6. It's a pretty complex video, with lots of motion Now I would like to make a shorter version of the same video, without altering or changing the original video.

 

I'm trying to figure out the best way to do this.

 

Would it be best to make a copy of the original video, and alter that copy into a shorter version of the original, or would it be better to create a new sequence inside the original project, and build the new, shorter version inside that sequence?

 

I don't want to confuse or overload FCP.

Posted on Aug 31, 2016 6:24 PM

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  • by Shane Ross,Helpful

    Shane Ross Shane Ross Aug 31, 2016 8:02 PM in response to Tom Baker1
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    Aug 31, 2016 8:02 PM in response to Tom Baker1

    Duplicate the sequence..and then make your trims and cut downs from there. No need to rebuild.

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    Tom Baker1 Tom Baker1 Aug 31, 2016 8:01 PM in response to Shane Ross
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    Aug 31, 2016 8:01 PM in response to Shane Ross

    Thanks Shane. I was afraid I might be trying to do too much inside of a single project, by duplicating such a large sequence (two hours long) and it might overload FCP 6 and crash it.

     

    I see I accidentally posted this question twice, but I don't see how to delete the second one. I didn't realize it had posted the first time. I was still composing the question, and I left the computer for a while without posting, and got automatically signed out. Auto-posted while I was gone? I don't get it. Oh well.

     

    Thanks for the help!

     

    Tom

  • by Shane Ross,

    Shane Ross Shane Ross Sep 1, 2016 8:31 AM in response to Tom Baker1
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    Sep 1, 2016 8:31 AM in response to Tom Baker1

    Then duplicate the project, and give the new project a different name...like "CUT DOWN" And then make changes in that one. 

     

    But really, I used FCP mainly for longform docs...started on the 2 hour ones. As long as the project is under 100MB, you should be good to go.