Compound Clip - Starting from an empty
In the Event Browser you can create an empty compound clip:
- Right Click on a blank space on the Event Browser
- Select Create New Compound Clip or press Option + G
- The New Compound Window will appear.
- Name the Compound Clip.
- By Default the video properties will match your project.
- Click OK to create the Compound Clip.
- In the Event Browser, the Compound Clip behaves just like any other clipa, fter you add content to the Compound Clip, you can apply keywords,
- Select a range of the clip, and perform edits to place all or part of the Compound Clip in your Primary Storyline.
- Notice the small timeline-shaped icon at the top left corner of the clip’s thumbnail; this symbol always indicates a Compound Clip.
- Double-click on the Compound Clip to open it in its own Timeline (or right-click and select Open Timeline).
This Timeline behaves just like the Timeline of a Project: you can edit clips into the storyline, add audio, connect B-roll, create secondary storylines, and even insert other Compound Clips from the Event Browser.
Take a look at the breadcrumb trail at the top of the Timeline window. Since you created “Compound Clip” in the Event Browser, it’s part of “Thousand Miles”—NOT part of a Final Cut Pro project. Compound Clip lives in your Event Library along with the other video from “Thousand Miles,” and it will be available to any Final Cut Pro project on this workstation. This has an important implication: changing clips inside FCP projects’ Timelines never changes the original clips in the Event Browser. Similarly, editing a Compound Clip from inside an FCP project’s Timeline will never change the original Compound Clip in the Event Browser.
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