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You can create a  compound clip  from existing clips in the  Timeline  or the  Browser , or you can create a new, empty compound clip in the Browser and add clips to it in the Timeline. You can also break a compound clip into its component parts in the Timeline, so that the items are no longer grouped. Create a compound clip from existing clips Select  one or more  clips  in the Timeline or the Browser. The selected clips can be any combination of contiguous or noncontiguous clips, compound clips,  primary storyline  clips, or  connected clips . Do one of the following: Choose File > New Compound Clip (or press Option-G). Control-click the selection and choose New Compound Clip from the shortcut menu. Note:    When you add a compound clip to the Timeline or create a compound clip from existing clips in the Timeline, you create a direct and active relationship between a parent compound clip in the Browser and the child compound clip in the Timeline. If the

With Final Cut Pro, you can create  compound clips , which allow you to group any combination of  clips  in the Timeline  or the  Browser  and nest clips within other clips. Compound clips can contain video and audio clip components, clips, and other compound clips. Effectively, each compound clip can be considered a mini project, with its own distinct  project properties . Compound clips function just like other clips: you can add them to your project, trim them, retime them, and add effects and transitions. Icons appear on compound clips in the Browser and the Timeline. Compound clips have many uses. You can: Simplify a complicated project by creating a separate compound clip for each major section. Synchronize a video clip with one or more audio clips and then combine the clips into a compound clip, to avoid inadvertently moving them out of sync. Open any clip, edit its contents in the Timeline, and then close it. Quickly create a compound clip containing the cl

Motion has a great deal of secret power, but one of the most useful is the titling engine. Most FCP X editors are probably aware of Motion’s ability to create title templates already—make one template, then use it over and over through your edit without ever visiting Motion again. Despite this, far too many titles simply fade up and fade down, even though they can be far more dynamic. In this article, we’ll take a look at how to make your titles sing, while losing none of their editability. All of these—made with Motion, usable in FCP X. Getting Started In Motion, create a new Final Cut Title. In the basic template that’s offered, you’ll see a single line of text, though you can add more if you wish. Also, remember that the timing is flexible, and will stretch out to match the time available. You can lock down the timing of the start and end of your title if you really want to, by using special markers, but that’s outside the scope of this article. Here’s where you find t

reating an effect with Motion It’s really easy to start. Launch Motion, then choose Final Cut Effect. The Preset and the Frame Rate don’t matter, so just hit Open to make a new Effect. Select Final Cut Effect, then press Open. The bulk of the interface will go unused here. We want to use the Library, to find new Filters, the Layers or Timeline panel to show the Effect Source that we’ll drop them onto, and the Inspector to tweak the settings. With the Blur filters selected in the Library and the Timeline hidden. Find a useful filter For our first effect, click on Library at the top left, then Filters beneath it to the left, then Sharpen to the right of that. Below these categories you’ll now see Sharpen and Unsharp Mask. Sharpen is already a filter in FCP X, but Unsharp Mask, surprisingly, is not. Drag Unsharp Mask onto the Effect Source in your document. Here’s how to get to the Unsharp Mask. Tweaking and publishing Click on the Inspector at