Creating a multiclip sequence – Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual

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Part II

Rough Editing

In this case, if you set the minimum overlap value to 66% (or any value lower than
this), clip B is grouped together with clip A into a single multiclip. This is because
66% of clip B’s timecode numbers overlap clip A’s timecode numbers.

For more information, see “

Multiclip Sequence Examples

” on page 262.

 Update button: Click here to update the current multiclip grouping based on the

value in the “Starting timecode delta” field. This button only appears when you select
Use Starting Timecode from the Timecode Synchronization pop-up menu.

 Automatically edit new multiclip(s) into a new a sequence: If you select this option, a

new sequence with settings that match your multiclips is created. The new sequence
contains each multiclip in chronological order. This effectively re-creates the entire
live event as a sequence of multiclips.

 Include Angle checkbox: Deselect the checkbox for a clip if you don’t want to include

the clip in the multiclip you create.

Creating a Multiclip Sequence

Once you have clips prepared, you can group them together into multiclips and
automatically create a multiclip sequence.

To create a multiclip sequence:

1

Select multiple clips in the Browser, or select one or more bins of clips.

Minimum overlap

is set to 66%.

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