Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 621)

286 Part II Rough Editing
Collapsing and Expanding a Multiclip
Once you have made all of your edits, you can prevent switching of angles by
collapsing a multiclip down to its active angle. When you collapse a multiclip, it is
replaced by the active angle of the multiclip. This is useful when you want to send a
sequence to a color correctionist or effects artist, and you want them to focus only on
the angles you chose during editing. Collapsing multiclips also improves performance
because less video is streaming from disk.
Collapsing a multiclip is not permanent, which means that you can expand the active
angle at any time to return to the full multiclip, even after you close and reopen a project.
To collapse one or more multiclips in the Timeline:
1 Select the multiclips you want to collapse in the Timeline.
2 Do one of the following:
 Choose Modify > Collapse Multiclip(s).
 Control-click one of the selected multiclips in the Timeline, then choose Collapse
Multiclip(s) from the shortcut menu.
The selected multiclips are collapsed to the clips of their active angles.
To expand one or more multiclips in the Timeline:
1 Select the multiclips you want to expand in the Timeline.
2 Do one of the following:
 Choose Modify > Uncollapse Multiclip(s).
 Control-click one of the selected multiclips in the Timeline, then choose Uncollapse
Multiclip(s) from the shortcut menu.
The selected multiclips are expanded to the clips of their active angles.
Multiclip Master-Affiliate Relationships
In a multiclip, each angle’s clip is an affiliate of the clip used to create the multiclip. The
master clip of the active angle’s clip is also the master clip of the multiclip. Therefore,
when you reveal a multiclip’s master clip, you are revealing the master clip of the active
angle’s clip. If you change the name of a master clip, the names of the affiliate clips
within any multiclips also change.
A multiclip in the Timeline shares its name with the Browser multiclip from which it was
created. If you change the multiclip name in the Browser, the names of all instances of
that multiclip in sequences are also changed.
Note: Each multiclip angle’s clip has its own master or affiliate clip status. If, after
creating a multiclip, you delete the master clips used to create the multiclip, the clips
within the multiclip become master clips.