[Helmut Kobler] "I really want a new way to create alternate cuts of the same project"
Yes. In FCP7 I could have several copies and versions of sequences. In fact many projects are littered with versions I need to clean up!
My workaround is to select the portion of the timeline I want to create versions of, make it a compound clip, duplicate the compound as an audition, and then step into the compound and create my alternate reality.
That way I don't need to have a version of the entire timeline, I can just have the compound clips in an audition that I can simply click to change for previewing.
In some ways this makes a lot of sense, because my changes may just be in one small section, and if I make changes to the rest of the timeline, I may need to replicate those changes in the alternate timeline as well. Also, having the versions live in one project timeline, keeps me from having copies of the renders in each project.
[Helmut Kobler] "2) The ability to set In and Outs on the timeline"
I'm afraid to trim the timeline before I export then undo the trims, because if the program crashes before I undo, I'm sunk.
Lately I've tried dropping the entire sequence into a compound clip, trimming the parts I don't want to export, then undoing the trims.
The good thing about the compound clip, is that even though parts of the sequence aren't in the timeline, they are still nested within the compound clip. If the program crashes before you undo, all you need to do is drag the ends of the trimmed compound clip back to their original length, then break the compound clip apart. Pretty simple.
Anyone see any potential trouble in this?
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