[jon smitherton] "So you would go through your footage hit f (ie like a selects roll)
then sort by favourites then add clips to the timeline as a workflow?"
There are many ways to do it. That is certainly one way.
I don't want to skew your thinking too much as FCPX has many ways of working. Here's some suggestions.
Another way is to add those favorites to a compound clip in the browser (sort by favorites, select all the favorites and create new compound clip) and have a skimmable clip of all of your selects that sits in the Event instead of making another timeline. You could even keyword that compound clip as something generic like "Selects_Compound" and then add a smart collection that searches for "Selects_Compund". This way any compound clip you make with that tag will automatically get sorted to the smart collection.
You can then further refine those selects with a range if you'd like and add those ranges to your Project. Once that clip in the Project, you can break it apart to it's original elements, or keep it in the compound clip, that's up to you.
Another way (and this is more of a workaround) is that as soon as you make a range, add it to your Project anywhere you'd like. Hitting the 'e' let will put all the selects at the end of your Project. Once they are in the timeline, you can always match frame (shift-f) back to the clip in the Event as Richard points out.
Yet another way, if to just keep the clips as favorites and work off of the clips as favorites in the Event.
Favorites, unfortunately, can't overlap. If you need overlapping ranges, you can use Keyword collections for that. but I find that to be messy. I use favorites as transitory sections. Sometimes they stick around for a long time, other times, I mark a favorite but will later delete it. It really depends on your workflow and style.
I will say, it does take some getting used to as to finding what works for you.
Here's a write up I did (with pictures!) if you're interested:
http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/335/34787
Jeremy
