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FCPX editing thoughts

FCPX editing thoughts - DaVinci Resolve Tutorial

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FCPX editing thoughts

- [Instructor] For my Final Cut 10 users, the biggest major difference here is there's no connected storylines, so when you grab a clip, you'll have to grab things on higher tracks when you move them around. There's also no magnetic timeline. You'll have to use that swap edit to move things around intelligently. If I go ahead here and I want to grab, for example, these clips, I have to move them as a bunch. I have to select them all. Holding down that command and option key will move everything into the correct place. The other thing that's just good to know, because it is a trackless system, is while you can right-click and add tracks, just grabbing a clip and moving it upwards will automatically add a track if needed. And there I've released it and it's created V4. So that's the other big piece for Final Cut 10 users, is it's very easy for you to add tracks. A big piece of similarity? It happens to have a Timeline Index. If you're used to using that in Final Cut 10, has a Timeline…

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