{"id":48514,"date":"2014-11-11T21:27:19","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T21:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=48514"},"modified":"2014-11-11T21:35:14","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T21:35:14","slug":"final-cut-pro-x-video-tutorial-compound-clips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/final-cut-pro-x-video-tutorial-compound-clips\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Cut Pro X Video Tutorial: Using Compound Clips"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"use-compound-clips-in-fcpx-to-master-your-organization-and-video-editing-workflow\">Use compound clips in FCPX to master your organization and video editing workflow.<\/h2>\n<p>In a\u00a0previous tutorial we took a look at how to <a title=\"Creating Compound Clips\" href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/creating-compound-clips-in-fcpx\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">create compound clips<\/a> in FCPX. In this tutorial I&#8217;ll\u00a0take it a step further and show you how to use compound clips effectively\u00a0. The tutorial covers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Creating compound clips<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Adding onto compound clips<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nesting clips<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">In essence, compound clips can be thought of as\u00a0compositions with nested\u00a0clips inside. By compounding a clip you make it easier to add effects to multiple clips without dragging the effects over one by one. Additionally, compounding clips can aid in project organization. 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