{"id":8283,"date":"2012-06-14T11:24:26","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T15:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=8283"},"modified":"2012-06-14T12:50:35","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T16:50:35","slug":"gaps-placeholders-fcpx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/gaps-placeholders-fcpx\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Gaps to Organize Your Final Cut Pro X Edits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Use gaps and placeholders to separate\u00a0your FCPX timelines into sections or subjects. \u00a0Discover how this Final Cut Pro X tip can make your video editing more efficient!<\/span><\/h2>\n

When creating a rough cut you may go through\u00a0each\u00a0clip one by one, grabbing soundbites and relevant content and inserting it into the timeline as you go. \u00a0Although this process is useful for quickly culling together your best clips it can often result in your timeline turning into a haphazard mess, making it hard to\u00a0separate\u00a0one subject from the next. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Placeholders are useful for more than just inserting “coming soon” shots. \u00a0By using the gap <\/strong>\u00a0(called “slugs” in previous versions of FCP) or placeholder<\/strong>\u00a0function in FCPX<\/strong> you can quickly put a\u00a0separator\u00a0between sections of content on the timeline. \u00a0This will give you a visual way to break up your timeline and keep it more organized on the fly.<\/p>\n

To insert a 3-second GAP into a Final Cut Pro X timeline use the shortcut OPT and W.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"FCPX<\/p>\n

To insert a 3-second PLACEHOLDER into a Final Cut Pro X timeline use the shortcut OPT and COMMAND and W.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"FCPX<\/p>\n

The gap<\/strong> or placeholder<\/strong> will be inserted at the skimmer position or the playhead<\/span> position (if the skimmer is turned off). \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although this trick has a myriad of uses, I’ve found it especially helpful to use gaps and placeholders when cutting together interviews in FCPX<\/strong>. \u00a0I’ll use\u00a0placeholders<\/strong>\u00a0when creating a very rough cut – putting all relevant content for each interview subject on the FCPX timeline<\/strong> and using the placeholders to\u00a0separate\u00a0subjects. \u00a0Maybe your video project is broken up into several acts or sections. \u00a0Placeholders are a quick way to break those up too. \u00a0Although for this purpose they serve the same function, the benefit of placeholders over gaps is the ability to add notes, ex. “Bob’s Interview”.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"FCPX<\/p>\n

Markers in FCPX<\/strong> are another way to keep your timeline segmented, but markers are either fixed to the timecode of the timeline or a clip.<\/p>\n

Gaps and placeholder<\/strong>s provide a little “dead space” to break things up. \u00a0When you’re editing rough cuts in Final Cut Pro X<\/strong> that may be just the thing you need to keep your timeline more organized.<\/p>\n

Have tips for keeping your Final Cut Pro X<\/strong> projects more organized?
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