Exporting clips with handles.

Does any know if you can export the clips from a project with just the footage used + handles?
The way you could in fcp7, so it makes new clips that are much shorter than the original files.

If you are referring to the Media Manager then no, FCPX doesn't have that facility I'm afraid.

So is ClipExporter the best option for this type of workflow?

Yes. But I recommend to wait until the upcoming update v1.2. is out.

You can download and try the demo version which is limited to 7 clips and only supports FCP X 10.0.5.

Edit: just for clarification and avoiding to mislead anyone: ClipExporter exports clips with handles as Quicktime Reference files. It won´t give you a new fcpxml that you can import in FCP X based on the shortened files (similar to Avids conform feature).