Filmstrip view in browser

When I view clips in the browser in filmstrip mode, some of them are outlined with a very thin red line. What does this signify?

Also, some of the clips have a symbol at the beginning, presumably to indicate whether it's a synchronised clip, or a multicam clip, or whatever.

Is there a key to these symbols anywhere? I'm guessing they're in the official manual somewhere, but the indexing is so bad.

Hypnoman

Could you post some screenshots?

Hi Martin, welcome to the forums.

Can you post a screenshot of one of the clips that are outlined with a red line?

Yes, synchronized clips, multicam clips and compound clips have a specific symbol.

From left to right you can see a compound clip, a synchronized clip and a multicam clip:




- Ronny

Thanks for clarification on the symbols Is it in the manual anywhere?

Here's a screenshot of the red line around clips.

MST

You can find them in the manual, but not in a very organized way. The manual is really just an overview of application.

Do you mean the orange lines? Those are Range indicators. They indicate where ranges (In/Out) have been set on a clip.

I feel you are very new to FCP X, so welcome to the community. My advice would be to watch some basic training videos on the internet (just google FCP X Basics) to get familiar with the interface and the basic functionality. Then import some footage and develop you skills on a very simple project. You will see that FCP X is very intuitive, and I'm sure you will make a lot of progress fairly quickly.

And of course we are always here if you have any questions or problems.

- Ronny

Thanks, and thanks for the welcome to the group.

Actually I've been using FCP X since (literally) the day it came out, so I know my way around the features I use pretty well . But most of my work involves editing one long multi-cam clip in the timeline (switching angles, adding effects and so forth), so I'm not that knowledgeable about selecting ranges of clips in the browser.

Anyhow, here's another screenshot to show what's puzzling me: why are some sections of the clip outlined in a thin red line, whereas others are outlined in a thick yellow line?

Best,

Martin

The two thick outlines normally indicate that've been selected, like with a Cmd-click.

Yes, I know what the thick yellow outlines are; it's the thin red outlines which are puzzling me.

MST

The thin lines indicate other I/O selections that have been made in the clip.

I see the red skimmer/playhead, but I don't see a "red outline" around anything. What am I missing?

So there's a distinction between sections of the clip which have been selected (outlined in heavy yellow) and 'other I/O selections' (outlined in thin red). That's a bit subtle for me. Is it an important distinction?

MST

At risk of sounding flippant, you're missing the red outline around sections of the clip.

My colour vision isn't very good, but in the attachment to my last posting, some sections of the clip are outlined heavily in yellow-orange, whereas some are outlined with a very thin red-orange line. Does that help?

MST

The different in the image is posted is that if you pressed an edit function like Append the two selected items will go to the timeline while the other selections will.

Heavy yellow are selected ranges.
Thin yellow are unselected ranges.
Like Tom said.
Simple as that.