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Edit the contents of a standard clip in the Timeline
You can edit the contents of a standard clip. When you add clips to the contents of a
standard clip, you automatically create a compound clip.
Select a clip in the Event Browser or the Timeline, and choose Clip > Open in Timeline. m
The Timeline displays the contents of the clip. Most standard clips include a video
component, an audio component, or both. You cannot edit the contents of these video
and audio components.
If you add media to the contents of this clip (by adding clips to this Timeline), the clip
becomes a compound clip. If you then close this clip by navigating up one level in the
Timeline history, you see the icon indicating that this clip is now a compound clip.
Compound clip
icon for a clip in the
Event Browser
Compound clip
icon for a clip in
the Timeline
Note: Because editing in Final Cut Pro is nondestructive, any changes you make to the
contents of standard or compound clips do not aect the corresponding source media
les, which remain unchanged on your computer’s hard disk. For more information
about the dierence between media les and clips, see “Media les and clips” on
page 21.
Break apart clip items
You can break apart a compound clip or a standard clip to convert its contents to
individual clips in the Timeline.
Select a compound clip or a standard clip in the Timeline, and choose Clip > Break m
Apart Clip Items (or press Command-Shift-G).
Final Cut Pro replaces the clip selected in the Timeline with the individual items that
made up the clip.
If you selected a compound clip, its contents revert back to the original clips that
made up the compound clip.
If the selected clip is a standard clip, the contents appear as individual clips in the
Timeline. Most standard clips include a video component or an audio component or
both. The audio will appear as a connected clip.
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