Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 585)

250 Part II Rough Editing
Step 4: Edit multiclips into a sequence
Once you edit a multiclip into a sequence, you can enable the Multiclip Playback
option to watch all angles simultaneously in the Viewer while switching or cutting to
different angles in real time in the Canvas. The Multiclip Playback option allows you to
cut an entire show as if it were live, and then fine-tune your edits in the Timeline just as
you would for any other program.
You can cut and switch between video and audio at the same time or independently. For
example, you can use the audio from angle 1 while switching the video between angles
1–4. For more information, see “
Editing With Multiclips in Real Time ” on page 273.
Step 5: Collapse multiclips to the active angle
After you have finished editing, you can collapse multiclips in the Timeline to the
currently active angle, at which point you can work with them as regular clips. This is
useful when you transfer your project to a color correctionist, effects artist, or audio
engineer who only needs to see the active angles you chose during editing. Collapsing
a multiclip is not permanent. If you need to make multiclip changes later, you can
expand the multiclip and all of the angles become available. For more information, see
“
Collapsing and Expanding a Multiclip ” on page 286.
Step 6: Output to tape or export to a QuickTime movie or a project
interchange format
You can output multiclip sequences to tape or export to a project interchange format,
such as an EDL, OMF, or XML file. For compatibility with other video editing systems,
most output and export formats only include the active angle. The Final Cut Pro XML
Interchange Format supports export of all multiclip angle information, while EDL and
OMF files only include information about the currently active angle of each multiclip.
Creating Multiclips and Multiclip Sequences
You can create individual multiclips or an entire sequence of multiclips, using one of
the following commands:
 Make Multiclip: Creates one multiclip at a time, synchronizing each angle by In
point or Out point (such as the frame where the slate closes), or timecode.
 Make Multiclip Sequence: Creates many multiclips at once and places them in a
new sequence in chronological order. This command uses timecode to synchronize
angles, and gives you options for synchronizing clips that were recorded with the
same timecode, but have slightly different starting and ending timecode numbers.