The problem is that this Browser shot runs about six seconds, but the timeline only has room for a two second shot. (They can, of course, be any length, I’m just letting you know what these are in this example.)ĭrone images courtesy of Terry Holland, Northeast Drone Video ( In the Browser, I selected my first shot and set an In and Out to mark the duration of the shot I want to add into my edit. (Gaps won’t work, as gaps can only be added to the Primary Storyline.)Įach of these placeholder shots is two seconds long.
This is also a good application for using Placeholders.
NOTE: Neither of these steps is necessary to create a fit-to-fill edit, but, as long as I was thinking about music videos, I decided to add these steps.
FINAL CUT PRO 10.3.4 GAPS BETWEEN CLIPS IN TIMELINE GENERATOR
Then above the music I added Placeholders ( Edit > Insert Generator > Placeholder) and trimmed them to match the markers as connected clips – or, more accurately, I trimmed them to match where the actual edits would take place. NOTE: The music track is colored gold because it is assigned a custom Role. For music-centered videos, adding the audio track into the Primary Storyline is a good way to keep everything in sync. I manually added markers to indicate the beat where I want to make an edit. I started by adding the music track into the Primary Storyline. The music track is complete, I just need to add visuals. Let’s pretend that I need to edit a music video.
The process is simple: mark a clip in the Browser, then use it to replace a clip in the timeline. NOTE: Because a fit-to-fill edit changes the speed of a clip, it is not appropriate for any clip that has synced audio. The musical beat often determines when edits need to occur, while the shot going into that spot may take a different amount of time to complete. The most common use for this is when editing clips to music. It takes a marked clip in the Browser, then changes its speed to match the duration of a clip in the timeline. A fit-to-fill edit combines a replace edit with a playback speed change.