Apple Final Cut Pro 6 - Manual (Page 614)

Chapter 16 Working with Multiclips 281
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Collapsing and Expanding a Multiclip
Once you have made all of your edits, you can prevent switching of angles by
collapsing a multiclip down to its active angle. When you collapse a multiclip, it is
replaced by the active angle of the multiclip. This is useful when you want to send a
sequence to a color correctionist or effects artist, and you want them to focus only on
the angles you chose during editing. Collapsing multiclips also improves performance
because less video is streaming from disk.
Collapsing a multiclip is not permanent, which means that you can expand the active
angle at any time to return to the full multiclip, even after you close and reopen
a project.
To collapse one or more multiclips in the Timeline:
1 Select the multiclips you want to collapse in the Timeline.
2 Do one of the following:
 Choose Modify > Collapse Multiclip(s).
 Control-click one of the selected multiclips in the Timeline, then choose Collapse
Multiclip(s) from the shortcut menu.
The selected multiclips are collapsed to the clips of their active angles.
To expand one or more multiclips in the Timeline:
1 Select the multiclips you want to expand in the Timeline.
2 Do one of the following:
 Choose Modify > Uncollapse Multiclip(s).
 Control-click one of the selected multiclips in the Timeline, then choose Uncollapse
Multiclip(s) from the shortcut menu.
The selected multiclips are expanded to the clips of their active angles.
Working with Multiclip Master-Affiliate Relationships
Multiclips have two levels of master-affiliate clip relationships:
 The relationship of each multiclip angle’s clip to its master clip
 The relationship of one or more multiclips to a master multiclip
About Angle Master-Affiliate Relationships
When you select several clips and create a multiclip, each selected clip is copied and
placed in one of the multiclip’s angles. Because each clip is copied, each is an affiliate
clip, which means the angle’s clip shares most of its properties with a master clip stored
in your project. You can reveal the master clip of the active multiclip angle by choosing
View > Reveal Master Clip, just as you would reveal the master clip of any other clip. If
you change the name of a master clip, the names of the affiliate clips within any
multiclips also change.